7eff48 No.15628446
So real talk, Konami is doing wierd shit this year. One of which is the HD ports of Symphony and more surprisingly Rondo of Blood coming out on friday.
Its probably a no duh situation they are testing the waters for new castlevania games but lets say the HD collection sells well, what do they actually do?
Sprites are too pricey for modern devs so i would expect the 2.5D like the PSP version of Rondo, but then what if they try to pull a new 3D thing like Lords of Shadow again because they have so few people with side scroller lineage left?
Or maybe this rerelease was a learning exercise to prepare for a new side scroller?
More to the point why was it kept PS4 only? Rondo alone has been on at least two 'competitors' to sony so i doubt its a paid exclusivity deal. With Richter in Smash especially i am surprised the collection is coming to the nintendo soytch.
Where do you think Castlevanias going with this shit?
745958 No.15628451
>>15628446
Konami struggling to stay in the vidya industry with little to no developers or studios left, see Metal Gear Survive, Zone of Enders VR, the pachinko and mobage shit.
7e1b86 No.15628459
It'll get a Switch port within 6 months I guarantee it.
7eff48 No.15628466
>>15628459
I'm expecting super castlevania 4 honestly. Or shit imagine if each platform gets a unique one. PS gets rondo, Switch gets SC4 and Xbone gets Lord of Shadows 2 and a shrug.
71ec31 No.15628481
>>15628446
>sprites are too pricey
Complete myth.
745958 No.15628482
>>15628459
Smash has Simon and Richter, it's fucking guaranteed.
f2d093 No.15628494
>>15628481
Well yeah, but they're still not gonna spend the money on it.
7e1b86 No.15628506
>>15628481
It's more of a self fulfilling prophecy.
>we must go full 3d
>then what will we do with all the 2d artists?
>fire them
>years later
>hey why aren't you doing 2d anymore?
>it would cost too much to hire 2d artists
8bb635 No.15628617
>>15628446
PS4 can use PSP emulation as seen with Parappa HD. This collection is just the PSP Dracula X without the 3D remake
3fa7d9 No.15628714
>look up trailer
They are just selling roms bundled with emulator.
What's weird or unusual about that?
Capcom is doing it for years now and goyim are happily buying it, so why not ape it?
They are not remaking or redrawing anything there.
7eff48 No.15628736
>>15628714
Because the constant support for Bomberman R and Metal Gear Survive is suspect as fug.
3fa7d9 No.15628755
>>15628736
>supporting something that returns profit
>suspect
It's not? As soon as goyim stop making shit profitable they will shut it down.
What's more amusing is amount of NPCs continuously spending money on that trash.
3ea028 No.15629028
>>15628714
>new game console generations will be literally nothing except old roms wrapped in ultra remastered hd plus plus marketing cum
>they just need to figure out how to tie in always online and cash shop
>that or just repackaged mobile crap
>brandfags will still buy it in droves
89f143 No.15629109
>>15628736
>Bomberman R
Is that game any good?
d1a385 No.15629138
Im sure they are trying to get some easy shekels due to the hype of the new smash, they would re-release castlevania 1 (or 4) if they had a version they could easily make "HD".
7eff48 No.15629267
>>15629109
Now it is. At launch they tried to push this new 3D mode everyone hated and since post launch have just supported the original style. Almost like they realised what consumers want from konami games.
56cb2f No.15629564
You fags are trying way too hard. There are tons of people growing up who never got to play these great games. Would you rather they bought another skin in forknife?
For fuck's sake.
7e1b86 No.15629567
>>15629564
This
is
some
really
bad
shilling.
d1a385 No.15629569
>>15629564
Id rather play a new fucking game, or atleast a remake of one of the older games that never ever will get any attention if not for those who played it.
56cb2f No.15629572
7e1b86 No.15629601
>>15629569
Or a finished version of Despair with an actual main campaign.
82e088 No.15629620
I don't have a PS2 anymore but I do have a PS4 and I want to play Symphony of the Night. I heard emulating it was pretty shit. Is this worth a buy on PS4?
7e1b86 No.15629622
>>15629620
> I heard emulating it was pretty shit.
You heard wrong.
82e088 No.15629630
>>15629622
Ok thanks dubsman I'll check it out
c12046 No.15630558
>>15629564
And I thought Yakuzas had better shills
bfcd6c No.15630772
But Kojima is still working for Konami and death stranding is just a secret metal gear game and its all a huge work right guize? Better go disarm all the nukes on mgsv so we can get chapter 3.
dc5dc4 No.15631005
>>15628446
>No cheesy dubs
Dropped
>Its probably a no duh situation they are testing the waters for new castlevania games but lets say the HD collection sells well, what do they actually do?
>Buy my cashgrab or we kill the franchise
It's the same situation with Teen Titans Go to the Movies and the original Teen Titans show. I hate when they do this But TTGttM was surprisingly really good
>>15628482
It also has Alucard, the SotN one, or more specifically the AoS and DoS one, which is the same anyway.
7eff48 No.15636021
So i got my hands on it and for the most part i can breath a sigh of relief and say this is the best port of the game Konami has ever done. The Saturn cutscenes are back and not compressed to fuck, the sprites are clean without that 'smoothing' a lot of modern rereleases do and the soundtrack seems excellent but i'd leave that up to audiophiles.
Only iffy thing so far is a cleaned up script so its less cheesy and/or engrish-ey. The only noticeable thing is 'what is a man' is a bit more natural in its response and for the most part the new voice cast -even though i'm pretty sure some like alucard are either rerecording by the same actors or super cleaned up- are great.
Only annoying thing i would check the settings for is that some sound effects play VERY loudly out of the dualshock 4's speaker which in the early hours is not something you want anyone in your house to be annoyed by if you have roommates or something.
Overall though i would recommend it, it easily makes the xbox 360 version totally redundant with its tinny music, compressed cutscenes and buggy sprites.
7eff48 No.15636032
>>15636021
Also games journos are saying symphony -yes not rondo, they probably cant get past the wagon- but symphony is "too hard for the society we live in now" and its abelist.
THE EASIEST CASTLEVANIA IS TOO HARD FOR THEM.
f0536e No.15636041
>>15630772
Could be actually. Kojima is the type of person to pull off a whole skit like this and still say "do you rike it."
3fa7d9 No.15636049
Reminder that the best SOTN version is still PS1 (Jap) one.
>60 progressive fps
>moddable
>no slowdowns/chugging
>best voice acting
>best graphics
No "additional content", all of which is made by 3rd party, is worth playing at sub 60 fps or with fucked up transparency/sprites or both.
English version is second best thing, but it lacks 2 joke familiars and one easter egg.
3fa7d9 No.15636059
>>15636032
I'd argue that SCV4 is easier than SOTN.
Yeas there is crissaegrim and its clone, but you won't find them until you're already at the end game anyway. Otherwise some enemies and bosses are legit hard.
Also there is hardmode hack/mod that makes damage types relevant.
f43c82 No.15636150
>>15628736
>Because the constant support for Bomberman R is suspect as fug.
Reminder that 4Kids has their hands on Bomberman and Contra now, as Konami gave them the IP's to "manage".
f43c82 No.15636245
5b728e No.15636383
>>15629564
>There are tons of people growing up who never got to play these great games.
And guess what? There are already tons of ways to play them. We don't need yet another, especially when Konami released a much better package of the two years ago.
7d6394 No.15636481
>>15636059
SotN is definitely the easiest. The game was specifically made to be easy along with the change in protagonist and artstyle to appeal to women.
b9e519 No.15636676
How good was Harmony of Despair? Will we ever see an official port of it or not due to Konami being fags?
28c544 No.15636773
>>15636481
You're a fucking idiot.
003ca2 No.15636930
>>15636773
But Igarashi said that… I think it was in the interview with Arino in GameCenterCX's first season. So you're the idiot after all
00f0ae No.15637898
>>15636481
AoS is easier. You'd have to try to lose to any of the bosses.
da2a4c No.15637902
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>>15628446
It's not HD. Its just the original games packaged together.
7eff48 No.15638074
>>15636773
No zoomer kun he is right. Fujoshi appealing artstyle and abilities like the 'afk fog' made the game very easy.
Still a fun game and you can avoid using certain things or even turn them off for balance but very, very easy and intended to be "so castlevanai is never in a bargain bin ever again"
7e1b86 No.15638212
>>15638074
>>15636481
Play Richter mode you cuckchan rejects.
a6f681 No.15638299
>>15638212
Richter has a bunch of invincible moves that are also damaging as fuck, what are you on about? Richter mode is the easiest mode in SOTN.
7eff48 No.15638409
>>15638212
I feel like you have not playing Symphony in a long time.
0acf20 No.15638496
>>15637902
Which version of bloody tears is that?
I can't find it for some reason.
268194 No.15638528
>>15638496
It's a mix of one of the many arranged versions of the track. Probably done just for the trailer.
0acf20 No.15638538
>>15638528
God damn it.
And that version is my favorite one too.
268194 No.15638559
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>>15638538
Okay, it's a slightly edited version of Rondo of Blood rendition. I got thrown off due to them doing some extra post-production on it to make it sound more orchestral for the trailer.
ab90cf No.15638780
The PS4 version of SOTN looks clean, but Konami can suck my fat chode. I like how Bloodstained plays and hate how the 3D looks, concpect art of it being 2D made the game look 100 times better. Is a 2D Igavania/Metriodvania too much to ask?
9efb18 No.15638861
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>>15636150
4Kids is dead, anon. Long dead.
Rejoice.
Sadly, Konami still doesn't know what to do with Contra, but at least Japan has a new Bomberman game (sort of).
ab90cf No.15639470
>>15636049
Why they couldn't just put this as the PS4 version just baffles me.
1413dd No.15639522
>>15638861
I forgot about this. It's not that great honestly unless you're some ironic weeb faggot who faps to trannies, femboys, faggots and traps.
f43c82 No.15639847
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>>15638861
>4Kids is dead, anon. Long dead.
No, it's not, it's really, really not. When Konami bought back the rights to the yu gi oh cartoon they also brought back the anime production side of 4Kids with it. In fact, according to linkedin, quite a few of them still work there, like the guy in vid related.
2a89b8 No.15639914
>>15638780
everyone says "2D is just too expensive" unless its indy pixart shit. game industry runs off our tears it seem more then money now.
2a89b8 No.15639932
>>15638861
>Bombergirl
want, but I doubt it will be available in english, unless they put out a fucked up mobile phone version.
e9feb5 No.15639978
>>15639522
That descriptions seems like it would do well with the current audience.
0acf20 No.15640057
>>15638559
Anon you are my hero!
Thank you so much.
Have some sweet animu legs as a reward.
9d6a21 No.15641359
>>15639932
Those eyelashes do it for me.
ab90cf No.15645828
Are sprites really that expensive to make now?
1fdb0a No.15646014
>>15645828
Highres, yes. But that's not even necessary.
c7c786 No.15646025
>>15641359
When did Totally Spies! get an anime adaption?
f43c82 No.15646034
>>15645828
If you were to make 1080p Metal Slug-tier graphics, yeah, but not if you're just pretending your game runs on an NES.
c94458 No.15646037
>>15641359
Gunsmith Cats was my first shameless fap to anime and built up a long and unending love of tomboys and girls with guns.
69b2db No.15646137
>>15646034
You don't need to go that far to make it cheap. If you don't mind making your animations look flash tier, you can use stuff like tweening, and moving bits by putting different limbs on different layers and moving them individually to create the frame data. It is always going to be more time consuming than competently done 3D animations, since you can't reuse as readily as you can with 3D animations.
It also depends on the game, I think. A side scolling shoot em'up is not going to benefit that much from 3D, since you require a lot less in the way of animations, which means less frame data. Something like a fighting game, or a metroidvania can't think of a better term, please kill me will require a lot more work since depending on the number of characters, you could have quite a lot of animations to account for.
f63b72 No.15646152
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That they still can't fucking include options for Japanese, original PS1 dub, and the newer shittier dub is fucking retarded.
>>15636021
>and for the most part the new voice cast -even though i'm pretty sure some like alucard are either rerecording by the same actors or super cleaned up- are great.
But that's wrong. PSP Alucard sounds like he's about to fall asleep.
ab90cf No.15646178
>>15646037
A kindred soul
>>15646152
>original PS1 dub
Fans loved the cheesy dub and they chose to ignore them, class act Konami .
052591 No.15646184
>>15646152
>PSP Alucard sounds like he's about to fall asleep.
So does Dracula from that vid.
The original PS1's voice acting was fine aside from Richter and the Succubus. Dracula in particular was much more appropriate and actually threatening.
14fca3 No.15646346
Oh look a Castlevania thread. Do you guys mind if I BITCH ABOUT WHAT THE NETFLIX KIKES DID TO IT. FUCK IT WAS SO FUCKING BAD WHY DID I EXPECT ANYTHING HALFWAY DECENT. I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY WOULD GO THAT FAR IN RETCONNING EVERYTHING. LOOK WHAT THEY DID TO HECTOR AAAAAAAHHHHHHH
d1b236 No.15646729
These people already did this with the PSP. I can almost hear Konami screaming, "CAN YOU PLEASE SPARE ME A SHEKEL?" to stay relevant.
9bda54 No.15646759
>>15646346
>Expecting leftard Warren Ellis not to rape a franchise's canon
>Made Hector into unsympathetic sociopath who killed his parents
>Isaac is a nig who was a former slave, ignore that he still uses "ISAAC" as a name
>Devil Forgemasters are Necromancers
>They raise dead bodies instead using alchemy and magic to create artificial lifeforms, Innocent Devils
>Carmilla has her bitch character from Lords of Shadow
>No Grant Danasty
>Death is probably gonna be a cuck
>Not even Olrox
(((Jewflix))) Adaptation.
949ba4 No.15649569
>>15646346
There's not enough wahmen dark lord representation so Carmilla is breaking the glass ceiling.