It just doesnt FEEL like Castlevania
>>749935121Eh, it's alright.
>>749935121>It just doesnt FEEL like Igavania
>>749935121Or look like Castlevania Or sound like Castlevania Plus it takes a fat, wet shit on established loreBut it’s still a decent 6.5/10 modern Metroidvania
>>749935121And that's a good thing, Igavanias are braindead button masher wannabe RPGs.
>>749935369>women can't use the Vampire Killer because uhhhh.....
>>749935121It's the music, the game feels completely different with modded musichttps://files.catbox.moe/uj9y3t.mp4
>>749935582because anonymous is an unironic sexist that hates women, and it makes him mad when one is a protagonist, of course.
>>749935582Because Sara is faithful to the Belmont Y chromosome and eats the soul of anyone who doesn’t have it
>>749935121The constant platforming challenge really ruined the game for me imo, Im here for Castlevania not Prince of Persia
>>749935121Does Judgement feel like Castlevania?
>>749935653I don’t care about Rose wielding the VK. I’m primarily upset with Dracula’s castle being designed by the guy who built Notre Dame rather than an ever morphing physical manifestation of humanity’s worst characteristics.
>>749935121Too many spiky walls. Too many chainsaws.
Just to spoil the illusion: we’re currently being raided by an actual Discord group running defense for this game. That’s why half the posts in this thread read like your typical Reddit clapback.
>>749935121It's just a low budget The Lost Crown copy.
>>749935901No, and no one regards it as a real Castlevania game.
Gonna be honest witchu guys, I always thought Bloody Tears sucked
Rose is cute. CUTE!
>>749935582Because the whip isn't a lesbian
>>749936684tranny lover
The music is so fucking dogshit, Kill all dupstep eletronic hip hop """composers"""""" niggers of existence
Can I get some castlevania/metroidvania-likes recommendations? It seems to be the only thing these Belmont's Curse threads are good for.
>>749937037You mean metroidvanias that look like Castlevania? Ender Lilies is symphony of the night but a little scared girl.
>>749937220I forgot about that one. It's similar to OoE, in that your attacks are summons, right?
>>749935121I’ve played most Metroids, but no Vanias. What’s a good one to start with? I’ve heard SOTN is one of the best but I also know RoB leads directly into it; and I literally know nothing about any other game in the series.
>>749937037Strongly recommend the Team Ladybug games if you haven’t played them yet. Deedlit’s Wonder Labyrinth is the more polished game but I had more fun with Luna Nights.
>bought it>killed the first boss>explored a bit>got a refund
Muh feelings? Seriously?
>>749937441Super Castlevania 48 directional whipping is kino and don't let the fags on this website tell you otherwise.
>>749937441RoB isn’t a Metroidvania, it’s a classic side scrolling platformer with branching paths. If you’re looking for a Metroidvania Vania SOTN is the perfect entry point. Just be aware that it’s piss easy.
>>749937552Whoa, whoa, whoa... they made a Lodoss metroidvania?! I'm there. Thank you, anon.
>>749937627>came directly to 4chan afterwards ADHD
>>749937415Yeah, the summons are the ones attacking for the little girl, like jojo stands.
Indie games destroyed certain genres.
>>749937792Looks awesome! Thank you so much!
>>749935985Sauce?
>>749935121It feels like any other Metroidvania on the market which was sadly the smartest call they could've made. Establishing Castlevania again by appealing to people who think Castlevania was like Hollow Knight or the Dead Cells DLC makes logical sense, especially since everybody who is REALLY a stickler about the Igavania format has Bloodstained.I'd say Classicvania fans were underserved but we've gotten two Curse of the Moons and Haunted Castle Revisited plus there's like one solid indie Classicvania every six months or so (which isn't so bad compared to the dozens of mediocre Metroidvanias launching every year).
>>749935121It's Castlevania: The Animated Series: The Game.
>>749937875Gal Guardians Demon Purge was top kino, and it plays like a classicvania by the most part.
here's a spicy one:Control Resonant is more Castlevania than this game
>>749935616>https://files.catbox.moe/uj9y3t.mp4Doesnt fix the memetic SOULSLIKE/HK limited melee combo attack and those annoying pauses when hitting or gettin hit, plus the Troonleste spike fetish level design, but yeah the actual ost is horrid, now, how would it felt with lets say, music from Lament of Innocence and Curse of Darkness (to me, peak Yamane that sounds as good as SotN, because the DS games sound a bit cheap due to the soundfont limitations)
>>749938245That can't be true
>>749935121it makes me check the map every 10 seconds so it's castlevania
>still no Rose porn Yep, flop confirmed.
>>749937760>he said while posting on 4chan
>>749937689>8 directional whipping is kinoNah, its gimmicky, and its super short sighted to not change the sub weapons to accommodate 8 directional whipping.Bloodlines did it better.
>>749938637I know which trannytuber you got that opinion from.
Do you ever get an upgrade that lets you swap between weapons and tarot cards without going into the menu?
>>749938847nah
>>749938764Meh, super Castlevania is fanfic tier what with Simon being Dhampir.
I’m not a fan of the Metroidvanias. My favorites are bloodlines, super IV, and 3. Too bad there aren’t more classic style games.
>>749939280Muh boy, checkout Bloodstained Curse of the Moon 1 & 2.
>>749939280As has been said play Curse of the Moon, they're Classicvanias with CV3 character swapping without having to wait seconds to swap. Not the toppest tier but they're very good.
>>749935121Neither does Igarashi's shit, music aside (which is a big deal to be fair).
>>749939707I haven't played the second one, but the balancing in the first one felt kind of annoying to me, like they were trying too hard to make the other characters/added powers feel significant. Not a "wrong" choice but I didn't care for it.
>>749935369How? It's pretty out of the way. >a man loses the love of his life to a monster>vows revenge against those monsters>if you stare into le abyssThe lore of Castlevania could be explained in a single paragraph. 2 paragraphs if you want to go into deep detail. I also don't get why people would be upset that a MONSTER HUNTER is wary of the MONSTER taking up real estate in her head and that she wouldn't take the claim of a monster that would be over 400 years old at that point at face value. The """critiques""" against this game are outrageous.
Metroidvania thread? Anyone like afterimage?
>>749939006GAAAAAAAAAYThat's the main thing holding the game back.
>>749935369>Plus it takes a fat, wet shit on established loreThat's already happened multiple times.
>>749938387How are you not embarrassed to post this faggy reddit cartoon next to your message. Not reading your message by the way.
>>749935369>Plus it takes a fat, wet shit on established loreThe franchise straight up retcons everything it feels like with each new successive game, and the most offensive thing is Leon here.
Calling this game Netflix is the red herring planted to steer the crowd away from the real problem of being an amalgam of Hollow Knight meme spike rooms and enclosed arena-style rooms forcing you to beat everyone, OMG TOTALLY HOT women with manjaws / broad shoulders / titpecs instead of actual tits just like in Hades 2 character portraits, and this dogshit "look at muh references" music that lost any rights to complain about the bland slop frrom Bloodstained.losing Ayami Kojima and Michiru Yamane cursed both CV and Blooodstained to a perennial state of mediocrity, both half-games missing each other's alleged SOVL and also lacking staff who aren't part of either anymore.
>>749935369What lore?Reminder also took a shit on the lore, but some people still shill for it because muh Cammy reject
I can't even beat the first boss
>>749940379Anon, he is the tutorial check.
>>749937689It's that dipshit dracula again, Sil go tell him no manifesting castles in the neighborhood.
>>749938637The level design in Bloodlines is kind of boring in comparison most of the time, and it's not that much more difficult than IV (with Eric it's arguably easier). I agree that sub weapons were not handled well in IV, but it doesn't sink the game.
SOVL
>>749940336Leon was offensive even in Lament of Innocence. As origin stories go it's abysmal stuff.
>>749935121Because it isn't, the retarded devs bragged how this game is like a mix between Dark Souls and Dead Cells.
>>749940250Exclusively by this game, yeah.
>>749940913We love Lament here.
>>749940532Well I can't do it. He's too fast and does too much damage.
>dragonblitz malding that the true ending is too obscure to getSotN fags.....
>>749940984Lament's story is bad. Aria's story/backstory is bad (Graham is one of the better villains though). Everything about the Richter/Morris shit is kind of stupid if you think about it for two seconds.
>>749940350In fact, attributing its canon inconsistencies to Netflix is an anti-woke larper bait.Netflix warped canon out of spite, most of it based off contempt for the church. meanwhile this game gets shit wrong out of incompetence from skimming wikis, not malice. there is no deliberate atttempt to troon out Alucard, to make Death an edgy teenage potty mouth, to create a new african chick that uses unga bunga african magic instead of crosses and holy water because church bad.both King Louis and Joan of Arc are treated respectfully, and the corrupt bishop that became Mammon doesnt get treated as representative of the whole church, he admits his own mistakes
>>749940379Use the downslide to avoid the third claw slash, crouch and slide to avoid him swinging on the whip, and jump or crouch if he attempts to grab you with the whip.You can also destroy his cross throw with a sword strike or spell blast.
>>749941009>WeGo back.
>>749935901Most people question if that game is even canon.
Yep..it's a Castlevania
>>749941272nah, not really, is this the best shill niggers can do?
>>749937875Problem is the games pretty mediocre compared to decent indie metroidvanias too, so it's not really going to get any points for just being run of the mill by today's standards.
>>749935121Is the worst looking game of the entire franchise that's for sure, yes this include the new titles.
>>749935121I pirated this game as someone that doesn't usually pirate shit and I somehow still fucking feel ripped off.Fuck this game.
>>749941438Pointing out Castlevania's anemic (heh) writing isn't shilling for anything. I don't care what you think my secret ulterior motive is, either. My feelings on Belmont's Curse are mixed at best. You're just kind of retarded.
Are the good indie Metroidvanias in the room with us right now? Playing this just made me want a proper one. Anything recent? Fuck Hollow Knight and this spike shit.
>>749941336So what's the documented damage from the wiki skimming?
>>749941272You got shit taste bro.
>>749941368it might as well be considering it takes place in a dimensional time bubble where its conclusion leads to everything going back to normal and nothing happening
>>749941481Literally not a single indie game is as big as this and has as many secrets to find out. Stop shilling your dogshit Ladybug games man they're genuine shovelware
>>749941614>Fuck Hollow Knight and this spike shit.the same shit that Belmont's Curse is filled with? these shill niggers really lost their minds, haven't they?
>>749941272>Aria's story/backstory is badWhy do you say that?
>>749941675That's verifiably untrue, why lie like that?
>>749941009Revisionism.
>>749939950The game is balanced around base zangetsu and no subweapons, the other characters are there for gameplay diversity as the alternate routes are balanced around them can only be accessed by them, being able to swap between them is just a clutch to new players like you who haven't figured the game properly.
>>749941675>he says while shilling shovelwarelel
>>749941509it's a prime example of a woke anti-game, womanslop, intentionally ugly colors and artstyle, attempted iconoclasm and desecration of a canonical video game series that may should just be called something else. it's fetid out the gate.oh well, castlevania has always had duds. at least they were generally experimental and not derivative.
>>749941260Isn't the true ending just listening to Leon when he says to meet up with Trevor? Also that dragon guy is a faggot so he can get AIDs for all I care.
>>749941692>Genre/Series was always bad actuallyIs for some reason a shill rhetoric staple at this point, and I don't get why. It just makes it look like the person giving their two cents doesn't have stake in the discussion in the first place.
>>749941780>>749941753Calm down shills, no one sane likes buying 20 dollar games to get a maximum of 5 hours out of it. All of their games are the same shit but with a different coat of painting.Oh this one has a Touhou girl. Oh this one has an elf girl.
>>749941790I don't care about any of the culture war shit, the game just feels like shit to play and the music sucksI had to go back and play Rondo of Blood on my PS4 just to remind myself what Castlevania plays like
>it's different from the rest of the series!completely meaningless criticism that also applies to some of the best games of all time
>>749941767*I* have always loved Lament.
>>749941848Nah the true ending is doing all the bell bosses
>>749941875RE4 has identical movement as the previous games and also carries the same design philosophies with enemy design and having to stay still to shoot
>>749941875and some of the worst ones too, what's your point, retard?
>>749940250>New thing cames out>Shills: BRO OLD THING WAS ALWAYS BAD STOP COMPLAINING You faggots don't have a soul lmao. So predictable.
>>749941614Try Castle in the Clouds DX
>the weapon progression is completely linear, no elemental affinities, no secret moves, no gimmicks until tier 4 at which point the game is essentially over>can't really stick to one weapon because you will find upgraded versions for other weapons before your favourite but there's no quick swap system without modsWhat the fuck were they thinking?
>>749941861Nigga everyone already bought it lmao
>>749938613/thread
>>749941854I would like to hear the oh so deep lore that got ruined by this game. Hard mode: you have to cite stuff actually in the game and not from a twitter post
>>749941946you demonstrated the point. it's a meaningless thing to bring up when discussing the quality of a game.
>>749941875>Megaman X7 is good, actually
>>749941873>i dont le care about le culture waryou do understand that all western games franchises and obviously castlevania have been desecrated and destroyed due to leftoid retardation. the symptoms are evident in this game too. though, there does seem to be at least some competence under the surface.the instant i saw it i thought "jejune" and this entry will likely be forgotten quickly as other anons predicted.
>>749942052shut the fuck up retard
>>749941957How the fuck are you a Castlevania fan? Do you even know what Iga did to the lore? Are you just pretending to be retarded for attention?
>>749942037Who the fuck said anything about lore? You're responding to a chain of posts discussing gameplay mechanics. What did you think "spike shit" meant?
>>749941875The funniest thing is that SotN was also already very different from OG Castlevania. As a boomer who grew up with simon's quest and he will tell you SotN is an abomination.
>>749941696Reincarnated Japanese teen Dracula dealing with nebulous pulls toward The Dark Side and CHAOS without much meaningful moral dimension is just edgy wank and a paper thin justification for a game mechanic that only kinda-sorta calls to mind Dracula himself, even if you consider Lament of Innocence (and I try not to). It's just a weak culmination for a series so fixated on Dracula as its primary villain. They managed to make a Japanese series feel like it was held hostage by Japanese fanfic authors.It doesn't bother me that much because none of the stories in Castlevania really matter much, but it's funny to me that the LARPing Christfags never pay attention to Aria of Sorrow when they're pearl clutching.
>>749942083make me shut the fuck up sad little pissant cunt
>>749942037>Reddit post
>>749941614Try Salt and Sanctuary if you didn't already. It does have some platforming but in very limited amount of places and it's distinctly different from typical modern spikeslop.
>>749941614Ritual of the Night
>>749942131>The funniest thing is that SotN was also already very different from OG Castlevania.Damn. That's crazy.I don't think anyone has ever had this thought before.
Thought you fags said it was 5 hours long.
>>749941778Maybe, but I wasn't impressed.
>>749942136You didn't do a good job NOT selling me on the game.
>>749942190It's just as long as SotN
>>749941340I'm trying. I can't. It's the first boss and it feels like a late game Hollow Knight boss.
>>749942136People defending Aria in any way is the prime example of nostalgia faggots ruining everything. And you will never ever get through their thick heads
>>749942136>>749942251Why the fuck does any of this make you mad?
>>749942190Took me 24 hours to almost 100% all the zones, they're all on 99% because I'm too lazy to go and pick up one thing in all of them. Full achievements is easily 30+
>>749942190I'm like 20 hours in. It's very fun without a guide.
>>749942297It's just shitposting. Only a contrarian would try to say that AoS was anything but an instant hit.
>>749942251I remember /v/ seething over the anime style in the GBA/DS vanias, but now apparently it's kino. So I guess give this game another decade and everyone will say it is good too lol
>>749938158>Gal Guardians Demon PurgeThanks, think I'll try this instead.
>>749942376DoS and PoR were always great in spite of the promotional art. But that wasn't a huge hurdle since you're looking at sprites most the game.
>>749942297See? You just can't communicate with these people, it's best to leave them alone and realize there's no earnest discussion to be had with people clouded with nostalgia to the brim.Just play the games yourselves then laugh at how stupid they are>>749942376It's really stupid, Soma is the worst forced MC a series has ever had that shat on the lore and everything but the game is amazing! It's whatever, normal fans realize how dumb they are. Completely normal to love the game and say it's the best one(lol) but the lore is fucked
>>749942297NTA, but he's saying that the story to Aria is stupid and not going to see an omnibus anytime soon.>>749942350Aria is fantastic, but Castlevania games had maybe 6 minutes of cutscenes in any given game and is elevated by pure nostalgia. I personally thought PoR had a great story and that's in spite of the series overall lore; not because of it.
>>749942516You haven't communicated anything other than you don't like a well liked game and are very proud of it.
>>749942297I explicitly said it didn't make me mad. I just don't think it's good, even on its own terms. The game itself is well-made and my favorite of the Igavanias after Symphony, but the story is about as far as you can get from the earlier monster mash Hammer/Universal movie mood the series started with.
>>749942586Chief, you already responded three times, chill.
>>749942621>>749942564How old are you?
https://www.reddit.com/r/castlevania/comments/1x7136a/i_sick_of_larpers/Daily reminder that the tourist calling people larpers for not liking this slop is calling other tourists from reddit to support the cause and reinforcements so they can keep raiding these threads.
>>749935121The game's visuals gave my eyes cancer.
>>749942692not your personal army
>>749942297>why do you care bro>why is so important bro>not like me literally going to other sites so we can "fight" this cause bro
>>749942621Whatever you need to beLIEve.
>>749942885Why it makes you so butthurt that /v/ of all places doesn't like your fucking slop to the point yo go around calling in arms for more people to come here and defend your point of view?
>>749943014Not your personal army.
>>749943014meds now plz
