Topic: New Collectionon: Castlevania Dominus Collection

[Eric Roman]

There is a bunch of new concept art for all three games that I've neve seen before.

Like, rough-rough stuff?  The commercial was touting "never-before-seen" when it was just the stuff from Konami's Japanese site for Ecclesia. '.' 

[Reinhart77]

Castlevania themed energy drinks, anyone?  Got an ad for this immediately after I reposted the collection ad on Facebook.

https://gfuel.com/products/vampire-killer-collectors-box

[C Belmont]

Like, rough-rough stuff?  The commercial was touting "never-before-seen" when it was just the stuff from Konami's Japanese site for Ecclesia. '.'

I didn’t think there was anything worth getting excited about. It's mostly model sheets and portrait art, a lot of it has been around for years in some form.
Only about two pages look like they are from a game design document and they didn't even bother to translate them, there is zero art from Haunted castle.
Ironically they included concept art that looks like it's for POR's intro animation but appear to have removed the opening from the collection, unless I missed it. Some of the jingles in Haunted castle didn’t play for me so maybe my PC just didn’t play the video or something.

[Reinhart77]

Do these games seem harder to anyone else?  Maybe I'm just older than when I first played it and just don't have the same reaction time, but it feels like I'm playing on hard mode right off the bat at least in the boss fights.  Getting killed by Portrait of Ruin Dullahan after only two hits of his big attacks?  Feels like I forgot to put on armor, but I don't think that's it.  Maybe I had to rely on potions back in the day too and just don't remember it.

[crisis]

@Reinhart77 nah, you’re just rusty lol. Once you get in the groove you’ll have an easier time. I remember getting my ass handed to me the first time I played Order of Ecclesia, and I expect it to happen again when I purchase this collection.

Unfortunately, it’ll have to wait, since my Switch is currently out of commission (one of my joycons broke because it was on my night table & I jumped out of bed because I thought the devil was attacking me, my dog laying next to me, a pug, didn’t alert me in time of the impending danger since dogs are perceptive to paranormal phenomena, in doing so my leg accidentally knocked the Switch to the floor & the controller broke off) so I sent it out to get it repaired.

[Eric Roman]

Castlevania themed energy drinks, anyone?  Got an ad for this immediately after I reposted the collection ad on Facebook.

https://gfuel.com/products/vampire-killer-collectors-box

HEH, sounds like the advertising complex at work. 

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[Eric Roman]

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[Reinhart77]

i eventually realized that some of the bosses in Portrait of Ruin are really more like puzzles.  if you don't figure out the puzzle, you'd better hope you don't take a hit.

[crisis]

So apparently this collection is getting a physical release, with all sorts of merchandise included. This will be the first time I’ve purchased a Castlevania game in over 10 years!

Pre-orders end this Sunday (the 13th) and although typically I’m not a fan of CV products not officially released by Konami, this Limited Run package caught my eye for some reason. Don’t know why. The standard edition will be the typical price $34.99 USD while the deluxe edition with all the additional goodies will set you back $200! The standard will ship in February while the deluxe won’t land until July unfortunately


My only gripe is that, they definitely should’ve included Adventure ReBirth (which is still inaccessible, legally) and a proper release of Grimoire of Souls, which I technically own but I dislike playing games on my phone.


Anyone else plan on getting? or will I be the only one lol

[LuxKiller65]

200 usd for 3 emulated ds games and some plastic crapabilia is a crazy deal