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6551247 No.6551247 [Reply] [Original]

>this trash was released in 1995
It's like they wanted to create the biggest pile of dogshit possible. Golly gee I love getting knocked back 10 feet by enemies with bigger hitboxes than their sprites with no recovery frames, and that Dracula fight is literally the worst boss in video game history.

>> No.6551250

>look at me mommy i saw the castlevania AVGN episode!

>> No.6551251

>>6551250
uh no, i beat it for the first time because of this hack that removes draculas pits
http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/5223/

>> No.6551272

>>/vr/?task=search2&search_filename=Castlevania_-_Dracula_X_-_01.jpg
the seethe is real

>> No.6551289

>>6551272
That's not all me, I just pulled the pic from google and this is my first time on /vr/ in months.

>> No.6551297

>>6551247
The Castlevania games between 4 and SOTN feel really phoned in, just look at the level design in them compared to 4. Lots of low detail hallways with enemies.

>> No.6551372
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6551372

it's one of my favourite CV games. very underappreciated.

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>> No.6551381
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People who complain usually just don't know how to play the game

>> No.6551382
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>> No.6551387

>>6551381
>that flashing heart counter
Epilepsy anyone?

>> No.6551391
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>>6551251
This is dumb. The pits aren't a problem when you know what you're doing, you have 3 options:

>if you crouch and stay still, there is no knockback when you get hit

>depending on where you are, even if you get hit, you won't be knocked back into a pit

>in the worst case scenario, you can use Item Crash to bypass getting hit since they give long ass i-frames to you

Also, if you died and therefore only have about 50 hearts, save them for the 2nd form. The number of hearts dictates how many subweapons you can throw at once, with more than 30 hearts you can throw 3 at a time

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>>6551381
How does the game that came out four years later look so much worse?

>> No.6551407
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6551407

>bosses have too much health
>knockback and recovery sucks dick
>bottomless pits and tank controls are about 90% of the difficulty
>rooms are mostly low detail hallways full of slow enemies
>that entire dracula fight
>MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA intensifies
>it takes 15 minutes to kill the fucker and you'll probably want to die of boredom unless the bottomless pit spam gets you first

>> No.6551426

>>6551372
>clock's aspect ratio is fucked
>heart counter flicker's frame pacing is fucked
How I enjoy anything anymore is a wonder.

>> No.6551750

>>6551289
>That's not all me
So you still admit some of these is still you.
Anyway, Castlevania threads got boring.
These are all fine ames except for turds like Amigavania.

>> No.6551756

>>6551426
Yeah, WTF is that aspect ratio? The biggest problem with that webm though: They reused Death's entrance from Rondo where he appears in the distant background before swooping into the fight. Except here you can't have a distant background in front of the damn clock face.

>> No.6551763

>>6551247
It's better than the original Dracula X at least.

>> No.6551773

>>6551763
What are you talking about? Do you mean Rondo of Blood? Because the only one that's called Dracula X is the SNES version

>> No.6551775

>>6551773
https://castlevania.fandom.com/wiki/Castlevania:_Rondo_of_Blood

>悪魔城ドラキュラX ~血の輪廻~ Akumajō Dracula X: Chi no Rondo

>> No.6551782

>>6551372
Same here.

>>6551381
Great stage

>> No.6551795

>>6551775
Oh, you're using its Japanese title. Now I understand.

>> No.6551805

>>6551750
>So you still admit some of these is still you.
No I barely ever post here outside of rhg

>> No.6551820
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>>6551795
What else would he use for a Japan-only game... Oh, I guess there's the PSP remake. "Dracula X Chronicles."

>> No.6551824

>>6551247
I know is a bait thread, but the dracula fight is the worse in the entire series, no fucking excuse to make that shit with pits all over the place

>> No.6551837

>>6551820
I just never heard of anyibe calling the PC Engine game "Dracula X". Usually people just calling it Rondo of Blood to differentiate it from the SNES game.

>> No.6551853

>>6551824
>I know is a bait thread
I'm not even baiting. I just can't understand how a game this shitty was allowed to exist considering super castlevania 4 came out 4 years earlier and is a far superior game in graphics, audio, and gameplay.

>> No.6551858

>>6551853
Not the other anon, but frankly it sounds like you just want to bait people into the usual castlevania shitposting.
Both 4 and DX are fine games, it's fine to prefer one over the other, but neither is bad.

>> No.6552257

Wasn't this just a bootleg Rondo

>> No.6552357

>>6551853
Because the SNES and Genesis were losing support fast and developers were desperate to get whatever shit they could out the door before the 16-bit era ended.

>> No.6552363

>>6551858
Super is legit bad, though. Can't stand playing that one.

>> No.6552474

>>6551407
Git gud fag

>> No.6552484

>>6552363
OK anon, keep baiting, I don't think it'd gonna work like in the old days, castlevania threads are dead unless people actually want to discuss the games proper instead of claiming [insert popular entry in the series] is objectively bad and so on.

>> No.6552679

>>6551795
>game only released in japan
>o u use japan tittle now me get!
There is literally no excuse to be this fucking retarded, zoomer or not.

>> No.6552847

Even by the standards of the time, Dracula X was every bit as cliche and uninspired as its name would imply.

I played through this and Bloodlines for the first time a couple of weeks ago and couldn't stop thinking about how if I had these "classic" games as a kid I'd have traded them in for Boogerman. Even as an adult I fail to see the obvious flaw within my 90's kid-logic.

People think these games are important because they're from famous franchises but no one ever even played this shit. If Castlevania wasn't a thing no one would care about them.

>> No.6553167

As someone who hasn't played Castlevania before, what would be the best game to start to get an idea of the classic level based ones?

>> No.6553213

>>6553167
The first NES game.

>> No.6553214

>>6551756
Isn't that because of the SNES 5:4 fuckery

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>>6551247
I stopped playing Castlevania after that God awful SNES # IV game.

>> No.6553428

>>6553409
Sure it's worse than 3 but I'd play super any day over Dracula X.

>> No.6554043

Is PC Engine Rondo of Blood better than SNES Dracula X?

>> No.6554050

>>6554043
overall yeah. drac x has similar ideas but watered down. drac x is still a badass game. multiple paths, but not as many. same sprites and controls. harder than rondo. music pretty damn good for a snes sound chip.

>>6553167
super castlevania IV

>> No.6554079

>>6553167
The first game.
>>6553409
Super Castlevania is awesome, bro, what do you mean?

>> No.6554106

>>6554079
>bro
Wanna know how I know you are gay?

>> No.6554113

>>6554106
Damn, bro, is it the rainbow dildo hat?

>> No.6554116

>>6554043
No. RoB has shittier level design, too much weebshit, and unskippable FMVs.

>> No.6554141

isn't this going to be the new hotness after the bloodlines hype goes away?

>> No.6554149

>>6554113
No. It's the Gen Y excreting from your post.

>> No.6554248

Castlevania should be banned on /vr/.

>> No.6554268

>>6554116
There are no FMVs, but if you're talking about the cut scenes, they never play again after you rescue the girls. Sounds like someone didn't git gud.

>> No.6554283

>>6554268
But they still can't be skipped on new save files, which makes it cancer.

>> No.6554592

>>6554283
Stop deleting your saves. The game is short enough to play in one sitting, so you have to start a new save to re-play it.

>> No.6554605

>>6554116
>FMVs
They are glorified slideshows.

>> No.6555767
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6555767

>>6551405
It doesn't, CVIV is good you shut your whore mouth

>> No.6555770
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>>6554043
YES

>> No.6557353

I played it and thought it was decent but the whole mechanic with the key is really dumb.

>> No.6557389

>>6555767
he was talking about Dracula x, man

>> No.6557398

>>6555767
And yes, CVIV is fucking awesome, I don't know why anons dislike it so much.

>> No.6557410

>>6555767
worst 16-bit 'vania

>> No.6557459

>>6555767
it makes nice screen shots but beyond that its the dullest console CV

>> No.6557467

shut up australia.

>> No.6557475

>>6557459
>Bloodlines
Maybe if you play as Eric, John's whip hitbox is completely wrong. It and Sharp X68000 are the games hipsters prop up because they're in denial about the other games, thinking them unimpressive by virtue of playing them a trillion more times thus logically being less impressed by them.

>> No.6557503

>>6557398
>I don't know why anons dislike it so much.
Because Egoraptor doesn't like it and his word is law around here. He is an undisputed expert on game design despite never having made a game himself.

>> No.6558852
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>>6557353
>the whole mechanic with the key is really dumb.

That's because you don't realize you can use it

>> No.6558862
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>>6558852
>>6557353
See also this corridor. The last set of boneheads, it's really hard to go up the steps and not get hit by them unless you kill them with the key beforehand.

>> No.6558868

>>6551837
He's right though. "Rondo of Blood" is a subtitle, the name of the game is Dracula X.

As for the name of snes game, its original name is Dracula XX, further indicating that it's a side story and not supposed to be a port of the same game. The PAL version is called something else entirely as well.

it is also worth noting that the original Jap version and the PAL version use new dedicated art for XX for the game cover and booklet, while only the US version re-used Rondo of Blood's art.
The whole emphasis on "this is supposed to be a port of Rondo" seems to be mostly US marketing because several magazines over there had previewed and reviewed Rondo praising it and wishing it was released over there.

>> No.6558947

>>6558862
>cell guys just gently stroking the bars

>> No.6560547

Yeah, fuck Drac X.

I've been replaying Rondo and I can't remember how to get to Stage 5'. I beat both Stage 4 and Stage 4' with both characters using both paths and fighting both bosses but it just sends me to Stage 5 no matter which thing I do. Even if I beat Flying Skull Bitch and Her Dyke Slave, it still brings me to Stage 5 even though the map indicates I should be at Stage 5'.
Have I somehow glitched my playthrough?

>> No.6560556

>>6557503
Who tf is that? I disliked CVIV as a kid. I don't even remember why I did. Someone on here called me a faggot and told me it was great, so I thought I'd give it another play through to see if I still hated it. I didn't. It was good. No idea why I disliked it back then. It's really rather odd.

>> No.6560560

Sounds like someone got f i l t e r e d

>> No.6560641

>>6558868
It's "Akumajou Dracula X" which has always been the series' name in Japan sans the X. Technically, a properly localized title would be "Castlevania X." But Rondo etc. have always been known as a "Dracula X" subseries internationally, which includes SotN for its Japanese name also having the "X."

>> No.6560869

>>6560547
gotta beat drac once

>> No.6560945

>>6552847
you had me until bloodlines. you're a faggot, cuurent-you and little faggy 90s kid you. get some taste.

>> No.6560950

>>6560945
You're a faggot just like him for pretending Dracula X isn't good. I bet you never played it and just go by misinformation such as "it's a bad rondo port"

>> No.6560960

>>6560945
Bloodlines has the same lazy level design as Dracula X.

>> No.6560964

>>6560960
I don't remember any shitty part like the floating platforms of tower of pisa on Dracula X.
DX has level design that's as close as CV1/CV3. Rondo, in difference, is less action-focused and focuses more on exploration, DX is constant action.

>> No.6561660

>>6560869
I'll try that then let you know after if you are a gentleman and a scholar or a lying liar who lies.

>> No.6562583

>>6551853
Super Castlevania revamp audio and graphics look outdated.

>> No.6562586

>>6557467
Piss off

>> No.6562591

>>6562586
subhuman

>> No.6563214

>>6561660
>>6560869
Gentleman and scholar after all.

>> No.6564194

>>6563214
Yes. I am.

>> No.6565083

>>6551775
weeb