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/vr/ Castlevania General Anonymous Thu Apr 3 20:00:47 2014 No.1518449 [DELETED]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDNYzQ_yMVc

Anonymous Thu Apr 3 20:07:46 2014 No.1518463
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I expected it to be the thread official track, way to disappoint me with a shitty unboxing video.

Let me fix that for you.

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

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 3 20:09:46 2014 No.1518474 >>1518463 >.gif >Does not move

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 3 20:09:46 2014 No.1518475 Ninja Maids are the best enemies in the series. Debate me.

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 3 20:10:16 2014 No.1518480 Why is everyone so eager to mimic one of the things that nearly killed /v/?

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 3 20:11:16 2014 No.1518483 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Py5xa_JuVk midi is better than the redbook version

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 3 20:12:17 2014 No.1518485 >>1518480 Castlevania discussion killed /v/?

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 3 20:13:18 2014 No.1518487 >>1518480 Belmont killed the radio star

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 3 20:30:28 2014 No.1518519 File: 649 KB, 1280x992, symphony-of-the-night.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 3 20:31:58 2014 No.1518523 Bloody Tears was the greatest contribution Castlemania ever gave us. God tier song, that one.

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 3 20:38:28 2014 No.1518535 >>1518485 Just report him, he's the pedophile that keeps trying to direct all generals to /vg/.

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 3 20:57:58 2014 No.1518585 File: 900 KB, 500x500, tumblr_mzcsaoQBUl1r0ralmo1_500.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1518474 sorry

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 3 20:59:28 2014 No.1518592 >>1518585 >Tumblr

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 3 21:00:28 2014 No.1518594 >>1518585 >typical mode7 game.gif

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 3 21:02:28 2014 No.1518601 >>1518463 Thank you. I'm giving you extra points for having the presence of mind to not post the first youtube result for Super Castlevania 4 music. Every time someone posts Constantlimit's shitty tv-recorded audio garbage, I die a little inside.

Anonymous Thu Apr 3 21:07:28 2014 No.1518607

Nearly have Super Castlevania beat, but we're stuck on that part near the end with the 3 platforms that constantly spawn and move to the top right, where a curtain of deadly spikes waits for you.

We've had the console on for about two weeks, playing it whenever we get time and feel like it.

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Anonymous Thu Apr 3 21:41:28 2014 No.1518689
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I'm starting to get really pissed at Super Castlevania IV, and that's pretty weird, considering it's my favorite in the series - and that's pretty weird, considering I've never beat it. Furthest I've ever gotten was the stage with that giant fuck-off saw at the bottom that races with you, but usually I get frustrated and quit by the time I hit the treasury. Those fucking skeletons with their super-charged damage-dealing capabilities can go fuck themselves, especially the throwers.

Starting to get the feeling I might not be cut out for this and should stick to the DS Metroidvanias (all three of which I've actually beaten), but I'm not quite willing to give up just yet. It can't be THAT hard, can it? Just need some perseverance, right?

>mfw realizing that once I beat SCIV, I basically have to start playing the NES ones, which are even harder

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 3 21:44:28 2014 No.1518697 >>1518689 >Simon's Quest >Harder

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 3 21:45:58 2014 No.1518705 >>1518697 CVIII more than makes up for it, I'd wager. If I'm going to do it, I should probably do it right.

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 3 21:47:28 2014 No.1518709 It's weird that a game series with an overall excellent soundtrack had its best piece of music on the Game Boy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6mftPOyQX0

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 3 21:56:28 2014 No.1518730 >>1518709 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHXdogIIwXw

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 3 21:56:28 2014 No.1518731 >>1518709 HNNNNNNNNG Absolutely Based Someone needs to remix that...

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 3 21:57:58 2014 No.1518735 >>1518709 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwOFkeCU7hQ I had such high hopes...

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 3 22:04:28 2014 No.1518750 >>1518735 >how to kill everything which is good about a track: the song It seems the most fitting genre for Castlevania music really is rock music.

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 3 22:08:28 2014 No.1518760 >>1518750 >Not goth music

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 3 22:12:29 2014 No.1518769 >>1518760 >goth music >techno for sad people Nah.

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 3 22:14:28 2014 No.1518772 >>1518769 Goth music originated from the British punk scene http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_rock

Anonymous Thu Apr 3 22:21:58 2014 No.1518784

Visual kei faggotry aside, Mana has always made some very Castlevania-influenced music, he's a big Castlevania fanboy and even composed a ringtone for Harmony of Dissonance for japanese mobiles.

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

you'll have to stomach the vocals, and most of the songs aren't really all that great, but I always get a huge castlevania vibe when I listen to the harpsichord and organ synths.

Man, I haven't listened to this in 10 years.

There's also a Malice Mizer song titled Gekka no yasoukyoku (japanese title of SOTN), the bad thing is that Gackt is on vocals.

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 3 22:26:28 2014 No.1518791 >>1518772 Still no, the music simply lacks in punch imo. >>1518784 I found this pretty Castlevania-esque. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmqhnU7RGZE

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 3 22:28:28 2014 No.1518793 >>1518760 Castlevania IV has some very goth rock-sounding tunes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQRMjAg2jN0 >these drums and dat bass

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 3 22:28:28 2014 No.1518794 >>1518791 If your first thought about goth music is "techno music for sad people", you have been listening to the wrong kind of it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVpyKxpsadg

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 3 22:30:28 2014 No.1518802 >>1518784 I like Malice Mizer without the slightest hint of irony or shame, unlike most visual kei garbage, they kept changing their sound. They owed no shit to anyone; didn't steal riffs. Moi dix Mois is just garbage, though. Their songs are very alike

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 3 22:30:58 2014 No.1518798 >>1518750 the music in judgement / hd was a mess https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EHJf4E1Xl8 ps perfect selection dracula battle sucks

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 3 22:32:29 2014 No.1518807 >>1518794 >techno music for sad people It's simply what most goths listen to these days. Also, the piece you've posted pretty much proves the "not enough punch" stance. Castlevania is more like pseudo-baroque-rock, if something like that even exist.

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 3 22:33:28 2014 No.1518809 >>1518807 prog rock

Anonymous Thu Apr 3 22:34:58 2014 No.1518814

>>1518802

I agree, although Malice Mizer went to shit with gackt (still, great song writing, but I just can't watch Ju te veux performance with a straight face, although I'll admit it's a guilty pleasure, the song itself is catchy as fuck). Memoire is still one of the best goth rock albums I've heard in general, japan or not. Their Bara no seidou era is also good, but way too over the top and operatic, I prefer the more classicaly-inspired goth rock from their early days, also Tetsu was a great vocalist and lyricist.
And I agree about Moi dix Mois being garbage, but it has a somewhat good production, still shitty songwiritng, Kozi still makes cool music, Mana lost his shit.

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 3 22:36:58 2014 No.1518817 >>1518807 What about this one? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fA_pTaXBT8

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 3 22:38:28 2014 No.1518819 >>1518814 As much as I like Memoire, I would not call Tetsu a "great vocalist" by any stretch of the word. He over emotes his delivery and most people either hate his voice or jusr stand it.

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 3 22:38:28 2014 No.1518820 >>1518817 Touché, that actually sounds kind of like Castlevania.

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 3 22:39:28 2014 No.1518828 >>1518820 What about this one? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juD4ayBbHdY

Anonymous Thu Apr 3 22:41:59 2014 No.1518836

>>1518819

You think so? He sounds just like a real goth rock vocalist, the guy is basically japanese Robert Smith, I think he's very fitting for the kind of sound MM had in Memoire.
But vocal style aside, I like Tetsu mainly for his lyrics, can't say the same about Gackt. And Mana's lyrics are the most boring and cliche thing ever "hurrrr THE DARKNESSSSS", bleh.

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 3 22:44:28 2014 No.1518838 >>1518784 music is gayer than the pic

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 3 22:44:58 2014 No.1518841 >>1518836 I think a Japanese Robert Smith would be more like Atsushi Sakurai from Buck-Tick, they used to have the same hair style https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON_rUAITnkM

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 3 22:44:58 2014 No.1518842 >>1518828 Only the middle part, if at all. I don't really feel it. I guess it's just a difference in perception.

Anonymous Thu Apr 3 22:47:58 2014 No.1518852
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>>1518841

But I mean Tetsu is japanese Robert Smith because of his voice and way of singing.

Man that song was the first ever Buck-Tick song I heard back in like 2001 or 2002. Good stuff.

Dem hairdos.

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 3 22:48:28 2014 No.1518854 >>1518842 What about this one? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIelNIzII7Y

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 3 22:49:28 2014 No.1518862 >>1518852 I don't hear the resemblance between Tetsu and Robert Smith

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>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 00:05:46 2014 No.1519073 So are we gonna talk video games or discuss goth music?

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 00:06:47 2014 No.1519074 >>1519061 This remains one of my favorite pieces of video game concept art.

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 00:07:16 2014 No.1519076 >>1519073 /mu/ hijacked the thread circljerking about bad music

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 00:09:46 2014 No.1519080 File: 44 KB, 800x600, koudelka.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1519073 We are going to discuss goth video games http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg1VEV4QhtA

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 00:10:16 2014 No.1519084 >>1519076 >Bad Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NPgVESNjPg

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 00:12:16 2014 No.1519087 >>1519084 the title is mind numbling stupid i'm not even going to try to listen to it

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 00:13:16 2014 No.1519093 >>1519087 >Judging music by anything but music

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 01:30:24 2014 No.1519279 >yfw you realized that the only good Metroidvanias, SotN and CotM, weren't made by Igarashi

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 12:15:09 2014 No.1520029 >>1519279 Wasn't SOTN his first Castlevania?

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 12:21:38 2014 No.1520041 >>1518709 Also the best version of bloody tears. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB0B41q5BVc

Anonymous Fri Apr 4 13:09:17 2014 No.1520127

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_nLixW7Mo4A
Minibosses anyone? They've created some rocking covers of 8-bit and 16-bit tunes. Don't quite know who these OC remix fags are, but they totally hijacked this track to sell their merch. For any Mass fags out there, these guys play at the Middle East in Cambridge when their in town. I have some bootlegs that I'd be happy to share.

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 13:12:18 2014 No.1520132 Can we just talk about how Harmony Of Despair is the greatest CV OST of all time? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y60MzSInSU

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 13:16:47 2014 No.1520142 >>1519279 SotN had Igarashi as Co-Director and he was pretty damn influential.

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 13:16:47 2014 No.1520143 >>1520132 Is the game itself with playing?

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 13:17:47 2014 No.1520151 Recently finished Aria and Dawn of Sorrow. It was fucking good. I'm really grateful that SotN paved the way for these games. Next up: Portrait of Ruin. Btw Julius mode is fucking great.

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 13:17:48 2014 No.1520149 >>1520127 >their I blew it gaise...

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 13:18:47 2014 No.1520152 >>1520151 Keep it classy, keep it retro. I'm gunna be that guy

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 13:19:47 2014 No.1520154 >>1520143 No, it sucks. But it's immortalized as the last Castlevania before they released Lord of Shittows, and arguably one of the best damn soundtracks ever for the series, if not THE best.

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 13:20:17 2014 No.1520158 >>1520152 Yeah, I know and it's alright But since it's a CV general... I just have nothing to add about SotN or Super C IV or any older CV game except that I already finished them.

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 13:22:47 2014 No.1520162 >>1520154 Too bad... I actually like Mirror of Fate. First I played of the LoS series. Then I played the first... I was sorely disappointed. Dat stupid ending... I'm surprised they didn't try and remake AoS from there...

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 13:24:17 2014 No.1520168 >>1520158 I was only kidding FYI. It's my personal opinion that if the franchise was born in retro era, it's ok for discussion since the retro iterations always come into play.

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 13:26:18 2014 No.1520178 >>1520127 http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ByddUPg4gWE Castlevania III medley

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 13:36:53 2014 No.1520196 File: 52 KB, 250x250, 1383790019204.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1520154 >>1520132 >mfw I just got the subtitle >Castlevania HD

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 13:38:23 2014 No.1520205 >>1520196 Hahaha, I just now got it. It doesn't mean high definition... Does it?!? Double meaning like Metag Gear Solid Ghost Babel?!

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 13:39:23 2014 No.1520206 >>1519084 The Birthday Massacre can be pretty great. Doesn't really make me think of Castelvania though... first thing I think of is ol' Yngwie. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsIG1ZcVMuU&index=46 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Jy_LpWpO8s

Anonymous Fri Apr 4 13:40:53 2014 No.1520209
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>>1520143
From what little I've played of it, it seems to have some decent ideas wrapped in nonsensical level design and stiffer controls. I liked Aria of Sorrow a lot though.

>>1518990
Why so low-resolution you bastard.

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 13:43:23 2014 No.1520215 File: 35 KB, 640x480, 1396633380988.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1520196 >Dawn of Sorrow >Castlevania DS

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 13:44:53 2014 No.1520218 >>1520209 Am I in the minority with being off put by AoS? They turned Alucard into Tuxedo Mask and it's set in presentish day setting.

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 13:45:53 2014 No.1520223 File: 189 KB, 680x907, image.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1520215 >mfw

Anonymous Fri Apr 4 16:16:32 2014 No.1520584

>>1520218
>They turned Alucard into Tuxedo Mask and it's set in presentish day setting.

so what? Everything about it was a sensible choice. Do you think a 1000+ year old vampire (or whatever age he has) shouldn't go with the times for some weird ass reason? I found everything about AoS refreshing tbh.

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 16:19:03 2014 No.1520587 File: 1.00 MB, 1000x783, arikadou.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1520218 he looks dapper as fug

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 16:29:32 2014 No.1520601 >>1520215 That didn't dawn on you in 2005? A ton of early DS games have those initials. Mr. Driller Drill Spirits, Advance Wars Dual Strike, Resident Evil Deadly Silence, Lunar Dragon Song, the list goes on.

Anonymous Fri Apr 4 16:34:03 2014 No.1520610

>>1520029
>>1520142
No, he got brought in toward the very end after the rest of the game was finished and just balanced the game (which is why it's very easy- Iga stated that Castlevania games were always too hard for him, so he nerfed the difficulty and made other "tweaks" to Hagiharu's game). Most of the game was made by Toru Hagihara, who had previously made Belmont's Revenge and Rondo of Blood.

tl;dr Iga is a crazy, controlling hack and I'm glad he left Konami.

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 16:37:53 2014 No.1520615 >>1520610 but he did what a producer is supposed to do. Make the game more marketable by making it more accessible for everybody. Everybody was tired of the old castlevania formula.

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 16:56:22 2014 No.1520649 >>1520610 Wait, so Igarashi didn't have much to do with Rondo of Blood?

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 17:10:52 2014 No.1520675 >>1520649 Nothing at all. His first Konami game was Tokimeki Memorial, then he got transferred to the SotN project team.

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 17:22:22 2014 No.1520708 >>1520675 Oh my. Well then I guess he is a giant fucking hack after all. I always thought he did Rondo of Blood for some reason.

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 18:25:44 2014 No.1520818 >>1519279 SotN is unbalanced as fuck. Aria of Sorrow is what SotN was supposed to be (and the best Metroidvania).

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 18:34:14 2014 No.1520835 >>1520610 > Most of the game was made by Toru Hagihara, who had previously made Belmont's Revenge and Rondo of Blood. > who had previously made Belmont's Revenge > Belmont's Revenge Well I guess that IGA saved SOTN.

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 18:35:44 2014 No.1520837 >>1520818 The one that required the RNG to generate two souls in order to win the game? No thank you. SotN has its fair share of RNG bullshittery but forcing it for completion was an incredibly stupid decision.

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 18:36:14 2014 No.1520840 >>1520835 >totally ignoring Rondo

Anonymous Fri Apr 4 18:40:44 2014 No.1520851

>>1520837
> The one that required the RNG to generate two souls in order to win the game?
No, the one with an actual progression of difficulty and good boss fights, unlike SotN.

> tfw you had to explore a rehash of the castle to get the true ending in SotN

Lel.

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 18:42:14 2014 No.1520858 >>1520837 "How can I speedrun this game?" isn't a criteria to judge a game's quality, anon.

Anonymous Fri Apr 4 18:42:44 2014 No.1520857

I agree with anon. Rock, especially Metal, suits Castlevania. This just happens to be DEATH Metal.

Necrophagist - Fermented Offal Discharge

Best Castlevania music ever. Intro riff is badass. Money riff starts at 1:45 Solo starts at 3:01

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJ7Y4SNj6u8

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 18:44:14 2014 No.1520861 >>1520857 This is NOT Castlevania music. Obviously. But Muhammed Suiçmez, lead guitarist and founder of Necrophagist is a MASTER of what I like to call "Classical" metal solos.

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 18:44:14 2014 No.1520865 >>1520840 Bloodlines is better.

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 18:44:44 2014 No.1520864 >>1520858 I don't agree that it's an issue, but where did he say anything about speedrunning? Maybe he doesn't want to spend that time grinding for souls. AoS is still my favorite CV game of all time, but I understand his point.

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 18:47:14 2014 No.1520873 >>1520864 You don't need those souls to FINISH the game. You need to get the secret level and the best ending.

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 18:47:15 2014 No.1520868 >>1520865 What's your point?

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 18:47:15 2014 No.1520869 shitty butt metal ruined castlevania music

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 18:49:44 2014 No.1520876 Lords of Shadows is good

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 18:55:14 2014 No.1520894 >>1520876 It's a GoW clone. Actually I haven't played it, but from I see, the gameplay has got to be good. And for me, that's usually what counts.

Anonymous Fri Apr 4 18:56:14 2014 No.1520895

>>1520864
>AoS is still my favorite CV game of all time, but I understand his point.
I don't. It's an issue but not a big one. You can get these souls in 3 minutes each. Not a game breaking problem.

Better than the second castle of SotN. At this point of the game Alucard is so powerful that everything is a cakewalk.

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 18:57:15 2014 No.1520898 >>1520894 >It's a GoW clone. This is why it's good.

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 19:01:44 2014 No.1520909 >>1520898 >yougotthepoint.avi

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 19:06:44 2014 No.1520921 >>1520894 Everything can be considered a clone of something these days.

Anonymous Fri Apr 4 19:11:44 2014 No.1520930

>>1520921
which is why its a good way to describe the game

instead of saying 'mediocre 3d beat em up with minor puzzles, tomb raider style platofrming, tons of qtes' we say 'gow'

instead of saying 'fast paced auto aiming fps with a complex map, emphasis on fighting many enemies at once' we say doom clone

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 19:21:44 2014 No.1520961 >>1520835 >shitting on BR It was the only good portable Classicvania, and a massive leap in quality over The Adventure, fagget.

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 19:32:14 2014 No.1520987 >>1520961 huehuehuehue

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 20:09:35 2014 No.1521092 >>1520857 Not saying these guys aren't talented... But this music is truly garbage.

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 20:12:05 2014 No.1521103 >>1521092 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGF7bJdn6zI

>>	Smile Fri Apr 4 20:23:08 2014 No.1521126 File: 42 KB, 195x173, ritsu0115.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1520857 >>1520861 >>1521103 >metal i knew castlevania was fedoracore

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 20:24:38 2014 No.1521127 >>1521126 >Emilie Autumn >Metal

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 20:40:08 2014 No.1521169 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWw8amK4g0I&list=PLUe96l7iRZPdLLMVW_dtzeP9jOW6YDTa3&index=2 check out my maria mode SOTN speedrun, /vr/

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 20:42:08 2014 No.1521175 >>1521169 >Viral

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 20:44:38 2014 No.1521180 >>1521127 Emilie Autumn sucks. Half her songs are about sexism and rape, she's like tumblr in music form.

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 20:45:38 2014 No.1521186 File: 100 KB, 472x340, 1382237762928.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1520601 >That didn't dawn on you

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 20:45:38 2014 No.1521187 >>1521180 I thought she was mall goth

Anonymous Fri Apr 4 21:36:48 2014 No.1521307

>>1521103
Is this supposed to be better than that god awful metal crap? Or was this supposed to be ironic, as in since I don't like metal I must like this crappy girly music?

Try this on for size:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWRtJz6dt9o

The man has about an hour of recorded music, but all popular music from 1950-2014 has been influenced by him in one way or another. If I were stuck on a desert island and had to pick one album, this would probably be it.

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 21:38:48 2014 No.1521320 >>1521307 Is this better? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F143kJea2tw

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 21:40:48 2014 No.1521329 >>1521307 One man. One guitar. One microphone

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 21:42:18 2014 No.1521338 >>1521320 R u gay? Fedoravania is forever lost ...

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 21:44:48 2014 No.1521341 >>1521338 Is this fedoracore? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HB6Xj5fZSI

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 21:44:48 2014 No.1521343 >>1519076 >bad music >joy division Itt >Lolz.jpeg

>>	Smile Fri Apr 4 21:46:48 2014 No.1521351 >>1521343 >angsty teen division >good

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 21:47:48 2014 No.1521356 >>1521351 You haven't heard angst if you think Joy Division is for angsty teenagers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5NP2xUzIvU

>>	Princess Sevenleaf !AnVbXjgZco Fri Apr 4 23:36:24 2014 No.1521624 >>1521356 I like this band. Clear Hearts Grey Flowers was the first CD I ever burned. And you know, self-injury is a serious issue. If you dismiss it as "hurr teen angst" you're part of the problem.

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 23:38:57 2014 No.1521630 >>1521624 Self injury is a serious issue but much like other issues, if you write a dumb song about it instead of treating it with respect, it comes off as angsty

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 23:48:57 2014 No.1521648 File: 1.52 MB, 390x285, mfw.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1521624 >And you know, self-injury is a serious issue. man sitting at home on my computer in my temperature controlled house is such a terrible way to live #suffering4life

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 4 23:59:57 2014 No.1521661 >>1518585 Is the wall spinning, or is the platform spinning?

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 5 00:04:58 2014 No.1521667 >>1521648 And here we have someone who has never been oppressed or punished every time he expresses himself, and thus has never had to turn to harming others or self harm in order to control his emotions.

Anonymous Sat Apr 5 00:10:05 2014 No.1521673

>>1521624
>>1521630
>>1521648
>>1521667
It's a fucking Castlevania general. Talk about the series for fuck's sake.

>>1521661
I always assumed it was the room spinning while the platform stayed stable. There's another room where the room spins around you, I just assumed this is like that but from another angle.

it's time, /vr/ Anonymous Sat Apr 5 00:15:05 2014 No.1521683

God Tier:
Super Castlevania IV

High Tier:
Bloodlines
Rondo of Blood

Mid Tier:
Dracula's Curse
Adventure ReBirth
X68000 Castlevania
NES Castlevania
Belmont's Revenge

Low Tier:
Simon's Quest
Legends

Shit Tier:
The Adventure

Beyond Shit Tier:
Every 3D game

Metroid Tier
Symphony of the Night
Circle of the Moon
Harmony of Dissonance
Aria of Sorrow
Dawn of Sorrow
Portrait of Ruin
Order of Ecclesia
Harmony of Despair

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 5 00:17:06 2014 No.1521689 >>1521683 You honestly think Legacy of Darkness is worse than the likes of Adventure and Legends?

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 5 02:06:55 2014 No.1521829 >>1521683 Gonna assume the Metroid tier is in no particular order, because Ecclesia is better than everything there except Aria and Symphony. Other than that replace Rebirth with the NES Castlevania and your list is solid.

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 5 02:23:55 2014 No.1521871 >>1520894 >the gameplay has got to be good. it's garbage. enjoy your QTEs and your tutorial game and your shitty cutscene garbage.

Anonymous Sat Apr 5 02:32:25 2014 No.1521896
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>>1521683
>every 3D game

fuck you. Curse of Darkness is a solid fucking game and the plot was good compared to a few certain other entries. The voice acting and normal acting was very theatrical but fitting for a game like that.

I enjoy devil forging. It's a good effort that SotN introduced familiars like Mini Devil or having a bat accompanying you.

Anonymous Sat Apr 5 02:37:56 2014 No.1521919

>>1520895
>Better than the second castle of SotN.

true but the problem is that AoS should have been on consoles to begin with. Maybe then it would have had more content and better sound.

I believe it was a bit shorter than SotN. But I'm not mad since we also got Dawn of Sorrow afterwards. They could have expanded Dawn by making a mirror-castle that you enter with the Paranoia soul and Aria could have been expanded by having a bigger chaos realm.

The soul grinding didn't bother me much.

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 5 02:41:25 2014 No.1521928 >>1518475 you mean Persephone? yeah, I like her. I like especially the ones with the vacuum cleaner.

Anonymous Sat Apr 5 03:32:44 2014 No.1522023

For people who havn't played every single game in the genre

Rondo of blood is a hidden gem in the classic era. Its absolutely gorgeous and the level design is damn near perfect. Its arguably the best castlevania ever made

lament of innosence is actually a good game once you unlock its hard mode which turns the game into an absolute knightmare, all the trash mobs are replaced by stronger ones and there are roughly 4 times as many enemies on screen

Anonymous Sat Apr 5 03:35:14 2014 No.1522036

>>1521896
if it wern't for the great visuals curse of darkness would be no matter game than lord of shadows.

the combat is absolute shit, enemies are far too passive and fucntion as nothing more than glorified punching bags (a common flaw in 3d beat em ups) and it lacked the constant enviromental hazards that made lament interesting.

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 5 03:41:44 2014 No.1522047 >>1522036 I disagree with everything you say but it's your opinion and I don't care enough to change it.

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 5 04:17:14 2014 No.1522078 Is this Castlevania-esque? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ7JyfEuNFE

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 5 04:37:44 2014 No.1522097 >>1522023 >knightmare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knightmare_(1986_video_game) huehue Konami

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 5 04:38:44 2014 No.1522098 y'all small time, here's some real castlevaniacore https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q52UyJoYIFY

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 5 04:40:44 2014 No.1522103 >>1522078 >calls Christians "a plague of idiots blinded by their faith" >is a Wiccan Can someone dial 911 for me? I think I actually severed my optic nerves by rolling my eyes too hard.

Anonymous Sat Apr 5 05:57:23 2014 No.1522157
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>>1520873
They're required to finish the game properly. Easiest solution would be to significantly up or guarantee their drop rate before you get it once, indeed I suspect they already have better odds than many souls. Alternatively, make them an out-of-the-way boss fight like SotN did.

>>1520851
You have to explore a rehash of the castle to beat Aria of Sorrow as well. Admittedly not as lazy but still.

>>1521919
If that's all you wanted another generation of handhelds was enough. Case in point: DXC's SotN port, and Dawn of Sorrow.

Anonymous Sat Apr 5 10:47:00 2014 No.1522435
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Geez, is there a trick to this attack? It does like 1/3 of your life on Hard and comes out really fast, too fast to dodge it seems, and I don't think misdirecting it works. Also why is the first boss in the hardest in the game, second maybe to Cornell's final boss?

Anonymous Sat Apr 5 11:39:00 2014 No.1522518
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>>1522157
>Easiest solution would be to significantly up or guarantee their drop rate before you get it once

there is a souls ring that increases soul dropping and I did it without. I just kept re-entering the segment with flame demon and succubus. The giant bat soul doesn't even count since you get that one regardless. so you only need two souls. Doesn't sound like shitty game design to me. Boohoo gotta collect two entire souls. It's a cakewalk, dude.

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 5 11:41:30 2014 No.1522523 >>1522435 you most likely have to dodge it. twitch jumping. if that doesn't work, you found the equivalent of a retro dark souls game. congratulations and have fun dying.

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 5 11:46:30 2014 No.1522529 File: 109 KB, 620x435, 185332-fuckingpassword.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I'm playing PoR. All I can say is I want more egyptian-based levels. Astarte fight is hilarious.

Anonymous Sat Apr 5 12:06:55 2014 No.1522559

>>1522529

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>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 5 12:10:27 2014 No.1522572 >>1522559 Not him but I like it too. I never understood why most people say it sucks compared to DoS and OoE.

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 5 12:13:15 2014 No.1522574 >>1522518 having to backtrack a lot at all and replay areas is shitty game design so the last two DS games win by default, aria of sorrow is shit

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 5 12:15:15 2014 No.1522576 no joke backtracking is the laziest padding to exist

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 5 12:15:15 2014 No.1522579 Get the fuck back to /v/ if you can't keep discussion retro.

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 5 12:26:14 2014 No.1522597 >>1522572 It had a few game-crashing bugs and there were loads of empty rooms, and the enemies were really spread out and the difficulty from room to room was unbalanced.

Anonymous Sat Apr 5 12:37:44 2014 No.1522625

>>1522559
>>1522572
I think its problem is that the castle doesn't feel interesting. The painting worlds are cool, but it's like they blew their whole set piece budget on those, and then had nothing for the hub world.

The fact that there's two versions of all the portrait worlds doesn't really help either. :P

Anonymous Sat Apr 5 12:49:44 2014 No.1522651

>>1522523
OK I just figured it out. He sorta loosely leads the target and attacks at a fixed rate, so you can predict him enough to be out of the way when he fires. However I don't think it's possible to dodge if he fires while aimed at you. So it's still one of the hardest bosses in the game, but at least it's not luck-based. Also at least on Normal the fight is manageable even if you don't figure that out.

>>1522518
Good design would be putting the required tools in specific parts of the castle, not requiring grinding to beat the game. But as I said I think they did account for that by having a reasonable chance to drop those souls, but I'd have to replay the game to test that.

Anonymous Sat Apr 5 12:53:44 2014 No.1522660

>>1522625

>The fact that there's two versions of all the portrait worlds doesn't really help either

But then why nobody complained about this in OoE?

Tymeo Mountains was a recolor Tristis Pass

Somnus Reef was like Kalidus Channel

Oblivion Ridge was like Misty Forest Road

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 5 12:59:14 2014 No.1522676 Lords of Shadow is good, fite me. Also the soundtrack while not as good has some amazing (and very memorable for me) orchestral pieces. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4sEbX1HhVc >that fucking "Castlevania" in lyrics near the end

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 5 13:08:45 2014 No.1522694 >>1522676 >>1522660 >>1522651 >>1522625 >>1522597 >>1522574 >>1522572 >>1522559 >>1522529 >>1522518 >>1522157 >>1522036 >>1522047 >>1522023 >>1521928 >>1521919 >>1521896 >>1521829 >>1521689 >>1521683 >>1520876 >>1520895 >>1520864 >>>/v/

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 5 13:12:14 2014 No.1522698 >>1522694 >YOU CAN'T DISCUSS NEWER GAMES OF A RETRO SERIES Fuck off. It's secondary which is allowed. If you made a thread dedicated to God of War, now that would be against the rules.

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 5 13:15:13 2014 No.1522704 How do I get into Castlevania?

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 5 13:17:13 2014 No.1522708 >>1522704 draw bridge usually

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 5 13:22:43 2014 No.1522719 >>1522708 this nigga

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 5 13:31:13 2014 No.1522739 File: 30 KB, 382x344, 137909160385.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1522694 Good, at least you know where you should return.

Anonymous Sat Apr 5 13:35:43 2014 No.1522748
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So i'm pretty unfamiliar with the Castlevania series in general. I've gotten around to playing through 1 and 3 recently, and been looking at other releases. I'm thinking of playing IV next, but i'm curious about some of the other releases. Are Rondo of Blood and Bloodlines worth playing as well?

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 5 13:40:06 2014 No.1522759 >>1522748 yes they are very much so

Anonymous Sat Apr 5 13:43:36 2014 No.1522764

>>1522698
That's right, fuck the hell off back to /v/ if you can't keep discussion to ACTUAL RETRO GAMES. There's no such thing as a "retro series" if it has a ton of games in it that aren't retro. There is zero point in making a thread here on /vr/ as opposed to /v/ when you just make the conversation completely identical anyway. The Castlevania series is a topic for /v/. Retro Castlevania games are a topic for /vr/. Don't like it then return to /v/. /vr/ is not your special little "good edition" of /v/, it has a theme.

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 5 13:45:06 2014 No.1522768 >>1522764 You seem awfully butthurt, kid :^)

Anonymous Sat Apr 5 14:03:06 2014 No.1522807
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>>1522625
that's the point though. the castle area is supposed to be like that and it's fine that the painting worlds make up for that. But whatever, you may disagree if you want to.

>>1522572
I never thought it sucked. it improved a few things from DoS and reintroduced older enemies from SotN like Spittle Bone and so forth. The painting worlds are really authentic and creepy (jesus, Nation of Fools is a fucking depressing place to me but it has a nice impact that way if a level can meake you feel like that; well done.). Also, the enemies were a lot more about slapstick like Zacchino and Persephone (who sucks Charlotte's panties with the vaccuum cleaner if you let her. hilarious).

I've yet to get through OoE. can't say much about it yet.

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 5 14:06:06 2014 No.1522816 >>1522814 but which one?

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 5 14:06:36 2014 No.1522814 >>1522708 kek'd at this. >>1522704 play a CV game. bam, you're into it.

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 5 14:08:36 2014 No.1522821 >>1522816 1, 3, IV, Bloodlines, Rondo, SotN

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 5 14:09:36 2014 No.1522823 >>1522574 you can't really call it backtracking if the damn game has warp rooms all over the place. jesus, look at you being a complete faggot.

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 5 14:10:37 2014 No.1522825 >>1522821 yeah, but WHICH one?

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 5 14:12:06 2014 No.1522832 >>1522825 start with whatever seems pleasing to you the most.

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 5 14:13:36 2014 No.1522836 >>1522825 ALL OF THEM AT ONCE. FINAL DESTINATION

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 5 14:16:06 2014 No.1522841 >>1522825 1 play 1

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 5 14:17:36 2014 No.1522843 >>1522841 what if it's too hard?

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 5 14:19:06 2014 No.1522848 >>1522843 if any CV game is too hard, you might as well play Symphony straight away

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 5 14:19:36 2014 No.1522847 >>1522843 then play it harder

Anonymous Sat Apr 5 14:22:36 2014 No.1522853

>>1522651
>Good design would be putting the required tools in specific parts of the castle, not requiring grinding to beat the game.

guess what? they did. you need to find three ancient books that tell you exactly what kind of souls you need to become Dracula.

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 5 14:44:40 2014 No.1522908 >>1522853 The complaint is about having to farm specific enemies for their souls, not determining which ones are required for the true ending, that was handled well enough.

Anonymous Sat Apr 5 14:49:40 2014 No.1522916

>>1522908
but it's only two of them. I get your point and I think doing it like SotN managed to do it is also fine but if these souls would be dropped straight away it would give away the solution anyway. you grind for merely 5 minutes if anything. Both souls. Dawn of Sorrow is much more about grinding. You need to grind souls for weapon upgrades if you want to get a really good weapon and you need Killer Clown, Ukoback and Axe Armor souls to get straight through so you can fight Paranoia or else you can't get to the true ending either. Aria is really tame compared to that.

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 5 14:52:11 2014 No.1522926 >>1522843 cv1 is easy until death fight which is totally RNG and requires you to have a good sub and preferably a III tile if you want a hard but balanced castlevania play 3 or rondo

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 5 16:07:57 2014 No.1523102 >>1522916 The books already hint enough, and this type of puzzle only works once. Probably the worst part is that once you know the secret the books become worthless. Anyway it is a minor complaint. Also DoS sounds bad.

Anonymous Sat Apr 5 16:13:57 2014 No.1523116

>>1523102
>Also DoS sounds bad.

not at all, it's a great game on its own. It's just that you have to see the soul grinding as a factor of getting challenged by the game is a certain way which I personally don't mind as much. You might mind and that's fine, you don't have to like it. Regardless, it doesn't take up too much time in DoS either to grind those souls but it's tenfold compared to AoS.

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 5 16:15:27 2014 No.1523120 >>1521829 SotN > PoR > AoS > CotM > OoE > DoS > HoDis > HoDes

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 5 16:17:27 2014 No.1523129 >>1523120 >CotM I don't see why /v/ has such a boner over this game. It was really short in my opinion and a bit dull.

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 5 16:19:27 2014 No.1523134 >>1523129 it's fast paced, most people here have adhd

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 5 16:20:57 2014 No.1523139 >>1523134 >most people here have adhd I knew it!

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 5 16:24:28 2014 No.1523152 >>1523134 No, I'm pretty sure it's normal to dislike slow and uninteresting games. CotM is the best deal with it.

Anonymous Sat Apr 5 17:50:01 2014 No.1523308

Why's that Aria of Sorrow is so widely liked? I loved SotN but AoS was really mediocre. I know it's a GBA game so I can't expect as much vartiery of enemies and locations. But it was really meh for me. Soma is shit, bat transformation eats up ridiculous amounts of mana, also the whole mana system is pretty unbalanced. It basically became a chore to play it halfway through, thankfully it was so short.

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 5 17:54:31 2014 No.1523314 >>1523134 No we

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 5 20:41:44 2014 No.1523682 >>1522764 >implying /vr/ has even ever been "good" maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 5 20:53:44 2014 No.1523712 >>1523682 I surely did not imply that sir. I'm describing the kind of attitude used to justify blatant off-topic shitposting such as that featured in this thread.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 6 03:02:56 2014 No.1524379 >>1523308 >I know it's a GBA game so I can't expect as much vartiery of enemies and locations. the hell you're talking about? AoS had fuckloads of different monsters and locations. >Soma is shit talk about weird ass opinions almost nobody has.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 6 12:06:34 2014 No.1524871 >>1524379 >the hell you're talking about? AoS had fuckloads of different monsters and locations. 100% this.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 6 12:37:07 2014 No.1524927 On the note of Gackt and Castlevania. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swbZuP55hkY I have never beaten a Classic CV game. I just suck at them. All the Metroidvanias I've beaten except for Order of Ecclesia.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 6 13:24:41 2014 No.1525029 File: 157 KB, 996x691, untitledloismiu-1_zps899a8849.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Games like this make me miss sprites.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 6 13:25:12 2014 No.1525034 File: 321 KB, 1024x526, 1396805158745.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1525029

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Anonymous Sun Apr 6 13:53:53 2014 No.1525097
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>>1523308
>>1524379
I went into AoS with no expectations whatsoever, because i had never played a metriodvania game before.
I loved everything about it, the ammount of monsters, the size of the castle, the secrets (I still go back and search for more secrets, hell I found a super jump ability today), the ammount of items. The controls are very responsive and it's really fun to play.
I do agree that some of the weapons and souls are unbalanced, but i'd suggest you to give it a 2nd chance and see if you have some fun with it.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 6 13:59:22 2014 No.1525110 File: 19 KB, 600x808, mariadorable.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1525038 >>1525034 >>1525029 It's little wonder they reuse monster art so often. You can't improve on perfection.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 6 14:05:23 2014 No.1525117 >>1521683 >Dracula's Curse not High Tier >Dracula X not even on the list

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 6 14:06:52 2014 No.1525119 File: 189 KB, 300x459, bloodlines.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >there will never be another Castlevania as amazing as this

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 6 14:44:58 2014 No.1525196 >>1525117 Nor is Dracula X Chronicles. But as they're both inferior versions of Rondo of Blood or Symphony of the Night it's not a big loss.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 6 15:48:11 2014 No.1525339 >>1525196 Inferior versions?

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 6 16:05:39 2014 No.1525379 >>1525196 Dracula X is not a "version" of Rondo of Blood, it's a very different game.

>>	richter Sun Apr 6 16:19:43 2014 No.1525413 cannot believe noone mentioned this guy http://www.youtube.com/user/monjakure

>>	richter Sun Apr 6 16:22:43 2014 No.1525419 >>1525413 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&list=UUpZUWCWQrNjHk0CaYgUMmyQ&v=LWG9XYOC6eo#t=190 related, my favorite

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 6 17:34:43 2014 No.1525562 >>1525379 I though Dracula X was just Japanese for Rondo of Blood.

Anonymous Sun Apr 6 17:43:00 2014 No.1525586

>>1525379
Rondo of Blood is usually referred to as Dracula X or Chi no Rondo in Japan, while the SNES game we know as Dracula X is known there as Dracula XX.(it's Japanese title)

Also, Symphony of the Night was known as Akumajō Dracula X: Gekka no Yasōkyoku in Japan to tie it in with Rondo of Blood.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 6 17:45:58 2014 No.1525593 >>1525413 Is there anything in the world sadder than all these metal covers? Holy crap.

Anonymous Sun Apr 6 17:50:28 2014 No.1525604

>>1525196
>>1525379
>>1525562
You both seem confused.

"Akumajo Dracula X: Rondo of Blood" is a PCE game.
"Akumajo Dracula X: Moonlight Nocturne" is SotN.
"Akumajo Dracula XX" is the SNES version of Rondo of Blood, an almost entirely different game indeed.

Dracula X Chronicles is the name of the Western remake of Chinorondo for the PSP (also contained an enhanced port of SotN).

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 6 17:53:28 2014 No.1525609 >>1525604 western remake? I thought it was made by Iga.

Anonymous Sun Apr 6 17:56:28 2014 No.1525614

>>1525609
Nothing was ever made by Igarashi as he's jsut a programmer that's become a producer (and never an actual designer, writer or director - except for helping write the story for the Castlevania with the worst story in the whole series - the Curse of Darkness on PS2), but of course it's Konami-made. What I meant is "Western release of the remake", i.e. the Western name for it.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 6 18:09:58 2014 No.1525632 >>1525586 >>1525604 I'm not confused at all, I'm just not a weeaboo.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 6 18:11:58 2014 No.1525637 >>1525632 You're a cockaboo.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 6 20:12:02 2014 No.1525952 >>1524927 Eh... yeah, he's basically cosplaying Alucard there, but the music isn't really Castlevania-like. Mizer is where it's at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8F7xwM7a58

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 6 20:20:01 2014 No.1525975 File: 390 KB, 1680x1050, endingandshit.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] just beat castlevania castlevania 3 or super castlevania 4 next? skipping Simon's Quest

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 6 20:22:31 2014 No.1525979 >>1525975 Did you find it easy? CV3 Did you struggled a bit? Super CV4

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 6 20:28:18 2014 No.1526005 >>1525979 struggled alot with Dracula, barely defeated his 2nd form in like 20th attempt castlevania iv it is then

Anonymous Sun Apr 6 21:03:24 2014 No.1526104

>>1526005
>in like 20th attempt

You are lucky. It took me literally more than 20 years to beat the fucker. I always died with him being down on 1 or 2 life blocks. Really frustrating but also probably the most satisfying moment after he was finally down.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 6 22:50:02 2014 No.1526349 Not exactly /vr/ but I wish they would put Curse Of Darkness on PSN. Rough around the edges, but still enjoyable today. There isn't a lot of love out there for that one.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 7 00:20:01 2014 No.1526523 File: 35 KB, 400x400, 1309286279493.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1518798 >ps perfect selection dracula battle sucks NO U! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF0o6NLqNos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKplG0hgFV8

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 7 00:38:53 2014 No.1526554 Why did AVGN only spend like 5 minutes on Bloodlines and not even cover Rondo in his Castlevania videos?

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 7 00:43:54 2014 No.1526573 >>1526554 Does he tend to skew towards Nintendo systems? He was originally The Angry Nintendo Nerd, after all.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 7 02:12:22 2014 No.1526775 >>1525975 Play Simon's Quest faggot.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 7 03:03:45 2014 No.1526882 >>1526573 Well, he spent a decent amount of time reviewing SotN, so I don't see why he couldn't have given the same treatment for other good entries in the franchise.

Anonymous Mon Apr 7 05:42:11 2014 No.1527041

>>1526554
It's possible he didn't own the Rondo disc at the time of making his Castlevania videos, as he only showed the PSP version.

He barely covered the Turbografx at all in any of his videos save for Fighting Street. I don't think he owns many games for the system.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 7 05:44:11 2014 No.1527043 >>1526554 >Rondo Because it was about the Castlevanias he played as he grew up.

Anonymous Mon Apr 7 05:47:11 2014 No.1527047

What the fuck, man? Fucking Dracula is fucking impossible to beat in 1! I mean, Death was hard, sure, but fucking Dracula is outright unfair. I just can't avoid those fucking fireballs, or hit them all and hit the motherfucker in the face at the same time. And he throws them upwards too, so you can't even jump them safely most of the time! This is bullshit! I haven't even gotten to his fatty form!

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 7 07:33:51 2014 No.1527141 >>1526882 There's not much more he could've said about it that wasn't already said by Dracula X or Bloodlines.

Anonymous Mon Apr 7 13:47:06 2014 No.1527679

>>1526554
he usually reviews shitty games so the good ones get barely mentioned. That is why there was a whole episode on CV II. It's such a fad though. Jontron and other retards copy him way too hard so only shitty games get reviewed because "lol so funny and insightful" and "damn ain't dat teh truth xD hurrdurr".

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 7 13:51:06 2014 No.1527687 >>1525975 Why are you skipping Simon's Quest?

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 7 13:52:06 2014 No.1527691 >>1525604 >Chinorondo Chi no Rondo

Anonymous Mon Apr 7 13:52:36 2014 No.1527690

>>1527679
Castlevania II is one of the games that inspired him to create the show, along with Turtles and Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Its a game that pissed him the hell of when he was a kid. That's the point of the show.

He also doesn't cover Bloodlines much because he never played it much, he said as much. I guess despite owning a Genesis, he never knew about it.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 7 13:53:06 2014 No.1527692 >>1527679 Praising good games is boring. Laughing at shitty games is where it's at.

Anonymous Mon Apr 7 14:00:36 2014 No.1527714

>>1527692
yeah I know. But since anon asked previously why Rondo and Bloodlines barely get mentioned, this is the answer.

It was pretty retarded of him to show Mischief Makers in one of his intros and received a fuckton of messages saying "but AVGN, this game is good, you know?"

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 7 14:02:06 2014 No.1527724 >>1527714 Mischief Makers is so underrated it hurts.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 7 14:03:36 2014 No.1527726 >>1527724 >Treasure >Underrated

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 7 14:05:06 2014 No.1527737 >>1527726 Treasure isn't, but Mischief Makers sure is.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 7 14:05:36 2014 No.1527734 >>1527726 they are. do you see many people talking about Light Crusader or Silhouette Mirage? I don't. Everybody knows MM, Ikaruga and Radiant SG though.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 7 14:10:36 2014 No.1527751 >>1527734 >Silhouette Mirage I didn't even know that existed. But it looks fun, I'll go play it, thanks!

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 7 14:16:06 2014 No.1527768 >>1527751 sure, have fun. Personally, I'm not too fond of the protag witch character herself or the artwork but this sidescroller is definitely fun. It's a mix between MM and Ikaruga (because you change colors to hurt certain enemies).

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 7 18:15:13 2014 No.1528363 >>1527768 You also switch colors/characters to fire up different kind of bullets in Bangai-O Speaking of Treasure, Castlevania IV had some guys that later went on to form Treasure working on it, right?

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 7 18:27:13 2014 No.1528391 >>1528363 >Speaking of Treasure, Castlevania IV had some guys that later went on to form Treasure working on it, right? never heard of that but it would be neat history if they were part of the team.

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 7 18:57:32 2014 No.1528486 >>1528391 Well, I believe at least one or some of the guys who later went on to Treasure worked on IV. Same with other Konami games of the time. Treasure's founder was the guy behind Castlevania Legends though.

Anonymous Mon Apr 7 19:20:33 2014 No.1528538
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>>1528391

Searching around I found this, the guy who implemented the whip mechanic to SCV IV was Mitsuru Yaida, who later joined Treasure, and worked on Gunstar Heroes.

Found this really awesome interview with Masahiro Ueno (director of Super Castlevania IV)

http://rapidshare.com/files/131335375/CV4scans.zip

>>	Anonymous Mon Apr 7 23:13:32 2014 No.1529101 >>1522676 LOS2 pisses me off though. Fucking Enric.

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 8 05:53:36 2014 No.1529630 >>1528538 thank you for finding this. This is indeed a nice piece of retro game history.

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 8 06:07:06 2014 No.1529642 >>1521683 Why isn't Castlevania Chronicles there? It includes both the original X68000 Castlevania and Arrange Mode which is a rebalanced version of that game with new sprite work and rearranged music.

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 8 12:31:04 2014 No.1530084 I recently beat the first Castlevania, making it the first NES game ive ever completed. I'm planning on completing most of the other Castlevania games any entries I should steer clear of?

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 8 12:34:04 2014 No.1530090 >>1530084 ok never mind this. just saw that list.

Anonymous Tue Apr 8 16:07:38 2014 No.1530503
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>>1529630

Yeah, it's great to read interviews like that.

The guy also did the NES port of Metal Gear, which he isn't proud of, but that was because Konami only gave him 3 months to do it.
This little interview is also very interesting
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/metalgear/masahiroueno.htm

I wasn't aware Snake's Revenge was made by the CV III team, now I'll have to play it.

Saddens me that Ueno isn't making his talent shine now, worked at EA after Konami, and I think he's now working at some american casual game company for phones and tablets... wish he would just join Treasure, then again Treasure are very small and I think most of its members do freelance jobs for other companies as well.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 9 05:56:11 2014 No.1531796 >>1530503 Unfortunately, that's how most 3rd/4th gen veterans ended up. I wonder how they feel about it, but I guess many of them are just happy to have a job at all.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 9 06:24:41 2014 No.1531807 >>1521683 Literal proof that people who think Super Castlevania IV is the best game in the series have shit taste.

Anonymous Wed Apr 9 06:36:11 2014 No.1531815

>>1530503
Great article. Nice to see somebody speak positively about the NES version of Metal Gear for a change. He brought up a lot of strengths about the game that I had never considered. It was my favorite game as a kid. On a personal note, having grown up in a household without a computer, reverse-engineering Metal Gear's password system was my intro to hacking and thus the first step towards my career as a programmer, so you could say it literally changed my life.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 9 07:21:41 2014 No.1531834 Are there any doujin arrangement albums made for Castlevania?

Anonymous Wed Apr 9 11:55:00 2014 No.1532034

>>1522651
>not requiring grinding to beat the game
You don't. The game has two endings (plus a bad ending and an alternative best ending).

> but I'd have to replay the game to test that.
You can get the souls in 2 minutes each. It's easy as fuck.

Such a minor problem in the best Metroidvania. SOTN was much worse problems, the worst of all is the total lack of a "progression of difficulty". This problem doesn't plague the game for 4 minutes (like AoS), but for hours.

You can't even enjoy the bosses of SOTN because Alucard is so overpowered.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 9 12:08:30 2014 No.1532040 >Start playing Simon's Quest >Heavy Grinding needed right off the bat. Well, this sucks.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 9 17:25:54 2014 No.1532483 >>1531807 >proof >opinions Literal proof that people who think SCIV isn't the best in the series are faggots who need to play Binky's Facts and Opinions to learn what the difference is.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 9 18:32:24 2014 No.1532612 >>1521683 Super Castlevania IV is a great game, but it is hardly deserving of God-tier status.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 9 18:44:14 2014 No.1532636 >>1532483 Binky's Facts and Opinions is a better game than any Castlevania. Fact.

Anonymous Wed Apr 9 18:51:44 2014 No.1532650

>>1527714
He mentioned that in his FAQ and apologized. He explained the reason he showed Mischief Makers at all was because some of his fans told him it was bad and he probably just needed a random game to angrily stare at for 2 seconds.

So you can blame an idiotic minority of his fans for that.

Anonymous Thu Apr 10 00:33:02 2014 No.1533343

>>1532034
I already covered that just getting the bad ending is not completing the game any more than killing Richter in SotN, and that it was a minor problem. Also I'm well aware of SotN's issues, but I'm allowed to cite it when it does something right. The issue with the bosses though, is not that you're overpowered, it's that many of them are simple even if you aren't OP.

Anonymous Thu Apr 10 02:10:03 2014 No.1533512
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Finally bought Castlevania I, II, and III off eBay.

Got it today and finished Castlevania I for the first time ever. It took 4 hours. Defeated Death with the boomerang and got Dracula with the holy water.

Feels damn good, man.

Anonymous Thu Apr 10 02:56:08 2014 No.1533548

>>1532612

To me, IV, Rondo, Bloodlines or CV III all are good enough to be god-tier.

it just depends on subjective, personal taste, but IV is pretty damn good and a lot of people consider it the best. My personal favorite is Rondo, but IV comes close 2nd.

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 10 07:50:28 2014 No.1533854 >>1533512 Dracula was hards as balls for me, since I've got no patience. The monster form was a ton easier since you can just cross spam him to death.

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