Battle of teh awesome: Super Metroid vs Castlevania Symphony of the Night

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These get compared a lot, but it's clear Castlevania SOTN took a lot from Super Metroid. There is no Metroidvania for me, only Metroid. But I do enjoy the formula for SOTN was also a lot of fun.

I have to go with Super Metroid though. It has been owning games since 1994. Perfect gameplay, atmosphere, music, upgrades, secrets, boss fights, timeless graphics.

I haven't had the pleasure of playing SotN (I really want to) but Super Metroid is a great game; when will Ninty make another Metroidgame like it?

I love both games dearly, but I honestly over the years still cannot get over the fact of the voice acting in SOTN.
It's Metroid for me. Samus being a silent character at the time really made me think about her since she was a bit of a mystery.

SOTN had tons more replay value, and things to collect and do. You could play as Alucard, Richter, and Maria. Super Metroid is good, but SOTN wins this one easily.

SOTN had tons more replay value, and things to collect and do. You could play as Alucard, Richter, and Maria. Super Metroid is good, but SOTN wins this one easily.

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I agree with most everyone else here. Super Metroid was amazing, one of the greatest games of all-time. It gets my vote. However, SoTN was a great game, too.

I think Super Metriod is the better game, but I personally prefer SOTN.

My favorite game of ALL time is "Castlevania : Symphony of the Night", so my vote goes to that for sure. I own "Super Metroid" as well, and have tried it a couple of times, but just can't get in to it. Not that it's a bad game, just doesn't have the same affect on me as SOTN.

These, for me, are two of the very best games ever created. Yes SotN borrows heavily from the Super Metroid formula, but is a fantastic game in it's own rite. BUT, i'd have to go with Super Metroid on this one, I still sit and play through it about twice a year, and havn't played though SotN since I unlocked it on one of the PSP castlevania games. Having said that, i think now is a good time to have another playthrough.

Metroid wins for me, but both astoundingly good games which are still more than very enjoyable today (that in itself says something about the quality of these titles).

Both are awesome but my pick is Super Metroid.Eikichi-Onizuka

Both are awesome but my pick is SOTN

I loved both, but SotN got extremely easy later on. Granted, Mother Brain was easy, but not "slash with the Crisagrim twice and kill Dracula" easy. Super Metroid gets my vote, but damn, they're both great games. Until I heard Nier's soundtrack I considered SotN to have the best OST ever. And to its credit, the castle was perfectly designed to function as a traversable map upside-down as well.

ZOMG! TOO MUCH AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!

I vote for Symphony of the Night though. That one is most awesome. :P

Super Metroid for sure, it's probably my favourite game of all time.

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Super Metroid (SNES) and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PS1) have a place on my top 10 favorite video games of all-time and they areboth masterpieces in every way,but I have to go with....

Super Metroid is 100% EXCELLENCE. It's a video game I consider to be absolutely perfect in every way. The graphics, the music, the character, story, enemies, weapons, secrets,everything about it isjust flawless. I remember playing this game when it first came outand feelingtheatmosphere and musicdrawing me in,making me feel as though I truly was ina completely different world and even after all these years whenever I see gameplay footage and hear the music it takes me back to those moments in time. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is a beautiful game with a brilliant soundtrack and plenty of positives as well, but Super Metroid is LEGENDARY!:)