/vr/ - Retro Games

>>1633934
Yeah, you're the only one, but if you enjoyed it, good for you.

im with you OP, i love it

>>1633934
I liked it's atmosphere, despite all the faults.

Wouldn't place it as one of the best Castlevania entries, but I also enjoyed it. Controls are clunky, but the art direction and atmosphere is brilliant. I love the survival horror-esque bits in it.
I like it a lot better than the Lords of Shadows games for sure.

You aren't allowed to like things we don't.

So how did that "dynamite the wall" thing work out?
I saw this game once, guess where, and it seemed like the game bugged out and became impossible.

>>1633934
I had some fun with the game, but there are so many things wrong with it and there's no way I'd label it a favourite Castlevania. Also the jumping is the least of the problems, it's actually close to how it works in a 2D game. The issues are the controls, the camera, some of the stages, the camera, the lock-on system and the slowdowns.

Incidentally, what's your #1 and #2?

>>1633970
Same opinion as this. It's an okay game with a fantastic atmosphere. Its "sequel" is fun too.

>>1633979
That's AVGN being retarded. OK, so to place Mandragora or Nitro you press, wait for it, the Use key in the place it needs to go. Now, here's the thing he could've made a real anger fit about: If you try to blow up the sealed cracked wall, the wall does not die. What you're supposed to do first is find out how to deactivate the seal and where. But if you didn't know that, then you get to do the Nitro sequence again! Despite that, it's probably one of my favourite stages next to the ones after it. Platforming is one of the things the game does OK.

>>1633998
Okay. Thanks!

Man, bought this and Legacy of Darkness at launch, and i'll always find them more fun than anything Koji Igarashi puked from his rotten stomach.

Multiple characters done right, perfect atmosphere, challenging at times. Dat feeling of adventure and that eerie feeling that's there in the whole adventure. It was just fantastic for me.

Replaying Legacy of Darkness on my CRT right now. Shame that my composite cable is lost, but it's not half bad with RF.

I enjoyed them too. They were terribly flawed (poor camera, clunky controls, mediocre graphic for it's time) but I think they were more interesting than other 3ds entries like ""Lament of Innocence"...

>>1634141

>but I think they were more interesting than other 3ds entries like ""Lament of Innocence"

Was with you up until that point. Granted, LoI had issues(my only issue ever was the platforming), but when you have Curse of Darkness and Lords of Shadow...Lament is not as bad as you make it seem. Besides, I feel it made a better origins story for the timeline than LoS(or, for some people, better than Legends).

Legacy of darkness is way better

>>1634105
>Koji Igarashi puked from his rotten stomach.
you got shit taste son

>>1633934
>Is it ok if I really enjoy this game.

sure, I had fun with it. it was a great action adventure. just a bit faulty compared to grand SotN.

>>1633998
you forgot to mention that AVGN is also a retard for noting you can't get rid of the nitro and have to die and reload no matter what. but that's wrong. this dipshit never even spoke about how you are able to dispose the nitro in certain places in the walls.

>>1634264
>implying Curse of Darkness was bad

it improved a lot from LoI but the downside was that both LoI and CoD had almost no platforming while CV64 had a lot. It would have helped with gamemechanics variety (not that it didn't have any but it the maps would have been more diverse)

>the gameplay is bad but OMG SUCH ATMOSPHERE
Modern gaming in a nutshell. This is why I wish the PS1/N64 generation of games weren't on /vr/. The N64 especially pioneered this style over substance bullshit that has pretty much destroyed what gaming used to be.

>>1634281
Taste is taste after all, but to me Igarashi only watered down the Castlevania series with the same repetitive gameplay and level design, lack of challenge and half assed plots with characters that had a lot of wasted potential. Not to mention again those "extra modes" that basically gave you a demigod to wander the castle with. Only Dawn of Sorrow got this right.

Konami Kobe got right atmosphere, challenge and gameplay. If only they polished Legacy of Darkness gameplay a bit we would be talking about a masterpiece here. Kobevanias are 3DVania and Metroidvania done right

>>1634315
you gotta be goddamn deluded thinking most ps1 had substance over style. most were cheaply made and always rewinded the same game mechanics over and over again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD8n9IBPexI

>mfw I realized this was an arranged version of Divine Bloodlines

>>1633956
>Actually believing this

>>1634315
>This is why I wish the PS1/N64 generation of games weren't on /vr/

>>1634315
>The N64 especially pioneered this style over substance bullshit that has pretty much destroyed what gaming used to be.
>Implying the 16-bit era didn't have this same kind of bullshit too.

>>1633934
>Is it ok if I really enjoy this game.

Nah, man. Stop having fun.

>>1634268
It's a drastic improvement but I really wished they hadn't locked out Reinhardt and Carrie. The Japanese version is kinder for letting you play Henry from the start, and then it's fairly painless to open up the other characters and stuff.

>>1634294
That as well. I also have NO idea how he got stuck there if he managed to do the Villa because that's the most cryptic and horrible stage in the game.

>>1634315
What I'd rather see gone is the people who bitch and moan about modern games every single chance they get. Face it, /vr/ is Cranky Kong: the board. You know it's true.

>>1634315
>Modern gaming in a nutshell.
Play better games.
>This is why I wish the PS1/N64 generation of games weren't on /vr/
Stop lying for attention.
>The N64 especially pioneered this style over substance bullshit that has pretty much destroyed what gaming used to be.
No it didn't.

>>1633934
don't ask for permission to like something. what are you, chinese?

>>1634315
>dat spergrage
lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRRPLubpPzc

My friend and I played part way through the game. I really like it, it's one of my favorites, but my friend doesn't appreciate it like I do.

>atmosphere

>>1638557

>noy being atmosphere'd by biker skeletons

are you even trying?

>>1638557
Most Epic castlevania minion ever

>>1633934
>might be a stupid question
Maybe.
>Is it ok if I really enjoy this game.
What the hell does it matter? The game is shit. I can't fathom why anybody would like it. But I think you can go about your day without worry that someone will gun down your grandma's house over it.
>Am I the only one.
7+ billion people on the planet. Odds are no. Not if there's other people who were 5 like you when this game came out.

Now, did you have a question? They end with question marks (?).

>>1635926
>Face it, /vr/ is Cranky Kong: the board. You know it's true.

You say that like it's a bad thing. Now get off my lawn.

>>1634315
>The N64 especially pioneered this style over substance bullshit that has pretty much destroyed what gaming used to be.
'sup.

>>1633934
No. It's actually one of my favorites in the series. I think the game starts out kind of weak but gets so much better as you progress.

>>1638557
I don't know what you're greentexting for. Those guys are awesome.

Something I love about the CV series is that it takes itself seriously yet you'll still run into skeleton waiters, skeletons on motorcycles, maids that practice martial arts, and a whole slew of just outright silly enemies.

It makes for an interesting tone that's not often found in video games.

I actually had a lot of fun[/endspoiler] with legacy of darkness as a kid. Also that hedgemaze with the chainsaw frankenstein scarredd the shit out of me.

>>1640559
I'm still surprised pic related is never mentioned when people talk about stupid/impossible castlevania minions

>>1640559
I cannot recall silly enemies like that in the early Castlevanias. SotN had, maybe Bone Arks and those Wizard of Oz inspired foes? The Saturn port has some downright silly ones too.

>>1640696
Probably because PoR has more to pick on than that.

>>1635925
>>1634294
>>1633998
I dunno if you peeps realize this, but the nerd plays this game the way he recollects playing it in the past, not the way he knows it now. I'm not defending him though, since I could be wrong.

>>1633992
Hi op here. my no.1 would be Super Castle Vania IV and my 2nd favourite would be the original Castle Vania.

>>1633934
Oh please. The music for Villa gets me every time. That scream of a vampire when it dies. Oh and not to mention the god damn Garden Maze, When I played the game when I was 7, I was scared shit-less and couldn't play it for a WHOLE week. True story

>>1640783
I sincerely doubt PoR has something more stupid that a kawaii uguu~ demon nurse with a giant syringe. I know i would remember it.

>>1640795
Even if you take that into account, his past self should've figured it out, or his future self should've figured it out and said something. That review needs to be taken with a mountain of salt.

>>1641064
I was speaking of the game in general. It's got the annoying voice work and badly handled level structure for a start. Also the only real problem I have with Nyx is her name. It makes zero sense.

>>1638557
if only that skeleton was on fire,nothing is better than having Ghost Rider in a game

>>1641284
It could be a blue skeleton. Motherfuckin explosive biker skeleton. Epic is not enough to describe it

>>1633934
I thought it was a brilliant game, before I played stuff like Super CastleVania IV. I finished it with Carrie like 4times and Reinhardt twice.

>>1633934
OOOOOO the chills of the Garden Maze. HELP ME!, chainsaw sound oh god. I kinda thought Malus was Dracula at the start though since he was in a way (following you)

>>1633934
I think what I love most about the game has to be the OST fits so perfectly into this game.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg2y6o5uHTA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKQ6DQ8Q450

Probably best music in a video game I have ever heard. Besides Banjo Kazooie/Tooie and Ocarina of Time or Majoras mask

>>1642120
Dude.
This fucking level.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4vzJtXqC-Q
I thought it was the coolest place when I first played it.

>>1641104
>Even if you take that into account, his past self should've figured it out, or his future self should've figured it out and said something. That review needs to be taken with a mountain of salt.
Yeah, because it's a comedic review and not a serious review.

Castlevania 64 is probably one of my favorite Castlevania games. It's like mixing Super Mario 64 and OoT together. It has a little bit of everything from platforming, combat and puzzle solving.

That being said, it's not an approachable game. Watching anyone try to play Castlevania 64 for their first time is a disaster, hence why I think everyone hates it, minus the general early 3D stuff like "ugly graphics, terrible camera, etc.."

You have to be willing to put up with a lot of punishment if you want to like Castlevania 64, but it's pretty awesome once you learn the ins and outs of the controls to make it playable.

I think the worst part of Legacy of Darkness is that the pacing is really bad for Cornell's story. There's an escort mission and the Egyptian maze is a bit of a pain to get through.

terrible game to be sure
you can enjoy it if you want to

>>1640850
I rented CV64 three or four times in its day, and I NEVER got past that Frankenfucker with the chainsaw in the hedge maze.

>>1643859
Also, FUCK that part where you have to go into the garden at exactly the right time of day to catch the ghost lady watering the white roses with blood. I got stuck there EVERY TIME, and the first few times I just kind of happened to go in the garden at the right moment eventually, after searching fucking everything for hours. I finally got fed up and skimmed the damn strategy guide in a store.

>>1643873
I got lucky the first time. I just walked into the room and the cut scene happened. Threw me for a loop my second go because I knew what I was supposed to do and couldn't figure out why it wasn't working.

>>1633934

I loved Legacy of Darkness. Castlevania64 and a eerie atmosphere that few Castlevanias were able to capture. The whole mansion is really creepy

>>1633934
So out of 10 what is it? and should I get this game?

>>1633934
I mainly used Carrie because of her magic ball things and I also like how her story also stuck right in. Her parents die, revenge is upon Dracula, finds out her cousin is a puppet kill Dracula(fake) blah blah Malus yep.... Then the end when Malus is still evil. MAH GAWD

>>1633934
I FUCKING hated Tower of Science. Guns and the whole electrical bars moving, blocks killing you in one shot. doors after doors after doors. Keys after keys after keys.

>>1633934
Oh please this guy <- hahahahahaha NO. NOT COOL KONAMI gave me nightmares for days. and not to mention when I walked to school and saw a dog I would talk to myself in my head saying' It's just a game, chill out!' but YES true, The game's atmosphere was done so PERFECTLY. And this is done in generation 5. When you play fucking Call of Duty it doesn't feel atmospheric at all! That's saying something.

>>1633934
I SO don't get AVGN or Jon Tron. They should replay it and review on their channels. HM I would like to see that.

>>1633934
I don't care about controls or graphics, just as long if it's better than this pile of rotten pile of bullshit. p.s. Sorry I know this is /vr/ but seriously this piece of shit deserves no attention and no players.

>>1645101
oops soory I mean. just as long if it's better than this rotten pile of bullshit.

>>1645078
>out of 10
>being this much of a fucking sheep

The obligatory numbers at the end of the review are the cancer that's killing game journalism. You have 50+ posts worth of anons discussing the good points and the bad points of the game. Is that not enough to form a fucking opinion by now?

And if you're just shitposting, then I guess you got me. 9/10

>>1633934
It was cool in its own way. Annoying controls at times, but it was still a really interesting adventure, especially with the day/night stuff.

Have any of you guys played Nosferatu? There's some things about it that have always reminded me of Castlevania 64. Namely, the graphics/designs and annoying controls.

>>1645087
That screenshot...
>Reinhardt
>Tower of Science
There better be a Gameshark explanation behind this.