It almost certainly won't be very good, but what do you expect? What are you hoping for?
>>724422148I just want a good game and something that feels like Castlevania, nothing too different like Lords of Shadow was.
>>724422402None of the 3D games really feel like Castlevania to me. The 64 games get close but don't maintain it and aren't very good. I thought everyone learned that not every series needs to go AAA, but I guess not. This will probably be shit.
>>724422591I liked some parts of 64. I liked the jank platforming because it felt the closest to the original games,
>>724422148The only event this could be shown at before the year ends is the Game Awards so I'm calling bullshit. Next year is the 40th anniversary for the series though.
It will star a black atheist tranny
>>724422148It is going to be shit and not even a metroidvania, probably a GoW-like slop about Simon or some shit, and will have gay sex.
>>724422148I guarantee "what is a man" quote will be uttered by a female character.
>>724423067Female (tranny)
>>724422148It will be rollslop/parryslop soulslike with none of the shit that actually makes Soulborne games good, like Silent Hill f
>>724422148Wasn’t there a rumor last year that FromSoft and Konami were codeveloping a game? My hope is that the rumor is total bullshit. If they’re gonna outsource get Treasure to do it. They still have talent that worked on the first Castlevania games.
>>724423067So what if it is? Female characters can't talk now?
>>724422938Kek, had Netflix Castlevania continued Julius would’ve been at least part black and almost assuredly an atheist considering every other character was an atheist.I could see a 1999 series starring a FTM Julius (formerly a cute brown tomboy named Julia).
Its made by Platinum, its the Guy Savage Delta minigame in MGSD. The original Guy Savage was always a prototype for an upcoming game that got cancelled, that's why they removed it in the HD collection, They put it back in because surprise: its the new 3D castlevania. Making a 3D action game demo for a fake game that doesn't exist just doesn't make any kind of financial sense. Doubly so considering they outsourced it to a different studio
>>724422148I am unironically expecting them to make a Castlevania Soulslike. That's the exact type of trend chasing shit that gave us Castlevania God of War and it seems like the kind of thing modern Konami would greenlit. And who knows if that'll be any good or not. But if it actually is a Castlevania Soulslike, it'll probably be a lot better than if they made some dumb as fuck bamham, asscreed, or uncharted game, or yet another god of war game.
>>724423735>That's the exact type of trend chasing shitThat's what Lament of Innocence was too, it was just very inept.
Did the Chinese fighting gacha game or the Sepia Belmont raising monster girls gacha game ever come out? On parts of the wiki it says the gachas were cancelled in 2021 and on other parts it says they’re still in development. How the fuck long does it take to develop a gacha game?
>>724423731I'd rather have had Kamiya's new Clover handle it over Platinum. Most Platinum games are the same shit.
Game Awards reveal with bloody tears music? 1999 game with playable Alucard and Julius and a Belnades?
>>724424086NG4 is literally top 3 Platinum, they are actually back
>tfw Konami brings Robert Belgrade back to voice Alucard like how they made a big deal about bringing David Hayter back for promotion of MGS3 Remakehttps://youtu.be/kGoNjcodfls
>>724424451I almost want to suffer through that one Japanese exclusive Transformers PS2 game that has him voicing Optimus Prime.
>>724424189It will be a Souls-like set in 1897 starring Quincy Morris, Abraham van Helsing, and Alucard. Alucard will inadvertently reveal himself to be the progenitor of the Lecarde line when he unlocks the power of the Vampire Killer. Quincy Morris will have a cool cowboy hat. Platinum will develop. >source?It’s intuitively obvious.
Does Dracula lose his memory every time he comes back? Because he seemed like he was giving up at the end of SOTN and wasnt going to do evil shit anymore but then he came back in more games set after SOTN and Alucard and Julius had to perma kill him in 1999.
>>724422148I'm expecting a soulslike.Maybe it will be good.
Reminder the original Dracula movie events are canon to Castlevania lore according to Konami.
>>724424451he recently returned to doing VA work after a long hiatus so he might be willing to do it. i think with Hayter it's more that he's like a media guy and good at this stuff and they needed a new iconic 'face' of the franchise to assure fans that they'er taking shit seriously again after Kojima got the boot.>>724424804i'm not a big Castlevania fag but as i understand it "Dracula" is basically a vessel for a being/forced called Chaos so he's more like a memory of a person some eldritch evil force is piloting around.
>>724424451>60yo>still sounds like he did in 1997How does he do it? I’m much younger, but I sound like a completely different person than I did in 97.
>>724425097Lots of actors can pitch their voice so they sound more like they did when they were young, takes a bit of voice direction and effort is all
>>724424189You just know it would never live up to the hype>game would be set in Tokyo or something so Japan could be more important>Young Julius looking like a Persona character>at least one pop idol characterand so on and so on
I swear if I get another shitty vampire game after Vtmb2, i’ll fucking lose it
>>724424286That's not my point, though. NG4 is great and also feels true to the series (for the most part), but it's also within Platinum's established field. Castlevania's never had a strong 3D identity and to the extent it needs one it sure as fuck does not need to be a Platinum game.
>>724424893I think Bram Stoker’s novel is supposed to be an imperfect retelling of events. IIRC in one of the games that takes place after the novel a character says there was a conspiracy by the church and world governments to conceal Dracula’s existence (because he derives power in part from humanity’s desire for his existence) but parts of the story somehow got out.
>>724425272Well I was only 3yo in 97 so I guess it stands to reason I sound different
be careful what you love for if you find it in hell you just may be seeking the pathway there in the end.
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>>724425467>Gothic Platinum Action game with a big more focus on exploration and platforming than usualIf the a new 3D Castlevania was literally just this, you wouldn't hear any complaints from me
Whatever it is, I hope it'll be good. But I still think The Scarlet Engagement is likely to be better.
>>724426024I WILL have sex with a demon, and I WILL go to hell to have more sex with that demon.
>>724426416If only the MCs weren't so fucking generic and identical looking.
>>724424451Holy sex.Also what has Konami been teasing?
>>724426269>more focus on exploration and platforming than usualSure but that's not one of their strengths.
>>724423149Half of Kojima's designs already look like transvestites.
>>724422148Knowing that it won't be good, I hope for it to get canceled.
>>724426819They look like gorgeous men, which is different.
>>724427004When she draws a woman it's dick diamonds time.
>>724427004Chronicles Simon looks like a drag queen.
>>724427171If anything, he looks like a jojo character in that one.
>>724427170So soft and delicate
>>724427348That's what I said. He looks like a drag queen. Were you under the impression that Araki's art wasn't extremely gay?
>>724427449Nothing gay about super muscular guys in scantly clothes.
it better be the battle of 1999
>>724427917It will most likely be an Alucard game.
>>724426445I want to have sex with Persephone, but at the same time I want her to remain pure and untouched. Wot do?
>>724427917>every man is a peak human form, super athletic muscular powerhouse, and then there is that twink soma which has smaller muscles than Shanoa.lmao.
>>724422148on rails shooter with rogelite elements and forced online co-op
>>724427170>broad shoulders >fake looking boobs>drag queen facial contouring Koji should stick to drawing beautiful men.
>>724428179Fuck all the other demons into submission.
Maximo and even Sands of Time are better models for 3D Castlevania than anything we've gotten so far or a Platinum game likely would be.
>>724428314Imagine willingly drawing Dawn Soma over Aria Soma.
>>724428314what do you expect from the guy who uses monsters to do all the work for him
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>>724428614For me, it’s 1. SOTN Succubus 2. Amphisbaena3. Draculina 4. POR Medusa 5. Durga
>>724423886Not really, no. Lament predates the games that set those trends.
Can a Castlevania game without Michiru Yamane music really be called Castlevania?
>>724428937She is legit my favorite artist.
>>724429162What the fuck are you talking about? Lament of Innocence came out in 2003.
>>724428065I hope not, Alucard gets too much attention I prefer the Belmonts
>>724422148Castlevania 64 Remake?
>>724422148A mediocre 3d remake of SotN
>>724429478Would be kino
>>724429276IDK, man. Her work on DoS, PoR, and CoD was kinda mid.
>>724429276Seeing as Castlevania had existed with outstanding soundtracks for years before she was involved -- yes.
>>724429654Really, if anything on PoR felt phoned in it was Yuzo Koshiro's tracks.
>>724429478>>724429637My dream is a 2D demake of 64 with Symphony calibre pixel art and all the cut content added back in
>>724422148It would be cool if it was an actual 3d platformer. Most 3d platformers are toddler shit. It would be cool to have a 3d platformer with a more mature story and aesthetic.
>>724428613you are literally gay.
>>724422148unless its bloodstained but better, i dont care
I want good platforming in it whatever it ends up being. Castlevania is all about dilapidated structures, clock towers, and pitfalls.
>>724429637I started playing it out of curiosity and it's not a bad game, just janky from being an early 3d action platformer.
Just found out Michiru Yamane composed the soundtrack for the first TMNT gameboy game and may have made uncredited contributions to the first TMNT arcade game. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16WBeO0tcxY&list=PLjyLjyXJQJUPwodvwQLglsdxUTVxowEj7&index=13&pp=iAQB8AUB
>>724430168which makes me uniquely qualified to critique Kojima’s work
>>724430446It has some good ideas but the garden maze is complete dogshit and usually is when people give up on the game.
>>724430832Got stuck in the Villa and looked up that i had to wait until 3 am to get a key to progress. Guess i might have to use a card for that.
>>724430446>earlyanon, it's from 1999. A lot of its dubious reputation comes from the fact that it was dated even for its time.
>>724428613those are trapezius muscles you election tourist retard, she has barely any shoulders to speak of
>>724431929#ShouldersShouldMatchThemHips
>>724422148Hope is not a useful concept.
>>724426416One of few games I'm excited for, the first Bloodstained was a good time. I hope there's wacky woohoo tag tech like PoR has.
>>724423731This, it even ends with a boss that's literally Dracula's moveset. The initial leak said it was being made internally by Konami with help from external Japanese studios so Platinum having a hand in development lines up with what we already know.
can they just get whoever did haunted castle revisited to pump out a nice 7-level action platformer every once in a while
If IGA isnt involved then im not fucking playing it.fuck kojimavania and fuck konami.Thank fuck another bloodstained is comin
Calling it now; the two twinks in Scarlet Engagement will have a falling out in the first thirty minutes of the game and one of the twinks will be replaced by a cute girl. The twink you lose control of will become a fake out end boss in the vein of Richter and Gebel.Miriam and Zangetsu will be non canon bonus characters unlocked by earning the best ending.
>>724432975Igarashi was never that special. I don't understand the pedestal he gets put on.
All I want is the customisation and a playground for it.So many metroidvanias I try never have the synergies or weird weapons/interactions, some of the ones that do like Ebenezer, forget to actually do something with it. Take Gergoth from Dawn. Small area but built to really play around with shit souls like zombie. You get a fun kit to fuck around and find out.and when you see little interactions between sounds or weapons, it's a really cool little touch. Bloodstained had a lot of fun tech to really play around with the shards to mitigate things, and decent enough bosses to match it. Even fucking Curse of Darkness to an extent had this. With lots of random interactions with the IDs, weapons/stealing and the bosses letting you have fun like ride the dragon.
>>724433645nta but I thought he was cool as a public figure for the games. I'm sure it's "cringe" now but the mental image of him just walking around trade expos with a whip flapping it around makes me chuckle. As far as a designer? Mixed bag. Don't know why he conceptualized 3D Castlevania as a glorified belt-scroller, even his 2D games love them some flat monster hallways but at least you can arbitrate "level design" out of their patterns a little more believably there.
>>724434290Oh, and I meant to add it was cool of him to throw in some praise for the stage production on socials as someone with his pedigree. Which I'm kinda dying to hear the songs for desu. If CV Dungeon was still active it would have them....
>>724434290>nta but I thought he was cool as a public figure for the gamesSure. But as a producer/steward of the series? He was fine, but his successes were modest, a little repetitive, and the bigger swings were total failures.
>>724434746I was going to include a jab in the previous post about how "enemy patterns as level design" was better executed in CotM which he didn't even work on, lol. It also performed better than literally all of his games barring SotN (which is only half-his). I mean, I get conceptualizing Castlevania from the outset as "action game" and understand how conventions from said genre would bleed into it. The problem is that Castlevania helped define the 2D action game whereas they were late to execute it in 3D, even on their first go-around. It makes me fear that the series may NEVER have a solid identity in 3D because they just missed the boat on it.
>>724422148>what do you expect? >AAAI expect dogshit. Will probably be disappointed, too.
>>724431351You can't use a card to meet Rosa. It places you right after she leaves the garden.
>>724435061I think it's possible but it would require an actual vision beyond "just do Bayonetta bro" or "just do Souls bro" or "just do Devil May Cry but shit bro."
>>724434290Iga is cool but I feel like Castlevania needs a new steward.
>>724422148Castlevania is a budget franchise. Symphony was THE "AAA" game and it cheated by being primarily 2D in a 3D world. No other attempts at a big budget game has worked and I honestly don't think they ever will. They fucking wasted the golden years of the Switch, a heaven for AA games, releasing fuck-all for it and now they're trying their hand at AAA again?I can't wait for Lords of Shadows 3.
I have a feeling that demo on Snake Eater Delta is a prototype for a new castlevania game.
I just want a Super Castlevania Maker...
>>724436805That would be too kino to exist, I would sink like 5000+ hours in that.
>>724436805That would be pretty neat.
>>724435719I think the problem is that DMC delivered on every note that a 3D Castlevania could try to land on, from action to platforming to bosses right down to the gothic horror undertone. It even became the game to copycat and helped shape the genre mold as would ideally be the wont of a Castlevania game, with the PS2 games blatantly phoning in its combat formula as if to concede "those guys pretty much already did everything we could've hoped to." The 64 games aren't great, but their foundation I think gives the best odds of giving the series a solid identity and differentiation of itself from its contemporaries, with obstacle course-style platforming interwoven with combat encounters that emphasize purposeful standalone actions and positioning. Just leave that poor man's survival horror puzzle solving shit out of it.
>>724422148It's SOTN 3D remake, don't hope for anything good
>>724422148>AAAOh so it's gonna be straight garbage then.
>>724437194Id be down for a modernized dmc1 clone with vania aesthetics but only dmc1, not the sequels with wacky humor and 20 billion combos being the focus.
>>724437274Actually, I always wanted a 3D SotN, closest I got was CoD (which I like)
>>724422148honestly. i have little faith in it.>>724422685i'd argue 64 is still the closest to a proper 3d castlevania
Asking again. Someone here has to have tried using a crt shader with order of ecclesia, what do you configure to make the shader not get messed up in hybrid mode? I can play with just one screen at a time, but having to switch between them to check the map and stuff, would be a minor annoyance.
>>724438601>DS game>CRT screen
>>724438435I THINK THE 64 GAMES SUCK but I agree, they're more "Castlevania in 3D" done right in premise than anything to come after
>>724438961i like 64 games despite their flaws. i have a strange love for the 64 generation.Still. they should have continued building on it instead of tossing it away and trying something else.
>>724422148I expect "modernization"
>>724422938Probably a black practicing African voodoo and she came from a culture who are expert vampire killers, and that the Belmonts were a bunch of clowns that got lucky through the power of geometry.
>>724426660Ayami Kojima is goated and I'm sad she never got to be an anime art director. That woman basically defined Bishi vampires, she doesn't get enough recognition.
>>724423735>Castlevania SoulslikeBut we already have Bloodborne for that.
>>724439118I'm lowkey butthurt about being filtered because I totally forgot about the fixture in the fountain during the Villa (despite it literally fucking flashing at you) and did literally EVERYTHING in the level myself shy of plugging in that one item for the end. I wound up archive.org'ing the issue of Nintendo Power that featured the game and skimmed for what I missed that way. I fucking love how the whip works though and am sad that whatever new game we get is liable to be combo-centric instead of having a deliberate stationary attack like that.
>>724422148lmfao konami fired Ita and told him castlevania was dead and then watched him create the most successful kickstarter at the time. I won't buy any konami castlevania now but I will pirate it.
>>724422148Why does it need to be "AAA". Just fucking make a regular sidescrolling metroidvania for cheap and it'll automatically make you a shitton of money so long as it's not objectively awful. I swear game companies nowadays are too retarded and actively hate making money.
If I were Konami, I would make it a blatant souls-like.Soulslop fans literally buy every single soulslop shit out there, they fucking made Wu Chang, the most derivative UE5 asset flip ever into a success, they bought Khazan in droves, and that shit is awful too. Literally attach soulslike to a game and you're guaranteed to sell.Even fucking Playmobil tier copies like Lords of the Fallen sell well!!!Only Enotria flopped, because it wasn't dark enough and it was so buggy it looked like a steam next alpha. Oh and it released alongside Elden Ring MP spinoff.
>>724439671Iga left on his own in 2014 when Konami was in full retard mode.Things have changed in the last 11 years and Konami is pursuing actual games again.
>>724439791Shazam lost.
>>724439698The castlevania metroidvanias weren't exactly heavy hitters, they made money because they were dirt cheap to make.
>>724439652yeah. i'm not expecting the new game to build on castlevania 64
>>724439791>I would make it a blatant souls-like. Soulslop fans literally buy every single soulslop shit out thereThis is brain on too much shitposting.
>>724439876>if you don't like endless clones of the most boring and retarded action game concept around, you must be a tripfaf!!Literal schizo.Even a shitty platinum games title like Transformers or Ninja Gaiden 4 is more fun than souls slop clones.DS3, Bloodborne, Sekiro and Elden Ring are good games; there's not a single soul slop clone that is even close to that. Maybe Lies of P, but it still feels wonky compared to the og.
>>724423735>Code vein but without the vania copyright sanded off.You know what? I would gladly take that.
>>724440112Prove me wrong. When a shitty floaty buggy game like Lords of the Fallen manages to sell millions, I lose all respect for souls drones. The From games are good, the clones are not. How the fuck do you even defend something like Wu Chang?
>>724439698Because Circle of the moon is the best selling metroidvania after SotN
It'll be a turn based RPG like Expedition 33 and everyone will seethe
>>724440343>Castlevania: Command Missionmite b cool
>>724440256How does any of that affect you?Honest question.
>>724440343Party members:>The Belmont, The Twink, The Belnades Stacy, and some fucking guy.
Anyone else think Carrie's last name (Fernandez) was just them Romanizing the Sypha bloodline's name fucking correctly for a change
>>724422148>AAA>copies better men of war again
>>724440708Should have just kept the name Belnades, I mean they did when they localized the Sorrow games.They stuck with the name Trevor instead of Ralph (which was a good decision)
>>724440854I'd be down for Dracula and son going on an adventure together.
>>724422148Please for the love of DEAR GOD let it not be woke. Please let it not be based on the shitty Netflix series. Let it be something genuine, cringy, but earnest, like all the other games. Let it be something good. And let it not be developed in UE5. Please God.I do NOT need Castlevania of all things to become a dumpster fire, the pachinko games were already enough.
>>724440975Trevor > Ralph agreed Speaking of, is there a page anywhere that extensively goes into the differences between CV3 and Akumajou Densetsu? The two things I'm aware of>the sound chip (which I lowkey think was the Japanese getting back at America for having the better soundchip for Simon's Quest) >Grant's primary attack>damage values being attributed to enemy type instead of uniform to what stage you're onBut that's the extent of my knowledge
>what do you expect from a franchise with the last 5 games being shit?shiti'm expecting shit
>>724441594>forgot to proofread the number of my list when the soundchip difference occurred to me after-the-factderp
>>724440708in japan. Carrie has the exact same last name as Syphait's just a weird translation thing
>>724423735>castlevania soulslikeSo basically just castlevania + annoying runbacks.I'm sick of souls tryhards ruining every game franchise.
>>724441921i'm sure soulsfag want souls based on castlevaniaoh wait that already exists! so no one wants that
Sharing thishttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1wjbZ7rHis2WEJAKXogni6esQZxCjh-gO/view
>>724424804Dracula is basically a force of nature, any humanity that he had left died with Lisa.
>>724441114You're going to play with the first Black Woman Belmont and you are going to like it :)
>>724424804Dracula is autonomous avatar for the evil will of man that brings him back every 100 years for the purposes of death and destruction. CV going back to its first game has a secret 2deep4u "THE REAL MONSTER WAS MAN ALL ALONG" ending with Akamatsu stating that Dracula's "second form" in the original game (cookie monster) wasn't meant to be Dracula at all, but the literal embodiment of what I just described.
>>724442318>if they remake Legends, /v/ will call it woke
>>724442545They wouldnt, Sonia is white, blonde, cute and christian.
>>724438929I don't care about your autism, if it looks good, it looks good, and it does.
>>724443113She also wants Alucard inside her.
>>724439140God, I hate these 'suck to target' paired canned animation combats in western games
>>724443371If Sonia came out today she would be prime self insert material for the three (3) women that actually play the games.
>>724439140>>724443451What does that mean?
>>724441114No Reinhardt praying his vamp waifu into heaven?
>>724443452So....half the fanbase?
>>724443510Magnetized player attacks that home into enemies, removing the need for spacing, grouping or any skill other than just reactive button tapping.
>>724426269>Platinum>more focus on exploration and platforming than usuallmao
>>724443620God I wish half the people that PLAY THE GAMES were women.Instead all the women are stuffing dildos up their asses over whatever the fuck netflix did with the series.
>>724443920Thats something that has been done for a long time anon, basic attacks that push the player foward so that the combat feels better, something like the Coyote effect for platformers but for action games.
>>724425080When was that ever mentioned in any of the games? I call bullshit.
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/cvbackup/holy fuarking sovl got dang this takes me back
>>724444048Dawn of Sorrow.
>>724425080>recentlyHe was in Lecarde Chronicles 2 from 2017
>>724444174Screenshot or it didn't happen son.
>>724444034Pushing the player forward is not the same as removing the 5 feet distance between the player and the enemy in a click of attack button. This flanderization is just retarded and has made games in general worse / low skill.
>>724444492I am not going to look the specific dialogue of Celia in a walkthrough on YT just to win an argument on 4chan, believe whatever you want.>>724444510That sounds pretty harsh. Can you link an example of that? I want to look at it closer without having to imagine my way through.
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>>724444669>Can you link an example of that?New assassins creed, batman games, nu-god of war
>>724444075>Only goes up to LoII wonder how was the experience of living through that age.
>>724444687The other day Google AI tried to tell me CV Dungeon started in 2004 and I went pic rel and every subsequent search it's backpedaled, lmao. Finally stumbled on its final post that referred to when it started and it was *1997*. I remember going on there in like 2001 and downloading the RoB OST in full and being obsessed with the game before I could even play it. Literally that "fan of game excited to try it for the first time" meme when DX Chronicles came out, because Magic Engine had a paywall in the early aughts that I never figured out how to get around.
>>724444976Ask me specific questions as I am contemporaneous with that site. I remember it very well
>>724445113I dont think I can articulate any questions other than a visceral "how was it like", to be honest.
>>724422148I hope is a farming simulator with romance. Post Castlevania 1 ending. Simon just building a new home and when you reach the end, BAM you unlock a fucking Castlevania 2 remake.
>>724445195nta but I was also there, and it fucking ruled. It was like stumbling on one of those Geocities "shrines" for a game x1,000,000. MP3s, art, write-ups, it had it all. The music especially kept me coming back. One of its last earnest updates was when Portrait of Ruin came out and I remember them saying it was as good or better than SotN (little generous, but it's a damn good game).
>>724445195Driving home about an hour ago getting blasted in the face by ultra bright white headlights, seeing nobody out doing anything, thinking about my own depression, I wished for that world yet again. It's not phones or social media, I think what it is is in the 2000s networked computers and Internet allowed businesses to become more competitive, and at that moment life became about competing with each other in a new way. The real rat raceThe early internet was so beautiful. Intelligent and passionate people all over. Just much higher quality than this experience now which is not the same thing Believe it or not, but 25 years, and the world feels like a totally different place. It's not normal aging and it's not the same thing every past generation would say. The reality is life has changed so much nobody can keep up, least of all younger people, swept up in it all.I miss the non networked world so much. Calling someone to see if they were there.
btw this is a vintage meme, as old as when the game was new
>>724445296Belmonts don't farm, they hunt monsters for a living.Not to mention all the treasures they loot from Dracula's castle once a century.
>>724445591Why does Dracula keep hoarding treasure and powerful relics knowing the same assholes are going to loot them again?
>>724445568samefag but insofar as source the earliest I can recollect anyone sharing this was back on the Penny-Arcade G&T forums
>>724445670I don't know, maybe the old man gets bored and leaves treats for the guests.
>>724445764I really like this image for some reason kek
>>724445458>>724445298How was the "hype cycle" for each new release? I take that there was barely any information around and everyone had to either go to the E3 or hope for a 240p recording of the E3.
>>724422148I hope it's announced in time for the 40th anniversary of the franchise next year. Chances are it's a Dracula's Curse of Symphony of the Night remake, though.
>>724445961I feel like we also need 2 more collections for the remaining games.
>They got Iga back to reboot his cancelled ps3/360 gameWe are soooooo BACK
>>724445846CV Dungeon as far as I remember was my primary source even including the LoI launch, I remember there being posts about the cross-promotion they did with a famous gravure model cosplaying Leon. I can't speak much on the forum buzz there since I wasn't a part of that particular community at the time, I was a part of a broader community where it got spliced in with talk of other games. From my recollection the Igavanias did very little to pull in new players; they catered to an established playerbase. It was a lot of, "Oh, more of the same? Alright" but of course the die-hards were there for it. I remember there being a bigger push when OoE came out because it had begun to sink in even when it first came out, due to dwindling an overall modest numbers from the outset, that we might not get anymore (and they were right)
>>724424067As of 2024, development resumed on Moonlight Rhapsody, we even got some hub footage.
>>724422148Konami has been putting out pure soulless slop recently with Delta and Silent Hill f. Technically competent and playable but basically just an uninspired copy of Capcom's remakes.I expect any new Castlevania to be essentially the same thing, a competent but uninspired Soulslike or nu-GoW clone.
I am gonna laugh when the big reveal is just Lords of Shadows 3 from the same devs.
>>724446403Make it 2.5D with what they've learned from making Dread and I might be OK with it
>>724422148Old news. This is being said since 2021.
>>724446465Yeah, which is also when they leaked the SH2 and MGS3 remakes which turned out to be true
>>724445846That wasn't really a concept, people didn't care about non pc video games before they were out for the most part. I mean let me rephrase that. It was a concept but your access to talking about it dependend on if you personally knew someone similar.You had to try to make friends that were into the same thing as you. It was hard and is harder now
>>724446032What's left after the 3D collection? A Lords of Shadow collection
>>724424804I don't think that was the case which is a problem. The muh chaos stuff is pretty lame.>>724423676Konami doesn't like the cartoon.
>>724446707You just weren't keyed into it, man. GameTrailers existed back then and had tons of videos, ranked (which was nice and a cool earnest metric for interest before everything became uniform PR slop). I still remember my first exposure to SotC being a random video I decided to click on long before it was out. I probably watched the 15-minute E3 trailer for MGS3 a hundred times...but I digress. All that said, I don't really remember those videos having comments, so it's harder to gauge overall interest or exposure compared to today. The main thing that sticks out to me for LoI is that GameInformer did a piece on the various games they played at E3, and while they couldn't technically rate them, they did provide a loose "thumbs up/thumbs down" scale (a champagne glass if they thought it seemed good; I can't remember what it was if they thought it sucked). LoI got the champagne glass. There was a good deal of positive buzz around the game as the CV series generally appealed to hobbyists; sales might not have been spectacular, but they all scored well and the writers generally seemed to have love for the series.
>>724446860>Konami doesn't like the cartoon.All the collabs practically ignoring it is proof.
Iga taking over the series was a mistake. Akamatsu was the guy who should've decided how the series should go.
>>724447358and yet they demoted him to pumping yen coins out of his belt at one of Konami's game centers after CV3 didn't pull Ninja Turtles numberss m h
>>724446178>>724444075>>724445063when I was in 6th grade I printed out the completely topless original art of the Succubus from the Dungeon and glued it to a page in my binder, these days you'd probably get expelled and life destroyed
>>724447628
>>724423591No, preferably not. They are never characters anymore, just a mouthpiece for political regurgitate of the developers.
>>724447018Olrox's costume in the stage production (and arguably him being a character at all) is said to be inspired by his Netflix show
>>724447628There’ve always been lots of nice bare monster girl titties in Castlevania. I wish we got more official monster girl art.
I think I'm officially stuck in this>has an IMDB pagethat's pretty wild
ah, another >"nintendies want another same castlevania for basedtendo consoles while hating the only game they werent able to play because the basedtendo consoles couldnt run it" episodei am so tired of reruns
>>724449101What the fuck are you even talking about.
>>724444492NTA but Aria goes into what Chaos is and its connection to Dracula. Basically Chaos is the collective negative emotions mankind, it acts as the antithesis of Castlevania’s benevolent god. When there’s a certain level of hatred and misery Dracula, a conduit of Chaos, can manifest on earth. Soma has the capacity to act as a conduit of Chaos because he inherited Dracula’s soul but he was able to suppress his dark impulses.At the end of Dawn Alucard says while Dracula is no longer a threat if mankind desires its own destruction an entity that serves the same purpose as Dracula will appear.
>>724447013I was elite on the early internet, I was keyed into anything that existed >Stuff was availableYes, and people who were into that stuff were fucking nerds, hence my comment. Not everyone is from California. Interest was zero in that type of thing in my town
>>724440975Have the Belmonts always been French? I’m guessing they named Simon’s ancestor Ralph in honour of Ralph Bates or Ralph Richardson but if he was meant to be French they could’ve called him Raoul.Raoul is a much cooler name than Trevor.
>>724450196>Have the Belmonts always been French?Yes, kind of.>Raoul is a much cooler name than Trevor.Wrong.
What would you fags want out of a Castlevania revival?
>>724449916>decrying "fucking nerds" on a video game imageboardyou've gotten older but self awareness has still managed to allude you
>>724451472curse of darkness 2
>>724451791I think a guy's working on that as a fan game.
>>724451608Point out the decrying part, retard. I was talking more about 90s internet anyway 2005 is not early internet. I don't yearn for 2005 internet, just the beautiful German Irish girl I had back then
>>724451472The 1999 game.
>>724451834Yes. And it looks AMAZING. Its the next best thing now that the Lament of Innocen 2.5 that other guy was working on was scrapped.
>>724449670>>724444669The Chaos was introduced since AoS.None of the colored manuals except maybe a newer Japanese which I can't read mentions that Celia was doing it because she was losing her powers so I assume that it was just added there to make the story less retarded.
>>724451925I'm not even sure if this is really the same person anymore, but if it is, you are one stupid asshole.
>>724451472I want something with CV4’s tone and aesthetic. Iga went far too anime and Lords of Shadow was more dark fantasy than horror. Give me something with spooky vibes.I don’t need a ridiculously convoluted story either.
>>724452230I'd love a proper Castlevania V that expanded on the feel and design ideas of IV. I'm not sure who would be best to tackle it -- maybe a partnership between The Game Kitchen and M2.
>>724451834>>724452038qrd?
can i still be the first to make AAA werewolf game?
>>724448367He is even more of an "OC in everything but name" than Isaac. I really doubt that besides the superficial costume.>>724452230>I don’t need a ridiculously convoluted story either.As long as it doesn't have unironically evil message like the cartoon.
>>724452548That twitter user literally died.
>>724452147I remember an anon saying in the Japanese version she feels like God has abandoned earth but he’ll be forced to return if the anti-Christ is summoned
>>724430590I always loved that soundtrack
>>724452147A concept like Chaos existed since the first game since the boss we thought was Dracula's second form was actually "The Curse of Man" according to one of the Konami staff in an interview.
>>724452401Remnants of Darkness by Gian. It's a 2D fan game sequel to Curse of Darkness.
>>724452647Interesting bit of lore if true.
>>724452697So why isn't it called "Devil Castle Chaos" instead of "Devil Castle Dracula'?
>>724422148Either classic igavania, or straightforward souls-like with exploration like in DarkSouks - one big interconnected castle.
>>724452647That is dumb because CV Earth basically had Dracula for a fucking while now and God wasn't doing anything within that time. A lot of dark powers seem to come from Dracula and the good guys powers seem to work on a "need" basis. I always thought that the balance of good and evil shit was stupid.
>>724451791Now with even more hallways and big empty rooms!
>>724451472See >>724452376I'm Metroidvania'd out. I don't give a shit about 1999 either and never have.
The entire industry is dying. It would be nothing short of a miracle if a AAA Castlevania ended up being anywhere near decent.I have this feeling Konami isn't working on anything and this rumor stemmed from someone seeing MGS Delta's version of Guy Savage early in development and ran with the rumor it was potentially Castlevania.Konami is probably waiting for a good template to use for Castlevania or we'll just get another collection. Silent Hill started it's revival with a remake, so did Metal Gear. Problem is those games were 3D and easier to work with. Castlevania's soul is firmly rooted in 2D.
code vein + vampire hunter D bloodlustif they know what's good for them
I believe the leaks and all since we'll probably get something for the 40th anniversary, but will it be any good and will it compete with the new Bloodstained game?
What's left to rerelease after the inevitable 3D collection?
>>724455201Small scale remakes.
>>724423591It is the desired default when it comes to women speaking, yes
>>724455226I want Legends.
>>724422148>best case scenarioDMC1 but 2025. Slick combat with excellent level design and interesting enemies. Basically what LoI tried to be but failed miserably. Map's size and enemy variety would probably have to be downsized to accomplish that, which is something I feel like most people won't like.>realistic scenarioBloodstained with more budget. Maybe something with an ultra stylized aesthetic to make it more visually striking (I'd rather it be fully 2D, but I know that's a pipe dream nowadays).>realistic scenarioSouls clone #66 with a Castlevania coat.I'd rather have another couple of collections with the few missing games than a new one, desu. At this point, the expectations for a new Castlevania are so diverse and massive that I think no matter what it ends up doing, it'll leave most people dissatisfied.
>>724452734holy fucking kino
>>724422148gonna be based on the anime I bet, it's gonna be ultra homosexual, but knowing Castlevania fans that is exactly what they want.
>>724459207>but knowing nextflix AIDS fans that is exactly what they want.ftfy
Unironically, Castlevania 64 had the best idea for taking the series forward into 3D, in incorporating a bunch of survival horror type ideas.They should just do that again, but like way better.
playing nes and 68 in parallel and 68 is pain and torture and misery
>>724422148Have fun with bloodstained Konami edition.
>>724460963Kek, folds like the family guy.
>>724455201they need to put all of the Rebirth games on something other than the Wii.
>>724460896Someone told me to treat Castlevania 1 like it is a rhythm game and it helped improve my play style.
>>724461125How
>>724455201Do we even have a good definitive version of SotN? What's the hold up on that? Sony?>optional Saturn content>your choice of dub>available on every systemHow is that not a thing already?
>>724461173Just memorizing the enemy patterns and developing a rhythm to attack. Like here https://youtu.be/gev1_Qwjze0?t=821 where you need to time when the Flemen fall or you will get easily swamped.
>>724461330All we have is the mod.
>>724422148>expect Stupid shit that gets 10/10 ratings and makes everyone talk about being a huge castlevnia fan>hoping forIt somehow kills Konami and causes the complete crash of the industry.
>>724422148Did anybody ask for "Triple A Castlevania?" Every time they do that past the sidescroller era, it ends poorly.
>>724461646>aaa equals 50+m usdCan't be good.
>>724461447>where you need to time when the Flemen fall or you will get easily swamped.ah yeah I was thinking of these or the medusa heads they have specific rhythms that can be trickyI was getting swamped on the 68 version of that segment yesterday (trying to hit them in the air or waiting for them to jump around me) but got it first try today (just attacking as they land)
>>724461447That's fair. The corridor before Death is the big infamous stumbling block for new players but it all clicks the moment you calm down and really focus on what the axe armors are doing while also picturing the sine wave trajectories of the Medusa heads in your head.
>>724461646The first Lords of Shadow was a commercial success at the time, however, it wasn't very good and then Bloodstained came out and sold more than twice as much as LoS did, making Konami look extra retarded.
Will it be as bad as Silent Hill f?
>>724461646In theory, there's no reason it can't be good.I'd go as far as to say some of the existing 3D games were pretty good. They just needed a bit more.The 64 games kind of got the idea right, but were incredibly rough around the edges.The PS2 games seemed to go down a route of being mostly combat guantlets, which is fine but not really what I want.Lords of Shadow I admittedly never played or payed much attention to, but I heard was at least a pretty good God of War clone. Again, fine, but probably not really what I would want.From a modern point of view, seems like the options are either make something in the vein of Castlevania 64 but better, make a soulslike (admittedly kind of boring at this point, but would be playable), or just let Platinum make it.
>>724463137You need people with vision and appreciation for a franchise to do right by fans. You can't just throw piles of money at a franchise' name. I've not seen anything that makes me think Konami has a deep appreciation for what they have in modern day.Well... Ironically, the only thing I have seen is how referential Bombergirl, of all games, is.
>>724462517What those axe armours are doing is being fucking pussies stop running away from me you little bitch
>>724463503Konami don't really make games anymore. They would almost certainly be hiring someone to make it for them.
>>724461646Has anyone ever wanted a "AAA revival" of an old series? Something like Mega Man 11 is the best case scenario
>>724463137>but I heard was at least a pretty good God of War clonethat's a classic leddit take that amusingly enough only half-applies to the first game as to how the game looks, but even then not quitethe ps2-3 GoWs are VERY iframe focused, be it abusing them off magic or weapon swaps, and also some degree of resource management due to how magic worksLoS 1 only shares the general basic attack string feel with GoW, but it's far more dodge and positioning focused, IMO it's almost like rollslop but kinda good before FROM basically ruined action games, it's almost a rhythm game in a fucked up way which ALMOST makes it like DMC but not really (if you played nier tomato, that's very close, just with no ranged pod or bullet hell parts), you also can give almost zero shits about resource managementLoS 2 is even fucking weirder because half of it is an uncharted moviegame clone, but the other half is a mix between darksiders 1 and 2 with effectively zero resource management outside your health and way faster pacing (and more fun IMO), also almost no combo strings from GoW aside from the whip combo being a reference to the first game
>>724463650And I wouldn't even call that "triple A." It was double A at best. And that's fine. Temper expectations and only spend as much as it takes. I don't need them gambling tens of millions on a single title.
>>724463636That doesn't really matter. If fans can make good games faithful to a franchise, devs external to Konami can too. I just want them to pick someone with reverence and appreciation for it. And hopefully never dabble in feather boa Simon ever again.
>>724463661Not even Reddit. A guy a knew loved that game and insisted it was way better than God of War.When I say Lords of Shadow, I very much mean Lords of Shadow. 2 seems like a weird ass schizo experiment that maybe shouldn't have made it to fruition. That's a whole other matter.
>>724463702Mega Man 11 certainly wasn't AAA, which is a good thing. Mega Man doesn't need that kind of budget. Most series don't. Put out a AA game and get some modest returns on a modest investment
We got Chad Simon back for the mobile game.
>>724423149Black Transgender Disabled """Female"""Dracula is a white cis man who must be vanquished and Simon is there just to be made fun of for being a lil bitch
>>724463023SH f was good and sold a lot
Would a substantial Curse of Darkness rerelease mess with the heads of filthy tourists?
>>724463978I think it's safe to say this is the Simon we'll be seeing from now on. Thank god. Fuck that Gackt shit.
>>724464265I finished the game, Simon's both a chad and a bro in it.
>>724464453I believe that. He's a good christian boi
>>724464034>Dracula is a white cis man who must be vanquishedNo shit, this series is about Dracula not Blackula.
>>724464497He always reassures Richter that the fall of the Belmont Clan wasn't his fault and he likes to get Jonathan to work out with him. Every time someone says he's the most celebrated Belmont, he's very humble about it.
>My deck has no pathetic cards, Dracula!
>>724464586Castlevania Grimoire of Souls has the most dialogue and character development out of any Vania game, a shame that it's stuck on mobile. It's the most written game but not the best written game.
I wonder how much it would cost Konami to have an actual "Featuring D from the Vampire Hunter D series" crossover
>>724465090Probably in a far-future game with Galamoth.
In CV3, is the bottom path the hardest? Because god damn.
>>724465109I want a Castlevania AU future game set after the events of Dawn of Sorrow's Julius Mode.
dark souls 1 is the best castlevania
>>724465138I forget which way is sypha and which is alucardif you're playing blindish sypha is better but I think alucard can just skip some difficult spots with his flight, but you won't know they're coming the first time and won't blow all your hearts on it
Bloodborne is already the perfect 3D Castlevania.I don't really know where you could go from this, unless you want to take inspiration from Darksiders 2 instead and move back to that era of God of War III, Lords of Shadow, Shadow of the Colossus and try to get something more from that design.
>>724465619Just add platforming to Bloodborne.
>>724465138Yeah, Alucard's route is significantly tougher, especially if you choose to go to the sunken city too.
>>724465425So is the original Devil May Cry.
>>724422148will be 3d shit done half assedly without the smallest bit of understanding of what makes the series great, like every 3d castlevania ever releasedkonami is not interested in this series outside of pachinko machines
>>724465646The problem with adding platforming is that then the character becomes versatile, and the combat has to become faster to compensate, ergo you can't have that horror aspect of Bloodborne.If I was to try and make a 3D Castlevania, I would start with taking all the items/weapons from Castlevania 1 on the NES, and try to make them all work in a 3D combat setting. If you can make throwing knives and holy water feel hefty against simple enemies, you've got something on your hands. No idea what the camera would be like though.
>>724422148Its developed by Platinum. They again took multiple licensed game deals after their failed attempt of going independent. Because of their almost bankrupt state and all veterans leaving the studio they are also cheap and had a lot less leverage during negotiations with both MS/Team Ninja/Koei and Konami. Konami going for cheap studio for their revival of IP shouldnt be suprising considering how they went with Polish Bloober for SH and for some random studio in HK for SHF. Wouldnt be suprised if Inaba in his retarded wisdom took even more deals and is currently stealing money from those deals with publishers to make some live service slop lmfao.
>>724463650would love to see an AAA revival of excite bike or cyborg justice
>>724466029Well, some parts of NieR:Automata felt like they would work for a Castlevania game.
>>724465916combat is slow as fuck on most classic castlevanias and in no way characters are versatile just because they can jump and have limited air control, and limited attack optionswhat are you on about have you ever played a single castlevania?
>>724465916Elden Ring doesn't have any substantial air combos.
>>724465517>>724465785Noted. Will restart and go top. The bottom has a level with water drops that melts blocks and is filtering me hard. Looks like a memorization level and I hate those. Waiting for drops to slowly melt away a path or for stacks to climb is not fun.
>>724466134Taura leaved Platinum after Astral Chain and established own studio. It could be his studio that works either on new Nier or this Castlevania too.
>>724422148Big doubtIt's definitely a mobile game
>>724422148Final boss will be one of those bitches from the cartoon.The ending will reveal that the protagonist was actually le bad
>>724466426Might be fun.>>724466576There's already a chink mobile game in the works and it left development hell last year.>>724466641Brought to you by Jonathan Blow.
>>724463978yuck
>>724426416I feel like this would look better without the think outlines on everything
>>724466426>on new NierSE is far too deep on the kike swamp to even think of greenlighting anything that isn't a moviegame
>>724465863big maria still best
>>724466668>Troonmon Belmont from the Sissy clanNah
>>724466724Taro teases new game for years now so who knows. I wouldnt be suprised if Nier is IP that actively makes Square money unlike their other IPs considering in how many games Automata characters are including gachas so they might had greenlit new project.
>>724423731Okay Caramel
>>724466378That's easily the worst stage of the game. It's not really too tough once you get used to it and its most annoying part can be skipped with the bat transformation but it's still not a particularly good time. Alucard also isn't nearly as fun to use as Sypha whose sub-weapons are all amazing.
>>724466235Yes but how do you translate that to 3D? The comparisons are Nu-God of War and Souls, but are they the right fit?Personally, I'd make it more like Resident Evil 4 but with more mobility. Madworld is another alternative, but it's too hard to get it across in a post.There's another issue where Castlevania has really good bosses with a lot of vertical platforming space, and so how to you translate that to 3D?
>>724448027>>724423067>i make up stuff in my head to get mad overliteral mental illness
>>724422148Castlevannia 1999
>>724423731This makes the most sense.
>>724422148They should let team cherry make it
>>724463137>The 64 games kind of got the idea right, but were incredibly rough around the edges.i wonder how much a modern version of castlevania 64 would change
>>724467084As long as it doesn't have an annoyingly cutesy art style.
>>724422148>What are you hoping for?For it to be cancelled.
>>724466668>sequin belts and feather boas are so much better for our medieval monster masher!Fuckboi get ye gone
>>724422148lords of shadow was underrated, great game for its time. I'm tempted to replay it soon. if they ever decide to really make another 3d one then they have the perfect template, they just need to make combat more fun.
>>724426445If you're going to hell, though, you're not going to get to do the things you enjoy.If you go to hell to have sex with a demon, you will wind up spending your eternity in a chastity belt that crushes your dick into pulp, heal, repeat, and drives rusty needles through your nuts on loop. And if that's what you enjoy you'll just get neglect play in a lightless room forever.
Aw shit. God of War isn't so hot anymore, what can they copy this time?Souls-like? Souls was always just basically 3D Castlevania anyway.
>>724468915>Souls-like?Hopefully not, I hated stamina in OoE.
>>724469038Stamina? Like, how many hits you can take?
>>724469108He means how many actions you can do before having to let the meter refill. Shanoa's magic meter is similar to the stamina meter in From Software's Souls games.
>>724469493I don't think my thumb could keep up if it was infinite, alternating between two buttons like that.Castlevania has always had a restriction on offense, either through whip delay or stamina.
>>724467128Carrie is 12 years old.
>>724469940indeed. marriage material for dracula too
>>724470076>KNIGHT!>______!>KNIGHT!>______!
>>724422148>triple A Castlevania rebootAnother one?Hopefully it's a Jap dev this time then.
>>724426416Scary woman enemy
>>724469493You can get refill potions for it, and use them instantly in the pause menu
>>724468220>lords of shadow was underrated, great game for its timelol said no one ever. It was trying sooo hard to just copy the old God of war games (just like others did like Dante's inferno) . It was that era's "soulslop" fatigue if you will. Sure the story and atmosphere WERE quite nice, but thats where it stops. Oh and sure some music was quite nice like the waterfalls of agartha track etc.Anyway it's a decent 7/10, would have been better if it wasnt such a goddamn GoW clone
>>724451791basedinnocent devils were such a cool mechanic, is there anything similar in recent gaming?
>>724470085Konami girls are hot as fuck.
>>724470085
>>724470810>Konami girlsRumble Roses 3 never ever
>>724470457I get the criticism but I liked that diversity of gameplay, locations and overall unpredictability, in one level you're doing platforming in other you're fighting monsters, then in the next one you're climbing on a giant. tonally it should have been horror not medieval fantasy and I would prefer dark souls style of combat and progression, these are the weakest aspects of the game. I still had a great time playing through it. sure it borrowed tons of stuff from whichever game was popular at that time but my point is that these element made the game unique. I also played it for the first time when it was released on PC, maybe that's the reason I'm less critical compared to console fags.
>>724470247Is Bomber Girl Belmont a lesbian? I get the impression from Bomber Girl threads she’s supposed to be mentally ill.
>>724455201Chronicles, Rondo, Symphony, and Adventure Rebirth need to be brought to modern systems.
>>724471067Did you play the sequel? if so , what did you think of it?I really hated how they portrayed Dracula there... i was sooo hyped for the sequel but man, what a disappointing mess it turned out to be. They dropped the ball sooo hard on the story, the overall locations you visit, the stealth sections bullshit, enemies etc
>>724471276>Chroniclesthe PSP Chronicles X game has had an HD texture pack at least for PSP emulation.You may wanna check that out at least.. it's on gbatemp i believe. Looks good
>>724471128As much of a lesbian as an all-girls game allows. In actuality she's just a brat wrangler who went 99 in STR and might be a little bit crazy.The hyperfixation on Lewisia Aquablue stems from one being a daywalker vampire, and the other being part of the vampire hunter gank clan, so the devs thinks its funny to pair them in shenanigans.
>>724471345It was a total mess lol. there were couple of good looking locations like outside of the castle area and one memorable boss fight but overall it was extremely mid and uninspired. level design sucked ass. best thing about the sequel were trailers.
>>724471506I meant the PS1 CV1 remake.But we need Dracula X chronicles too, I figured that one could be bundled with the PS2 games.
>>724471276Weird that we got a mobile port of Symphony before anything other than the Playstations.
>>724422148>reboot>AAAI expect it to be shit and I'm hoping it will die before it comes out.
>>724471896I'm still holding out hope they shadow drop something for Halloween because of the teasing they have doing on Konami Twitter.(I know it's in vain)
>>724470085In one of these threads an anon said CV64 was recently reintegrated into canon in an official timeline with Carrie and Reinhardt’s bad endings being canon. What does that mean for Carrie? Does she eventually get VAMPED by Malus?
>>724472184I hope they weren't just trolling us.
>>724472205Bad ending are never canon, it's literally gameover for the human race if Dracula wins.
>>724472184We got the first deep dive into Simon's personality in Grimoire of Souls and he's a true bro.
>>724472205>In one of these threads an anon said CV64 was recently reintegrated into canon in an official timelinei believe the last timeline has them as a sort of side story>with Carrie and Reinhardt’s bad endings being canon. never heard of that
>>724472458>Grimoire of SoulsConsole port when? Surely the exclusivity deal with Apple has run out and Konami is free to take it to other platforms.
>>724472205Does Cornell being in Judgement make Legacy of Darkness canon?>>724472651I want one soon with all the promised content added back in, well the ones that weren't pay2win.
>>724471067LoS1 is pretty good. My one major issue is that it's too long. It's almost certainly better than whatever PS360 Alucard game Igarashi would have cooked up.
>>724441594>The two things I'm aware of>lists 3 thingsretard
>>724472458Could you post some dialogues?
>>724422148Just want a A/AA Metroidvania. Pixel art will do, just don't make it an ugly sin like bloodstained
>>724422148>AAA>reboot my expectations are very low but i want to believe
>>724473997Here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-rS-Erx2O0
You know, in a world of unnecessary remakes made by companies like.....oh I don't know KONAMI a game like Simon's Quest could desperately use a remake to fix all the issues the game had. Isn't it the first Metroivania ever made?
>>724422148>inb4 souls rollslop
>>724449670>At the end of Dawn Alucard says while Dracula is no longer a threat if mankind desires its own destruction an entity that serves the same purpose as Dracula will appear.Is Portrait of Ruin's Dracula considered the strongest then since that game was set in WW2?
>>724454823>Konami is probably waiting for a good template to use for Castlevania or we'll just get another collection. Silent Hill started it's revival with a remake, so did Metal Gear. Problem is those games were 3D and easier to work with. Castlevania's soul is firmly rooted in 2D.All Konami needs to do is make a cheap sequel to Castlevania: Harmony of Despair with in game transactions and they will make a sizable return. I think if the original did this it would have made them much more
Castlevania made by FromSoft lets go
>>724474228>Isn't it the first Metroivania ever made?No.
>>724474873That was what Grimoire of Souls was supposed to be.
>>724475190what is then?
>>724475282Yea but that game was so simple and basic and not fun. My friend made us drive to Canada to download it even though I told him we could easily pirate it
Sex with Carrie.
>>724475423And Maria.
>>724475423>>724475545good morning saars
>>724422148>gay Alucard>leftist Belmont>strong wuming everywhereJust let it die, man.
>>724422148You'd think it'd be easy to make a gothic castle and spooky countryside filled with goofy skeletons for us to explore while listening to some banging melodic metal.That's all Castlevania fans really want.
>>724474593No, the just cause and fighting spirit of the Japanese imperial army counteracted Dracula’s evil influence. 1999 happened because the Axis powers lost.
Damn this guy is cool as fuck. He can do anything. Unlike Alucard who is so weak and lame. Only good for flying and it still costs hearts.
>>724475423
Before I die I want to see a 1999 game and a Mega Man trilogy set between the events of the OG series and X lading into X. What are the chances I get these?
>>724475690It is easy. It's hard to make a good game, though.
>>724475801>nooo! I am Dracula! you can't do this to me! get off me and stop taking off your clot-HELP HEEEELP
>>724422591Konami has yet to properly adapt Castlevania into 3d, they fail to marry the horror elements in the gameplay with the action, whereas horror is more just set dressing.I've pointed out before what game actually did it but literally everyone disagrees, because everyone is dead fucking wrong.
>>724475801Imagine her succs
>>724476025>what game actually did itAnd that is?
>>724476156I'm done arguing with everyone else because everyone else has been dead wrong and can only see what they can see right in front of them.
>>724476025I think because they were trying really hard to make 3D SOTN over and over and that's what did them in
>>724422148I don't want AAA Castlevania. I want good mid-budget 2D games. Also, bring Hagihara back.
>>724476220I'm going to assume you're the one that's dead wrong.
>>724422148Why'd they give up on Igavania when there has been a massive revival in the interest for Metroid like games, Bloodstained and Blasphemous have been eating their lunch, and to a lesser extent so has Chronicles of the Wolf.
>>724475903Well, halfway there already. There are so many templates to draw from in this age, from various From Software entries to Nioh to Dad of Boy to and so on and so on, assuming of course Konami wants to delve into the third person action roleplaying.They don't even have to experiment with the gameplay, they just need a clear vision of what exactly they want Castlevania to *be*. Hell, it could be a fucking turn based game and as long as they nail the designs and music it would still have a chance at success. Looking at you Clair Obscur.
>>724476449I could write a whole thesis and you will just deny what is right in front of your face because you can only see with your eyes.
If they make a new game do you think it will be another reboot or will they keep it in the canon of the old games? I just hope its not a remake. I have enough of remakes.
I really hate the tards that the cartoon brought over or brought out of the franchise.
>>724476615I think you answered your own question.
Its going to be very cringe if this game is set in the Netflix show canon and they might actually do it due to how popular it is.
>>724476803>brought out ofThis cannot be stated enough, "fans" of the games who act like shitters because the show encouraged them need to be raped.
>>724476932I thought Nocturne got cancelled because of low views. Ended in a cliff hanger or something like that.
>>724476932Konami likes to pretend it never happened, all of the collab content ignores it completely, save for Olrox's design in the musical.
>>724476769The old continuity doesn't have much to offer at this point but it never did. It doesn't matter, despite Igarashi desperately wanting it to matter for whatever reason. The stories are disposable at best.
>>724476717ok
They should just make a sequel to Lords of Shadows 1 and pretend the 2nd game didnt happen.
>>724477183Maybe an Alucard game set before 2. His DLC was fun.
When I started making games I made a very basic Castlevania FPS for fun it had every cancerous modern game stereotype in it and I destroyed it because I didn't want to risk anyone including Konami ever seeing it
>>724476615Konami is the least greedy company in Japan. They clearly don't like money.
I haven’t played that many CV games. Only SOTN, Aria of Sorrow, Dawn of Sorrow, Portrait of Ruin and Lords of Shadows.
>>724477470>not a single ClassicvaniaBoo. Fake fan.
>>724477470You should try Order of Ecclesia. It's not my favorite but it's still a great game.
>>724422148Games need to go back to being games, not oscar bait movies with worse acting and writing. My grandad passed away today, what the fuck am I doing with my life
>>724477615Ecclesia had a pretty cool castle. I think it’s the only Igavania castle with a kitchen.
>>724477843I'm so sorry anon.
>>724422148Can it just be a solid platformer with good music and a gothic aesthetic? So many people keep saying they want a soulslike but I just want something that was like the older Castlevanias
>>724477843My condolences.
>>724477921>but I just want something that was like the older CastlevaniasThe modern gamer can't even handle a horizontal shmup.
>>724477608Sorry, anon, I only play the good ones
>>724477843Condolences, mate. Things will get better eventually.
>>724477615I didn't like the difficulty and I have beaten all kids of difficult games but games where touching the enemy causes massive damage and boss battles are designed completely around the boss exploiting this is not fun. I can beat it after enough tries but it is not fun
>>724477843>My grandad passed away todayand here you are on a video game board making it about yourself and not comforting your family
>>724478289>>724478142>>724478124>>724477992Thanks y’all, he lives states away so I couldn’t see him. Already called my parents, can’t get a hold of anyone else
>>724478556You're welcome, I hope good things happen to you soon.
>>724422148Platinum Games saved Ninja Gaiden, they will save Castlevania next, absolutely based.Kamiya leaving was a blessing.
>>724477843You are the type of guy who comes to a stream where everyone is having a good time and good discussions and the mood is very good and you drop a superchat saying "Hey streamer anon, thank you for giving me content for years that has gotten me through dark times. My grandpa just died so I hope this cheers me up. Press F in the chat for my gramps guys" and the stream comes screeching to a halt because you want to be selfish and make it about yourself
>>724478703They also brought NieR back from the dead.
>>724478829I agree that guy is an asshole but as someone who just lost his 20 year old cat this morning, I understand him.
>>724422148No Kojima (best girl) artstyle = no buy, dead franchise forever. They made big mistake when they took her off.
>>724479058They brought her back for Grimoire of Souls.
>>724478829Okay, let’s get back on topic then. What do you think they should do for a 3D castlevania? Would you want it to be more like the precision gameplay of the original/rondo of blood? Or do you prefer the rpg exploration style of SoTN/Aria?
>>724479058Trvke
>>724422148>AAA CastlevaniaOh no
>>724479023I lost family and animals too. It sucks. I know. However my first instinct isn't "let me go farm sympathy using this death from strangers online" like >>724479145 did. Is it dickish of me to say this? Sure but I am sick and tired of every human being trying to farm empathy.
>>724479134would be interesting to see her do more art for characters that were not done in her artstyle before
>>724479293This is an anonymous site, you might as well be mad at what people write on a gas station bathroom.
>>724479420Her Simon was pretty cool and I loved her new Arikado redesign.
>>724422591curse of darkness is a hidden gem
>>724423735Didn’t Konami make a Castlevania fighting game?
>>724422148Nothing, I have no hope. Konami are creatively bankrupt, inept, out of touch, and completely detached from their own series now unless its some cringe coin launcher game. Castlevania is dead, and any attempt to revive it is simply an attempt to farm cut content money. It will be wigger trash for ADHD children, probably be rollslop, and have no value or faith to the original series.t. the original fanbase.
>>724422148Does Konami even make games anymore? I thought they burned bridges with all of their talented game devs.
>>724479480True and I do get mad at that too especially edgy satanic shit
>>724479490hope she draws the 64 characters in her style one day
>>724479603Yeah, that would be fun.
>>724479580Must be why you like Castlevania then
>>724479916I like Castlevania because it just hit at the right time when I was a kid and into monsters and I really liked Blade as a kid too and Blade is just a black Belmont essentially.
>>724480142Blade is more like a black Alucard.
>>724422148SOTN 2
>>724480236Yes I guess that's true
>>724480236His name would be Alukcalb if he was
>>724480398Reminds me of Go Nagai.
Which Castlevania had the best Frankenstein fight?
>>724481071Order of Ecclesia by far
>>724481071Haunted Castle Revisited.
>>724481071Portrait of Ruin because you see the Rondo sprite and go "oh I know where this is going" and then he shows all his new tricks
I need a 3rd Sorrow game.
>>724471667>>724470247Sepia my beloved.
>>724422148>new AAA Castlevania in development 2025It's going to be a Dark Souls clone.
>>724481305Belmonts look like THAT?
>>724481231Best youre gonna get is bloodstained 2. Speaking of, what is it that makes the art style so fucking ugly? Is it the lighting? The colors? Sometbing about it is very unappealing to look at
>>724422148HOW ABOUT PORT SYMPHONY OF THE NIGHT TO STEAM
>>724422148>white cis men are the real monsters!
>>724422148I hope they have the creature leveling system from…Lament of Innocence? I can’t ever remember the 3D game names, but one had creatures you could use alongside you for buffs and stuff. Was really cool
>>724481392we can barely see the main characters, they don't get highlighted enough and bland with backgrounds. it is worse than the first game where you can clearly see miriam and the monsters
>>724481462But the villain of nogturd was a a possibly gay black woman?
>>724481305>>724481374The logical end point for generations of selective breeding.
>>724481374We're in the correct timeline.
>>724481305I just want an offline Bombergirl game.
>>724480398
>>724482332
>>724482332Why did Konami forget about her?
>>724482486you'd think they would at least use her for the gacha games
>>724482486Because Carrie is too sex, so they have to hold her back so that other CV girls gets a chance.
>>724481619Damn you’re absolutely right
>>7244813922.5D is just bad.
>>724481736Castlevania needs more slutty nuns.
>>724482594adult Carrie
Can I just get a AA Castlevania that isn't the IP being a cameo in an indie game?
>>724464083>SH f was goodLol no>and sold a lotProof?
>>724486372>proof? Journos said it sold a million copies in 3 days but then dropped off a cliff due to negative word of mouth
>>724485214no need to downgrade her
>>724488132She looks like she fucks vampiric shotas.
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>>724488993So is Malus the same as Soma? Could he have been saved if he wasn’t tortured by Gille de Rais?
>>724489220he was probably reborn but he knew who he was and had no intention of going another path. unlike Soma
>>724489901Makes me wonder if Mathias was killed at some point and the historical Vlad Tepes was his reincarnation
nice seeing another castlevania bread reaching the bump limit
>>724490153Is Sepia that strong?
>>724490064no clue. later reincarnations tend to lose the nicer parts of dracula
>>724490534She's a professional brat wrangler.Aqua does not stand a chance.
>>724490153Is Sepia directly descended from Julius or is she from another branch of Belmonts?I remember seeing something that said Simon and Christopher were from different branches.
till next thread
>>724490946yeah, pretty sure she's Julius daughter. although I'm not an expert on castlevania lore.
