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4348140 No.4348140 [Reply] [Original]

holy hot damn

this is fuckin good

>> No.4348163

>it's a "babby plays his first castlevania" episode
Not really. Inverted castle sucks.

>> No.4348186
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>>4348140
>that thread where people post Rondo and Super CVIV to "debunk" the OP

>> No.4348193

I hope you're playing the PSP version.

>> No.4348196

I hope you're playing the Saturn version.

>> No.4348201

Non-retro Castloids are better.

Retro classic Castlevania is better.

SotN is still good, tho.

>> No.4348230

Super Castlevania on the SNES was great and had fantastic music, but some of the bosses had really shitty and unfair hitboxes. The original Castlevania was fun, but my favorite in the series is still SotN. It had the best atmosphere, gameplay, items, gear, bosses, enemies, and music.

>> No.4348241
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>>4348230
>but some of the bosses had really shitty and unfair hitboxes.
Gyatto gyuddo.

>> No.4348248

>>4348140
I'm just getting into metroidvanias starter pack, first game.

It's a very unbalanced game with tons of filler content.

>> No.4348312

>>4348193
This, desu. Either that or the patched Japanese ISO.

>> No.4348332

>>4348193
>playing the version with the bad maria and less content
f*ck that

>> No.4348334

>>4348312
But what about that miserable little pile of secrets?

>> No.4348335
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>>4348332
>bad Maria
What do you mean? Dark Maria is Best Maria.
>less content
But no slowdowns ;)
Ideally, I'd recommend playing PSP first, and then the Saturn version for the extra stuff

>> No.4348338

>>4348334
youtube for shit and giggles, then go enjoy Norio Wakamoto as Dracula on the superior PSP version.

>> No.4348403
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>>4348335
Even Guardian Knuckle was done better on Saturn.

Let's face it, Saturn Maria is just more fun to play in general. IGA's autism over inaccuracy be damned.

>> No.4348432

>>4348403
Let's face it, playing SOTN with Maria or Richter is cool for the novelty, but there's no point, you just go through rooms collecting hearts, it's clear the game was designed around Alucard and gaining powerups and new items. Feels very empty or pointless playing with the other 2 characters.
I like PSP Maria more, but Saturn Maria is alright.

>> No.4348445

>>4348140
Yeah, it's good... until you get to the Inverted Castle which is stupid.

>> No.4348835

>>4348432
SotN's full potential isn't realized until you play it for killing all the bosses in the fastest time with Richter/Maria only.

>> No.4348842

>>4348835
Wouldn't a boss rush mode would be better for that?
Strolling through all these corridors, looking for nothing, is very boring.
Full potential of the game is playing it blind with Alucard.
For Richter and Maria, the design should be more like classicvania (like, you should be able to die by missing a jump, for example). And the infinite air jump should be removed of course.

To be honest though, bosses on SOTN are also designed around Alucard. By playing Maria or Richter, the best way to deal with bosses is using the holy water storm, or the dragon in case of maria. Spam that shit until the boss dies. It's not fun.
And yeah you could do it differently, but what's the point?
With Alucard, you're not as overpowered and you need to experiment more with weapons and stuff.
Still, SOTN's bosses are kind of disappointed compared to classicvania bosses, which have more clear patterns, and are generally not cheesable.

>> No.4348851

>>4348842
A boss rush hack would be okay, but mapping out routes for getting to the bosses in the quickest time is also fun. Also why was HoD the only Castleroid to have a boss rush mode?

>> No.4348853

>>4348851
>but mapping out routes for getting to the bosses in the quickest time is also fun
I guess, what I did with Maria was try to get as much map completion as I could. I ended up not having much fun that way, but it was a nice way to revisit the castle and listen to the music, I guess.
>Also why was HoD the only Castleroid to have a boss rush mode?
DXC on PSP (the rondo remake) also has a boss rush mode, which is pretty cool. It even has co-op (ad hoc only)

>> No.4348861

>>4348851

Order of Ecclesia has one.

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>>4348201
I agree with this.