> I found out there was a Sega Saturn version of the game.
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> anyone ever played it? how does it compare to the PSX version?
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Owned it for a few years, superior version. While the Saturn doesn't do transparency and loads notably slower the game is just more enjoyable. There are added areas, most are small, but this one large area is quite fun to play out. You can from the start play as Alucard and the other 2 unlockables from the PSX (Richter and Maria) from the start if I remember right. The Japanese in the game won't stop you from playing, and seeing how badly acted (not sounding) the USA version of the PSX game is you'd probably welcome the more feeling found from the original sound.

I owned both versions of the game, played the Saturn one out like 3 times, couldn't do the PSX one more than once...went back to do the Saturn one again after it.