Although Ecclessia improved many things from Symphony, The Alucard Adventure is still my favorite among all, for the overall set: gameplay, graphics, music, art style, etc.
As for the classics, i would go with Dracula X for PC Engine. That one is a really good compilation of everything good in past Castlevanias.
Give Lament of Innocence a try.
It is a very good 3D action game. The way the main character controls is great, and the music and atmosphere are pretty nice.
Try it when you get rich.
Until then, have fun with the other titles. The GBA trilogy are good, especially Aria, which is great.
So? Symphony still is a good game, and overall great set of assets. It does not mater that it changed the franchise forever. Blame it on Konami wantring to copy itself, not the game.
And still, the metroidvania that came after it are still good games by themselves.
The only thing that i hate about the cards is the drop system. It slows down too much of the game to farm cards randomly from specific enemies, making it worse by the fact that the card combinations are great and are what make the game worth playing. I would rather have to find them or earn them from defeated bosses, or any other system that is not random drops.
Poison the food of normalfags for enabling this kind of profit.
To me, Aria is great inbetween Symphony and Ecclesia. Not so many game breaking mechanics as Symhony, but not so great grahics like Ecclesia either. But those 3 games overall are a must play. Also Aria's Heart of Fire is the best theme in the whole franchise to me.
Bloodstained's graphics always make me want to play in the backgrounds instead of the foreground. Everything in the backgrounds are beautiful, but the foregrounds are all bland.
Why would you want a new Castlevania from current Konami, along with possible CURRENT YEAR marxist censorship from whatever company that (((localize))) it?
Let it stay dead until the current owners litterally die and their companies go bankrupt, then we can wish for a trully good new Castlevania to whoever get the franchise in his hands.
Go play all the already existing Castlevanias.
When you finish the last one, start playing all of them again.
It is a better option than having a CURRENT YEAR Castlevania.
As for me, i'm ok with both simpler or gimmicky design. The only thing that i demand is that if the game has good gimmicks, the game MUST be made around them, so they won't become obsolete.
Comparing to Symphony, Aria is the overall better game. But it still suffers from game-breaking power ups. I only prefer Symphony because of the set of assets: the art style for the enemies and bosses. the graphics, gameplay, music, etc. Everything is bigger and has a larger scale due to the PS1.
Aria i consider a good follow up, but i would still put it behind Symphony. The Soul System in particular, as good as it is, is based on random drops, which i HATE as i said about Circle of The Moon. If the Souls were more like something that you find by exploring or defeating bosses, i would like it more.
As for Castle Corridor, it is my second place, in Aria's soundtrack. Aria's Clock Tower is another great song. The way that it grows is like an epic song for a "final strike against the enemy's fortress" and still, it is somewhat melancholic.
https://hooktube.com/watch?v=yQ-0O-f_e4M
Boring game.
They sent everything on the visuals and in making it a copy of every acclaimed or famous game by the time that it was made.
Nothing new, and everything just copied and simplified from various other games.
No identity, and no fun.
Because they were composed by a pair of tits. And they are GOOD songs, no matter who made them.
That is another mistake from the developers of Lords of Shadow. Castlevania IS the msic as much as it is the gameplay and the graphics. No new versions of the classic songs = half of the fun gone.
No. They should use every tool available to make games look exactly like the concept art.
The anime is written by a pajeet also.
It is complete garbage with only the name and aesthetics of the franchise.
A good Castlevania production MUST be a japanese only production at this point, with no westerners involved.
Also: Christianity is the main source of good in the games. Anything that contradicts that is automatically trash.
All of this could be done with cultists that have nothing to do with the church, as it was in the games.
This piece of shit animated series is anti-christianity from the start, as are it's sub-human creators.
"Real life".
Yeah, i'm not the type that thinks that a cartoon is the same as real life, you leftist failure.
I want the adaptation to follow the source material.
AND, Christianity HAS to be presented in a good light, yes. Just beacause some degenerate tried to undermine the religion does not mean that Christianity is a bad thing.
Deal with it.
Yes, let's get the one game that is different, among a whole franchise, and use as an example. Just great. Why not base the cartoon on the patchinko already, am i right?
This one understood it completely.
Also, they shit on the church but praise a "god". What "god" is it? Certainly not the only true God, given the producers and writers of this piece of shit.
ALSO, in the game's cannon (that is the only thing that matters when adapting Castlevania) the villagers and the church are always good, harassed by Dracula and his cultists. Anything different from that is shit.
Agreed on the "stop talking about Netflix garbage".
Afterall, Christianity is a good religion for successful people, and the only one that matters.
And that is why you are a failure.
The worst examples are still better than any "movie-like experiences" full, of feminism and marxism from the current western companies.
The witch burners are ALWAYS the common people worshiping (or being a part of) the cults.
Christianity is the force of good.
Cultists and Dracula are the forces of evil.
That goes for every game.
Whenever a "clergymen" is corrupt and evil, he is always revealed to be a cultist infiltrated into society or the church itself.
The church and Christianity are never the source of evil in the games.
Shaft went rogue. NOT THE CHURCH that made him do it. The corruption of humanity is one of the main themes, as well as how Christianity and human faith are the main forces of good that fight said corruption.
Barlowe and (((Isac))) - Same thing. Cultists and manipulators. Not the church actively being evil for the sake of it or for widespread corruption. It is always the actions of rogue individuals and cultists.
Witches are burned down for being witches or to not obeying the teachings of the church. "Not obeying" implying being evil and manipulative. Burning them was the right course of action, even if some of them were innocents (even non-witches), as all conflicts take the lives of some innocents to allow humanity to thrive.
Yes, and wich village is that? The one closest to Dracula's castle. Also they tell you clearly that their hate for Simon is for the curse that Dracula put on the region after Simon fought him in the first game. Even if done for good, Simon IS responsible for things getting worse for everyone in Castlevania II.
As for LOI, yes, it IS wrong to leave your position in a holy war to pursue personal interests. Leon WAS wrong in pursuing Sara. It is so difficult to understand that most of main characters from Castlevania ARE responsible, directly or indirectly, for the overall misfortunes that falls upon them? That is the main theme of the series: always individuals that committed mistakes and were blamed for everything bad (most of the times, justifiably) that happened in to the common people around them.
Again: she was seen as a witch AND SHE WAS ONE OF DRACULA'S "WIVES". Reason enough to burn her alive.
Forgiveness in Christianity is only for those seeking forgiveness and that SHOW acts of selfless good deeds. Not for those perceived as enemies of God.
Also, forgot this: everytime that the townsfolk act in fits of rage against "innocents", either those are the ones perceived as evil OR there is a cultist (or entire cult) manipulating the people and even the church within.
But the people by themselves and the church itself, along with Christianity, are never the main source of evil.
It always boils down to manipulative rogue individuals.
If it wasn't some of the bugs, i would agree with you.
This.
The whole western industry is run by propagandists and the businessmen are only their vanguard.
I will chose any business run BY businessmen anytime, instead of the propaganda-driven mess that we have in the west now.
Not a good option, but still better than have marxists trying (and failing to) impose their failed ideals upon all people.
Another note on the force of good that is Christianity in Castlevania: Alucard's mother was burned alive because she fucked Dracula. To the eyes of anyone, she was an evil witch that gave birth to a half "demon".
She even forgave her "killers", because she understood her mistake. And asked Alucard to also forgive them, and explined that Dracula was the true evil, implying that she KNEW that SHE was the wrong doer when she fell for his seduction.
Alucard also understood that and never took any kind of revenge against humans. Instead, he fought to destroy Dracula and even began to protect humans.
If you consider Legends as canon, he even loved a human woman.
The humans themselves, the church itself, are never evil.
Evil lies in selfish individuals that become cultists, and human FAITH IN CHRISTIANITY is what brings evil down. Be it by humans themselves, or by Christian teachings as Alucard's mother taught him.
THIS!
Castlevania as a shonen-like series would be perfect.
Also, Netflix IS one of the worst companies when it comes to execution. Afterall, they are also propagandists, as almost all western entertainment.
They took a famous name, put a street-shitter in the production team and released an anti-Christianity series with the sole purpose to make it a vessel for their propaganda.
Only if you are a born-shit leftist that hate Christianity because you want a scapegoat for of your own failures.
For now, only the music is good.
They really should have gone with "fuck it" and made a not-a-Belmont-but-yes-it-is, with the main character, and not some girl that looks like a Mary Sue in archetype in progress.
It can always happen. By fan games, by illegal products or even by companies that copy Castlevania and don't not give a fuck.
For real. Kill the ones near where you live. Everyone doing that contributes to speed up the cleansing.
To spot a hack, look for the "person" that talks about how the previous work is inferior, and how he/she will improve on it.
Always avoid anything with those kind involved.
Another goo example of the greatness of SOTN's melodies:
https://hooktube.com/watch?v=NjAYc7NShR8
Deus vult IS faith.
The source of corruption are failed individuals. Not the organization or faith.
The cartoon portrait the church itself as the source of corruption. It is anti-Christianity as a whole, portraiting the main christian group as corrupt, and good people are only good when AWAY from said group.
>>14062020
Yes, we should.
See fags and other abominations. They are killed for their choices, as it should be.
also: "someone that we don't like", in the game equals to THE Lord of Darkness that curses the land, suck blood from people and summons demons, undead, Death itself to ruin the lives of innocent people. Yes, it WAS the right thing to kill any woman that had an affair with Dracula.
You said the 101 Fedora tipping leftist text right there in your post.
You ARe a shitborn leftist. A failed being.
Christianity IS good by itself, as is any religion that giver purpose and practical (and yes, killing failed beings IS practical) teachings to people.
Science vs religion? Yeah. Fedora leftist found.
Science can question anything.
But no one can defame the faith in Christianity and live long.
Questioning for the sole purpose of defaming is what got those (((scientists))) burned alive. True science does not fight faith. It works along with it.
You don't like to be judged and "burned alive" by functional humans for being a failed waste, snowflake? Too bad. Life is not for you, nor will you enjoy it.
>>14062323
The moment that those "people" (they aren't) defame the practical teachings of said faith, they ceased to be innocent and it IS ok to burn them alive.
Faith is about following ideals and self-improving at the same time as eliminating failures that devalue humanity as a whole.
Teachings that lead people that way are good and practical and not to "prove" anything. Just to guide so people avoid being failures as leftists and other shitborns.
>>14065438
We own everything.
Go back to cuckchan, you fatherless soyboy.
Watch out for Dodgers on your way there.
Correction: Nobodies like you masturbate, while real men get your girls and discard them. And even after that, they don't want you.
Controls and camera. The basic set of N64 games. To me, Lament of Innocence improved the controls in regards to combat to almost perfection, upon the N64 titles.
Found your dad yet, soyboy? Don't forget to impress the girls with your lack of manhood so they can be taken by real men.
Pol rules the world.
Lol letfist thurds that get beaten wherever they go and still lose all the women. Even the feminist ones lmao
Here comes the fag that watches some viking tv show and thinks that aganism is something cool.
Insecure as… a leftist? Don't like christianity? Too bad. Either you accept it or will be punished and even killed for being a failure at life.
Most of it is like classical opera, with openings and finalizations that evoke the feeling of the scenes (in this case, the levels) but also with a mixture of styles that the main composer likes.
Another great one, from Lament of Innocence:
https://hooktube.com/watch?v=5skhBmzOS90
"Considered" by a joint effort of the mainstream (and corrupt) media that pushed this meme to all places. Mario 64 is the prime example of shit camera from N64's 3D games.
As for the two Castlevanias on N64, there are some stages that the camera simply makes it impossible to guess distances and you need to do blind jumps. That alone is infuriating for me.
Konami's fixation with patchinko + Kojimbo draining all the company's money. The Castlevania teams had to use whatever they could, because the company would not care for anything related to Castlevania for a long time.
No. Deal with it. Christianity is here in the thread to stay.
This theme is such a nostalgia ride and at the same time a oumed up and action oriented version of the original ones. One of the best songs in the whole franchise for sure. This version is great.
Going with classics, the best version of Vampire Killer is from Circle of The Moon:
https://hooktube.com/watch?v=iJI3GKYGJ0M
Of course. We rule everything.
You are nothing.
Videogames AND Christianity. Two great things to talk about in a Castlevania thread. Start getting used to it.
Yeah, sure. The (((Vatican))), and not the jews infiltrated in every society.
Also: enlightenment only promoted faggotry. The Church and priests were the ones keeping records of documents and art. After all, only people with faith and purpose have the mental capacity of learning and understanding the importance of preserving what is practical and eliminating those that are useless to the world.
Amen, brother.
And great taste there with the Crusaders one. Christian-themed aesthetics are beautiful, imposing and great as is Christianity itself.
If they did not want Dracula to be just chaotic evil, they could base him on THE FUCKING GAMES, especially Rondo of Blood's and Lament of Innocence's portrayals of Dracula/Mathias.
Individuals. Not the foundations of said institutions.
The Church is good.
In the games, the Church is a force of good, as is faith itself. And rogue individuals are the corrupted. Never the institution.
Torfag complaining about thumblr.
Raping children lately, as all torfags do?
And yes, we rule everything. We can do anything and judge and condemn anyone.
Sure. Like communism is not about shutting up opposite thoughts, right, lefty soyboy?
We rule, judge and exterminate anything and anyone the undermine humanity's thrive.
You are nothing and are impotent to do anything.
Want to shut me up? Just try it.
You can't. Why? Because you are nothing, of course.
And still, more than anything that you will have in your life.
And don't forget to lend all women to real men, as the soyboy born from shit that you are. I'm sure that your life is doing great with all that lack of power eh? Feefees got hurt, lefty? Can't enjoy life, eh? Can't even shut up some anon in an image board eh? Impotency is your only characteristic eh?
Don't want to talk about Christianity here? You don't have any power to stop it.
Christianity is what make the basis for the plot of Castlevania, vampire mythos in general, and what males the world progress in the Right direction in real life? Don't like to talk about it? So what?
Back to the games (and good old Christianity Ayame Kojima's art upped the iconography influenced by the religion.
Anybody here that also likes Ayame's art as much as the games themselves?
Definitively the worst side of her art.
But what i like most are the iconography and objects/scenery in her paintings.
And she can draw men properly. See Dracula and Rinaldo, or even Mathias, done by her. She said in an interview that she even prefers to draw old men. I think that unfortunately, it was Iga's or Konami's idea to make the protagonists all fujoshit.
Three bosses as in the original (and shitty) Metroid?
This.
Nobody asked for "metroidvania" but we liked it anyway.
Someone wants classicvania? Play the older games. It is that simple.
With current Konami? They are better left untouched.
Also you want it? You won't get it. Most people are fine with metroidvanias. Both styles are good, so having one take over the other is ok. "Having both" is like a sin to corporations, so don't have hope for it.
Deal with it. We replaced you.
Says that nobody cares and still replied. You were replaced, old man.
Played only a\ small part of the whole library and calls the preferred style a bad thing.
Replacement happens all the time.
In Castlevania's case, the classic was replaced by something good, and that is ok. We don't need anons sperging about "muh classicvania is ruined by SOTN" when the metroidvania is well received and is good enough (for some, better).
You complained that it "ruined" the franchise. And it did not.
Replaced by something good. Deal with it.
Completely replaced to the point that a new entry, without any "remake" or "retelling" of the first games could not even be released.
The formula was "so good" that could not stand on it's own and rellied purelly on nostalgia. And still failed.
Metroidvania replaced it.
Apes and shitskins are delusional about it. They can be genocided by a single disease/artificial virus.
But the replacement of classicvania fans by metroidvania fans is real. Get used to it.