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Off Topic / Re: OH NO, WHERE'S MY MEAT?
« Last post by Gunlord on Today at 07:44:13 PM »:meat:
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General Castlevania Discussion / Re: Castlevania Confessions
« Last post by Lumi Kløvstad on Today at 07:08:42 AM »Somebody made that RoB skeleton sprite over 30 years ago and I don't think they made a new one until Haunted Castle Revisited. That philosophy and complacency effects the entire gamefeel top to bottom
I mean in Symphony of the Night, it made thematic sense to reuse Rondo assets as it was a direct sequel, but honestly the asset reuse wasn't really just complacency. Konami has never really judged Castlevania "worthy" of a proper AAA development budget, and especially as we got into the DS era, that got worse. So the asset reuse was more a way to keep things within the narrow scope of the budget (especially as Rondo's assets were of REALLY GREAT QUALITY), but that why Order of Ecclesia feels so special in a way. There's a ton of new enemies with detailed and colorful original spritework, and the whole game is an visual feast compared to just about every post-Symphony 2D game thanks to that.
That said: one of my confessions is while I appreciate the work that went into Ecclesia... it's probably my least favorite game made under Iga's tenure.
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Off Topic / Re: OH NO, WHERE'S MY MEAT?
« Last post by Abnormal Freak on January 15, 2026, 11:59:45 AM »The meat has returned! Not sure why.
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Off Topic / Re: OH NO, WHERE'S MY MEAT?
« Last post by PFG9000 on January 10, 2026, 08:01:45 AM »I can see your meat, and it looks as tasty as ever.
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General Castlevania Discussion / Re: Castlevania Confessions
« Last post by BLOOD MONKEY on January 07, 2026, 03:30:24 PM »The other thing I don't care for is the Soma story. The games are very fun, but I'm sorry I'm just not into the Japanese kid becoming Dracula thing. I get these are Japanese games, but feels off from the rest of the European theme.
I like to imagine, like the initial localized story implies, that he's a Latin-American weeb. Mina obviously being his long-distance discord girlfriend.
I don't think there's been a single title that's truly Castlevania in quality since Aria and Lament. I've played them all except LoS 2 and the mobile game and they're either too mediocre to be memorable or they're just nostalgia bait. Feels weird to be like that since it's almost a third of the series that exists and I know a lot of people were introduced to the games that way, but man, LoI was the last mainline game that doesn't suffer from incredibly obvious asset reuse. Somebody made that RoB skeleton sprite over 30 years ago and I don't think they made a new one until Haunted Castle Revisited. That philosophy and complacency effects the entire gamefeel top to bottom, and I don't think there has been anything produced close to the quality Castlevania had in the 90s in a long time.
I also like Simon's Quest a lot. I don't think it's fun. It's almost exclusively not fun. But I like it.
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General Castlevania Discussion / Re: Castlevania Confessions
« Last post by GuyStarwind on January 06, 2026, 08:07:47 PM »I'm sure most of you know this, but I'm just not a fan of non Belmont characters. I've said this a hundred times that Belmonts are the heroes, and your Alucards, Somas, Shanoas, etc are supporting characters that should never outshine the heroes. I know many will say "oh but that's not true because of this or that" but that's not how I see it. To be honest this isn't just a Castlevania problem, it's an anything that says something is supposed to be the strongest yet there is something that's somehow stronger problem. Yes, I know there is story strength and gameplay strength, but they should still match. Not sure I'm making sense but yeah.
The other thing I don't care for is the Soma story. The games are very fun, but I'm sorry I'm just not into the Japanese kid becoming Dracula thing. I get these are Japanese games, but feels off from the rest of the European theme.
The other thing I don't care for is the Soma story. The games are very fun, but I'm sorry I'm just not into the Japanese kid becoming Dracula thing. I get these are Japanese games, but feels off from the rest of the European theme.
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Off Topic / Re: OH NO, WHERE'S MY MEAT?
« Last post by Gunlord on January 02, 2026, 01:48:05 PM »Oh yeah and also
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General Castlevania Discussion / Re: That time Climax Studios pitched their own Castlevania back in 2006
« Last post by Eric Roman on January 01, 2026, 11:22:11 PM »Netflix
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Off Topic / Re: OH NO, WHERE'S MY MEAT?
« Last post by Eric Roman on January 01, 2026, 11:18:37 PM »Yo where's my I don't even remember what it was. 🤔
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Off Topic / Re: Music you've been digging lately
« Last post by Abnormal Freak on December 21, 2025, 11:07:19 PM »Was wondering if people were still doing industrial hip-hop like dälek's Absence, Saul Williams' The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!, and Kanye's Yeezus albums, then I remembered Ho99o9 and decided to pick up their latest album. I'm only halfway through but it's damn good so far.