the great debate
There is no debate, AoS is way better
>>750197317AoS has plenty of qol stuff over SotN but the dialogue is retarded. Maybe it' was a translation issue.
>>750196536what debate, SotN is better in every way AoS is good for a handheld game, but it's still a handheld game
>>750196536Ecclesia
>>750196536Every handheld Castlevania improves upon SoTN except for maybe OoE until you get to the Castle.The problem is that every single one of them is being held back by not being a full on console game so they get hardware cucked.
>>750196536AoS is just as easy & boring gameplay-wise as SotN just with a completely forgettable castle. I know hipsters love to glaze AoS but all three DS games absolutely rape it in terms of quality
>>750197945why are you comparing Castlevania with Dark Souls?
>>750198414Metroidvanias both
>>750198414Yeah, Castlevania is more like DMC in 2D
>>750197757>>750197945AoS was tightly designed and the soul system was fun to experiment withDawn of Sorrow felt too bloated and I disliked the anime art
>>750198414Durrrrrrrrrrr let's pretend not to understand via ambiguity lol i took an hecking arrow to the knee and now i can't simply walk to mordor lollllll!!!!!!! If you ever post in my presence again i will rape you
>>750196536how the fuck can a clone of the main game be better in any way
>>750196536neither
>>750198639There was nothing to experiment with. You reset a room until an enemy soul drops then you use it once to see if you like it or not, what the fuck is there to experiment.Tightly designed = boring linear design
>>750198996experimenting by seeing what kind of soul system works better with certain enemies you fucking tard
>>750198767>If you ever post in my presence again i will rape youCringe discord humour
>>750199049But who cares, you can beat the entire game with a water gun. There's no incentive to experiment there's no roadblock especially when you get that big holy fast greatsword that attacks around you the game is just over when you get it
>>750199328Absolutely not true. I had to switch to a faster weapon (Hrunting) to defeat Death
>>750196536I played so much Aria of Sorrow while pooping back in the day. Love that game. Symphony of the Night is good too.
>>750196536SotN has better presentation and music but AoS is more fun to play
>>750196536SOTN > sad gay albino
>>750196536Is the steam port of Aria of sorrow good?
both are greatboth are way way too easy though
What's the hardest Igavania, COTM or OOE?
>>750196536Its pretty amusing that most Igavanias had some white haired twinks as protagonists.Even Nathan counts.
reversed castle ruins SOTNi would've chose SOTN if not for inverted castlenow they're tied
>>750196536AoS isn't bad, but it shares all of SotN's flaws and can't quite match any of its strengths.
>>750203664og mode? circle
>>750196536SotN>More classical vibe>Better soundtrack>MemesAoS>Better mechanics>Better weapon selection>Creaking Skull
>>750196536>>750197704Fuck no>bland af map with absolutely nothing note worthy besides cheat Solis, whipsword and death sickle, most find ables are just fucking pots>enemies are basically static sprites with one attack animation at most>the whole castle is boring af besides MAYBE floating garden>weapons are just startups with no unique effects>same for most equipment, zero fun effects on anything that isn't a ring>way too many redundant souls that are just Stat + or same bullet with better damage>has 2 good bosses total, maybe head hunter if it wasn't so God damn easy>have no reason to gimp yourself so you are always a top stats>pause healing>no knock back so you cam tank no issueEvery game is better than AoSIn conclusion >worse map, enemies, bosses, equipment>but hey! You got a bunch of redundant souls
>>750203664Lvl1 hard mode bumps OoE and PoR over the rest easy.
>>750199909Maybe you just suck? How the f was hunting helping you over an overhead on death of all things (aka destructible projectile spam boss)
>>750196536This artwork is absolutely insane it blows me away everytime.Why don't we get stuff like this anymore.
>>750197757This is my feeling as well.
Curse was fun. Off to play Mio
>>750198639DoS soul system got rid of having Stat up being 3 different souls or having 3 copies of skeleton soul like arc thowing bullet souls.Also it's map and enemies are way more diverse. It gets too much hate due to anime portraits, underbaked forging and the touch screen gimmick, but it is no doubt the superior oS game
>>750196536>two cakes!
>>750206721Tons of the weapons in AoS are useful. Try using Balmung against Julius on a non-NG+ playthrough. Last time I played it (last year) I switched weapons frequently. But there's a huge range of soul effects. Unfortunately the soul drop rate was too low, so a lot of people didn't get to see what they were really capable of. But some of the better souls like the transformations and Red Minotaur are kino.
>>750206956we do
>>750196536SotN was a proof of concept. It's too dated these days and has been surpassed by many contemporaries.AoS still holds up and is only held back by being a GBA game.
AoS isn't even the best GBA Castlevania.
>>750207302>It's too dated these daysIt plays great. Even if it's a bit on the easy side. Replayed both it and X on psp last year.
>>750207368>inb4 CotM contrarian
>>750207116Tons of weapons are the exact fucking same with a bump of stats, meaning I'd just use whatever swing type I felt like using this run and upgrade whenever I got more damage. Gone are the days of silly runs using whatever weapon was actually fucking unique.The soul drop rate isn't too bad when you can just drop in and out of a room in a Blink of an eye tho. Reality is that regular enemies die too quickly to use bullet souls regularly and bosses are melted way too quickly by bullet spam to care much about experimenting. Most fun I had with the bullet souls was in the TA, but the balance there is ass.
Only one game has cows.
>>750207438>AoS bandwagonerBetter enemies and better bosses. Ditto with not-Sotn. There's way more to talk in HoDs lvl enemies than in a recolor of a Durga
>>750206721aos really is the peak nostalgia game, imagine making a game with that bad of a story today
>>750197317He’s right. Debate finished.
>>750207593>Better enemies and better bossesIt's fucking easier than SotN, who do you think you're fooling?
>>750207598Who the fuck cares about the story? I just wanna kill drac again. The game is just not that good and is as easy as a Kirby game with no incentive to make it harder through self imposed challenges or silly runs
>>750207471Kaiser Knuckle alone justifies AoS. Sadly it's only in NG+.
>>750207715Same with AoS?At least Dos has an actual hard mode you fool.Also it is better than AoS in these two regards because it has actual enemy variety and a lot of enemies have more than one attack unlike aos you cunt
>>750196536AoS > SotN > DoS
>>750208184This but in reverse.
>>750207438Nah, HoD nigga.
>>750206823I struggled with OoE even in the regular mode
>>750196536Reminder that Both AoS and DoS got mobil phone portsThe first one was kinda rogh but DoS was really impressivehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5dfpYY2vZ8
>>750197317First post and the thread is over. Aria of Sorrow does everything SotN did but better except for two things that are for technical reasons and not design-wise, the musical and graphical abilities.Everything else though is improved upon by AoS, gameplay, movesets, weapons, balance, level design, variety of weapons.
>>750210020But why?
>>750212079Because why notThey were sure better than that lame Order of Shadows game
>>750196536Castlevania Was Never Good
>>750196536Beat way to play both on pc?
>>750207425It controls very stiffly and even a 5 year can easily beat it. PoR and Bloodstained easily mog it.
>>750199328RetroArch for both
>>750212408EmulationOr Dominus and Advance collections on Steam
>>750212634sorry, meant for >>750212408
>>750205673Literally the opposite, what the fuck are you talking about? AoS has all of SotN's strengths with none of the flaws. No inverted castle horseshit, just one area that tastefully calls back to previous areas. Same concept except AoS does it correctly.
>>750196536bothare shitPoR/CotM > OoE > the rest
>>750209435>SOTN and AOS are shitretard>>750213123Terrible ranking
>>750196536SotN had a lot of problems because it was the first of its kind. They got fixed in Aria.
>>750213409I hate this image
>>750213409That isn't Kensuke...
>>750213556good concept, lacking execution
>>750213409Aria didn't fix any of SotN's flaws. It has the exact same weaknesses. It's basically the same game, just not quite as well executed.
>>750196536Symphony if you're a normieAria if you're a true fan of the series
I can fix him
I hate switching souls to get around all the time, SotN is far better for that reason alone.
>>750196536imo Symphony is significantly better and near enough every criticism people make of it applies equally as much or more to Aria. Symphony isn't even my own favorite, but in general it's so much more feature complete (i.e. """bloated""") than the others that it's difficult to make a case for it not being the best overall package bar a handful of individual aspects which might pull more or less weight for you depending on personal tastet. used to consider Aria his favorite
>>750213409It's just a worse version of SotN. Don't fucking pretend music and graphics don't matter in Castlevania. I'm not playing for the deep systems
>>750216953In all ways except physical, this is me
>>750196536sotn mogs
>>750217171What's your favorite Castlevania, anon? Do you have separate lists for classicvania and metroidvania?
>>750216953was simons redesign also around this period of time?
>>750216953I didn't mind black Isaac but Kojima designs just mogModern western artists could never
>>750196536Aria of sorrow sucks ass.A soulless rehash with worse everything except (ironically) the soul system.
>>750218873How is it a rehash?
>>750218873Nope>You can select which area to fast travel to>No concept of shields/two handed weapons >Using consumables is simple, just pause and consume (instead of the convoluted method of pausing equipping, using, pausing, re equipping again in SotN)>Mana refills on it's own so you don't have to go around breaking every single candleit's just a better game
>>750219291Just the SotN map alone means 5 times more than all of those things combined
The only thing SotN has over Aria is the fact it all looks and sounds so much better due to being on Playstation rather than a GBA. If Aria was remade 1:1 but with the visual and auditory fidelity of Symphony and voice acting, it would completely mog it in all regards.
>>750196536SotN mogs aria super hard, the only reason anyone would think otherwise is if their first game was aria and they are biased.
People didn't even know you can block with the daggers in SotN until 2 weeks ago. That's all I have to say
I have an important question. How long is the fully extended Vampire Killer in pre-BC Castlevania?
>>750196536Both good and bad in different ways. I love them both.
>>750216953You can't fix him he is beyond repair or redemption. He's legit a fucking lunatic, and it is much more likely that he breaks you instead, mentally and physically.
>>750219618So it has a bunch of useless mechanics cryptically hidden inside of it that change nothing about how you play the game?
>>750219618>you can block with the daggersAnd? The fact nobody knew about it surely speaks to it being a completely worthless and insignificant design decision.
>>750219946Like 8 feet or so, roughly
>>750196536SotN is a rough prototype where they were just bouncing random ideas around with no regard to good game design. AoS is the real deal.
>>750219983>>750220029Goes to show the amount of care and love they put into the game to have that kind of stuff go unnoticed for decades.Castlevania evolved until SotN then they just kept making SotN side games going worse and worse until it died
>>750220214>amount of care and love they put into the gameApparently they didn't care enough to make the level design and balancing not be complete and utter dogshit.
>>750220314There is no way you're an AoS fanboy complaining about balance
>>750220314Bad balancing in a CV game? Say it ain't so
>>750219009Why was Aria even made? Just the soul system?SOTN was a grand departure from an established formula, and they got a lot right - right off the bat. Like responsive attacks to better suit the new formula, or inspired abilities like animal/fog transmutations. The level design wasn't great. Yet it's somehow worse in Aria. I climbed a long tower expecting either a path to a new area or some special item/ability, and at the very top - they placed the reward item just inches above my max jump height for no real reason other than padding. Which is what this game is... padding. Where are the unique abilities? Or traversal challenges? Or anything to make this game worth playing. All we got was sub-weapons...
btw Alucard can do a spinning jump kick, which is not the usual double jump dive kick, it is a spinning jump kick that you perform by doing the special attack weapon command midair while bare-handed or with a fist weapon.
>>750220116Thanks. I kinda guessed it was one and half of a Simon.
>>750220492Walking on water isn't a unique ability?
Richter is the hottest Belmont
>>750220709LOL
>>750220492>- right off the bat.Heh
>>750220779Bro need some sunshine. He is paler than Dracula.
>nostalgia fags think that the very rough around the edges, baby difficulty mode, beta test, with a complete ass of a second half, is the best in the series
>>750220709t. Shaft aka: the Belmont shafter.
>>750196536replaying aria right now and loving it but symphony will always be better best will always be harmony of dissonance though
>>750221386I don't think SOTN is the best one but i can't blame people who think so when it looks that good and sounds that good
Castlekino shitflinging is funny because people will absolutely shit on a 9/10 game just because it's somewhat worse than another 9.5/10 game.
>>750207182That was almost ten years ago anon.
>>750221908That's why i find these threads so funny
>>750221898I can and do blame those people. They are retarded graphicsfags whose opinions should be ignored.
>>750221908Many such cases!
>>750221908Anybody remember Strawberry Chill/Lemon Chill? Haven't seen that since about 1999 or so.
>>750222085I think you have to learn to appreciate the artistry of things
>>7501965361. Aria of Sorrow2. Circle of the Moon3. Symphony of the Night4. Portrait of Ruin5. Order of Ecclesia6. Dawn of Sorrow7. Harmony of Dissonance8. Belmont's Curse'nuff said
>>750221386It is the one game that spawned a whole genre while still somehow never getting surpassed by anything that it spawned, have some respect.SotN still sits at the top of the genre, the game every metroidvania inspires to be like but never manages because SotN is one of a kind, a timeless classic now and forever.
>>750221908Prime Julius game when
>>750219946Knwoing Alucard's canonical height of 185cm/6'1 we can do some pixel counting to determine this.Here Alucard is 47 pixels tall and the Vampire Killer is 64. Meaning that the Vampire Killer is 1.36 times longer than Alucard is tall so 251cm or 8'3ft
>>750196536I trash talk Symphony a lot because the game is piss easy, but its still a masterpiece and is better than Aria
>>750222314never ever
>>750222610So true, Symphosister.
>>750221386I first played SotN a few years ago and I think it's the best
>>750196536bloodstained mogs both
>>750222562Excellent.
>>750196536What debate? None of the castlevanias after SOTN are worth playing.The series died when Tory Hagihara left.
>>750222256You don't even understand how into art I am. Regretfully, I have to admit I even went to art school for a while. But I'm not blinded by a game's graphics or art style, in fact it makes me more skeptical of a game more than anything else. That aside I don't find SotN's graphics that exciting in the first place.
>>750222314Julis Prime grand cross is so powerful that it makes the whole castle crumble and fall down, the castle didn't self destruct in the sweltering hot summer night of 1999, Julius Prime killed it.
Aria has no second castle, and therefore it wins by default
>>750196536SOTN. i feel AOS was easier but in a good way. when SOTN is hard is unfair since the game has bad combat mechanics. you stunlock shit they also will stunlock you. so everything is a dps race. and most players are kneecaping themselves are wasting their times since bosses are dumber than AOS bosses. Julius ? fair fight. Richer on SOTN ? dumb as fuck.
>>750222314Only if its a classicvania, complete with the barbarian get up.
>>750196536SotN for sure.It doesn't have 99% of its cool shit locked behind rare drops.
Can't get enough of this series brosWhat should I try next after SotN and AoS?
>>750223041>Julius PrimeIs this like Optimus Prime except with a whip and the ability to use the Angel beams from Evangelion that explode into cross patterns?
>>750223662Yes.
>>750223662So he dies and some nerd naled Rodimus Prime takes the whip?
The sorrow games are shit because Dracula is not the final boss.
>>750198491
Is this the one series with more gay than female fans? Or is that Ace Attorney?
>>750223656Portrait of Ruin
I don't really talk about this much, but even if we're never getting the 1999 game, I wish Konami would have told us more about what the world of 2035/2036 is like in CV. Do they have AI? If I call the cops and tell them a vampire is trying to kill me, will they show up with exosuits and drones? Did Trump still become president? I understand they were trying to avoid making too many predictions and getting too many things wrong, but they could have given us something. Graham says the existence of vampires was kept a secret by the church but was leaked to the outside world. I assume this happened due to the internet. So are there internet message boards where vampires post? Come on guys.
>>750224141I honest to God hope they retcon AoS. Iga was on drugs writing it
>>750223245>It doesn't have 99% of its cool shit locked behind rare drops.But it does, that's what the enemy item drops are. That's some of the best shit in the game and it's locked behind grinding, not to mention Symphony has no NG+ so you won't even get to use it much. And Symphony's drops rates are significantly lower than the soul drop rates in Aria. Ironically you've named one aspect that Aria is a DIRECT improvement on by every single metric.
Aria of Sorrow is severely held back by being a GBA handheld gameSotN mogs
>>750224291hey i'm watching worlds too but this is the castlevania thread :)
>>750224290AoS at least has the Soul Eater Ring. It's not even that hard to get; you should have enough money for it by the end of the 2nd playthrough if you just sell all the equipment you don't need.
>>750224361yeah I just noticed I was in the wrong thread was meant for /lolg/
Konami should make a creature collector game by recycling the Castlevania enemy sprites.
Konami should make a porn game
When farming monster souls in Dawn of Sorrow, how many kills of the same monster until you are allowed officially to start getting mad? Thirty? Fifty? One hundred?
>>750224571Not mad until you get the soul but accidentally exit the room.
>>750224432Exactly, and you'll likely have over half the souls by that point with no grinding at all. Symphony's drops are prohibitively rare in comparison, yet they include shit like Crissaegrim, Rune Sword and Medusa Shield. Ridiculous to think that Aria's souls weren't an improvement. On top of that, Symphony absolutely needed an NG+ option to let you actually use the shit you found for more than a couple hours.
>>750196536both are peak fun but SotN gets more points in atmosphere and presentation. aria deserved a remaster though.
AoS is way easier. Its probably the easiest 2d Castlevania game. Even 4 is harder, and its easy. They are all pretty good though.
>>750225498How is it easier than SOTN?
>>750196536SoTN's castle is better but Aria has better combat thanks to the different weapon swing types and souls.
>>750221908>The Mona Lisa sucks because The Last Supper has more characters Mona Lisa fags on suicide watch
>>750225678Replay the game anon, I just finished it two days ago. When you are level 2 bats hit you for one(1) single damage point and you start with like 350 health. I died only once to Death in my whole playthrough and I didn't remember shit about the game.
>>750225894>The Last Supper is loved by redditors. Mona Lisa is an acquired taste
>>750225678Half way through the game you are just walking through everyone like they aren't there.
>>750225984The Last Supper has more content tho.
>>750226115Does that mean Bloodstained Curse of the Moon 2 is better than Castlevania 3?
>>750226328Yes.
>>750226491Could a brand new Castlevania handle seven characters from scratch?
>>750226617Yeah, in Curse of the Moon 3, Iga told me in a dream that the game is real.
>>750226805I was headcannoning Julius assembling a team of seven holy warriors (him included). Like the Magnificient Seven, but they invade the place.
>>750196536Neither, for me it's CotM.
>>750196536SotN
>>750224290Shield Rod isn't a rare drop.Alucard Shield isn't a rare drop.None of the movement abilities are rare drops.I don't know what the fuck you're on about.
>still no official ports of Aria of Sorrow and the DS ones for AndroidWHY
>>750228590Why would you ever want to play on a phone?
>>750228734Because it's the best platform to game on the go and the 2nd best after a PC?
>>750196536I replayed both recently. The water area in Aria was just annoying. It's too big and you have to constantly pause the game to change water souls. Shit was just like the iron boots in OOT. SOTN is better.
>>750228990I do hate how you have to swap between the 2 water souls. Personally i would have made it so by default you stand on water but then pressing down and jump made you sink into it
>>750228990>>750229597Maria RETARD
Step aside and let the man go through.Real gamer Metroidvania has showed up, one where skill actually matters. None of that easy mode gaming.
>>750229908
>>750197757This. You can't really go wrong with either though.
>>750229995This shit is brainless tho, just stand in the middle and spin the whip for 30 minutes, there you go, you win.
>>750229995Reminder that if you used the cross then you didn't beat the game
Aria has less armosphere and worse music but better gameplay.So Aria
>>750230120And also worse graphics.
both suckmetroidvanias suck
>>750196536I'm trying to remember, is Aria the one with the broken luck stat?
I FUCKING LOVE PoR
>>750230192I think your face sucks but you don't see me complaining about it
>>750230201they all have broken luck stats
>>750230434I think the only ones where it works are POR, OOE and ROTN
>>750230434iirc only aria and dawn have broken luck.
Man
>>750230558What was the endgame of Dracula again?
>>750230120>>750230185It's also somehow even easier than SotN.
>>750197317>There is no debate, AoS is way betterNo fucking way. 4chan isn't retard anymore?>Continue reading the replyNever change 4chan, never change.
>>750230504Looking into it, Dawn of Sorrow also has a broken luck stat, you can only really affect your drops through the rare ring - or if looking for souls, the soul eater ring.
>>750230504It's really funny that the games where luck is the most important are the ones where it doesn't work
>>750230721Luck is important in all the games with enemy drops because I will always autistically hunt down every drop from every enemy in the game.
>>750230476>>750230504>>750230704I wasn't sure if luck effected every game or not so I made it up saying all of the games had broken luck in hopes that someone would give a correct answer
>>750226889>headcannoning
>>750230067Bullshit, just standing in the middle gets you killed the fastest because both can reach you the easiest. You need to manage both of them and their different attacks while avoiding their heads and long necks which cause damage too you.If this game was Symphony you would be able to kill it in 20-30 seconds and never have to learn it's attacks and moves.
>>750211603>gameplayYou have less moves at any given moment, less mechanics, and worse exploration and fights>movesetsYou have less moves available at any given time, but more variety of bullet souls/sub weapons>weaponsFuck NOthey have no secondary or tertiary moves, and less weapons with special properties. They are all basically copy and pasty with different stats>balanceSotn was broken and easy, AoS is just easy>level designFuck no, map is boring aff, with nothing worth finding in it besides like 4 weapons the reward for exploring is usually a pot, fuck>variety of weaponYou have over heads and ranged weapons but lost additional attacks and properties, so every weapon might as well be the god damn sameAt least don't bullshit like that
>>750231182Nah, the dragons are easy you just suck.
>>750196536I played Symphony and Dissonance back to back as my first Igavanias and I genuinely prefer playing Dissonance despite the audiovisual downgrade and more dead-ends in the castle. As such I'll probably like Aria and the DS games a lot if Harmony's considered the weakest of the handheld Igavanias.
>>750219291>>Using consumables is simple, just pause and consumeThat's the worst addition in castlevania ever, what the fuck?
>>750231536you're probably going to like cotm more or hate both
>>750231617Consumables in general are the worst addition to Castlevania ever. That just makes them less poorly implemented.
>>750196536Sotn but portrait was the one I enjoyed the most
>>750232154>one disinsensitives as it's tedious and risky on actual life or death situation>the other one has no downsides whatsoeverAt least one gave you a reason to use the familiars, which was neat. You are 100% right tho, consumables are ass
>>750230226I hate on the lategame paintings, but the circus-inspired one that repurposes Nation of Fools is a fun little asset-dump obstacle course, and has a really underrated BGM too. To this day I'm still overall kind of conflicted on the whole "portrait" gimmick in the first place. Wanting to bridge the game's identity between a hub castle and something more similar to linear stages was admirable but the execution left something to be desired.
>>750232430There is literally no difference. You can just open the menu, equip the consumable, and press circle before the enemy can do shit. This just makes it less clunky. But of course as a SotNfag, you like consumables in general because you're a shitter.
SOTN - not a handheld gameWinner: SOTN. No further discussion warranted.
>>750231371i liked Dawn better
>>750232604>SOTN - not a handheld gamelol
>>750196536@grok Take SotN, replace Alucard with Soma, and add unique soul drops to every enemy in the game.
>>750197704>the dialoguewho gives a fuck?
>>750232702imagine trying to do soul steal on that
DARK METAMORPHosis
>>750196536Don't care, HoD is the best game. Where else do you get this kind of gore?
me in Dawn when I get tired of some monster's shit and switch to doppelganger B
>>750232948Bloodstained 2, a boss literally puts you against some gears to try to crush you.
>>750202534you mean the package of Game Advance roms running in a substandard proprietary emulator?
>>750225894Plus that bitch is fat lol
>>750221950
>>750196536>AoS>Title crawl walk up to the eclipse shrine>Talking with your waifu and Michael Jackson>Silence>Enter the castle>BA BUHBUH BAAAAH BAAAAHCastle Corridor is an all-timer.
>>750235404>Ritual of the Night came out in 2019>Curse of the Moon came out in 2018>Curse of the Moon came 2 out in 2020
>>750235574>Curse of the Moon came 2 out in 2020no it didn't fuck off>it's true
>>750209394How anyone can stomach that OST is beyond me. They didn't have to make the title that literal!
>>750235878the ost is fucking great by far my favorite vania ost
>>750235979IV for me, not my favorite game but the tunes have a lot of mood.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qQO7NxfBYQ
>>750197317Yes
>>750196536why do uncs worship sotn so much? idk if it's because im a zoomer but i beat the game last october with the best ending and i thought it was nothing more than a hard 7/10. not as fun as classicvanias nor as tightly designed as any search action games that came after it or even in the same decade (super metroid). apparently all the following cv games are just worse versions of it so i think my run with castlevania is over.
>>750236894It's male feminists who are into 'vibes'. Redditors.
>>750230660Sex with human females
>>750236894Now you can devote more time to your true passion, sucking dicks.
>>750237205This is the perfect example of the male feminist redditor who thinks purely in vulgar sexual terms. He has a female brain.
Are there any castlevania characters or enemies who canonically fart?
>>750196536Somashit is almost as cringe as netflixvania.
>>750197827My Nigga.
>>750236894I think bingslop is more your speed.
>>750237959>says the MetroidvaniatardMetroid is right in the name, shitter.
>>750238047Yep, a bingshitter, my senses are as sharp as usual, go back to your metroon thread, fag.
>>750238169SotN is even lower than "bingslop," it's God of War/Last of Us Slop. It's a movie that you'd have to have down syndrome to fail. It isn't a game. Metroid is actually a game.
>>750238253Mad cuz you can't play SotN on any of your bingslop consoles.
>>750236894>all the following cv games are just worse versionsPortrait and Dawn are way better than SlOpTN
>>750238295I can trivially emulate it on my Wii or 3DS.
>>750238337Not legally :^)
>>750197317I think I’m not going to read the rest of the thread and just say: Good job /v/ mwah mwah. AoS really is one of the best games out there. Shame about Dawn though; it was fine but just not as solid.
>>750238410I can't 'legally' rape you either, but it will still happen :^)
>>750238470Can't rape me if you chopped off your dick, metroon :^)
>>750238169>>750238253both of you are faggots
CotM, Aria, Dawn, PoR are all better than SotN. HoD, OoE are lesser. SotN is mid tier when looking at the whole.>but muh music>but muh spritesThose aren't enough to make up for it's weak points and are at the bottom of importance.
>>750238505>you cut your dick off because you like MetroidSounds like jewish projection from a jewish game liker.
>>750238169Funny you say that because the majority of the Castlevania games were Nintendo exclusive games.
>>750238513You're a jew.
>>750238553Now you understand why Ridley has such a long "beak"
Shanoa, my cute Castlewife.
>>750238253good thing i now have down syndrome from reading this shit
>>750239653Sorry about your IQ/reading comprehension.
>>750239891don't mention it, faggot
>>750238169Get his ass, Albert! Sit on ‘im!
>>750239923>brown banter
>bingslopper is a normalfaggot /pol/tardLMAO
Can we stop talking about dicks and get back to discussing Castlevania? Which monster girl is your favourite? Personally, I’m partial to the green tomboy sniper monster.
>>750240089>he's brownKWABOTY
>>750240168Yeah bingsloppers area all brown they are indian too.
>>750240191>area all brown they are indian tooGood morning saar.
>>750196536Not much of a debate. Higher resolution wins by default.
>>750239008So she stays young and beautiful forever, right? I remember an anon saying she was the mother superior who trained Sepia Belmont which, if true, means she’s like 400yo during the events of Bomber Girl
>>750240450Why would Shanoa want that? The girl is suicidal, she probably lived a normal life (with me) and aged down normally until she kicked the bucket.
Sex with student witches.
>>750232557>consumables are ass, you are right>>you like consumables in general because you're a shitter.You are such a retarded Nigger holy shit you give sos Niggers a bad name.Also there's a delay between use, pick up and it actually healing you, a few seconds total, so you can't use it mid combo, which not the same as an instant usable mid combo, you asshat
>>750240091Does Headhunter count as a woman?
>>750241691Nope, there is no difference. Retarded SoTNigger. Male feminist. Redditor.
>>750241825>there's no difference between 3 seconds and instantNigger math is something else let me tell you that
I've always loved the animation for this enemy, but I've never been able to find a gif. Probably my favorite.
>>750241918There isn't three seconds. You can instantly press circle to do the thing. You are just a retarded moviecattle.
Real debate.Best H-metroidvania?
>>750242009Alucard throws the healing item, has to catch it and if it is a pot it then it has to do the healing animation. Have you even played the game, you underage negroid?
>>750242268>Alucard throws the healing item, has to catch it and if it is a pot it then it has to do the healing animation.Which takes 1 second and has invincibility frames. Kill yourself.
>>750242124Nsphere
>>750241752Yes. Her lizard form’s even getting her own ge soon.
>>750242335? Absolute none of that has I-frames, you disgusting lying faggot. Also the healing pot animation alone is longer than that, so yeah, you can do it while getting comboed, unlike in aos, which is real pause healing
>>750242426It's a split second. Nothing stops you from pausing, loading up a potion, and pressing the potion button. Consumables are casualization cancer, and the series is dead thanks to SotN.
>>750242124Castle in the Clouds is the only one I’ve ever played.Is Night of Revenge a Metroidvania?I was thinking about playing it, but some anon said it was super depressing and had no happy endings.
>>750242516Try Bloodroot if you want a gameplay focused one with happy ending. Light on the H though.
>>750242486>Consumables are casualization cancer, and the series is dead thanks to SotN.Negroid reread my very first response to you so you can see how I feel about any and all consumables
>>750196536SotN offers a great deal more in scale and still manages to be exponentially greater than the sum of its parts. And I actually like the inverted castle. The way it's essentially open-ended and you just explore it as you see fit with all the abilities you amassed from the first half is really cathartic and pretty novel. Additionally: using fighting game inputs as magic spells is tight as shit. I don't care that tetra soul trivializes literally every boss. It's just fucking rad. PoR does it too with combat maneuvers with that haoh shou kou ken-ass tumble roll and it's in the top 3 for the subgenre along with these two. Coincidence? I think not.
>>750242695>NegroidGo back to plebbit, you subhuman faggot. Do you need help?
>>750196536For me, its PoR.
>>750242954I remember when this game was being advertised online, and there was a slew of different art like this in various different styles. I vaguely recall there being some kind of contest or vote to determine the style used in-game, but I'm not 100%.. Still, it baffled me that art like this was freely displayed on the official website prior to release, but what we got was just DoS' lambasted art direction all over again.
>>750196536Call me a special boy lil contrarian, but Circle of the Moon is the most fun you can have in a Castlevania game.
>>750243698Special needs fuckboy lil contrarian FAGGOT
>>750243698CotM is one of the best selling games in the series, was the killer app for the GBA launch, and only got called a contrarian game when zoomers aged up to get filtered by it.
>>750243915>MUH HECKIN DOUBLE TAP
>>750196536SotN is better in almost every way. Classicvanias are the actual best Castlevania games, though.
>>750243915LoS is also the best selling Castlevania game, but it is DOGSHIT.Basically, sales mean jackshit, SotN sold like absolute shit, and it is a cult classic.
>>750244279>it is DOGSHITIt's actually not that bad. Just doesn't deserve bearing the name, being a pretty uninspired and linear God of War knock-off. >SotN sold like absolute shitIt's a million seller, anon. It had multiple prints to achieve this. But all of this is glossing over that you are clearly just expressing butthurt over a sentiment expressed in the previous post which unfortunately for you depicts reality. If you have a problem with that I suggest medication.
>The Belmont slide does as much damage as the whipI will now play your Castlevania game. Only HoD and CotM do this if my memory serves.
>>750244448>It's a million seller, anon. It had multiple prints to achieve this.Exactly, the initial sales of SotN were fucking abysmal.
>>750244535S-silence, chud!
>>750244535OK? You seem to be making some attempt to flag a "sales = quality" sentiment in my post that is not there in order to refute it. I simply said CotM sold well, which contradicts accounts of it being a "contrarian" game, being that it was widely played and enjoyed. Maybe because I insinuated that shitter zoomers were the reason, being that it's something that only arose in relatively recent discourse of this 25-year old game? In which case I don't care. Cry about it.
>>750244681CotM is shit.
>>750244768Bloodstained is shit. Smug brown.
>>750244768Alright. You can say that. I mean it isn't, and you're a filtered scrub, but you can say that. Just not all that other shit people usually go to that I already blew you the fuck out about, and that's what's important.
>>750196536I don't understand why it has to be a debate at all. They're both great games. Can't you find a way to discuss them without turning it into a contest of sorts.
>>750244983Kikes need a way to make discussion about bullshit that isn't them raping children and bombing countries.
>>750238591I suspect the relationship between Nintendo and various major Japanese devs got complicated somewhere between the NES and the SNES, or at least from the SNES to the N64 like when Capcom started making Megaman X and RE for the Playstation. There were always CV games on Nintendo hardware in any given generation but at some juncture Konami started hopping on the Genesis and fucking PC Engline CD of all things. It's still baffling to me that for the longest time one of the best games in the series was stuck on a fucking add-on exlusive for a console barely anyone had to begin with. Maybe it had something to do with the economic bubble bursting but it's one of those gaming history things that probably warrants further examination.
>>750242954Waiting for AI jeets to discover this game so we can get the co-op campaign the game always deserved
>>750245321It's pretty crazy that CV64 was supposed to be "the next big thing" and SotN was just Konami letting those devs play out behind the barn for two-to-three years, yet look what went on to shape the series identity and codify an entire genre.
>>750245457Gay reddit genre for homos.>UH CHUD THAT'S JUST WORD SALADIt actually isn't.
>>750245629Fuck sake, what is it now? Are you having an attack? Are you mad that I addressed the factual occurrence of CV64's failure? I'm sitting here trying to decipher the motivation for your actions like you're a fucking baby because you don't make any sense.
>>750245905>Are you having an attack?
>>750243287>what we got was just DoS' lambasted art direction all over again.I mean, it worked, the reason 12 years old me picked PoR up at the store was the cool anime guy and the hot anime girl on the cover.
>>750222304Yeah that dude is a retardSotN is like the WoW of it's genreYou can say wow is utter trash, but even as trashy as it is, it's still the baseline of the genre and nobody has surpassed it, you hear it in every thread>This is the level of polish wow has? This are the quests, the raids? This is trash lol!And yetNobody came to make something better, weird isn't it
>>750222304So true sister. Forget the balls-hard NES games that it spawned from, this (((Lucifer)))-worshipping game with pretty graphics is the real shit.
>>750243698The boss fights were real fun up until I got the thunderbird summon. Sadly, I lack the willpower to not cheese the challenge arena and spam the last 3 bosses to death.
>>750246879>christcuck
>>750247184Sorry God dropped you in favor of me, I guess. Seethe moar, kike.
>>750196536DoS is betterThe prime example of Bigger is better
>>750247243Read Acts 5:1-11, if it doesn’t immediately convert you to Dracula-ism then you’re retarded and deserve to be milked dry by your semitic gods.
>>750247516So true, sister.
>>750247432DoS is uglier compared to AoS
>>750230226
>>750247540You won’t read it. Or you can’t read it. One of the two. Very sad. I’ll pray (to the Norse gods) for you, anon.
>>750248161Can you explain how that excerpt got you to worship Satan? Or, Dracula as you put it.
>>750230226If the last 4 paintings were thematically different from the first 4 it would be my 2nd favourite Castlevania. Still my 3rd or 4th favourite tho.
>>750202534Yeah, M2's collections are all good. One of the only companies making retro game ports properly.
I am playing Aria of Sorrow right now after finishing Belmont's Curse and I don't see the hype desu. Is it one of those games where you hsd to have played when it came out / when you were a kid to appreciate?
>>750248256Oh, come on. Peter obviously shanked Ananias and Sapphira for holding out on him, then blamed their deaths on God. Peter, the rock on which Christ built his church, is the archetypal jew. Paul (formerly Saul) seemed like a good bloke though.
Liking AoS over SotN is like pretending Once Upon A Time In the West is better than The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. You're just some poser that gets your opinion from a youtuber or AoS was your first Castlevania that you played on your brothers GB Advance and you love your brother very much
>>750248419>Paul (formerly Saul) seemed like a good bloke though.Ok you are 100% a kike.
>>750244448>Just doesn't deserve bearing the nameIt's a stretch, but it has its moments. It being a Castlevania game never really offended me. In terms of general quality I'd take it over the PS2 turds, too.
>>750248440What about those assholes who say The Searchers is the greatest western of all time? What’s their favourite Castlevania?
>>750196536Castlevania I
>>750248440Sounds like you need to go back to >>>/tv/ - Talmudvision. Brainwashed retard.
>>750248440Have you considered that people can have different opinions and preferences? They are both good, which is better is pretty much subjective at this point.
>>750248387Two major parts of the appeal were the Soul system and being formatted so well for the portable GBA format, so kinda. But it's just a short, dumb fun game with interesting ideas at its core.
>>750248387What did you see in Belmont's Curse? Oh wait, you're a shill.
>>750196536SotN=AoS>OoE>Bloodstained>DoS>PoR>>>>>>>HoD>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>CotMObjective ranking btw
>>750248461>respecting the first Christian to regard gentiles as human beings makes one a kike Uh, okay.
I am more of a Circle of the Moon guyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyk4Qso7rpM
>>750248721I gotta try out OoE, maybe it just had a slow start but it didn't grab me like other portable titles.
>>750248790>Saul wasn't the jew, Peter wasI see you, kike.
The waifufags make OoEfags seem like mindless coomers but OoE just is the best Igavania unironically. The move to a more solid level structure in PoR was better realized and both combat in levels and boss fights finally felt meaningful compared to prior games where you just run few enemies. Presentation is great thanks to coming out once the team was well acquainted with the DS hardware and the series was finally allowed an actual fitting artist again. Fuck the crab boss though.
>>750248721I’d swap PoR and DoS, but otherwise agree If luck worked properly DoS would be higher upI think it’s generally under appreciated
>>750248523I never got around to watching that, I've been meaning to though. I just watched The Gunfighter with Gregory Peck, it was kino. Not the greatest ending, but I loved the first hour or so.
>>750248570Simon is so masculine it loops back into being gay.
>>750248924I love my autistic wife.
>>750248838No one denies “Saul” was a jew. But Paul wasn’t a jew, unlike every “Christian” before him, including Peter. I can’t believe I’m saying this as a devout Draculist, but read your fucking Bible.
>>750249028>Peter, the rock on which Christ built his church, is the archetypal jew.You are clearly a bot that can't even keep its own quotes in a context window. Pathetic and worthless. Just like the kikes who programmed you.
>>750248931If you’re ever looking for a fun spaghetti western the Trinity movies are pretty good
>>750213378I really enjoyed those threads
>>750249148LOL!
>>750248924I dislike OoE because of the fucktarded farming and honestly bland level design. If they were going to make so many short levels, at least make them a bit more flashy. One of my most distinct memories of the game from when I played it so long ago rushing through one of the underwater levels a lot farming for who knows what. For a bit I actually liked, I also remember the prison wall area with the killbot.
>>750248924Nah I disagree, I played OoE not that long ago and I finished 3 Castlevanias this month and am on 4th now. What was lost in those smaller maps was the feeling of being trapped. I like the linear feel that OoE has (which HoD has too) but the tension is lost BECAUSE the maps are so small and you know for a fact that escape is only a couple of screens away. Now try that in CotM lol. And here's my criticism about the "difficulty" that people keep going on and on about in OoE.In that game there is only one enemy type that is dangerous. Other Castlevanias do this to a smaller extent but it's very obvious in OoE. This happens DOZENS of times - you enter new screen, a giant floating/flying blob of a monster is above you, and it either - 1. Dives at you quickly 2. Flies over you and attacks from other side 3. Flies above you and fires magic. This happens OVER and OVER. if you didn't equip the axe weapon for Shanoa, or something that has massive burst damage, you are unable to recognize patterns or are a perma-noob. With that enemy type blasted the moment you move into a new area OoE is no harder than DoS or something like that.
>>750248924The level design in OoE is almost extraordinarily boring. Cool theming in the environments and bosses, though.
>>750196536AoS is better game, it's just sucks it was limited by hardware.
>>750249028Paul was very much a Jew.
>>750248813It's a little different from the others. It's weaker on the exploration side but has great combat and bosses.
>>750249148I think PoR might be the only Castlevania with a bathroom But does it still count if the bathroom’s inside a painting?
Is there a happyvania romhack yet?https://happyvania.bandcamp.com/track/tears-of-joy
>>750248924OoE was just proto BC.
>>750248670BC is a 7/10 at best. I just don't see why people say AoS is a 10/10.
>>750250029>I just don't see why people say AoS is a 10/10Anyone who thinks AoS is that high or better than SotN will never be able to tell you why. They can't put words together and they can't describe what they like about the game. At least OoE fags can start to complement their game.>"muh Shanoa deepest character ever" *shuffles feet*AoS fans can't even do that
>>750250468>Anyone who thinks AoS is that high...>or better than SotNSo true, sister.
um excuse me what the actual fuck
>>750249613Rabi-Ribi is happyvania.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_f10nOBX6Ihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwuuVWNgUq8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f42n2crHQDchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WHsypJfmm0
>>750222314Never. The most we should ever get is the prelude to the battle of 1999. Julius going around OoE style, gathering allies and meeting people, and ending with him about to enter the castle. The actual events themselves needn't to be shown. You can have some villain that's not Drac or Death for the sake of a final boss, but that's it.
>people hate Circle of the Moon nowwhich low IQ e-celeb spread this slander
>>750251102>now
>>750248523cv4
>>750196536I'm close to finishing sotn for the first time but the inverted castle is breaking me. I feel like I don't do enough damage for most enemies and they are spammed a lot throughout the castle.
>>750251509Rush to the inverted library and grind the floating head enemy to get one of the most broken swords in the game, the room where it spawns alongside a scarecrow is the best grind spot for it, imo.
>>750251509Try beating Kirby's Dream Land first, that's good practice.
>>750235675I kek'd, but then I remembered that vidya is dying
>>750222273BC is so horrid and gay it shouldn't even be allowed to be on this list.
>>750251608I'll try. I stopped at the entrance of the castle where there's some sexy plant ladies, I forgot to get to the area where there's a teleport room at the start of the inverted castle so I'll have to keep going until I get there againFuck
miriam fr got her whole titty out
LOL
>>750252174Take breaks for your mental health bro. You said it was breaking you, and I don't want to hear that. Games can get pretty serious, especially tricky ones like this. Also remember to stay hydrated.
>>750221386They're all baby difficulty. The flipped castle isn't that interesting, but it's also a victory lap and easy to speed through.
>>750252318Post your 1cc of the NES games. Assuming you've beaten them at all.
>>750248794Is Cotm actually good, or is everybody just bieng contrarian?Are the people calling this game shit justified, or are they just too accustomed to the lower difficulty of sotn?
>one week later>the payments start to clear>suddenly many "castlevania fans" disappear>back to normal instantlyDid we, dare I say it, vanquish the horrible night again?
>>750251509If you think those enemies are tough. Just wait until you get to the top of the inverted catacomb.
>>750252398CotM is my favorite but then it was also my first CV so I'm biased.Legit issues:>Drop rates are cartoonishly low solely to justify the Magician and Thief classes existing (this is not unique to CotM, however)>The critical path is almost entirely linear, the only real fork being the destroyed statues which technically allows doing the waterway first if you can tank the poison water>The powerups/progression unlocks are mostly bland like destroying or pushing blocks, or indeed the aforementioned statues.>No weapon variety except for the Mars and Mercury spells>The final two cards are gated by the Battle Arena and aren't even guaranteed drops. Also have fun farming restorative items for the Battle Arena because there's no shop.>That fucking gay ass candle that drops the Gambler Armband can go fuck itselfDespite all of the above, it's the best one. I couldn't exactly tell you why, I think the difficulty curve and the castle layout is pretty much top tier for one thing, also the DSS system is really cool and lets you experiment. Also anyone complaining about the double input to dash is a bitch and can be safely ignored.
I’m kind of surprised how many Kid Dracula monsters made it into SOTN. Also that those ice witches are trannies.
>>750250969Even though this game has a happy vibe, the backstreet for the charachters can be pretty dark and fucked up. It really caught me off guard due to how to clashed with the tone of the game.Great game. I still haven't beaten the post-game though. I played the game on normal a year ago, got burnt out on the postgame,restarted a few weeks ago on hard and beat the main game there, Im determined to push through it this time.
>>750252874> Kid Dracula monsters made it into SOTNNo KKK enemy tho.
>>750252989Define postgame because the game has several fakeout endings, not even I am sure what the story's final boss is, but I think it is Irisu.
>>750222273>HoD usually rates among the lowest of the Igavania here>it's the one I've gotten the furthest inGenerally I prefer classicvanias, but I have played games like Aria and Harmony, even owning PoR. I'm assuming it's due to lack of overall exposure, but I what is it about Harmony of Dissonance that people dislike so much?
>>750252836Good to know. Im replaying aria right now and the game is easier than I remember so I'll definitely check this one out. Hopefully it has more bite to it.
>>750252364I was referring to the Igavanias, obviously, given the comparison in OP. As a Classicvaniafag I used to be able to beat even X68000 without dying, though.c
>>750252836Gumbo also believes in the heart of the cards
>>750253095Oh I beat Noah on my first playthrough and stopped, on this playthough I beat Noah, the shop keeper, and rumi and the game says I'm on chapter 8
>>750253135>what is it about Harmony of Dissonance that people dislike so much?First impressions count for a lot and the visuals and music are genuinely painful. But even once you're used to that there's really no excuse for the genuinely boring level design and the tedious layout of the layered castle.
>>750252242Nah dude I'm fine, I just felt like shit after dying a couple of times for beelzebub because I refused to use the axe against him. He's not even hard and I'm retarded for not cheesing him.
>>750253367beep boop
>>750236894>apparently all the following cv games are just worse versions of itIt's the opposite, they're improvements
I love castlevania threads on /v/ that don't have the word castlevania in them.
>>750196536Compared to other games that are generally considered "the greatest of all time", SotN is designed like absolute TRASH. Go to any top 100 list and SotN sticks out like a sore thumb. It's hilarious. SotN doesn't deserve a quarter of the hype and AoS mogs it easily.
>>750252874Because SotN is a stealth Kid Dracula sequel.
One thing that makes AoS stand out from the entire rest of the Castlevania series is the twist of learning you're playing as Dracula. No other Castlevania game can or will ever have such a meaningful plot development ever because there's nothing more to be done. Makes bat form fireballs so god damn ludokino.
>>750253349Yeah, I think Irisu is the final boss because on her SP version the main theme of the game plays.
>>750249148dracula spiked richter's drink with some draculax laxative when he wasn't paying attention
this thread has been brought to you by draculaxdracula's favorite laxative
>>750197317first post best post (fpbp) as it were.
>>750221908this.to any lurkers don't take any of the shitflinging too seriously. I really love both SotN and AoS. Play whichever one strikes your fancy.I agree with all that has been said about SotN coming out of nowhere, nailing and defining its genre, and never being truly surpassed. The game is has a bit of an odd way of doing things, like input commands and how one equips consumables, but all the quirks make the game "interesting" to play. It isn't too challenging but it has top of the line presentation and musicAria is my other favorite. i think the story and characters are more interesting than any other Castlevania. It saddens me that people act like the plot doesn't matter. But the moment to moment gameplay and just exploring the map kicks ass and it is a great playthrough every few years. Just like the SotN Dracula image where the game deserves CRT native resolution, Aria looks its best when it isn't blown the fuck out on a modern screen. I'm using the Gamecube's GBA player addon but running a custom .dol using flippydrive. The .dol is called GBI speedrunner edition and it is lagless, native resolution BEAUTY. It doesn't get better than this for Aria. It might seem lik a lot of setup for GBA but considering Zero Mission and Fusion are on the system as well, I wanted a nice way to play.DoS is great sprites good music good systems (except weapon crafting grinidng) but the story is fluff. Portrait of Ruin is 3rd place after SotN and AoS it is insanely fun and packed with goodies. Order of Ecclessia is really hard and long. I get what they were going for and I appreciate where it takes the genre but it is a bit much at times. Again, all in the 8-9.5 range.CotM and HoD are the only ones I don't often feel like playing.
>>750197317>Nobody has called out the bait yetThis site can often be disappointing
>>750199909I did it with the hammer gitgud
>>750251102>people hate skeleton simulatorwhat
>>750252836I just do the DSS glitch and call it a day
>>750199909The clock tower and Death are probably the biggest difficulty spikes in the game, AoS is awesome but its difficulty curve is weird.
>>750253212I think CotM is harder than AoS but I'd say to temper your expectations.>>750255612I mean sure, you can do that. You could also just bone Dracula to death at the start of the game if you wanted, but I was posting based on playing the game normally.
>>750250701top left in the grey zone has a hidden bottom. dogshit secret imo, as its just a statue for exp
Aria has- the worst music of all CV games by a mile- the grindiest mechanic of all time in the franchise, interested in seeing all those unique soul powers Soma can wield? np, just farm a monster somewhere between 50 and 115 kills and you'll get to see that one single spell!- terrible visuals, im not talking about resolution, lol at the anons mentioning that ITT. I'm talking animations, shit monster death animations (go look up how an Axe Armor enemy dies in SotN and even DoS, now look at it in AoS), shit jump animations, barebones spellcasting animations- absolutely shit bosses, Dawn of Sorrow completely blows it out of the water in the boss department. The Legion fight is literally for retards, all the bosses are so easy and simple. Julius is the only good boss in the game - No cool opening, HoD has the chase into the castle, SotN has the prologue and the Alucard run through the forest. AoS has an opening scrawl, no wide shot of Mina, Soma and Alucard at the entrance, its just game starts and Soma is like "omg where are we"It does have a cool setting with Dracula being finally dead but it's a 7/10 at best, definitely one of the weaker games in the franchise
>>750197827
HoD had this cutie and I remember as a kid admiring her in-game portrait because I was so used to Ayami Kojima just drawing long haired pretty boys that it surprised me she could draw cute girls too
>>750197704If you thought AoS' dialogue was retarded and poorly-translated, I have some very BAD news for you about SotN...
>>750256165>- the worst music of all CV games by a mileHoD is right there. It's right fucking there, on the GBA right before AoS. You apologize to Heart of Fire right now, you fucking dogeza, damn you.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHpBPV6YyGw
>>750256330That fight was absolute cinema.
>>750202534They didn't bother fixing the Luck bug (Luck does nothing, in a game where drop rates are notoriously shitty) so you still need a fan patch.
>>750256165final boss of contrarianism
>>750255659AoS's pacing and structure are superb. The Clock Tower and Death are a great midpoint climax, and after that the game opens up more in the back half. The Underground Reservoir really feels like castle's soft white underbelly. It's massive, you get a lot to do there, and it connects to nearly every other area. The Reservoir makes you feel like you're somewhere you shouldn't be, then the Forbidden Area takes that feeling a step further. The Arena feels like the darkest pit at the deepest depths of the castle - I love how the backgrounds in that area are just black most of the time. The Floating Garden is also the most explicitly "magical" area, with the illogical room warping. It leads you to Death at first (which is appropriate), then you later come back to it for the game's finale.
>>750256330>HoD is right there. It's right fucking there, on the GBA right before AoSNot that anon but CotM has the worst ost because it's just songs taken from other games but sound worse >You apologize to Heart of Fire right now, you fucking dogeza, damn you.The aria version sucks ass
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>>750221908So true. The best is when people bitch about the anime art style. Who the fuck cares!?
>>750256998He said the worst music, not OST. HoD's music is literally earbleeding stuff, CotM's doesn't even come close.>The aria version sucks assOh you absolute nigger.
>>750218801>I didn't mind black IsaacFuck you
>>750248608Have you really not grown out of that childish 'everything is subjective' perspective?
>>750257431It's still worse than HoD and yes the aria version is shit even the haunted castle remake sounds better
>Arma Felix dropalright, its gaming time
>>750257548I get it, you don't have functioning ears, you don't need to repeat yourself.
>>750256998>it's just songs taken from other gamesBut it isn't? Almost all Castlevanias have a mix of reused and original tracks. Deaf moron.
