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[Cukeman]

Watched a playthrough of the arcade game Haunted Castle which is in the Castlevania series despite the name. Have to say the graphics are ugly compared to other games of the time. It's not underdetailed, it's just badly drawn and animated.

[The Satellite]

Funnily enough, it had the same name as the original NES game in Japan. No idea why it wasn't just called "Castlevania Arcade" over here. Gotta agree though, not a fan of the graphics, and Simon's walk cycle... it's horrendous.

[thepsynergist]

The Castlevania Netflix series starts tomorrow.  I'm stoked.  They've got a pretty good VA cast.

 

Graham McTavish as Dracula

Richard Armitage as Trevor Belmont

James Callis as Alucard

Alejandra Reynoso as Sypha Belnades

Emily Swallow as Lisa Tepes

Matt Frewer as The Bishop

Tony Amendola as The Elder

[Anthus]

The anime looks like it might be entertaining, and since it's only going to be 8 episodes, it might be something I'll watch all the way. I have a bad attention span with serials with a few exceptions.

 

As for that arcade game, yeah, it looks like Simon has to constantly take a poop, and is barely able to hold it in at all times. Maybe that's why his jump was so rigid.

 

When I saw this thread get bumped, I was really hoping TS was going to tell us a new Castlevania for 3DS was coming out. I also agree with whoever said the DS games were good back on page 1.

[The Satellite]

The only news I have on new games is apparently rumor that Konami is considering making a new Castlevania series on Switch. That's their wording, "new Castlevania series." Whether that means another reboot I have no idea. Just go back to the original series and ignore Lords of Shadow...

[thepsynergist]

It'll be a Castlevania game based on the Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Killer movie, probably.

[Anthus]

I wonder if they would really try to make another 3D Castlevania in a world where the Dark Souls series kind of fills the void that Castlevania left behind. Besides the name, and some characters, you're still basically going to be beating up zombies, skeletons, and other demons with various weapons and exploring.. So I'd really like to see a return to the side scrolling style. I'm not saying a 3D Castlevania can't work, but do we need one? Do people want one? Would younger gamers write it off as a Dark Souls/ Bloodborn ripoff and would it further damage the brand to go even further from its roots? These are the real questions, folks.

[Timelord]

Watched a playthrough of the arcade game Haunted Castle which is in the Castlevania series despite the name. Have to say the graphics are ugly compared to other games of the time. It's not underdetailed, it's just badly drawn and animated.

It is also impossible, nearly unplayable.

I highly recommend the X68000 version ( video ), as well as the MSX release.

Each is fundamentally different, but still the pure title. Akumajou Densetsu is fantastic, and even some spin-offs ('Akumajou Special: Boku Dracula-kun', and 'Wai Wai World' are fun diversions.

The Mega Drive title, Bloodlines, is also fun. I do not enjoy the SotN style, or games that followed in its footprints. To me, a title in the Akumajou Dracula series should be a side-scrolling, whip the enemies, collect special items, and always be on the verge of death, type of game. They should not be some utterly confusing maze of finding secret paths, filled with RPG statistics.

 

The 3D games are far worse than this, and should never have existed.

 

 

 

The Castlevania Netflix series starts tomorrow.  I'm stoked.  They've got a pretty good VA cast.

 

Graham McTavish as Dracula

Richard Armitage as Trevor Belmont

James Callis as Alucard

Alejandra Reynoso as Sypha Belnades

Emily Swallow as Lisa Tepes

Matt Frewer as The Bishop

Tony Amendola as The Elder

 

 

If only Christopher Lee had lived long-enough to voice act for that.

Edited by ZoriaRPG, 07 July 2017 - 11:02 AM.

[The Satellite]

Probably wouldn't have happened. At some point in his life, Christopher Lee wanted nothing to do with the role of Dracula ever again, from what I read.

[The Satellite]

Just finished watching the series. Very good. Only real complaint, I wish they used more music from the games. Or any, really, unless there was something subtle in there, I don't think I heard any game music. But all that aside, still really good, good animation, solid story, now I just need the rest. Because do take note, this isn't the entire events of Castlevania 3; I had wrongly assumed this first season would do so and then the next seasons would move to another Belmont, like Simon most likely. But no, this is really just the setup, and the next season will presumably continue from here. So... now I gotta wait.

[Haylee]

No Grant. 0/10

My full thoughts:

Spoiler

But seriously, this was fucking AWESOME. Let me just start off by saying I absolutely love this show's depiction of Trevor. He is always depicted as this stoic hero that, while he's been a small wisecrack in Castlevania Judgement, he's always been one of the blander Belmonts. Making him an asshole in this one gives him so much more depth than before when he starts to show proper leadership and makes his badass moments all the better. A lot of his dialogue gives me vibes of the average castlevania player reacting to castlevania 3's ridiculous difficulty. The show also does a fantastic job setting up Dracula's motivations. They didn't have to do that, but it makes the show all the better.

For what I don't like, there's a few things. Obviously the castlevania music seemingly doesn't exist, but I don't mind that too much since the actual soundtrack of the show is still good. There's also the lack of Grant, who's my favorite party member in c3. Speaking of lacking, until the second half of the season, there is a HUGE lack of Trevor fighting monsters. It's a small complaint, but it would've been funny seeing Trevor get pissed off over flying medusa heads in the clock tower in episode 4.

A majority of things I to say about the show are positive in the end, and I look forward to season 2... And also for Trevor and Alucard to begin their bromance.

[Espilan]

No Grant. 0/10

Not yet, at least. It's still quite possible that he could appear in the second season, and my reasoning behind this is:

Spoiler

Alucard and Sypha's meetings with Trevor in the show pretty much mirror the exact things you would need to do to recruit either of them in the game itself: defeat the Cyclops to free Sypha, or fight against Alucard before teaming up with him. As far as Grant goes, in the game, he's found in the castle's clock tower and needs a bit of demonic possession/transformation/whatever whipped out of his arse, but as of the end of season 1 on the show, Trevor and company isn't in the castle yet.

[thepsynergist]

I imagine they couldn't get the rights to the music, or weren't willing to pay extra for it.  It would have been really neat to have light orchestral versions of the songs so they wouldn't feel overpowering, but I understand why they didn't have it.

 

For me, solid 9/10 on this series, I can't wait for the next season.

[The Satellite]

Hi again.

 

https://www.eurogame...astlevania-game

 

This was announced in April and yet I didn't hear about it until last night. I was trying to figure out why not until I read it was a mobile game. Based on a cooperative idea. With microtransactions. Also I can't help but think the plot sounds really stupid. It features the "Grimoire" which was apparently in Harmony of Despair, has characters from past Castlevania games, and apparently takes place after the Sorrow series, as "Genya Arikado" is the main character. But the plot involves the potential resurrection of Dracula? Even though Soma was Dracula's reincarnation and this is thus impossible?!

 

Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon is the only new Castlevania game.

[The Satellite]

Next season of the Netflix show announced for October 26th. It was originally meant to be this summer, so slight disappointment, but I'm just glad it's this year and that we're getting more at all. I'm excited. I've been thinking about the show again and been wanting to rewatch the first four episodes, but not until the next batch were about to release. Guess I gotta wait three months for that...