/vr/ - Retro Games

If you have to ask, I think you know the answer you retarded nigger

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>>7061885
I think it is. There's a lot of cool areas and little touches that are neat. The music in some areas is pretty great. I think it gets better after the first few areas, I wasn't impressed by them. It goes to absolute shit at the inverse castle though.

>>7061885
Nah, metroidvanias are shit, play the classicvanias instead

>>7062048
I don't think it sucks, but it's clear that most of the game is just padding at that point.

>>7061885
It's good for exactly ONE playthrough.
Then all the soulful enemy designs and music get buried under the never-ending straight corridors and boring level designs.

>>7061885
Yes, as above post said it’s worth at least one play through. Worst case just go grind for 5-10 minutes, then spam dagger on the boss.

>>7062439
Do people actually grind to do anything in SoTN? I found that just by exploring the levels the games already make you extremely over powered.

>>7061885
It's fun enough to play once or twice.

I play it to pretend I'm playing as Lestat.

>>7061885
>Is it worth beating?
Meh, it's poorly balanced and really missing the point of the series.

>>7062210
>It's good for exactly ONE playthrough
I was extremely annoyed with the game design the first time.

>>7061885
from an historical point of view yes, this way you can experience the exact moment the series went to shit

>>7061885
Maybe..... it falls apart halfway through coz the director left during development, leaving Iga to finish it off.

>>7061885
Yes it's good, ignore the classicucks.

>>7062119
I honestly hated it. I think only a handful of areas had distinct enemies, with the rest having the same copy pasted one. It felt like it tried to stretch 5% of the content of the first half across the entire second half. The bosses were the only redeemable thing.

only if youre interested in the story of Rondo Of Blood , if you already know the story then it kinda suck , its actually doesnt represent the greatness of the metroidvania , sotn look like shit comparison to aria of sorrow . aria of sorrow show what being metroidvania mean

>>7061885
I thought this was Chronicles' title screen at first.

Why is American box art so god awful?

>>7064393
>Maybe..... it falls apart halfway through coz the director left during development, leaving Iga to steal the credit.
Fixed

>>7064986
This is how articulate Ariafags are

>>7064401
SOTN is borderline classic though, simply because it has actual production values

>>7065984
The production of the follow-ups is
>let's rearrange Rondo and Symphony but dial the graphics down

>>7064156
The only thing I grinded was the schmoo's because I hated the inverted castle so much and just wanted the "I win" weapon.

>>7061885
I don't even remember if that's in the first or second half but if you're not enjoying then drop it either way. I'll say this though, most of the stuff to find is basically useless since the game is so easy and the OP combination of Shield Rod and Alucard gets handed to you. So even if you don't use that you can blaze through the game in no time ignoring large parts of the second castle.

Sure, but I'd recommend the classic games much more

>>7066507
Why? The Metroidvanias are exactly the same but actually have exploration

>>7066550
I prefer the newer Castlevanias, but it's not as cut and dry as you laid out.

In the old Castlevanias you have to approach each specific situation a certain way. SOTN does this sometimes, but it's not consistent all the way through and it's way toned down. In the later games this was completely non existent.

>>7066562
So you're saying SOTN is the best metroidvania?

>>7066721
Apples and Oranges. There's only like 4-5 times SOTN felt like classic castlevania. Like a save room in the underground having 3 spear knights 1 below 1 infront and 1 above all stabbing at you from different directions. So just to get out you had to dodge their spears just to get out. Also there were a few situations were they will put archers behind melee tanks, so you have to dodge attacks from both and the archer would sometime notch 2 arrows to throw you off. But in 99% of the cases it felt like the enemies were just randomly or arbitrarily placed with no thought at all. It gets particularly bad in the second castle, where it feels like they spread 10% of the content across 50% of the game.

Compare that to original Castlevania were every situation felt like it was basically a test of your dodging or positioning like pic related. I'm not saying one is better but they are very obviously distinctly different types of games.

>>7066721
Actually I kinda missed the caveat were you said 'Metroidvania'. It didn't click that probably meant SOTN, it's derivatives and Metroid. Yeah probably, but Metroid is suppose to be no slouch.

>>7061885
If you like piss-easy games, yeah, the inverted castle is kind of a cool concept.

>>7066763
Have you played the HardType patch? It doesn't change the design but stops you destroying what little there is due to steamrolling.

Blaustein/original, PSP, or Japanese voice acting?

>>7061885
Kill yourself.

>>7064156
I remember on my first playthrough or thereabouts I'd stumble into a boss or two and have to level up a bit.

>>7061885
It was a great game. It did not really age well.

In other words... no. Don’t waste your time.

>>7067138
>It was a great game
>Don’t waste your time.
Brainlet

>>7066865
No I played it on the PS1 so I couldn't mod it. Maybe I'll try it one day. If I remember correctly that's the one that adds a proper Richter mode right?

>>7067772
No, it just rebalances the whole game.

>>7066763
Ariafags can't refute this

>>7067138
>was a great game

oh shit what changed, did they patch it?

retard

>>7061885
If you have to ask, no, you're not worthy of beating it, fucking shitter

>>7068089
You say that like it's difficult

>>7068073
You make no sense

>>7068976
>Even after the board dropped 30 IQ avg the /v/ermin still can't understand it

What do you get when you 200% complete?
>>7064190
Based.

>>7069591
Fine, i get it

>>7061885
We, Just, Have, 3 FUCKING THREADS!!!!

>>7067142
Was, past tense. As in, no longer.

>>7061893
What makes the PSP one the best?

>>7069762
What do you mean? There's no other Symphony of the Night thread.

>>7070118
I'm guessing it has the extra features of Saturn but otherwise the superior PS1 release. It also has a new translation but I think it was almost literal compared to the original because retarded jap developers don't understand what a localization is.

>>7064619
That's not true

>>7070792
It is true. Aside from the Library, the outer wall, and the catacombs. The vast majority of the inverse castle is enemies you've already seen before with maybe 1-2 additional enemies sprinkled in. You can look it up this is basically the rule with minor exceptions. I wouldn't be surprised if only 10%-20% of the enemies (not including bosses) exclusively appear in the inverse castle which is 50% of the game.

>>7061885
What a fucking stupid question. Are you having fun with it? If so keeping playing. If not then don't bother.
You aren't 12 anymore. You can afford more then a handful of games.

>>7071091
He's asking because a lot of great games are slow starters or the gameplay can't really shine until you're into it a bit. This one is no exception. The first few levels are bland dogshit and you can't really explore until you get a few relics. It's like you retards don't even play games you just shitpost your retarded takes on here.

>>7071273
>This one is no exception. The first few levels are bland dogshit
Eh, worked on my machine. Of course I had HardType installed, so each room required focus.

Is stunlocking him like this cheating? I dunno how else you're supposed to beat him without buying a bunch of high potions.

Best way to play it? Never played a castlevania and want to try out SOTN

>>7072353
Two Heaven Swords helped me beat the fuck out of Galamoth

Why are there so many fucking Castlevania threads here when the series is still alive and there's a general in >>>/vg/?

>>7072532
because people like castlemania, dumbass

>>7071273
Personally I was hooked at the doppelganger fight