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Never played a Castlevania game before in my life, I know they are popular. Atm going through SotN, I have only a cloth tunic, a short sword, leather shield, and knives...and there's this guy who swings a black jack around, and I kill him, keep walking forward a bit and now there's a gaibon who jumps up and down and rapes my shit with fire breath. This time I tried backtracking to maybe spam knives at him and he throws a hadoken at me that kills me instantly.

I'm starting to find it kind of annoying that I have to go ALL the way back with almost no health to fight this bastard. Is this supposed to be the fun part? Figured I'd ask retro in case I'm missing the point entirely.

>> No.1463604

git gud

no seriously. git gud. occasionally you might want to look up a walkthrough or a strategic guide because SotN is actually one of the easiest CV games out there.

>> No.1463603
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1463603

>>1463597

oh wait, I am mistaken. It is a cthulu, not gaibon.

>> No.1463605

You definitely should not be getting one shotted in SotN

>> No.1463613

speaking of SotN. what the hell were they thinking when they implemented the wolf form? it's completely useless. mist and bat is something you will need but not this shit.

>> No.1463636

OP here, I tried it again and used my daggers on him. He was taking 12 damage. Before, the Plate Lord, he only took 1 from the daggers. Am I to believe then that the Cthulu had lower armor than the Plate Lord? Okay, that's doable then.

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>>1463636

oh so he's weak against holy items

and the daggers are holy because they are silver. that makes sense.

question: is it stupid to farm in this game?

>> No.1463640

>>1463636
you know you can look up enemy stats right?
SotN is much more of an action RPG anyway than older titles. they have scale enemies and yes, some plate lords are significantly harder and might take a while.

>> No.1463647

>>1463640

in-game?

because if not I don't remember the internet being a thing people could easily use to look up enemy stats back in '97

>> No.1463654

>>1463613
just for the sake of being a wolf

>> No.1463656

>I have only a cloth tunic, a short sword, leather shield, and knives...

You can keep Alucard's starting equipment if you do the Warg glitch...but I guess it's too late for that, now.

>> No.1463659

>>1463638
You don't need to farm or grind. The difficulty in the game actually drops very hard the further you get. In fact, if you take the time to get some rare random drops later, it becomes almost impossible to die in combat.

>> No.1463662

Why don't you try the first one, it's great.

Once you get halfway decent at 1 you can beat any of them.

>> No.1463670

>>1463647
in-game? no I think the enemy list and the library dude is just for enemy descriptions but not stats. what you did above was fine.

>I don't remember the internet being a thing people could easily use to look up enemy stats back in '97.

it's 2014. what are you talking about? I don't know exactly about that but maybe someone would have written an early guide even back then.

>> No.1463682
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1463682

I just got the basilard

>poking intensifies

literally nothing can touch me I poke so fast. it's like a poking simulator now! I love it!

>> No.1463727

>>1463603
The Cthulu is a mid-level monster in a low-level area. Later on in the game you'll be walking through them like nothing. Holy water works best to kill it when it's on the ground, but it does too much damage for your level and armor at this point in the game.

Also, learn some magic. They're done with fighting game style direction inputs. Try these ones:
Hellfire: press up, then do a hadoken, then hit either attack or shield. You'll teleport, then shoot three fireballs. If you hold up during the teleport, you'll shoot two magma balls. If you hold down, you won't shoot anything.

Dark Metamorphosis: Do a half-circle from one side, to up, to the other side, and press attack or shield. This lets you gain HP from the blood enemies spatter when you hit them with a slashing weapon. Alucard gains a red outline while it's active.

You can use either square or X to cast spells, but I prefer pressing whatever button my shield is equipped to because it has a faster recovery time in case I fuck it up.

>> No.1463740

>>1463727

wait I can do spells now? Don't I have to learn them first or something?

>> No.1463749

I am very, very sorry if this is your introduction to Castlevania OP. Terrible way to get to know the series.

>> No.1463757

>>1463749
I don't think it is a bad entry point to the series. The game is pretty and enjoyable to play enough so that you'll try the other Castlevania titles.

>> No.1463761

>>1463757
It's one of the worst Metroid-like games and a bad representation of what Castlevania is really all about.

>> No.1463780

>>1463740
Not from what I remember

>> No.1463782

>>1463761
That is some pretty shit taste you are carrying there.

>> No.1463791

>>1463782
He's pretty much right. SotN is all style over substance.

>> No.1463805

>>1463761
SotN is perfect for first Castlevania game. You need to play it before you've learned any skills or it won't be fun.

>> No.1463952

>>1463761
>It's one of the worst Metroid-like games
I think you meant Super Metroid

>> No.1463973

>>1463638
You only need to farm if you want some of the items that are so good that they're game breaking. I wouldn't recommend it because they remove all challenge from the game.

>> No.1463975

>>1463952
Uh no, unlike SotN that's actually a non-bad game.

>> No.1463986

OoE is the best, that shit blows the others out of the water.

>> No.1464063

>>1463727
Dude, I've had this game since the 90s and beaten it a few times, and you just blew my fucking mind.

I guess I understand why people say it's bullshit easy now.

>> No.1464068

Question about SOTN : Is there much text in the game? Would I be able to play the jap version with just basic knowledge of katakana?

asking b/c I would like to try the saturn version, where it was only released in jap

>> No.1464086

>>1463761
>a bad representation of what Castlevania is really all about.

no. I think that one shouldn't be only exposed to the Belmont-only castlevania games anyway. And thank fuck they introduced some interesting characters even if technically they are all grey haired bishonen characters but their game mechanics are interesting and shit all over your belmont whip fighter.

Still the regular vampire hunters are maybe more challenging to play as. CV might have started out like that but I think that even a "spin off" is a totally fine point to start with any series to play.

>> No.1464131

>>1464068
totally, the dialogue is used sparingly anyway.
Alucard doesn't even talk much either.

I guess that's because he's so old that he doesn't give a shit anymore.

>> No.1464157

>>1463740
Been playing the SotN unlockable on the PSP Dracula X Chronicles. Idk if the menu has the same interface, but in the PSP-unlockable version, once you perform the spells once, you can look them up again from the Spells submenu. They list them like you'd expect to see the moves for Street Fighter or MK listed.

On a side note, has anyone else had an issue using Mist Form in the PSP-unlockable version? I know you have to use L + R to transform into Mist, but everytime I do it, it turns me into Wolf...and if I turn Wolf off in the Relics menu, it doesn;t do anything. I think I've reached a dead-end if I can't Mist, too, since any unexplored areas are now either unreachable by normal means or have Mist Bars in the path.

>> No.1464160

>>1463986
I agree. A Metroidvania that gives you an actual challenge? Count me in.

>> No.1464181

>>1464131

wicked gonna burn a copy asap

>> No.1464320
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1464320

>>1464160
>Metroidvania

>> No.1464353

>>1463682
>basilard

Oh yes. Definitely one of the most fun early weapons. Anything human-sized, you're basically raping in the face with a knife.

>> No.1464349

>>1464320
what do you call them?

>> No.1464363

>>1464349
One series I call Metroid. The other I call Castlevania. Games that aren't either of these get different names altogether.

>> No.1464369

>>1464363
What do you call side scrolling action platform games where you navigate a sort of labyrinth like overworld where you constantly find upgrades that allow you to enter previously unaccessible areas?? hint. you can sum that up in one word if you aren't a oldskool elitist

>> No.1464379

>>1464363
>>1464320
Is this nigga serious?

>> No.1464380

>>1464349
Metroid-likes

>> No.1466234

>>1464320
>that shitty reaction image

fuck off to /v/ with your bullshit

>>>/v/

>> No.1466236

>>1466234
Quality bump there.

>> No.1466254

>>1466236
Says the one bumping the thread by shit posting on it

>> No.1466907

>>1466254
oh but I saged :3