This is the GREATEST CASTLEVANIA EVER MADE.

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>>386489423

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>greatest castlevania
>isn't dawn of sorrow with the portrait hack

educate yourself

>>386489423
Definitely the one with the most gameplay depth, for when it came out.
Too goddamn hard though, lost years of my life from the stress.

>>386489881
>Too goddamn hard though, lost years of my life from the stress.
leave that nine to five upon the shelf. And just enjoy yourself.

>>386489717
>hack

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>>386490261
That along with the stuff to remove the stupid touch gimmicks makes for a surprisingly really good game.

It was hyperbole to call it the best, but it's really good and people should try it.

>>386489423
OK

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can anyone recommend a setup to play Rondo of blood on emulator? I can't figure out how to get it to play at all. On Windows and Mac.

>>386491357
Retroarch and Mednafen are very picky about the version you choose.

Grab the version from archive.org and grab the BIOS pack from the Gametech wiki.

Pretty sure on macOS, you can just grab the BIOS and run it through openEMU without many issues.

>>386491519.

argg i need to make a mac mini computer OpenEMU is the best emulator platform I have seen and i have used it since it was first released on my macbookpro but on my game desktop that is hooked to my home theater and 4k tv I have yet to find anything as simple and clean to use.

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Just finished Aria of Sorrow as my first vania, it was fucking awesome but what do i play next? Order of Eclessia looks cool

>>386491721
Yeah, OpenEMU is legit pretty good. I like Retroarch better, but I don't mind fucking with shit to get it right. OpenEMU is pretty much just EZ street the whole way.

As far as the best way to play Rondo on a PC, it's probably RetroArch with the beetle-pce-fast core.

Download and install RetroArch, then extract this stuff into the it's "System" folder

http://www.mediafire.com/file/7d5tbargr0iq2x8/RetroArch+BIOS.zip

Then make sure you have a good dump of Rondo, there's a lot of shitty ones out there.

The one from this set plays well with with Retroarch and Mednafen.

https://archive.org/details/NEC_PC_Engine_CD-ROM2_System_and_TurboGrafx-CD_2016_Reference_Set_Redump_Validated_ROMs

>>386492115
Dawn of Sorrow is a direct sequel, so that's the obvious next choice. But really, any of the games on the DS/GBA are a great next choice, just play what looks most interesting to you.

>>386492115
If you liked Aria, Dawn of Sorrow is actually really good, but get the patches that get rid of the shitty portraits and the touchscreen gimmick.

SoTN is also great, obviously.

The best is Order of Ecclesia.

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>>386491357
I found a rom/emulator/bios packed in one exe 3 years ago when I played but apparently the only version now have trojan

>>386492406
>>386492436
Okay, thanks!

>>386489423
You think thats good, just wait until you play Rondo

Much better followup to CV3 than CV4

>>386490554
that looks really bad, what the fuck? how did they fuck up portraits that were already ready? though at least it still looks better than the original portraits, sadly

why do people get so upset about DoS's portraits
I get that the art isnt good but god damn they only appear in 2 second cutscenes

>>386491357
Use Bizhawk. Load the .cue file not the disc image. Enjoy the best Castlevania game period.

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>tfw we'll never get a new game with these perfect controls

the sweet spot between Classicvanias and Metroidvanias in control, limited, but you're still in complete control

>>386489423
The most hipster tryhard one, sure

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>>386493760
That's simply not true. They appear during every character interaction, including the ones at the shops you use all the time.

Plus, they're abhorrently bad.

>>386489423
Dizzy is the dark souls of castlevania games.

>>386493997
People used the shops? I only used enemy drops and found items

>>386493760
they got nothing to latch on when trying to shit on the best game in the series, so they resort to ridiculous points

>>386494083
There's other flaws. The touch gimmick was just bad and really poorly implemented.

The drop rate on items and souls also kind of sucks balls. I've heard that the luck stat is completely bugged, but don't know how true that is.

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>>386494302
>The touch gimmick was just bad and really poorly implemented.
indeed, the game would have been better without it, but fortunately it's really easy to get it done, except maybe for the last seal (or was it the one before last?)

>The drop rate on items and souls also kind of sucks balls. I've heard that the luck stat is completely bugged, but don't know how true that is.
I only remember having any issue with drop rates with the iron golem and the peeping eye, and they still dropped their souls anyways

Rondo of Blood is the best castlevania game.

>>386491357
Get the pcengine version, its the best version. Download magic engine, mount the game to scsi and click boot on the emu

>>386489423
It makes the most money on my arcade cabinet.

>>386489423
Did you start playing it because of the anime? Are people discovering now that Trevor is the best Belmont?

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>>386489423

My favourites are CV1 and PoR

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This is the greatest Castleludokinomania and don't you forget it

DoS has one of the shittiest final bosses in the entire franchise.

>>386495781
Aria's was pretty shit too but I agree

>>386493760
>>386493997
What's so bad about them? Too "anime"?

>>386489423
Guys I'm playing the First CV for the first time and I need advice to beat Dracula

>>386496171
Hit him until he dies

>>386496171
Observe his attacks and look for opportunities where you can hit him without getting hit yourself.

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>soundtrack is good
>japanese version OST is even better
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzLxo5ggE6I&list=PL6234BEB55F0ECFDC&index=21

>>386496171
jump over fireballs, whip head
repeat until he changes form
spam the fuck out of holy water until dead

>>386489423
yes.

>>386490554
From what I've seen these portraits look decent when made from scratch but look like a goddamn travesty when cobbled together from GBA assets.

>>386493736
Oh, I don't know. Maybe taking art from a GBA game and dragging them up to over ten times its intended resolution?

>>386496590
>VRC6
It's almost Genesis tier. So fucking crisp and fat.

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Pic related is the greatest castlevania game you little entitled shit.

>>386493563
Rondo's not better than three (or at the very least does not have the same strengths). 4 also has more interesting stage design than Rondo and a more distinct atmosphere to the whole thing.

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>>386493878
>>386496590
Alright, everyone post castlekino music, popular and underrated

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiouQaVMBPU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LESK22HKc4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoQex8CB9eA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujYrDqliN9g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvwAhp0Eu5M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zB1HelWFNw

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>>386493878
CV4 is the best imo, the only thing really missing for me was a more challenging final boss. I remember my first time playing I was waiting to see what Drac's final phase would be but then you kill him without breaking a sweat and the game's over. I guess they either figured the boss rush at the end was enough or they wanted to keep it simple and just have dracula be dracula

>>386497483
I got you, man.
Underrated:
https://youtu.be/diJhVo2G9ZQ
https://youtu.be/lOlYyBwQ6qI
https://youtu.be/xBOyhgzXos0
https://youtu.be/e3y7S6YmUFg

>>386494302
The luck stat is virtually useless for soul collecting in DoS, but the big problem is that the game's RNG is poorly implemented/programmed. This can cause already rare souls to potentially take even longer to drop.

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>>386497310
>tfw no PC release ever

i really enjoyed simon's quest and have finished more than six times

You think we will ever get a Castlevania in modern times or a cyber punk Castlevania? with juxtaposition of the old Castle Dracula and the new Cyberpunk or urban city skyscraper cities?

What's this I hear about a touch gimmick? I never played the Soma games, is this something that can still work on an emulator with a mouse or does it HAVE to be modded/patched out?

>>386497540
>I guess they either figured the boss rush at the end was enough or they wanted to keep it simple and just have dracula be dracula
Probably this, but didn't you respawn right outside Dracula when dying? Plus, there is a max hearts and sub-weapon multipliers right below the stairs, so you're guaranteed to come fully prepared once you figure that out.
Gaibon was more of a threat than Dracula.

>>386498293
to finish off a boss you have to draw a symbol on the touchscreen, if you fail the fight keeps going on until you get it right

>>386489423

My first CV ever.

However, SOTN is my favorite CV. But CV3 is my second favorite.

>>386498232
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xd0q6qLviM

RPCS3 netplay when

>>386497310
Just gonna be one of the classic "whip" wielding characters.
>Everyone pics soma and fucking boots of blinding speed
Gee that was fun

>>386498614
>SOTN is my favorite CV
Gross. Easily the worst of the Metroidvanias.

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>>386498236
Same here, man. First time through it was just for meme status, but consecutive playthroughs are really enjoyable. The overly cryptic bullshit and downright lies that the NPCs tell you go from frustrating to hilarious once you know where to go.
The game is actually really fucking easy and barely punish you for mistakes. You have infinite lives and continues for one, and no matter what, you always start right about where you died, so there is never really any tension to anything. Sure, you'll lose your hearts if you game over, but it doesn't take long to get them back.
Hell, I didn't even know you could actually gain levels in it for the longest time, nor did I know it had multiple endings.

>>386498293
It can be modded out.

http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/3408/

and this to get rid of the portraits if you are so inclined

http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/3356/

They do work together, but I did Portrait Hack first then no touch if it's sensitive to order.

>>386498703
Harmony of Dissonance is worse. It's just a poor copy of SotN with worse content.

>>386497540
Slogra was honestly harder than Dracula.

And while I wouldn't call 4 the best, its right up there for sure

>>386498293
DoS had a gimmick where you would be prompted to "draw" a simplistic seal (usually just several straight lines) to actually kill bosses for good once you depleted their health. These were really simple though and largely weren't a problem to execute on actual hardware, save for the last two which could be tricky. I'd imagine the last seals are pure hell if emulated and using a mouse.

The touch screen did have some novel and unobtrusive use in directing familiars, though. I liked that.

>>386498962
not that guy, but I prefer HoD over SotN because of how piss-easy SotN is, there's a point where it detracts too much from the game for me

>>386489423
>>386489590
Won't argue with that.
Surprisingly only Rondo of Blood can even compete.

Don't know why people like Super Castlevania 4. Controls are too sloppy and level design suffers.

>>386498493
>>386499005
You forget to mention the ice blocks, which you had to clear using the stylus. This was a pain in the ass and made platforming a hassle when they were around.
I'm pretty sure there was some more use of the touchscreen, but I can't remember.

>>386496897
>>386497094
It is the resolution, mostly. The animu portraits look bad when blown up too. I imagine it would look better in window mode at native or on an actual DS, but I've lost my flash card and have big beefy hands that make playing action games on DS uncomfortable, so meh.

>>386498493
>>386498957
>>386499005
thanks for the responses. I missed out on all the portable CVs for ages and I'm slowly getting through them, I played OoE since everyone hailed it as amazing then went on to HoD on GBA.

I thought OoE was terribly balanced and the damage was super retard tier. HoD was the other extreme, way too easy.

>>386489423

>playing retro without s-video and crt shaders

fucking kill yourselves

>>386499226
For whatever reason, you just don't know what you're talking about with CV4.

>>386499269
>emulating CRT
It's not the same and it will never be the same. You're just a hilarious retard

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>>386498236
That was my favorite as a kid. I really enjoyed the adventure, and exploration. Many games of the day were linear, with levels and such. So it was a breath of fresh air.
>SOTN
When this came out I was about 16 and I could not stop playing the fucker. Amazing game. Tons of variety with all the weapons/magic/rings and what not. Also really loved that they added RPG like leveling. Has been done to death since, but still great. My 2 favorites.

>>386499425
Of course it's not the same, though it will be quite close once extremely high res displays are the norm. It's still several magnitudes more accurate. Any dev or artist from the era finds retro with sharp pixels on modern displays to be insulting and ruins their vision/hard work.

>>386497483
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7PFm7mrdVY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHG3e0bQe3I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAZWxW2L9MQ

I like Belmont's Revenge

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>>386499226
>Controls are too sloppy
What's wrong with the controls? They're standard platforming. If anything, the controls are really tight and responsive, but the game is generally a bit easy.
>and level design suffers
There are a few levels that don't really sit right with me. The cave is one for example. It lacks the direction of other levels, but exploration is kind of a bother because Simon's so slow and everything is tucked away in corners. It's just not worth it.
Also, this level is a real shitter. Hate everything about it.

>>386499538
IT'S WHAT THE DEVELOPER TRULY INTENDED

>>386499665
what?

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>>386499425
>>386499538
Looks so much better than OP.

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>>386499425
Some very light CRT filters or scanlines do make the game look better though.

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>>386499736
/v/ hates crt shaders now for some reason

there was a thread last night where someone unironically argued that xBR and hqX shit was the way to go

>>386500013
This is a little excessive. It makes it look as if you're sitting with your face way close to the screen. If that's what it's going for, then sure it's a success, but I don't think it looks very nice.

>>386500195
That shader type is really intended for 4k displays or higher for that reason.

Lament of Innocence worth playing?

>>386497540
CV IV is great but I wish it had more levels.

I understand it was remaking the first, but I felt it could've had more than that it delivered.

>>386500538
If you like the games or series then I'm confident they're ALL worth playing. Not like any of them are that long anyways

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>>386500304
>>386500195
It does look better at 4K. It's pretty OK at 1440p too though, in my experience.

>>386500620
fair, I just figured since they're in 3D there'd be a fundamental change

>>386500629
Yeah see at this res, it almost looks literally like someone took a photo of a crt.

would you drink beer with sypha, /v/

Filters are for casuals.

>>386500629
This doesn't look quite right. The aspect ratio is a little off, isn't it? Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't SotN have letterboxing, even on 4:3 monitors?
That's how it looks on my CRT. This is the PAL version though.

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BRETHREN

>>386500973
yes

>>386500585
For a classic CV with no alternate paths 4 felt plenty meaty to me.

>>386500973
Yeah, he's totally the knd of guy I'd drink a brewsky with.
Haven't beaten the game yet, btw.

what do the belmonts do when Dracula isn't around

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H-here I go slaying demon's, I g-guess..

>>386500620
Eh, there are a small handful of outright stinkers and all of the 3D games are divisive. I haven't played Lament, but had an absolutely shit time with Curse of Darkness for example.

SoTN difficult was a deal breaker for me, shit got boring fast.

>>386501102
I don't know; I just kind of wanted more out of it.

It's not a bad game by any measure, I just wish it was longer.

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>>386500704
1440p for comparison.

Better than 1080, but yeah, 4K is a big deal for CRT shaders. You'll have to kill me before I give up 120+ hz though.

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>>386501407

>>386489423
There is literally no reason for a timer in these games.

Prove me wrong.

>>386501456
So what did you think about CV1? Since that game was a lot smaller.

>>386501513
where is the bait? the game feels super easy, specially if you come from finishing castlevania 3.

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>>386501019
Its got a black bar on the top of the screen on NTSC.

>>386501513
I'm assuming he's referring to how piss easy it is. You can literally mash your way through the game.

>>386501520
It's a mechanism to award your speed since enough points give you lives.

there's your literally one reason that your entire argument was based on for some reason

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>>386499653
just bypass that one senpai

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>>386489423
"watching the castlemania animu was my introduction into the series"
-OP prolly

>>386501695
That's really strange. When I play SotN on my CRT, I think it automatically stretches to 16:9 and letterboxes it, despite being a 4:3 screen. It's really annoying, but I don't know how to fix it.
Might be in the wrong input though. I'm using a PS2, by the way, so that may have to do with it.

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I was just going through my rom collection and saw this thread, here's japanese CV3 eng patched and CV2 with the retranslation+map hack. Enjoy, or don't

http://www30.zippyshare.com/v/3rSd6e2O/file.html

>>386501828
>Can't like CV3 anymore because you'll be accused of being a TVfag
I hate when this shit happens.

>>386501828
And if it was how is that a bad thing?

this is a rhetorical question I'm telling you to fuck off

>>386501828
>gets interest, goes back to series' roots to play them

So how/why is this a bad thing? Oh you're just a whiny count fagula.

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>there are people in this thread who need Grant or Alucard to beat Draculas curse.
>there are also people in this thread who only play the easier Japanese version on an emulator instead of the glorious American version on original hardware with a crt
You disgust me

>>386501828
>i liked it before fuck off!

They're great games and the series brought attention to them. It's a good thing.

>>386502154
>Not playing the original version, with better sound rather than the imbalanced US version used to scam kids out of their rental money
You don't get anything for playing a more difficult version. Why do it? It's not a more enjoyable experience. You just take more damage.

>>386502290
This looks awful. Is this pixel-perfect?

>>386502154
I play the American version and only need Alucard for making Hard Mode consistent/less tedious.

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>>386502415
Yes, the fire RISES.

>>386502415
>pixel-perfect
okay fuck nintendo for introducing this

>>386502649
>creaking skull guards your healthbar the whole game
>only "okay"
Dracula X is the best Castlemania

>>386502640
>Nintendo
What? Regular emulators have done it for decades.

>>386502649
I remember this one having the worst final boss

>>386502738
But they've never called it some stupid buzzword.

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>>386495698
Jmmnathmmm

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>>386502640
>okay fuck nintendo for introducing this
explain

>>386502818
Oh, you mean the term itself? Well, I don't really know where it originated. I just assumed it was because the pixels were perfect squares and not oblong.

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>>386498703

Oh well.

>>386502318
Actually, the NES version didn't simply just up the damage on later stages. Several bosses were updated to be trickier (mummies, twin dragons), Dracula's final form isn't so inept anymore, there are new enemy placements in places that were just boring before (the pendulums before dracula's keep), and the second quest actually changes certain enemies into exclusive new variants (spear knights are faster and actually attack, medusa heads are replaced with skulls that Bob unpredictably).

It's harder but I'd argue that the western version is the most complete and polished one.

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>>386502869
>J-jonathan!

>>386502902
As far as I know, Nintendo came up with it for advertising the SNES Virtual Console on 3DS.
It's aspect ratio. Without the proper aspect ratio, shit's gonna warp.

>>386502874
You can fuck right off, you know exactly what I'm talking about and choose to be retarded.

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HYDRO STORM

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PLEASE, THIS ISN'T A BAR FIGHT. HAVE SOME CLASS.

>>386498651
>Not rolling glorious Getsu Fuma

>>386503139
>SNES Virtual Console on 3DS
No way. I know I've seen the term way earlier than that. I remember having emulators on the Wii with pixel-perfect options under aspect ratio.

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>people think this is better than Harmony of Dissonance
I don't understand.
For all the garish palette choices and botched music, the game itself still controls far better.

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>>386503148
>Always heard it as HAMMER OF GOD
>Thought it sounded cool as fuck
>Like a storm of divine power raining down
>It's just water

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>>386503235
i fucking lost it when he said that

>>386503328
Having to double-tap to run is a bit of a pain and it sucks how stiff the controls are. With just a little inertia added to the movement, it'd feel pretty good I think.

>>386502818
>accurate descriptor
>fuckin buzzwords reeeeeee

you sure picked something special to sperg out over

>>386498651
They didn't really balance it out very well. Of all the characters, Soma has literally the most options available to him. He's got the most attacks, the most weapons, the most everything.
Trailing behind him is Shanoa, then Alucard.

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>>386503334
Not just water, HOLY WATER.

>tfw shotgunned aria & dawn of sorrow, ooe, sotn and am hungry for more

waiting for bloodstained is suffering

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So when Castlevania 3 came out, did everyone think Sypha was a man?

>>386503359
>using sprites from a 1991 snes game in your playstation game

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>>386503543
Is she Spanish? Does her PEE PEE TASTE GOOD?

>>386503465
hes the strongest castlevania yet so it only makes sense
he was born this year

>>386503526
play the rest
you got portrait, harmony, and circle to do still

>>386503543
Everyone thought she was male until they got the Sypha ending with her hugging Trevor. It was a Samus tier OH SHIT NO WAY reveal.

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>>386503573
Perhaps the same can be said for all castlevanias

>>386503658
im waiting for the portrait mod to finish up before i do por and hod sucks dick

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>>386503621
>harmony secretly has young creaking skull

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>That combat
>That soundtrack
>That story

It's my favorite.

>>386503328
The double tap running is literally the only sticking point for a game that overwhelmingly handles much better than Dissonance's floaty, awkward ass

It doesn't even bother me. Didn't bother me with Richter in symphony either

>>386489423
Jap version audio + gameplay is tops. I JUST beat the second quest on Syfa route, which means I've now beat the game second quest for both paths. Holy FUCK is it hard, but if it weren't hard, I wouldn't have enjoyed it and felt so good for beating levels.

>>386503543
The game refers to her as a he in the English translation or something.

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>>386503867
for you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqlgBf4UUk4
>>386502813
It had Dracula plus Super Dracula In A Speedo, ontop of various platforms of different elevations with bottomless pit between them. Knockback deaths aplenty, combined with the fact that if you don't know where Dracula was off-camera (another problem with the fight), it was entirely possible his platform elevation could catch you off-guard and thus be at a bad dodging opportunity.

Naturally, his second form has an almost screen-wide attack that can only be dodged in a very specific fashion or else you take a hit and/or die.

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>>386503359
It's damn good spritework, doesn't matter what year it is.

>>386503328
>>386503415
I replayed it a few days ago.
I think you just move too fast for the size of the screen, you end up not being able to spot enemies on time. Typical issues with sidescrollers on portables.
It doesn't help that your available speeds are either "sanic" or "slow as fuck".
Cool game that set itself apart from all of the other games that take after SotN, but still unpolished in a lot of places.

>>386503917
>Richter
>Worst
Nigga, he has a sweet colour scheme and a fun moveset.

>>386503768
Too bad the difficulty is retarded.

>every boss takes a million hits to die
>every boss kills you in 2-3 hits
>normal mooks can kill you fast as hell too

Not even Castlevania 3 was this badly balanced.

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>>386489423
Objectively I want to say yes, but I keep having issues with staircases and little annoyances that leave me a little irritated whenever I play it compared to CV I and Sharp X68000/Chronicles.

CV III really improved the graphics, had an excellent OST ("Pressure" aside), kept and improved upon the great gameplay, and the multiple routes and unique additional characters still puts it atop the rest of the series to this day.

I swear that the Wii VC version doubles up flying enemies on the side of the screen more, and makes the water raise at a swifter speed in the Sunken City. Also, one thing I know it does for sure is alter Dracula's final phase's attack so it's a shotgun wave of death instead of one beam. If you're on a platform above the height of his hands his you are in severe danger.

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>>386503964
I bet this is you.

>>386503465
Soma's abilities in the Sorrow games are so wide reaching that it's impressive how much of that got faithfully implemented. The problem is more so that similar care wasn't put in for some of the other comparable characters (Alucard and Shanoa specifically).

>>386504132
No, I'm a CV3fag. I like orange armor and mullets. But, Richter's backflip is a ton of fun. I wish we'd get more Castlevania games with a bit more agile protagonists.

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>>386503543
I didn't think she was a man, I thought she was a ghost.
She could fly and had a cloak.

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>>386503985
>Difficulty is retarded

It's funny, I thought the same thing too but I wouldn't be surprised if the main dev thought it would be okay for Shanola to be weak since she's not:

1.) Related to the Belmonts
or
2.) Dracula reincarnated or something

CV1's Dracula is too hard

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>>386504313
Because I will snatch every MOTHERFUCKER BIRTHDAY if I get through with that.

Rondo is:
On the short side
Not as hard as it ought to be
Easy Drac fight
Awful, unskippable anime schlock cutscenes
Maria is retarded meme character, cheeses the game, no reward for beating with Richter... WTF were they thinking

It's great, these flaws don't make it not great. But competition for best Classicvania is fierce, and these flaws put it below CV3 and Bloodlines.

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Y'all better not be dissing my boy Nathan
He is literally the manliest protagonist of the franchise. Y'know why?
Only real men use axes painted pink.

>>386493878

Would have been the best, but that goddamn multidirectional whip trivializes almost everything.

>>386504313
Shanoa isn't much of a warrior, either.
Despite her training with glyphs, she's weak and slender, with no muscle. She's a magician first and foremost, really.

What are some other Classic Vania style games.

Played 1, 3, 4 and Rondo

Fucking love the slow, methodical challenge. It almost always feels like when you die, it was your fault. Its skilly as fuck.

>>386503985
Not him, but posts like these make me laugh. It's obvious you're just bad at the games and just didn't step up.

OoE is admirably the only metroidvania since CotM to actually be decently challenging for a new player in its default difficulty.

>>386493878
Those "perfect controls" completely broke all of the challenge. Whip is so OP and you can just jump around like an asshole with no repercussions. CV4 is a joke. Level design would've worked if you couldn't whip in 8 directions and control your jump 100%.

Rondo/Dracula x CHRONICLES > CV3 > CV1 > Sotn > OOE/POR > Rest

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>>386496171
Prioritize not getting hit by him over landing hits on him. Do not swing the whip unless you're already out of harm's way.

Also, beware his tele-frags. Try to walk in one direction for a while after Dracula teleports then turn around and walk far in the other direction. Dracula will also sometimes appear in places where the back of his sprite will try to hit you, including with sprite flips, so be wary of that.

For phase two, a little-known trick is that if an enemy is stunned by Holy Water, it loses its "damage on contact" ability.

>>386504574
>lel git gud post

drink bleach, I finished the game and I've finished the other notorious hard castlevanias no problem, OoE is bad period. The others are hard but fair.

Sorry I insulted your shitty waifufag game weeb.

>>386504094
Dracula on the Wii release is clearly just bugged. Luckily it's still manageable. That issue isn't there anymore on the 3DS.

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>>386504534
Play Akumajou Dracula for Sharp X68000 (also released as "Castlevania Chronicles" on PS1, there's the option to play the original version).
Belmont's Revenge is also good, a huge step up from Castlevania Adventure, the first GB game.

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These guys.
These guys are the best guys.
>dressed like Simon
>use a whip
>actually flinches like a Belmont when attacked
>falls over and "dies" before dying instead of just exploding or bursting into flames
I know the flinching makes them piss easy and there have been Skeleton Whips before but the details to make them mimic the various Belmonts just makes them better for me.

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>>386504327
>I can't even get past Death

>>386504381
well put

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It makes me upset that Konami just axed all future 2-D Castlevania games. I love the Castlevania 2-D games, sure they've had their ups and downs but which game series hasn't?

The fact we will never see an official 2-D castlevania game again makes me wish Pachinko kills Konami

>>386495506
Julius is the best Belmont, faggot.

>>386504890
Holy Water makes him your bitch.

>>386502154
>He hates good music AND good game design
Die nigger, you don't belong in this world!

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>>386504957
what, you don't like pachinko?

>New 2D Classicvania
>Actual sprites, outsourced to Vanillaware
>Carpenter Brut/Dance with the Dead
>takes place before the Belmont's are really established, you play as a crusader knight, Dracula has over taken the Holy Land with his army from hell and you are the only survivor
>harder than any game before it

Would you?

>>386504752
you couldn't have misread me more if you tried you little shit

I had a great time with Ecclesia and found the relatively higher difficulty pretty refreshing and engaging.

>>386505146
What is a pleb? A miserable pile of shit taste. But enough shitposting... have at you!

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>>386505091
A good vampire hunter never leaves home without plenty of holy water.

>>386504619
It's pretty clear that you're not really speaking much from actual experience.

>>386502649
Gayest Castlevania by far, Dracula X SCREAMS phoned-in.

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>>386505201
FUUUUUUCK YOOOOOUUUUUU

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>>386505403
Get good.

>>386503985
I thought all the DS Castlevanias were pretty easy on a base playthrough. The challenge modes obviously got hard but who cares about that stuff?

Now Castlevania 1 kicks my ass.

pic related was a rough game but had some great lore stuff

I would like to see a 2D Classicvania with multiplayer. You could give the players a very short dash. You'd have to make whipping pretty delayed though and add some sort of light/strong attacks for it to work well. But, it could be a lot of fun for a simple styled pvp mode.

I liked collecting the furniture in HoD and sitting in chairs in CoD

>>386502734

Just played it recently and thought it was kinda dull. Looked good and had some great music, but the level design was dull and the only challenge came from the fact that you have no recovery after getting attacked so there are a few points where you can get stunlocked to shit. Decent, but hardly the best.

>>386505503
>Nothing is actually hard
Figures.

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>>386503034

>>386504876
Castlevania Chronicles is so fucking hard I can't fucking believe it. But it's good too. Reminder that if you play on Arrange mode you're a fucking faggot that gets zero pussy.

>>386505959
I actually like the colors in 2, simons model is good too, good music, flame whip, shame the game was translated shitty and unfinished.

Also the healthbar shouldn't be vertical

>>386505570
See, I thought the game frequently looked pretty shitty. They blew their load with the fire effect in the first stage and the nice-looking background at the very beginning of stage 2. The game often has repetitive, drab, flat-looking environments with little in the way of additional background layers or interesting graphical effects. The secret water stage is a notable exception.

It also doesn't help that rooms are often connected with no transitions. Comes off looking cheap.

>>386504534
Bloodlines on Genesis is great. Drac X on SNES is butchered """port""" but it's fun I guess... Castlevania Chronicles on PS1 (aka X86000) is great, try not to let it raise your blood pressure with its unholy difficulty level. After that, there's no more Classicvanias left for you... ever try taking on the second quests?

>>386504769
Yeah, it was clearly bugged. Admittedly made for a more intense fight though, and was the polar opposite of the Japanese version of the battle.

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>>386506254
SHOULDN'T BE VERTICAL??

Rondo had the best aesthetic, enemies, and controls imo, but 3 has better level design

>>386505397
What makes you say something like that? I beat CV4 second quest. Whip is OP, countless times I whip an enemy above me 5 times to kill and think to myself how retarded it is they give me 8 direction whip when I can just break the level design with it. Just a waste of time putting enemies above me, such a shame.

>>386506341
I don't understand how people think 4 is better than this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahsiMTd82bU

>>386506562
Because different people have different tastes. CV4 and CC Arrange both have their own merits.

Post your Castlevania OST-fu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHwhxS-gG50

>>386506530
You're not breaking the god damn level design by choosing to whip some easy filler enemy from below.

>>386506690
>tfw try messing around with the VRC6 in famitracker but I can't do anything good
I swear that game's soundtrack makes it age ten times better

>>386506562
No one knows about Chronicles. It's so under the radar. Damn shame. Even if people knew about it, the difficulty is a turn-off. To beat Chronicles you need to be a CV master, imo. CV3 is already too much for most, but people will usually give it an honest go because it's one of the most popular ones, and because the TV show.

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>>386506690
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SALcnafOZQQ

>>386506690
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiXCote6N6s

>Have a Wii with both Rondo of Blood and Rebirth on it

Is it possible to backup SDCards with Virtual Console/WiiShop stuff on it? Don't want to lose those.

>>386507228
you can hack your wii easily and put any rom and most emulators pre-wii on it

>>386506857
I'll even add to this and say the devs putting enemies within easy reach of the game's new whip options was pretty obviously intentional. They're going to want that shit to have a use and are going to encourage players to keep it in mind. It doesn't do anything to make the game harder, but CV4 is already a notably easier game compared to the classics in many ways beyond just whipping.

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>>386506690
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqAm9xjjPto

>>386507693
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mc-TVXjH-o

>>386498651
>fucking boots of blinding speed

I got those to drop the very first time I fought that boss

>>386489423
I totally agree OP

>>386507818
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fA9FhBwRtoc

>>386502318
Because the Japanese version is too easy that it's boring. Where the American version has a bunch of added tricks and traps that make it much more enjoyable.

Not all of us like watching video games play themselves and actually enjoy the challenge

>>386491357
Use this stand-alone version. It's an emulator specifically customised to play the one ISO. And yes, it's translated into English and has the CD audio.
https://mega.nz/#!MIZXkS7K!6Tcv2R_YkH7JvsGo5yLANuYzGdy-AzUg4v2oEu4vL_w

>>386504619
>>386504521
the game still provides a decent challenge, as in, you'll still die and sometimes get a game over, unlike SotN, which is a complete cakewalk, trivialized by many elements

>>386507693
Chronicles truly is the best version of CV1. I love the redone Simon and Dracula too. Fuck the haters.

ClassicVania power ranking

1. Dracula's Curse
2. Rondo of Blood
3. Dracula X
4. Castlevania
5. Rebirth
6. Super Castle Vania IV
7. Simon's Quest

This is the official /v/ power rank chart.

>>386508110
LMAO!!!

>>386508546
You forgot Bloodlines

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I have never played a MetroidVania but I wanna play some before Bloodstained comes out. Portrait of Ruin is only $25 New with free shipping on Amazon. Is it worth it?

>>386508646
Sega garbage spinoffs need not apply. Belmonto only
>>386508549

>>386508546
the top 4 are so close between each other it's not even a fair fight for the others

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>>386506562
That's my favorite phase 2 of Dracula in the series. It's too bad that he's so heavily stunlocked and his whole body is a target. If you attack his head only and have a single Holy Water it's a really thrilling fight. The dude's very aggressive and that laser jump just nukes the stage.

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>>386508546
>Super VI that low
DELET

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>>386508721
why haven't you hacked your DS yet with a gba cart yet? you could play any game and use emulators too and play all nes and snes games?

but if you're being legit, I'm sure you can find PoR cheaper, it's been out over 10 years I think, 2006, it has a lot of content, huge game.

also has one of the best girls CHARLOTTE!!!!!!!!!

>>386509087
>Babbies first Classicvania

ClassicVania Rankings (OFFICIAL /v/ RANKING, SPEAKS FOR EVERY USER HERE)
1: Dracula's Curse (Jap)
2: Bloodlines
3: Rondo of Blood
4: X86000
5: Super CV4
6: Castlevania
7: Dracula X
8: ReBirth
9: Simon's Quest
10: MSX

>>386508546
>3
>4
>Bloodlines
>Rondo/DXC
>Chronicles
>Rebirth
>Belmont's Revenge
>Dracula X
>1
>2

The only one I actually outright disliked was 2. Never played Legends nor The Adventure since they look awful

>>386509087
It's got the worst levels of all them except Simon's Quest.

Plus diagonal whip a shit

>>386508139
>keylogger.exe
why hello there.

>>386509130
I only have a 2DS. My DS broke a long time ago. I still have my GBA but I can find the Castlevania games on there on the Wii U Virtual Console. Is there a better place to find PoR cheaper?

>>386509169
Forgot the meme handheld games, they get 11 12 13 in any order, who gives a fuck

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>>386509187
>Rondo and Dracula X are the same

>>386509169
CV4 above CV

>ok

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>>386508139
>>386491357
There is an exe file that plays it flawlessly but upon reformatting my computer I cant get the back up of it to work. Does anyone know of and have the version I mean to upload? It was v1.4 and in the about says compilation by paul_met

http://www.romhacking.net/reviews/2743/#review

>Is this even necessary?
>Reviewed By: Mysterii on 11 Mar 2017

>Hell no.

>I know most people say that it’s a matter of preference, but when you compare the sales figures of Aria to Dawn, it’s Dawn of Sorrow that won out. And why you may ask?

>Simple, the lack of Ayami Kojima art. Not to mention that this was the same thing that happened with Rondo of Blood and that game is on such a high pedestal because of the one thing that this hack gets rid of: Anime-styled portraits.


Why are people like this allowed to breathe?

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>>386509169
Not even close

>>386509290
I'm not going to tell you how to hack your gb, think it's against the board rules, but here's an ebay link where you can get it used for 15 bucks

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Castlevania-Portrait-of-Ruin-game-card-for-Nintendo-DS-NDS-NDSI-NDSL-NDSLL-/132266007081?hash=item1ecbab1a29:g:dXEAAOSwTM5Y0zRc

>>386509370
They wind up close enough, for varying reasons, for me to put them together. Rondo works better visually and has a more consistent soundtrack, but I do not like the anime art and cutscenes at all. DXC also has that awesome new drac form, two new bosses, and an actually finished Stage 5'.

>>386509604
Ayami Kojima is a CONFIRMED CHILD RAPIST. It's obvious why no one woukd support this monster.

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>>386509229
>>386509165
Please, it had some of the best aesthetics and music of any castlevania game. Not to mention how you work your way to the castle itself through varied level design. Sure it was somewhat easy, and the bosses were kinda lame, but so is SotN difficulty-wise, and like it, doesn't change the fact that it's one of the best castlevanias.

>>386507087
>To beat Chronicles you need to be a CV master, imo. CV3 is already too much for most, but people will usually give it an honest go because it's one of the most popular ones, and because the TV show.

I've always found III harder than Sharp X68000, and I basically play Sharp exclusively on its high-end NG+ modes now. Imo nothing has come close to III's Hard Mode. Those flying skulls are the most annoying enemies in the series.

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Why is Rebirth so low on so many lists? I thought it was a great game.

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>>386509823
They don't even have close to the same levels

1. Castlevania
2. Bloodlines
3. Rondo
4. Dracula's Curse
5. Castlevania IV
6. X68000 / Chronicles
7. MSX
8. Dracula X
9. Simon's Quest

>>386508549
>>386508758
>>386509165
>>386509229
>>386509485
>>386509718

You petty little fucks are dragging down an otherwise decent thread.

>>386509820
I don't trust eBay ever but thanks. I think I'm just gonna get the game. What other MetroidVanias should I also get. I plan on getting Aria of Sorrow on the Wii U and Symphony of the Night on X360. Any others? Do people still play Harmony of Despair online anymore?

>>386509950
>flying skulls
I only know the Jap version. I've beaten CV3 second quest on Jap, both routes, but the US second quest looks like hell. Are the skull medusas even fair? Can you consistently handle them?

>>386509941
It's not even close to being the best.
It was literally a case of throwing the baby out with the bathtub. They soiled everything that made castlevania great and tried to make it from scratch.

If the game wasn't labeled castlevania literally no one would give a shit about it. There is a reason there was never another castlevania like it.

>>386509837
t. weeb

>>386509941
nice work mate, not sure if it tops all your other filter ones though

>>386510115
This thread was on page 8 before we started

>>386509941
post that one collage one with a real castle and shit in the background, I sold my laptop to bestbuy and lots all my bones mems

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>>386489590
>that intro where the little tune plays before lightning strikes and it goes into beginning

It fucking rules. Is that or the transition into Simon's theme after the bridge drops in SCIV better? I honestly can't make that call.

>>386509965
I said DXC, which is the Rondo remake on the PSP. You couldn't even be bothered to read a few slots down and see Dracula X listed proper?

>>386510115
Nigger please, when I got here, thread was at the bottom. Now we here.

>>386510154
>They soiled everything that made castlevania great and tried to make it from scratch.
In what way? While I love the classic style of movement, there''s nothing wrong with 4's movement.

>>386510153
For the skulls you need the clock or Alucard.

>>386510153
I wasn't aware that the Japanese Second Quest didn't have those enemies.

I haven't done the Hard Mode much, but you sort of get the hang of the skulls after a while. I'd suggest giving it a playthrough, as it's probably the most intense Castlevania experience. Also, the spear knights get to use said spears for the first time in the series.

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>>386510295
Oh shit my bad
Bloodlines was mediocre tho

>>386510376
So they're unfair.

>>386510115
I have posted like 20 times, and only got 1 you out of that, maybe it's a YOU problem?

>>386510154
you remind me of the retards that derail Metroid threads with rabid Prime hate

>>386510117
had a little resurgence after the anime, but HoD is dead on ps3, a fucking shame really, you will never find a group for it on ps3

>>386503917
Literally Ryu

>>386510410
If I ever feel like ruining a Sunday playing unbelievably hard bullshit then I'll give it a go. Wouldn't be the first time

>>386510241
A dead thread is way better than one being forced alive by shitposting.

>>386510436
The thing about the skulls is compared to the medusa heads which have a set pattern the skulls move however they feel like it. It's way too easy to get screwed over by a skull's random movement compared to the medusa heads and flying skeletons

>>386508139
Do you have the more updated version? Where did you find this one?

>>386510682
Yeah, the US version is crazy. Jap second quest is harder than US first quest, but is still more fair. US second quest is appealing as a novelty to me, just to see how stupid it can get.

>>386510493
But Prime isn't Metroid and has no place in Metroid threads.

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

>>386510575
It probably won't be unbelievably hard. Just as a tip, if you input a password aim for beating Dracula with whatever teammate you want on basic NG to start. If you use the automatic NG+ password Trevor can't get allies.

>>386510682
I read on a Youtube comment that the skulls change direction every time you swing your whip. Don't think it's true, but maybe there is a trick like that I missed in my playthrough.

>>386510914
If you really want to see the depths of depravity than be sure to catch the rising water stage

>>386510960
Why are there french maids running around in ancient pyramids with vacuum cleaners?

>>386511202
Dracula has some cool fetishes

>>386511070
Which stage is that again?

>>386510960
>>386511202
Why is she holding her dress down? That's not how vacuums work.

>>386511459
harvesting farts

>>386511372
best castrovanioid

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WHO?

heart of fire is so good, it's a musical work of art, genius level mind to compose this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq_heq7GLI8

>>386489423
Acceptable answer. Also accepting Bloodlines.

>>386510493
>talking about classic Vania
>hurr why u pik on only game in series that has nothing similar to the other games in series?

>>386511721
You're a great 2nd best. You'd be first if Dracula's Curse wasn't so perfect.

>>386511070
What did they do to it?

>>386498703
Edgy. It is a fucking classic. I would put it below aria of sorrow, order of ecclesia and equally good as PoR and CotM. Only bad metroidvania was HoD

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>>386511372
>That first level music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqQPr3ZcbtE

>>386510704
>Where did you find this one?
Fucked if I can remember, downloaded it probably over a decade ago. It's old, but it's an old game so whatever. It works.

>>386509257
You must be too scared to leave your house. Don't worry, you're a Windows user so you already have a keylogger installed.

>>386501119
get possessed and bring him back

>>386501119
Go on vacation and let other people do their work for them.

>>386512332
I think I found the version >>386509518 was talking about that seems to be the updated version of yours, but when I go to launch the game it just reopens the settings screen. Try it out and see if it works for you because this one has an English translation built in as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXg9AhsLXAg

>>386512205
At the actual rising water segment, there are ridiculously fast-spawning bats randomly coming in from both sides. You don't stand a chance at all without Alucard's bat flight, and that probably won't be enough either.

I just don't go to that stage in hard mode anymore.

>>386501407
Try finish it without using any magic weapon nor item and no magic abilities. (By that i mean no equipment of any kind, just bare hands, abilities only when need it to pass the next paths of the castle). No grinding. I could never best ricther ( probably imposible). It is an open inspiring world and you can play it however you want to have more difficulty.

>>386512714
Oh really? probably way worse than it actually sounds

reminder that soma steals men's souls and makes them his slaves when he gets the werewolf soul

>>386512790
Yeah, it sounds mundane talking about it. It's the worst shit I've ever seen in a classic Castlevania.

Keep in mind that the segment already has collapsing platforms you have to jump across, with mermen randomly jumping out of the water beneath them. The bats are in addition to all of that.