In the style of Bloodborne and Lords of Shadows? I haven't played Bloodborne but have played Souls, so if it's similar to the atmosphere of that then I'm game. However. What do they mean with Lords of Shadows? That game split the fan base. We should stay away from it.I took it to mean that the gameplay and aesthetic would split the difference between those two games. Which would honestly work very well.
Also, side note: the guys who made SIREN making a Silent Hill game?! SIGN ME THE HELL UP.
And not to be a balloon popper but to also be a balloon inflator, we have had reason for nearly two years to think something related to Castlevania is coming.
To go back to Dusk Golem here, they made these remarks May of 2018 (https://www.resetera.com/threads/make-an-outragous-e3-prediction-in-this-thread-but-with-a-sliver-of-a-chance-your-e3-final-bet.46090/#post-8586036). If we look at them one by one with also understanding it doesn't mean they would be announced at that years E3...
- Valve unveils a new game. Half-Life Alyx was likely this title, which was announced at the end of last year.
- Microsoft reveals Crackdown 3 is releasing far sooner than people think. This released in February 2019, I'm not sure if that was "soon"
- Master Chief comes to PC properly. Halo: The Master Chief Collection was announced in May 2019, coming to PC
- Konami unveils a new game to contest another upcoming game. This was specifically made in other posts related to Bloodstained, so this was a specific Castlevania game reference. Nothing else coming out was competing so directly to their own IPs. To this day, there has been no game announced to compete with Bloodstained unless we count Grimoire of Souls. I don't.
- FROM's new game is an act that's published by a western studio that no one's going to predict with their vision. This was Sekiro
- Capcom brings the goods on several fronts. This is in reference to Devil May Cry 5, Resident Evil 2 Remake, Resident Evil 3 Remake, and Resident Evil 8.
- Sony has a lot more secrets up their sleeve than a-many people may suspect. This could be anything because this is a first party company. This could range from Horizon: Zero Dawn on PC to the Silent Hill stuff, but only the Silent Hill stuff.
Dusk Golem has also alleges that they know things that specifically invalidate the 4chan rumor. I think it invalidates itself if you look at the issues an apparent Konami employ makes by naming the former producer to Castlevania working on a new Castlevania game, not the new one who people at Konami interact with.
Ok, am I reading this wrong or are you under the impression the rumor claims IGA is coming back? Because I see that nowhere. They only mention Kojima working on Metal Gear and Silent Hill.
I would implore you to look at the link again. The first thing mentioned is a 4chan post from a "Konami employee" that proclaims Koji Igarashi is involved as producer on a reboot and that Sony wants to buy the IP. Dusk Golem has said the 4chan post is wrong, and he was one of the first people to mention how Sony was interested in working with Konami on Silent Hill. Dusk Golem went on Twitter recently to rebuke it further.
(https://twitter.com/AestheticGamer1/status/1239342578668933122)
What's real is Sony is working with Konami in regards to Silent Hill (Dusk Golem's Twitter feed talks about bounced about Silent Hill projects that never went public and names at least one studio that worked on a game after Silent Hills got cancelled). That's all that's real about this rumor. We can assume this is real because this has been the guy leaking Resident Evil content for years. Until today, I've never even heard of Jack of All Controllers and what they've proclaimed that came to fruition. Their article, prior to the update about Sony buying those IPs, cites Rely on Horror for the Silent Hill Sony/Konami collaboration stuff, which Dusk Golem is acquaintances with. The main bulk of the article is based on the Silent Hill stuff, which is real. It even says that Sony does not wish to buy the Silent Hill IP. The stuff about Castlevania is based on a 4chan post, which says that Sony wants to buy the Silent Hill IP...do you see the contradiction?
What's going on with Castlevania, if we are to believe it's still being worked on, has nothing to do with the above. All we know is that Konami wants to "counter" Bloodstained, presumably with a Castlevania game of their own. But those were ideas they wanted to do two years ago; I'm assuming they still wish to, but for all we know, it could be cancelled. Look how long it took them to release Grimoire of Souls, and that still is out only in Canada.
Sony does not want to buy Castlevania, Metal Gear, or Silent Hill. What they're doing with Silent Hill appears to be more of a licensing arrangement, like what Sony has with Marvel and Spider-Man. The only thing we know about Castlevania is Konami wanted to "counter" Bloodstained, and that has nothing to do with this Sony rumor. Hell, the person who said a new Castlevania game was in production and named the series specifically, Vergeben, said it was a Nintendo Switch game. He confirmed that Castlevania: Requiem was a thing before that got announced too, as well as Contra: Rogue Corps.
So, to conclude here in a tl;dr
- Konami is likely working with Sony on Silent Hill
- Konami has expressed interest in the past of likely using Castlevania to compete with Bloodstained
- The only platform we've ever gotten hints a new Castlevania game would be coming for, from leakers who hold some credibility, is for the Nintendo Switch
I took it to mean that the gameplay and aesthetic would split the difference between those two games. Which would honestly work very well.In that case, I'd be down for it.
I'm gonna be the pin to pop the balloon here, at least for the Castlevania stuff. I believe the Silent Hill stuff posted by Dusk Golem to be legit, and none of that is in any way supporting the Castlevania part of this new rumor.
Why does Sony need Koji Igarashi as producer when the Castlevania series has a current, new, publicly hidden series producer? This person oversaw the Anniversary Collection and the Netflix show, and remains uncredited in both. It's not IGA.
IGA said he'd work on Castlevania again to finish what he started, to make two games. Why would Sony go to the former producer, not the current one, to reboot the series?
Why would you have a super secret anonymous producer managing your franchise?
Is he the guy with the moon head mask who makes the Nier games?
Yeah, I might play Devil's Advocate here, but I neither want a reboot nor a reimagining or anything of the sort. I just want IGA-Castlevania, either as an IGAvania or Classicvania, but spearheaded and written by IGA, with the canon story and the same aesthetics. Lords of Shadow was cancer to the franchise.
Oh, now there’s a rumor saying Microsoft might buy Castlevania instead. As a Playstation loyalist, I’d only be ok with this if they also released any new games on PS5.
https://wegotthiscovered.com/gaming/microsoft-reportedly-buying-silent-hill-castlevania-konami/
Oh, now there’s a rumor saying Microsoft might buy Castlevania instead. As a Playstation loyalist, I’d only be ok with this if they also released any new games on PS5.
https://wegotthiscovered.com/gaming/microsoft-reportedly-buying-silent-hill-castlevania-konami/
Wasn't this article posted on April 1st?
I'd still be wary about big companies getting their hands on beloved franchises. Microsoft might be good for CV, then again it might not. So far Castlevania's makers have been trying to force the series into the realm of triple A, which (in my opinion) hasn't been successful in the way they hoped it would. Microsoft could end up doing the same thing and possibly mess it up even more. I would rather see indie companies be given a crack at CV. If a game cannot succeed as a triple A title then it is best not to force it into such a narrow margin.
Rare didn't make Yooka Laylee. The good part of Rare who used to work for Rare before they all quit years ago made Yooka Laylee.
The easiest thing to do would be a retro side scroller a la Blasphemous or Slain: Back from Hell, depending if you want to go metroidvania or not. This genre is definitely having a Renaissance right now, and virtually every one of these games names Castlevania as it's primary inspiration.
?(click to show/hide)