Super Castlevania IV feels like the first Castlevania game that has aged well in the series, due to them shedding the wonky jumping controls and giving player the SENSE of control. The soundtrack is amazing, the gameplay now feels like a genuine fair challenge that inclines gradually. Nothing will beat that eight-direction whip and there are games that just don't feel as cool with the lack of an eight-way whip in the series that came out after this. I feel it's the best of the Classic Castlevania formula games.This was one of the better looking early SNES titles and I hold it dearly as one of my favorite sidescrolling platformers ever made.