Thread 720007935

This game sucks.

I couldn't even beat episode 1 of this series.

Castlevania 2 and 1 are great, classic Nintendo games; but as for Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse? The developers obviously weren't thinking straight.

YOU suck.

people thought this game sucked long before Rolfe
people thought the 64 games sucked long before Youtube and ecelebs
Harmony of Dissonance is ass and flopped unlike CHAD of the Moon

I hope this address of 4chan's contrarianism around this series has been illuminating

Why is Castlevania a film? The title screens of 2 and 3 have a film scroll motif and the first game has fake end credits with "actors".
It's just a game where some guy beats a bunch of monsters in a castle and then a big bad. Why the film, how does it relate to that?

>>720008123
>how does this long-standing homage to Universal film monsters and DRACULA tie into film

>>720008123
It's art like film does.

>>720008104
64 is actually good, its a case of skill issue for mosts.

>>720008176
lol

It feels like it should be illegal to play these games during the day.

>>720008012
>"WE LIVE IN THE YEAR 2007..."

>>720007935 (OP)
AAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSS

>>720010189
>7 years ago

>>720007935 (OP)
It’s fun with cheats. I play with 200% health and 2x damage boost. Makes the game more fun for me.

What's the first easy Castlevania? I'm playing the first one on NES and I like it, but it's too hard for me. I need the same thing but a bit easier.

I'm so happy that's the opening to his channel. It's so charming

>>720007935 (OP)
It actually doesn't. It's annoying at the worst of times, but there are plenty of way worse stinkers in the NES library. You just need to play by its rules and we gucci

E I G H T D I R E C T I O N A L W H I P P I N G

>>720011448
None of them are easy except the metroidvanias starting with Symphony of the Night and that's rather different. You'd think they made more exactly like the NES game since it's so popular but no. However, the 16-bit classic style Castlevanias are slightly easier than the NES games and also good. Try Bloodlines, Super Castlevania IV and Rondo of Blood.

>>720011448
Rondo as Maria.

>>720011448
Funnily enough, Castlevania 2, arguably. You'll maybe need a guide for figuring out what to do and when, but that aside, I'd say it's easier than its NES brethren, at least. There are times where enemies may more easily whap you around, but Simon can get to being hella resilient, not to mention laurels give you on-demand temporary invincibility.

After Simon's Quest, IV isn't totally a walk in the park, but jump directional control and 8-way whipping loosens things up and is a sort of retelling of 1 on top of that. Rondo of Blood arguably isn't that bad depending on who you ask but I don't know, that game's first stage throws skeleton katanamen at you. Symphony of The Night is a totally different thing from CV1, but it is easy as all hell, if it helps. Most of the metroidvanias afterwards are pretty easy, as well, save for Circle of The Moon and Order of Ecclesia, but Portrait of Ruin is a step below those two while still being a step up from the others.

>>720007935 (OP)
Me, hearing Aquarius in CotM, after having played CV3 my whole life

A BUFFALO

>>720007935 (OP)
you suck

>>720014984
>take a diarrhea shit in his mouth

HE LOOKS SO STUPID

>>720007935 (OP)
ever heard the tornado of souls.

>>720011448
You might try Rondo. It's one of the easier classic entries in general, and Maria functions as a sort of easy mode once you unlock her. That said, you would likely find the first game becomes manageable surprisingly quickly if you put much time in to it.

>>720011895
The existence of worse games doesn't make Castlevania 2 any better. I don't actually hate the game, but it's deeply flawed.

>>720007935 (OP)
if you took the like levels, enemies, and manors but made everything linear, and added bosses, and kept all the awesome music it might be a good game.

>>720007935 (OP)
You suck.
It's the best Castlevania game made before SotN, which is the best Castlevania game. Order of Ecclesia is 3rd best, and you opinion sucks.

>>720015501
the problem is moreso the fact that the levels, enemies, and manors are terrible, and figuring out where to go is cryptic and pretty much requires outside help or significant amounts of trial and error.
the more non-linear RPG formula can work, it's just that Simon's Quest failed. one game that did it right is Infernax, which managed to keep the 5 dungeon/semi-open world formula but with better enemy and level design, boss battles in each dungeon, and less cryptic puzzles.
part of me wonders if the game wouldn't have benefited significantly from a Zelda II style overworld with instanced dungeons and enemy encounters. that would cut down on backtracking and facilitate exploration while allowing the manors to feel more like Castlevania 1 levels.

What I don't get is why prosessing Dracula's body parts gives Simon powers, especially since he's all about using holy weaponry. It's like he went to the dark side.

>>720007935 (OP)
is this a metroidvania

>dude simon's quest was a masterpiece
>dude zelda 2 was a masterpiece
Red Arremer's entire trilogy dabs on both of them so hard, it's not even funny.

>>720016092
he was cursed by dracula

>>720016092
probably something to do with dracula's curse
kind of like how in the novel dracula mina gets mindraped by dracula but she also gains the ability to see and hear what he sees and hears

Why does my title screen look different?

>>720011448
The first one on NES is pretty easy, but if you need something easier, CV4 is probably your best bet. Aside from a couple bullshit moments it's not nearly as hard as the rest of the classic games.

>>720016227
Simon's Quest is shit, but Zelda II is a legitimately great game that got shit on by Zelda fans for being different.

>>720007935 (OP)
He was right about this game but it's hard to take anything he says about Castlevania seriously after he reviewed the whole series and said all of them were worse than IV solely because they don't have 8 way whipping

>>720007935 (OP)
Castlevania II, Zelda II, Final Fantasy II
The trifecta of games that cause the most butthurt amongst plebs. Just admit you don't like games.

>>720017120
He's right, though.

>>720017306
He isn't. IV is one of the weakest games in the series and 8-way whipping is half-baked mechanically. Even if it wasn't, IV is still severely lacking on level design, enemy design, bosses, and content compared to the other classic games (besides II).

>>720017265
Zelda II is actually good, don't lump it in with them.

2 is the best castlevania, op is a faggot

>>720011448
1 isn't that bad for most of it, just abuse holy water when you get to the death level.

>>720011448
Get good. Seriously. CV1 isn't that bad. You can do it.

Great game.
It's no more obtuse than anything else konami put out back then (check out goonies 2).
It's no more obtuse than zelda 1.
It's no more obtuse than Legacy of the Wizard
etc

And those are all great games too.

t. old enough to have played CV2 on an NES at my friends place after school regularly when it launched here in australia in 1990

>>720010189
>>720011304
I just rewatched the "goriest bosses" one like 2 days ago or something

>>720016991
The endgame boss rush is harder than any game that came before this

>>720007935 (OP)
>le bad is le good actually
there, I summed up another /v/ thread

>>720008104
>contrarian of the moon

>>720007935 (OP)
That's the only 'vania I played when I was a kid...

>>720014634
I heard Vampire Killer used on YTMND, which lead me to COTM and the series in general.

>>720021960
No it isn't. Only really Slogra can be challenging but he is the first of the rush and the game has infinite continues. Death is a pushover in IV.