First and foremost, this thread needs this link in the first post: http://www.vgmuseum.com/mrp/ Best Castlevania website on the web right now imo.
I second that notion. I keep trying to start Castle 1 or 2 but I can never stick to it. If Konami put them in a NES/SNES/Genesis/Gameboy Collection on the PSP or PS2 or PS3 or Wii or 360 then I’ll be really really willing to beat them then. Cause there would be unlockables n’ stuff ya know?
The download version on the PSN I think is just a straight port. The Live version has cleaner, more HD friendly graphics, but the sound had to suffer I think because of Microsoft’s size limit on downloads. The Dracula X version has Maria (yesh!) thus making it the best version yet. Unless IGA starts a new one with the Saturn levels added but cleaned up to not look so out of place and gay.
Half-Life is my number one. I associate that game with weather patterns and moods… crazy.
-You can change the screen size.
-Because IGA knows which game is the best and wants people to buy Dracula X for Rondo and not SoTN (which was available as a download on the PSN before Dracula X was released btw).
-See how long it took them to update Rondo? SoTN is no joke. That’s a lot of work for any developer. Most 2.5D games aren’t as long and as graphically detailed as SoTN is. It would have been nice but I would have also liked to play the game before the next PSP came out and not see the team fried from exhaustion so they can finish the next DS game.
-Saturn levels are garbage. That’s from IGA’s mouth. He really dislikes them that much as I guess they were just tacked on pieces of shit that didn’t bring anything to the table. Would it have been nice to still see it for ourselves? Yes. But at the same time this guy has been running the series for years now and his track record shows that he knows best. I’ve gotten over it.
-Not to diss you outright but you sound kinda dumb there. The whole point of the Rondo ‘remake’ was to bring back that OG Castlevania gameplay. If he wanted to make it any other way then he would have but he wanted to remind people of the series’ stiff and clunky roots.
The back flip was fine. It was a skill and not just something anyone could pull out of their ass. It gave the game a level of technical finesse that most 2D games today don’t have. I know it was weird but it worked, and worked well.
An 8-way whip (that’s what I guess you are referring to when you say ‘whip shield’) would have been a nice addition. I do agree with you there.
Back dash? Slide? Dude just play as him in SotN.
What do you mean by ‘more progressive unlockables (like SotN or Zelda)’? What was progressive and unlockable in SotN? Or Zelda? Do you mean like ‘if you win this then you’ll get this’ instead of having to discover the extras for yourself?
I will say that the Dracula X Chronicles wasn’t sold properly. They shouldn’t have called it a remake since it follows the original almost to a T. Instead they should have really remade it with all the things you suggested (minus SotN and especially since the original is included) OR sold this game as a ‘touched up version of the classic’. If I were to compare another game like this I would pull Megaman Powered Up out of my hat. That’s the way it should be done as you had the original game ‘touched up’ with the 2.5D graphics and an actual ‘remake’ with new and remixed levels, multiple characters, and latest version of Megaman (with his slide and charge shot).
But like I said, IGA was going for that touched up nostalgic approach.
PHEW!
So I guess we’ll be hearing about the next (and I hope that it’s the final) Castlevania DS. I’m so surprised that more people weren’t disappointed with Portrait of Ruin. If I met IGA I’d ask him to sign my game case and then slap him with it. I can’t believe he used the same bullshit “repeat the castle” gimmick. He did a better job in fucking Harmony of Dissonance with that crap. And I did NOT like that game. The rest of PoR was terrific though. He just shouldn’t have coped out on the levels. He could have went to a Japanese castle, an ocean liner lost under the sea (ya know, before it floods on the inside ala Poseidon Adventure), a factory (even though it was used in Bloodlines already), and a war zone centered around a castle. Plus the four levels already present. But noooooo.
Which is completely and totally worth it in its own rite. Even without Changes, SOTN makes almost every other game EVER look like a joke. Few Exceptions. But not many.
I wish today’s police force had Shield Rods and Alucard Shields instead of Tear Gas and Riot Shields. Situations would resolve much quicker, and our Cops would get their HP up faster too.
Apart from the ease of the game, I only have 2 issues with it:
-Terrible voice acting (Understandable, considering the gaming era it came from)
-The last part where you have to wear the gold ring and silver ring at the clock. Puzzles in Castlevania games wierd me out, and I would of never understood if it wasn’t for a walkthrough.
I still think Castlevania 3 is my favorite though, even though I’ve never finished it without cheating.
I remember thinking this game was so fucking epic when I 1st got it (and it still is)… I stayed home from school the next day to play it. And I did. All fucking day. :woot:
One room, with the succubus-type monsters in a bathtub.
The other room, was the “Fisherman” type monster (He looked like an asian guy with a wide straw hat, with a beard and dressed in green IIRC) who was in a small room, and he attacked you by kicking.
Did any of you hardcore players level up your Murasame to RETARDEDLY strong levels?
I tried to, but my Masamune still was stronger. It wasn’t worth the time to level Murasame up, IMO.
And my favorite weapon is Chakram. The other throwing weapon (It was that sword that was dropped by the flying knights in the cathedral clock tower) was much too cheap.
Criss and Rune Sword was the perfect set-up to me. Criss because it’s speed just mutilates everything in the game by the time you get it. Rune Sword because it’s very strong. It may not be the strongest but by the time you get it, the range and your own strength level it make it THE force to be reckoned with. I would just rape enemies while jogging lightly through the halls of Castlevania. If anyone survived after a Rune toss they’d get it up the ass by Criss.
:u: I ended up using the same combination. Plus, Rune Sword gives you +5 defense too (not that you’d need it). And if you top that off with two Rings of Varda, then it’s on.
I never got a chance to find the Crissagrim let alone use it. I just spammed the hell out of Alucard’s teleport slash move with the Alucard Sword. It had invincibility frames until you came back into the body in which case you could just spam again so you don’t take damage at all.
Man I want to find that Crissagrim now. I feel like I’m missing out.
Btw what happened to the POR thread I guess it faded somewhere. Wi-fi play on there was so crucial and fun.
