>whippan >subweaponan >avertan the ressurectan

>>383877859

>seeing /v/ finally admit that CoD is good

what a time to be alive

>>383877395
the final "empty" area consists of two stairs that are there to establish that you're entering the ruins of castlevania, why would you parrot AVGN without even having played the game. The mansions are easy to navigate too. The real problem with that game is that the original adaptation is awful to the point of making the game unfinishable, but the original japanese game + manual were pretty clear in regards of what you had to do and the modern retranslation fixes that issue for english audiences too.
It was one of the first games to go a bit deeper in establishing mood and atmosphere too, when you get near Castlevania / castle dracula you can even find a small town made up of crazy people who have basically been ravaged by the curse, with no church and nothing else in it. Without stuff like that you wouldn't have all the crazy details in games like SotN at all.
Don't get me wrong, I prefer 1 and 3 also, but 2 has its place in history and it shouldn't be forever judged by a fucking joke review

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>>383877941
Yeah its been a pleasant surprise seeing this. Personally I adored CoD, listened to the preorder CD almost every day in high school. Outside of the garbage level designs, everything else ranged from decent to great. The innocent devil system in particular was fantastic.

>>383877983
>ignoring his point about how shit the bosses are
lol

>>383878389
some of the music in that game was god-tier

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZLwEFTtNlo&index=15&list=PLhHcMbVmbwCdK5kWCn-zzwnp_PBtLGyFK

>>383878446
eh they were ok in the context of the game but yeah easily the worst bosses in the series overall
I just forgot about it, I hate this fucking attitude that goobergay brought here that you need to be a master of debate and diplomat to even address videogames meant for children

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>>383878507
>some
I think there were maybe two songs in the game I didn't love. Abandoned Castle is up there as one of the GOAT intro stage songs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiXCote6N6s

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>>383878573
They really weren't okay, they were a step down from the previous game. But you type like a sperg, so whatever.

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post your favorite ID now!

>>383878724
Don't remember what it was called, but it was one of the bird ones. Liquid Golem was a mother fucker though, good taste.

>>383878652
>wah wah you didn't address one point from the other post
>calls others spergs
>fails to read the post he's replying to
did you miss the part where I called them the worst in the franchise? I said they were ok in the context of the game because it's more of an adventure game where you figure stuff out and explore compared to 1 and 3
are you just butthurt because of my goobergay comment? You think calling me names is gonna make you look cool and get tons of upvotes? This isn't reddit, you're either interested in the discussion or you aren't

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>>383878905
I didn't call others spergs, I called you a sperg. Mainly because you're rambling about nonsense and writing like you're on your phone.

>Aria of Sorrow
>Dracula's Castle has Children's Quarters
>Guarded by a demonic time-stopping rabbit
>that can only be gotten past by using the soul of the ruler of space and time

weird

>>383878905
Damn dude cool the autism

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>>383878967
There was a Children's Quarters in AoS? I don't remember that at all.

>>383877941
I had a really poor time with the game since I wasn't expecting the environments to be so terrible. Maybe I should try it again since I know what I'm getting into.

>>383878962
You sound unhinged and unironically autistic
saying "calls others spergs" is obviously a figure of speech but you somehow missed that, and before you were upset because I forgot to mention one point from another post. Then you replied while only reading one line. What's going on with you? What made you upset, gamergate or avgn?
>>383879024
>lol look at this autist discussing videogames xD let me post le epic memes and get (You)s
you guys are the reason this place is trash honestly

>>383879081

Past the chronomage rabbit, where you find ancient book 2. It's part of the upper quarters, technically, and not a separated area

>>383879140
>you guys are the reason this place is trash honestly

>says the shitposter

>>383877983
What did Castlevania 2 introduce that wasn't surely inevitable? I can't think of a thing.

>>383879192
so discussing videogames is shitposting while endless dick measuring contests over who can post the shortest and "wittiest" post to get more upboats is serious discussion? That explains this board then

>>383878967

>be Galamoth
>ancient ruler of space and time
>get bitchslapped by Dracula so hard you end up trapped in the catacombs forever

>>383879189
Oh my bad, I was trying to remember if that was an actual area name or not.

>>383879136
Honestly if you're looking for a CV game with not quite so shitty environments, try out LoI. The hub world helps and the levels didn't seem as overly long to me.

But yeah you really should give CoD another shot, I just watched the Netflix show tonight with a friend and he was talking about how much fun he had with the game. The crummy levels are literally the worst part.

>>383879140
not him but go to bed

>>383879140
You were shitting up the last thread with this nonsense too, stop embarrassing yourself.

>>383877983

Castlevania 2 was a fine game, and it's hated for the same reason as FFVIII. Blindly following youtubers

>>383879248
You can say that of every genre defining game ever made tbqh
Not saying that CV2 is one, but what did Doom introduce that wasn't surely inevitable?

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>>383879356
Castlevania 2 was not a fine game. I didn't hate it and I liked quite a bit about it, but it has numerous flaws. That said, the translation fix really does work wonders.

Honestly that game really could use a remake or something, it could be so cool.

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>>383878967
Dracula should put more cute rabbits in Castlevania
More cute girls wouldn't hurt either

>>383879309
>>383879347
>start shit with someone
>be upset that he replies
>lol ur so autistic so embarassing xD
damn one day I wish to be as cool as you guys :)

>>383879418

Sure, it had flaws. But fine games often have flaws, especially if they're trying something new.

There's a neat PC fan remake..?

>>383879446

>that succubus bathroom with the rubber ducky

aww.

anyone remember any out of place technology in the castles in any of the games?

>>383879594
Theres that one n64 title with the motorcycle Skeletons, in the 1800's

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>>383879484
Yeah, I can applaud the game for trying new stuff, but I think many things were poorly planned and implemented. Like I said, I don't hate the game, but it could be tweaked and improved in so many ways.

And I've heard about it, but I haven't actually played it. Maybe I'll check it out sometime, thanks.

>>383879383
No, I don't buy it. Castlevania had a connected environment (hardly a new thing even then) and a day and night cycle (which was never even used in the series again).

People act like it layed the groundwork for metroidvanias, but it doesn't really look like it did at all. The CV series going forward only really referenced the game on a surface level.

>>383879676
That's not weird, that's fucking RAD

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>tfw two autists sperging at each other thinking one is the """"shitposter"""" from the previous thread but you only just arrived
>they're making longwinded, assmad posts crying about being witty and desperately trying to outdo one another as CASTLEVANIA'S BIGGEST FAN
>tfw you never intended to sow these seeds anew but it's still funny as fuck because neither poster can ignore or handle criticism even at it's most basic and so get stuck in a loop of the same argument on repeat

>>383879551
the comic where Soma innocently takes a bath with them is great

>>383879676

True. But maybe i'm remembering wrong, but isn't there stuff in the castle that's misplaced?

>>383879697
but IGA himself has literally said that CV2 laid the groundwork for SotN

do you know better than him? does your dad work at konami?

>>383879683

what does that say?

>>383879709
It is. too bad the game had ass camera.

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>>383879757
I'm trying to think of stuff outside of the motorcycle skeletons but I've got nothing. Mainly because when I close my eyes to focus I end up thinking about Sypha's cute face.

>>383879697
>and a day and night cycle (which was never even used in the series again).
You've never played the N64 games, have you?

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>>383879813

man, that show was awful. But it got some nice CV threads here again, so there's that.

>>383879813
>>383879757
>>383879709
There's also the gardener with a chainsaw.
Not too weird, just a lil out of place.

>>383879795
Tell me how it does.

From what I can tell the metroidvanias owe themselves to metroid, super metroid, and various rpg conventions.

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>>383879890
>man, that show was awful

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>>383879890
>>383879942
>clergyposting

>>383879868
I actually forgot about that, and it's literally the only example.

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>>383879868
Too few people played those games. But the time system was really, really bizarre in that game. I'm pretty sure there was a CV64 speedrun at SGDQ this year too, so that's more exposure at least.

>>383879890
I think awful is way too harsh. Outside of the horrendous music and sound mixing, and some lackluster dialogue, I think the show was really quite entertaining. Plus it set up for a great season two.

>>383880023

You're right. I only hate it because i'm a bishop in the catholic church and it makes me too self-aware to enjoy raping altarboys.

>>383879935
Igarashi said that it was Zelda more than metroid what inspired them to have the game filled with secrets and whatnot

>>383879795
IGA said that Metroid and Zelda inspired the creation of SotN, I've never actually heard CV2 mentioned. Cool if it was though.

>>383879697
I never said it directly laid the groundwork for metroidvanias though, I said it was an interesting experimental game that also happened to be one of the first attempt at establishing mood in a somewhat deeper way in gaming history, it has a lot of nice detail put into it for a NES game and if played with a comprehensible translation it's pretty fun to take notes of all the clues and figure out how to navigate the world and everything. Again, the japanese version + its manual are definetly possible to figure out, while the original american version isn't, but that's no fault of the game. I would argue that the original zelda is a lot more cryptic than CV2, yet it had a better localization both in-game and in the instruction manual that made it a lot more accessible.
Again I prefer 1 and 3 but 2 doesen't deserve all the shit it got just because of a joke review.
>>383879710
I wasn't the PoR guy from the other thread, I just got upset in this one because I fucking hate this professional debate attitude from nu-/v/, and the one line long shitposts that are just meant to make you look cool on an anonymous imageboard. You put effort into your shitposting and you made the last thread funnier so please keep going strong

>>383880080
[Soft i don't care]

>>383880080

>I think awful is way too harsh.

Maybe so, but i'm so sick of Warren Ellis' one storyline by this point, and seeing him adapt castlevania to it sickens me.

>>383880080
I liked season 1 fine but I have no hope for season 2, the writer basically said that while season 1 is what they had planned back in 2012, with season 2 they're going to deviate from the story and pretty much do whatever, and I don't really give a shit about that

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>>383880293
I guess we'll just have to wait and see. CV3 doesn't have much of a story beyond GET DRACULA so I took that to be more about them adding shit for the main cast to do. Also probably no Grant, which I don't care about.

Mainly I just want to see if Death gets added. I want my scythe versus whip action happening.

>>383880359
who made these? They're pretty nice

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>>383880405
No idea, anon.

>>383880359
That Sypha looks absolutely fucking great, no lie

>>383880208

This desu. As much as I love Constantine, Trevor Belmont should be a completely different character.

>>383880359
>no episode that's 25 minutes of the cast waiting for falling blocks

I want Richter to be my wife.

>>383879356
What pissed me off about that game was the damn false floors. Having to throw a holy water every couple of steps got to be very tedious.

>>383880541
>Alucard skips the whole level by turning into a bat and goes on to defeat dracula while Trevor and Sypha are still waiting for the blocks

>>383880541
>no episode that's just Sypha soloing fucking everything in the world because she's OP as fuck

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>>383880535
Eh, it made sense for him to be such a bitter person given his life. Also CV3's cast has the best potential for drama given the various personalities and backgrounds, so I'm okay with snarky Trevor who is hot as fuck good lord.

>>383880405
https://twitter.com/shin_shiros

reminder that there is a sword in SotN that does the same thing as the shield rod

>>383880651
>Sypha is op
see I never got that, I suck complete ass when I play as her, what am I doing wrong? I always thought that alucard and jap grant were much more game breaking
>>383880732
Thanks anon

>>383880653

I guess I just can't see how he's going to hold up being snarky when the main point is character is that he's a paladin with a holy mission to rid the land of Dracula. For drama's sake, i'm not sure why they didn't use his CoD persona, which would make a lot of sense.

>>383879594
Prometheus/Frankensteins monster showing up in Dracula's castle as a demon/whatever even though it's a science experiment from 1818?

>>383880802
Sypha's more antiboss, Alucard/Grant are anti-stage but also good against bosses
Sypha's triple homing orbs absolutely FUCK bosses up and down over any other subweapon/spell

Trevor/Sypha/Grant/Alucard or Julius/Yoko/Alucard

be honest

>>383879802
"Verboten" which I believe is German for "forbidden".

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>>383880824
Paladins can't snark?

And CoD persona is two years after CV3. I'm okay with some character development, Trevor's already done some in season 1.

>>383880981
Grant sucks so I'm going with Julius/Yoko/Alucard

>>383879906
The atmosphere in the villa was fantastic.

>>383880897
in the castlevania canon he was assembled from the bodies of ancient warriors apparently, so I guess he could have been built in the 1400s too, it's not being faithful to the original story anyway
>>383880909
I guess I just never experimented with her enough, I mostly always beat the bosses with Trevor because I enjoy it the most (cv1 was always one of my favourite games ever so I always felt more comfortable with the way belmonts controlled in general). I guess the next time I play it I will try to play as sypha more and figure her out, and maybe try a bunch of differenr approaches, thanks anon

>>383881096
>the hedgemaze with the Creature and the hellhounds pursuing you
That shit was legitimately horrifying. Also, I like it when CV games have more vampires in them outside of Dracula, so the Villa scratched that itch for me.

>>383881065

>Paladins can't snark?

Sure, but it'd be out of place in CV, I think. Oh well. I guess there had to be some kind of character development, whether or not I personally like it.

>>383880909
Nah, triple shot holy water is the true boss killer. It immobilizes and almost instantly wrecks anything that isn't Dracula.

is Aria of Sorrow good? I've had a rom downloaded for like 2 weeks and haven't gotten around to playing it.

>>383881065
that comic is gay as fuck, i thought it was going to have a dio panel or something at the end, not a fucking levis reference

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>tfw hydro storm will never be animated

>>383881171

>those vampire maids in the villa that can turn you

so many embarrassing teenage fetish faps

>>383881217

It's beautiful. One of the best.

has anyone read the IDW Castlevania comic? How is it?

>>383881217
one of the top metroidvanias for the series

>>383881229
Maybe if the show keeps doing well, we'll get some Richter action in season 3-4.

>>383881275
>>383881337
Good enough for me. Anything I should know before I start?

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>>383881370
Leave this thread before people spoil you.

>>383881370

Nah, don't wanna spoil things.

>>383881401
Only came in here to ask that, so I'll take that advice.

>>383881370
Get the true ending to do more stuff, game gives you hints to it. Now leave before shit gets spoiled

>>383881370
If you're not familiar with the story you may want to leave now

>>383881370
soma is dracula reincarnated
i wouldn't have posted that if not for>>383881401

>>383881234
I think that game gave me a corruption fetish.

>>383881490
Luckily it looks like you were too late. dumb little shit.

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>>383881634
probably not, a few civilized posts preceded mine so it probably looked safe and besides the journey is still worth it anyway, sperglord

>>383881287
I downloaded a copy of it and read the first few pages. Seems pretty decent so far.

>>383881798
see
>>383881443

>>383881490
Man, you really are pathetic. Also you were still way too slow, congrats.

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>>383881972
oh shit how will i ever recover

>>383881798
haha faggot get fucked

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>>383882060
>>383882031
>>383881972
this board needs an enema, look at these newfaggots being triggered on the behalf of another anon who probably wasn't even spoiled about a game that's been out for FOURTEEN YEARS

also, the PoRfag needs to expand his vocabulary, your posts stick out like a sore thumb

>>383881490
You fucking faggot. I was just about to ask which one I should play next after having beaten SOTN. Fuck. The game is still worth playing, right lads?

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>1999 game never

>>383882304
>get BTFO

"N-Newfags I was just m-messing haha!"

lmao
GET
FUCKED

>>383882338
Yeah. Also you should have kept quiet since you're only going to encourage him.

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>>383882338
thank you for making my post relevant again, and yes it is
>>383882386
see >>383882338
ahahahahah

>>383882304
Nobody in this thread likes you dude, pretty sure it isn't just one poster.

>>383882338
Its still totally worth playing.

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>>383879418
>using the outdated timeline

>Castlevania 64/Legends one of the best storylines
>with the best characters
>completely reviled by people who've never played them because reviewers said so

>>383882496
Oh nifty, thanks. I actually got the PoR special edition thing so I have the old timeline poster still.

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>>383882375
>mfw never ever
it ain't fair m8s
>>383882480
>implying i'm seeking friends or likability
if that were my concern i'd adopt a trip and submit myself to filters, dumbass

>>383882375
>destroys part of the castle using grand cross even though he's old
>we will never see his prime
It hurts man

>>383882530
>Legends

hope you just meant legacy of darkness

>>383882663

Fuck. hah, yes, of course I did.

Hey guys. I'm currently playing LA Noire. Don't spoil it for me as we discuss ITT, okay?

>>383882620

Old, not at full strength AND holding back. Seeing him properly wield the vampire killer would have to be immense.

>>383882620
>Soma calls their fight off
>this is because he can tell Julius is holding back from just outright shoving his boot up his ass until he implodes
>he did that and wasn't even TRYING and is also old as fuck
Battle of 1999 game would be too good
Or I would have way too high expectations for it and be sad

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>>383882775
>tfw 100% success rate at getting anon anally aggravated
welp

>>383882895
Battle of 1999 game would probably suck. There's no way it would live up to the hype. Its best left in our imaginations.

>>383882738

haha..yes..of course...yes..
>looks up at poster of Sonia Belmont
>cocks pistol
"What are you waiting for, anon? Hurry up and join me, fighting Dracula as the indisputable first Belmont!"
>"Y-yes Sonia.."
>gunshot

>>383882895
>>383882620
>>383882848

>DoS
>Soma tells Julius Belmont about using the magic seals to destroy the bosses
>He doesn't seem to know or care
>turns out, he's just beating them to death through sheer power

>>383882338
>people are genuinely falling for this fake post trying to make it look like le epic trolling succeeded

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>>383883149
choke on it
>inb4 shopped
i could just post spoilers and it would merit a similar response

>>383883017
The first Belmont part I don't necessarily mind. It's the whole "oh hey the others were descended from Dracula all along so cool" thing that was irritating.

Like, I wonder who signed off on that idea.

>>383883401
You're spending a lot of time and effort shitposting, its pretty pathetic

>>383883417
it also directly contradicted cv3 and sotn since 1476 was supposed to be the first time Dracula attacked humanity directly, and in SotN it was explained as being related to the burning of his wife at the stake, Legends just made no sense

>>383883401
>what is inspect element

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>>383883579
What the fuck was Dracula doing after Lament of Innocence, just chilling out being mad at God?

>>383883731

Making his castle look nice, I imagine.

>>383883072
>final boss in Julius mode
so
goddamn
good

>>383883731
pretty much, yes. He lived as the king of the night and he ruled over vampires, werewolves etc., I guess they killed people and were under his protection but 1476 is when he actually starts his all out war on humanity

>>383883774
Julius...

BELMONDO!

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>>383883550
>he thinks openly mocking autistic castlevania fans calls for effort
it's so easy a caveman could do it

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>>383883731
DUDE SPOILERS

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>>383883807
>you will never have a guy love you so much he goes to war with humanity after you die horribly

I wonder what would have happened if she just grew old and died. Would Drac have chilled out? Would he get back into the game and flirt with some chicks?

>>383883807
>>383883731

Well, at some point he had a war with Galamoth and dominated him.

>>383883815
ARIKAAAADO
YOKO
YURIUSU

>>383883958

Well, he did eventually, with Alucard's momma

>>383883971
nigga galamoth got dominated by kid dracula

>>383883971
is that really part of the canon? The boku dracula kun games aren't canon and Judgement is set outside of time, the only reference to Galamoth in a canon game is his boss battle in SotN but I don't remember his description mentioning that he had a war with Dracula, can you shed some light on this?
>>383884017
Alucard's mom is the one that got burned at the stake, causing Dracula to wage war on humankind
Dracula's first wife died of illness which is what prompted him to become the king of all vampires in order to spite god

>>383884017
Yeah but that's who fucking died and started his war against humanity, when his first love died he just was cool hating on God and being edgy.

>>383883832
You've been throwing an autistic fit for hours now, its pathetic.

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It's time to discuss the best game in the series

>>383884115
>>383884117

Yeah, but when his first wife died, he edged so hard he became Dracula, and probably say around with Limp Bizkit playing in the castle all day. Then he got back in the game, shoved on a bit of old spice, and picked up Lisa. When she died, he probably realised it was time to hang out with the boys and curse shit forever.

>>383884197
That's not Aria of Sorrow.

>>383884197

Aye, it's pretty fucking good.

>>383884295
How the fuck did Lisa get burned anyways? At least the show had some justification for why he wasn't there but I don't remember the games giving an explanation for his absence.

>>383884197
Pretty great game, not sure if its the best but its up there for me.

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>>383884117
>having your colon in such a catastrophe that you keep repeating the same word because the social thread of shitposting confuses you
>not realizing that this is a legitimate symptom that places you on the autism spectrum
so that's why you keep replying, it all makes sense now, my sincere apologies; i didn't mean to take advantage of the mentally ill

>>383884404

I think probably because Dracula is tied to the castle, and she was a travelling herbalist while the plagues were going on.

>>383884557
Ah, fair point. Honestly Chaos was probably happy to have her gone since it meant Dracula would bring the pain down on humanity.

>>383884295
well he had 400 years to get back in the game, after 1476 he basically gets to live around 20 years total spaced out in 523 years

>>383884594

>Chaos
Or the ebony stone thing..which..come to think of it, they're probably the same.

>>383879802
If I had the time and skills in photoshop it would say "ur a fag"

>>383884197
It's the roughest of the three ds games. Still fun though and I love the whips in this. Fantastic soundtrack and great bosses.

I was pretty bothered with how poor the castle was. I also felt that the game's potential as a sequel to Bloodlines was largely wasted.

And even though they were all in a bonus area, recycling all those DoS bosses was brazen as fuck.

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>>383884768
Dawn of Sorrow is the roughest, imo. I hate that they made the souls system a grindfest, I hate the seals, and I hate the lazy story where absolutely nothing happens.

Plus that art style, good lord. People rag on PoR but at least the characters look better than this garbage.

just started watching the first episode. is there an alucard cameo anywhere? i might have missed him in the crowd

>>383884912

Just be patient, and let it happen.

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>>383884912
Not that I saw, which is a shame. Thankfully the top tier opening credits have him in front of Lisa

>>383884912
He appears prominently in the last minutes of the last EP.

>>383884848
someone made a romhack of dawn of sorrow to replace the animu art. there's one in progress for por too

>>383884848
DoS has conceptual issues but it doesn't feel burdened by budget and time constraints to the degree Portrait does.

>>383879356
This is the most near sighted comment i've seen in a long time.
Castlevania 2 and FFVIII are games with a lot of major flaws that make them hated games.

>>383885102
That's true. PoR was also an anniversary title which probably gave it a tighter release schedule. There were things like the shop which really could have used more time in development.

>>383885129

>hated games

You're being needlessly vitriolic. Being viewed as a weaker game in a series isn't being hated. And the only people that seem to hate these games cite youtubers as their sources.

>>383885102
>it doesn't feel burdened by budget and time constraints to the degree Portrait does
Did OoE suffer the same constraints? After watching a TAS, it seem to have a bit of copypasta with the overworld levels
>Mountain level, one going up other going down
>Going thru a pass during the night,other during sun down

>>383885035
link for the PoR project?

>>383885323
Every level barring skeleton cave is used twice. OoE was when Konami was trying literally everything to make Castlevania sell in Japan and in the west. Even though the games were critically received well, the sales were floundering (especially in Japan, hence all the weeb pandering in AoS-PoR). I think we're lucky to have gotten OoE before the whole series went to shit in LoS.

>>383885481
>I think we're lucky to have gotten OoE before the whole series went to shit in LoS.
no kidding

>>383885481
>Konami was trying literally everything to make Castlevania sell in Japan and in the west short of spending a single dime on marketing

ftfy

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>>383885481
>AoS, DoS, CoD, OoE all set up Julius' return and final fight with dracula in 1999
>The game never got made

>>383885685
That's Japanese devs for you.


>>383885726
It would have let you down, you know it would have. Its better left as a wonderful dream.

>>383885610
You're pathetic.

>>383885784
I don't share the retardedly high expectations of most gamers, I loved all three of the ds games, if it were similar to those I would have liked it too

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>>383885726
iktfb
>>383885784
>can't not reply to my posts, even when they're not busting balls
you got the literal autisms son

>>383885481
OoE was a pretty darn good game and I believe the art style wasn't to blame for the sales. It was a pretty darn good style and while not as iconic as Kojima's it was also great in its own right.
My dream Castlevania would be something with Kojima's art as promotional art and Hirooka's art as sprite art (kinda like Vanillaware games). It would be pretty good.

I think one of the major issues with OoE was really DS pirating, it was too easy, too good and had already spread like wildfire, much more than than any other portable (aside from the PSP, maybe). I'm glad that Igavania left on a good note before LoS happened.

>>383885610
Now.. about that webm. Care to give source or simply continue?

>>383877983
CV2 was fucking atrocious and you know it, it has no redeeming features whatsoever

People don't jump in AVGN's bandwagon, people judge it for what it is

It's like saying how LoS is only bad because it's a reboot of the franchise when ignoring how garbage the game itself is

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>>383885869
True, but I think you're in the minority. Most CV fans seem to treat the Battle for 1999 like some mythical Holy Grail of a game. It would have been neat to see all these characters cutting lose, but I'm completely unsure of how they would have handled it.

Just think, it could have been as shitty as LoS2.

>>383885940
Oh I agree, I think the art was fantastic and I can't imagine it hurt sales. In terms of games to go out on, it was a good one. Just needed some better level design.

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>>383886103
>Most CV fans seem to treat the Battle for 1999 like some mythical Holy Grail of a game.
people who like things tend to speculate on them, especially things that never actually see the light of day you won't get that pun until you read this
>I'm completely unsure of how they would have handled it.
probably the same way they handled it's predecessors, doofus

CHARLOTTE

>>383883015
>>383883072
1999 would basically be like playing a regular game starting at lvl 255 with all abilities. From the way the story is told Julius was in fucking god mode all the time.

>>383886103
>Just needed some better level design.
I remember them wanting to step out of the regular castle design, hence why you have the world map kind of thing. I think that it shows some lack of experience when it comes to outdoors design, not in terms of looks but in terms of how to make it look "natural" yet retain the design level they are used to make.

In the Castle they can just whip up whatever they want but you can tell that they tried to make the outside areas somewhat closer to the natural realm of things, even though some still have bullshit elements, which I don't mind at all.

>>383886074
Oh... That's too bad. I mean, not bad, just not what I was expecting.

>>383886508
Yeah, that's the problem. He's just too fucking hax, it would either be a let down or nonstop EZ mode to play as him. I guess they could do some cool stuff with all the side characters helping up. With an increase to the budget of these games, who knows? Could have been amazing. But instead, we got Lords of Shadow.

>>383886508

>1999 would basically be like playing a regular game starting at lvl 255 with all abilities. From the way the story is told Julius was in fucking god mode all the time.

Not to mention it's Dracula's final battle, too. He'd have to be pulling out all the stops. And the army gets involved as well.

I think, like others, it's best left to the imagination. Because there's no way it could please all of us retards.

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>>383886508
well, some fag got their undergarments in a skirmish so it's gone

i have a feeling your expectations and my intent are not on the same page, anyway

>>383886508
Also I agree with you, I like that PoR and OoE moved outside the castle, it added some much needed variety. Hell, I loved the beginning village area of DoS for that reason, it was a nice change of pace.

We just needed to do more beyond straight lines.

>>383886619
>Drac hits Julius with a full-power Demonic Megiddo
>he fucking tanks it
seeing that shit go would make my boner explode

>>383886618
I don't think the game was ever going to happen. Igarashi was afraid to do it and he was the only one ever in a position to try.

>>383886618
>>383886619
I don't think Konami would be able to pull it off as it is now, too dangerous and fans are not in the mood for being displeased, it's a touchy title. Maybe if someone made a fan game, people tend to accept those much better than actual releases because they somehow excuse certain flaws and don't see it as an actual fixed release in the series.
I just want to forget that LoS exists, specially because Metroid II is coming out and the guys who did LoS are touching it.

>>383886684
It's ok, it was good while it lasted. Thank you.

>>383886694
If more games came out from the same team I guess we would start to see more variety in the environment and design. I believe it was really a question of experience. One good example of this was how they treated the water levels outside the castle since they had more freedom to work with them like they usually do inside the castle.
The boat from Bloodstained also shows some of that design, although I have yet to see the full map design I believe they are keeping the same general idea they had with OoE.

>>383886769

>the castle itself spreads out to try and consume the surrounding area
>entire regiments of the church's witches setting up barriers to hold it at bay as the army fights it way to the source with Julius at the head

>>383886982
Here's hoping Bloodstained is good, wasn't impressed by the boat boss but the blood vampire chick looks like a fun fight.

Also MS is demoted to being codemonkeys so Metroid 2 should be decent. There's no fucking way it will be as bad as Other M, at least.

>>383886684
Oh yeah before I go to bed thanks for being such a good trained monkey

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>>383887449
>he sleeps during the day
>this motherfucker LARPing a vampire
neetbux recipient & ward of the state confirmed

>>383887061
This would be a good excuse to mix the outside environment with the castle design and would give the team the freedom they need to work on level design. It's an idea that offers progressive level design as you get closer to the castle and could offer many possibilities in terms of exploration and overall fucking around with areas however you want. It's Dracula, ain't gotta explain shit more than that.

>>383886103
After looking at this again I find myself wanting a remake of CotM. Just with a better card swapping system (shoulder buttons for scrolling maybe) and better animations. And a shop, because that game fucking needs a shop.

>>383887064
Boat boss is supposed to be the first I think. It's natural if it's simple. still it could have also been a demo boss that will be revamped later on.
My biggest fear with Bloodstained it how some animations look really slow. When a dev goes for 3D in the initial stages everything ends up being too slow because of the full body motions and animation frames, something that you don't have to care about when you work with 2D.
The art style is weird, I have mixed feelings about it but will reserve those for the final release.

Regarding MS.. it's just a general worry. Castlevania was slaughtered, Metroid was slaughtered, came back to life and now is partially in the hands of those who slaughtered Castlevania. I fear they might give them more freedom in the future.
While Other M was a failure overall, I would still like to see some parts of it return. PARTS OF IT. I give credit where credit is due and I believe that some things did go right. Shame they were few. Just don't grab the bad parts, please.

>>383887590
>It's Dracula, ain't gotta explain shit more than that.

It's already explained. The castle itself is alive, which is why it looks different every time

>>383887674
Oh yeah, they did explain that. Much better.

So.. why haven't we fought the castle yet?

>>383888015

Well, we kind of did, in Aria/DoS.

>>383888083
I really mean from the outside. Aria and DoS was still inside-ish.

>>383888219

Yeah, that would be cool. I'd love a sort of use of the Silent Hill idea, where you entered the demon castle otherworld, at various points, so what is a regular village suddenly becomes a blighted demon prison or some shit

>>383888454
They are very good at toying with the illusion idea so even a setting akin to how Persona 5 handles the changes to dungeons would be acceptable. They have the right tools to work with it just feels like they need help with how to make them work together. But who am I to say I'm right? This is simply wishful thinking. Craving even.