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General Castlevania Discussion / Re: Another Castlevania Add On

« Last post by GuyStarwind on March 30, 2023, 12:30:06 AM »

I thought I wrote this a few day ago, but I guess I didn't? Anywho, I was just saying I enjoy the banter and taunts Dracula gives you while you fight him.

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Hardcore Gaming 101 / Re: Zelda TOTK Aonuma gameplay trailer

« Last post by zangetsu468 on March 29, 2023, 07:58:43 PM »

The game mechanics are interesting. I think there were several titles in the past for PC that did that. However in terms of Zelda,. this doesn't really seem like a Zelda title to me. It's like BotW except it's now version 2.0 and a few steps further away then previously. Honestly I'd rather see Zelda go back to the original play-style; true to form, original top-down gameplay that  us old gamers grew up with.

I think the weapon fusion system has the potential to be broken tbh.
What I like about it is that it seems intuitive.

I am getting BOTW 2 vibes, which I don’t mind.
 
My only comment is that while I believe BOTW is a beautiful game, I really believe they should’ve gone for something more Okami-Esque, given the music at the end of the trailer I s reminiscent of Old Japan, as are some of the design elements (eg Switch OLED backing plate design and Pro Controller design) in order to differentiate the two games.

One surprising element is the lack of ‘in air’ gameplay or combat which appears non-existent at this stage, despite this being referenced in the gameplay patents - admittedly which I’ve done no substantial research into.

I’m glad I only paid 41 bucks for it, because I’m sure it will be ‘more of the same’ but better, and I can see myself putting a lot of time into it like BotW.

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Hardcore Gaming 101 / Re: Zelda TOTK Aonuma gameplay trailer

« Last post by X on March 29, 2023, 06:59:52 PM »

The game mechanics are interesting. I think there were several titles in the past for PC that did that. However in terms of Zelda,. this doesn't really seem like a Zelda title to me. It's like BotW except it's now version 2.0 and a few steps further away then previously. Honestly I'd rather see Zelda go back to the original play-style; true to form, original top-down gameplay that  us old gamers grew up with.

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Off Topic / Re: ::LOAD STATE::

« Last post by X on March 29, 2023, 06:39:39 PM »

I only know that this site was inaccessible to me for at least two days.

zangetsu468@

LOL

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Off Topic / Re: ::LOAD STATE::

« Last post by zangetsu468 on March 29, 2023, 05:08:52 PM »

 

Suddenly a white flash. 

That’s what she said…

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Hardcore Gaming 101 / Zelda TOTK Aonuma gameplay trailer

« Last post by zangetsu468 on March 29, 2023, 04:58:05 PM »

4 million views in just over 24 hours, interesting mechanics demonstrated to say the least.

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Off Topic / ::LOAD STATE::

« Last post by Eric Roman on March 29, 2023, 02:57:35 PM »

Whuh? 

Wuzgoinon? 

Suddenly a white flash. 

Cryptic writing.

Then suddenly I was transported here…but two weeks ago. 

Weird.

Anyway, how’s it going?

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General Castlevania Discussion / Re: Why Curse of Darkness will probably never be ported via store fronts

« Last post by zangetsu468 on March 16, 2023, 05:44:04 AM »

Interesting theory. The points made in the above by Crying Wolf could go a long way as to explain why CoD never had a release outside of XBOX and PS2. Personally I for one honestly never cared about the ending theme of CoD. To me it sounds very out-of-place in Castlevania. Come to think of it, so did the original SotN ending theme 'I am the wind'. These are just my opinions though as others will feel otherwise.

I agree it feels out of place, however, in context outside of lyrics appearing “in-game” perhaps while there were a handful of others that preceded SOTN(namely original release of ‘Tales of Phantasia’) it wasn’t considered common in those days. While I don’t mind ‘I am the wind’, I actually hold no association to it with SOTN aside from the Saxophone instrumental at the very start when Alucard starts legging it… 

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General Castlevania Discussion / Re: Why Curse of Darkness will probably never be ported via store fronts

« Last post by Aceearly1993 on March 15, 2023, 08:24:15 PM »

I would presume it's probably caused by something tied with the reception of the actual game content itself. Maybe konami is not satisfied with the game's quality or something.

I don't think copyrighted vocal songs would be barrier. They could always re-record new songs to replace like the case in DXC SotN. If they really want to re-release the game they would've done it already. But judging from current situation we could only hope for a potential new 3D collection in the future.

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General Castlevania Discussion / Re: Why Curse of Darkness will probably never be ported via store fronts

« Last post by X on March 15, 2023, 06:52:37 PM »

Interesting theory. The points made in the above by Crying Wolf could go a long way as to explain why CoD never had a release outside of XBOX and PS2. Personally I for one honestly never cared about the ending theme of CoD. To me it sounds very out-of-place in Castlevania. Come to think of it, so did the original SotN ending theme 'I am the wind'. These are just my opinions though as others will feel otherwise.