ADMIT IT

YOU LOVE Portrait of Ruin

It's... decent.

>>714069504 (OP)
It has shitty balance and cheap enemy placement. Beyond that it's okay.

>>714069504 (OP)
Feels short and the level design can be iffy at times but it's a great game and has the best side mode on the DS with Richter. All the DSvanias are great

>>714069727
DSvanias are underrated as fuck.

>>714069504 (OP)
Slop. All castlevanias by Iga are slop (except OoE).

>>714069504 (OP)
Okay, you caught me, I admit it. I love Charlotte.

For what purpose is a pose like this something an underaged associate of the church should be doing?

>>714069679
>It has shitty balance and cheap enemy placement

Funny, I found it to be just about the only Metroidvania (in the classic sense) with balance I found satisfying.

>>714071357
She's a witch, they're kind of canonically slutty even if they're working for the church.

>>714069504 (OP)
Portrait of Ruin, ruined my love-life...

CHARLOTTE!

>>714069504 (OP)
I do. The painting concept allows for unique levels and the globetrotting aspect is a fun throwback to Bloodlines. Charlotte is also a cute. My only complaint is the anime aesthetic and ugly portraits but mods can fix that.

>>714071357
Charlotte isn't letting Jonathan leave until he's mating pressed her in every Portrait.

none of the DS Doubly SHIT Castlevanias were any good
GBA CVs >>> DS CVs

>>714071413
That's because your a fucking retard and a shitty gamer.

>>714072049
Because you only want sluts now, or because you only want 2D witches now?

>>714072687
Do the needful saar

>>714069504 (OP)
>transilvanya

I admit it

>>714073094
Wow racism again India. Very clever. Your so smart. Why am I in in London then?

CotM > PoR > OoE > AoS > DoS > HoD

>CotM >
>implying

>>714073316
>london
Is he wrong though?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HUq0rsv107I

>>714069504 (OP)
Sure I do. It's the best one on DS.
I can appreciate OoE for trying something entirely different and much higher difficulty though. That leaves DoS as the safest, easiest, and most boring, just play Aria instead

>>714074962
>Best castle design
>Best difficulty
>Best mix of Classicvania and Igavania elements
>Power ups feel the most like a tangible improvement of your character's strength and mobility
>Very high replay value thanks to short game length and the card system.

>>714069504 (OP)
Level 1 hard mode only started getting bearable after maxing out the Miser Ring and getting the Ancient Armor.
>you die in two hits max
>and you hit like a wet noodle
Great balancing, faggots.

>>714069504 (OP)
I thought it was a really good game until Dracula showed up

>>714076780
And I forgot to mention that the game was nearly over by that point. Fuck was playing that a mistake.

>>714069504 (OP)
All DS metroidvanias are great. Weakest is GBA era imo (Circle of the Moon was shart).
People pretend to dislike Dawn of Sorrow over artstyle but you are a westoid if you hold that opinion.

>>714069504 (OP)
Yes, turns out if you stop treating the games like gods gothic gift to man, and enjoy them with all the anime and jap design they actually are, they are really fun.

>>714076858
>thought it was a really good game until the best Dracula fight in the series
What did he mean by this?

>>714076983
dawn of sorrow is just aria but worse

>>714077205
Nu fags hate dracula and think he shouldn't be in a game involving his castle in it's name

>>714077318
Both are fun.
The other GBA Castlevanias though were quite mediocre which drags that era down. I can't even recall anything about them other than Carmilla and clunkiness.

>>714069504 (OP)
You're damn right I did.

>>714077850
>puyo charlotte

Unadulterated kino

>>714076983
>People pretend to dislike Dawn of Sorrow over artstyle but you are a westoid if you hold that opinion.

It's not that the art is BAD, it's just that the loss of Ayami Kojima hurts about as much as losing Kaneko from SMT.

It doesn't matter because DoS has the best Castlevania song.

https://youtu.be/Z0gE_MqlcN8

>>714077318
I can understand preferring aria but dawn improves massively on gameplay elements

>>714069504 (OP)
I do.

>>714077464
Back inside the eclipse, grandpa.

>>714069504 (OP)
I admit it.
JOHNATHAN
CHARLOTTE
JOHNATHAN
CHARLOTTE

>>714069504 (OP)
The fucking sound addon always jumpscares me
why is it so fucking loud

I love Portrait of Ruin, I love Dawn of Sorrow, and I LOVE Harmony of Dissonance

Anyone know how to make webms?
https://x.com/mama_bagels/status/1939277668958040443

WHIRRRRRRRRRR

>>714077464
I thought people hated it because of the design they choose for Drac.

>>714076858
Dracula+Death tag team was kino, you punk

>>714083118
What even triggers this attack?

>>714081790
those are animefag (aka Rondofag) casuals who don't actually appreciate what Castlevania is, they specifically chose that design as a tribute to Lugosi's Dracula which was turning 75 at the time of the games release

>>714085402
>Lugosi's Dracula
Speaking of which, have any of you played this shit?
https://youtube.com/watch?v=NirtZ2q2gO0
Never seen anyone talking about it much.

>>714085203
I wasn't aware there was a trigger for it.

>>714086312
It's really dull, the levels go on too long with nothing actually changing or variance, it's a shame too because the devs are true believers and even had Swan Lake on the menu

>>714069504 (OP)
I’ve tried playing it four or five times and get about an hour in before I stop and don’t play it again until I run out of other metroidvanias. I didn’t hate it but wow it wasn’t compelling.

I'm looking forward to PoR 2.0.

>>714087135
Same, wonder how they'll handle the class system, don't think any other metroidvania tried something like that before.

>>714087326
>class system
I wasn't aware SE had such a system. I bet that shit will be super broken and that's a good thing.

>>714087135
It's not the same if it's two dudes.

>>714069504 (OP)
Circle of the Moon was the last good Castlevania

>>714087949
That's clearly a reverse trap. Even has a female voice.

>>714088224
I hope you're right.

>>714087556
Read up on the recent dev interview then
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/news/bloodstained-the-scarlet-engagement-exclusive-interview-shutaro-iga

>>714069504 (OP)
I do, I like all the ds-vanias, it truly was the best handheld for those games

>>714088646
>furniture collecting
I wonder if it will be like Harmony of Dissonance (or Curse of Darkness).

I'll admit it, I'll admit it

>>714069504 (OP)
its good but there are better Castlevanias

>>714074907
I really wish HoD had good music. I really wanted to like it.

>>714092502
It does and I'm getting tired of hearing otherwise from faggots filtered by NES chiptunes.

>>714093107
>le soundfont is why it's bad
Sick of this cope. The compositions themselves are shit.

>>714069504 (OP)
i love all the DS Castlevanias

>>714069504 (OP)
the music is ear rape tier shit

>>714080103
Julius mode carries DoS for me.

>>714093196
The compositions are fine too.

>>714093634
Sorry to hear your ears don't work properly.

>>714094420
Name one really good track that doesn’t sound like ear rape on headphones or doesn’t have random ass disjointed melodies

>>714079790
Dawn is a downgrade when it comes to general exploration and how souls are handled.

>>714094545
>sound like ear rape on headphones or doesn’t have random ass disjointed melodies
How about you name even one track that fits your retarded description, bitch nigger?
https://youtube.com/watch?v=53fIidPR72E&list

>>714093107
>Nes chiptunes
Wow. That argument would totally hold water if the NES Castlevania games didn’t have amazing soundtracks. HoD is pure dogshit.

>>714072409
>downgraded art mod

>>714069504 (OP)
well I definitely loved something about it
saving them was very satisfying. LeCarde is my go-to when I play Bloodlines and it was great that it not only tie in to my favorite classicvania but to help my favorite protag find peace in death

>>714087135
I find their designs so terribly uninteresting.

>>714096684
Based twins appreciator

>>714097243
Good thing equipment is actually visible on the character model now.

>>714080002
It's
CHARLOTTE
JOHNATHAN
CHARLOTTE
JOHNATHAN

>>714077205
I can sort of get it, the game is about a different vampire at first. It's like the people that loathed Bowser being the final fight of every single Mario & Luigi game after the first one because they kept being less clever with it.

>Bloodstained sequel is basically PoR on steroids
I can't FUCKING wait desu.

>>714094545
>Implying
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6kv042pSE8&list=RDI6kv042pSE8&start_radio=1

>>714099403
What the fuck did he do to song?

Thoughts on this one?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3253630/Gal_Guardians_Servants_of_the_Dark/

>>714071357
Tits out for God.

>>714077205
PoR Dracula was pretty neat, but OoE is still the best and most challenging.

>>714099557
Only through the intro. Need to return to it, strap in, and actually play through. Flat maid is glorious.

>>714069504 (OP)
Better than Shanoa's game for sure.

>>714099557
Demo had strangely shitty performance for me so I passed on it.

it's my favorite of the DS ones for sure
my favorite overall metroidvania is still Aria though

>>714086028
>His Bloody Mary is to die for
>Just ask Mary

>>714099616
lol
OoE Dracula is the easiest because by that point you can kill him in 3 seconds with Nitesco Union+Death Ring+Agony.

I CAN TAKE IT

>>714099557
It's good but they're still finishing it up with free monthly updates, the final one is releasing at the end of July so best to wait until then. They rushed it out due to budget issues, but it was still pretty good despite that, it's even better now.

>>714101918
nice will wait then thx

>>714100872
>it's bad because you can cheat
ebin

>>714099557
Masha sex

>>714069504 (OP)
It's alright. All the SotN-style games are kind of disposable to me aside from SotN itself. I'm a Classicvaniafag.

>>714102127
Retard.

I've been getting an itch for some metroidvainias. How is this game?

>>714071413
I just remember running through and spamming magic without encountering any challenge of note.

>>714071357
Charlotte needs cock to fuel her magic channelling.

>>714072549
Translation: Get a grip of my hips and mount me like a pig!

>>714102730
Interesting name, but there was no need to deanonymize yourself.

>>714072760
Yes!

>>714104097
>AI slop

>>714069504 (OP)
Its the best game ever made
>>714069679
Examples? Lol ofcourse not

>>714087556
I love how IGAvanias are super broken BUT hard mode with level caps makes them difficult as shit

>>714105686
Do you really need someone to point out how Darts and Shuriken invalidate every other subweapon?

>>714069679
all the metroid castlevania games are balanced like shit, but portrait is one of the better ones

>>714105221
slop wasnt invented in 2018 retard-kun

>>714106223
That's what AI wants you to think.

>>714105959
Theres plenty of times you want to use Cross, holy water, Stonewall, Chain lightning, dark rift explosion, stone circle to do the job
Youre thinking of Aria where you use bullshit until lightning doll and red Minotaur solve the game

>>714069504 (OP)
>What trannies think happens when they transition

>>714106595
Cross and Holy Water is pointless.
Spells aren't subweapons so bringing them up just means you're too stupid to have this conversation.

>>714106916
>Spells aren't subweapons
Based retard.

>>714072687
>>714073316
*you're

>>714106916
Holy water lets you ceiling hug some wacko rooms in the nest of evil. Try beating the game once before you shit the thread Jeetoid

>>714107098
They literally aren't. Magic and subweapons are different things.
>>714107463
>doesn't name the rooms specifically
Guaranteed it's because another tool deals with it easier.
Nest of Evil isn't even hard anyway.

>>714107547
>same input method
>same way of acquiring them
>same functionality
>same equipment slot
>not the primary weapon

>>714069504 (OP)
i just like it because its the only proper sotn type that has a whip character. if it didnt have john itd be a 6/10

>>714108079
And they aren't the same.

Favorite DSVania, but the Nation of Fools/Burnt Paradise fucking suck.

>Harmony of Dissonance becomes much more playable when you realize hitting the shoulder buttons and crouching can turn books on or off, and switch the equipped book as well
>nothing in the game tells you this

>>714109319
>SHAAAAAW

im stuck on PoR at the part where the shopkeeper guy gets sick

i figure if i find his cure i can present it to the girls who game over me if I beat them...

WHERE DO I FIND IT

>>714109593
Look on your maps yes, plural for spots you were not able to fill out. Now that you have Toad Morph there are some areas you can get to that you could not get to before.

>>714108728
>both are skills
More similarities than differences.

>>714069504 (OP)
I dropped it when I got to the flat desert world. Not even a top 3 Igavania.

>>714110025
>swords spears and axes are all weapons so they're the same!
Bro stop. There's a clear divide between subweapons and spells.

>>714105686
NTA, but I can think of some bullshit. Mostly in the Nest of Evil though.

>>714110309
Spells are Charlotte's sub-weapons, simple as, no need to complicate it.

>>714083118
Do this fight with a low-level Richter.
Best fight in the entire series.

>>714110409
>that one room with 2 Creatures

>>714110418
They are her skills. She can't use subweapons. They're exclusive to Jonathan.

>>714110632
>that room
>on level 1 hard mode
>as Richter and Maria

>>714111456
I don't know why you'd get that far in something so obviously not playtested.

>>714105221

>>714111942
Shouldn't you be working on running the anti SKG campaign saar?

>>714112358
No idea what you're referring to, just thought it was funny that I remembered some anon (possibly the same anon) referring to that same picture as AI from 10 months ago

>>714069504 (OP)
Yes.
Although I never finished it because the final boss battle was too hard for me.

>somehow die on sisters mode
>that gameover screen

>>714113140
Kinda spooked me, not gonna lie.

>>714110632
>>714111456
genuinely what are you supposed to do save nuking them before they can do anything?
>>714113140
this? what's wrong with it?

>>714113369
it's too spooky

johnathan charlotte

>>714069504 (OP)
I do! And I can't wait for Bloodstained 2!

>>714069504 (OP)
CHARLOTTE

JOHNATHAN

>>714071260
>>714072549
Nubile innocent girl lusting over an oblivious meat head is a pretty good trope

>>714069504 (OP)
Portrait of ruin feels like finely crafted french fries
dawn of sorrow feels like a pack of chips from the store
sotn feels like doritos
castlevania 3 nes feels like the most bitter but also perfectly so chocolate suffle you have ever tasted

>>714113140
>Reddit frog

>>714075620
>>714074907
Based CotM appreciator

>>714103327
La Mulana is unlike pretty much all metroidvanias in that the difficulty is (mostly) less the platforming and combat, but in the puzzles which range from reasonable to difficult to complete moon logic that you would be either lucky or insane to solve blind. It's fun and the sequel is, in my opinion, fairer in the puzzles and you could totally solve that blind if you're diligent about note taking.
But anyway with LM1 if you're really into old school one million notes taken gameplay then it'll be fun, but if not then it'll be a pain in the arse. There is a hint based guide on steam which gives hints of increasing value on given puzzles which is very useful.

>>714115732
I wanted to fuck her so bad as a kid, she's like the only Nickelodeon milf I don't really feel anything for anymore

>>714113369
Who is that anyway? Some religious figure presumably.

>>714118325
probably mother mary