Thread 723695040

Which game are you playing/replaying for Halloween? For me, it's Aria of Sorrow.

>>723695040 (OP)
I downloaded the GBAvania roms but I've yet to get around to playing them

Order of Ecclesia.
Shanoa a cute!

>>723695040 (OP)
already played portrait earlier in the month
also, charlotte is the cutest

>>723695040 (OP)
I might actually start Circle of the Moon soon.

Is Konami trolling us?

>>723695040 (OP)

Favorite Castlevania (Classic)?
Favorite Castlevania (Igavania)?
Favorite 3D Castlevania?
What's your favorite character (Playable and Non-Playabñe)?
Favorite song/theme in the franchise?

>>723695748
Bloodlines.
Aria of Sorrow.
Curse of Darkness.
Soma Cruz and Dracula.
Dracula Appears from Lament of Innocence.

>>723695040 (OP)
I'm playing AoS right now on a whim, IDK what I'll do next. I just beat Bloodstained but I feel like I have more to do in that game. A recent thread made me want to go back to the 3D games because "dude they're totally better than you remember" but /v/ has gotten me with that before. Then again what's the worst that could happen? I can think of worse things than playing mediocre spooky games in October.

>>723695748
>Favorite Castlevania (Classic)?
Bloodlines

>Favorite Castlevania (Igavania)?
Order of Ecclesia

>Favorite 3D Castlevania?
Lament of Innocence

>What's your favorite character (Playable and Non-Playabñe)?
Pic related and Shanoa

>Favorite song/theme in the franchise?
Big Battle from Castlevania 3 Dracula's Curse

>>723695510
I swear to God, all we're getting for the 40th anniversary is probably a collab with the new Bloodstained game, maybe a 3D collection and the chink mobile game as well.

>>723695842
Based

God, I wish SotN was on switch.

>>723695461
You should get a few mods for it. Like autorun and better drops

>>723696329
Get a steam deck and an emulator, the best part is you can get the ultimate mod.

>>723696362
I think I will. Thanks.

>>723696282
A Curse of Darkness rerelease will really fuck with tourists.

>>723695040 (OP)
Recently beat the patched Dawn of Sorrow with all the QoL shit and bugfixes (haha luck). It came with the auto-glyph patch, which was something I didn't really plan for but I didn't miss having to draw them in myself, so eh.
Replaying it, I still enjoy the combat and most of the mechanics, but I forgot just how "Metroidvania" it really was, it seemed like every time you get a new traversal skill, you'd unlock one new path to progress and like 5 optional rooms, and the mandatory path would often be crammed into some tiny corner somewhere, so you'd always have to go scanning every tile of the map to try to find the place you're supposed to go.
Also the weapon/equipment balance was pretty fucked, half the weapons are useless, and you get one of the best armors in the game like halfway through the game.

I plan on playing SOTN next, I think.

>>723696282
An SoTN remaster that adds small QOL changes like changes to how consumable items work, NG+, hard mode and the Saturn content would be great.

>>723695040 (OP)
I was playing rondo and SOTN for the first time. I got bored of SOTN, still plan to finish rondo eventually but it's difficult and am now playing chronicles of the wolf.

>>723695748
>Favorite Castlevania (Classic)?
The first one.
>Favorite Castlevania (Igavania)?
Aria of Sorrow.
>Favorite 3D Castlevania?
64.
>What's your favorite character (Playable and Non-Playabñe)?
Reinhardt and Renon
>Favorite song/theme in the franchise?
Iron Blue Intention

>>723695040 (OP)
I want to play bonus modes for the Dominus collection, but I'm procrastinating doing hard for DoS because you can only play it in new game plus, and I'm too lazy to install the mod that lets you do it on new game (nor do I know if that would even be a balanced experience).

>>723695748
>Favorite Castlevania (Classic)?
Super Castlevania.

>Favorite Castlevania (Igavania)?
I guess Dawn of Sorrow.

>Favorite 3D Castlevania?
Castlevania 64.

>What's your favorite character (Playable and Non-Playabñe)?
Charlotte for playable, but Albus is my favourite written character. I really love how he can play a believable jealous rival character that grew apart due to the main character's talent, but also still pull off the reveal that he's genuinely trying to save Shanoa.

>Favorite song/theme in the franchise?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPSEdrMp7GA
This one.

>>723695748
>Favorite Castlevania (Classic)?
Bloodlines.

>Favorite Castlevania (Igavania)?
Aria of Sorrow.

>Favorite 3D Castlevania?
Curse of Darkness.

>What's your favorite character (Playable and Non-Playable)?
Soma Cruz and Dracula.

>Favorite song/theme in the franchise?
Dracula Appears from Lament of Innocence.

>>723695040 (OP)
Playing through classicvania for the first time. I got filtered pretty hard by the NES games and now I'm gonna play 4

>>723699980
4 should be easy in comparison.

>>723700121
That's what I figure. I did beat 1 and 3 by using save states as a form of infinite lives but I know that doesn't count. I'll go back and do them for real later

>>723700252
Good luck, anon.

I wonder if we'll get another small scale remake with the next collection.

>>723700513
I hope it's Legends.

Just to share with everyone in the thread:

https://happyvania.bandcamp.com/album/happyvania-vampire-lover

>>723700559
Same.

>>723700565
Thanks.

>>723700252
Be warned, the "4 is easy" meme only applies to the early stages. In the later stages it gets genuinely challenging. If you want an easy Cv with save files, stage select and general QoL then you can't go wrong with Rondo. Just don't play as Maria because it makes the game far too easy.

>>723698984
>Albus is my favourite written character. I really love how he can play a believable jealous rival character that grew apart due to the main character's talent, but also still pull off the reveal that he's genuinely trying to save Shanoa.
Agree he's really a well written character. He risked all in order to save his sister from that awful fate.

>>723700565
Damn anon hahahaha tears of joy is really an amazing track I was searching for that song years ago.

>>723695040 (OP)
is there any reason to get the advance collection if im on pc or is it just better to emulate

which one should I play first?

>>723695748
>Favorite Castlevania (Classic)?
Castlevania Dracula X (I really love the Dracula fight in that one)

>Favorite Castlevania (Igavania)?
Dawn of Sorrow because of the falling fight o the tower

>Favorite 3D Castlevania?
Lament of Innocence in my opinion

>What's your favorite character (Playable and Non-Playabñe)?
Loretta & Stella and Albus

>Favorite song/theme in the franchise?
An empty tome

>>723701123
The Haunted Castle remake.

>>723701123
Haunted Castle Revisited

>>723701123
>>723701369
Shit, sorry, I thought you were talking about the Dominus Collection, in that case, just emulate since it's free.

just posting some official art

>>723701662
Weird that they gave her Jonathan's voice.

>>723701123
Advance Collection adds an expanded brochure of item drops for all the games. CotM gets an extra piece of UI telling you which enemies drop what cards, but you shouldn't be grinding CotM's cards in the first place because it's not worth it.

>>723701429
So is the pc collection...

>>723701686
Yeah.

>>723701749
Can you mod the Advance Collection?

>>723696329
It is. Duckstation works great on the Switch.

>>723701862
That's cute.

>>723695040 (OP)
Playing SoTN right now, will probably replay Aria of Sorrow afterwards.
SoTN is much too easy but it's such comfy nostalgia for me, remembering the good old days of modding and trading psx cdrs with friends after school.

My favorite one

Does Charlotte want to fuck Jonathan?

>>723702475
yes

>>723695040 (OP)
No Castlevania this year. I'm going to play Bloodstained RotN and Metroid Dread instead this year.

>>723695748
>Favorite Castlevania (Classic)Dracula's Curse
>Favorite Castlevania (Igavania)?
Harmony of Dissonance
>Favorite 3D Castlevania?
Haven't played any
>What's your favorite character (Playable and Non-Playabñe)?
Juste and Death
>Favorite song/theme in the franchise?
Chaple of Dissonance

>>723697854
I'm expecting a 2.5D SotN remaster or remake.

>>723702475
>>723702409
You only like this because you want to be as cute as charlotte

>>723703052
>2.5D
oh god please no

>>723703413
They already did it with Grimoire of Souls expect it to happen again and honestly if it looks just as good as Dread I'll have no problems with it the voice acting on the other hand is going to suck

>>723703052
As long as they find a way to stylise it, I'll be fine.

>>723703615
I actually finished Grimoire of Souls, a shame so much of the promised content from the canned online version were gutted.

>>723703615
>>723704570
Honestly, they might just reuse assets from GoS.

>>723700668
I'm partway into the castle now and it's been a much more enjoyable experience than the NES games. Just beat the dancers

Is Chronicles of the Wolf good? I'm not a fan of OoE's linear levels before the castle, but I might enjoy it if everything else is good.

which way

>>723705151
I haven't played it yet, but I did play the dev's previous Castlevania fan game, The Lecarde Chronicles II and it was a blast, so I'm expecting more of the same with a higher budget.

>>723705352
Original.

I'm replaying Harmony of Dissonance
It's as forgettable as I (don't) remember

>>723695353
Ch-Charlotte?!

>>723705726
JONATHAN!

>>723706416
CHARLOTTE!

What would you guys want out of a Castlevania revival?

>>723695040 (OP)
Millennial memes are retarded

>>723695040 (OP)
Castlevania Legends - Is shit
Castlevania Adventures - Is shit
Castlevania Belmonts Revenge - is good

Is insane that Legends came out 7 years after Revenge and around the same time as SOTN and still turned out to be a massive downgrade. Now tell me how to cheese Castlevania 3 because its unfairly hard.

>>723707586
>Castlevania 3
Play the original version.

>>723703052
Careful with that

>>723696329
I love seeing posts like this
Alucard is for snoy BVLLS only
>b-but Saturn b-but xbla b-but mobile
All embarrassing attempts to wrest his supple bussy away from the Sony CHADS that MADE him famous
Buy a ps4/5

>>723695040 (OP)
>Halloween
I'm an adult male.

>>723709030
Still playing video games and still browsing /v/,

>>723707586
Belmont's Revenge is legitimately a top 5 Castlevania game.

>>723695040 (OP)
Just play Chronicles of the Wolf.

>>723711614
Why?

>>723711720
Not him, but it's fun.

>>723707586
I told you Belmonts revenge is the only good gbvania

>Now tell me how to cheese Castlevania 3
Grant + Triple shot holy water on Trevor

>>723709192
People like him are usually zoomers with a point to prove.

>>723712772
There's always "that" guy in every thread, like the guy that brought the "euphoric" type of atheism out of nowhere last time.

>>723711614
I might after I get paid.

>>723707376
We're probably getting a CVIII remake.

>>723714080
I wouldn't mind that.

>>723711614
Already did.
Best waifu (not counting the healing spell ghost). The actress came close, though.

>>723714080
What would it be like?

>>723714080
Hopefully not. Konami is incompetent.

>>723714080
CV64 remake or CV:LoS3

>>723714406
They'll probably outsource again.

>>723714463
An LoS game set before 2 starring Alucard might be fun.

>>723707376
The 1999 game or a 3rd Sorrow game.

>>723695040 (OP)
Replaying CotM again, it's my go to for replays, the difficulty curve is pretty much perfect to where I don't have to concentrate too hard but not so trivial that it's boring.

>>723714294
The vampire status effect made me feel things.

>>723714658
Elaborate on those feelings.

>>723714994
Correction!

>>723715117
Maria is STACKED.

>>723714538
Konami missing out opportunity

>>723715195
I think LoS' biggest mistake was divorcing their version of Dracula from Vlad the Impaler and the novel. Those would've been great stories to tell, oh, and an Alucard game since the DLC was cool.

>>723703413
Really? Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night got those amazing graphic.

>>723711614
Legitimately one of the worst games I have ever played.

>>723715529
Bait.

>>723715529
Needs to be stylised a bit, but the graphics weren't bad.

I'll always be a SorrowGOD. But I'll admit that PoR has WAY better content and fanservice.

>>723715365
>Vlad the Impaler and the novel
Doubt it. While Stoker borrowed the name Dracula, he adapted only fragments of the historical figure’s backstory. For example, some passages suggest a connection to Vlad III’s exploits, but they leave unclear whether Dracula is Vlad himself, merely a British royal families descendent or symbolic representation. Only readers interpretation.

>>723707376
1999/Demon Castle War
Julius for the Belmont mode, playable from the start, full power move set
Alucard for Iga-like mode, gradual leveling/power gain
Third mode is Dual mode, maybe the extra two figures in GoS - it would be interesting to have a mix n match system between the PoR pairs.
Fourth mode allows you to switch Julius and Alucard's modes (start with weak Julius/strong Alucard for example)

>>723715593
Not bait.

>>723715731
I remember that. Was the 1992 movie the one that popularised Dracula as Vlad in modern fiction?

>>723715740
That sounds awesome.

>>723715578
I'm playing it now and it's great. kys

>>723715740
Third option mode: great succubus or Elizabeth Bartley’s reincarnation

>>723715828
Can’t remember something, Just watched 2014 Dracula Untold

>>723715908
actually I technically did just "beat it" and got ending c. which was dogshit. what do you do after you get the thing that shows you who is a cult member? I killed everyone I found. only new area is underwater and I can't really progress

>>723715578
Why?

>>723715908
It's fucking dogshit and you're a shill. Look at this incredible and fluid gameplay!

>>723716063
That double jump is a joke.

>>723716063
did this room filter you or something? it's literally rondo SOTN, it's fucking great

>>723716059
It plays like shit (controls are bizarre and terrible), map is strangely useless, weapons and subweapons are atrocious, generally very ugly and cheap looking, dialogue, voice acting (except Robert Belgrade) is awful and text is borderline ESL, animations are bad, level design is abysmal with many cheap and repetitive areas like the taxidermy building. It's just fucking shit.

>>723716208
>literally rondo SOTN
>is far worse than both games

>>723716387
it's fine that you have no taste anon just stop making it my problem

>>723715997
I might have to do some digging.

>>723716232
>ESL
Originally French translation

Who is your favourite Castlevania character?

>>723695748
>Favorite Castlevania (Classic)?
CV1
>Favorite Castlevania (Igavania)?
PoR
>Favorite 3D Castlevania?
64/LoD
>What's your favorite character (Playable and Non-Playabñe)?
Leon
>Favorite song/theme in the franchise?
Fog enshrouded Nightscape

>>723717360
>Fog enshrouded Nightscape
I've been listening to that track to fall asleep. It's really relaxing.

bloodstained niggas

>>723716063
>Celeste gameplay
>in a Castlevania fangame
So hecking cute and valid, xister. This is what Castlevania is all about. Protect trans black kids!!!

>>723695748
CV3
Aria
LoI
Jonathan and Death
Divine Bloodlines snes version

>>723717527
>trans black kids
They're called wiggers.

>>723718009
Kek.

>>723715828
I was trying to cast a wide net, based on all the modes over the years.
>>723715913
What would the gameplay be, running interception for Drac + trying to seduce the MCs?

>>723718310
Makes sense.

lol! ;)

>>723718498
is this show complete dogshit?

>>723718569
Yes, and it's never coming back, thankfully.

>>723712772
If you've got something to say about me, say it to my face, cocksucker.

>>723718927
you = fagit

>>723718498
>AIIIIEEEEEEEE NOT THE 90 DEGREE ANGLES SAVE ME DRACULA SAMA
how the fuck did netflixvania create a dumber vampire weakness that the whole "cant enter your house unless you invite them" thing

>>723718586
I just got into this series this month basically. so it's unwatchable garbage? :'(

>>723719220
Yes.

>>723719026
>>723718569
>>723718586
>>723718498
Confirmed for having not read the book.

Let's just not talk about the cartoon.

>>723719405
Shut the fuck up jew

>>723719519
No seriously. Dracula in Bram Stoker's Dracula was an autistic retard and Van Helsing defeats him by forcing him into a situation in which his vampiric autism would force him to behave in a predictable manner. It's actually kinda funny.

>>723716013
>I technically did just "beat it"
>and got ending c.
tard

>>723719629
LITERALLY what does that have to do with the vampire's aversion to the crucifix and holy objects? Shut the fuck up retard.

>>723719489
Let's talk about the other cartoon.

>>723718992
Alright Brayden, that's better.

>>723719405
Most people don't read the Big Book of Numerophobes.

>>723719405
ah yes the book where Dracula's son gets sodomized by a japanese twink

>>723719629
Then Nocturne comes along and retcons into to being holy and burning them.

>>723695040 (OP)
I was hoping we'd get a Rondo/SotN collection, but it doesn't look like that's happening.

>>723719747
Chad Simon.

>>723719818
I'm so glad the show's dead for good, we just need a new game and then we'd be living in the best timeline. Maybe a CV3 remake that has Grant in it and Hector and Isaac as side characters just to fuck with the tourists.

>>723719220
The first season is watchable enough because it covers the SotN backstory and the cast of Cv3 coming together. The only big digression is shafting Grant for no reason. Second season is bloated bullshit with vampire OC drama, and everything afterwards is pure homoerotic fanfiction.

>>723719807
The Shitflix show is literally made for fujos and roasties, what do you expect? As a man you shouldn't even be watching this.

>>723719715
Woah there little buddy. No need to break out into an effeminate meltdown.

>>723720327
It was actually made by a guy who diddled over 100 women, look it up, it's pretty funny.

>>723720327
>The Shitflix show is literally made for fujos and roasties
Don't be dick, Kojima isn't that bad.

And this thread was going so well.

>>723720048
>The only big digression is shafting Grant for no reason.
To be fair Konami was already doing a good job of that long before Netflixvania was a thing.

>>723720589
I hope the usual schizos don't show up.

>>723720690
He was relegated to a random corpse in Mirror of Fate.

>>723720719
One already did, unfortunately.

>>723720894
Someone make a new thread.

>>723720798
I remember that.

what game should I start with

>>723721705
The original for classic, SoTN for metroid.

>>723721705
Castlemania 1

>>723721790
I'm glad Kojima went with Simon's CV1 design for Grimoire of Souls.

replayed dawn and portrait last year so maybe I'll replay ecclesia

>>723722153
What ever happened to Iida's cancer. Did he beat it?

>>723722225
don't think so, he was hospitalized back in July
https://x.com/CurryHermit/status/1945353731588890759

>>723722797
Man, that sucks. I hope he gets better.

>>723703052
FUCK YOU for being right

did Castlekino 3 really be like THIS!?!?!?

Which game do you fags think will get the M2 treatment next?

>>723723532
Legends

>>723723532
I think Belmont's Revenge and Legends are really the only games left that would benefit from M2 fucking around with. maybe simon's quest if they're feeling spicy

>>723723714
>>723723825
>Legends
I wouldn't mind that to be honest.

Just replayed Aria of Sorrow a couple weeks ago. Got busy and stopped after completing a Soma playthrough; didn't play Julius Mode.

>>723695748
CV3
AoS
N/A, didn't play any of them
Soma, the librarian in SotN because lol why not
Bloody Tears would be the easy answer, but SotN/AoS have so many bangers on their soundtracks. Possibly Crystal Teardrop/Underground Reservoir. Or maybe I Am The Wind just for being done by the Snake Eater girl.

>>723723532
MSX Vampire killer

OUUUUUUUUUUUUUH!!!!!!!

Worst Castlemania.

>>723716063
>cherrypicked optional endgame content

This is like complaining that the challenge area of Order makes the whole game bad.

>>723695748
>no favorite Classicvania subweapon category
ngmi

>>723695748
Original
Dawn of Sorrow (sorry not sorry)
Lords of Shadow (by default, actually sorry)
Albus/Hammer
Orlox's Quarters

>>723723825
It's a little out of the "Revisited" wheelhouse but I'd love to see a remake for Belmont's Revenge that added in cutscenes and made the game a bit longer.

>>723703413
I did not hate Dracula X Chronicles.

>>723725882
The Requiem Collection should've been a port of Dracula X Chronicles.

>>723725882
I dont hate it either but visually its kinda ass

What's the deal with St Michael's Mount being depicted as Dracula's castle not once but twice in this series?

>>723695040 (OP)
Played through Aria with this hack and had a good time. It was certainly a deviation from the normal game.
Would recommend.

...........................

>>723726496
Probably just "grab whatever is vaguely related and looks cool for material."

Aria of Sorrow
>Soma dresses and acts like a gay indian man
>white fur coat, dramatic angst

Portrait of Ruin
>Castlevania's power couple
>Jonathan (an actual man) is featured in a classic coming of age tale learning how to wield his "vampire killer"

It's not even close, FUCK OFF Aria fags. Just the one spell you get early in Portrait of Ruin Charlotte's Raging Fire has more soul than any move in Aria of Sorrow. And your final boss sucks ass.

>>723695040 (OP)
I've been playing through Circle of the Moon for the first time. I can give some slack for it being I think a rushed GBA launch title, but god it is clunky and feels bad to play. Definitely my least favorite Igavania by far, at least until I get to HoD with how much bad I heard about it.

>>723727135
Counterpoint: Soma has a positron rifle.

konami

put harmony of despair on steam and add new characters, stages and items to it

and i will forgive you everything

>>723727293
Just don't get hit, bro. you got the light spell at this point, spam the hell out of it and build up your light element.

>>723727715
And give Charlotte a jump kick.

Chronicles/X68000 is hard to the point of just not being fun anymore.

>>723728514
At least it doesn't have that Magic Seal bullshit.

I know it's not actually hard, but I got stuck on the fucking crab boss in OOE and I rage quit out of being so close but never beating it. I might just skip the game. Are any of the games after the DS good?

what was the best of the handheld 'vanias?

>>723729591
Portrait of Ruin. The dogshit GBA sound quality holds AoS back.

I've played the GBA/NDS/PS ones. I'm replaying them in release order.

I'm stuck here

What is the BEST fight with Dracula in all the games? For me it's OoE because it's the first time we see Dracula walk and it was ridiculously intimidating.

I like the Lords of Shadow games. Dracula vs Satan is such a dumb concept it becomes awesome.

>>723731141
Dracula/Death tag team phase will always be the best to me even though it's mechanically pretty simple.

>>723731141
SotN just for the dialogue.

>>723731415
I don't remember that attack wtf

>>723731713
Only uses it if the fight drags on for an absurdly long amount of time.

>>723730607
The cross is great for this section. Are you getting those subweapon upgrades?

One thing I always love about this series is the background decorations. So tiny but so detailed and cute. Little tea cups, cakes, chairs, tables, book shelf's, a random bakery or a bartender. It's soulful.

>>723732640
Me on the left

>>723732849
Twitchcon 1944

>>723727557
>Circle of the Moon
>Iga
LMAO he was so mad that someone else made a good game that he famously erased CotM from his stupid timeline.

>>723728514
nah

>>723734126
>Corn beef hash
Surprised this has never been an item

>>723695040 (OP)
ecclessia doing a level 1 hard run

>>723696282
Realistically what can they even do anymore other than remakes and collabs?

>>723727557
CotM isn't that clunky, right-left and left-right also work for running, you don't need to double-tap the same button every time. The level layouts are also spaced out more than usual, in order to accomodate for the controls. Also, you largely shouldn't worry about the card combos mechanic on the first playthrough, and there's no reason to grind the cards since beating the game unlocks an extra game mode with all the cards already unlocked. It's broken in the most fun way.

>>723729535
>I know it's not actually hard, but I got stuck on the fucking crab boss in OOE
What do you mean, his moves are all scripted, you can totally trial-and-error that fucker. Yes he's a bit of a time-waster but surely you're not that impatient.
>Are any of the games after the DS good?
The Adventure ReBirth is also very good, but finish OoE nigga goddamn.

>>723727630
Notice how he has not responded yet lol

>>723731713
Probably you were running away like a pussy instead of taking it like a man.

Which game has the best iteration of Bloody Tears?

>>723720048
Akshully they brought back Grant as a gypsy woman in season 4. But yes the show is shit. Nocturne was outright insulting.

>>723720589
Still is.

>>723737639
Simon's Quest

>>723737647
I torrented Nocturne only to not give a watch in Netflix service and yes, after the shitshow of the first show they even surpased themselves making even shittier.

>>723703413
I liked this game.

>>723739345
>dei shit

>>723737647
>gypsy woman
lolwut

>>723729591
You can't go wrong with any of the GBA games and you can't go right with any of the DS games (especially OoE).

>>723739345
She's cute, but I'm still not watching your awful show.

>>723695040 (OP)
I actually started a Castlevania run not even thinking about October until I got through Symphony of the Night. I then went through all the Igavanias by release date. Finally on Order of Ecclesia now, and this game fucking sucks. I mean it's okay, but holy fuck they attempted to go back to classic Castlevania games by making nothing but a huge number of corridors??? Genuinely what the fuck were these goofballs thinking?

>>723695040 (OP)
Fatal Frame
Silent Hill
Resident Evil & Tormented Souls
Scorn
Darkwood

Next year will play The Evil Within.

I'm playing 3 and I'm about to lose my shit. Why can't this faggot climb stairs faster or attack snappier while on them?

>>723735753
Metroidvanias do sell well and there's a lot more of enthusiasts now than back in the 2010's, a proper 2.5D Castlevania game would be really nice but I don't think any of the people that used to make those games are there anymore so I don't know how good it could even be.

>>723695748
>Favorite Castlevania (Classic)?
The original and III, with IV coming in behind. I love almost all of the Classicvanias though.
>Favorite Igavania
Symphony of the Night, which isn't an Igavania.
>Favorite 3D Castlevania?
Lords of Shadow. That's not saying much, though.

Play Bloodstained Classic Mode

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUjl5SQItm4

>>723729591
Belmont's Revenge.

Which ROM hacks are worth playing?
Besides Dawn of Sorrow's definitive edition+

>>723741615
Why are you a little bitch?

>>723695264
Underrated gem.
The soundtrack is also god-tier.
One banger after the other
https://youtu.be/ACFF-BDFKDA?si=fsAuDEqy1RzoBAKD

>>723741853
Do people really replay a game just for a new graphics options?

>>723695040 (OP)
I'm playing blasphemous 2 and it's alright so far.

>>723743163
not a real castlevania game fuck off tourist

>>723741405
Yeah, OoE is a weird experiment of a game. Some of it works, but most of it really doesn't. The hybrid-ish level design is truly awful and in a way it feels like you're getting the worst of both worlds. Most of the bosses are excellent, but then a few of them are just terrible.
I will say that it's a beatiful-looking game, and even though it's not a story-heavy game by any means, it has the best story in the series by a wide margin.

>>723743007
Tons of people. I literally did not play Bloodstained because of its 3D graphics, despite hearing it's pretty good. I just thought it looked very ugly so didn't bother. Seeing the name of the video saying "Official Classic Mode" I'd hoped it converted the game into pixel graphics or some such. Oh well.

>>723725519
>actually sorry
The only one that should be sorry is Konami for dropping the ball on 3D Castlevania over and over.

Castlevania MMO/Castlevania meets MapleStory
Would you play it?
anti-mmo fags need not answer

>>723744712
anti-mmo GOD here. No I wouldn't.

>>723744712
That just sounds like Harmony of Despair but different.
Sure I guess

>>723744987
>Harmony of Despair
That's not a MMO lol.
I mean classes, dungeons, raids, a market, gear that shows in your character, etc...
Literally maplestory but not gay

>>723695748
Favorite Castlevania (Classic)?
rondo
Favorite Castlevania (Igavania)?
portrait
Favorite 3D Castlevania?
I haven't played any of them
What's your favorite character (Playable and Non-Playabñe)?
gameplay wise: aria soma, aesthetics and story wise: julius
Favorite song/theme in the franchise?
it's hard enough to choose a favorite in a single game, nevermind the whole franchise. allow me 2 for classic and igavania
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CT6PC3z-BLA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9Feh1QvEEE

>>723718498
>>723719807
Has Adi Shankar been cancelled yet?

>>723711609
I'm glad more people are realizing this. Years ago when I would mention Belmont's Revenge everyone thought I was shitposting.

>>723747001
Castlevania got cancelled but the parasite infected Devil May Cry which is somehow even worse.

>>723695748
Bloodlines
Aria of Sorrow
Curse of Darkness
Juste Belmont
https://youtu.be/pNYRxgpD4dg?si=SqXYmh4TDMQDZ8y5

>>723711609
If you said Simon's Quest I might have agreed with you, but that is just peak contrarianism
the game boy games are complete shit

>>723737639
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOWUSsFar-s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gVyqRuVmkA
WE ARE SOOOO BACK

>>723747925
Belmont's Revenge is leaps and bounds better than the other two GB games. Anybody that lumps them together clearly has not played them.

>>723695264
I hate this game from the bottom of my heart.
I hate the weapon system.
I HATE the level design. So many small areas that feel like shit to navigate. Re-used tilesets. The water levels are absolute garbage.
Everything about this game makes me upset. Never have I had a game make me feel this way except OoE. It has a decent soundtrack and that's all that's going for it.

>>723748490
Is the only DS game I did not replay and forced myself to finish. But some people love it. Very polarizing game.

Does Dracula's castle has toilets?

>>723737639
Either Simon's Quest or Rondo

>>723711614
This game is literally too hard for gaymers in 2025. I don't know what the fuck happened this year but anons are acting like retarded faggots.
Look at this retard:
>>723715578
>>723716013
He plays the game for a couple hours then starts whining and crying because his progression was interrupted for a few minutes by some challenge. These people need to be wiped off the face of the gaming community, they are the worst kind of normie pieces of shit.

i'm playing some rabi ribi personally

>>723711614
I haven't tried this yet but most of what I've seen is not impressive in any way. I never played played Lecarde Chronicles either, though. I'm willing to give it a fair shake soon-ish. Ninja Gaiden 4 will probably take up most of my game time this week.

>>723748490
filtered

>>723695748
>Dracula’s Curse
>SOTN
>I don’t like any of the 3D games
>Simon
>Chandeliers

>>723711614
I have to admit I just hate the graphics, it's really not aesthetic while also feeling like it's trying so hard to be Symphony of the Night's graphics and just utterly failing, they need to hire a better artist

Welp, see you guys in three months.

>>723707376
A continuation of the original timeline, as opposed to a continuity reboot.
Not opposed to AUs like Lords of Shadow running concurrently, though.

>>723695748
>Favorite Castlevania (Classic)?
None. They're clunky pieces of shit.
>Favorite Castlevania (Igavania)?
Order of Ecclesia. Bloodstained mogs all tho.
>Favorite 3D Castlevania?
Lords of Shadow
>What's your favorite character (Playable and Non-Playabñe)?
Albus, Barlowe
>Favorite song/theme in the franchise?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77qeATHjq2E

>>723707376
My ideal would be a proper Castlevania V that expands on IV's moodiness and whip control. A well-made Classicvania of any kind would be nice, though.

whoever designed the dracula fight in circle of the moon should be beaten.

>>723749294
Your game is an ugly and badly designed piece of shit bro no need to lash out

>>723717271
I think Leon Belmont is a pretty cool guy. He kills The Night and doesn't afraid of anything.

>>723751035
>None. They're clunky pieces of shit.
Filtered

Why the fuck did they compose such an outrageously good song for a fucking GAMBLING machine and never feature in any actual games?
https://youtu.be/7CK0_bbcJgo?si=3wvH-lDX0hhVdiKv

>>723723003
Is that supposed to be Grant on the left? Lol.

>>723747925
You haven't played Belmont's Revenge. It takes a lot of cues from Mega Man, in a good way. The level design is super creative and memorable - I haven't played the game in years and I can instantly recall several of its level design set pieces. Like, there's a part where you get to the spike crusher traps from Cv1, except you finally get the satisfaction of breaking those fuckers with your whip. Awesome stuff.
Also ropes >>>>>> stairs, and I WILL die on this hill.

>>723751296
I'll have what she's having!

>>723749890
>Chandeliers
Man of refined taste

>>723751676
>Also ropes >>>>>> stairs
I don't think they're necessarily better, but it's curious to me that no other game revisited the ropes, not even Adventure ReBirth. I recognize that Adventure ReBirth probably only used The Adventure as its basis to sate Hack Cowboy's autism, though. The spider threads are a super cool setpiece.

>>723728514
Just play Arranged Mode, it's the same game but actually fun.

>>723739345
We could’ve got Black Julius, but you BIGOTS didn’t give Nocturne a chance.

>>723747740
What a nice track my man

>>723751378
>Controlling like a cement statue = difficulty

>>723752695
>Dude what the FUCK? Why can't Pac-Man just go through the walls???

>>723752695
>He thinks Classicvania's controls are stiff
>He doesn't actually realize they're extremely fluid and responsive
>He thinks not having a double jump and air control to save you from literally any situation, and having to actually think about his next move and consider positioning is bad
It's immense faggots like you that killed the Beat Em Up genre, kiss yourself

>>723748353
what gorgeous tribute to that game

>>723695040 (OP)
Playing Lecarde Chronicles 2 since I beat Chronicles of the Wolf. Basically the same damn game. I do think the retail game controls a lot smoother and I'm missing the weapon variety. But LC2 is definitely more challenging.

>>723752875
>What the fuck!? Why can't Megamen just aim upward and diagnonal!?

>>723751161
No you should take up fishing or something and stop shitting up gaming with you sub-six-year-old patience and problem solving skills. Yeah you need to figure out where to go next you drooling cocksucker, it's a metroidvania, you go back and forth on the map. Get cancer.

>>723750303
I'm with you. I haven't played it or Lecarde Chronicles but many of the sprites are poorly drawn with awkward animation. The relationship between the foreground and background also looks off sometimes. I will grant that the game has a nice sense of color, though. It commits in a way that's genuinely atmospheric.

I wouldn't mind giving it a go, but I don't want to spend $20 on it. I'll try the demo at some point.

Reminder that it's fine if you don't like Classicvania, but if you shit on them for the controls then you're just revealing yourself to be a filthy casual who got filtered.

>>723753339
to this day I still love Dracula X

>>723752180
>The spider threads are a super cool setpiece.
And the rope skeleton enemies, and the conveyor ropes, and when they switch directions, and when you have to shimmy down the long rope to avoid the fuckhueg spike wall. BR alone did so many cool things with ropes and there's so much more potential in the mechanic. Stairs' only function is that that they gimp your movement against medusas and projectiles, that's about it.

>>723753339
Now do something similar for the spear knights. Oh wait...

>>723752885
>classicvania "enjoyers"
You move like a slug and jumps are floaty as hell. Don't have to think about anything because everything's happening in slow-mo. It's not an exercise in split second decision making but in tedium.
Look to Elden Ring or Silksong to see examples of games demanding positional awareness while actively engaging the player.

Why the fuck are the Castlevania threads getting trolled now?

>>723753339
why didnt the red armor guy damage you? he hit you

>Castlevania:1999 is announced
>you actually play as Hammer instead of Julius
>it's just Metroid

>>723753339
that's cute! same damn windup samn damn evasion and punish. it's boring, unfun, with no room for player expression. Once you've seen all three frames an enemy has to offer congrats you've won

>>723753467
It would have been interesting to see a Belmont's Revenge sequel that used both. Instead we got fucking Legends.

>>723753734
You're being too obvious now.

>>723753976
Post your Dracula X gameplay

>>723754079
boomerbrain can't even fathom criticism of his favored clunkster jank kwab.
>>723754230
i've never launched the game and never will.

>>723753943
Well, that's a Turrican clone.

>>723753734
>Look to Elden Ring or Silksong to see examples of games demanding positional awareness
>He can't play an action game without pogo or dodge rolls
lol

>>723754807
Sekiro? Nine Sols? Any design principle you think Classicvanias excel at have been done better several times over.

>>723753807
Things were worse back in 2020.

No air control is cancer.
SCIV>Rondo>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>every other classicvania

>>723754976
>Sekiro? Nine Sols?
>Even more games that make positioning irrelevant

>>723716232
You managed to tell on yourself for just being bad at literally every aspect of the game, even navigating. Good job. None of those things you described are a problem.

>>723753943
That would be actually a good thing, because that way Julius could be an extra character and be just as broken (if not more) than his appearance in AoS.
>>723753807
Trolled how?

>>723755086
LMFAOOO this doo got stomped by Genichiro

>>723755173
>Genichiro
That was one of the most laughably easy bosses in the entire game, get ye gone soulslopper.

>>723711614
I'm close to the final final boss, finding the big secrets at the end has been fun. I just discovered today that the enemy chart tells you if an enemy drops a piece of equipment, so you can actually farm for certain things early if you know.
I have almost all the equipment now, except for the ring slot where there's still a good half dozen missing. No idea how I could miss them, I have near perfect map completion and 92% bestiary but there's only 1 ring I can farm from enemies.

>>723755278
I doubt it, to act like positioning is irrelevant in Sekiro betrays you bad. These games boil down to reading the opponent then judging opportunity cost and action economy. Soulsfights are games of inches and spacing is just one skill to be mastered in Sekiro, while it's all classicvania's boil down to.

>>723755136
>your criticism is le wrong because.........IT JUST IS!!!
Of all games to simp so hard for you choose this piece of shit

>>723695748
>Favorite Castlevania (Classic)?
Tie between Vampire Killer and Rondo
>Favorite Castlevania (Igavania)?
I assume you mean metroidvania, because the correct answer is SotN and that's not an Igavania.
>Favorite 3D Castlevania?
Lament
>What's your favorite character (Playable and Non-Playabñe)?
Probably Simon just because of how iconic he is. Death.
>Favorite song/theme in the franchise?
Beginning, Bloody Tears, Vampire Killer, Dracula's Castle and Invitation of a Crazed Moon.

>>723755797
>that's not an Igavania.
What? It was directed by IGA.

>>723755545
I like Sekiro, I think Genichiro is still one of the eastiest bosses in the entire game and the Wrathful Demon or the Rematch bosses are the hardest but at the end of the day the main method of play is the same, if you master the parry it's your get out of jail free card while also hurting the boss every time, there's not much else besides some simon says prompts that you have to deal with. The fact that you could get into Sekiro but got filtered by Classicvania is extremely telling, Classicvania tests you on your basic movement options and reading telegraphed attacks far more than any Sekiro boss or most modern games that use a similar parry system.
This isn't even considering subweapons which in Classicvania are almost essential to survive and complement your basic kit to Sekiro where they just trivialize the game entirely and allow you to ignore certain mechanics

>>723755642
You're saying tools that are more than adequate, some of which are actually busted, are "atrocious." You're faulting a map that serves its purpose more than fine. You called the FIRST REAL LEVEL OF THE FUCKING GAME, the one in the damn DEMO, "cheap." Face it. You suck dick dude.

>>723755968
>there's not much else besides some simon says prompts that you have to deal with
the irony

Today is the anniversary of LoI. What do we drink of it? I kind of liked it at the time but both this and CoD just seem like they kind of exist as a series of grey corridors.

>>723695040 (OP)
I started replaying Bloodlines but it isn't nearly as fun as I remember. Maybe I'm just burned out on 2d games.

>>723756062
Maybe the game is just garbage, it's not that complicated

>>723756073
Yep, a game with more tools =/= depth. Final Fight has more depth even than your average modern action game.

>>723756191
Except it isn't and all of your complaints literally confirm that you're just bad.

>>723755931
>Rondo
Hagihara made that game, not Iga. Calling it an Iga game instead of a Hagihara game is like calling RE2 a Kamiya game instead of a Mikami game. There's a reason that none of the games Iga was actually in charge of come anywhere close to SotN, besides being gimped from being on handhelds.

>>723756309
Well didnt know that.

>>723756309
It's more accurate to say Hagihara made half and then let IGA finish it.

>>723755931
>>723756309
Ignore Rondo quote.

>>723756206
Fewer tools and simpler movesets = depth tho. Never got filtered by these games, beat Rondo and said that was lame and never played another one.

>>723756247
How does the game being fucking ugly, the translation terrible, and the animation being terrible stem from whether one is good at the game or not? You can see how ugly and bad the animations are in >>723716063

>>723751592
https://youtu.be/lcjyANC4IMY?t=37

>>723756414
Because they're superficial criticisms that don't affect how the game plays, and all of your descriptions for actual gameplay elements were literally some variation of "this is inadequate" which, like I said, is just telling on yourself for being bad because they aren't. You already talking about simping and outted yourself as a little zoomie who doesn't know shit, so you can just stop now.

>>723756412
>Anon reveals that he didn't even know what he was talking about this entire time
lmao

>>723695748
>Favorite Classic
Rondo
>Favorite IGA
SotN
>Favorite 3D
64
>Favorite Character
Reinhardt Schneider
>Favorite song/theme in the franchise?
Sinking Old Sanctuary (Circle of the Moon)

>>723755931
By the time Igarashi took over the game was more or less set in stone.

>>723756439
Someday we'll get a Castlekino remake with Ralph C Belmondo with music like this

>>723756578
Ironic. To act like positioning is irrelevant in Sekiro says pretty loud and clear that you're complete ass at the game. The Owl fights revolve around it for example, Ishiin's phase 2/3 its crucial, you can bait several different attacks with slight differences in spacing. I never claimed to be some classicvania guru, just that they're not hard, they're simple games and they're not fun.

>>723756851
>The Owl fights revolve around it for example, Ishiin's phase 2/3 its crucial, you can bait several different attacks with slight differences in spacing.
It's no longer funny anymore

>>723756524
You're really just going to ignore the jank controls, one-shot death gimmicks, dropped inputs making platforming bullshit, sprite stretching and mixels as being superficial elementrs?

I like Sekiro and Castlevania

>>723756985
bro got his shit kicked in by chained ogre lol

>>723756996
>jank controls
Telling on yourself again. Can you fuck off? Thanks.

Which game in the entire series has the most undeserved bad reputation?

>>723757076
>He pretending Sekiro bosses are even that hard to cope now
lol

>>723756108
It's a bad game. It's not broken or anything, but it's so lifeless and insistent on wasting the player's time that it becomes outright offensive.

I'm not sure I'd rather play the N64 games, but at least those feel a little inspired. Lament of Innocence is a chore. Unless you're extremely attached to the soundtrack and the Gothic atmosphere (the former is great and the latter is letdown by some crummy character models) the game has nothing going for it. Curse of Darkness irritates me even more for various reasons.

>>723757168
It's funny that you certainly struggled with him Mr. "positoining doesn't matter".

>>723757178
I agree to an extent but I wouldn't call it bad just really bland and uninspired compared to the other stuff out at the time like DMC

>>723754230
SICK

>>723757328
I didn't, and positioning didn't matter as well and those two elements probably go hand in hand of why I didnt find Sekiro very hard at all. This pathetic cope has gone on for too long now, here's your last (you)

>>723749457
This kinda shit is why Hades 2 will win indie game of the year thanks dickhead

>>723757534
What's the issue? I played the demo and thought it was decent but it's not something I want to spend $20 on when games like Odallus that are more impressive are out there for half that.

>>723757502
>nah i totally smashed this game
>every word he types dripping with proof he doesn't have even the basest grasp on the games mechanics.
A fucking tutorial boss like the ogre is literally all positioning, very little deflecting. The same principles that dictate classicvania gameplay "move out of the way for this wildly telegraphed attack, go in for a hit or two, repeat" are on display against the chained ogre. You can't discuss the games mechanics without showing you dont get them at all, just vague "too easy bru "

>>723757170
Thats not LoS.

Why do people pretend that Classicvania having janky controls is not a valid criticism to have? Why does that criticism fly with 64/LoD but not the classic games? The controls were outdated even when it came out, the games are good but the controls being annoying is not an unvalid criticism to have.

>>723757894
https://youtu.be/L_1jmkJT9oI?si=6Uvll0beCaKJRIQ-
You can walk up to him and literally deflect every single attack and only have to move on reaction to simon says symbols.
>>723758303
They don't have janky controls, you simply suck at them. C64 doesn't have the same kind of responsive controls or dynamic enemy placement that Classicvania has either but it's worth noting that C64's controls were actually AHEAD of their time with the ajustable camera controls

>>723758303
Because they aren't janky. They're limited in places, but they're responsive and do exactly what they're intended to do and add to the game, working in concert with the level design and enemy behaviors. Rondo of Blood would not be half as good if Richter moved like he does in SotN.

>>723756373
>It's more accurate to say Hagihara made half
Source?

>>723695040 (OP)
Man, CRKSKULL was such an intense opening boss, exploding out of the view to the battle area like that.

>>723758706
>you simply suck at them
I played all the Megaman NES games, Ghost n Goblins run 1, Contra and Metroid 1 and 2, no air control is annoying dude, no need to come up with the victim complex the Souls community has had since its inception. >>723758737
Fine, I used the wrong word.

>>723758827
That says nothing about it being halfway done when Iga took over, just that Hagihara left and Iga finished the game at some point.

>>723758737
>>723759141
Chiming in to remind you that no changing inertia or limited trajectory while in air open a whole new world of level design as seen in La-Mulana. Limited space becomes much more meaningful for platforming when you aren't allowed to fliphop to a platform directly above your for example.

>>723758827
>Igarashi was instrumental in refining the game's control scheme
So an IGAvania can be something of a control thing and not a structure thing? That way all of his games fit and CotM stays out.

>>723695748
>/v/ loves Castlevania 3 the most.
>/v/ strangely likes Dawn of Sorrow almost as kuch as Aria
>/v/ likes LoI the most, though a large amount haven't even played any 3D games.
>/v/'s favorite character is Albus
>not a single overlap in favorite song
Not what I was expecting.

>Little to no air control
>Commital attacks
>Is one of the most popular game series
But it's bad when Castlevania does it

>>723759968
Boy I fucking wish MH was still like that.

>>723758303
>Why does that criticism fly with 64/LoD but not the classic games?
That is under the assumption that 64 has bad controls. But that's wrong. For the most part the game plays fine.

>>723759968
>Is one of the most popular game series
At the cost of bastardizing everything that made it great, just look at your average MHfag, its always whining that the series casualized to achieve that mass appeal.
Hell, CVfags ALSO complain that IGA got rid of the classicvania gameplay to gather more appeal.

>>723758827
Absolutely based and correct.
Linear games are garbage. Classicvanias are boring as fuck and if you disagree you're a fat boomer nigger

>>723695748
>SCIV (so far)
>SotN
>N/A
>Richter
>Hard to pick, either Divine Bloodline or Lost Paintings

>>723759861
>>/v/ strangely likes Dawn of Sorrow almost as kuch as Aria
Dawn fans need to be bullied more.

>>723695040 (OP)
Look Outside is THE Halloween game

>>723760702
No the most Halloween game is Costume Quest. Now start arguing about which Castlevania 3 route is the best.

>>723760603
I think that's a fair viewpoint to want to bully others, but if it's because of the artstyle not being Kojima then you're gay.

>>723756841
It's Trevor C. Belmont.

You will never be Japanese.

>>723757114
Belmont's Revenge and Harmony of Dissonance

>>723760603
I played DoS with the hack that replaces the art and drops touch screen shit

>>723760982
No, it's because Dawn's a shitty downgrade sequel with a fuckin crafting system. OoE also isn't Kojima and it looks better than Kojima.

>>723723532
>>723723825
M2?

>>723760702
Look outside is made by an sjw troon
Stop shilling this kusoge

>>723731141
CotM has the best final boss theme in the series and a sick Dracula design. Plus the background looks epic.

>>723761268
Kys Johnathan, you'll never be a belmont

>>723760975
Top path with Grant is the best route

>>723761863
The guys who remade Haunted Castle.

>>723757114
I wanna say Dracula X for Super Nintendo but its reputation has come around more in recent times as people accept it as its own thing.

>>723764719
I'm not gonna lie anon I never played Drac X as a kid because AVGN told me the final boss was brutal. I latter hardly touched it because I thought it was poor man's rondo. Forgive me anon

>>723695040 (OP)
is symphony of the night too easy by design?

>>723765979
I think there's valid criticisms to lobby against it, its being unfaithful to Rondo being one of them, given how it was presented. I personally see it as more of an extension of Castlevania 3-style level designs and I enjoyed it greatly for it. It's also some good ZSNEScore from back in the day that I may have a certain fondness for on that merit.

2spooky

>>723766164
>being unfaithful to Rondo being one of them, given how it was presented. I personally see it as more of an extension of Castlevania 3-style level designs
I don't see a problem with it not being Rondo. But Castlevania 3 levels tend to tick me off more compared to Castlevania 1.
>It's also some good ZSNEScore from back in the day that I may have a certain fondness for on that merit.
Sorry anon my SNES gateway was the Wii Shop Channel. The only game I played extensively on ZNES growing up was EVO

>>723766753
>get to the snowy mountains
>giant wargs that lunge at you
>alright that's not too ba-
>fucking paratrooper fleamen at the same time
Diabolical. I love it.

>>723766074
Making a game easy allows the player to choose a variety of playstyles. The more difficult a game the more forced a player is to 'play the correct way'.
Then you get copycat games that only have this one way to play without any options and wonder why everyone thinks they are shit.

>>723695040 (OP)
did you know? there's a romhack of aria of sorrow that makes it SOTN

>>723767264
Did YOU KNOW there's a fuckton of hacks of Dawn that replace Soma with the damdest characters like Meta Knight and Veemon

>>723767330
yes unfortunately

>>723766970
>EVO
Based. Also classic for that emulator. Shit takes me back... Those games, Rockman and Forte, the fan translation of Seiken Densetsu 3. What a time to be alive.

>>723695040 (OP)
where is the bathroom
>>723700565
>Once every hundred years, when Dracula wakes up from his nap, vampire enthusiast Simon Belmont embarks on a journey to hang out with his old pal..

LOL fuck how did I never see this

>>723707376
What >>723714606 or >>723751080
said would be cool

>>723707376
I'd want a Castlevania 64 sequel, but knowing Konami, they'd flub the vibes into being gay.

Is the cartoon/anime worth watching?

>>723769882
No.

>>723768109
Obviously the bathroom is the Chaotic Realm portal. Just take a piss into the portal and it'll be ejected into space or another dimension or some shit. Who the fuck needs plumbing? All that running water has to be bad for vampires' health.

>>723769882
You'll like inversely proportional to how much you like the games.

>>723769882
Season 1 is fantastic

I feel like there's a whole Castlevania hack/fangame rabbit hole I'm diving into here...

>>723770732
The Lecarde Chronicles II is fun.

>>723769882
Pretty much >>723770015. It's literally The Last Jedi of Castlevania.

>>723700565
>Now an Employed and Functioning Member of Society
Holy fuck

Why does 64 have two separate versions?

>>723770786
Exactly what I've been playing, just cleared the graveyard in the mountains. These hacks of the portable games look pretty cool too.

>>723770143
Have you watched it?

>>723771076
I was at the final boss before my save file got fucked.

>>723700565
How can something be so wrong yet so right at the same time.

>>723771021
LoD is the directors cut.

>>723771206
Not him, but I have, the dialogue wasn't very good.

I need a third Sorrow game.

is castlevania 64 worth playing?????????????????????? I need an answer ASAP

>>723771371
Castlevania isn't good for its dialogue or story. It's serviceable and kinda corny but the action is great.

>>723769815
I want the CV64 that they’d originally envisioned; a sprawling open world with mansions full of evil cultists, doomed adventurers, and a town whose inhabitants would slowly get VAMPED over the course of the game.

>>723695040 (OP)

Symphony of the Night, it's the only one released on Android/Mobile. IOS/Apple has an exclusive mobile game that features multiple characters from across the Castlevania franchise.

>>723771450
The games dialogue is corny in a theatrical and charming way (FUCK (YOU) AND THE NIGHT), the shows dialogue is corny in a "please take me seriously" kind of way.

>>723771436
Honestly, no.

>>723771630
WHTY?!?#???@$?@??@?@ BRO!
!#?

>>723771619
The show just isn't sincere, and the crowd it attracted sees sincerity as "cringe" and want everything hidden under several layers of irony.

>>723771436
Everything said about the game is true, both good and bad. Except for AVGN, he was hilariously wrong.
>>723771572
It sounded interesting. But if it was too ambitious for 90s Konami then it certaibly is above the Konami of today. Besides, I like what we got. So I'd be curious to see something new.

>>723771436
Yes.

>>723771253
That's rough. I'm playing this back-to-back from beating CotW almost 100% (didn't do Bloodless, only found one of the prerequisites to fight her). It's wild that the fangame seems more robust in as many ways as it does. There seem to be more levels, mansions etc. and bosses definitely have more staying power.

>>723772039
that's all I needed. thank you anon. I will play it.

>>723772212
TLCII is a really fun game, I loved a lot of the locations and the bosses were really fun.

>>723772039
Will the 3D collection be a lazy port or will we get camera fixes and higher resolution textures?

>>723772358
lazy port. obviously. don't buy any of the collections.

>>723771958
This is just the most cancerous shit. It actually explains nearly the entire normalfag psychological makeup. The reason for the overabundance of irony is because as is well-known here, normalfags operate on a mentality driven by consensus and social status, not on whether or not X proposition is true. Irony is therefore the safest behavior for them because operating on a logic-based worldview runs the risk that somebody might not like their opinion, so they use irony to avoid having to genuinely hold opinions. But if you can't genuinely hold an opinion that says this or that is good or bad, you can't distinguish worthless slop from good content. That's why every community normalfags infest becomes shit - because of irony. Death to irony.

>>723772358
Honestly my dream is it's a Ocarina of Time 3D style remake with fixes for the camera

>>723761268
Not him but I play 悪魔城ドラキュラ in Japanese. His name is Ralph, and localizer fanfic is irrelevant.

>>723772581
Exactly this.

>>723772650
Every true Castlevania fan should be calling him Ralph at this point to filter Netflixfags

>>723772586
I hope if we get a Castlevania 64 3D I hope we get both the 64 and LoD stages. And I hope they account for artstyle differences like the Tower of Sorcery being way more vibrant in 64 than it is in LoD.

how do you reconcile the fact the CV1 was a movie

>>723772980
>Ultimate edition of the game
>Restores Coller as a playable mode

>>723772817
Why is it green.

>>723772993
I reconcile by not caring. In universe, Simon is just another Belmont. None of his actions really leave an impact the same way Trevor or Richter does. The only game that'd even be effected is Simon's Quest.

>>723773232
I've never played Dead By Daylight so Idk

>>723773261
what did richter do

>>723773382
He messed up

>>723773446
feels like even jonathan is more significant then

>>723773067
I feel like we'd be lucky if they even fleshed out Henry mode.

>>723772993
There's actually a gamebook for Castlevania that's basically the idea that one of Belmont decendants in the future becomes a movie star and is acting in a movie adaptation of Castlevania 1 as Simon Belmont but then Dracula is accidentally revived during filming and now he has to fight him for real

>>723772993
Proof?

>>723773515
>Castlevania 3 and Rondo matter to SotN
>SotN sorta matters to Aria/Dawn
>Castlevania 3 matters to CoD
>Bloodlines and SotN matter to PoR
>Castlevania 1 matters just to Castlevania 2.
>Castlevania 2 is still about Simon, none of his actions impact any other character.
Does this make more sense?

>>723773067
that's literally just hoss delgado from billy and mandy
even down the interchangeable chainsaw and gun attachment hand

>>723773880
Well... Yes.

>>723773849
>SotN sorta matters to Aria/Dawn
why tho
>Castlevania 3 matters to CoD
does CoD matter
>Bloodlines and SotN matter to PoR
why SOTN?
bloodlines -> PoR -> 1999 I get

>>723771619
>Saw a scene about Richter come up on my youtube feed
>Fuck it I'll watch this one scene
>"I was about to say something cutting and dramatic, but fuck it"
>Richter sounds like a little British boy as well

>>723774000
because alucard is genya arikado

>>723774185
>They made the Belmont with the most German name who stars in a game with a German Intro into a fucking brit
>Didn't even do the obvious thing and pay homage to Rondo's German intro
Fucking hell...
https://youtu.be/o076MlHKXL8?si=BNzLrIvzbICcMbzi

>>723774251
Why even bother with that whole thing. Yoko spoils it almost immediately and then it never goes anywhere outside of Julius mode in DoS

>>723774000
nta but SOTN is where Richter fucks up and halts the Belmont bloodline until Julius comes around in 1999

What do you think the strange circumstances of Gerhart Belmont’s death were?
Could Soleil have killed his brother, making him easier to corrupt?

>>723774798
He fell into a plot hole.

We will never get another Castlevania game
and if we do it will be $70 slop

>>723775028
M2 is counting down to an announcment.... In fucking OCTOBER
Prepare for Castlekino

>>723774251
but CV3 also has alucard
also it's not like either game really made a difference, he wants to defeat dracula whether they happened or not
>>723774363
>SOTN is where Richter fucks up and halts the Belmont bloodline
elaborate

Deathsmiles, Splatterhouse, Quake, and Darkstalkers 3.

>>723775270
>elaborate
You cant be serious right now.

>>723695748
>Favorite Castlevania (Classic)?
Rondo
>Favorite Castlevania (Igavania)?
Aroa
>Favorite 3D Castlevania?
Lament
>What's your favorite character (Playable and Non-Playabñe)?
Julius
>Favorite song/theme in the franchise?
"Dark Palace of Waterfalls" from Lament

>>723774798
Man, I don't know. I think a magazine said he died under mysterious circumstances, too.
Would be nice to get some answers on that. When this timeline came out I pictured Gerhart as living to adulthood but dying on the job due to some monster. I don't see Soleil being a murderer.

A pre-release IGN article named Reinhardt Schneider's father as "Gelhart", which sounds like a translation of "Gerhart". Reinhardt was supposed to have the Belmont surname at one point in 64's development. I could maybe see Gerhart as a Belmont who came in the 19th century and died because of the family's skills burning out.
But he's clearly a son of Christopher in this family tree, and Reinhardt's dad is named Michael in official sources... which is also a Belmont's name in the Bloodlines fax. The mysteries just keep piling up.

>>723775594
>Aroa
ARIA*

What need for OP, when the Bump limit has been reached... My time in this thread has come to an end...

>>723775702
Reinhart was supposed to be Michael Belmont, the guy who leads Eric to the Alucard spear IIRC.
And Michael’s father was Gerhart.
But that would make Gerhart several hundred years old at the time of Michael/Reinhart’s birth.
Which I guess could be possible if he were a vampire.

>>723775510
how'd he halt the belmont bloodline

>>723776372
He didnt halt it, he severly damaged it and scathered it (OoE) and screw the family out of the whip for centuries (Bloodlines, PoR).
Youd know this if you actually PLAYED THE GAMES.

Someone make a new thread. This and the last one were great.

>>723776623
Nah let it rest, I dont want CV threads to end like Silksong or Deltarune threads, the reason the threads are good (besides the fact that the usual suspects are not here) is that they are infrequent, and so it lets people to come up with thoughts to share.

>>723776560
They never put the blame on Richter or explain why the Belmonts couldn’t wield the whip until 1999.

>>723776765
PoR explicitly states that Richter was the last Belmont to be able to use the whip

>>723776730
>besides the fact that the usual suspects are not here
This, I remember the resident schizos that popped up back in 2020. It wasn't a fun time.

>>723776821
yes, that doesn't mean that richter is at fault for that. it was said that they were saving up Big Belmont Energy for the big fight, you just invented your own headcanon

>>723776880
>The lastest, strongest champion of the bloodline of light and justice sucumbs to the dark
>He knows that
>Alucard knows that
>Maria knows that
>Shaft knows that
>The champion decides to fuck off to think about what he has done and how much he fucked up
>The bloodline of light and justice goes MIA for literal centuries because of THIS ONE CHOICE TAKEN BY HIM
>Not ONE Belmont takes the whip until THE final battle
>This is somehow not Ricthers fault

>>723777040
yes, please return with actual evidence that it's richter's fault before speaking again

>>723777089
Alright dude.

>>723776835
I think we have the Kojima hater here.

Thank god this thread has hit the bump limit, it started to get really gay.

>>723750640
Finally someone with common sense