The Castlevania Thread

General Discussion
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Technically Shanoa can materialize weapons due to her specific glyphs.

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…That should just tell you right there that he just doesn’t like giving women weapons. I know I know, it’s the balance the magic gameplay out but I mean really? What wizard fights without some sort of wand or sword? Harry potter doesn’t count.

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I <3 Shanoa. One of the more capable female protagonists to come out of gaming in a while that isn’t relegated to just fighting games(shout-outs to Samus Aran and Bayonetta). I really need to scoop a new copy of OoE and COTM since they were lost to me awhile back.

Say what you will about Judgment, but at least they got the music right:

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Love how they remixed An Empty Tome
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Love Judgment’s take on Vampire Killer…

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Igarashi’s a bit of a chauvinist. See also: dude what wrote Other M (Samus) and dude what wrote Dissidia (Terra). Japanese ideal female stereotype for all the fanboys.

Anywho fuck Iga.

EDIT - Actually, Shanoa’s cool.

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I just wish she didn’t have all of the personality of a rock. I mean I know she lost her emotions and memories and all, but still.

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That’s actually one of my favorite parts about her.
Of course I tend to like emotionless characters.

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My Castlevania history:

Saw a lot of videos about it by AVGN, one day saw portrait of ruin for cheap one day, picked it up. Absolutely loved it. Picked up Dracula X chronicles, thought it was ok. While playing Harmony of Despair (Jonathan for life) someone told me there’s another game on there, play Symphony of the Night. Fall in love, beat it. What else is good? I bought Castlevania on N64 even though I know it’s notoriously bad.

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Even if some might disagree but Lords of Shadow. Obviously (in no particular order) Castlevania , Circle of the Moon, Aria of Sorrow, Dawn of Sorrow (?), IV, Bloodlines, Order of Ecclesia, Curse of Darkness, and that’s about it. Should keep you busy.

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I always like going back to SOTN, and just using all the broken stuff you have.

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Been playing Castlevania Puzzle: SotN on the iPhone. The game’s actually pretty fun. I’d like to see a tier list of the arcade mode characters, but from what I’ve experienced in the story mode, I think Succubus is broken tier.

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I have that game, it actually has a surprising amount of quality put into it.

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Hmm…I’d say Iga removing Sonyas game from the timeline is less chauvinism and more disregarding a fucking awful awful AWFUL game. Also after removing her game, they tried to make that DC CV with Sonia in it. Also MAria held her own in SOTN, Shanoa is pretty damn strong, and uh…yea that’s all I got.

But then that other shitty ass GBA CV is still in so whatever.

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Top 3?

  1. Rondo of blood
  2. SOTN
  3. LOS

That would be my absolute favorite CV games.
Sad thing though i have never gotten to play dawn of sorrow. peoples always tell me what a great game it is :confused: meh

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Shanoa is my favorite CV character, and one of my favorite female characters period.

I have yet to play the Genesis CV title, I believe I need to rectify that.

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Ah yea man Bloodlines is great.

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Also my favorite CV track to this day is still Riddle, without question.

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Hearing it again in OoE put the biggest dumbest grin on my face in a while~

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someone earlier mentioned soul reaver, that game was so awesome for the time, not sure how well it would hold up today, i lost my copy years ago :frowning:

favorite castlevania:

Circle of the Moon

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Jesus OoE hard mode lv1 is kicking my ass so far. Bats that do 67 damage per hit? Really?

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^Pretend you are playing a classic CV game.

why CotM?

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i feel like its the best blend of metroidvania and classic castlevania. maybe that’s just me though. I really like SOTN too, but feel it was outdone by CotM in most ways.