I've been playing the DS games again and man, Portrait of Ruin holds a special place in my heart. What vania have you guys been playing over the past few years?
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Nightthe peak of IGA's artistic vision, the perfect blend of the best hits from the series.
i wish sotn got released on steam
>>737736373Best characters. Best Dracula fight. Best alternate mode. Best 'vania.
>>737736483That game is so low budget and boring. The pixel rush job side game Inticreates made is a better Castlevania. Curse of the Moon I think?
>>737736930Maybe next year.
i've tried to finish portrait of ruin like 5 times and I just never grabs me, I always get bored around about painting 2-3. I hate the paintings gimmick, I wish they'd just made a bigger castle.I'm trying to slog through it because I really like the dual character system but I keep thinking about how much I'd rather be playing dawn for the 3rd time
>>737736373I played Order of Ecclesia to completion 7 or 8 years ago and that was the last time I played the series. I want to play the GBA trilogy since I've beaten and enjoyed the DS trilogy and never tried the GBA. I will eventually just not today.
I thought it was just fine. Didn't care for the painting gimmick or the dual character gimmick.
So Konami said we'll be getting other projects aside from Belmont's Curse and next year is Symphony of the Night's 30th anniversary, so what do you think we'll get? Right now there's the leaked AAA "reimagining", Moonlight Rhapsody and a possible 3D Collection.
>>737740312If Sony's fuckup is real and the protagonist of Belmont's Curse is Sonia, we might get a Legends remake by M2.
PoR is my fav cv IGA title, I like CVHD 2010/2011 tooI prefer older CV like Rondo, Bloodlines, super, 3
>>737736373I've replayed Rondo and Order of Ecclesia. Also Bloodstained, if that counts.
>>737740459I hope there's voice acting and an Alucard mode.
>>737740459>>737742636Will it be released on its own or as part of a collection?
>>737744170I hope on its own or part of Belmont's Curse.
>>737744170>>737744849Haunted Castle: Revisited should've had a solo release.
>>737736373I liked how in PoR the levels were very unique with their settingsNo other one really captured it as well imo. Possibly CotM.
>>737746154The Adventure Rebirth needs a rerelease.
>>737736373I loved Portrait of Ruin, Order of Ecclesia's my favourite, though and I liked Dawn of Sorrow, though it's not as good as Aria of Sorrow.
>>737736373SotN is still the best by far, but I like to play portrait because I love Charlotte's explosion spell, it's very satisfying
>>737749176SotN and AoS are my favourite IGAvanias, for Classicvanias, I'd say Rondo of Blood and Bloodlines.
>>737749374>IGAvania>ClassicvaniaWhat do we call Belmont's Curse? Is it in the same category as the Lords of Shadow games?
>>737749483Belmont's Curse looks like Mirror of Fate.
>>737750152That's not a good thing.
>>737750152>>737749483>>737744849Why Konami make Bloodstain minors character a protagonists?
>>737751712What?
>>737751736Nani?
>>737751712I love her cockney accent.
>>737736373Recently, both Sorrow games, they were fine.Total completed from the series :SotNHoDLoICoDAoSDoSAlso Bloodstained.none really cured my itch though and i want more of the best honestly. I'd like to get into OoE, do the DS mechanics make it annoying to play on PC?
>>737752518>do the DS mechanics make it annoying to play on PCOoE's DS mechanics are fairly non-existent, so it should be fine, unless you want precise teleporting in Albus Mode.
What if Miriam was a futanari aka the Perfect Vessel of Rebis?
>>737753446
>>737753446>Perfect Vessel of RebisDevil May Cry 2 handled it better.
>>737752518Which one was your favourite?
>>737736373Just beat these two niggers in Circle of the Moon. Holy fuck they were hard. Doesn't help that I've been atrociously unlucky with the spell cards dropping. I only had the flame whip when I fought them. I'm fighting Death now.
>>737753592Bet his granddaughter love traveling to futa pass, Italy.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMGo5kiR-60
>>737755163Thanks 4channel
>>737736373PoR is my favorite of the Igavanias. Right up there with the best of the Classicvanias
>>737755292Hardest boss in the game by far. Everything else is a cakewalk compared to it.
>>737753672Better lore than dooflix may cuck.
>>737755325What's the best Classicvania to you?
>>737755292Hey, its that boss from Bloodstained!
>>737736373I replay the PC engine version of Rondo of Blood and Circle of the Moon once a year in October for Halloween
>>737756391Crazy how much better Devil May Cry fans handled their shitty show, they told tourists to become real fans or to fuck off and many people discovered the games and realised they were much batter. Meanwhile, we Castlevania fans got pretentious twats acting like the show was high art and that vidya was stupid.
>>737759154>batterShit, I meant "better".
>Belmont's Curse>Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement>more to comeIt's gonna be a good year.
Grand holy cross!
>>737759154I didn't follow the whole DMC show thing, did the tourists leaves?
>>737760712Whenever a tourist starts shit, they're immediately told to fuck off and or laughed at and many people introduced to the franchise through the show actually bought the games and realised how much better they were.
>>737760424I'm excited.
>>737760898It was the same when Devil May Cry got that godawful reboot, DMC fans pushed back and we eventually got DMC5. DMC fans were used to bullshit at that point.
>>737760424I'm excited to mod futa Miriam.
>>737760712They're routinely made to fuck off.
>>737736373I replayed dawn of sorrow and decided I don't like it as much as I used to. after playing it a few times the soul eater ring farm and soul farming to upgrade shit really feels like a chore. that, combined with the soul fusion system essentially making exploration pointless, as you're never going to find a weapon upgrade, and the game isn't hard enough for you to have to worry about armor and rings.aside from that admittedly massive flaw, the castle design, movement, enemies and bosses are great, but god damn I hate doing the boss sigils in the dominus collection.I also finally finished OoE after bouncing off it before, and I have to say the game is fucking immaculate. I really can't find much to dislike and I have no idea why I didn't like it the first time I tried it.
>>737736373CHARLOTTEJONATHANCHARLOTTEJONATHANCHARLOTTEJONATHAN
>>737763880Aria really is the better Sorrow game.
>>737763983>Joseph and Suzie Q
What do you think we'll get for SotN's 30th anniversary next year?
>>737763983Inuyasha!Kagome!
>>737763983Louise!Saito!
>>737763880the DS mods that remove the sigils and update the portraits are still the best way to play the game
>>737766642yeah, from now on when the mood to replay sorrow strikes me, I'm gonna stick with the definitive+ romhack on my 3ds. I still like the dominus collection for the other 2 dsvanias more though.
>>737754312SotN is the objective best of the formula, at least of those i tried.DoS is fine too.I got a soft spot for the ps2 games as they're the first i played back in the day at release date.
>>737767579I meant Aria* not Dawn that one was a bot boring in comparison to the rest.After you've played one igavania i feel you've played them all, so much of the games become predictable
>>737736373PoR is legitimately one of the best in the series.Easily the best of the hand held ones.
>>737736373out of the 3. i think Portrait of Ruin is my favorite DS castlevania game
>is a blemish on an otherwise perfect game in your path
>>737768049Also Princess Daisy is Egyptian
>>737749483Baguettevania
>>737736373I keep playing OoE randomizersI like that they added the option to randomize glyphs stats so you end up experimenting and using the ones that usually don't see much use in a normal playthrough
what were the weakest parts of every DS castlevania?
>>737769794DoS had bad grinding and a shitty crafting system.
>>737768131Circus maps were great. What did you dislike about it?
>>737736373I replayed the 3 DS games when the collection dropped. They held up of course. Now I’m more into indie sloppavanias since I crave something new.
any hopes for more castlevania besides the new game?
>>7377574173 but Rondo is a close second
>>737771980High hopes since Konami said the 40th anniversary has multiple projects in store.
>>737739524The dual character system is half-baked because Charlottes spells mostly suck and or take too long to charge. Maybe Iga's next Bloodstained which has a dual character system will do it better.
>>737771212awful music, too many environmental hazards, too vertical
>>737771980castlevania 64 modern remake one day...
>>737772113Projects being a cartoon, a movie and plushies....
>>737736373Not much, been trying to find the right time to start Dawn of Sorrow. I want to beat the OG Haunted Castle, too.
>>737773385There was an AAA Castlevania revival leaked alongside Metal Gear and Silent Hill, PlatinumGames using the Guy Savage minigame in MGS3 remake as a test for a new CV game, there's the gacha game Moonlight Rhapsody and whatever the fuck they're doing for Symphony of the Night's 30th anniversary next year.
>>737773735Guy Savage had a whip?
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>>737771980Yes and no. Word is that Konami has been making less profit from gambling machines and has begun turning towards vidya again, which includes hiring a bunch of game devs in addition to now offering the highest game dev starting salary in Japan. This bodes well. Unfortunately Belmont's Revenge looks to be outsourced slop. At least we're getting more Bloodstained, even if the director died.
>>737775596>even if the director died.WHAT
>>737775596*Belmont's Curse>>737775657Pancreatic cancer in February
>>737775726>Pancreatic cancer in FebruaryAww fuck
>>737759154>Meanwhile, we Castlevania fans got pretentious twats acting like the show was high art and that vidya was stupid.those are the normalfags not the vidyafags
>>737775657Shutaro Iida / Curry the Kid died a couple months ago, he was in his early 50s I think
what are the biggest things Belmont's Revenge is missing?
>>737779272A straightforward Dracula fight. The whole "memorize his orb pattern" thing is a pretty weak way to end a solid game.
>>737775596PlatinumGames might be doing a Castlevania game.
>>737737002this opening theme is a slept-on banger, wish there were more remixes of it
I'm pretty psyched for the new Bloodstained, PoR's partner mechanic was just about the only DNA from Iga's prior games missing from the previous installment. The class spec element sounds cool as fuck too.
>>737783857Same, I'm glad we're getting a new Bloodstained game.
>>737781731That might be fun, their work on NieR:Automata felt like a decent Castlevania experience.
I want an SotN follow up game or a third Sorrow game.
>>737786381>I want an SotN follow up gamei rather not
>>737786381>I want an SotN follow up gameIt wouldn't be on the top of my hopes, but I would be open to it.>or a third Sorrow game.Absolutely not. I can with almost certainty state, that I'd want something connected to any other game in the continuity rather than this. Yes, even a Maxim game.
>>737736483i liked the first one for the most part, but the game is kinda ugly teebeehaych
>>737768131It had clown girls with doll joints and that alone makes it one of the best levels in the game.I would kill for a monster catching game that uses the castlevania monsters, my party would be full of cute monster girls.
>>737790840hard working girl
>>737768131the lategame paintings leading up to Brauner are closer to being the blemish imo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFQ7ZUg58Jsthis is a pretty kino format for an OST, basically a longplay (shortplay?) and a soundtrack in one
>New Castlevania game doesn't have contact damageWhat the actual fuck do those French fuckers think they're doing?
>>737736373Guys, how is Afterimage? Anyone play it?
>>737798127The gameplay and graphics look fantastic, but I hear the story's a complete mess, though if the story doesn't matter to you, then by all means, play it.
