08-14-2013, 06:36 PM
Just remember it's not me saying that stiff controls automatically makes the games as a whole bad, just that the controls themselves could've been done better. As I said, I've cleared Dracula X's remake and the original 100%, but that doesn't mean the controls shouldn't be less stiff, I just put up with its bullshit. Many of the deaths I got going through was BECAUSE of the fact that you can't even slightly steer your jump, and of course gravitating to the nearest hole upon knockback. If the jumping controls were more like Super Mario Bros, where you can steer the jump slowly, it'd have been perfect. Other than that, the level designs were amazing, as were the boss challenge fights. The most obnoxious, of course, being the boss rush + Shaft combo. You mess up once you have to do it ALL OVER AGAIN. Not sure why many game developers clung onto that idea back in the day, but it's highly annoying.