>create a new Castlevania>hideous mobile game graphics recalling FFVI iphone release.>meme weapons that don't belong in medieval fantasy battle.>female protagonist that is an insult to Charlotte and Shanoa>has nothing in common with the lore it portends to followThe new Castlevania is one of the biggest disasters in modern gaming history. It is an insult to the memory of Hitoshi Akamatsu
>>750056417there's already a seethe thread
Gonna shit and piss your pants about it retard? The game is fine. In fact it's better than most of the older vanias.
>>750056417AI slop assets.
>>750056661is this the new shitpost angle?
>>750056417Another Konami flop
>>750056417>>meme weapons that don't belong in medieval fantasy battle.Those weapons have been in tons of castlevanias. Is this even a real complaint?
>>750057303honestly way more players than i expected
>>750056417a hate letter to the fans
>>750057403ten times more than it deserves, but lots of people buy just for the name, I guess.
>>750057407The fans are numb to that after the last 20 years.
>>750057303RIP.
Am i retarded or is it impossible to leave this general area in the library without killing yourself?
>>750056591I was going to call you retarded and tell you to play the old games but then i realized you are absolutely right. For as many great games as this series has it also has a bunch of shit ones
>>750059520probably retarded because i dont remember anything like that in the libraryyou do know you have a slide
>>750056417Hmmm
>>750056417I prefer male Belmont only
>>750057303Certifiable WEW
>>750057319Implying the /pol/troon ever even played a Castlevania game before and isn't just copy-pasting other complaints his grifter idols have made
finished the game on saturday and i already miss ithope that scalie game is good and has actual exploration
I liked it. Took me around 13 hours to finish on 99%Bosses are really fucking weird though (even Dracula in a way)They are really fast, but at the same time take a lot of fucking damage, so the fights don't last too long.
>>750066521they should scale down the damage you deal, i think it's fine if you can tank hits when you're level 100 but i don't like it when you can just one shot them
>>750065725>and i already miss ittry to be a little less obvious
>>750067158Think you can tweak the damage in options, but I didn't bother with additional stuff because of that 'it tampers with vision!' warning.Maybe I really should have.
>>750067229It's a pretty normal feeling to have when you finish a game you enjoyed though.
>>750068945If you say so, salesman
Librarybros, how many blasts a you having atm?
>>750069614CUHgot my JBL BLUETOOTH SPEAKER blastin that shitI tell all the folx on the public transitIt's CASTLEMANIA MUH NIGGALIKE ON DAT NETFLIX KNOWHAAMSAYINNNN
>>750057303Where did all the fucking shills go? They gave up after 1 day. LOL Konami doesn't even give af about hiring high quality shills
>>750069770It feels like people finished the game and moved on. I'm really interested to see sales numbers.
>>750069770I honestly think they got scared off by the chartposting. Giving a visual representation of the game's lack of interest, they couldn't really argue against it without resorting to bitching about previous castlevania titles, which outed them.
>>750057303These numbers aren't even bad though?
>>750069938I think it's on par with the new Gears game
>Curse of Darkness music mod doesn't replace all the musicI'll take what I can get but yeesh.
>>750070115The music mod I use didn't replace the awful joan of arc wubwubs
>>750069938barely scratching by two spots above Fallout 76 is pretty fucking awful, shill-kun
>>750070058It's on par with lots of games. It's not even far from Bloodstained's numbers. And it was better than Hollow Knight's numbers. And it'sbeen way better than Prince of Persia's numbers. Or Mina the Hollower's.
>>750070285>It's not even far from Bloodstained's numbersIt didn't even manage to overtake the notoriously-rushed kickstarter-backed game that didn't get to trade off the castlevania name?*slowclap*
>>750070417The Castlevania name made Bloodstained's kickstarter one of the most high profile kickstarters ever. And it's one of the most successful games of the genre.
>>750070617What a fuck-stupid thing to say. You really should have thought about it. The Castlevania name does not exist within the Bloodstained kickstarter, game, promotional materials, anywhere at all.It's not a castlevania game
>>750070587Never noticed how disproporcionally long Carmilla's neck is
>>750070587There is no way that OG Doppleganger is real
>>750056417>"Hey guys, this new thing came out and I just want you to know I hate everything about it!"What an original thread. Anyone who's actually played the game want to talk about it?
>>750070712Its also unnaturally wide, which usually is more of a masculine trait.
>>750070710inb4>"if you think about it, not having the name is the same as having the name" pseud nonsense
>>750070721> OG DopplegangerThat fight represents Rose (formerly known as Richard) killing her male self to fully become a woman. That's why Doppelganger looks so manly. One of the most powerful moments in the modern gaming. It's poetic.
>>750070784Yeah, I'm having a blast. Just got double jump from the mecha demon in the library, so I am going back through the map to see what I can reach now.
>>750056417>meme weapons that don't belong in medieval fantasy battle.You mean like a gun or particle cannon or something? Total garbage. I couldn't play any Castlevania that seriously had anything like that in it.
>>750070961just let them expose themselves over and over it gets funnier everytime
>>750070961>You mean like a gun or particle cannon or something?AoS and DoS take place in 2035, anon. They're not medieval.
>>750070786Of course it's not the same. But don't even pretend like the names aren't related. Just fucking google Bloodstained and Castlevania in the same sentence and you'll find thousands of articles and forum posts linking the two. And while it's true that the kickstarter chose to not even border the edges of what was legally permissible, and avoided even invoking the trademarked Castlevania name. They coined the Igavania phrase for the Kickstarter. And when articles and videos were written about the Kickstarter they called it a new Castlevania game. >b-b-but it's never been officially called a Castlevania game and therefore it has had none of the benefits of that brand! If you insist bro. If you so insist. We can all just pretend.
>>750071159Shhhhh. Netflixvania fags shilling that game don't know that...
>>750070961kek
>>750071175sure, and any game with a "metroidvania" steam tag that does well is a feather in the cap of metroid prime 4, making it less shit.This is getting desperate now.
>>750071202I just want one of them to bring up motorcycle skeletons, now. That'd make my day
>>750071159Guns exist in SotN too.
>>750057303exactly how many players at minimum is considered a baseline of success for a Castlevania game?
>Metroidvania Guru hates itowari da...
>>750071434Guns exist in 1792, too
>>750071503Librarybros... We lost...
>>750071434Shh let them keep exposing themselves. I'm compiling a list.
>>750071434keep at it with the wiki, shill-kun. pssst... Look up the PS2 games.
>>750056417Shanoa is a pretty big middle finger to the series man that entire game is ass
>>750066521I killed almost every boss ignoring all the mechanics and just standing next to them attacking with the gloves man... the difficulty in this game is a joke, the weapon system is a joke, every scenery looks the same, it has less enemies than a fucking 30yo game, the camera constantly zooms out combined with impact frames or shiny hits that dont let you see shit.My god, high chances that they redo this game like they redid prince of persia.
>>750057303kek, no. Game's mid, but it's a huge success for what it is. I hope this doesn't mean the same devs get to make the next game.
>>750071202The game is nothing like the netflix shit though. Why act like the audience is the same?
Guns aren't even in Belmont's Curse. What's up with the autism above?
>>750072106Correct, it's nothing like it. The writing's comparatively dogshit and the voice performances is embarrassing use of professional actors. McTavish had to voice shit-tier ESL garbage. Completely wasted.
>>750072071>huge success for what it isYeah, Castlevania, the plucky underdog long-running game series with massive brand recognition, fresh off a normiebait netflix show (a la edgerunners) and made by one of the most popular metroidvania devs and the backing of one of the biggest publishing houses in gaming.But yeah, lagging behind the fucking horse girl game and fallout 4. Good job
>>750072385You lack critical thinking skills. Stop being such an emotional, dopamine-addicted baby.
>>750072479hylic response, to be honest
>>750056417The graphics are fine, the music and the character design are fucking awful though
>>750072479How does he lack critical thinking skills, exactly? And why does NOT buying into the hype of a video game make him a dopamine-addicted baby? Seems to me like it would be the other way around...
>>750057303Not a Konami flop, its that trash studio behind dead cells, a proper castlevania team would`ve done a better job
>>750057303It's also overwhelmingly positive on steam now too. I'm glad that people are enjoying the game. I was worried the /v/ shitposting was actual real.
>>750069614I’m not quite having a blast, but I’m definitely having a ball. A real return to form for the Castlevania series.
>>750072654maybe in India, saar
>>750069614I hate this song but it's stuck in my head MAKE IT FUCKING STOOP REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxrnXe5bL1E
>>750056591As someone who has played all the Igavanias and most modern metroidvanias, it's not great. I like the whip platforming but not a big fan of the combat here.
>>750069770What’s Digger Rockwell’s favourite game in the franchise? I’d be willing to bet her prefers Classicvanias to Metroidvanias
>>750070710The kickstarter was successful because everyone knew Bloodstained as "the Castlevania spiritual successor"
Tell us where the French developers touched you to make you this way, anon. Signed, a Certified blast-haver
I want Rose to whip me like I'm one of that glowing circle things for grappling. Artbook version tho, not in-game.
>>750072824>Hollow Knight was only successful because everyone knew it as the successor to Super Metroid
>>750070710It was the biggest kickstarter just behind MN9. And yes both only sold because of the brand name. You're retarded if you think anyone backed Bloodstained if they didn't know about Castlevania.
>>750072106Uh-uh! Shill gonna shill!
Top Ten Hottest Female Castlevania Character's
>>750072896You are actually retarded
>Use blood spell>"OOOoooooOOOhhhh RoooOOOseee~"Carmilla should have been one of the main tarot cards, not Medusa.
>>750072901If that were true, then Castlevania would have done better than it, not worse.
>>750072903netflix show was great, so not sure what your beef is.
>>750072975No, anon. Hollow Knight was sold as a Metroidvania. It owes everything to Samus returns.
>>750073080kek
>>750072993If you came on her card, do you think she would feel it?
>How do I get up here?>"just believe in urself">ok I guess>*unlocks double jump*This game is hilarious.
>>750073190Rose looks like a bulldog chewing a wasp. Why the fuck would they go with that art for the main one you see whenever her text box pops up?
>>750073190> Don't stop believing starts playing> Rose jumps in slow motion> no double jump> flies straight into spikes> black screen
>>750073060>It has nothing to do with netflix>Ok it has something to do with netflix but that was good!kek
>>750073190This is how you unlock the double jump in this game?Rose you little SHIT.
Rose and Carmilla hatesex
>>750072385I thought Galatic Racer would be doing better
>>750073467Shouldn't Carmilla have a Mole on her neck like in the novel?
>>750056417DSP hates it, so I hate it too.
>>750073467>yurislop for the nu-male and the cucksnah
>>750073467>Rose hates homosexuality in all its forms
>>750072903Ok. But like. They don't look alike. And the game and the show aren't alike. And sure. Rose resembles Sypha, yes. But the Netflix shit isn't Sypha's only appearance or anything. So it can't even take credit for Rose's colour scheme or whatever. So the visual style is different. The designs are different. And the writing is extremely different. Which is good. Because the netflix show was beyond garbage. And the game is great. Which it would not have been otherwise.
>>750073467>>750073406>>750073325>>750073190>>750073154If the new tactic is to try and post garbage to try and act all "fun", at least stagger that shit.
>>750073630I was told that in the novel Carmilla’s gf Laura is actually her direct descendant, is that true? Yuri I can tolerate to some degree, but not incestuous yuri.
>>750073637anon it's Carmilla.She's trying to lez up women since she was created as a character in the1870s
>>750073467i can't stand yurislop, it's so tiresome.now trannyslop/futaslop on the other hand...
>>750073812I'm the one who asked the cum question. I like Belmont's Curse i was just making a retarded unfunny joke dude. Please calm down
REMOVE FUCKING SKIKES!
>>750073894*spikes
>>750073894indie spike platforming rooms were a mistake
>>750073894* kikes
>>750073637Carmilla was the first famous lesbian, Anon.
>>750073812Don't care 'bout fun. Just luv Carmilla. Simple as.
>>750073987In the library I hope
>>750073960Yeah, but that anon needs to see a hard, throbbing cock to get off.
>>750073857Is Rose a futa, is that what the curse is?
>>750073845Carmilla, at one point in the past, pretended to be part of the noble family Laura(Female MC) is part of, but it was just one of her many identities
>>750069938>>750071451>>750072071Bloodstained was chasing Castlevania and had 26,934 peak players 7 years ago. Belmonts Curse was bought and played by many people because it literally has Castlevania written on it and thats all that matters for them and they couldn't even beat its imitations.
Game could easily go from a 6/10 to a 9/10 if they just did the following:>open up movement options earlier >increase monster variety >give monsters drops (relics and cosmetics)>add a few additional bosses, make them series staples like Frankenstein’s monster and the mummy>give Rose sex anims There, the game is saved.
>>750074731Nothing about fixing the awful amateur soundcloud sounding soundtrack?
>>750074731The pacing is really weird. It takes ages to get new abilities that open up the map
>>750074814It's banger actually
>>750072385Oh no no no, but think how HOT they made the hazbin hotel clowns in this game?
>>750074870fucking KEK
>>750074843It really reminds me of OoE in a way. Except in OoE you spend half the game wandering around linear bumfuck nowheres then the castle is only like a 2 hour excursion. At least in BC you spend a lot of time in the castle after Paris.
>>750073010No because Bloodstained had Iga's named attached to it. It's also why MN9 had the biggest kickstarter launch ever despite the actual game being wet dogshit.
>>750075007He's retarded don't bother with him
I dont even want to pirate this. the demo sucked and the levels Ive seen from screenshots just make it look like mario maker fan-game
>>750075007>both sold because of the brand name>but actually it was because bloodstained has IGA's name on it>something something mighty number 9fucking give it up, flip flopping like a fucking pancake, lad
>>750056417>what if castlevania but it looks like diarrheaWho was the target audience anyways?
Great game, I'm having a stroke.
>>750075110As someone who liked the game, you really aren't missing out on much if you do that. It's a very basic and generic modern metroidvania
>>750075007Are you trying to say that people like Igavania more than Netflixvania? Hmm...
>>750075198>Who was the target audience anyways?
The music was made by a soundcloud rapper
>yuriwoke>shemale yuribased
>>750075208They really caught piss in a bottle with this oneIt's a return to chloroforma real ransom letter to fans
The Netflix show wasn't that bad
>"How do you know it's shit if it hasn't come out?">comes out>it's shitGuess who was not surprised? The signs were there.
>>750075501Imagine drinking Rose’s cursed piss.
>tfw has to suffer clock tower and library themes back to back for several hours>mfw Talos themeJesus christ did they have ANY quality control?
>>750075784I wouldnt say its shit just woefully generic and forgettableGets repetitive early too despite being like 18 to 20 hours long
>>750075743No, it definitely was.
>>750075743It was pretty bad
>>750056417Why didn't they get the guys that did blasphemous or that jp team that made the smt SJ metroidvania to make it?
>>750075897They wanted woke devs for the western, modern sensibilities.
>>750075743I liked the hot haitian woman. thats about it
>>750075897The answer we want is something like >>750075962 to explain why it's so bad but the real reason is Konami just doesn't give a fuck, they treat the IP like a cheap whore and couldn't care fucking less.
>>750074948OoE was hot off 2 other castlevanias where you're in a castle, and was more combat oriented
>>750075897The Deedlit in wonder labyrinth guys would've been perfect, too perfect
>>750070234>it's not above one of Bethesda's porn games on the gooner platform shocking
>>750076047They could have also just phoned up iga
>>750076257is this an AI post?
>>750056417TV Tropes and its consequences have been a disaster for entertainment.
>>750076191Deedlit had zero exploration and the combat was really braindead with an awkward 2hu mechanic tacked on.
>>750076191Team Ladybug is just one guy IIRC
>>750076304is this an AI response?
>>750075743we wuz blade and shieeet
>>750075743Why did they make all of the antagonistic vampires gay?
You know what I find funny?The Scarlet Engagement secondary protag is literally wearing bulky ass armor and clothes to hide her form and has very short hair, yet everyone instantly clocked it was chick trying to pass as a guy.There's people who still think Rose is a dude.
I can almost tolerate all the SHIT in this game including the horrendous music.But not the shitty retcons.Also reducing Sypha to a damsel who's role is just to die is not very woke of them.
>>750073324i don´t like defending these dogshit devs, but looking at at the concept art and other official illustrations, it feels like ((shareholders)) told them the characters should look more like the shitflix artstyle
>>750069770doubt konami even hired shills because this is yet another game they outsource for the pennies to westoids happy to vandalize jp franchisesthe shills also rarely used the usual shill phrases, its likely it was wokeoids doing it for free
>>750076651>achievements hint that protags are going to dance at some pointcute
>shit gameplay>shit story>shit art>shit OSTIs there a reason to even pirate it? sounds like a huge waste of time, if you remove the new release hype bandwagon, this game is literally nothing
>>750076651>There's people who still think Rose is a dude.There really isn't. Just trolls trolling and rage instigators attempting to instigate.
finished hall of mirrors, god that was awful, but might as well get to dracula at this point
>>750076651>>750076805Bet we can change her haircute and she'll be a beautiful fair-haired dame.
>>750076750this game isn't woke outside some of the character design
Apologize to Miriam NOW
>>750076919Wow looks woke as fuck
>>750074814A professional mix and mastering couldn't save that shit.
>>750077024I backed it.I bought the game for a friend.I 100% it, twice.I have nothing to apologize for, I always believed, and Scarlet Engagement looks great.
Miriam a cute even in official art
>>750077024Her game is one of my favorite video games ever what should i apologize for?
>>750077269Has Konami made any announcement of what Belmont's Curse or Townfall sold
>>750077024Nah, she princess carried Dominique at the end of Dominique’s Revenge. We don’t condone dykeshit here on /v/.
>>750076750The more people play the more people find retcons.Another one I just found is that issac somehow survived getting his soul vaporized and eaten by dracula after the shit that went down in CoD, but ALSO somehow has st. germain's powers for literally no reason.Also succubus, she literally fucking dies here having her soul vaporized to purify dracula, which means she can't be around for SOTN, and yes it is THE same succubus because these goyim just can't resist shitting up established characters, however minor they are.
>>750077024It runs like shit to this day
>new castlevania entry strips down rpg elements almost entirely>actual Iga game goes batshit with rpg elements, adds a class system with two protagonists and cross combo system between melee and magic
>>750077363Not to my knowledge. One anon said BC sold ~200k across all platforms at launch, but I think he pulled the number out of his ass
>>750075743
>>750076928>this game isn't woke outside of the parts where it's wokelolalso you're missing>putting the gigachad leon through a soi kratos tier humiliation ritual>severely injuring trevor to also put him through a humiliation ritual>rose quite literally pulling the "we must be better men" card (heh) on the true ending against dracula>basically everything related to sypha at this point>continuing the worst parts of the kikeflix lore like most shit related to issac, literally the only thing they didn't use was him being a bald nigger
>>750077024I always liked how her curse was on her tit. Much better than putting it on the arm
honestly the badge system being shit does so much damage to the game.I groan every time i see a chest because i know it´s just some worthless garbage. Weapons aren´t particularly exciting either, especially when you get the vampire killer after death
>>750077363konami doesnt really do celebration announcements unless somehow a game passes the 1m mark, they rarely even do 500k ones
>>750077024i played her game at launch and don't remember a thing about it
>>750076907I liked HoM since it was like a giant puzzle. What I hated though was the screen effect what an eyesore. I hope bloodstained 2 has good puzzles like BC.
>>750077024Apologies, big titty hunter
>>750077647It’s also on her inner thigh
>>750077059The white-haired guy looks like a generic Yaoi self-insert.
>>750077024Why? I always liked her and her games
Why was Miriam so big tiddy?
>>750078109Genetics
>>750078078>guy
>>750056417Can you really claim to be a victim while entertaining western semiteware?
>>750078078The white haired guy is a reverse trap with huge tits hidden under her armor, dingus.
>>750078150
>>750078214>with huge tits hidden under her armor
>>750078078Why don't Rose have such cool one-liners like the one on that pic?
>>750077024>ApologizeFor what ? Bought it day one and love it i still return to it from time to time like othere castlevanias, both game and Miriam mogs BS and Rose
>>750078078cringekino
>>750078214Why are you trying to argue with an obvious troll? They do this every time bloodstained gets mentioned.
>>750078394I am not that smart, I am just a tourist
>>750078496I can tell
>>750072758>See it's not overwhelmingly positive it's just very positiveHow old are you
>>750078347"Professional" westoids can't write for shit anymore, they constantly have to justify their MC's actions which comes off as cringe.Made even worse by the fact the entire of the plot is literally just a therapy session for rose to get over her daddy/mommy issues like 99.9% of the shit westoids have been writing since the mid 2010s.
>>750076191Team Ladybug's already released four nearly-identical metroidvanias, I don't need another one from them
>>750078606Do you even play video games or do you just live in a bubble
>>750077790Truly Iga is a genius
>>750077647It's actually on her back
>>750078579they're very different though.
>>750073467Nah that's kinda funny
>>750078643he's right, and you're mad.
>>750075743Has she even gotten porn
>>750075897>>750076047People with actual talent would have been expensive, konami just keeps releasing these outsourced side-games for cheap by using retards and jeets to grift westoids with and pocket the money for projects they actually care about like the tag force remake.Why put in any effort in curating the talent you hire and hiring people actually experienced in the genre when you can just hire random roguelite slop devs that will work for pennies because they get to vandalize yet another "japanese" IP? Even better, said slopdevs already have a stablished fanbase that will buy it in droves and happily defend it online for free.>>750076281Iga is busy with his own shitshow right now and he's also expensive.
Is Scarlet Engagement a sequel or prequel?
>>750078880Sexquel
>>750078851its not hard to generate AIslop images of just as generic looking nigress demons anon
>>750078934Then... milf Miriam is not out of question?
Okay okay guys I bought Bloodstained and that two retro like spin offs. If all that appears to be shit and you lied to me... I don't even know what I'm gonna do.
>>750079098If you don't like bloodstained and/or curse of the moon, then it is literally impossible that you ever liked castlevania at all. A castlevania fan is certain to like one or both
What the FUCK were they thinking?
>>750079098Those spin-offs are godlike by the way
>>750079170Well, looks like the only things BC would be remembered for is the library themeJBL speaker forcing anon must be proud of himself
>>750079170>>750079301honestly wouldnt surprise me if it turned out most of the soundtrack was literally AI generatedthe alternative of a professional composer being this dogshit and still getting paid is somehow even sadder
>>750078880Prequel set hundreds of years before Ritual
>>750056591it gets mogged by HoD
>>750079170Talos theme is even worse.
>>750079440it gets mogged by mirror of fate and that's the only cv game I dropped
>look for drawthread to see if there are any Miriam requests up>there has not been a thread for a long timewhat happened?
>>750079480Didn't pay attention during the fight honestly had some podcast on in the background. It can't be that b... oh... OH...https://youtu.be/ERJ3l3rgnVc
>>750075743that images is proving its dogshit
>>750079480YOU'RE TELLING ME IT GETS WORSE THAN THIS?
>/v/ is just mindslessly bashing it with random ass old meme pics and stock phrasesdamn it's that good?
>>750079763I genuinely thought this track was unfinished when the ost got leaked
>>750079930Previous threads were quite full of serious discussions and anons mostly rate it somewhere between 5 and 7. But there are serious concerns about its identity and lore accuracy.
>>750078961no beast milk for you
>>750079930it's a decent metroidvania, there is an insane schizo in these threads who samefag constantly he's very easy to spot
>>750079161NTA but I played all the DS vanias and loved them, but bloodstained was mediocre to me. The ugly graphics just really suck.
>>750080112>there is an insane schizoso a 4chan bot to keep the thread up for clicks. right.
>>750080112>>750080170>literally one minute apart
>>750056417>No way to increase the amount of potions you havewhat the fuck were they thinking
>>750080250Part of the "accessibility" features instead of some upgrade
>>750080112>it's a decent metroidvaniaThat's the problem isn't it? It's a decent metroidvania when there are dozens of metroidvania's released every year. It's an oversaturated market and this doesn't do too much to stand out besides being named Castlevania.
>>750080250it's not that big of a deal imo, enemies drop them or chicken occasionally, and the charm that makes them full heal that you get relatively early made it feel just fine for the rest of the game. it was a little obnoxious before that though.
>>750080335Metroidvania is just a saturated market. Bloodstained isn't anything special these days either.
>the last piece of content this franchise had with any respect to the originals was the vampire survivors dlcyikes
>>750080250Unironically git gud. The game is weighted to drop you chicken and potions if you stay low for too long and every couple of rooms theres a hidden chicken somewhere. If you're the type who just runs into enemy mashing you'll get fucked (until you stack defense upgrades and become immortal with succ magic).
>>750079170Dead cell devs are faggots.
>>750056417I playes througg this game and realized /v/ as a whole is iredeemably retarded
>>750079930It's just a 6/10 game. In few ways it does feel they put some work into it since they do try giving areas of the castle their own gimmicks, and Rose is well animated, but>the game overly relies on samey modern spike platforming segments to pad the playtime, and their main gimmick is the sloppiest, slowest, clunkiest whip in existence>overreliance on precision platforming coupled with terrible fast travel also makes world traversal and secret hunting an absolute nightmare>extremely limited enemy variety that gets old halfway through the game, alongside incredibly samey encounter design that loves spamming archers>the music is offensively dogshit, it's so bad i literally muted the game several times>while the weapon movesets themselves are nice (unbalanced to fuck and back with whip, lance and greatsword BTFOing the rest, but nice), 2 out of 3 upgrade levels don't give them any new gimmicks so you're stuck with the same movesets for over 10 hours and it gets old FAST>spells are extremely unbalanced and there's no reason to pick anything but Talos, and while nobody restricts you from changing spells mid combat, the sloppy slow menuing makes it agonizing so you just pick 1 spell and stick with it>bosses are literally weaker than sotn bosses, no boss took me more than 2 attempts, all of them just do the same nonthreatening 3-move rotation on a loop>80% of these sloppy hollow knight charms are virtually useless>art style feels like some ugly offshoot of corporate memphis, especially for enemy designs, sexy ice bitches in particular got massacred
>>750080687Post your Joan clear.
This game is riddled with Hollow Shite AIDS, doesn't even feel like Castlevania. Sorry Konami but you can't just slap the title on it and expect me to buy. Westoids cant make these games.
>>750080420>Bloodstained isn't anything special these days eitherIt actually is because it actually plays like Castlevania and not a hollowlike clone
>>750079618we need all that space for shilling, culture war garbage, and gta v slop.t. jannie dog
>>750080808>This game is riddled with Hollow Shite AIDSname examples, what does it have in common?
>>750080420 Bloodstained is a true metroidvania. Most of the indie slop calling themselves metroidvanias don't understand the difference between a metroid like and metroidvania.
>how do you know it's shit if it hasn't come out yet?>well, it's only a demo, the full game will be better>it's good game, just not a good castlevania game>ok it's shit, but castlevania was always shit>ok it wasn't, but you never liked castlevania anyway>forget it chud, you lost it, this is castlevania now
>>750080687>bosses are literally weaker than sotn bossesI'm going to disagree on this one. Don't get me wrong they aren't hard at all but the average SOTN boss unironically dies in less than a minute
>>750079618Generals belong on /vg/ or some retarded nonsense like that
>>750081142Based and librarythemed
>>750079763This is the only song in the game i would call genuine fucking trash. A shame because i found the boss pretty cool
>>750080250Another shit taken from soulslop, is not that obvious? Check the answer from this >>750080498 guy immediately telling you to git gud. Is the to-go answer everytime someone points out anything bad about soulslop.
Anyone disappointed with Belmont's Curse should try any of the Bloodstains and/or Gal Guardians.
>>750080967The hideous map and backgrounds, the bad music, the "platforming" sections. Thank God it's not a bloatmaxxed piece of shit though, just a regular one.
>>750081321How is that shit taken from souls? those games do allow you to increase the amount of potions you have
>>750056417>hideous mobile game graphicsYou're literally fucking retarded if you think this game isn't beautiful
>>750081404> completely missed the point
>>750081142Nobody says that.
>>750081442It's dreadful to think this could be a serious post
>>750081142>k it's shit, but castlevania was always shitGot an example of that right here.Trying to bring down an established masterpiece (even jokingly) just to prop up an outsourced indie imitation speaks volumes.
>>750057403the netflix series was really popular with then normalfags
>>750075743I don't understand why netflixtroons salivate over this negress.
>>750081554that faggot is most likely from reddit they've been defending this game hard
>>750081442It looks like shit.
Belmont's Curse is a good game, Igavania bros are the only ones hating on it.
>>750081836Time for the resident 50 year olds to shit their diapers about BC again
The game is too difficult
>>750082024How much do you think these games sell?
>>750081941Indeed. It's actually a solid 8/10 sitting beside contemporaries. Bloodstained 2 is around the corner, so it's a two cakes situation
WHY IS IT GOING DOWN?! THEY TOLD ME IT WAS POPULAR!NOOOONOT LIKE THIS LIBRARYBROS!JBL BLUETOOTH SPEAKER SAAAAAVE MEEEEE
>>750082934That was why I asked the question. Castlevania games were never platform sellers, so just doing better than LOS would be a win in my book. AAA games have a hard time clearing Silksong, so it's definitely not a fair comparison in my opinion
>>750082973Now post the other Castlevania games, boom boom.
>>750083223>now talk about 20 year old games so I feel better!>pleaaaaase!
>>750056417>Hitoshi AkamatsuI really liked his flavor of the demon that comes after Dracula as not a form of Dracula but rather an incarnation of the Curse of Man. Later games in the series have kind of explored a riff on this idea that as long as men are evil, Dracula will keep returning. But it's surprising the original director had something similar in mind in the original game where an innate curse of man is associated with Dracula.
>>750083339Lmao k
>>750056417Anon, I didn't like the game at all and I don't think its a proper castlevania, but not a single one of the things mentioned in the OP are trueretarded shit from someone who hasn't played it>>750081941Its good, but it doesn't feel like castlevania at all>Igavania bros are hating itguilty as charged, I finished it, but I didn't like it because it was lacking in RPG elements and it was more like hollow knight than castlevania, among other thingsI also didn't have fun because the lack of enemy variety and constant plataforming challenges made the game feel very repetitive. Bosses were definitely a highlight, and I liked the writting and story, definitely a palette cleanser after the travesty of the netflix series, but overal exploring and backtracking wasn't fun for me
>>750083405You're funnyThough I will mention in this thread that there is an SOTN overhaul mod that makes the gameplay a LOT more bearable. The game is still shit, but it becomes a 6/10 rather than a 3/10.The story can never be any good, but it becomes a lot more fun with the mod. Not worth buying it for, but if you pirated or you're stuck with it because you missed the refund window, it's better than nothing.
>>750081442A good-looking 'vania in 2026 looks like this.
>>750083369I always found that aspect of the original game of>the cookie monster after defeating dracula's first form isn't dracula, ITS ACTUALLY THE EVIL OF HUMANITY!I think its incredibly fucking retarded. Very japanese tho, they love that shit of "humanity... is evil...", but I am glad it got kinda soft retconnedThat said, you are right that the way it was implemented in Curse of Belmont was cool and better explained, how Dracula always leaves behind a curse that will guarantee his resurrection in time
>>750083627I personally feel like Curse of Darkness was done a massive disservice by coming so late in the PS2's lifespan. If that game exactly how it was released earlier, I think they could have caught a second wind with the series. You can tell that they killed the budget of the series with OoE (that or all of that money went into developing LoS before Konami just said fuck video games altogether.)At least you're not a Gradius fan.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHROSE!
>>750083117>just doing better than LOS would be a win in my book.That was a long time ago now. The gaming market is SO much bigger, and metroidvanias are absolutely massive. Seeing THESE numbers makes me think that the game has flopped pretty hard.Bloodstained aside, curse of the moon has been the closest thing to a classicvania that anyone knows about, and I think they sold like shit. Honestly, being a castlevania, or closely connected to it, probably hurts a game more than it helps these days.
>>750082973Steamies don't play games, still number 1 on nintendo eshop.
>>750084135>My ancestor :)
why?why are devs given an historic franchise and just shit all over it with changes nobody asked for, lore retcons, and subjecting old characters to humiliation rituals?
>>750084135Tendie cope
>>750082973>>750084135caring about player numbers in any way is lowest fucking IQ discussion, topped only by caring about anything on social media
>>750084250Except none of that happens in Belmont's Curse.
>>750084250arrogance, mostly. The stupidity of echo-chambers, a little bit. An attempt to gain those woke weirdoes who don't play games.
Just beat the game. Solid 8/10. Don't get the complaints that it's not Castlevania to me. I think people mean more it is not Igavania, which I'd agree with. But that's not a bad thing (stilted movement, pointless rpg stats, grinding, etc.). Looking forward to what they can do in the sequel (less spikes holy shit this isn't Celeste you faggots).
>>750084250did you play the game? there's no fucking lore retcon and Leon is not humilliated, what the fuck are you talking about
>>750083550Ah, someone else acknowledges that there were some great story beats. I like precision trial and error games and the combat felt very smooth even though the fist and frost arcanas completely trivialize the game. I didn't start getting tired of the platforming until Notre Dame because the exploration puzzles were fairly clever. I'm in a weird spot because I liked Bloodstained overall as an entire package more than BC, but when BC shines, it shines. The music really could have taken it above that for me, but there's only 1 Michiru Yamane.
Can you please make metroidvanias without spikes?
>>750084250arrogancethe classic westoid who think they know better than the stupid japanese (while handling a japanese ip)happened already dozens of times, with all sorts of ips
Finished it and halfway in the game bored me out of my fucking mind.The whip is so fucking overtuned did these retards even test this game?
Just got the secret epilogue to the true ending by completing all the Mercies, so the implication is Carmilla impregnates Rose? How?!
>>750084507>there's no fucking lore retconSypha dies in childbith with one child, a girlBrauner even existingThe castle itselfPortraits of characters who won't exist for 500 yearsetcetc>Leon is not humilliatedhe's turned into a big fucking dracula slaveRose calls him monster and disregards him to shit
>>750084109Yeah, CotM got next to no players and the Dominus Collection couldn't even beat 7k and it had an M2 remake packaged in. I hope BC did well enough to get a sequel, because it has potential to really be a 10/10 if its design is refined and they make a better ost/change composers which I could see happening with a sequel
maybe it's a good thing they'll never use anything from 64. can't fuck up Carrie
>>750084798I don't think it did, and I am kind of glad. let Bloodstained take over from here, I think. If there is a sequel to this shit, they will double down on everything that made it basically unplayable slop that sits in the shadows of hollow knight and dead cells
>>750084485the quintessential shill post
>>750084796Brauner is an ancestor and the portraits are just easter eggs. It's always culture warriors self exposing when they mention these things.
>>750085030You lost
>>750085121>Brauner is an ancestorThat is the stupidest shit in the world
>>750084485>Don't get the complaints that it's not Castlevania to mefor me its definitely the lack of RPG elements. No equipment and consumables makes a big difference on how the entire game feels when it comes to rewarding exploration and how you grow stronger.With how your power increments are so small and enemy variety is so small it ends up being very repetitive and tedious. Any upgrade is a pittance obtained only after a challenging plataforming section, there's never a "you get a sword that is just standing there and it helps a bit to kill enemies faster and more reliably", its so little and always challenging to obtain, so its very tiresomeAgain, bosses were a highlight, they broke the monotomy of the combat, smooth as it was it got so repetitive to me and never reached that satisfying point of "killing all niggers in my path with a single hit while flying at max speed through the castle">>750084553My favorite arcanas was the judge and carmilla. Very strong, but killing the same fucking axe knight doing the same thing over and over gets very boring. Puzzles were good, you are right at that, felt good to figure out the secret at the piano and other stuff, while I felt there were too many hidden passages tho. The plataforming ended up tiring me so much
Genuinely the only interesting part of this game was some of the puzzle/knowledge gated exploration and even then they halfass it.
Having the arcane whip be the primary means of traversal and verticality was a mistake.
>>750056417It's a fun fan-made Castlevania, it's ok. The music is utterly disgusting though
>never a huge fan of Aria of Sorrow>but every Halloween season anons can't stop gushing over it>it's been decades since i beat it, lemme replay it>everything about it is a cheaper, lesser version of SotN>the presentation/music weak, the animations watered down, all the little soulful flourishes gone, all it has is the SotN beastiary with like 3 new monsters and the opening was non-existant>B..but SotN is easy!!! I just beat the entirety of AoS and only died once (to Death because I was being stubborn about potions), I used no guide, no meta bullshit, no grinding for levelsGame is unimpressive and has a shit final boss, take off the nostalgia goggles. As far as good things, it has great weapon variety in the first couple hours, gameplay feels solid and I liked the lore progression of Dracula being actually dead.
>>750085143Nah. Bloodstained did better than this, and fans love it. Curse of the moon and the sequel were great, and I really liked the DLC that basically remade simon's quest 2.As a fan of actual castlevania, and not whatever indie dev wants to rape the corpse of the name next, I'm doing just fine.Eat your slop, anon.
>>750084796>Rose calls him monster and disregards himyou did not play the game
>>750082973>most people get the normal ending and leave it there>getting the true ending and even getting 100% doesn't take that much extra time>not much replayability other than getting the 4 hour speedrun achievement
>>750085328You lost though. Keep being mad
Was Soma supposed to be a descendant of Mathias? I don't understand why he was chosen as the reincarnation of Dracula
>>750084737>age gap yuri femdomhot
>>750084796She stops shitting on him the moment she realizes that the MONSTER inside the head of the MONSTER HUNTER is actually who she says he is and isn't lying less than 5 hours into the game. I don't understand why people don't find her reaction reasonable unless they are actual schizos who listen to the voices in their head. It might explain all the outright lying that people cosign in these threads.
>>750085339literally happens, shill. Early on, too. Just at the dialogue before the prison tower to joan, I think.
Theres no fucking point getting the true end for this sloppaIts not like theres an inverted castle or say a silksong act 3
I deleted the game after I got to Notre Dame, I fucking hate jump puzzles so much.
>>750057303It was cheap to make (and you can tell), so I see no flop here
As someone who has been playing Castlevania since the 80s and hate the Netflix show, I think the game is pretty good besides the lack of great music. The difficult spike at the beginning will filter a lot of people but it turns like a joke in late game, the latter being a common issue in previous games. Sometimes feels like you're playing a Spider-Man game with all the swinging and enemy grabing, it may be a departure, but a fun one.Now, not exactly a fan of some of the portraits arts, but before playing I was reading a lot of "woke", "girlboss" and "anti-church" comments about the story and I didn't see any of that. It's a normal story about a heroine needing to step up because her elder is unavailable and it's on par with the franchise canon. There's no Netflix influences in the writing, thank God.Also, what's up with the game numbers posting, as if Castlevania wasn't always a niche series? Only Lords of Shadow was a huge success because they faked Kojima's name on it.
>>750085448man shut the fuck up
>>750056417it's not that bad. it definitely doesn't feel like castlevania but it's still a pretty looking game, and it's tight as fuck to play. wasn't expecting the first boss to give me so much trouble.
>>750085259The constellation scavenger hunt was pretty good
>>750085252I disagree on the level thing. Hit level 99 then go back to Paris and watch as you take zero damage from enemies. BC just simplifies the rpg mechanics and to be fair a lot of stats were filler or just straight up didn't work half the time (LUK lol). But I also grew up with the SNES which is why I say RPG mechanics are more of an Igavania than just pure Castlevania.
>>750085496>Only Lords of Shadow was a huge success because they faked Kojima's name on it.Wait whatIs that a real story
>LMAO ARCHER SPAMIm so fucking glad france is burning
>>750081391I think these aspects suck but i have no idea how they are in any way remotely similar to hollow knight's style. It sounds like youre complaining about something you made up
>>750085043Beast milk
>>750085496>"woke", "girlboss" and "anti-church"if anything this game's writting was a pleasant palette cleanser after the dogshit netflix show. The game goes back to doing a "the church and god are actually good" with the character of the judge being the most obvious, and there wasn't a single attempt to redeem dracula and do a retarded "achually, he is just misunderstood and the church are the true evil" like netflix did, which I was fearing. Dracula was given the proper treatment and respect and Rose was a strong girl who really loved and looked up to her father and to Leon, having men as her role models. I'm surprived that Trevor survived tooThank God indeed
>>750085483>cheap to makethe money went on marketing. And shills. Like most games these days
>>750082973Anon, I 100% it and stopped playing. That's how single-player games work.Live service slop has corroded your mind.
I thought amons were joking when they said the music was bad but holy shitIts actually DISTRACTINGLY bad, I dont think Ive ever played a metroidvania that had an OST that actually affected my gameplay because of shit it is
>>750085613luck lmaobut no, I don't see it, if you reach maxs level in an RPG (including castlevania) you are expected to be overpowered as shit and trivialize the game at all points, including the final boss, that should be the point (and obviously, you are not meant to reach final level). Yes, there was a difference in the first area, but reaching levfel 99 and still getting so long to kill enemies in the final area didn't feel goodagain, guilty as charged, I very much prefer igavania style games with rpg mechanics, getting equipment, weapons and spells regularly to spice up gameplay and get stronger consistently and more noticeably. It doesn't have to do with game difficulty, I think order of ecclesia is a great example of how you can have the rpg mechanics and upgrades through equipment but remain very challenging
>>750086330It's not about number constantly going up, anon. it's about making logical inferences. Probably about 30k sales
>>750084796>Sypha dies in childbith with one child, a girlWhere was it said Sypha had many children? Also, the Belnades clan exists separated from the Belmonts in the future, and even the Belmont lineage splits with multiples families, the town in Order of Ecclesia being full of them. In short, there's always someone else to continue the family, even if not mentioned.>Brauner even existingHe's a vampire. Nothing contradicts he existing from a long time before his Portrait of Ruin big villain arc.>The castle itselfThe castle always change. It's like complaining Hyrule always changing in Zelda games. Nothing wrong with it.>Portraits of characters who won't exist for 500 yearsI thin I only saw Shanoa and that can be ruled as just fanservice. It's not like previous games were accurate with their times, Alucard even had NY pizza.>LeonIt is a shame that the Belmont founder ended up being cursed but he ended up being a good guide in this game and the callbacks to Lament of Innocence were well made, for fans and newcomers.
>>750083567>SOTN overhaul modsaved this piece of shit game for me
Hollow Slop was ruinous for the genre
>>750084796I think the part that disgusts me the most about Leon's handling in the story is how Leon is put on magical trial in court......and Leon inexplicably allows himself to be charged and seen as guilty for "helping" Dracula exist. That really pissed me off. Even worse Leon NEEDED Rose to defend him in magical court to explain that Leon didn't help Mathias become Dracula willingly. Its all bullshit designed to insult Leon while elevating Rose. Leon is a man with a healthy brain, he doesn't have dementia or Alzheimer's disease so if he were written correctly he would have told the magical judge to burn in Hell because every bullshit charge against him is merely that lying bullshit.
>>750086330This. Anyone that posts Steam data or Twitch views for a singleplayer game is a zoomer idiot.
>>750086484logical inferences points towards news sites saying that they sold very well. looking at blank 30k and schizo babbling is not logical. in fact, it lacks a lot of proof.
>>750085043your game looked ugly as shit but I liked it much moreLooking forward to bloodstained 2 >>750086590why the fuck are you wasting any effort on that retard?just ask him to post his playtime and call him a faggot
Come home white man
>>750086449No you say levels don't matter but they do. Even when I returned to Paris at around level 50 enemies did like no damage and I tried equipping a level 1 weapon and was still one shotting most skellies.
>>750085328I was the original anon you responded to: I see a lot of potential behind Belmont's Curse and actually think the opposite and feel like the sequel would be closer to the Igavanias because of the feedback. There are a number of things I really like about Belmont's Curse, but I can't blame others who played it for disliking it at all. The only things that annoy me are the culture warriors who don't give a shit about CV and just want to argue about trannies and politics behind thinly veiled ""complaints""
>>750085043I APOLOGIZE TO IGA
>>750086590oh wow...someone knows NOTHING about Castlevania..here goes.>Where was it said Sypha had many children?Konami states they had like five children>even the Belmont lineage splits with multiples familiesWhich actually begins with one of Trevor and Sypha's children>He's a vampire. Nothing contradicts he existing from a long time before his Portrait of Ruin big villain arcActually yes, it does. Dracula and Death explicitly state they have never heard of Brauner, and his vampire powers are awakened during the first world war and the loss of his daughters.>The castle always change.yes, it's a creature of chaos, linked to dracula. Not some real place built by some french dude>I thin I only saw ShanoaYou would have seen Lisa too, if you looked harder>Leonspecifically done to fuck with IGA because Konami straight up hates him
>>750085617Are you new?
>>750086776I dunno, I like making things clear for and posting facts in this sea of lies that is the internet.
The game adhered way too much to modern MV principles that it became utterly generic and forgettableIf this wasnt called castlevania itd have easily melded with every other contemporary MV I played the past few years
>>750086590>I thin I only saw Shanoato be honest I though that was Shanoa but its only a beautiful black haired girl, there's no reason to believe that's herAs someone who liked Lament of Innocence, mostly the story, Leon was some pleasant fanservice and I think he was handled excellently>>750086817come the fuck on, read my post again>>750087028post playtime
>>750086808I could never clear the Training Hall.
>>750087028don't waste your time he's gonna use the classic shill "post pla-oh wow that was fast
>>750085617You really think Kojima worked in any significance in that game? Konami slapped his name on it to make it sell and he was probably okay with it because it might have helped fund his Metal Gears at the time.
>>750086808imagine being so cute dracula puts a portrait of you 300 YEARS IN THE PAST
>>750087028>Lisayou are fucking jokingof course there are Lisa portraitsyou must be fucking mentally ill
>>750086848Yeah, I figured that other guy wasn't you.I obviously disagree, but there are things I like about the game. It's just heartbreaking that the story had to go the awful way it did, and the dialogue and voice acting and OST are so utterly abysmal.the sequel being closer to the IGAvanias? I..I don't see it. konami really resents IGA and they won't okay that kind of thing, I don't think.
>reach Notre-Dame>yet another absolutely dreadful piece of music rapes my earsI'm thi-is fucking close to installing lament of innocence ost mod
>You did not beat the game
>>750087028>specifically done to fuck with IGAdone what?
>>750087170kek yeah they're organised tonight. The day off really gave them a second windHonestly, I just like talking about castlevania. Don't get to do it often.
>>750087116I read your post. Level 50 is nowhere near max. Levels do matter in this game and you're simply delusional or haven't played it if you argue otherwise. I'm not even going to get into relics and weapon tiers, which do a fine job of showing power progression.
>post playtimeis this something they teach you to say at shill academy? no one says shit like this in any other /v/ thread that isn't also filled with shills lmao, you just get called a nigger
>>750086590>Where was it said Sypha had many children?Background stuff from Bloodlines has it that the Lecardes and the Morris are descended from the Belmont clan from Trevor and Sypha's kids, which doesn't work if it just rose
>>750087523fucking up Leon
>>750087640Except they don't?
>>750087554I reached level 98 and enemies still took too long to killI don't mean the early game enemies, I mean the late enemies that are just recolors and do the same as the early enemies, just with inflated statsRelics were all situational on purpose, none areactual upgrades like getting new equipment>>750087616who are you talking to>>750087640But lean was not fucked
>>750087814>>750087828>bara-monster murderous dracula slaves are GOOD ACTUALLY
They should have made Rose attractive first.
>says numerous times in the game(s) that Belmonts can resist Dracula>oops except Leon lol
>>750087324The mod is fine but the music cuts out in random spots.
>>750085043Why did they make Miriam such a sex devil
>>750087618>>750086590it was already stated that Sylpha had siblings from which the belnades clan survived, nevet through sylphait was always like this because, think about it, how the fuck was the belnades clan going to survive through sylpha ever when SHE MARRIED AND BECAME A BELMONT>yeah, we are the belmont clan... Except my sister who is a fucking belnades because ???
>>750056417>meme weapons that don't belong in medieval fantasy battle.Been a thing since at least Bloodlines. Hell, Curse of darkness let you craft shit like a gatling gun, electric guitar, and a light saber.
>>750088010Has there even been any rose fanart yet
>>750088052To sell a game.
>>750070587Man I thought this was real and got my hopes up but it's just a mod.
>Bioware killedImagine if more pieces of shit like this one did the same but to Konami eventually lol
>>750056591kill yourself retard
>>750087914eh yesliterally yes. The story goes about how he is actually good and Rose looks up to him and says he was a great a man>>750088010she is cuteI don't like the artstyle because I'm a weeb who prefers animu, but the design is pretty and she was designed to be a pretty warrior lady
>>750088126Bloodlines is set during the WW1 isn't it?
>>750087914Oh but it's ok when the old games do it?
>>750088052>>750088235she is great, but its a pity that in game her model looks so badOverall Bloodstained biggest fault is that it looks kinda ugly
>>750087828>I reached level 98 and enemies still took too long to killFunny because I had the exact opposite experience lel. The game becomes trivial after a certain point... just like SotN.
>>750087028>Konami states they had like five childrenI never heard of that because it wasn't on any game, can you please source it for me? And if it's outside information, everyone knows these things can always be trampled with new material. Alucard even had a daughter in a game book once.>Which actually begins with one of Trevor and Sypha's childrenRose still alive to procreate and no one ever said Sypha was the last Belnades.>BraunerI'll give you that, his Portrait of Ruin version makes it seem he's a younger vampire. But it's kinda like Carmilla, they already have this vampire who is a painter so I don't feel like using him here is any different than young Pauline in Donkey Kong Bananza. They just had the right character for the role instead of creating a new one.>You would have seen Lisa too, if you looked harderLisa was in the past just like the portraits of Alucard, Mathias, Walter, etc. Nothing wrong with that.>yes, it's a creature of chaos, linked to dracula. Not some real place built by some french dudeThe castle part literally grows through magic on France, it wasn't built by any French.>specifically done to fuck with IGA because Konami straight up hates himThat's just you being salty.
>>750088427how did you do it, I never managed to reach that satisfaction of killing motherfuckers in one hit
>>750088464>Rose still alive to procreateAnd her children would take the name of her husband
>>750088203A very small trickle.
>another fucking skeleton enemy in ab already anemic bestiaryPlease lynch these devs.
>>750088290It's still an odd man out type of weapon when everyone else is duking it out in a, as the OP called it, "medieval fantasy battle". You don't see Quincy capping people with a colt 1911 or Eric using an enfield.
I'm 75% done with this piece of shit game and i doubt something radically changes in the last 25% but i may as well just finish it at this pointThe amount of samey modern precision platforming is agonizing. It's not fun, it's not inventive, it's not even hard, it's braindead simple and it never evolves since there is basically no interesting traversal upgrades, it's just a shitty filler they pad runtime with. Because of the terrible fast travel mechanic it made going back to new nooks in midgame an absolute nightmare since you have to repeat some of them AGAIN just to reach newly opened paths.The music keeps getting worse. I fully expect the final boss to be just someone shitting and vomiting into the microphone.Thus far no boss took me over a few attempts, including Mammon. Once you realize how busted the parry is, literally nothing can hurt you. The vast majority of normal encounters is just an archer spam and there's so much visual clutter on screen i can barely see my character. Progression sucks. Weapon balance sucks. You get vampire killer just by progressing the story and it's either the strongest or second strongest weapon in the game after the tier 4 greatsword. Relic balance sucks.I genuinely hope these devs will never touch castlevania again. I could forgive a lot, but the dreadful music and overreliance on lamest platforming in existence are grave sins.
>>750088396>I am shitting, eh!? Eh!?Stop baiting using the old good games you actual faggot.
>>750088659tbf it's not like Bloodlines has a Somme, or Verdun level the set dressing of it being in the middle of WW1 is kinda irrelevant to it
>>750088464>I never heard of that because it wasn't on any game, can you please source it for me? And if it's outside information, everyone knows these things can always be trampled with new material. Alucard even had a daughter in a game book once.Not that anon but that information came from an out of date Belmont family tree document that was sent to EGM magazine around the time Bloodlines came out.It was already retconned out when Iga took over in 2002 because that document stated that there were 3 different whips belonging to 3 clans. (Vampire Killer, Death Mercury, and Excalibur)
>>750088735bad goy
>>750088562not if you are nobilityThe belmonts, specially after Trevor got in the good graces of the church again, are still knightly clan and of course the sucessor lady would maintain her title and her inheritance if she married a commoner. You can come up with many other explanations if you don't like this one, don't pretend its actually impossible for Rose to continue the belmont clanOr fucking HELL, for Trevor to remarry and have more children, what the fuck, you can make any fucking theory instead of pissing and shitting
>>750088735the overreliance on the whip is so fucking absurd to me did they expect the player to find it fun repeating the same mindless shit the umpteenth time
>>750088815>ExcaliburDoesn't that show up in Belmont Curse as a sword?
>>750088427Yeah a level 4 weapon, the defensive relics, and spam talos fist and everything just fucking melts.
>>750088832>not if you are nobilityYes, if you are nobility. Even more important that they take their husband's name, are you stupid?>Trevor to remarry and have more childrenoh, okay you're stupid
>>750088759Let's not forget Christopher's son who was possessed directly by Dracula.
>>750088735yeah, my thoughs too, except I didn't hate the music. Overall the game was way too long and every single fucking area overstayed its welcome. The Hall of mirrors was the worst fucking partI don't know what the fuck you are talking about with the parry tho when too many bosses have unparriable attacks, most notably death, but I couldn't agree more on weapon progression sucking and being so sterile
>>750088948It's also in Aria of Sorrow.
>>750088806Which is why I brought up the 1911. It's a pistol that's not exactly explicitly only for servicemen. John's ancestor Quincy was a cowboy born and raised in Texas, who had a winchester repeater in the books. It makes little sense for his descendant to not be strapped.
>>750089076okay so explain how you think the belmont clan survives after Rose if you don't like my theories
>>750089170the one in aria of sorrow is a joke weapon tho
>>750089219It doesn't. It can't, because they fucked it.They wanted their girlboss only child MC and they didn't give a fuck about any established canon.You can try to talk around it all you like, but that's the truth.
>>750088562>And her children would take the name of her husbandDon't have to if the name is prestigious enough.Same way that Sonia kept the surname Belmont instead of becoming Tepes.
>>750089119Death's attacks are so easy to avoid i honestly didn't even think about parrying him, everything he does has a full second of windup. His only dangerous attack is judgment cut, otherwise he's an absolute wuss. I've seen people bitching about Mammon but aside from the golden fart attack you can parry everything and he just slowly kills himself with his own attacks.
Yesterday I played Bloodlines with infinite continues
Why is everyone saying this game is anti Christian? I feel like it's the most pro Christian Castlevania, which is saying something.
>>750089419People are mad that Joan got ruse cruised by Dracula, so they're calling it anti-christian based on that.
>>750089321Christopher Belmont is Rose's grandson.Is this too hard for you to accept?
>>750089175Wasn't Quincy Jones's dad?Calling someone's father their ancestor feels incorrect.If I had to give John Morris a gun, it probably should be more western-themed, so a Colt 1877 or a single-action Army would make more sense if you wanted something more period-accurate. Just have him use a Webley in this theoretical scenario
>>750089419Outrage grifters and their braindead followers.
>>750089481>youit's impossible for 1500's European society to accept.
>>750089351>Don't have to if the name is prestigious enough.other way around. Only whores and the lowest of the low would keep their own name because nobody would care if their sons were bastards and their husbands were cuckolds.
>>750089569Wow! I didn't know Castlevania was based on real historical events!
>>750089321You claim I was being silly but you are being a fucking retard most likely you actually prefer and enjoy shit being bad, so you ignore any logic or proof of the contrary, you already know its perfectly possible for the clan belmont to survive through many different ways, you just PREFER it to be fucked and wrong because it pleases you to doompost
>>750089498And you'd have OP complaining that it doesn't fit this "medieval fantasy battle", which is the point I've been making. Anon brought up ww1, I guess as some misguided effort to say that the gatling knight fits, even though it still sticks out as a sore thumb and even though it'd make more sense for the protagonists to be using weapons contemporary to their time they don't.
>>750089354mammon was the easiest boss for me, maybe second to the dumbass glass king, I would have never imagined people bitching about himHardest was Dracula, but I kept getting very unlucky
>>750089695>I didn't know Castlevania was based on real historical events!The crusades didn't clue you in?
We back?
>>750089646>other way aroundRetard.On average, parents want a better life for their offspring. If making sure their kid doesn't get traced back to being the son of a fucking janitor they'd totally abandon their surname.
Rose was raped by Medusa tentacles in the sweltering summer of 1499
>>750089868You know literally nothing about history, huh? You kind of think that the society you have now is how it's always been, yeah?dumbass
>>750089419they want it to be shit and complain because they are under the idea that 4chan is about calling everything shit and being a contrarian for no fucking reasonI don't know if its the most pro christian, I need to finish lament of innocence, but the entire series has always been pro christian (in a funny japanese way of not knowing well what christianity is about, of course) and curse of belmont only showed it more directly by virtue of having more dialogue Remember, in SotN Dracula quotes the Bible directly when defeated
>>750089847You know, Dracula actually improved the living conditions in NJ
>>750089951>in the past parents wanted their kids to have shit lives bruh. You just don't know history!Retard, that's a universal human condition.
>>750087046Yet more proof Kojima is a fraud
>>750089951>muh history!I remember when Elizabeth Bartley came here and ravaged half of fucking Europe during the great war flooding it with monsters. Great time was had by all
>>750088735>there's so much visual clutter on screen i can barely see my characterUse the accessibility option menu. It makes the characters way better to see.
wtf were they thinking
>>750090225google Elizabeth Bathory
>>750090249I thought it was pretty cool
>>750090160so yeah, you're stupid as shit, got it
>>750090273who?that's not in castlevania, why are you bringing that serial killer?No no no, I was talking about how there was a historical GIANT ENEMY CRAB attacking a lake in wallachia. Great history
>>750090249worst part of the game
>>750090225My dad survived on the front lines during the Demon Castle War of 1999.He saw Julius Belmont land the final blow.
>>750090343>my argument holds no water, better exit with an insult!Okay then.
>>750089569>>750089646so?The belmont don't fucking care, they live outside any society and live only to train and vanquish Dracula. They don't give a shit about anyone's opinion and of course Rose will pase her belmont name to her descendants My proof is that I have Belmont's historical book here with me that says so
>>750088464In old design docs they had 4 children and their children created 3 branch familiesThese docs, which pre-date SOTN, also insinuate the Lecarde family descends from Alucard
Catacombs might be the most boring area, also when the fuck do i get whips? Why aren't there any whips in my castlevania game?
>>750090696>The belmont don't fucking care, they live outside any society and live only to train and vanquish DraculaThe church
>>750090735Those were pretty much rendered non canon when Iga took over and created the Belmont and Dracula origin story with Lament of Innocence.
>>750090750The church is sucking their cock and groveling to them after Trevor, and now Rose, vanquished DraculaIt didn't happen, but even if the church had said "YOU ARE ALL DEVILS AND THE CHURCH WILL KILL YOU!" the Belmont would still NOT GIVE A SHIT and continue to train and fight dracula, that's literally all they care about
>>750090750I don't think the church will be harassing the Belmonts anymore after Trevor saved their asses in 1476.
My favorite unimportant part of the game was Rose commenting (well, hinting) that she found Alucard attractive
>>750090929You ever play a castlevania game?
>>750090735>These docs, which pre-date SOTN, also insinuate the Lecarde family descends from AlucardWell, yeah. Igarashi didn't have the pull to swing his dick and call Legends non-canon just yet. Back then he was a programmer.
>>750091018All of themyou clearly haven't
>>750090249I liked it.
>>750091017All the girls did, then Leon had to tell them to focus.
>>750091214It was amusingAlso, its fucking retarded and unimportant, but at least its good enough to dismish yuritranniesWon't happen in 4chan, but I'm already loathing the fucking faggots who, exactly like with samus, will say that Rose must be a lesbian
>>750091359Just ignore them, they don't matter.
>>750091442I'm so mindbroken bro, I hate yuri retards so much
>>750089419It isn't, it's because the Netflix show is and they're using it as bait. The game story is respectable to the game lore.
>>750091359Nah, Rose loves cock
>>750088562What's wrong with them having the last name Morris?
>>750089839Mammon was the hardest for me because I think I went for him too early. Then I managed to get level 3 weapons without finding the 1 or 2. After that everything was easy.
>>750091563Just like God commands
>>750091528Skill issue.
>>750090249After beating that place they kinda have the best teleport system of any game there but the way to use it is still cumbersome.
>>750090735I think the Lecardes descending from Alucard can still be considered soft canon.
>>750091017My least favorite part is Grant is nowhere mentioned. Only when facing Dracula, Rose says he was killed by her father, mother and his allies. Using plural there at least shows there was someone else beside his own son.
>>750092084YEAH I though that was weird tooBut its not just in this game, in the series in general Grant is so fucking forgotten I find it incredibly odd and I have no fucking clue why
>>750091089Not sure you played a single one, or you'd know that the Belmonts are literally always allied with the church, often take orders from them, and are close friends of many of them.Even in this game, Trevor is called to action by the church.
>>750091867Alucard and Maria.Boom, there it is. This could also explain how the Lecarde family can trigger the Whip's memory so a Morris can use the Vampire Killer.
>>750092084There's a line from Trevor about a good friend that he suspects he won't be seeing again. It could be interpreted as reference to either Alucard or Grant depending on how much you accept Judgment.
>>750092264there you go, you went to the wiki and came back knowing that the church loves the belmont, so I have no fucking clue why you believed that they would have a problem with the belmont
Rose married Count Bigdick Morris and created the Morris ClanTrevor adopted a son to continue the belmont clanthat's it
>>750090741I think you get your first whip in the catacombs.
>>750092084>>750092239I'm hoping they announce a Trevor mode as DLC and it has character swapping like in Dracula's Curse.Trevor, Grant, and Sypha's sister fill out the roster.
>>750092239They don't want the masses to know that Dracula can be defeated by a simple pirate with a dagger and no powers;
>>750090741swordvania > whipvania
Isaac is my self-insert character
>>750056417>meme weapons that don't belong in medieval fantasy battle.First Castlevania?
>>750092570freedom fighter rather than a pirate, don't imply our hero is actually a criminal, those work for dracula
Probably because you're an ugly bitch.Anyways I assume this is how Alucard was born? What happened to the mother?
>>750092264Except that the church stripped Leon Belmont of his land and titles when disobeyed orders to chase after the vampire Walter Bernard.In 1476 the pope literally begged Trevor Belmont to save their asses from Dracula.
>>750092406The Belmonts are servants of the church. Not, inexplicably, the other way around. Idiot.Not sure the 16th century church would be too happy with Rose "I don't need no man's surname" Belmont and Trevor's new "found family"
>>750092696I have no fucking clue why he also says that Rose is an insult to Charlotte and shanoaShanoa has an amazing design and is hot, but she may probably be the most boring fucking protagonist in the entire series
>>750092774The mother was killed by humans because she was a vampire fucker.
>>750092503>Trevor adopted a son to continue the belmont clanRetard alert
>>750092803Rose married and adopted the Morris clanTrevor adopted a son to continue the belmont clanI have it in this history book of the belmont clan
I miss the old finishing touch in older Castlevania. Every enemies seem to have something going on with their quirkiness. BC's enemies are just bones, armies, more bones, fleemen. And it ain't even the funny kind of bones. It feels like they just serve the purpose of "enemies that need to be defeated" instead of being used to give the game and the castle some personality
>>750092696>>750092804OP and some posts ITT (if they aren't the same guy) is just baiting because of the damage Netflix done to the series. Anyone who plays it can see the game story and characters are no different than your regular Iga game.
>>750092903if you are making shit up with baseless claims such as THE CHURCH WOULD NEVER ALLOW THIS AND THE BELMONTS WOULD OBEY THE CHURCH NO MATTER WHAT, I can say whatever the fuck I want too for my argumentsgo aheadtell me why this is impossibleMaria Renard was adopted by Ritcher and became a belmont
>>750069884chartposting for a single player game is retarded thoughbeit, since you can play it by yourself whenever you want
>>750093041>I am making things upcool, glad you admit that at least
>>750092926enemy variety is fucking atrocious in general. It gets so repetitive
>>750057303Could be worse.
>>750093130because you are making shit up too
Thread is about to 404 no one will know I ship Rose x Carmilla.
>>750093041Uh oh! Melty!
Hey, at least we dodged a black Belmont, right?
>>750093198>The netflix show told me the church was BAD
>>750093204dogshit takeRose canonically likes cock
>>750093204Carmilla will never pick only one pussy.
>>750093242Julius>dresses like a gypsy>unkempt>doesn't know his father>drags Dracula behind his BMW 5 series until he dies
>>750093289Rose is a futa. How else can you explain how the Belmont name survived?
>one of these tactics involves making the board less interesting for its users
>>750093289Rose is bi tho.
>>750093367Obviously Rose kept the belmont name when she married and had her son or daugther
>>750093242>>750093335The reason for those years where the Vampire Killer was with the Morrises instead of the belmonts was to hide the black era of the family.
>>750093457>a belmont married a cuckhi, netflix
Imagine if Rose menstruated while she was swinging with the whip haha
>>750093514what the fuck are you talking about
>>750093367>How else can you explain how the Belmont name survived?One of the Belmonts from the 400 year gap between Leon and Rose had multiple children.
>>750093568>"I'm keeping MY OWN NAME">"Yes, dear..."
>>750093568He thinks that if you take a womans surname that makes you a cuck.
>>750093659can reddit be less obvious next thread, please
Trevor mogs his daughter
>>750093615no seriously what the fuck are you talking about>>750093659what the fuck?here in Spain women don't take their husband's surname and people have two surnames and even accumulate them over generations
OH NO NO NO PLEASENOT LIKE THISROSE MORRIS SAVE MEEEEE
>>750093897you really got mindbroken by that anon's theory of trevor adopting that you have no response to, lmao
>>750093897It's fun watching retards obsess over stupid shit.
>reddit raid>unfunny gooner shit>don't know shit about CV>get mad when cucking is brought upclassic
>>750093516Carmilla, plz
>>750094259who are you quoting
>>750094259Autism is one helluva drug.
>>750093897Anon, people stop playing single player games once they've beaten them.Not everything has to be live service slop.>>750094017Trevor adopting makes very little sense because then the rest of the Belmont lineage from him wouldn't have the same strengths.It's more plausible for a Belmont from before Trevor to have had multiple offspring.
>>750094383>Anon, people stop playing single player games once they've beaten them.yeah, and something like 25k people played this in total.
>>750094432That's only 1k less than the people who played Bloodstained. For vania games those are good numbers.
>>750094383They're still playing bloodstained, kek
Trevor forces Rose's children to take the Belmont name and kidnaps them for training since birth.
>>750094432Okay, how about the sales numbers for the three console platforms?
>>750094493>getting beaten by your own stepchild>this is good ACTUALLYI sense deep sadness in you
>>750094515You mean all 273 of them?
>>750087403>strongest spell is the autistic robot fistwhat did dracula mean by this
>>750094383I still think Rose just having fucking belmont children is the explanation and "muh fucking history accuracy" is a retarded complaint. But regardless any explanation for how the belmont clan continues suffices >wouldn't have the same strengthI don't find anything rare about that actually. Juste and Simon are so really fucking different one wonders if they are actually related by blood
>>750094595eight years later? yeh
>>750094667>Juste and Simon are so really fucking different one wonders if they are actually related by bloodThat's because Juste was born out of Iga's weird compulsion to develop a mechanic meant for Alucard in SOTN that got scrapped.
>>750094667>just raise a line of excommunicated-by-birth bastard children with a cuckold father>in the 1500's>what can go wrong
>>750092532Grant deserves his own solo DLCor his own gameI demand Grant reparations
>>750094794Is that why Juste looks like Alucard's bastard son?
>>750094794Anyway, Rose can perfectly be Christopher's grandmother>>750094813nobody fucking cares
>>750094886salty response, honestlyyou lost this one, cuh
>>750094831I dunno bro, I don't think he is that cool or interesting>>750094951its the truth tho
>>750094813Nothing.Because Christopher, Simon, Juste, and Ricther all kick Dracula's ass.
>>750094870Yes.SOTN was going to have Alucard's room, where you could decorate it with furniture you obtain throughout your adventure. It got cut for time but Iga just couldn't stop thinking about the mechanic, I guess. That's why HoD had you going off and decorating a room even though Juste doesn't live there.
reddit thread
I made a new thread, see you guys there.
>>750095175Takes one to know one, eh?
>>750095175go to bed
>>750094595>273 people playing a single player game almosta decade after it released>445 people playing it in a daygreat numbers, actually. I give it a month before BC players are at maybe 6 per day
>>750095075>even though Juste doesn't live there.And also that the castle gets destroyed at the end. What was it all for, Juiced?
>killing sypha offscreen in fucking childbirthpretty shit move
>>750080128the graphics were only really ugly on consoles
>>750069614fucking fruitloops niggah sheeeiiit. THAT music is the one track that is the most outright detestable in the game. the best is the Paris Streets track. that can definitely go into the CV all-time greatest hits
>>750056417I beat Dawn of Sorrow when 4chan was down today.
>>750095504Fun fact: by Aria of Sorrow, every protagonist died offscreen except Alucard.
>>750095852Delusional
>>750095898>you'll be dead in 500 years>so you might as well die at 24K
>>750095898Its plausible that Charlotte was still alive at 107 years of age. I don't think Jonathan would be though with the whole vampire killer thing.
>>750090929>the Belmont would still NOT GIVE A SHIT and continue to train and fight draculaThere are three things you don't ask about: A man his salary, a woman his age, and the Belmonts their whereabouts during the 19th and 20th century
>>750096242>and the Belmonts their whereabouts during the 19th and 20th centuryThey were probably just not magically strong enough.The way I see it, Belmont was the main clan, and within that there's branch families, like the Morrises and the Renards, but there is only one vampire killer. So due to that the families all have to deliberate which of them gets the privilege of having the whip to slay Dracula.
