Why didnt Konami hire these guys instead of the french guys?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0F0JhML_fqkTHIS is what a real castlevania looks like
>>738120349Not enough indie game clout, Migami Games would've been great, too.
>>738120784Chronicles of the Wolf was great and their new Super Castlevania IV inspired Classicvania looks good so far.
>>738120349>2D Curse of DarknessWHY???
>>738120974Because its a good game?
pre-SotN>SotN>post-SotN
>>738120349>uses Carmilla's Netflix designI'm gonna have so much fun raping and killing her as Hector.
>>738120349We need more Castlevania fan games.
>>738122768Played Silver Night Crusaders. It was fin, but had this really weird lesbian kiss at the end.
>>738122945>finFuck, I meant "fun".
>>738122945>really weird lesbian kiss at the endMan, not even the Nights of Azure games were THAT gay.
>>738120349Look, I very much dislike Dead Castlevanias, but I think they probably would look for something creative
>>738120349Im seeing and hearing nothing but stolen assets.Talent is not copy pasting the work of the talented.
>>738123180>Implying that every castlevania since the first wasnt an asset flip
>>738123260There was 1 on the 360, that's it
>>738121145It really is that simple.
Castlevania threads are always full of kids RPing as uncs to fit in, only to call attention to themselves more.
>>738123441I blame indie games.
>>738123441>uncsPost discarded.
>>738123623I was gonna say "boomers" but my hatred for "oomer" memes outweighs my hatred for internet slang.
>>738123370Retarded zoomer
>>738120957Chronicles of the Wolf was a rehash of Lecarde Chronicles 2, but not free this time. I don't know what was Migami thinking
>>738121145>>738123392Larp detected. I can guarantee you haven't played more than 5 Castlevania games.
>>738121087I diagnose you with nostalgia
>>738123694Know the definition of asset flipping
>>738123716I loved The Lecarde Chronicles II, I was at the final boss before my PC randomly decided to delete all my data.
>>738123752NTA, but most metroidvania games used some assets from SCIV and RoB then made their own shit to add to it.
>>738123370Based retard discussing games he hasn't played
>>738123721There are a lot of anons like that in Castlevania threads, the LARP as /vr/ posters.
>>738123892They probably played some cutesy "hard" indie game and then latched unto the earlier Classicvanias and now LARP as oldies.
>>738123721Fucking this.
>>738124096>you can't like and enjoy classicvanias if you didn't play them 30+ years agonigger
>>738124096Tourists pretending to be veterans will never not annoy me.
>>738123808>some assets"every castlevania since the first is an asset flip" wouldn't describe a boss here and there and some random sound bites. Nobody tell this >>738123860 dumbfuck right here about the megaman series, might get a cardiac arrest.
>>738124215I'm not talking about regular classicvania fans, I'm talking about newfags who post about them to fit in.
>Castlevania: Belmont's Curse>Bloodstained: The Scarlet EngagementThis is gonna be a good year for Vania fans, all we need is an M2 classicvania or a Curse of the Moon counterpart for The Scarlet Engagement.
That's really cool but styling it after curse of darkness and not having the double front flip sprinting feels extremely wrong.
>>738122208OG Hector bonking Lenore with a frying pan would be funny.
>>738124419He no way fags her then shreds on her with an electric guitar.
>>738124547Has anyone found a way to make the guitar work?Its so awkward to use.
>>738124571I kept trying, felt like a gag weapon to me, I know the Gatling Gun was supposed to be like CoD's Crissaegrim, but having to be stationary to use it felt weird.
>>738124631The best I got was abusing perfect guards to work around some of its more stylish but obscenely long animations. Also launcher attacks I think you could use that and aerial in general to make it a lot more versatile.Still not viable, but I think I was able to beat trevor with it. Either trevor or isaac.
>>738120349Personally, I'm still waiting for Shadow of Ecclesia. I've known about that fangame for like 8/9 years already.https://youtu.be/f-2lp95KHWc
>>738123892There are genuinely people out there who only know Super IV, Rondo and Symphony. No other Castlevania games exist to them.I've heard so many people who think Rondo is the last classicvania, then Symphony came out and the rest is history.Bloodlines doesn't exist to them, they don't know it came out after Rondo because they never played it.Dracula X doesn't exist to them, they think it's just an icky "port" of Rondo because they never played it. The Adventure ReBirth doesn't exist to them, they don't know it was the very last game in the franchise (until like two years ago) because they never played it. And they think Symphony is the best metroidvania because it has the best graphics and music on a surface level; you don't even need to fucking play the game to reach that assessment.They can't comment on any of the gameplay features or improvements from the handheld games, because again, they never played them. They just go by the icky handheld graphics because that's all they know about those games.
>>738124707Interesting, I'll try those out sometime. Beating Isaac with the power of metal sounds kino.
>>738124750Exactly, they're not that into the franchise yet claim to be the authority on its quality and they have nostalgia for something they probably weren't around for. I've only been a vania fan for 20 years and I love all forms of the franchise, even though I kinda suck at classicvanias, I still beat them. They really don't appreciate the franchise.
>>738124767Yeah its sick. Its gradually coming back to me. You jump, slam into a combo, and then perfect guard his attack when he recovers to instantly stow the guitar.You need to be absolutely on the ball with your perfect guards.
>>738120349why does he have 2 left hands?
>>738124901That sounds awesome.
>>738124930Thread is making me redownload.If the threads still up in like half an hour I'll post a webm.
>>738125053Godspeed, anon.
>>738124920Just looking at these two fabric you know that drawing is AI slop.
>>738125139Nigga, this was drawn way back in 2005, before AI slop was even a thing.
>>738125181Really? It's the first time i hear about this game. And i have played all 2d castlevania.
>>738125289It's one of the 3D Castlevanias.
>>738125139Anon...https://castlevania.fandom.com/wiki/Hector/Gallery?file=Hector2.jpg
>>738124920Good catchAyami Kojima's art is full of mistakes and wonky shit like that, but when I point it out, suddenly I'm the contrarian
Man, Curse of Darkness getting rereleased in any form is really gonna fuck with seconderies.
>>738124348Stay strong, bros.
>>738126736>This is the beginning of numerous new products around CastlevaniaActually kino.
>>738127081Well, next year is SotN's 30th anniversary, so...
>>738126736>>738127081>More metroidslop with netflix aestheticsNot thanks
>>738127159>metroidslopYou need to work on your bait's subtlety.
>>738127159In the Belmont's Curse interview, none of them mentioned Netflix and all the collabs have avoided referencing it like the plague, that and the show's dead. Konami knows game fans hate the show.
>>738127247It's true, I'm tired of these samey looking bland "explore map" type of 2D games that are everywhere on Steam
>>738127159>netflix aestheticsThey just ripped off and neutered IGA's aesthetics for the show.
>>738126736>Konami will outsource all their good IPs to faggot Westerners just like with Silent Hill and MGSI wouldn't have a problem if IGA kept making more Bloodstained games with incremental improvements every year, but the faggot took a long ass time that Curry The Kid died. This is one of the worst times to be a Castlevania fans, and no, Chronicles of the Wolf was an ugly and cheap game compared to even the GBA titles.
>>738128067An in-house AAA Castlevania game was leaked alongside Metal Gear and Silent Hill and PlatinumGames might be working on a title as well since the Guy Savage minigame is seen as a preview of their work.
>>738128225>in-house AAA Castlevania game was leaked alongside Metal Gear and Silent HillWhen? Also are you sure the metal gear and silent hill ones weren't the MGS Delta remake and Silent Hill 2 remake?
>>738120957> and their new Super Castlevania IV inspired ClassicvaniaCan't find any info about this.
>>738128467https://x.com/Migami_Games/status/2042333015993454643
>>738128456Back in 2021, reputable leakers kept reminding people that it was happening. The Metal Gear and Silent Hill games were the remakes, but the Castlevania project was something else.>>738128467Here. https://x.com/Migami_Games/status/2042333015993454643
>>738128456>>738128570I'm inclined to believe that the game's an SotN remake or follow up or a CVIII remake.
>>738120349why are we never allowed to have 2d sprite work like this anymore? It looks so much better than the unity slop 3d stuff
>>738128570>The Metal Gear and Silent Hill games were the remakeslol. I am partial with MGS remake since we finally had JP voice acting with ENG subs, but Silent Hill 2 remake was shit compared to the original. Not excited
>>738128637Nobody really knows how to draw anymore, but everyone knows how to 3D model.
>>738128682The SH2 remake is the first good silent hill game. I can't believe a studio named Bloober utterly humiliated team silent in such a manner.
>>738128637Normalfags are repulsed by pixel art nowadays
>>738128754Nice bait, but imagine if bloober worked on Castlevania. Not so funny now, is it?
>>738128837>Normalfags are repulsed by pixel art nowadaysStardew Valley and Vampire Survivors are the most normalfag games possible and they have ugly pixel art compared to Castlevania.
>>738124252There's enemies and sometimes player characters taken from a game with a completely different art style that clashes horribly. Playing a Castlevania game often involves going "they copied that from a different game" and just accepting the bad art for a bit.
>>738120974Because 2D is flat and therefore always superior
I suppose we have rabi-ribi, momodora, tevi, and hollow knight with regard to 2d pixels. Although hollow knight might be 3d models?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6pvTI2tWsY
>>738126736Castlemania shmup when
>>738120349Level design looks bad
>>738129220Probably a gameplay section if Platinum's working on a vania.
so this must be a free game right, otherwise the project would get sued into oblivion?
>>738129357100% free.
>>738126736P A C H I N K O V A N I A
>>738129518Dead meme. Konami doesn't do that anymore since the Japanese government's new gambling regulations fucked them over.
>>738129313>you play as flying Alucard.
>>738129561It's gachavania next.
>>738126736>We couldn't think in other studios to work together rather thanHas anyone ever been as far as to want more look alike?
>>738126736So this basically means Konami contracted a bunch of random indie studios to put Castlevania paint over their projects right?
>>738130206Probably PlatinumGames and M2.
>>738130206Yes. Same with every other IP.
>>738130206IGA said he's willing to work with Konami again, so possibly Artplay. IGA was more hands off with the new Bloodstained game and let Iida (RIP) work on it mostly.
>>738130363>IGA said he's willing to work with Konami again, so possibly ArtplayEvery former dev for every company said they would like to work with their old publisher again, and none of them were brought back except for Kamiya to make Okami 2. Konami gives zero shit unless they're guaranteed to make money.
>>738130512Yeah,I know that. Still, bringing him back for an Symphony of the Night or Sorrow follow up would print money, that is, if they give him a budget bigger than a potato and two shoestrings.
>>738130363Might be fun.
>>738130601>Still, bringing him back for an Symphony of the Night or Sorrow follow upI wish, DoS is a wet fart to end the timeline on.
>>738130689There's the novel sequel by the Fate/strange Fake author and Grimoire of Souls. I actually finished GoS, it was really fun, but obviously gutted with promised content not making it in the end.
>>738130867Man, I wish Grimoire of Souls was completed.
>>738130689DoS feels so bad only because Aria was a great ending to the timeline, it was just so good they had to make another one so of course the story was going to be weak as shit. There's really no way to do another ending as good as AoS.
>>738131925Agreed, AoS was the perfect ending to the timeline, I just love everything about that game. Also, I wouldn't mind an AU sequel to Julius Mode where you have to fight Dracula/Soma as a new Belmont or child of Alucard.
>>738131925DoS feels like a glorified epilogue or filler between AoS and a trilogy closer that might never happen.
>>738125289That drawing of Hector was made by Ayami Kojima for the PS2 Curse of Darkness game, it's not from the fan game shown here.
>>738132180It's unlikely, but I hope they bring IGA back for a third Sorrow game. Portrait of Ruin was initially planned to be one, but Iida suggested a new project.
I want the 1999 game.
>>738132887Same, we all do. But will it live up to 23 years of hype?
>>738131925>There's really no way to do another ending as good as AoS.I think a 3rd Sorrow game that resolves the time travel/Galamoth plot thread from Judgement would be perfect to end on.Galamoth makes sense as one last antagonist for the series, and it makes sense that he would go after Soma's powers at some point.Since the franchise follows the Belmont family lineage, some element of time travel makes sense to bring things full circle.Ultimately culminating with Soma Vs. Galamoth would also work as a Kid Dracula callback at the same time.
>>738130363I was sad to learn the new Bloodstained won't have Yamane music. Though, the previous game's OST was kinda disappointing given her repertoire, so maybe it's time.
>>738123716He was probably thinking "this game is good enough for me to make money off it" so he made a royalty-free version, and he was right. I played them back-to-back about 20 hours apiece. LC2 did wind up leaving the more lasting impression on me, though. >>738127270The stage musical uses Olrox's Netflix design, but that's it.
>>738131925A lot of it seemed like they just had to do something to justify Soma and pals going on another adventure. Apparently some people have super powers and an exact copy of Dracula's castle and want to kill Soma. It was nice to see those characters again, but the whole thing didn't come together as well as Aria.
The Belmont's Curse twitter just posted that there's wall meat in the game, as an instantaneous consumable like the classic style. I'm guessing there's no item inventory. Will be interesting to see how much it takes from each of the classic and Metroid-ish formats.
>>738124348Man, I'd kill for another Inti Curse of the Moon. They aren't the hardest games in the world, no modern Classicvania is honestly, but damn if they aren't fun all the same. Doing a no upgrade, Zangetsu only playthough is incredibly satisfying either way.
>>738130867Wait, the Death-led sequel story was written by Narita? Holy fuck, I never picked up on that.What an odd, yet still fitting crossover.
>>738120349>dude makes maybe a dozen original assets to dump into existing background art for flat enemy hallways >KONAMI HIRE THIS MANIt's a cool little hobby project but come the fuck on
>>738134839Yeah, I can see Castlevania working out in Fate.
>>738134127The last thing Yamane did was Grimoire of Souls, Kojima was there too as the artist, basically the trio sans IGA.>>738134379I remember that, also the gacha design of Olrox looks a lot like the new Nosferatu design from the latest movie, hat, moustache and all.>>738134621Same, I loved those games, hopefully we get more along with M2 remakes, if the new Belmont is indeed Sonia, a Legends remake seems likely.
>>738128917nta but those are indie games so people are fine with it because they expect indies to look "old" and "cheap" but the second you get a big name publisher putting out 2D games, the normalfags lose it. That God of War 2D sidescroller got announced and a lot of them were angry as fuck about it.People are more accepting of games looking a certain way if they think it only looks that way because of limitations. Persona is another good example of this, no one cared about PQ 1 and 2 having the chibi artstyle because it was a 3DS game but Persona 5 Tactica got announced and kept the same relative artstyle and everyone hated how it looked because that perceived limitation was no longer there.
>>738136480It was nice to see Kojima do a retro-faithful Simon design.
>>738136008Fate's Vlad can be the embodiment of Christian propaganda with Castlevania's Dracula being the real deal.
>>738137105Yeah, I like that Simon design.
>>738133504>23 years of hype?Make that 29 years, if we factor in that 1999 was first mentioned in a 1997 interview
>>738137546I just remembered that.
>>738126736Give PoR or OoE a sequel please
>>738137620I think theoretically, the sequel to those games could be the 1999 game. Hell, have old man Jonathan and hag Charlotte appear and reference Ecclesia.
>>738120349>hire some literal who unproven amateur dudes not even a proper companyor>hire big castlevania fan company that have made a highly popular and successful game dead cells that you have also worked with beforeYeah, why indeed.
>>738137937>reference Ecclesia.Have some dumb loophole/retcon that makes Shanoa immortal for using Dominus or some shit, I don't know.
>>738137937>>738139054Might be fun.
