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Anonymous No.715138848 >>715139004 >>715139150 >>715141603 >>715141889 >>715142315 >>715149809 >>715150153 >>715155296 >>715160510
Castlevania
Is it worth it to buy the Dominus Collection if I still have a working 3DS and all three DS titles finished and is Haunted Castle Revisited any good?
Anonymous No.715138947 >>715139627 >>715139671
A MISERABLE PILE OF SECRETS
Anonymous No.715139004 >>715139117 >>715139198 >>715139671 >>715143048
>>715138848 (OP)
Why is it called dominus?
Anonymous No.715139117
>>715139004
The power of rule all, there’s a lot of Latin in OoE
Anonymous No.715139150 >>715139938 >>715140639
>>715138848 (OP)
Where's my Harmony of Despair rerelease with crossplay Konami what the fuck?
Anonymous No.715139198 >>715139671
>>715139004
Pizza ad
Anonymous No.715139627
>>715138947
BUT ENOUGH TALK, HAVE AT YOU
Anonymous No.715139671 >>715140862
>>715139004
>>715139198
Literally the same, for who controls the dough pie with cheese, controls the >>715138947
Anonymous No.715139938 >>715140906
>>715139150
Grimoire of Souls used to have an online mode that was basically Harmony of Despair 2, too bad the offline Apple Arcade release was gutted and unfinished.
Anonymous No.715140639 >>715140906
>>715139150
Someday, maybe, hopefully.
Anonymous No.715140862 >>715141361
>>715139671
What toppings, though?
Anonymous No.715140906 >>715141156
>>715139938
>>715140639
They just seem to be on a rerelease kick lately so wat da fuk?
Anonymous No.715141156 >>715141429
>>715140906
Hopefully all the rereleases and collabs are leading up to something for the 40th anniversary next year, until then, I'm huffing hopium and enjoying Bloodstained and Chronicles of the Wolf.
Anonymous No.715141361 >>715141581
>>715140862
Pepperoni, anything else is blasphemy.
Anonymous No.715141429 >>715141545
>>715141156
>40th anniversary
>Collab with the new Bloodstained, which has a partner gimmick
>Jonathan and Charlotte are playable as guest characters
Anonymous No.715141545
>>715141429
Might be fun.
Anonymous No.715141581
>>715141361
Based pepperonichad.
Anonymous No.715141603 >>715141634 >>715141762
>>715138848 (OP)
Weird how the Vampire Killer is a leather whip in the artwork for multiple games where you only use it in its Morningstar form.
Anonymous No.715141634 >>715141687 >>715141762
>>715141603
There's a theory that it changes from time to time since it was made with alchemy.
Anonymous No.715141687
>>715141634
Interesting. Doesn't explain why bloodstained is a pile of shit.
Anonymous No.715141762
>>715141603
>>715141634
This art from Dawn of Sorrow depicts the Vampire Killer as a leather whip wrapped in a chain.
Anonymous No.715141889 >>715141943
>>715138848 (OP)
Maybe as a more lasting version to have in a readily accessible format? I played all three on Steam Deck and it was great.
Haunted Castle Remake is also very good, albeit short. Blows the original out of the fucking water.
Anonymous No.715141943
>>715141889
Good point, I'll consider picking it up soon.
Anonymous No.715142315 >>715142387
>>715138848 (OP)
It's nice to play the games on a bigger display, with all the DS screens available (gameplay, map AND enemy stats). Still, you have control over the screens layout
Haunted Castle Revisited was kinda easy, but it was a great bonus. It got the Rebirth treatment, although it's closer to its original counterpart than Adventure Rebirth was to Adventure. As expected from Castlevania, the music is excellent and possibly has my favorite arrangement of Bloody Tears
If you're on the fence, it should go on sale pretty often
Anonymous No.715142387
>>715142315
Thanks, I'll get it on sale.
Anonymous No.715142665 >>715142703 >>715142984 >>715143662 >>715146760 >>715149991 >>715155307 >>715163247 >>715163367 >>715166820
What would you guys want out of a Castlevania revival?
Anonymous No.715142703
>>715142665
The ability to look at some titties and ride a BMX.
Anonymous No.715142984
>>715142665
The 1999 game or a 3rd Sorrow game, but realistically, we might get either a Dracula's Curse or Symphony of the Night remake. I hope the Dracula's Curse remake doesn't exclude Grant.
Anonymous No.715143048 >>715143842
>>715139004
Because DominuS
Anonymous No.715143216 >>715143939
Soma is a trans man.
Anonymous No.715143662 >>715143696
>>715142665
This might sound crazy, but a big budget Legends remake that reboots the franchise or starts a new subseries within it.
Anonymous No.715143696
>>715143662
>hot female Belmont protagonist
>Alucard
Just give Alucard a playable campaign or make him a secondary playable character and this just might work.
Anonymous No.715143842 >>715144126 >>715144151
>>715143048
Fuck, I just noticed that.
Anonymous No.715143939 >>715144028 >>715144089 >>715145874
>>715143216
Soma and Alura Une's Sweet Jail...
Anonymous No.715144028 >>715144089
>>715143939
You have to love your plant wife as much as she loves you.
Anonymous No.715144089 >>715145302
>>715143939
>>715144028
How would she react to Mina and the fully upgraded Mini Devil familiar?
Anonymous No.715144126
>>715143842
Literally how
Anonymous No.715144151
>>715143842
Seriously? Dumbass esl
Anonymous No.715145302
>>715144089
Rage or horror.
Anonymous No.715145351 >>715145542 >>715145905
Is Circle of the Moon worth playing?
Anonymous No.715145542
>>715145351
Yes.
Anonymous No.715145874
>>715143939
Cute plant.
Anonymous No.715145905 >>715146232 >>715147791
>>715145351
Yes, it's a damn good game. But you should mostly ignore the main card gimmick for the first playthrough. There is no NG+ and beating the game lets you start a new save with all the cards already unlocked. Aside from that the level design, bosses and music are very good.
Anonymous No.715146232
>>715145905
Awesome, I have it as part of the Advance Collection, so I'll give it a go.
Anonymous No.715146760 >>715147153
>>715142665
A game set between Lament of Innocence and Dracula's Curse where you play as Mathias becoming Dracula. Hell, they could even bring the tactical souls system back.
Anonymous No.715147153 >>715147478
>>715146760
Better Dracula origin story than Lords of Shadow.
Anonymous No.715147478
>>715147153
Lords of Shadow's take on Dracula always bugged me since it was far divorced from Vlad the Impaler and Bram Stoker's novel. Just some dude named Dracula, no historical or literary basis.
Anonymous No.715147791 >>715148095 >>715148397
>>715145905
>There is no NG+ and beating the game lets you start a new save with all the cards already unlocked.
That sounds awesome. Are there any penalties for it?
Anonymous No.715148095 >>715148265
>>715147791
i assume that anon is talking about magician mode, you start with all DSS cards, much lower base and per level STR and HP, but much higher INT and MP iirc
Anonymous No.715148265
>>715148095
Thanks, I'll keep that in mind when I'm playing. I loved luck mode in SotN since I used weapon drops most of the time.
Anonymous No.715148397 >>715148456
>>715147791
From memory, the unlockable "classes" were

>Magician - All DDS cards unlocked from the start and higher INT but much weaker physical stats
>Fighter - Much higher physical stats but DSS cards don't drop at all
>Shooter - Better sub-weapon effects but slightly weaker physical and magic stats
>Thief - Lower everything but extremely high luck, meaning you'll have good gear early and lots of consumables
Anonymous No.715148456 >>715151761
>>715148397
Thanks. Thief mode sounds like a good challenge run like luck mode in SotN.
Anonymous No.715148706 >>715148934 >>715164950
Anyone playing Chronicles of the Wolf and are excited for Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement?
Anonymous No.715148934
>>715148706
I've yet to play Chronicles of the Wolf, but I'm looking forward to the new Bloodstained, a shame that it's a prequel, though.
Anonymous No.715148975 >>715149038 >>715151760
No, each game has far superior rom hacks that are better emulated through retroarch with a colour correction shader
Anonymous No.715149038 >>715149568 >>715151110
>>715148975
That's probably my excuse to buy a steam deck.
Anonymous No.715149568 >>715149638
>>715149038
That and The Lecarde Chronicles 2 and the Sotn mod that fixes everything and adds the Saturn content.
Anonymous No.715149638 >>715149692
>>715149568
>and adds the Saturn content.
wut?
Anonymous No.715149692
>>715149638
SotN Ultimate Version.
Anonymous No.715149809
>>715138848 (OP)
do it for the 'cheevos
Anonymous No.715149991 >>715150147 >>715150225
>>715142665
symphony of the night but with 4 times bigger castle, more playable characters, soulful 2d sprite work and ost on part with all the classics.
Anonymous No.715150147
>>715149991
This. I also want the playable characters to have their own mechanics rather than them just being plucked from their older games.
Anonymous No.715150153
>>715138848 (OP)
i love recording game footage and thats just not easy on ds. Sold my ds copies, bought physical dominus collection and made over $100 profit after the purchase
Anonymous No.715150225 >>715150901 >>715151715
>>715149991
also forgot aria of sorrow souls mechanics
Anonymous No.715150901 >>715151631
>>715150225
How would that work with SotN? Maybe learnable spells?
Anonymous No.715151110
>>715149038
Anonymous No.715151631 >>715152482
>>715150901
>How would that work with SotN?
the same way aria of sorrow did?
Anonymous No.715151715 >>715155129
>>715150225
Copying enemy's abilities as a mechanic is a joy, I love it whenever it appears in anything.
Anonymous No.715151760
>>715148975
this colour correction shader kills the color and makes it look like you're playing a game on 20% brightness
Anonymous No.715151761 >>715152482
>>715148456
Keep in mind the extra modes unlock in sequence, you have to beat the game with each subsequent mode to unlock the next one. Fighter mode is probably the least eventful, but the game has a super challenging battle arena where cards are banned anyway. Fighter's buffed health and damage make him built for this, so at least it's something to look forward to.
Anonymous No.715152482 >>715152646
>>715151631
I mean lore wise if you mean by SotN we're playing as Alucard again. Personally, I wouldn't mind an Aria of Sorrow remake or a 3rd Sorrow game.

>>715151761
Thanks, I'll keep that in mind.
Anonymous No.715152646 >>715152790 >>715153491
>>715152482
im not really a big lorefag for me it was always the ost and the huge ass castle.
surely the could ass pull something.
Anonymous No.715152790 >>715153491
>>715152646
Probably something involving blood like in Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen 2 or something like that.
Anonymous No.715153491
>>715152646
>>715152790
Or spells like Charlotte from PoR.
Anonymous No.715155129
>>715151715
Same here.
Anonymous No.715155296
>>715138848 (OP)
It’s like my dad always said, the best handheld is the one you own.
Anonymous No.715155307
>>715142665
>What would you guys want out of a Castlevania revival?
I don't think PS2 titles or Lords of Shadow had a bad idea necessary
They just needed to be better
I just want a good game, I don't really care how exactly it plays
I don't want another set of Igavania clones, Bloodstained demonstrated quite clearly the concept is tired
Anonymous No.715158217 >>715159220 >>715166958
man
haunted castle revisited was too fuckig easy
Anonymous No.715158991 >>715159445
Is there a mv with a drone or some robot helping? What's should such a drone be able to do? Scout? Fight? Firing his lasa? Charge batteries? Stick with the prod?
Anonymous No.715159220
>>715158217
It was fun though.
Anonymous No.715159445
>>715158991
*an mv
And while we are at it, what was used as battery in past times? I only know of the classic acid battery from ancient eqypt.
Anonymous No.715160510 >>715164330
>>715138848 (OP)
>buying after the steam sale is over
>giving Konami money

OP is retarded
Anonymous No.715163247
>>715142665
remake of games that deserve a second chance like simons quest or legends
Anonymous No.715163367
>>715142665
A soulslike
Anonymous No.715164330
>>715160510
I bought it on launch day and double dipped for a physical because I fucking love Castlevania.
Anonymous No.715164950
>>715148706
>Chronicles of the Wolf
Lecarde Chronicles 2 was kino, might give it a try
Anonymous No.715165589 >>715165792 >>715166675
thoughts on Harmony of Dissonance? i finished it for the first time a few days ago and curious what the consensus is, really liked the general gameplay and even the lol 2castle gimmick but god the music is so fucking ass
Anonymous No.715165792
>>715165589
Overhated, but clearly not the best Castlevania ever
Anonymous No.715166675
>>715165589
The weakest of the Igarashi-era 2D games but still a good game on its own merits. Always loved Juste's design even though he's really just Alucard crossed with Richter.

When I played it for the first time when I was ten, it freaked me out when you hit the switch to crush that monster whose blood makes your raft float up the cavern. I was so excited when I unlocked Maxim because the thought occurred to me you could cheat and see what it looked like before. Silly me.
Anonymous No.715166820 >>715167519
>>715142665
Classic mode option where I can just play through 6-7 stages, have my fun and put it down. I don't really have as much time to invest in an hours long metroidvania.
And please let it not be like bloodstained's, with the jarring 8bit music and stiff controls. I'd rather something that build upon CV4's gameplay.
Anonymous No.715166958
>>715158217
Yeah, I did it without continues on hard on my 2nd playthrough. You can tank so much and falling down pits doesn't even kill you. They severely overcorrected compared to the arcade.
Anonymous No.715167519
>>715166820
Bloodstained's classic mode was better than the main game.
Anonymous No.715167629 >>715168113
No, paying for emulated roms is never worth it. You can literally download all these "collection" roms and put them in a emulator.
Anonymous No.715168113
>>715167629
While I agree with the sentiment, the DS emulators are kinda shit all around plus there's annoying touchscreen mechanics which you would need to mod out.