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« Last post by Gunlord on May 18, 2025, 07:58:56 PM »Congrats!!!! 

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I got the very same sense regarding the Julius sprite. It looks to be true to the rumor that the vanilla's sprite artist(s) gave up on detailing it, where they really shouldn't.
This is one of my major quirks towards Dawn which I hold no serious complaints beside this factor and the soul drop rate in normal mode.
I've heard it's not true that LoS started as something else than Castlevania. It was apparently always going to be Castlevania, but in order to not disrupt Judgment, it was initially announced simply as a new game.
IGA has previously stated showing that trailer publicly was a "mistake", likely because it was a pitch and not a promised upcoming work.
At the time, as fans didn't know there were three pitches for a new Castlevania game (one from each major branch) fans presumed this was a 3D adaptation of the radio drama which was being broadcast at the time, as that also starred Alucard.
My thoughts:
Dawn of Sorrow; I really appreciate it. Soma’s animation sprite is very detailed, down to seeing his cold breath in the winter sections. That attention to detail I appreciate very much. His animations are on par with Alucard in SotN. There are many unique things in the game not found in other Castlevanias which I appreciate it. However Julius’ sprite is just trash. Like c’mon, wtf were they thinking. The 3D parallax backgrounds especially at the end of the game were very well rendered. The Abyss final area was very creepy, but I wish it was larger.
Poetry of Ruin also had the preorder bonus which included the official timeline & a couple other goodies. But as I reminisce, the games include many clues to what IGA was planning on his unmade 1999 game;
- Charlotte is described in her bio that she holds the key to finally destroying Dracula for good. This is odd, since we know it was the Hakuba clan that put the final nail in the coffin, not the Aulin’s.
- The power of Dominus is said to contain the secret to Dracula’s power, and using it against him is extremely effective, perhaps moreso than the Vampire Killer itself.
- Apparently there are other Dark Lord candidates out there, Soma obviously being the strongest, but what happens to his soul after he dies? And why isn’t Death actively seeking to recreate Dracula since he has no dialogue in DoS?
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- Apparently there are other Dark Lord candidates out there, Soma obviously being the strongest, but what happens to his soul after he dies? And why isn’t Death actively seeking to recreate Dracula since he has no dialogue in DoS?