Topic: The first sign rises with the full moon.

[Dremn]

Halloween is soon, anyone hoping for an update?

[Gunlord]

Yeah, I'm betting the update will be on Halloween

[TatteredSeraph]

Halloween Bloodstained update is up!  As expected!    I won't post any spoilers, but things look to be progressing well, and a new (old) person is back with the team.

[theplottwist]

Halloween Bloodstained update is up!  As expected!    I won't post any spoilers, but things look to be progressing well, and a new (old) person is back with the team.

I've listened to Ben Judd's podcast, too. I like how he spelled doom for Castlevania.

It's a shame Konami is soiling one of its greatest franchises "because pachinko."

[Shiroi Koumori]

I've read the update. Those background concept art looks lovely.
Jorge has to share the code for the dungeon clan. hahaha!

I wish I had the time to listen to the podcast... 

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

Heh heh heh... stay tuned around when it comes out.
I've got what ya need.

[Charlotte-nyo:3]

Good to see a new (old) developer working on the game to lend more of the feel of the past Metroidvanias to this one. Curry the Kid was a nickname that was so odd it always stuck out when I saw it in the credits. I didn't realize he was the director of Harmony of Despair until I looked on MobyGames though. Seems he also worked on Ground Zeroes.

[affinity]

Castlevania fans really should acknowledge Castlevania Harmony of Despair as one of the greatest videogames of all time.

Ever since it's debut on Xbox360, fans played it more times and more frequently than all of the previous Castlevania games to date.   the 6 players co-op is genius and even starting out and playing solo, it is one of the most challenging Castlevanias of all (before the exploits). 

Plus the greatest variation of playable characters from an official Castlevania game.

of course it could be improved upon, but for their first new innovative style of Castlevania, that combines classic Castlevania with IGAvania elements too along with massively cooperative elements that are timeless in itself,
I drool at the thought of a future Bloodstained game getting a 6 players co-op game like Castlevania Harmony of Despair.

  CVHD deserved all the hype and saves the LoS series was getting, and more.  Really, if that made Dark Souls or Halo record breaking sales, it could have been an ongoing supported series in itself with more Chapters, more Characters, more Hunter Skills, more loot, more enemies, bosses, etc.  etc.

CVHD is a pure gameplay and player driven Castlevania experience that can't be matched nor substituted. 
it should get a port to PS4, it would win more attention.

though yea it does deserve a sequel, but anyways, Bloodstained is the franchise that can grow faster.

though yea would be great for CVHD formula to continue to be used and improved upon.

CVHD was like the Castlevania 1 of its own formula.   what a shame would it have been if Castlevania 1 was
released and then that formula dropped with no sequels.

 that's what it feels like for CVHD, they created a masterpiece with massive replay value and timeless pick up and play qualities, and the whole situation led to Konami stupidly dropping support, key developers leaving or pushed to other
projects, and that formula being left to waste instead of nourished to produce sequels that improve, expand and surpass the previous ones.   

there's so much potential there that surpasses even the greatest single player and multiplayer games ever created.

[Gunlord]

* Gunlord winks knowingly at affinity

[KaZudra]

Castlevania fans really should acknowledge Castlevania Harmony of Despair as one of the greatest videogames of all time.

Ever since it's debut on Xbox360, fans played it more times and more frequently than all of the previous Castlevania games to date.   the 6 players co-op is genius and even starting out and playing solo, it is one of the most challenging Castlevanias of all (before the exploits). 

Plus the greatest variation of playable characters from an official Castlevania game.

of course it could be improved upon, but for their first new innovative style of Castlevania, that combines classic Castlevania with IGAvania elements too along with massively cooperative elements that are timeless in itself,
I drool at the thought of a future Bloodstained game getting a 6 players co-op game like Castlevania Harmony of Despair.

  CVHD deserved all the hype and saves the LoS series was getting, and more.  Really, if that made Dark Souls or Halo record breaking sales, it could have been an ongoing supported series in itself with more Chapters, more Characters, more Hunter Skills, more loot, more enemies, bosses, etc.  etc.

CVHD is a pure gameplay and player driven Castlevania experience that can't be matched nor substituted. 
it should get a port to PS4, it would win more attention.

though yea it does deserve a sequel, but anyways, Bloodstained is the franchise that can grow faster.

though yea would be great for CVHD formula to continue to be used and improved upon.

CVHD was like the Castlevania 1 of its own formula.   what a shame would it have been if Castlevania 1 was
released and then that formula dropped with no sequels.

 that's what it feels like for CVHD, they created a masterpiece with massive replay value and timeless pick up and play qualities, and the whole situation led to Konami stupidly dropping support, key developers leaving or pushed to other
projects, and that formula being left to waste instead of nourished to produce sequels that improve, expand and surpass the previous ones.   

there's so much potential there that surpasses even the greatest single player and multiplayer games ever created.

This is why Harmony of Despair 2 needs to happen.
I was so deep into this game, Legitimately Maxing Jon, got every soul for Soma, making Charlotte OP.
Welp, off to make a new topic.

[PFG9000]

I'm not sure I'd call Harmony of Despair one of the greatest videogames of all time, but I really did have tons of fun with it.  I put dozens of hours into the Xbox360 version, and then did it all over again with the PS3 version.  Maxed out classic Simon is a beast!  I still play it off and on today.

[shelverton.]

Castlevania fans really should acknowledge Castlevania Harmony of Despair as one of the greatest videogames of all time.

Ever since it's debut on Xbox360, fans played it more times and more frequently than all of the previous Castlevania games to date.

What on earth are you talking about? Are you drunk? Do you have numbers to back this up?

[VladCT]

Bruh, it's affinity. Blind worship of CVHD flows in her veins. :V

[zangetsu468]

What on earth are you talking about? Are you drunk? Do you have numbers to back this up?

Yes I also read this and went "wtf"...

How can anyone possibly account for the amount of times someone has actually played a game in the privacy of their own life, this is not possible.
Also how are you accessing how many times someone has played and/or finished HOD online, and this as opposed to other CV games. If you're going by sales alone, this does not necessarily constitute how many times a game has been played, let alone played through.

I understand supporting a series/ game that one loves, however, sorry to be blunt that HOD post seems like a massive dickride from a fan. Seriously we get it, you like the game, I'm not saying you're not entitled, but don't spill bs to try to back up something to others.

Facts , percentages and evidence please.

[Shiroi Koumori]

This is a Bloodstained thread. Please keep all the other stuff out of it.