Underrated Games

[Anonymous No.7808687]

>not even included in the anniversary collection
Games fucking amazing

[Anonymous No.7808690]

It’s alright

[Anonymous No.7808785]

>>7808687
Most based artwork ever.

[Anonymous No.7808806]

Underneath the cool style and music is a game with busted difficulty curve

[Anonymous No.7808812]

>>7808687
In before the sperg comes in and says the Sharp version is better.

[Anonymous No.7808920]

>>7808806
This. I like the game's aesthetics and it's fairly enjoyable to go through, especially when I want to play classicvania with my PS3 set up, but when I actually get to thinking about what I like about its gameplay, the only thing that comes to mind is the clock tower level. That's probably the only one where they do anything fun or interesting with the concept. Shit like level 2's green globs and raft ride either go nowhere and don't even need to exist or are less challenging and more just obnoxious sections for the game to take a cheap hit at you with. That includes stuff like

>skeletons et all taking advantage of your big size and slow gait
>sections being hard just because it's your first playthrough and you don't know how things work in this game compared to others and what's the best way through a section
>the best solution most of the time being using the axe, which the developers seemingly knew and why they were very stingy with it

I still enjoy it, but it all becomes incredibly easy once you see through its bullshit.

[Anonymous No.7808925]

>>7808920
the game is way too hard actually, which ruins the fun. I don't want to memorize all these platforming details I have a life to get to

[Anonymous No.7808979]

>>7808920
You know what, on second thought, stages 3 and 7 in addition to 5 are also pretty fun, especially on repeat runs where you get more numerable and aggressive enemies in different places.
>>7808925
That used to be more or less how I felt about it too, and while I enjoy way more now than I did the first time I played, I still don't really disagree with you. I remember reading an interview with the developers who apparently thought really highly of the CV 1 and wanted to take the best elements of that one while appealing to what they thought were a hardcore PC crowd. I laud them for their tastes and think they have a grasp on what makes for a good CV game, but I think what they put out misses the point of what made 1 so good and loved. Namely, 1 was tough, but it was fair about it, probably moreso than any of the games that came out after it. It even had gamebreaking shit like holy water, so it wasn't just hurr durr hard = good bullshit. Chron/X68 I think really eschews that, and when you adjust to it, you end up with a pretty but somewhat vapid game. Without the aforementioned added enemies of later runs, it's really not that interesting for me, personally.

[Anonymous No.7809019]

>playing the butchered version

[Anonymous No.7809093]

>>7808687
>Games fucking amazing
Agreed.

[Anonymous No.7809113]

[Anonymous No.7809342]

>>7809019
>thinking this is actually true
Post proof bro

[Anonymous No.7809563]

>>7809019
Here is the aforementioned sperg

[Anonymous No.7809621]

>>7809019
>sounds like you're popping balloons
More like a basketball bouncing.

[Anonymous No.7809813]

Ps1 soundtrack VS sharp 68000 soundtrack?

[Anonymous No.7809991]

>>7808785
I love Ayami Kojima's art, it exudes SOVL from every brush stroke.

[Anonymous No.7810317]

>>7809813
Fun Fact for you if you hold R1 + L1 while starting either original mode or arranged mode of the game you actually can select what sound module you want.

[Anonymous No.7810340]

>>7809991
That art is better than the whole game. Amazing.

[Anonymous No.7810354]

>>7809991
In like 2006 or something I was looking for Lament of Innocence and the guy at FUCKIGN GAMESTOP said he had it so we were looking for it. He says "what does the cover look like", and I said "a castlevania cover". He's like :/ well "I mean seriously". Guy literally did not know the amount of sytle that went in to those covers at that time.

[Anonymous No.7810396]

>>7808920
Imo, Stage 5 (the Clock Tower) was actually a pain because the gears blend perfectly into the background, and the PSX port messed up the screen ratio and HUD so part of your vision is obscured. As such, you end up getting hit with a ton of pot shots before the cocaine werewolf throws chunks of the building at you.

X68000/Chronicles is definitely hard, but I feel like it's easier to get used to it and find a rhythm. In contrast, while I like Castlevania III a lot, the U.S. version almost always ends up irking me.

[Anonymous No.7810541]

>>7808687
What do you love about this game?

[Anonymous No.7810647]

>>7810354
Anon, that was a really bad description of the cover.

[Anonymous No.7810865]

Anyone who likes this game never played past the first two levels.

[Anonymous No.7810879]

>>7810541
stylish as fuck, good gameplay and level design, boss fights, hard as balls. good replay value overall

ppl who dislike it never got past the 3rd stage -- filtered early

[Anonymous No.7810931]

This game must have sold like hot buttered ass because the title telegraphs that they were planning to make this a series of remakes but it took years for the "sequel" to come out on PSP.

[Anonymous No.7811210]

Tried the 68k version, stage 3 filtered me hard. Is Chronicles a bit easier?

[Anonymous No.7811261]

>>7811210
It's one of those ''git gud'' games. Be careful.

[Anonymous No.7811325]

>>7811210
Chronicles is easier but only because they broke hit detection and enemy AI

[Anonymous No.7811386]

>>7811210
Chronicles has an easy mode called "arranged".

[Anonymous No.7811619]

>>7810340
Boo!

>>7810354
That's a really poor description though.

[Anonymous No.7811764]

>>7811325
Post proof nigga

[Anonymous No.7811774]

>>7811764
Don't reply to me until you can do this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v9h8-vzqME&t=20s

[Anonymous No.7811779]

>>7811774
So you don’t have any proof to back up your stupid claim

[Anonymous No.7811786]

>>7811774
based Tatsujin Oh is about 1 million times harder than any Castlevania

[Anonymous No.7811809]

>>7811764
since you don't seem to get the message, when someone doesn't reply to you that means he doesn't care
i've posted plenty of stuff on /vr/ but i'm not your dog, if you weren't an idiot you'd know your "proof" can be found online but you sound like someone who's too stupid to set up an X68K emulator and would dismiss any video comparison because you can't cope the fact that you've been playing a butchered version all along

[Anonymous No.7811820]

>>7811809
I mean I already got you a written comparison between both versions, something you can't find anywhere. you can do the rest.

[Anonymous No.7811828]

>>7811809
>you’ll dismiss my evidence so I won’t post it
Sounds like a cope. I just wanted some kind of proof for your claim, since you can’t do that then it’s obviously going to be dismissed

[Anonymous No.7811831]

>>7811828
it would have taken you 10x less time to set up an X68k emulator and just play the game then make your posts here

[Anonymous No.7811839]

>>7811831
I appreciate the fact that you don't just believe anything you read though, that's already a step beyond most people here

[Anonymous No.7812705]

>>7810340
Bishounen is trash

[Anonymous No.7812859]

>>7812705
You sound like a bitch.

[Anonymous No.7813278]

>>7812705
>>7812859
Yeah, and not a pretty bishounen bitch, but an ugly dork bitch.

[Anonymous No.7813328]

>>7810931
Chronicles was just a name they made up for the PS1 port since the core game was merely titled Castlevania. Calling it "Castlevania: Sharp X68000 Edition" doesn't really roll off the tongue well.

[Anonymous No.7813367]

>>7813328
Possibly. The game has a vibe similar to Rockman Complete Works though. And the title is reminiscent of Squaresoft's collection of Final Fantasy re-releases. Seems weird they'd just plan the X68000 game and no others.

[Anonymous No.7813468]

>>7809991
Translator's note: SOVL means rude ass titties

[Anonymous No.7814852]

>>7813468
Nice.

[Anonymous No.7815383]

>>7813328
>Chronicles was just a name they made up for the PS1 port since the core game was merely titled Castlevania.
Technically, it was titled Akumajou Dracula since that game originally never left Japan.

[Anonymous No.7815741]

>>7809991
SOVL is soulless
May as well spell it QDGH
It’s meaningless
Also the art is shit and the game sucks, just play CV1 instead, it’s way better

[Anonymous No.7815751]

>>7815741
Nigger.

[Anonymous No.7817925]

/vr/'s official fifth gen Castlekino rankings

Chronicles > 64 > Legacy of Darkness

Shitphony of the Night is not ranked because it isn't Castlevania. It would be on the bottom though.

[Anonymous No.7818257]

>>7817925
based and fuckIGApilled.

[Anonymous No.7818268]

>>7808687
it's the worst castlevania imo.

>>7808806
this all day. i mean, the game isn't terrible. it's occasionally fun but mostly annoying. i feel like adding this to the collection would've been a downgrade. lol

[Anonymous No.7818386]

>>7810354
>I WANT [GAME]
>ok sir, what does game's cover look like
>IT LOOKS LIKE [GAME]
Imagine walking into FUCKING GAMESTOP LE FUNNEH MEME XD and being more retarded than its employees.

[Anonymous No.7818442]

how to clear this bullshit section?

[Anonymous No.7819040]

>>7818442
That of all things is messing with you? You can just get on top of it to trigger it and immediately turn back left to get off, then cross it as it's coming back down. Have fun with the fuckoff one-hit worm right after.

[Anonymous No.7819083]

>>7818442
jump on the thing, crouch when it goes up. then jump, dosge the bat and use the clock to deal with the worm. EZ stuff mate

[Anonymous No.7819105]

>>7808687
I prefer the x68k version and doing 6 loops was amazing.