Q 01/05

In Symphony of the Night, which servant of Dracula steals all of Alucard's equipment soon after he enters the castle?

A) Minotaur

B) Werewolf

C) Death

D) Carmilla

Answer · why

C) Death

Death scatters the stolen gear around the castle, and the game's own enemy list describes the reaper simply as Dracula's close friend.

Q 02/05

Which classic story supplies three enemies of Symphony of the Night: the Lion, the Scarecrow and the Tin Man?

A) The Wizard of Oz

B) Alice in Wonderland

C) The Jungle Book

D) Gulliver's Travels

Answer · why

A) The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz joke runs into the enemy list too, where the Scarecrow is described as an impaled man looking for a brain.

Q 03/05

In Symphony of the Night, the skeleton Yorick, forever chasing his own skull, is named after a jester in which play?

A) Macbeth

B) Othello

C) King Lear

D) Hamlet

Answer · why

D) Hamlet

Hamlet has its prince hold up the skull of the dead court jester Yorick, so the game's skeleton attacks by kicking his own skull around.

Q 04/05

After Alucard frees Richter Belmont in Symphony of the Night, a second castle appears that is what version of the first?

A) Overgrown

B) Upside-down

C) Underwater

D) Half-ruined

Answer · why

B) Upside-down

Upside-down and stocked with new enemies and bosses, the second castle was such a shock that GamePro ranked its discovery among gaming's greatest mome...

Q 05/05

Symphony of the Night is widely seen as a pioneer of which genre of exploration-based action games?

A) Metroidvania

B) Soulslike

C) Roguelike

D) Immersive sim

Answer · why

A) Metroidvania

Metroidvania blends the names Metroid and Castlevania, and many later games in the series copied this one's open, backtracking design.

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