It has since been re-released on several gaming consoles and is now usually considered a sleeper hit and a cult classic of video gaming.Ĭastlevania: Symphony of the Night was an important milestone of the Castlevania series.
GameRankings and Metacritic list its approval score for the original PlayStation version at or above 93%. Its initial commercial success was limited – particularly in the United States where it was not strongly publicized – but it was critically praised, gained sales through word-of-mouth and eventually became a hit. It is the sequel to Castlevania: Rondo of Blood and features Dracula's dhampir son Alucard as the protagonist. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is a platform-adventure video game developed and published by Konami in 1997.
