What to know

• 'Castlevania: Belmont's Curse' lives up to this series' lofty legacy with outstanding platforming, world design, and ambiance.S1
• Castlevania: Belmont's Curse is a new beginning for one of gaming's oldest franchises.S2
• When playing Castlevania: Belmont's Curse, I couldn't stop thinking about Symphony of the Night. Almost 30 years ago, that game reinvented Castlevania as a search-action game, and did it so brilliantly that it earned half of the "metroidvania" portmanteau. Bel...S3