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Hardcore Gaming 101 / Another Shameless self promotion

« Last post by Hayoam on October 04, 2024, 07:40:56 PM »

Following the foot steps of another topic by another person.

Greetings everyone,
I've been a fan of Castlevania since I laid my eyes on SOTN and COD, probably my most played game series of all time besides Monster Hunter, and I played lots of games throgh the consoles since PS1.
Anyways I took interest in Video game development so I decided to learn Unreal Engine offwork and created my very first game ever named Cas... I mean Wandervania.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3222910/Wandervania/

So if you enjoy 2D Castlevania adventure then this might be for you.
Also If you can't afford, in a tight situation or whatever and you are interested in the game message me and I'll give you a Steam key just for the people in these forums.

Thank you.

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General Castlevania Discussion / Re: A Little Rant

« Last post by JR on October 04, 2024, 06:51:37 PM »

I don't really like the lack of Belmonts, either. It was fun playing through those games, but the plots were just...bleh.

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Hardcore Gaming 101 / Re: LUNAR Remastered Collection

« Last post by VladOfWallachia on October 03, 2024, 03:58:58 PM »

I played both Lunar 1 + 2 PS1 remakes when they first launched. I still have the Working Designs packaging of them. Great games.

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General Castlevania Discussion / Re: A Little Rant

« Last post by zangetsu468 on October 01, 2024, 05:35:25 AM »

Lore and gameplay(with the exception of DoS’ gameplay re: Julius) state otherwise.

Facts:

Sorrow games:
• Aria Julius (playable) is well effing OP (Julius being old and not even in his prime here. One can make the argument he’s been powered up to his prime 1999 form, given the players never got to play that event, given that event is directly referenced as J’s backstory and lastly, given that his mode is non-canon)
• Aria Julius (Boss) is arguably one of the hardest(definitely ‘superhuman’)
• Aria Julius has the full powered VK, with its rage ‘fading’ / being quelled in the true Aria ending(from a lore perspective, partially explaining his power-down in Dawn).
• Dawn Julius is able to jump over the draw bridge in the prologue, which Soma was not able to . (Despite the power-down since Aria)
• Dawn Julius is able to destroy the demons in the castle beyond the point of regeneration, without the use of the sealing glyph (lore is up to interpretation here, however, lore vs gameplay to myself was interpreted that in Dawn’s universe, ALL the lesser / higher demons
needed sealing glyphs to be permanently destroyed - whereas, gameplay only makes Soma enact that action for the bosses)
• Dawn Julius’ gameplay is heavily nerfed and doesn’t correlate with the above with the exception that the ‘de-raged VK’ reduces Julius’ optimum battle prowess and overall combat abilities (most notably his typical jump height and teleport). This point in particular is telling that Julius was specifically nerfed in gameplay, as opposed to Yoko and Alucard.

POR:
The fully powered VK, while not the most powerful weapon is very close, easily the most well-rounded(best reach, highest damage, fastest special attack which consumes the least MP) and defeating Death and Dracula with a slower weapon (particularly on level 1 max cap) is barely worth switching. If memory serves, final form Drac can eat about 4 x special VK attacks if combo’d correctly(following a jump attack)in sequence, causing massive damage.

Ecclesia:
Shanoa gets a pass, because DominuS requires the sacrifice of a human soul(use it anywhere else but Drac and she’s dead, in-game) meaning that level of power, requires beyond a human’s capability. Additionally, the entire notion of collecting ‘glyphs’ (DominuS being Dracula’s innate traits) is the equivalent of sitting on ‘the chair’(singular) which exists in Plato’s realm of ‘The Idea’.. Some next level meta[critical/]physical-tier-ish…

My two cents worth. 🪙 🪙

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General Castlevania Discussion / Re: A Little Rant

« Last post by theplottwist on September 30, 2024, 08:39:47 AM »

This rant reminds me I should bring here my research about Aria/Graham stuff one of these days.

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Fan Stuff / Re: Spritework Request & Showcase Thread

« Last post by Jelli on September 30, 2024, 07:37:49 AM »

Here's some sprites I dabbled with. These are just artwork-accurate sprites of Jonathan, Charlotte, Shanoa, Albus, Soma, Julius, Yoko and Simon.

Your thoughts?

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Fan Stuff / Re: CHRONICLES OF THE WOLF

« Last post by Migami Games on September 29, 2024, 07:51:33 AM »

@RichterB It's ok! Totally understandable. The game is delayed into Jan/Feb due to reasons not related to Migami or it's development. We can't go into details about this while things are being worked out, but rest assured that the reason for the delay will be a big win for the wide release of the game. We would like to express our deepest apologies as the game has been fully done for some time now. It's painful for us to have to wait. But rather than sitting on it, we are using the time to put an extra level of love into it that we've never given a game. Please stick with us! It will be worth it!

Now for some news!

Mig will be at the Saint Maurice Gaming Salon on October 5th from 1PM- 9PM, near Paris. 94410 Saint Maurice, Espace Delacroix showing Chronicles of the Wolf & Wallachia! If you're skilled in digital arts, you may even get to add a small graphic to COTW/get a credit in the game!🐺

Here is a link to the website for the event:

https://www.ville-saint-maurice.com/140-1827/fiche/un-evenement-intergenerationnel-autour-des-jeux.htm

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Fan Stuff / Castlevania fan script

« Last post by Kaneda on September 28, 2024, 10:27:35 AM »

With October just around the corner, I thought I'd share a little writing project I've been working on. I decided that I thought it would be fun to write a screenplay for a Castlevania movie. Something in the style of old Hammer horror, yet larger in scale. I took a lot of inspiration for my writing, ranging from the obvious (the game, Stoker, Universal/Hammer horror, Vampire Hunter D) to perhaps the less-than-obvious (Solomon Kane, Fist of the North Star).

Since this was only intended as an exercise to keep my writing skills sharp, I thought I'd share it with some fellow Castlevania fans. If you're someone who watched the Netflix series and was disappointed, I'm confident you'll find my take to be a much more enjoyable experience. If you're someone who loved the Netflix series, I'm equally confident that you'll find my interpretation to have its own merit.

You'll find it here as a PDF download.

Comments are, of course, welcome. Enjoy!

EDIT: Wow! More than 100 downloads. Hope you guys are enjoying the read. Thanks!

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Fan Stuff / Re: CHRONICLES OF THE WOLF

« Last post by RichterB on September 26, 2024, 07:26:36 PM »

So I don't want to be "that guy," but I imagine the big release date announcement should be coming by the first week of October if we're getting it by Halloween... I know things happen, but I'm starting to wonder if it's been pushed to the holidays.

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General Castlevania Discussion / A Little Rant

« Last post by GuyStarwind on September 26, 2024, 05:52:09 PM »

So, I've been replaying the DS games due to the recent re-release of them and while they are fun gameplay wise, I feel they do the Belmonts dirty. You might disagree and that's fine but to me the Castlevania series is the Belmont family's generational struggle against Count Dracula. They wield the ultimate evil destroying weapon, the Vampire Killer. However, the DS games kind of make them sideline characters. Even in Portrait of Ruin the Vampire Killer gets outshined by other various weapons. Like isn't this the ultimate undead and demon slaying tool? Didn't Leon Belmont sacrifice his fiancé soul to make it? Then why is the Alucard Spear or Final Sword a stronger weapon? Also why the "Belmonts can't touch the whip until 1999" rule? I know about the Demon Castle Wars, but it seems like a cheap excuse to bring in other characters. My issue really is that the heroes of the series don't feel like the heroes. To quote The Incredibles "When everyone is super, no one will be." What's the point if everyone else can do the same things?

Also, people might hate me, but I find the plot of Sorrow games to be super goofy. You might frown on this, but it's mostly from the added Japanese elements. Obviously the Castlevania series is a Japanese made series, but the story itself is European. I just find things like Alucard is working with Japanese government or Dracula was sealed because of the help of Japanese shrine to be silly. Castlevania has always been silly but this is too silly. I don't have issues with Dracula was killed in 1999 and he's trying to be reincarnated but again the Japanese elements are goofy. Finally, Julius mode in DoS is the real cannon ending.

Look I know some of these things are for gameplay reasons and that's fine but the Vampire Killer and Belmonts should still be like top dog spot.

Ok end rant.