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.