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Castlevania Anonymous 11/04/17 (Sat) 22:25:54 5658cb No.13734265

I finished PC Engine Rondo of Blood but I played as Maria and it felt almost like cheating, she's so much better than Richter.

Anonymous 11/04/17 (Sat) 22:33:02 a67eb4 No.13734291

File: e5f1da1a22f9e76⋯.png (388.15 KB, 366x464, 183:232, Maria renard catpive.png)

I think she's the easy mode, i hope you played the PCE CD version with the cutscenes, they are worth watching. Playing as Richter is not that hard either once you practice enough

Anonymous 11/04/17 (Sat) 22:33:38 c0dff9 No.13734293

Did you guys play the castlevania Doom wad?

I found it quite enjoyable.

Anonymous 11/04/17 (Sat) 22:33:43 a5be35 No.13734296

I never played that one but doesn't she have ranged weapons?

Those kinda trivialize castlevania

Anonymous 11/04/17 (Sat) 22:35:08 c0dff9 No.13734302

>>13734293

Also, is there any reason to use any weapon other than the cross?

Anonymous 11/04/17 (Sat) 22:36:37 a67eb4 No.13734309

>>13734302

can't hit enemies above you, cross sucks, Axe is best

Anonymous 11/04/17 (Sat) 22:40:22 c0dff9 No.13734338

>>13734309

But the axe doesnt have such a long range.

Also, i normally deal with enemies above via bating and rushing.

Anonymous 11/04/17 (Sat) 22:42:02 5658cb No.13734354

>>13734291

Yeah the cutscenes are nice, Maria's are pretty cute and incredibly 90s

Anonymous 11/04/17 (Sat) 22:56:38 3323e2 No.13734476

So I just had an embarrassing realization… I've always liked Castlevania, but I just recently realized than other than the two N64 ones and the LoS ones, I never finished a single one, to my eternal shame. So I've wanted to rectify that… I've been thinking either SotN or Super Castlevania 4.

Anonymous 11/04/17 (Sat) 22:59:18 5658cb No.13734489

>>13734476

If you want to finish one go for SotN since it's super easy

Anonymous 11/04/17 (Sat) 22:59:19 c0dff9 No.13734490

>>13734476

Play the classicvanias first, so super 4 would be a better introduction point than SotN.

Anonymous 11/04/17 (Sat) 23:05:53 b5823c No.13734521

>>13734293

>castlevania Doom wad

Which one?

>>13734338

Baiting takes a lot of time and can backfire, I can perfectly deal damage to what is in front of me with the whip. Cross is only good against static bosses because it deals insane amount of damage if you attack with the whip, but if you are fighting the 5 bosses Shaft summons, you're better off using the axe, for example.

>>13734476

Super Castlevania 4 is piss easy. If you want something moderately challenging, go for Castlevania 3. SOTN will always be a good choice, because it's pretty simple and straight forward, but if you want something way better but with the same formula, play AoS or any of the NDS ones, particularly OoE.

Anonymous 11/04/17 (Sat) 23:07:32 c0dff9 No.13734528

>>13734521

>Which one?

https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/97654-castlevania-simons-destiny-out-now-happy-halloween/

And im talking about the cross in simon's destiny, in the normal games you cant cover the X axis as easily as in a fps.

Anonymous 11/04/17 (Sat) 23:11:08 3323e2 No.13734549

>>13734521

I actually kept thinking about OoE but I was under the impression that it was a watered down SOTN. I don't particularly care about challenge in my Metroidvanias as long as they're fun. Thanks for the suggestions in any case.

Anonymous 11/04/17 (Sat) 23:12:18 b5823c No.13734560

YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play.

>>13734528

I did a quick search on google, and found this one too. Any good?

Anonymous 11/04/17 (Sat) 23:17:43 b5823c No.13734591

>>13734549

>but I was under the impression that it was a watered down SOTN

Actually, SOTN is pretty overrated. It is really good, but it lacks a lot of features that all the following games have like a proper NG+. The only thing SOTN is superior is on graphics. Also, Super Castlevania 4 is not a metroidvania, anon, neither is Castlevania 3.

Anonymous 11/04/17 (Sat) 23:21:12 3323e2 No.13734614

>>13734591

>Super Castlevania 4 is not a metroidvania

Huh? Please elaborate. What is it then?

Also, OoE is level based, no?

Anonymous 11/04/17 (Sat) 23:22:46 5658cb No.13734624

>>13734614

Pre SotN stuff is mostly classicvania style level based with lives and a final boss for the stage.

Anonymous 11/04/17 (Sat) 23:24:34 1f37e9 No.13734636

>>13734614

Metroidvania = non-linear 2D platformer with exploration, boss battles, upgrades, light RPG elements

Classicvania = linear 2D platformer with no exploration, boss battles, temporary upgrades and no RPG elements

Anonymous 11/04/17 (Sat) 23:26:41 3323e2 No.13734640

File: 8c96491d58f5b9b⋯.jpg (20.29 KB, 250x250, 1:1, Castlevania_Legends.jpg)

>>13734624

>>13734636

Interesting, I had no idea honestly. Ironically enough I did play one 2D castlevania, pic related. I thought that was the exception, not the norm.

Anonymous 11/04/17 (Sat) 23:28:43 b5823c No.13734649

>>13734614

>OoE is level based, no?

Kinda, but you can explore them again. OoE is a bit like Simon's Quest.

>>13734640

Technically, both styles are Castlevania, you just need to know which ones are Metroidvanias, mostly the ones that came after SOTN.

Anonymous 11/04/17 (Sat) 23:39:14 4206d4 No.13734708

>>13734291

Does 8chins add the apng at the bottom if it is an apng?

Anonymous 11/04/17 (Sat) 23:47:32 c0dff9 No.13734759

>>13734560

Havent played that one m8.

Anonymous 11/04/17 (Sat) 23:51:10 b5823c No.13734776

>>13734759

Doesn't look as good as the one you posted, though.

Anonymous 11/04/17 (Sat) 23:52:59 c0dff9 No.13734790

>>13734776

Id recommend a play, the only issue ive had with it its the ost, its a piss awfull rendition of the first game's ost.

Anonymous 11/05/17 (Sun) 20:50:41 e7d811 No.13740040

File: 750318f3e1e7b94⋯.jpg (24.93 KB, 300x400, 3:4, simon-belmont2.jpg)

I > IV > III > Chronicles > XX > Bloodlines > Rondo of Blood > Adventure ReBirth > Belmont's Revenge > Adventure > Legends > Haunted Castle > Metroidvania > 3Dvania

Anonymous 11/06/17 (Mon) 00:33:18 a81f69 No.13741222

File: f4b495c97362da2⋯.jpg (35.99 KB, 296x628, 74:157, mariarondo.jpg)

>>13734265

Forgive me for asking for spoonfeeding but I've never emulated anything non-console. Where would I start if I wanted to play the PCEngine Rondo? I've only played the PSP release and I'd like to try the original with cutscenes.

Anonymous 11/06/17 (Mon) 00:37:12 a67eb4 No.13741235

File: 4c0eb8f574caedd⋯.png (100.3 KB, 227x255, 227:255, animated small 2.png)

File: 63678c93f95b280⋯.png (279.55 KB, 768x368, 48:23, aof2 - king stage - animat….png)

>>13734708

No, that's embedded into the picture but you can set the APNG to basically never display the first frame, then because the way thumbnails work you still get to see it in the thumbnail.

Anonymous 11/06/17 (Mon) 00:45:04 478db7 No.13741282

>>13734708

It's basically something you can do to shit on browsers without APNG support because if you set the first frame to display for 0 seconds it's normally never seen.

Anonymous 11/06/17 (Mon) 01:46:25 5658cb No.13741628

>>13740040

nah, III = Rondo > I > IV

>>13741222

I originally emulated it with Ootake but using mednafen with a gui plugin works really well too. Just have to download the pc engine bios and the game.

Anonymous 11/06/17 (Mon) 01:48:28 76422e No.13741641

>>13740040

>IV that high

>XX that high

Shit taste

Anonymous 11/06/17 (Mon) 02:10:35 a81f69 No.13741747

>>13741628

Thanks, anon. Which GUI do you recommend? I can handle the command line stuff but I want to hand off my setup to a (tech-illiterate) friend as well.

Anonymous 11/06/17 (Mon) 02:20:45 5658cb No.13741792

>>13741747

I have one called MedGui Reborn, idk if there are better ones but it's worked fine for me

Anonymous 11/06/17 (Mon) 02:26:09 b5823c No.13741811