dc657e No.15809303
I've been replaying this series lately, let's have a thread.
>What was your first Castlevania game?
>What is your favorite Castlevania game?
>Least favorite?
>Are you more of a metroidvania or classicvania dude?
>We all know Konami's not going to make anything good again, but what would you wish a new game to be?
dc657e No.15809323
To answer my own questions
>What was your first Castlevania game?
Circle of the Moon. In Europe it was titled just Castlevania for some fucking reason, so I kinda grew up believing it was the first game.
>What is your favorite Castlevania game?
I'm going to have to go with Portrait of Ruin. Aria of Sorrow is the one I recognize as the best, and I do love it, but Portrait just clicks with me more. It's cheesy as shit but it owns it. I understand anons tend to like Order of Ecclesia more, but it's just so much more shallow than Portrait. What's there is good, but it feels like half the game Portrait is, even in Dracula's castle. Classic illustrations over anime ones are all it has going for it, really.
>Least favorite?
Among the ones I've played, probably Harmony of Dissonance. I remember it as the one I liked the least and replaying it, I see why. It looks and sounds obnoxious. The core gameplay is better than CotM on account of being more fluid, but I just want to hit the mute button, and I hate the palette being mostly gray in more than a few places.
>Are you more of a metroidvania or classicvania dude?
Definitely metroidvania, I've tried getting into classicvania but I just can't. Even Super Castlevania IV is just no fun for me.
>We all know Konami's not going to make anything good again, but what would you wish a new game to be?
Just another iteration of the DS castlevania games, really. At the time it seemed those would come every year, and then it just fucking stopped. Fuck Konami.
cafe6b No.15809339
>>15809303
>What was your first Castlevania game?
I think Symphony of the Night, unfortunately.
>What is your favorite Castlevania game?
Order of Ecclesia
>Least favorite?
Of the ones that I played? Harmony of Dissonance.
>Are you more of a metroidvania or classicvania dude?
Metroidvania but I want Konami to stop trying to make SotN.
>We all know Konami's not going to make anything good again, but what would you wish a new game to be?
A big castle with a sense of exploration. Also, more meaningful weapon variety.
I hate how normalniggers think that the Netflix series is a good adaptation. They haven't even explored the castle.
dc657e No.15809348
>>15809339
I haven't watched the netflix series and I don't plan to. Castlevania is a game about exploring a spooky-themed environment, a series about exploring the background or whatever is wholly meaningless to me.
cafe6b No.15809374
>>15809348
>I haven't watched the netflix series and I don't plan to.
Good.
I also liked Portrait of Ruins but I think that Harmony of Despair is wasted potential.
a9f0e1 No.15809395
Castlevania
Castlevania: Judgement
Metroidvania
Julius Belmont, 1999
a9f0e1 No.15809398
>>15809395
favorite: Symphony of the Night
least favorite: Judgement
fccb16 No.15809404
Super Castlevania IV is the only one of them I enjoy.
fb763b No.15809446
>What was your first Castlevania game?
Castlevania Simon's quest
>What is your favorite Castlevania game?
Symphony of the Night
>Least favorite?
Judgment
>Are you more of a metroidvania or classicvania dude?
metroidvania but I'll fucking with classicvania
>We all know Konami's not going to make anything good again, but what would you wish a new game to be?
I have no faith in them, but I wish Igarashi didn't make bloodstained that ugly 3D and just went full 2D like the concept.
000000 No.15809761
>>15809303
For the classics: Rondo of Blood, Super Castlevania, Castlevania 3 and Bloodlines.
For the Igavanias: Symphony and Aria.
For others: Lamment of Innocence.
All of them are good in their own way.
cafe6b No.15809783
>>15809761
>All of them are good in their own way.
Even 64 ?
932c12 No.15809882
>What was your first Castlevania game?
I don't remember but it was one of the GBA entries
>What is your favorite Castlevania game?
Dawn of Sorrow
>Least favorite?
old ass clunky nes shit, but if I had to pick from the playable entries then Symphony of the Night
>Are you more of a metroidvania or classicvania dude?
Classicvania sucks ass
b5bd59 No.15809895
>>15809882
>Classicvania sucks ass
>old ass clunky nes shit
Become proficient.
f65a35 No.15809908
>What was your first Castlevania game?
Castlevania
>What is your favorite Castlevania game?
Circle of the Moon is the greatest this series will ever get. It's the perfect blend of metroidvania and classicvania. The music is superb, the difficulty is ace, the bosses are memorable (especially final form Vlad), castle layout is astounding, the setting and atmosphere is hermhem, and the card system, though broken, was exactly the sort of fresh reform the series needed. CotM is just the greatest, and it's a darn shame that faggot Iga didn't endlessly improve upon and replicate it.
>Least favorite
All the classicvanias
>We all know Konami's not going to make anything good again, but what would you wish a new game to be?
God of War clone :^)
Just give me more 2D metroidvanias and I'm all set. No hub-world trash like Ecclesia though.
dc657e No.15810760
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>>15809882
>>What is your favorite Castlevania game?
>Dawn of Sorrow
Why do you like it more than Aria?
>>15809908
Circle of the moon was my first Castlevania, as stated, and yes, replaying it, it does feel like the metroidvania that feels most like classicvania. I don't think it makes it the best game in the series, but it is still a damn fine game and kind of stands out among the metroidvanias. I also have to agree on the music front - CotM's version of vampire killer is so much better than the original.
db9718 No.15810794
How was Bloodstained: CotM?
75d3a6 No.15810805
>>15809303
>tfw only got into Castlevania because of Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
At least it made me realize that Classicvania is amazing.
Have some Miriam.
147df6 No.15810821
Castlevania III
Bloodlines/Ecclesia
Dawn of Sorrow/Mirror of Fate DoS doesn't deserve to be put next to MoF but I really disliked it for some reason.
Classicvania, but metroidvania with a lot of gameplay quality sticks with me.
Honestly I wouldn't mind if they tried their hands on Lords of Shadow again, just have it be less scripted and more gamey, if that makes any sense.
147df6 No.15810831
>>15810821
Oh yeah forgot to mention I've been playing 2huvania recently and outside of insane screenshake on hits I'm really liking it.
b02112 No.15811196
>replaying OOE on hard mode max level locked at 50
>enter the forest
>get 1 shot by the tentacle monster and 2-3 shot by anything else
>It's a long gauntlet of winged guardians, bats and medusas that spawn frequently from left to right and vice versa while also having to deal with the fixed spawns.
You really appreciate the stage design and enemy placement by playing it on hard. It's really much more enjoyable. I had to go to the monastery and get some meat to be safe to cross that hallway.
b02112 No.15811212
>>15809303
IDK if Castlevania 1 or Super Castlevania IV
The igavanias. Aria of Sorrow, OOE
Least favorite probably simon's quest
I enjoy both.
A new Igavania. Spritework. Virtual shop and Hanhelds. Conversely Give me a nice Classicvania with loads of content with a new belmont. Make Sonia Cannon again an give her a game.
Realistically speaking, if they're going to do another lords of shadow, at least give it to platinum and make Classicvania re vengeance with a not-bayonetta MC
0e8620 No.15811278
>>15809303
>What was your first Castlevania game?
actually started from Bloodstained, but the real first one is SOTN
>What is your favorite Castlevania game?
Castlevania 1 for its simplicity and difficulty.
>Least favorite?
Castlevania 2, but i haven't played all of them yet
>Are you more of a metroidvania or classicvania dude?
Classicvania.
Metroidvanias get a bit tiresome for me after 4/5 hours of gameplay (my fault for not taking a damm break)
>We all know Konami's not going to make anything good again, but what would you wish a new game to be?
A game about Julius Belmont in his prime (don't fucking reply me with Julius mode)
I also would like to add that Simon's Quest despite being shit has a nice soundtrack and probably is the original Metroidvania
7badb9 No.15811506
>>15809303
>What was your first Castlevania game?
The one on N64.
>What is your favorite Castlevania game?
Probably the one on GBA, fuck if I remember the title of it.
>Least favorite
Idk lad.
>We all know Konami's not going to make anything good again, but what would you wish a new game to be?
Lets hope thats not the case.
19d0db No.15811549
>>15811506
Symphony of the night I've played it as well
8f24fe No.15811707
>What was your first Castlevania game?
The earliest memory I have of Castlevania is looking at a Dracula X ad in a magazine, so probably Dracula X
>What is your favorite Castlevania game?
Symphony of the Night
>Least favorite?
Don't have one
>Are you more of a metroidvania or classicvania dude?
Metroidvania, but I appreciate the Classics all the same
>We all know Konami's not going to make anything good again, but what would you wish a new game to be?
The final battle against Dracula, starring Julius Belmont
b8f811 No.15811830
OP, why the fuck do you always start these threads with a list of questions? All that ends up doing is filling the thread with a bunch of posts answering the questions, while little to no actual discussions take place. Most anons aren't interested in reading every other anon's five to ten answers to a bog-standard list of topics, so most of the thread ends up being glanced over, at best. If you want to kickstart some kind of discussion, you start the thread with one interesting topic, not a damn survey.
041039 No.15811873
>>15809323
>I'm going to have to go with Portrait of Ruin
Strange, I couldn't even finish PoR because I couldn't shake the feeling of "I'm playing a coop game with one controller" and it just felt like wasted potential.
b6eb69 No.15811892
>>15811830
It's called a template thread, and OP is a faggot for making one.
1b91de No.15812912
First: Circle of the Moon
Favorite: probably IV with III not far behind
Least favorite: it's not the absolute worst game in the series, but I hate Symphony of the Night the most for ushering in an era of trash and propelling the career of the hack Koji Igarashi
Definitely prefer classvanias, they're the only games that can be said to have coherent action pacing.
>We all know Konami's not going to make anything good again, but what would you wish a new game to be?
I'd be completely fine if Konami just kept outsourcing new games to M2; they know what they're doing and helped the series go out in style after over a decade of Igarashi's Metroid ripoffs.
67751f No.15812928
>>15811830
This is the exact problem I have with these threads. They're basically data mining and not conducive to discussions at all.
5966e6 No.15812959
>Love SOTN but even I know it's way too easy
>Hear about ROMhacks to make it hard
>Download Hardtype and Quality Hack
>Game improves a lot
>Most enemies actually hurt Alucard
>Some attack patterns changed
>Some easy enemies like Dhurons and Skull Soldiers can actually kill you if they land their swords
>Can't kill Scylla so I devised a plan to get the Holy Amulet and the Agnis in order to play her weakness
>Still kick my ass several times
>Doppelganger is actually hard
>Had to go to the colloseum in order to get Agnis
>Tried to face the Minotaur and Werewolf just to see how strong they were
>Completely obliterate my ass
Reminder faggots, the only right way to play SotN is with this.
170bfe No.15813579
>>15810760
>that version of that song
Fucking nostalgia overload.
1b636a No.15813587
>>15812959
i just do it the honest way, red rust naked run
7bd1eb No.15813639
>>15812959
>Doppelganger is actually hard
Did they remove his weakness to curse?
23bed2 No.15813673
>What was your first Castlevania game?
one for the sega genesis that had a guy with a trident.
>What is your favorite Castlevania game?
Aria of Sorrow
>Least favorite?
That castlevania game for the xbox
>Are you more of a metroidvania or classicvania dude?
Both of them are good on my book.
>We all know Konami's not going to make anything good again, but what would you wish a new game to be?
Something like AoS where we get to swap abilities based on the monsters we have defeated.
b02112 No.15813714
>>15812959
>want to replay SotN
>remember the slow pace in which alucard walks and the enormous amount of backtracking in the giant hallways/levels
eh. I rather replay the other igavanis or classicvanias.
71d34e No.15813906
>>15809303
>What was your first Castlevania game?
Aria of Sorrow
>What is your favorite Castlevania game?
Rondo of Blood. Best gameplay in the series by far.
>Least favorite?
Harmony of Dissonance for it's vomit and headache inducing psychodelic art style and generic plot.
>Are you more of a metroidvania or classicvania dude?
Metroidvania has a slight edge but both styles are excellent for different reasons.
>We all know Konami's not going to make anything good again, but what would you wish a new game to be?
1999 game never ever.
3cc51e No.15814239
I think I post my gif here when I get home.
000000 No.15814244
>>15809783
All of those cited.
e7fbff No.15814436
>>15809783
64 is great, though. Much rather replay that game than one of the snoozefests that are IGAvanias, or any of the 3D games after the N64.
1be683 No.15814847
> Are you more of a metroidvania or classicvania dude?
I don't quite understand why people keep lumping the two together, they are different kinds of games that just happen to share the same universe. Yes, they both have 2D platforming gameplay, but that's like comparing Might & Magic and Heroes of Might & Magic because both have RPG mechanics and share the same universe(s).
a30577 No.15815450
>>15813587
That gets boring quick.
>>15813639
At that point in game there's no weapon to cause him curse. Haven't reached the LV40 one, though.
>>15813714
But that's the best part, anon.
e6527c No.15815904
never played it. Is there a good game that I can start with on PC?
a4e2b4 No.15815957
>What was your first Castlevania game?
I think I played Castlevania IV first, but the first game I really got into was SOTN
>What is your favorite Castlevania game?
Haven't played the whole series, but probably Rondo. Portrait of Ruin, SOTN, and Chronicles come close
>Least favorite?
CV2, probably but I haven't given it a full playthrough
>Are you more of a metroidvania or classicvania dude?
Classic. Metroidvanias are fun once you have all their movement options, but by the time you do, you never have much to explore, which is where all of the fun is since there's not much in the way of challenge
>We all know Konami's not going to make anything good again, but what would you wish a new game to be?
Something in between a classic and a metroidvania, kind of like what OoE did. A game where approaching Dracula's castle is more of a linear progression where you pick up new abilities as you go, and a complex Castlevania that accounts for you being able to move totally freely from the start and features old axe armor mode.
a4e2b4 No.15815976
>>15815904
All of them, I'd say start with 1 and move onwards, but 1 is really jank and 2 has a lot of issues. 3 and 4 are good starting points, there's a kickass remake of 1 called Chronicles on PS1 too.
If you're going for metroidvanias, SOTN on PS1 is the first and the next one is Circle of the Moon on GBA
ce3096 No.15816021
Is it actually worth it to try and get into the classicvania style games?
I've only ever played a couple Castlevania games and they are the most popular metroidvania Castlevanias (Symphony and Aria), but when I try and play the original on NES or SCIV on SNES or even Rondo, I just get immediately bored with it. It's not frustration from being difficult, it just feels tedious to me.
Was the enjoyment from the classic games the reward of overcoming the difficulty, or was it something else?
Is something important just not clicking with me?
0ffca0 No.15816036
>>15816021
To me it's the mixture of the very well done slow paced controls that feel incredible to master, especially since the level design and the difficulty are so reliant on mastery.
68ce76 No.15816114
i love bloodlines, great artstyle/soundtrack and actually difficult
can't stand the metroidvanias, they don't feel focused enough and honestly i'd rather just play metroid
also dislike the gay anime style + voice acting
e748a3 No.15816128
>>15809339
>I hate how normalniggers think that the Netflix series is a good adaptation. They haven't even explored the castle.
That show was mediocre garbage, i don't think i would have hated it nearly as much if they hadn't attached Castlevania name to it.
Normalniggers bending over backwards to say its a good show everytime you point a flaw just makes it even more irritating.
No castevania music at all, Ironically i liked the blackwashed Isaac but the fact that he was racebent really irritated me should have just made a new character they created like 5 of em anyway.
Also i found it hilarious that the asian vampire was not a jiangshi. For people who love diversity they know jackshit about other peoples culture besides superficial clothing almost as if their understanding of different cultures is in fact just skin deep.
>What was your first Castlevania game?
Super Castlevania IV
>What is your favorite Castlevania game?
Symphony of the Knight/Portrait of Ruin
>Least favorite?
Lords of shadow 1 and 2
>Are you more of a metroidvania or classicvania dude?
Metroidvania but id take a good classicvania
>We all know Konami's not going to make anything good again, but what would you wish a new game to be?
A remake of Castlevania 3, show those normal faggots what it was supposed to be like.
1be683 No.15816150
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>>15816021
>Was the enjoyment from the classic games the reward of overcoming the difficulty, or was it something else?
To me it is overcoming the difficulty by carefully considering every action before you execute it. In the Igavanias getting hit is not really a big deal, the combat is only half the experience. In Classicvania every move you make counts and you quickly learn that you must use your sub-weapons wisely instead of hoarding hearts. You start the game and it wipes the floor with you, but every time you come back you get a bit better at it, you get a better feeling for what makes the game tick and how to beat it. It's sort of like a puzzle game I guess, but the solution to the puzzle in not in your brain, it's in your fingers.
Classic- and Igavania both have very different design and goals. If Classicvania is not your cup of tea, that's OK. I think Egoraptor makes a good point in his Sequelitis video. (I know he's a faggot, but I still think he's right with this one)
504980 No.15816254
>What was your first Castlevania game?
dawn of sorrow
>What is your favorite Castlevania game?
aria of sorrow
>Least favorite?
order of ecclesia
>Are you more of a metroidvania or classicvania dude?
former
>We all know Konami's not going to make anything good again, but what would you wish a new game to be?
obviously the aria/dawn of sorrow formula with souls
829b6a No.15816318
>What was your first Castlevania game?
Either castlevania 1 or 3, my dad had them on his old NES.
>What is your favorite Castlevania game?
Super 4 even if it is easy mode.
>Least favorite?
The N64 ones.
>Are you more of a metroidvania or classicvania dude?
Classicvania.
>We all know Konami's not going to make anything good again, but what would you wish a new game to be?
A remake of castlevania 3 seeing how sucesfull the show was.
d7bc77 No.15816631
>>15816150
Fuck you Egorapor, go and suck your alien wife cock you sellout piece of shit, useless cunt, borderline retard lazy good for nothing cock taster.
That said, I agree with your post.
504980 No.15816689
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also unrelated, but I'm so glad some of the excellent DoS music got into smash, got so pumped while playing adventure mode
fb763b No.15816747
>>15812928
>They're basically data mining and not conducive to discussions at all.
>Talking about games is data mining
>Thread is having a discussion on the games
Are you fucking retarded?
d7cba5 No.15816756
>>15809303
>What was your first Castlevania game?
Super Castlevania 4
>What is your favorite Castlevania game?
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
>Least favorite?
Castlevania 64
>Are you more of a metroidvania or classicvania dude?
Classicvania
>We all know Konami's not going to make anything good again, but what would you wish a new game to be?
1999 Dracula War
65c6a3 No.15816951
Castlevania
Portrait of Ruin
Bloodlines
Leaning metroidvania
Curse of the Moon was great, more of that. Alternatively a NES styled Metroidvania would be something.
>>15810794
Plays similarly to III and does so very well. My main gripe is the balance. You see, for some endings you're required to leave companions behind or kill them for extra skills. This already is making life harder for yourself as you have that fewer life bars to work with. But on top of that, the game is waving in front of your face those permanent upgrades such as max mana and health that you can no longer get alone. The game also has branching paths over the courses similarly to Sonic, and you're gonna be forced to take the longer ones. Dying alone is going to set you significantly further back than losing one of four characters for no adequately explained reason, and takes a life immediately. There's a casual mode thrown in (infinite lives, no knockback) that feels like a copout to the above. Overall plays great with all four characters, plays like a crusty difficulty romhack otherwise.
b02112 No.15817010
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>>15816689
fucking patrician
b8f811 No.15817101
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>>15816689
>They used the shitty HD arrangement
WHY
a665e6 No.15817147
>What was your first Castlevania game?
Castlevania
>What is your favorite Castlevania game?
Metroidvania
Symphony of the Night or Aria of Sorrow
Classic
Rondo of Blood
>Least favorite?
Castlevania 64
>Are you more of a metroidvania or classicvania dude?
I enjoy both for different reasons
>We all know Konami's not going to make anything good again, but what would you wish a new game to be?
I'm done.
b5bd59 No.15817169
>>15816254
>obviously the aria/dawn of sorrow formula with souls
If you make it a Classicvania X Bloodborne then you have a deal.
b75228 No.15817194
>What was your first Castlevania game?
Castlevania III
>What is your favorite Castlevania game?
Classicvanis; Adventure Rebirth
Metroidvania: Portrait of Ruin
3D: Legacy of Darkness
Spin off: Harmony of Despair
>Least favorite?
Symphony of the Night
>Are you more of a metroidvania or classicvania dude?
Fine with both, but I lean towards Classicvania
>We all know Konami's not going to make anything good again, but what would you wish a new game to be?
remake of Castlevania Legends that starts a new alternate time line that leads into a revival of Castlevania: Resurrection
aee632 No.15817222
>>15816689
That's godawful.
1d1776 No.15818030
>>15809303
Bloodlines
A mix between Super Castlevania 4 and Aria of Sorrow. They both represent the pinnacle of each style of Castlevania game, whether that Classicvania or Metroid-like.
Harmony of Dissonance. It's kinda dull really It tries to mix both playstyles and fails pretty badly. That said it's not terrible, but I'm not a fan of it.
Both styles are good in their own ways; Classicvania for rewarding skill via good placement on the screen and quick reflexes and Metroid-like for rewarding exploration, quick dodging reflexes and trying out various combinations of skills.
Something like Muramasa: The Demon Blade; A 2D stylish action game with some RPG mechanics and bonus XP for accomplishments on battle. The average battle would take less than 30 seconds and boss battles, while drawn out, would be epic tests of skill and patter-recognition. Also, it should have jaw-droppingly gorgeous art and amazing music to boot, like in Aria of Sorrow and as I'm thinking about it Muramasa does have a similar plot to that game tbqh form what I've seen of it so far (I haven't finished playing Muramasa, though. I'm like halfway done, so maybe I'm full of shit) Hell, they could make that the 1999 war game. I mean, it's not radically different from what the Metroid-like games already are; it really just adds more meat to the already satisfying game mechanics
b8f811 No.15818042
>>15816150
>you must use your sub-weapons wisely instead of hoarding hearts.
But that's not true at all. Levels hardly at all demand their use, and you're usually better off just hoarding hearts until the level boss.
1d3ec0 No.15818126
>>15816128
>No castevania music at all,
You mean besides Bloody Tears?
>Ironically i liked the blackwashed Isaac
He is easily the worst thing about the show. After that it is the suicidal Dracula. I wanted Dracula to drain him dry to get to full power instead of this bullshit about Dracula saving his life, having a fist fight with Alucard, and him realizing that his fucking wife probably wouldn't want him to genocide the human race and kill their kid. Devil Forgenigger is just an edgy nigger revenge fantasy.
8f2351 No.15818141
>>15809303
>What was your first Castlevania game?
I don't remember my first Castlevania game as it was one that I had emulated with the SNES emulator.
>What is your favorite Castlevania game?
I loved Dracula X for the psp as it came with both Rondo and Symphony.
>Least favorite?
I personally never played the DS titles, but I don't care for Castlevania outside of Europe.
>Are you more of a metroidvania or classicvania dude?
I like metroidvania.
>We all know Konami's not going to make anything good again, but what would you wish a new game to be?
There's nowhere left for the series to really go in terms of storytelling. If they did make a new game, I would hope it would be more of a retelling of the first few games like the new Mortal Kombat games are. Add a re mercenaries-esque mode with every character from the series and it would be really nice. They could add in extra costumes and collectable in the mode and it would keep people playing for longer. My one hope is that they wouldn't completely jew it with paid dlc.
8f2351 No.15818161
>>15818126
>Isaac
I would have been more upset if he wasn't a tranny to begin with. As far as I'm concerned, I really don't care what they do with him. Having said that, I was not pleased with how they portrayed Trevor. He was such a useless cunt for most of the show. I was so ready for him to just murder the minions that got sent after him and I was so ready for them to spend more time in the castle, but they were only there for like 1 episode and then it was over. It was such a waste of potential. The Netflix show spent way too much damn time with the devilforgers and not enough time with Trevor and Alucard. The last half of the episodes should have been them storming the castle at the very least with the last few being their clash with Dracula and the epilogue.
>>15818030
>Something like Muramasa: The Demon Blade
That would be very fun. I just wish that handhelds hadn't died out. Muramasa on the Vita was so much fun.
cafe6b No.15818282
>>15818161
>I would have been more upset if he wasn't a tranny to begin with.
I doubt that. It is less about "ruining" him and more about how the show jacks off to the idea of making "sympathetic villains". All they have accomplished is that they shown that Dracula is sad because humans killed his wife. The entire plot of season 2 doesn't make sense because writers spent too long using cheap tricks to make us feel bad about Dracula and his gay angry pet nigger. Nothing significant was added with all this "character development."
Anyways, people seem to have mixed feeling about OoE but I liked it because it is the most polished of the metroidvania. I wish it had more content and was bigger. I do also like PoR's mechanics and allowing whip-users to change weapons is nice twist. I really don't like DoS's crafting mechanic so its return in Bloodstain Ritual of the Night had me worried.
72136d No.15818291
>>15810760
I'm playing circle of the moon right now. Played the other metroidvanias before this one so it feels like a simplified version but its still a comfy game. Great soundtrack.
1db40d No.15818298
>>15809303
NES Castlevania
Curse of the moon
probably the metroidvania lines of castlevanias
metroidvania is a mistake
another classic castlevania
8f2351 No.15818672
.>>15818282
>how the show jacks off to the idea of making "sympathetic villains"
That got annoying very fast when it seemed to apply to every named villain. The plot was recycled from Rondo and Symphony and used the cast from Castlevania 3 instead with some characters taken from other games as well. I remember reading that they might try and do Symphony for season 3, but that wouldn't make that much sense to me. They'd have to time jump to Richter and you know the forge masters are going to still be there and they're going to hog the spotlight again. Perhaps, that was what was wrong with seasons 1 and 2. Too much time was put on Dracula and specifically his forge masters and not enough time was given to Trevor and his party. We didn't even get Grant. I'd say they should just let Alucard be and go do a faithful Lords of Shadow instead.
91c4f3 No.15818696
>What was your first Castlevania game?
Super Castlevania 4
>What is your favorite Castlevania game?
Super Castlevania 4
>Least favorite?
Castlevania: The Adventure. The sequel is god-tier tho.
>Are you more of a metroidvania or classicvania dude?
Classicvania all the way.
>We all know Konami's not going to make anything good again, but what would you wish a new game to be?
Another Classicvania. Or maybe a mix between Classicvania and Metroidvania, like The Messenger did.
000000 No.15818785
>>15814436
Nah. It is shit. Igavanias are best.
75d3a6 No.15818963
Why did they make her so fucking ugly?
8ecdb7 No.15819082
>>15809303
>I've been replaying this series lately, let's have a thread.
are you Derrick from GameXplain?
>What was your first Castlevania game?
Castlevania 2
>What is your favorite Castlevania game?
Rondo of Blood, the first game on NES a close runner up.
>Least favorite?
not sure, there are alot I haven't played. Lord of shadows looks bad.
>Are you more of a metroidvania or classicvania dude?
both
>What would you wish a new game to be?
Metroidvania
a005f3 No.15821167
I hate Metroidvania because I'm too much of a brainlet who gets lost or can't figure out puzzles.
284e59 No.15821259
>What was your first Castlevania game?
Circle of the Moon, I think. I really should replay it.
>What is your favorite Castlevania game?
Rondo of Blood.
>Least favorite?
Lords of Shadow or Castlvania 64, although I actually kind of like the latter a bit, despite being awkward to play.
>Are you more of a metroidvania or classicvania dude?
Classicvania for sure.
>We all know Konami's not going to make anything good again, but what would you wish a new game to be?
Not really sure, I still have quite a few titles to play overall and haven't thought about it much. In general, I'd simply like something closer to classicvania gameplay, with more focus on platforming, limited / slower movement, and strategic usage of subweapons.
>>15818696
>Least favorite?
>Castlevania: The Adventure. The sequel is god-tier tho.
Really? I just bought a cart of that a few weeks back and I think it's a great game. The music's good, the platforming is challenging, and the level design is great. I kind of wish the rising floor and moving wall segment in level 3 was a little more forgiving, but other than that it's a solid castlevania game. Also, how's the sequel?
96f128 No.15821277
>>15809303
>>What was your first Castlevania game?
The first one was the first game, I bought it as a child because the cover was cool and I had birthday money to burn– I beat the game around 20 years later because the Grim Reaper boss is a major asshole.
>>What is your favorite Castlevania game?
Simon's Quest was top tier ambient game of all time.
>>Least favorite?
Never played any else for some reason.
>>Are you more of a metroidvania or classicvania dude?
I like both equally, but also indifferent
>>We all know Konami's not going to make anything good again, but what would you wish a new game to be?
Silent Hill 1 remaster/ visual remake.
a30577 No.15821357
>>15818672
That would be stupid seeing how Curse of Darkness comes directly after Castlevania 3. But since they fucked the whole "Hector" stuff, I doubt they'll do that. If something, the world would be better without a season 3.
1d3ec0 No.15822286
>>15821357
Hector will have redemption arc which involves him helping Trevor and Sypha. Instead of realizing that helping a vampire wipe out humanity was a shit thing to do, he declares that he should have never listen to Camilla and she isn't worthy of his respect unlike Dracula-sama. Fucking bugmen.
e84c04 No.15822354
>What was your first Castlevania game?
Super Castlevania IV
>What is your favorite Castlevania game?
Rondo of Blood
>Least favorite?
Of the ones I've played, Dracula X
>Are you more of a metroidvania or classicvania dude?
Classicvania
>We all know Konami's not going to make anything good again, but what would you wish a new game to be?
A 2D game that expanded on, fleshed out and refined the ideas of Simon's Quest. Something with multiple castles and villages and a lot of areas in between.
0dd02f No.15827361
>>15814239
I'm proud of my edit, it's from that one comic strip.