Thread 12000029

>Recently played through this and enjoyed it.

What are some other decent games that derive influence from Castlevania?

Holy Diver

Maybe the Ghouls 'n Ghosts games, or was it the other way around, well who cares just play them

>>12000029 (OP)
>decent games that derive influence from Castlevania?

The most sexy castlevania clone ever and with epic anti-woke female character designs: Rusty for PC-98

>>12000029 (OP)
Love this game. So weird and fun

>>12000029 (OP)
ActRaiser 2
Even has axe knights and not-medusa heads

Not retro, but Barnyard Blast: Swine of the Night on DS is a full-on Castlevania clone mixed with Contra elements and a bunch of old retro game memes.

Also Hotel Translyvania on DS/3DS I recall being a very on the nose Castlevania reference.(made by WayForward)

>>12000304
>The most sexy castlevania clone ever
In Nightmare Sphere (a doujin game that seems to be modeled after SotN) you're a sexy girl like that and you can literally rape your enemies, or something like that. I think. It's been a while. I don't think it's quite "retro" though, and also it isn't a great game (it's okay)

>>12001081
Holy Diver by Irem, like Castlevania but much harder and you have spells.
The game is mostly fair except when it throws so much stuff at you the famicom can't render it.
I Still can't get past the level 4 boss.

>>12000306
Yeah. I was pleasantly surprised

>>12000029 (OP)
What is this genre called? Vaniavanias?

>>12000029 (OP)
Master of Darkness

>>12001110
Whip 'em ups

demon's crest is pretty cool for snes

So whats the verdict on 8 Eyes

>>12001154
this game is dog shit, only 1 or 2 projectiles on screen at once, it runs like fucking ass and is one of the worst programmed snes games in terms of performance

only thing cool about it is the sprites, otherwise it's shit

>>12001150
>Whip'em ups
Love it

>Master of Darkness
I actually really like this one. It's basically exactly like Castlevania.

Except your character is just a normal guy instead of a buff he-man dude using holy weapons. Instead you uses swords, canes, and pistols. Makes it feel more grounded and the supernatural evil more powerful and scary.

I think it's neat, getting new moves is cool

>>12001105
This felt more like a Rush N'Attack sequel, imo.

>>12001196
It runs fine enough.
You're confusing it with Super GnG

>>12001105

Thats is not a rip-off of a batman videogame?

>>12001159
It's not top tier but it's a respectable game with some substance to it that can be pretty enjoyable as long as you don't go in expecting too much

>>12000029 (OP)
persiavania

>>12003201
looks ghool

>>12001254
I was disappointed by Master of Darkness. It's cool at first but it fall shorts, some of the level design is shitty, the bosses are push overs, and the game is super short with the end game being very underwhelming. A shame because it had potential

>>12003201
I love this game but it has little to do with Castlevania other than the theme. Badass MC who punches everything

>>12003701
Based

>>12001901
refresh your memory, it runs like shit, there's a reason you can only have 1 projectile on screen

>>12004728
It's not that bad

>>12004728
The biggest problem with Demon's Crest by far is level design, not performance. It's too small a game, and too easy. And, you want rapid-fire weapons? This is a Castlevania-like thread, not a Contra-like thread. You are dumb.

>>12003072
No

>>12003718
Should’ve released outside Japan as super princess peach games aka doki doki 2

>>12000304
>>12000585
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRctCwo8kB8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isUY724IQuU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4lYC4uOnZM

>>12000449
Funnily enough it's a combination of two castlevania enemies,
unless you consider flaming ghastly skull to be a generic enemy design.

What makes a game feel like a Castlevania game to you guys? Is it an aesthetics thing, like having a gothic/dark fantasy type setting, more realistically proportioned characters as opposed to cartoony? Or is it a gameplay thing, fixed jumps with mostly melee or mid ranged attacks?

>>12006167
To me it's definitely the heavy commitment to every action since you can't change jump directions and attacks have a long recovery animation. Demon's Crest doesn't qualify, Ghouls 'n Ghosts does. I couldn't care less if the game is about robots or aliens or whatever.

>>12000304
queen in the dark knight is a fucking awesome track as well anon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOaTWDiXtcw

Not 8 Eye's because it denies Armenian genocide or whatever the fuck famidaily sperg accused it of.

>>12006167
>>12006168
There needs to be one of those alignment chart for castlevanialikes or whatever we are calling these. There's games like Frankenstein and Master of Darkness that are obviously trying to be like Castlevania, but then there's stuff like Devil May Cry that also feels like Castlevania to me despite being completely different.

Earnest Evans.

>>12006167
Pez lifebar

>>12000029 (OP)
Based game

Basically a Simon's Quest/Zelda II mashup

>>12009074
>retro
May as well mention the Curse of the Moon games then

legendary axe is definitely the best castlevania clone on the pce/turbografx. it even won an american GOTY title

sequel is also fantastic but plays closer to rastan

>>12009106
May as well go fuck yourself