Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is finally easy to play on PC thanks to a fan-made recomp that's the closest we have to a port.
Although Castlevania has been dormant for a long time and is only about to have its first new game in more than a decade, Konami has at least kept the series' past alive with remastered collections. As long as you're not Lords of Shadows, these collections have made it very easy to play any Castlevania game.
However, there is a slightly strange exception to that rule. Castlevania Requiem, which notably includes the best game in the series, Symphony of the Night, is completely locked to PlayStation. That has left PC gamers without the opportunity to experience Alucard's journey for quite some time, which has finally changed thanks to a fan project.
Symphony Of The Night is finally playable on PC with this port
God bless NocturneRecomp
The project in question is NocturneRecomp, which, you guessed it, compresses the Xbox Live Arcade version of Symphony of the Night and makes it playable on both Windows and Linux. The project was actually released a few weeks ago, but it was brought to the attention of Castlevania YouTuber Dr4gonBlitzDaily, who showed it off in action.
While I have no idea how the Xbox Live Arcade version of SOTN stacks up against its other ports, NocturneRecomp looks like a very solid way to play the game, even with modding and widescreen support. A developer on the project even suggested that more features are coming, such as quality of life articles and Randomiser compatibility.
I just finished my first playthrough of SOTN, but NoctureRecomp makes it very tempting to go through it all again…
While the recomp wasn't incredibly impressive, it's also one of the only good ways PC users have to play Symphony of the Night, making it a bit of a godsend. If you're looking to revisit the series before it finally returns with Belmont's Curse later this year, NoctureRecomp looks to be well worth checking out.
