Castlevania thread.

>>384330015
Who was in the wrong here?

HOW DARE YOU

Reminder: Go to /tv/ to discuss the netflix show. It just derails the thread and kills quality discussion of the actual games.

>>384330015
Does OOE involve a bunch of shitty touchscreen crap?

Best Castlekino?

>>384330149
None at all, except for like 1 glyph and it's optional to use the touch screen for it

>>384330149
No, you can tell your owl to fuck shit up by using the touch screen tho.

>>384330217
>>384330302

Ok that's good. I honestly think Shanoa looks like a kind of crappy protag, but whatever, I'm a whore for more castlevania.

>>384330198
I still think the Sorrow games are the best in terms of gameplay. Getting a soul is like getting a piece of candy.

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>>384330015
Juste is best Belmont with best theme https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MG5EzU2EZ5o [Open]

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>>384330397
So is the consensus on DoS pretty positive around here? I always got the impression people saw it as inferior to AoS.

>>384330359
Be sure to play the game with the japanese voices.

>>384330523
Never thought of it that way. I've always assumed it's better in every way, minus some of the touchscreen nonsense they tacked on.

>>384330523
AoS>DoS

>>384330523
I played DoS first and I think it's a good game, but I don't know if it's superior to AoS. It's hard to top the Julius fight, even though the Soma fight is a nice reimagining of Rondo Dracula.

>>384330423
The only good part of that game.

>>384330523
DoS is the best Castlemania.
AoS is also good, but obviously inferior.

>>384330567
I'll probably play it with voices off if that's an option.

The problem with DoS Is the shitty anime art

Without a doubt it's the best DS game

>>384330573
>I can be your angel or your demon.jpeg

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>>384330781
>There are people ITT who will defend this

>>384330781
OoE was the best one, I enjoyed the stage variety even if the castle was smaller, also the character art is nice.

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>>384330781
Forgot one other track that I really liked.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91zbzxHvScY

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>>384330931
>>384330781
Looks good to me. Did you people really like that effiminate girly boy SoTN art style? At least Soma now clearly looks like a man. A badass one at that.

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>yfw you fail the seal prompt in Death fight in DoS

CASTLE-MANE-IA?!?!?!?

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>>384331185
I know this is bait but SotN remains one of the best looking games of all time.

>>384331145
Are you redrawing these? This sure as hell ain't no filter.

>>384331145
>>384331142
It's just the eerie nature of some of the locations in the game. You don't see snow often anywhere else other than in Sorrow.

>>384330998

I never played it, i didn't find any appeal of it but i guess after AoS/DoS Is hard to find something as good as the sorrow games.

PoR was good tho

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>>384331285
>He doesn't know about the Castlekino filter

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>tfw I forgot how CoD's soundtrack is literally 10/10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VD7jiErMKQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Cj6Vgt-U94
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3U8tkRi7M8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y43-XAmK1kc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUcjwIQEyBI

Fucking hell I really need to replay it

Fuck it, I need an orchestrated version of these tracks, damn.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWYsZUxnPX4

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>>384331331
Not Castlevania and I'm sure you've played it but Super Metroid is the only Metroidvania better than AoS from my experience.

One of gaming's few 10/10s.

Juste has the best theme. Discuss.

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

>>384331331
>He never played OoE
What the hell are you waiting for? play it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-lrP9mX4QQ

>>384331413
Liar, you just discovered it
No one would be able to forget CoD's OST

>>384331431
Here you go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvsFHmMJqm0
And the mandatory guitar cover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbHi6hA8094

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>>384330198
Aria of Sorrow.
Symphony of the Night looks and sounds better but in hindsight, it gets pretty sloppy compared to the GBA pseudo-sequels. Aria of Sorrow was the perfect Castlevania.

>>384331389
>kino
neck yourself

>tfw DoS would had been considered the best Castlevania game if it had the Ayami Kojima art.

The anime art got rid of the eerie grimdark vibe of the series.

>>384331208
I got so annoyed at that I ended up savescumming for only that part

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>>384331549
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyXRV7wkeyo

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>>384331276
Not talking about in-game sprite work dumbass. I am talking about the shitty art style for the characters and portraits. If you I didn't already know I would think pic related was a woman. Alucard should look like a badass not an effeminate twink

>>384331595
>Symphony of the Night looks and sounds better
>sounds

I dispute that. SotN may have higher sound quality but its music and choice of sound effects are generally weaker compositionally. The only thing it has going for it in the sound department is memeier voice acting.

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>>384331645
Give me one (1) reason why AoS isn't better in every way, art direction aside.

Just beat AoS again and wrapping up with a quick Julius mode playthrough.

Now I have to choose whether to go back to my CVIII playthrough I wanted a break from or play another GBA/DS game, but I am also feeling a little bit like playing Lament of Innocence since I can and it's been a while.

>>384331645
Dimitri was already scary, but if he was in the Kojima art style he will be fucking spooky.

>>384330781
I'll never understand Castlevania fan's hatred for the anime art-style. I mean, it's still the same franchise.

>>384331504
Explain to me how Super Metroid is a Metroidvania and not a Metroid. Where does the Vania come in?

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>>384331583
I swear I beat it around 11 or 12 years ago, man. I just didn't quite like the game and continued play SoTN and the Aria/DS games for the millionth time

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>>384331743
Absolute pleb taste, the artwork for SotN is up there with FFVI's for best in all of video games.

>>384331936
The whole aesthetic aspect and dark tone in Castlevania games is very important.

>>384331936
Everyone loved the old art style when it started in SoTN, it was just a really jarring change even though it wasn't the first time anime style was used for the series.

>>384331514
Just off the top of my head Julius' is better.

>>384331743
you are a fucking idiot

>>384330523
AoS is better than DoS, but understand that Aria is a fucking masterpiece. Very few games are as good as Aria.
Dawn of Sorrow is also great, almost as good as Aria. There's not a huge gap between them. The main complain everyone has with Dawn is the absence of Ayami Kojima as the game's art director. The DS games abandoned the series iconic gothic look for a mediocre anime art direction. Anime sensibilities also spilled their way into the dialogue and characters. Beyond that, Dawn is on roughly equal footing with Aria where it counts. It benefits from the superior hardware of the DS versus the GBA with better visuals and sound. Aria and Dawn have two of the most interesting castles in the game between them. Aria probably has the best version of Dracula's castle whereas Dawn has a very unique castle.

>>384332135
Julius's theme is literally just a remix of Heart of Fire. He doesn't even have an original one

Where should I start with these games? Symphony of the Night?

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>>384331185
>implying the second is better than the first

>>384332226
Hearth of fire is a hell of a theme tho.

>>384331765

Final boss fight vs Soma's Nosferatu Zodd form.

>>384332048
Stupid disciple even forgetting castlekino
>>384332260
The first Castlevania for classic
SoTN for metroidvania

Which game had the best version of Bloody Tears?

>>384331936
It's not about hatred. I was never a serious Castlevania player, but it's understandable to hate a drastic change in graphics from what you grew up on.
I felt pretty much the same when I played Metal Slug Anthology.

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>>384332282
Soma is one sexy son of a bitch when influenced by the power of darkness and shit, no homo.

>>384332282
Second looks like a Japanese student. What the fuck is the 1st even wearing? A fur lined coat? Jap students wouldn't be wearing that nonsense

>>384332442
He looks like a Jojo.

>>384332454
That's because japs aren't /fa/ as fuck

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>>384331594
Thank you based anon.

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>>384332442
I agree
>>384332454
It's not like Japan is known for absurdist fashion or anything, right my dude?

>>384332423
The one from those Castlevania metal albums.

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>>384332423
http://abettercosbycastlevania.ytmnd.com/

Almost 13 years since I played Aria, could you Fight vs Soma too as Alucard or Julius?

>>384331765
DoS bosses are more fun and challenging.

>>384332454
>Japanese students have poofy white hair and trenchcoats

Coat aside AoS Soma's outfit is way more plausible than DoS'. Presumably he just picked up the coat at goodwill because he wanted to look big pimpin.

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>>384332337
>mfw that musics starts
>mfw soma's laugh

Best GBA game coming through.

>>384332423
Castlevania Chronicles
Only the two guys that played it and me know this though

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>>384332742
hmm...

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>>384332742
Forgot pic.

>>384331936
The two main appeals of the Castlevania games are atmosphere and exploration. Replacing the iconic, gothic art style with an anime style (not even a particularly good one) did terrible things for the atmosphere.

>tfw Melancholy Joachim pops into my head constantly for no reason

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=s6EEuBN3dvA

It's not a bad feel.

>>384331743
Alucard is posh, fancy.
Have some class.

>>384332780
still have my copy and its version wasnt that good

vampire killer was hype as fuck though

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXL9u1z_t3M

>>384331514
I like Leon's Theme the most
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ox2uW5Y6rj0

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>>384332742
forgot pic

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This right here is the strongest Belmont of all time literally.
No other Belmont bar Richter can make me really feel that I Am Fucking Powerful quite like Julius can.

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>>384332282
I forgot how bad Soma looks in Dawn.

>>384332670
In Aria you can't, in Dawn Soma replaces Menace as the final boss.

>>384332897

This looks unironically good for a Castlevania game

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9YiA5Bu2w8

>>384330909
>>384332870
>Dracula Slayer Simulator

Is Curse of Darkness good? After LoI's gameplay I was kind of put off by the idea of a 3D Castlevania

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>>384332931
And we will never see his game!

If he is already powerful as fuck when old, I wonder how fucking overpowered he was when he was young, Dracula didn't stand a chance.

>>384332967
I like this one

>>384331514
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QED4D3sgNs
My favorite version of Simon's theme.

What is the best order for a beginner? I've played 1, 3 and 4 and skipped 2. SoTN next?

>>384333165
He's not that old. He's like 30.

>>384333145
It's unironically and objectively the best 3D castlevania game.

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>>384330523
I'm playing it right now and so far I don't think its better than AoS. I don't like how luck affects soul drops even less than in Aria, I prefer finding weapons over having to grind rare souls to upgrade them, and I hate the touchscreen gimmick with bosses, doubly so because I'm emulating and drawing quick straight lines with a mouse is extremely difficult, having two soul loadouts is nice though.
Some lesser complaints I have are that the music is mostly okay, with few good tracks, and the new art style is shit.

>>384332337
>Soma's Nosferatu Zodd form
I don't get it. I googled "Nosferatu Zod". Are you talking about the final fight in Aria or in Dawn?

>>384333273
Play 2 and Rondo then Bloodlines.

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>>384333291
>He's like 30.
>30

>>384332931
I'll give Japan credit.
They make christian themes and baroque look cool as fuck.

>>384333291
Fuck no, he is 55~56

>>384333145
Try it out, the gameplay is kinda similar but you have different weapons so it's also kinda different
There's also the whole innocent devil thing
It's pretty underrated imo

>>384333291
He's like 50

>>384333351

Nosferatu Zodd Is a character from the manga "BERSERK" whose apostle form looks almost the same as Soma when he transforms into Dracula's beast form.

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Why did I make this?

>>384330198

Ludovania

>>384333165
>Literally Igarashi's self insert character
>He's also the strongest Belmont and has successfully killed Dracula

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>>384333578
Because itt's Iconic.

>>384332905
>>384332905
>That quality
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmtdJdf5dmQ

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>>384333756

>Castlekino posters
>Posters that dislike the show and are vocal about it
>The fucking aria of sorrow filters posters
Once these people die, threads would be higher quality then before.

>>384333501
I don't remember this happening in either game.

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>>384333578
it's ok anon, I chuckled

>>384333831
I just thought you should know, we hit the liquor store. Got some Cris and some Mo and we about to let it floooooow.

>>384333857
DaS Julius mode final boss.

>>384333578
>>384333826
>>384332897
>>384331989

What the fuck is going on in this thread?

>>384333578
Nice Castludo

>>384332189
I don't really mind the anime art style, the game already had anime designs to begin with and Kojima's art didn't really mesh well with the designs

>>384333793
How does this track make you feel, anon?

>>384334021
Unadultered worst castlemania
Get out if you can't handle it

>>384334021
I͔̹̓̓̔̈́̎͑ͪ͡T̸̘͊ͣT͍̯͖̰̟̈ͤ̎͆̌̾:̱̦͎̩̣ ̈́͋͛͒͑ͣẅ̬̭̠̱̿̄ͤ̒̊ͤo̠̞̘͐͛̋ͤ͂r̥̮̗ͯ̑́̑s̨̰̬̤̪̙͐̃t͍̯̪ͦ̓͊͜ ̗̫̺̦̯̤ͅC̛͚̖̟̣̥̭̋̓̇̈́̇̎̎l̪̻̄ͯ͆́ͤͤa̩̺̰̐̄ͯ̒ͪ̽ͧs̯̦̮̉̂ͤẗ̫̤͈͖̬̥̐̒ͧͤͯ̉͡l̠̠̾̓ͬ̀eͣ͡m͖̝̯̏͞a̜̰͙ͤ͆ͫ͑n͇ͯ͋ͣǐ̱̟͈̟̟a̧̝̽ ̜̭̫̩̹̮̥̉ͩͩ̚͢e̵͈͖̟̻v̸̠ͤ̓ͫͫ͂̐e͈̘̮̹̠͋͊̐͆̃̿r̙̒̉͗̑̃ͯ̊ͅ

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>>384334191
Incandescent Castlemania coming through.

>>384333998
Never finished my Julius run.
Thanks.

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>>384334021
You like Castlevania, don't you?

>>384330931

Looks like a nice, comfy Saturday morning cartoon to me, senpai.

>>384332454
He's an American student who transferred to Japan though.

>>384334127
It's fucking amazing
One of the best, if not, the best track in the game sets in right when finish the four areas and you step up to face Joachim
It makes the whole journey worthwhile in my opinion

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>>384333165
>55 years old
>Just regained his memories like hours ago
>Holding back
>The motherfucking castle itself falls apart when he does a grand cross
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pjyku6HuUIg

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Where's the love for Shaman King 1 & 2?

>>384333324
fuck no

I think Simon's Quest deserves a remake. Not a 3D remake, obviously.

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Best Guardian Soul?

I've been playing Dawn of Sorrow the last couple of days and I have some things to say about it
pros:
>bosses are really chanllenging and even if you grinding they can give you a hard time
>music and sound design are top-notch
>sprites are god tier
>soul system's variety is really appreciated
cons:
>even tho there is a variety of weapons at your dispossal, you'probably will just use an upgraded version of the first good sword / axe you find, making the exploration part unsatisfying at times
>only 3 equipment slots with lots of options for each one of them, again, you'll find a lot of inferior equipment through the game making the act discovering them really dissapointing
>some soul drop rates are just bullshit
>game content locked behind random drops
>map doesn't allow custom marking, making the backtracking process unnecesarily frustrating at times
>when you die the game goes back to the main title, which is a waste of time

Overall, I'm enjoying the game a lot but I can't help тo think that having some more equipment slots would improve this game a lot instead of just collecting random items that you will never equip.
I really like the soul system in this games and the variety of options it offers to the player, however, you can only equip a handful of them at the time, discouraging experimentation and players will tent to use just a couple of souls in every situtation instead of modifying their gear according to the presented challenge.

>>384334630

It already has a fan remake that's pretty good

>>384332189


Dawn of Sorrow's overly generous leveling system pisses me off. An action RPG game should be a power fantasy where you can feel yourself gradually becoming stronger than enemies in a region. Not, like, where you can one-hit-kill any monster after 5 minutes of just reaching the next save spot.

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>>384334642
tfw you get the soul early, that shit was overpowered.

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>>384334642

>>384334472
>one year later
>can barely open a hole in the floor

>>384334945
>tfw no alura une waifu

>>384331743
>implying pretty boy Alucard isn't the best Alucard

>>384334945
My personal favorite, it actually hits pretty damn hard.

>>384334591
Are these good?

>>384334889
>where you can one-hit-kill any monster after 5 minutes of just reaching the next save spot.
SotN is much worse in this regard.

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>spend an hour farming Iron Golem soul
>have to use it to make a shitty sword

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>>384334995
To be fair, it was literally a hell-hole

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Anyone else prefer the linear platformer Castlevania to the Metroid-style ones? I just think the gameplay works better.

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>>384335217
I like the mystery and aesthetics that SotN introduced more, personally.

Also is the canonical name of Dracula's castle REALLY Castlevania?

so how bad is mirror of fates?

Man I almost never use subweapons or bullet souls.

>>384335217
I like both but I'm pretty shit at the classic ones, so the exploration,fast action and abilities of the metroidvanias appeals to me more

>>384335393
>Mercury Steam
All you need to know, reminder they are developing the Metroid 2 remake.

>>384335217
I've been playing through Rondo of Blood recently. Ruthless style of play, but fun when you master it.

>>384334995
Soma Cruz: Hold on, Julius. You can't use Magic Seals?
Julius Belmont: Uh-huh. What about it?
Soma Cruz: Well, didn't you run into monsters that you couldn't destroy?
Julius Belmont: No, I destroyed them before they could reconstitute. They
weren't a problem. But this time, I don't think that'll work.
Soma Cruz: (You've got to be joking. That should've been impossible.)

Even Soma knows that Julius is overpowered as fuck.

>>384330359
if you're a whore for more castlevania how have you not played it?

go play it!

>>384330567
>playing OoE without YOU STUPID DISCIPLE

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>>384335470
>mfw those hacks are working on the new Metroid Prime game while the shitty remake is being done in house

>>384335354
Yes.
http://castlevania.wikia.com/wiki/Dracula%27s_Castle

I have no idea how they got away with it.

>>384335558
In the middle of Portrait right now. I didn't ever buy a DS so I've been catching up on those games.

The more I hear about how overpowered Julius is the less I like him

>>384335496
Why couldn't Julius use Magic Seals anyway?
The Belmont bloodline has magic in it. Juste proves that.

>>384330198
>>384333742
Castlemania.

>Maria remarks that the castle is different from how she remembers it
>Dracboi's castle canonically changes with every reincarnation
I could have seen the series being turned into a roguelite in the wrong hands, I'm glad it didn't.

SotN>AoS=DoS>PoR>HoD>OoE>CotM

>>384335798
He probably forgot. You know how it is with old people and all.

Soma is the gayest main character of all time. He ruins the games he's in. He almost ruins the games he's not in.

Portrait of Ruin is the most underrated castlevania game of all time.

>>384335740
Why to use seals when you can just straight up destroy the monsters?

Also Juste had magic books n' shit.

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>>384335217
I do!
But metroid-style is cool too.

>>384335830
You wot, OoE has better level design than PoR and is just an overall better game than HoD. I would also say that CotM is definitely better than HoD

>>384335812
Iga's going to try making a rougelike mode in Bloodstained. Thankfully, it's not going to be the main focus.

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Best Cocobongo

>>384335698
The Belmont bloodline gets stronger with each generation so it was going to happen eventually that one Belmont would be broken enough to completely destroy Dracula.

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>>384335991
PoR is top tier.

>>384335698
Every generation of Belmonts are stronger than the one before. He's the last generation we see.

>>384335958
OoE felt like Castlevania 2 2.0 but I just never could enjoy it. I really liked jumping into the different paintings in PoR and had a blast with the multiplayer at the time. CotM sucked in every way and while HoD is not great it at least felt better than CotM shitty gameplay.

>>384335830
SotN=OoE>AoS>DoS=PoR>HoD>Monster tale>CotM

>>384336047
damn, you'll never get a girlfriend to dress up as Charlotte for you.

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>>384336074
>Every generation of Belmonts are stronger than the one before.
MAKE WAY FOR THE STRONGKEST WE'LL EVER KNOW

>>384336108
I feel like the only part of CotM's gameplay that was shitty was was having to double-tap to run, which could actually get you killed in certain situations.

Also I just realized that you were talking about Harmony of Dissonance, not Harmony of Despair. Despair is better than CotM

>>384335884
Meant to reply to >>384335895
>>384335894
I agree, all he has going for him is the design, but besides that he's the typical shonen protagonists.
I mean damn the reason why he wins in the first game is because of "power of friendship", that kind of thing really left a bad taste honestly.

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Dracula hid all the bathrooms

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>>384335989
>

I have a bad feeling about Bloodstained.

>>384336259
>female belmont
hah, nice joke

>>384336434
If there were (canonically) a female Belmont we wouldn't know since a son would HAVE to be born that generation to continue the line.

>>384335664
ah. i think i like PoR best of the ds games.

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>mfw soma

>>384336518
Confirmed for never playing DoS.

>>384336521
Fourth from the left actually looks retarded, was that even in the final game?

>>384336565
>Fourth
Meant third, the sad anime-eyes face is terrible.

>>384336591
looks like he got his willy caught when zippin up his jeans

>>384336565
DoS is the weakest of the three games.

>>384336565
played it. beat it. even threw a pie in that bigfoot/yetis face. love the game. still love PoR more.

>>384336274
>Farming cards
Hell the card mechanic could have been nice but it honestly was lackluster
>Farming items since you can't buy anything
>Art style is bland and dark (not tone just the lack of lightening)
>Annoying bosses
>Annoying controls
Like what you said about running

Really CotM was a good attempt after SotN but man did it suck in almost every way. HoD fixes a lot of the issues but made a lot more too. Personally HoD just feels better gameplay wise than CotM. Not a great game but fuck CotM in almost every way.

>>384330523
Fighting this guy only with a pistol and RPG was the epitome of fun.

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YOU CAN'T HIT ME!

>>384330137
EVEN FORGETTING

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>>384336274
so glad I'm not the only one that gets confused when people say HoD.

that said let's get a Ps3 /v/ HoD game going.

>>384336434
>>female belmont
What the fuck, do Belmonts reproduce asexually or some shit?

>>384336521
>That kawai~ soma face

>>384336259
But she's Julius sister, not his daughter. If anything, she's just as strong as Julius.

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I'm playing pic related and what does the % on the start screen/map mean? Also does enemy drop an ability?

>>384336903
>she's just as strong as Julius.
So she is extremely fucking overpowered.

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>>384336767
At least CotM didn't look like someone puked neon on the screen.

>>384336827
THINK YOU CAN DODGE THIS!?

>>384336996
*does every enemy

fuck me

>>384336509
You're pretty stupid, yeah?

>>384337065
yes, but for early bosses you will need to fight them later when they appear as normal enemies

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yrv8-VW_qtU

H Y D R O___S T O R M

>>384337036
Ever played CotM on original GBA? You literally can't see anything at times. HoD looks like that because of the reaction to how CotM looked. It went way too bright yes which is why AoS is in the middle but at no point I hate on HoD for looking like it does.

>>384337065
Is this your first Castlevania? Enemies have a percentage to drop certain things, the percentage on the map/start screen is your exploration rate

>>384336903
>julius
>sister
>female belmont
hah, nice joke
if he had a sister he wouldn't have been a wandering amnesiac. well, he could still have forgotten everything but his sister would've taken him in and at least told him his identity

>>384336996
It represents game/map completion rate.
And yeah almost every enemy in the game can drop a soul that grants you a special attack or ability.

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DS trilogy is the best of the series.

SotN was a game of its time. That time has passed.

>>384331936
The anime art and dialogue is literally the only thing that makes people hate Portrait of Ruin.
DoS was still good story-wise because the anime influence wasn't too strong yet, but slippery slope is not a fallacy, and PoR was unsaveable.
OoE dropped the animu art, and regained some composture.

>>384337128
>implying a man would take his wife's family name four hundred years ago
They wouldn't be Belmonts anymore, Konami wouldn't have written an entire new story arc about an entirely new family.

>>384337178
>You literally can't see anything at times.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P40_kd-mS8

>>384336767
> HoD fixes a lot of the issues but made a lot more too.
No it didn't, the orb system was worst, the bosses can be killed in 30 seconds tops. The art style is really muddy and bright and the music is some of the worst in the series as a whole. The only thing I can was better was the controls and even then nothing felt like it really had any weight to it. Also lets not forget the awful castle design and the gimmicky "second castle" that looks exactly just like the other castle and you have to navigate between each one if you can even remember which castle you are currently in. Any remote of fun that can be had with HoD drops completely off when you get to the clock tower. And fuck that stupid ass store gimmick.

>>384337312
Ah, so you are indeed stupid.

>>384337176
I wish SotN had a hard mode or NG+ so I could enjoy all the shit I spent hours grinding for.

I'm blown away by how much I enjoyed Hollow Knight.

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>>384337426
fuck off senpai

>>384337410
Don't forget the collectable furniture.

>>384337297
i gotta admit the anime death was probably the worst look hes ever had and this >>384336518 is me

>>384337505
Not my fault you don't know how genetics works.

>>384337612
Family names, not genetics. They may inherit the powers but their names literally wouldn't be Belmont anymore. That was my point.

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Someone should make a roll chart for AoS and you only get to play using the souls you rolled.

>>384337591
Jesus fucking christ,I forgot you get nothing besides a useless room for collecting all the furniture. YOU CAN'T EVEN BOTHER TO GIVE ME SOME COOL BROKEN ITEM BUT NOOO YOU GET NOTHING!

>>384337494
>tfw you're still discovering little details
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X7zAUejak0

>>384335010
People love alucard

people hate raiden

really makes me think

>>384337313
The whole reason HoD looks like a neon rave party was because of how dim CotM was. Remember original GBA didn't have a back light so if you had a game without any real bright colors the game is just hard to see. I'm not completely defending HoD look just saying it was just a response to CotM look.
>>384337410
Orb was better than the stupid cards. No need to farm, they are all useful in some way unlike cards which most where pointless, and can quickly switch them around without needed to deal with the weird combo system.

>>384337724
I don't think anyone wants to get stuck with doing 1 damage late game

>>384337745
>Menderbug
Haven't felt emotion like this in a game since...damn, DaS1 maybe.

Real talk here, why is there never discussion about it around? I wasn't on /v/ really when it released and haven't had any chance to discuss it since I only picked it up a week ago or so.

>>384337724
Try giving Dmitrii your strongest souls in DoS. He actually becomes impossible in some situations.

>>384336509
>>384336881
All the village residents in Order of Ecclesia are of Belmont blood.

>>384335217
I prefer the Metroid style ones by a large margin. My favorite platformer-style one is 64/LoD

I'm interested in this...

>>384337724
I usually just use the souls/armor/weapon/items that enemies drop and nothing else, farming is forbidden, I also only use the save points once.

With those restrictions the game gets very fucking intense.

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>>384330015

My man!

>>384335740
Juste was gay. There was an interior decorator minigame, for god's sake. There's no way he passed on his genes, he must have had a sister or something.

>>384337780
>Orb was better than the stupid cards. No need to farm, they are all useful in some way unlike cards which most where pointless,
LOL.It isn't. Its even worse because everything is tied to the sub-weapons so you are only limited to what you have at the time so it was pointless to use anything that wasn't axe or cross.

>>384330149
Naw. It's a pretty fun little game.

>>384337852
What the fuck, I never even knew that was possible.

I think it has more to do with the fact that there isn't much to discuss. HK is a great game, but it doesn't really do enough new or amazing stuff to leave it's mark. It'll be remembered as a cult classic, not a revolutionizing hit.

The worst part about OoE is the fucking crab boss.

>>384338078
He fucked the m'lydie, she can't resist the charm of a profesional interior decorator that is also a vampire hunter on his free time.

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>Come play, cute little kitty~

>>384338124
Yeah it's stupid hidden, and you can't even enjoy the beauty of the story without becoming the one who ended it.

That's a really good point, and one of the reasons I'm having such a hard time bringing myself to actually walk away from the game after 100%ing it. I want there to be more, it has a great amount of content but I'll be damned if I'm not sitting here praying the new content is released asap. Maybe further iterations and DLCs will provide some more lore discussion and (I hope) some repeatable modes like boss rushes or co-op somehow.

>>384338212
The way you kill it is pure Castlekino

>>384331743
Kill yourself

>>384338310
Kawaii ko neko-chan
asobimasho

My favorite game is Bloodlines. How would other anons rate that one 1-10?

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>>384331208
My thumbs were not made for this.

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>>384338038
I do this, minus the save point thing. Don't got enough time for that shit. The risk of losing any of your hard-won souls that you're not allowed to grind for is generally sufficient motivator to not fuck up.

It's even more intense if you start a DoS Hard Mode run and delete all your carried over stuff.

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>>384338360
I have a feeling the new content is just going to be more dream nail fights. I don't know about you, but I found mose of those bosses in the base-game to be rather boring.

Also bless you for actually finishing the grey mourner's quest, I didn't have the patience to route that out.

>>384331276
I played it for the first time 4 years ago, and it's easily one of my favorite games. It really holds up. Might have helped that I hadn't been spoiled on the inverted castle/true ending, so that actually came off as fun and unexpected.

>>384331746
i prefer aria's music too. it's back to the roots of old school castlekino

>>384338438
>kino
neck yourself

>>384338853
Don't be mad over the dank nature of memes, just enjoy the Castlemania

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>>384338078

>>384336827
SHANOOOAAAAAAAAAA

>>384338212
Why did they redub it in the english version when it just made a noise

>>384338680
I agree the dream nail fights aren't too inspired, and 2/3 of them are just easy boss fights to begin with, sped up. But there's at least one entire area with little to no current content that is a very viable place for DLC to flesh out.

Not to mention, the back goal of a second playable character was met. (The goal of Colosseum of Fools wasn't met, but was made anyway) So that gives you a good idea that a lot more content is coming. I just hope it's sooner than later.

Then again I can see myself playing this game again yearly, at least.

And thanks, it's mostly just walking left. Definitely worth it to max out your HP though, despite random circumstances making it take a couple runs.

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>>384338810
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJAh5NCByWE

>>384339014
>dank
neck yourself harder

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>Calls himself a fan of Castlevania
>Hasn't even played the best Castlevania with the best music, the best stages, the best bosses, the best whip upgrade, the best duel boss and the best replayability

WHAT?!

>>384339325
Average, clocktower and coliseum themes are better

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>>384339391
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEB1PNNYgYE

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>>384339362
Yes cup.

>>384339320
Yeah that one empty room full of dead spider things in Deepnest is suspicious, I don't know if that will be the next DLC spot. Also I don't know if that one bug who had the shield as a weapon did anything in the arena or not. Either way, my beef with the flower quest was that the excuse that a trolley being unstable would destroy the flower seemed like bullshit. The stag I can understand, but not the trolley. Also did that one female bug with a giant club do anything?

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>tfw you use the medusa heads to jump up here
Holy shit do I feel fantastic right now.

>>384336314
The only bathroom is in Castlevania behind drac's room. This means after you kill him you have a time limit before his castle collapses to both use it and escape. Then you have to wait 100 years for your ancestors to use the bathroom.

>>384339678
*Spoilers* (Not gonna black out my entire post)

We can assume it'll be the DLC, because the Hornet character (the bug with the needle you fight twice, seemingly female) was born? raised? or lived in? the distant village (Deepnest, spider area) where that fairly empty area is, and she is a main piece of the story that is not extrapolated on much. Mostly Assumptions, though.

The trams don't break the flower, only stags.

The club bug can help you with the Traitor Lord (mantis boss in Queen's Gardens) if you meet her in all her locations before that.

>>384333350
I emulated DoS too. I suggest you download a patch for the game that removes the touchscreen shit. With that patch you can just click on two of the points of the seal and you're done. They're kinda pointless anyway and if you fuck up you gotta do the boss all over again.

>>384339118
>Ralph
How to spot someone who has never played Castlevania.jpg

>>384339678
Oh and that overconfident bug who went the the arena (Tiso?) his corpse can be found in Resting Grounds once after your first Trial of fools (third colesseum fight) attempt

>>384339913
>The trams don't break the flower
WHAAAAAT I could have sworn the description said that both would destroy the flower, was it changed in an update or some shit? Also embarrassingly I didn't fight the traitor or mantis lords until right before the true final boss because I couldn't find them on my first playthrough.

>>384340030
>Remove the only remotely challenging part about the game

I don't know about you but my butt could crush diamonds when that seal appears and I scramble for the pen.

>>384338078
Richter is Juste's son iirc

>>384339325
Now in HD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Brh1biuL2VU

Is Castlevania similar to Metroid?

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>>384340205
That's the most brain-numbingly easy part of the game. Are you alright?

>>384340221
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSKv_NGFIvc

>>384340285
Kinda.

>>384340203
Not sure if it used to be different, as I just picked it up about a week ago, but I know it doesn't now. Either the tram or charging across Blue Lake are the two options for that part of the route.

And there's nothing embarrassing about that, it's not a game where you find everything without a lot of effort or help.

>>384340205
if you're emulating they're just a pain in the ass, that's why I recommended anon that patch

>>384340285
The Igarashi games kind of but there's some major difference. One having to deal with grinding/leveling which Metroid doesn't have. Another is that powers tend to be more about moving around in Castlevania where Metroid the focus tend to be more about weapons (yes there's suit upgrade but for the most part you unlock more with weapons). Another Castlevania is more story heavy where Metroid is more subtle in it's story (outside Fusion and Other M). Metroid also focus on planetary places so you see more rocky areas while Castlevania is one large construct. Feel is much different even if the gameplay is very close.

>>384340205
>scramble
I'm about to blow your mind:
You have as much time as you want to get the stylus out when the seal appears.
It's only after you start drawing do you have a time limit.

Seeing as the PS2 games aren't playable on PS3, do they emulate alright? What I've heard from Lament of Innonence is terrific.

I'm interested in this.

>>384340842
Heh heh! Thank you!

>>384340759
Yeah they're playable. Runs great on my old PC.

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>>384341031
Will filterposting ever get old?

>>384338212
git gud or consider suicide

>Only played and completed SoTN
where do i go from here?

>>384341461
AoS is really the one game everyone can agree is great. DoS is amazing too even if it has some issues (touch minigame for bosses and awful art).

>>384341093
Cool, I'll get to them when my current games slow down. It's such a shame that Klonoa 2 is difficult to get working.
>>384341461
The GBA and DS trilogies.

>>384341461

Refer to
>>384330015
>>384331765
>>384331989
>>384332897
>>384332967
>>384333043
>>384333578
>>384333756
>>384333826
>>384334273

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Is this a good running animation?

I mean, it's detailed and fluid but it looks weird and Alucard looks like he's flailing his t-rex arms.

>>384341554
>>384341524
>>384341537
AoS next then
thanks anons

>>384341568
looks like he's nordic walking aggresively

>>384341568
>people actually walked normally and not back dashed the entire game
hmmmm

Do you guys like hopping to attack rapidly and backdashing everywhere to move faster?

Call me crazy but I kind of prefer it when just running normally is the fastest way to get around and attacking on the ground isn't pointless outside of crouch attacks.

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Find a flaw.

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>>384341815

>>384341852
Sorta just waggling his arms, may or may not be on rollerskates.

>>384341815
It's good if the natural running speed is the fastest, but maybe devs just forget about it. Sliding/dashing in HoD was great fun.

>>384341739
Sound was too annoying, after my tenth playthrough I just wanted to have fun not go fast.

>>384341852
The flaw is the filename.
Fuck your stupid meme.

>>384341852
Hands are just balls that are as big as his head. I know hardware limitations make it that way, but it's still ugly.

>>384341359
>implying
It's boring as fuck you mong, the only fun part is the payoff when you drop the elevator.

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>>384341852

>>384342324
pure majesty

Is PS2 emulation good enough ? I want to play Lament Of Innocence.

>playing Curse of Darkness

is it me or this is way worse than Lament of Innocence?

>>384343031
yes, it's pretty much perfect. Check the wiki tho there's some setting you have to save before fighting the doppleganger

>>384331743
You've never seen a women, have you?

>>384343116
Haven't played CoD, but that seems pretty hard to do. What makes it worse?

>>384342324

I always liked how CoTM still kinda felt like a GBC game

>>384343116
Story wise? Uh I guess, the writing is anime tier.
It also spreads thin with all the systems it introduces, trying to mimic some of sotn but falling short.
Also levels are horrible, literally bunch of empty hallways and rooms stringed together in a themed area. And that walking speed...man.

>>384343426
CotM is just bad in every conceivable way honestly.

>>384343116
Just you

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>>384341852
I like the DoS sprites better, which should be expected considering the better hardware
Its satisfying just doing a little dance with Soma's movements watching his coat flutter around, shit's cash, too bad I can't find any good gifs of his animations

>>384343494
The music is fine, Awake is a good tune.

>>384343598
This is the only good song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fv-jkCOmVDM

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>have to beat the remake to play the original Rondo of Blood
Wouldn't it make more sense to make the original available first, for those who want to see how the remake compares AFTER?

>>384343664
HoD's clockwork is better

Awake is good

>>384332282
Both are crap and don't fit Castlevania at all.
Rondo of Blood was the best look for Castlevania ever. Castlevania should be anime, but old anime.

>>384343689
In Dracula X Chronicles? You find RoB in a stage you donut.