Comfy Castlemania Thread
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I have beaten:>The Adventure>Super IV>Bloodlines>SotNProbably will continue with the NES trilogy, eventually. Difficulty-wise, is Castlevania 1 closer to IV or Bloodlines?
>>11502442Bloodlines definitelyThe challenges in 1 + BL have to do with the combat itself where in 4 all of the challenge is having to do perfect pixel platforming around moving instant death spikes
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>>11502382>chickenIT'S CLEARLY TURKEY, MOTHERFUCKER!
>>11502382>>11502454It's a pork chop.
>>11502456BULL-FUCKING-SHIT!
>>11502451this always makes me laugh
>Simon Belmont (1986): Arnold Schwazenegger >Simon Belmont (1987): Klaus Kinski>Simon Belmont (2001): Bailey JayWhat the actual fuck went wrong/right?
>>11502382That guy looks more like Frank Rygar than Simon
>>11502496all are coolexcept for simon belmont (2008): justin bieber
>>11502496Kojima's Simon is unironically my favorite design.
>>11502558>Kojima's She's an unironic fujo. You have to like men to like her design.
>>11502451wait they made a Castlevania movie?
>>11502451the thumbs up got me
>Simon is so holy that the netflix jews didn't dare go near his gospelGood.
>>11502442>Difficulty-wise, is Castlevania 1 closer to IV or Bloodlines?I'd say it's easier than both, generally speaking. Both C1 and C3 have a different kind of difficulty than the rest of the series in that success or failure is very dependent on subweapon management. Having the right subweapon at the right time is super important and can curb the difficulty significantly. The 16-bit games are more about execution, and the NES ones are more about strategy.
>>11502442imo it's not that much like either of them but probably IV overall. bloodlines follows the arcade difficulty pacing, it's fairly mild but requires overall mastery because of limited continues. IV's difficulty comes mostly from late game platforming segments with one hit kills/pits and not so much the combat. 1 is a mostly mild game with a few sheer difficulty spikes but it can be endlessly retried.
>>11502451>those drumstick/wings
>>11503396Castlevania 1 is a cakewalk until Stage 15.
what really annoys me about castlevania is that no one in america pronounces simon's name right. it's supposed to the european pronunciation that would actually have been used in wallachia at the time - like simon's name in gurren laggan. the whip skeleton's japanese name is a pun that relies on this pronunction of simon, even - "shimon", literally, "gates of hell", but made to rhyme with simon's name.
>>11503623Counterpoint: nobody should give half of a fuck.
Is 64 actually bad or is that just a meme? Also, 64 or Legacy of Darkness?
>>11504045It's a meme, everyone who has played it who didn't already have a bone to pick with a nintendo console likes it. It does warrant you gitting gud with the platforming though.LoD is basically an extended 64, or, if you will, 64 is the beta of LoD.I personally like 64 better because it's "tighter" and I didn't care much for Cornell's levels. Henry however is cool and his game was fun.
>>11504045one of those things where it was bad relative to what it was competing against when it was relevantbut in the grand scheme of all of gaming history it really isnt that bad even if it isnt good so im sure a lot of people ended up softening up to it
Harmony of Dissonance was good
I’m starting to suspect I’m insaneI had more fun with 64 than I did SotN and now I’m actually wondering if LoD is the best vania game for me over AoSI blame Carrie for this
>>11504132The best game is clearly Mirror of Fate
>>11504134Never heard of Mirror of Fate.Carrie letting me just shoot things from a distance with no resource cost or even really having to worry about aiming feels crazy compared to the rest of the series where spellcasting is so limited, especially since a lot of the issue with an early 3D game tends to be combat.Also actually dying multiple times in levels as a rule and it being difficult instead of a downward slope into a total curbstomp.also she’s cute
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>>11504173Like in SotN, the game was only difficult at the start until I started getting access to high power stuff like the Shield Rod (or you figure out Soul Steal exists), and then in castle 2 it’s basically “which broken nonsense weapon do you get as a random drop first to trivialize everything” (or just finding the Alucard shield at which point even the Crissagrim becomes a novelty find)Or how in PoR the difficulty curve falls off a cliff after the first boss since you can easily get a Long Spear drop that’ll last you until it’s time to pie Richter in the face or just learn that Shuriken solve every problem.Or AoS where several souls are just disgustingly strong, and that includes a few you’re forced to get like Legion, Death, or the 3 for the good ending. And then you find the Clamah Solais and the game ceases to exist outside of the actual one hard boss (Julius)Carrie is broken but the game actually felt balanced around that instead of it being a total power fantasy. Having a game where I basically never grinded outside of waiting for the time to change for one of the few sun/moon doors and also having no real incentive to grind was a breath of fresh air. Am I crazy?
>>11502451>4 legsperfect
>>11504210>Legion>forced to getIt's the only missable soul in the game, why would you be forced to get it?
>>11502451>we aren't in the timeline where there was a late 80's adaptation of Castlevania starring Arnie as Simon Belmont>we are in the timeline where the most popular adaptation in existence has atheist vampires and Alucard getting a dick in his ass
>>11504238Wait, you can miss it?You have to kill him, right?
>>11504284You have to break its whole shell before you kill it to get the soul.
>>11504287I never knew thatWow that’s bullshit
>>11504284yeah you can miss it for that stupid reason but he's also an optional boss. beating him just gives you access to a hint for one of the dracula souls + a dark element weapon + the chronomancer soul.
>>11504301also by extension the sky fish soul since that one requires chronomancer to get.
>>11503623Are you saying the Castlevania rap was right the whole time?
>>11502961Please tell me you're just trolling
>>11502396until you realize that every level is just a big key hunt.
>>11502382I'm playing Castlevania 3 now and getting ass-raped by it. It's extremely fun, anyhow, I'll definitely be playing Rondo and Bloodlines once I'm done with it, been in a vampire mood since I saw the new Nosferatu
>>11504263>atheist vampires and Alucard getting a dick in his assYou're fucking with me
>>11504543>He doesn't know about right angles
>>11504045I recently replayed it. The movement is floaty and meh, the bosses are easy although fun and some of the levels are annoying (mostly because of the meh movement) and there isn't a ton of enemy variety. I still enjoyed it but it is one of the weaker games. None of the other Castlevanias are like it so that alone makes it special. The best thing about it is the dark Gothic atmosphere.
>>11504543>You're fucking with menot as much as alucard got fucked in the ass lol
>>11504263I thought the show was pretty good and I loved seeing Dr. Acula get fucked by those sexy teen siblings. I've never given a shit about castlevania lore though and the cross explanation was cringe
>>11504479>*plays with the light switch*
>>11504728>I thought the show was pretty good>I loved seeing Dr. Acula get fucked by those sexy teen siblings>I've never given a shit about castlevania lore thoughladies and gentlemen, the target audience
>>11505240Nosferatu!
>>11504543The show was good for 2 seasons, although they were already inserting really stupid shit from the PS2 games, like the alchemists working for Dracula, and making him a black dude on top it.
>>11505281This guy lol. Castlevania lore ranges from arcade story board to cringe anime, gayer than the show mind you. Don't try to discuss taste in a septic tank
>>11505307>cringe animeGet off my site you nigger trash.
>>11504045I played C64 for the first time a couple years ago and really enjoyed it, it probably benefited from low expectations but the more I play it the more I like it. It's carried hard by the atmosphere and definitely has a lot of problems but it's still one of my favorites. I actually like it a little better than LoD even though LoD implements a lot of objective improvements. The Cornell mode is way too long and I dislike most of the stage changes.
>>11504543show wasn't good past the first episode don't trust any young blood that says otherwise
I liked Chronicles.
It's not wall chicken There's a home behind there and he's ripping it out of their oven
>>11504290On my last playthrough of AoS I was planning to 100% it. I forgot about having to break Legions whole body. I had a buzz on so I thought I got the soul before I saved. Much later I was checking through all the souls I currently had....and I didn't have Legion. Doh.
>>11505621I love the arrangement of Simons Theme in Chronicles, the first time I made it to the last stage and heard that I was really hyped.
>>11502451The only acceptable use of AI.
>>11504082>It's a meme, everyone who has played it who didn't already have a bone to pick with a nintendo console likes it.I like the n64 and still think it's a trash game.
I'm finally about to beat Curst of Darkness and now I'm trying to get the Laser Blade before going to Dracula's Castle, and I have to say this. The stealing mechanic is so stupid. Why lock some of the strongest weapons behind that?
>>11504045The first release is pretty much a beta. LoD is rather fine.
>>11505927Curse of Darkness is full of bizarre overly complicated mechanics that ultimately add very little to the game. 3 out of 5 Innocent Devil types are completely worthless outside of specific contextual uses that require them and the different weapon types very rarely amount to a difference in gameplay.
>>11506397Yeah the only ones I gave a shit about was the fairy because healing, Battle Type because it's a strong motherfucker and mage for the Purify ability which I only used once and maybe another time while on my way to fight Legion. At least the area before Legion is great for grinding because it's near a save point.
>>11505375>C64CV got a Commodore 64 port?
>level 53 Charlotte>81 INT, using mostly top end equipment, plus a Hercules Ring to make it so she can actually finish casting a spell without being interrupted by a stray quark moving onto her>using Cocytus, an absolute top tier ice element spell that requires killing an optional boss using one of the worst weapons in the game to obtain, against Dracula's first phase (the final boss, and neutral against ice as an element)>5 seconds of charging, plus one for a full charge, plus another 2 seconds of actually firing off the spell before I can do something else>16 x 8 (128) damage for 150 MP using absolute top end attack magic and stacking INT to the heavens>level 40 Maria (13 levels lower)>unknown INT because it's Richter mode but absolutely no equipment bonuses are in play for obvious reasons so it's purely off of whatever INT she has>using Seiryuu (which does ice element damage) against Dracula's first phase>deals 45 damage per shot, consumes only 20 MP, fires off instantly, can be used in midair>by the time Charlotte has finished casting Cocytus once, Maria can easily have used Seiryuu 5 times even while moving to avoid enemy attacks, for a total of 225 damage>also her MP regens faster than Charlotte's outside of Magus Ring usageWhy the fuck is Charlotte so shit at magic in comparison to Maria
>>11506826Because Maria is non-canon in Portrait of Ruin, so they can wank her to high heaven.
>>11506826Maria is always intended to be easy mode. She's fun as fuck, but she's always been notoriously OP. Richter is pretty damn strong in that mode as well, it was definitely easier than the base game.
>>11506830>wankMaria has a penis...?
>>11506825Yes, and DOS and Amiga too. Amigavania is infamous for its weird off tempo music and clown dracula.They were licensed by Konami and developed from scratch by eurodevs. The Amiga game was by Novotrade who would later make Ecco The Dolphin.
>>11504045 Legacy of Darkness 100%is one of the best classic resident evil games i ever played i jest but is realy fun
>>11504543you poor inocent soulyou missed the memes?
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>>11502838and?
>>11506826>>11506830not retro
>>11504045It's Not Great, but it's not unenjoyable. It was justifiably blasted at the time for its quality compared to its contemporaries, but many many far worse games have come out since then, so it's relatively better than them.
>>11502451>played by Brad Kidnice
