What's your favourite Castlevania game? Mine's Aria of Sorrow. Also, Castlevania thread.
>>729001394SoTN is objectively the best
Rondo of Blood is the only one I've played.
>>729001446Nah AoS gigamogs
>>729001394Portrait of Ruin is objectively the best game in the series.
>>729001850Does Charlotte actually want to fuck Jonathan?
>>729001976They want to get married and make love and have children.
>>729001976Anon; she literally has an uncensored idle pose left in the game where she rests her arms behind her back, juts her rack out and swings her hips, then asks the player if they like what they're seeing...
>>729001394whyd this picture become a meme?
>>729001394Tell me about the skull. Why is he creaking?
>>729002486skeletons make creaking noises
I've been wanting to get into Castlevania for a while but no one can seem to agree on which game is the best to start with. I've gotten a lot of people insisting on Symphony though.
>>729001976Bro she's 6 and he's 18
>>729002552Symphony for MetroidvaniasRondo of Blood or IV For classic style games
>>729002604>6You mean 16, right?
>>729001446>SoTN is aesthetically the best FtfyObjectively AoS and the DS trilogy are just straight up better igavanias.
>>729002552It's really not that hard. If you just want to play generic 2D sidescrollers that crush your balls then play castlevania 1 3 4 or just the best one: rondo of bloodIf you want backtracking simulators then play symphony, aria of sorrow and then its sequel, portrait, eclesia. I'd skip circle because that shit is clunky and I'd also skip harmony because that game is just plain dogshitThe 3D games are awful, but there's still the occasional tendie that will pretend that the N64 isn't dogshit (it is)
>>729002724>backtracking simulatorsthat's just symphony
>>729001394For me it's OoE.But I like the PS2 one with the innocent devil system too.
>>729001394Toss up between SotN and PoR
Shanoa's game
Is /v/ a Charlotte board or a Shanoa board?
>>729003398Shanoa threadShanoa boardShanoa website
>>729001446SotN is the best in terms of audio and visual fidelity, and was also the biggest pioneer for the new style of gameplay, but Aria of Sorrow mogs in terms of actual game design. If Aria got a remake that kept all the game design and layout the exact same but raised its A/V fidelity to level of SotN's, there would be absolutely no contest to it being the best game in the series.
>>729002552>I've gotten a lot of people insisting on Symphony though.Those people are retarded. Start with the NES games.
>>729003645I mean if AoS's only criticism is related to grafixfagging then that's already an extremely minor criticism to begin with.
>>729002552Best Igavania? AoS.
>>729004030Wrong.
>>729004368Cumslut.
>>729003240This. I love Aria of Sorrow, Dawn of Sorrow, Portrait of Ruin, but Order of Ecclesia wound up being my favorite. They're all almost on the same level, with Aria just being very dated. The DS games are phenomenal, with Ecclesia just coming out in the lead. Plus the protag chick, Shanoa, is beautiful and I like to see her kick ass.I really like Soma though, he's my bro, and the music from Aria of Sorrow and Dawn of Sorrow holds a special place in my heart.I hated the glyph boss kills in Dawn of Sorrow on DS though, having to draw that shit quickly, and having to redo the fight if you mess up and the boss kills you after you have to weaken it again to get another chance at drawing it. Stupid system. Luckily I bought the Dominus collection on Switch for Christmas so I'll have them portable with most of the good features emulation had, and no touch screen shit.
>>729003240>>729003626Shanoa is the reason why Yor from Spy x Family's exposed back does it so much for me.
Next year is Castlevania's 40th anniversary and I'm sure all we're getting is the chink gacha game and a collab with the Bloodstained prequel.
>>729005627>a collab with the Bloodstained prequelIt's more likely than you think.
>>729005797Dracula's public domain, but I want to believe.
>>729005627>chink gacha gameI know it left development hell as of 2024, but with Japan and China's spat, will it even come out?
>>729004368 cope, AoS has better pacing, tighter controls, an actually interesting soul system instead of “spam crissaegrim lol,” and doesn’t require a literal walkthrough to unlock the reverse castle. SotN is beautiful, yes, but it’s bloated af and falls apart mechanically halfway through. Enjoy your nostalgia goggles.
What would /v/ want the next Castlevania game to be?
>>7290074782D
>>729007478The 1999 game.
>>729001394Probably Aria for me as well but I've grown a new appreciation for Circle of the Moon after playing through it with the extra codes. Damn near every single one makes for a better game than the base game except Shooter but Shooter is still a fun gimmick playthrough all the same. The fact that it was the last game with a proper Thief mode will always piss me off.
>>729007478The leak said the next game's a "reimagining", so we'll probably get a remake.
>>729009503>remakeProbably of III or SoTN.
>>729007478A Quincy Morris game.
>>729007478A game set between Lament of Innocence and Dracula's Curse where you play as Dracula during his rise to power.
>>729002552Symphony, Aria of Sorrow, and Portrait of Ruin are all fine to start with. I actually started with Circle of the Moon and loved it as a kid, but the other anons are right when they say that it seems a bit clunky now. Dawn of Sorrow is the only direct sequel out of the metroidvanias so you should play Aria of Sorrow first, and Order of Ecclesia is fun but is kind of different from the rest. Harmony of Dissonance is okay, but kind of meh.
>>729007478Lords of Shadow 3
>>729002360>TFW you spam it in a full lobby online
>>729007478Well if it's not a gacha it'll already be an improvement over the last one.
>>729007478Not a 1999 game.It's just as stupid as people asking for a Mega Man X Elf Wars game. Just leave it as a myth.
>>729011764Grimoire of Souls was a gacha? I thought it was just a single player version of Harmony of Despair that was written as a sequel and locked to the Apple Arcade (where it was promptly forgotten).
>>729011929It was originally a gacha game before all the paid and online features were removed.
SOTNThe pokemon soul collection BS fucking sucks
Which Castlevania girls need to be BLACKED?
>>729011929It was a gacha that was canned early. It was revived for Apple Arcade and stripped down.God I wish it for a proper port. I enjoy this schlop.
>>729012236If Hammer had his way, Yoko.
>>729012446Kek.
>>729012446Poor guy can't beat the old Belmont "whip". He never stood a fucking chance.
>>729001446It's the least interesting of the Castleroids.
>>729012264>God I wish it for a proper portI hope it gets one with most of the gutted content restored.
>>729015074I hate that Dive lived while Grimoire died. Grimoire was at least fun and Lucy is way cuter than Rico.
>>729015253I agree.
>>729015253I hope Moonlight Rhapsody is good.
>Simon is a humble and wise warrior>Young Maria is cute and innocent that the rest of the cast fears and respects>Charlotte in need of brat correction >Shanoa, my love>Everyone wants to fight Alucard on their first meeting
>>729002552Gameplay-wise the classicvanias and metroidvanias are basically different series. Symphony is a good starting point for the metroidvanias but I think Aria's also good, and Castlevania 1 is the only good starting point for the classic games.
>>729017339Also.>Alucard is an awkward autist>Charlotte, Jonathan and Maria tease him about his love for adult Maria
>>729001394I've played the first, second, and third games, as well as SoTN. I'd have to choose between the first and second. I haven't really fully played the third one as I only did an Alucard playthrough, so it might end up taking first place in the future. I found myself enjoying SotN less on my second ever playthrough, gameplay wise it has some major balancing issues. Second game is probably the worst video game I've ever played.
>>729017717>Shanoa, Young Maria and Charlotte discover Lucy's smut writings and enjoy it together
>>729017339>>729017717>>729018202So much SOUL.
>>729001976She does but he's less interested, thinks of her like a kid sister. She gets quite annoyed if he gets charmed, for example, and says he's got a cute girl right here.
>>729011650I mean, if you're going to go and get your XBox-ass banned ANYWAY, you MIGHT as well choose to go out in a blaze - amirite?
>>729018202>Lucy's smut writings may or may not be about Alucard>Shanoa tard wrangles the group when they express interest in Alucard's love life
>>729012103It's wild how clueless journalists are. The same goes for non-vidya journalists as well, there are tons of classic films that were discarded as trash by reviewers when they first came out.
>>729018741Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back was hated by journalists back in the day.
>>729012103I liked the Soul collection aspect. It did get into farming enemies for drops and souls though, so I can see why you might dislike it but you can just play the game without engaging with that to the extent autists might.
>>729018741General impression from reviews back then os that journos were trying hars ro be funny or to make the reviews about them and their writing style rather than the content they were actually reviewing. That review example is 2 full pages of rambling with almost 0 actual info about the game itself. Whatever game info is in there is usually done in an insulting manner.This seems to be even more exaggerated when you read any euro rags.
>>729018905Really hoping Last Jedi isn't seen as a misunderstood masterpiece in the future.
>>729001394>What's your favourite Castlevania game?Harmony of Dissonance
>>729001394did anyone actually like the Castlevania cartoon?
>>729023567Normalfags and tourists did. But it doesn't matter anymore, nocturne killed it and it's never coming back.
