First Erotic Violence and now this? Dracula didn't die for this.
They recycled art from Harmony of Despair, lol.
The Arikado one is new.
I am going to assume this is what the Castlevania Switch project ended up turning into instead.
Why. don't they. ever. use. SotN MariaaAAAAAA
Also, Simon Belmont looks pretty awesome.
I guess being on iOS it can make more money and get to more people. I hate mobile games and their touch control! I hope they make a Switch version. I wish IGA was involved. I am happy to see the real Castlevania again, and not that other series they tried to sell as CV.
Affinity must be a part of the team who made HD, haha, she is always taking about it. I remember the same from the time this game came out and I am rarely on this forum. I cannot even read her posts anymore..Just go play your HD and enjoy on your own haha
not matter how much it even ripped apart the lore that the hypocritical fans formally thought to be vital to the series.
This isn't really important, but I'm wondering if this game is the one that was leaked on this forum by Beragon (not sure if that was his name) years ago.
"the switch is bigger than the mobile market"
Well you ARE talking about the same audience that decided The Legend Zelda: Breath of the Wild is an all-time Perfect 10/10 GotY that all other games should aspire to be.
(https://i.imgur.com/U3LMTX6.png)
This looks like demon's souls artwork much more than any castlevania art TBH
I'm gonna chime in real quick:
The reason for the lack of a section for the later games isn't because they don't deserve their sections.
Personal opinion aside, the actual reason is because I couldn't find the time to update the sections without breaking some part of the site, haha.
Now that Castlevania is back (sort of?) maybe I should go about remastering the site again?
Your ultimate goal in this game is to destroy Castlevania, a ghoulish citadel which has manifested itself within the pages of the cursed Grimoire. Within each chapter lies a twisted reimagining of one of the castle's prior incarnations, guarded by a boss symbolizing that particular area. Defeat the boss and open the chest that appears to unlock a new chapter. Completed chapters can be revisted at any time.
A cursed book within which lies the sum of all Castlevania's history --as well as an incarnation of the castle itself.
Fortunately, the forces of good which have time and again been the castle's undoing are also recorded within these pages.
Borrow their power and forever erase Castlevania from this unholy tome.
A future where Count Dracula has been completely destroyed. It seemed like eternal peace came upon the world.
However, a single letter delivered to Genya Arikado tried to put an end to that peaceful era.
In order to verify the meaning of the words written in the letter—“The Grimoire has run wild and Count Dracula will be resurrected”—Genya Arikado heads off towards the letter’s sender…
hey guys affinity really likes HD just in case you forgot :P
OK so, here is PlotTwist's analysis machine about this game. Everything you're about to read is speculation and therefore should be taken with a grain of salt. I'll simply throw it all on the table haphazardly because I'm too tired to organize my thoughts even if I still want to share. Here it goes:(click to show/hide)
btw, thanks for the Combat Cross necklace you sent me ;)You're welcome! Thank you for your patronage.
That... seems like a pretty outdated model to me. I mean, gacha games seem to be all the rage these days with the popularity of titles like Fate/Grand Order and Granblue Fantasy. I shudder to think about how Konami would implement gacha elements, but not trying to cash in on that seems pretty stupid from a business standpoint.
and to think iga could be working on this if he just held out a little longer...
Right.
This new CV looks great. No question art and graphics look great. And maybe it will be cool.
But I can’t stand touch screen controls. And the idea of that for CV is horrifying to me.
So looks and package aside...
At least Metal Gear Surive offers solid gameplay and on a console. I had high hopes we would be getting a console CV. That’s what this should be. Mobile doesn’t mean bad. But it means mobile controls. ????
Could have been worse, it could have been a Castlevania Battle Royal game.
Metal Gear Surivive is actually not a bad game.
BAD OPINION POLICE WOOP WOOP
Explain the microtransactions up the wazoo then.
Hopefully, they're not going with the most boring choice possible and drip feed the rest of the Harmony of Despair characters. I would be fine with pretty much anyone else.No kidding. I personally would love to see Eric or Sypha
Hokay, so what are your hopes and dreams now that this is going to be a thing? For one, I'm hoping for playable characters who weren't in HOD, like Leon and Cornell.
Christopher Belmont. Dude is responsible for starting the Dracula legend, and gets no recognition whatsoever.Grant... poor Grant never gets any love. A shame since he's prolly my favourite partner character in CVIII. Watch as he gets, at best, a cameo.
Also Grant, Albus or John Morris would be nice.
Grant... poor Grant never gets any love. A shame since he's prolly my favourite partner character in CVIII. Watch as he gets, at best, a cameo.
Arrr! I agree! We need Grant, he always gets shafted.
Arrr! I agree! We need Grant, he always gets shafted.Ohhhh man that's priceless, I love it well done :D
I have a good reason to have high hopes for the soundtrack!I hope it's all new remixes.
Jaws of a Scorched Earth is on the list right?It was listed in that screenshot, yes. But that tracklist looks like a placeholder.
Your pun game is mad crazy XD
Ohhhh man that's priceless, I love it well done :D
Or does this game take long after HD, and represents another chance after it was defeated the first time? I'm guessing that the second game takes place long after Dawn of Sorrow - otherwise they could have probably just used Yoko if they needed a female researcher haha. Long enough that Yoko is retired but Genya is still employed?
The only possible place I can see GoS happening is before Aria.
On Genya's description it says that he's the only one with power to stop Dracula, something that is not true when Julius Belmont is around -- hence he must be out of commission somehow, something we know was true before Aria.
Then, the story says that Genya received a letter that came to "put an end to the peaceful era" when the story takes place. Well, the castle reappearing on Aria and two dudes who can inherit Dracula's throne going to it is a MUCH worse threat and would have put an end to that era already if GoS happened after Aria. So this little story intro makes not much sense if it comes after Aria.
If only this series had precedence for time foolery and characters being collected together from different eras.
it doesnt even need story reasons to have characters from different eras playable and present.
so the overall series and genre should not invest its design and focus on storytelling.
the more story focused a Castlevania game is, the less replay value and play incentives it has and the more restricted it is, which isn't cool.
it doesnt even need story reasons to have characters from different eras playable and present.
Castlevania HD is still played these days online, and much of its values and flexible nature is thanks to not being story focused.
heck, Richter and Maria were only playable in SOTN, because they made it possible to include a version of the game that removes the story elements so
that the extra characters can be adaptable to it. though on the flipside, BECAUSE OF STORY, the extra playable characters can't fight story triggered bosses
like Werewolf and Minotaur, Death, Dracula nor Succubus.
1. It's almost certain this game needs a hell lot of grinding and pay-to-unlock boulshit as men's daily smart phone gamesIf it's any worse than Granblue Fantasy, then we definitely have something to worry about. That game defines grinding hell, even for casual players.
You can be both classic and chronicles simon. Both classic and DXC maria! This is awesome!
Also, there's now a "Lucy" set in an age where there is a "Mina".
Remember what happened to "Lucy". I'm not saying something will happen, but keep that in mind.
Has anyone bothered to translate the in-game prologue? It sounds like they're really trying to link the game to the original series as a post-1999 event.
Would it be fair to assume Alucard is the only "real" character and the other playable characters are kind of memories from the book in a corporeal form?
"The Grimoire is out of control. The Demon King's magical power is about to overflow."
I'm beginning to get the impression that the Grimoire is kind of like Dominus, in that it was crafted with some of Dracula's power and/or remains. It would explain why Arikado freaks out so immediately and checks to see if Castlevania has returned first thing. At this point, I could be wrong, but the Grimoire seems to be a possible return vector for at least a version of Dracula, even if it is just a shadow or wraith. Also, Castlevania has pointed out in the past that basically anything crafted in Dracula's image is powerful enough to potentially cause goth-fueled-armageddon.
And let's be honest: none of this would even crack the top ten of weirdest things to happen in Castlevania canon to justify a game.
I'm going to predict the events of this game are going to lead into Dracula reincarnating into Soma.
I wonder if the Grimoire contains Nostradamus' prophecy regarding 2035...
So are Trevor, Adult Maria, Richter, Albus and Johnathan not going to be playable?
https://youtu.be/4_69YEALCys
According to this video you use them as EX Attacks...
That was explained on that screen showing Richter, if I remember well.
Edit: Here:
(https://i.imgur.com/z9flgFo.png)
It says that as your character levels up, they will be able to summon "past heroes to demonstrate great power".
In GoS, Alucard can turn into wolf. Here it is:
(https://i.imgur.com/2SUt7yG.png)
The funny part of that is that I had already predicted 90% of this wolf design way back in 2014, down to the yellow eyes, furrier neck back and shape of the white patch of fur:
(https://i.imgur.com/F2kq0tw.png)
The sprite was unveiled here (https://sotnhacked.wordpress.com/2014/11/07/your-donations-at-work-new-sprite-set-shown-inside/), for anyone interested :P
This is just a joke, people. It's just a funny happenstance that made me laugh and I wanted to point out. I can obviously tell the differences.
Damn. I thought they were talking about unlocking the characters in order. Like Charlotte ---> Maria ---> Shanoa
I personally would love to see Eric or SyphaI'd love to see them too. And Grant, the guy needs more love.
STILL no further information? I have a bad feeling about it as someday the develop of this game would be overshadowed by anything to the day even they themselves forgot about it if they never made it clear.
It doesn't seem like this game is on the "new product" list of the new revamped official page but the lazy collection does. The page background resembles the things used in promotions of this game though. Weird.
We're now over five months since the test with Grimoire of Souls. Was the feedback so bad that they realized nobody would stick around with the game?
Well well oh well.
Still it could be the doomsday of Castelbania for someone if in one instance the new lead producer of the series decided to crush the project altogether in a sudden
I have no hope for a 2019 launch window but I believe everything could be changed by the approx. time period of March 2020 they wrote as "typo" - even If it means including the worst situation possible.
Can anyone translate what the trailer dialogues say?
Not sure if it's worth a new thread, but the game is available on the Canadian Google Play Store.
There is some artwork floating around online. Here:
https://somacruces.tumblr.com/post/187845317434/thats-what-im-talkin-about-baby
https://wakai-dracula.tumblr.com/post/187874690288/some-cool-art-work-coming-out-of-castlevania
There is some artwork floating around online. Here:Glad to see ma bois Juste and Maxim finally got some love
https://somacruces.tumblr.com/post/187845317434/thats-what-im-talkin-about-baby
https://wakai-dracula.tumblr.com/post/187874690288/some-cool-art-work-coming-out-of-castlevania
I’m playing Fire Emblem Heroes on my phone and am loving the art. That game is inspiring me to look up the history of all the past games in the franchise to figure out who the characters are. I’m pleased at the thought of other people who don’t know much about Castlevania’s history becoming interested in the myriad characters in the artwork and playable characters and “history lessons” in this game.
For those who are already playing it, how friendly is it for free to play?
https://mirria1.tumblr.com/post/187910971464/totally-serious-i-dont-think-he-ever-jokes
Charlotte! Oh my god stop! ;D
Playing it now. Surprisingly fun. Hope we get more playable characters.
I'm surprised Alucard(click to show/hide)
Playing it now. Surprisingly fun. Hope we get more playable characters.
I'm surprised Alucard(click to show/hide)
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So... hmm... maybe not a decade or two, just long enough to get past Nocturne of Recollection, and creating the spear, passing it, and going to sleep?Guess he ended up being too sad to stick around with Maria and Richter after Lyudmil died after all. It's a bit funny that they push AluMaria a bit in GoS even though the same game also implies he didn't stay with her due to his apparent lack of knowledge of certain non-obscure events.
Because he doesn't seem to recall the Belmonts fading into obscurity, which happened only a few years later in the 1800's.
Kinda makes me wonder how the Novel itself ties in, bc a version of it is already in canon with Bloodlines' setup.
Kinda makes me wonder how the Novel itself ties in, bc a version of it is already in canon with Bloodlines' setup.
Some could say the same about this game since IGA's not involved.Mmm, GoS does not exactly work exceedingly well within the overall narrative. Sort of reminds me of Judgment in that way, though Judgment did try a bit to logically fit using existing threats and plot points, whereas GoS is just kinda like... hey that magic book cameo cast thing HoD did has monetization potential, let's push the magic book cameos as far as we can.
Is anyone transcribing the dialogue or has already done so (preferably from the very start)? I only started doing it around III-3-1 and I intend to go all the way if no one else has.(click to show/hide)
Someone posted Hector art from the game:
https://66.media.tumblr.com/676863695510f37e299a408c87a60912/fb51248851f9a3cf-27/s640x960/89c34ceb731d43c44dceadc74609b8ee9c899f6d.jpg
So like... What's the record for length of time between a soft and full launch?
I believe Chapter 6 of the game came out, so for those interested in the story and lore, you have more to look forward to.
I really hope this game has an offline mode so that when the server inevitably stops serving because they’re done with the game, there’s still something to do. Would suck if they released it and then pulled the plug a few months later just as I was getting into it.
I believe Chapter 6 of the game came out, so for those interested in the story and lore, you have more to look forward to.
Again, remarkable that this still has yet to have a worldwide release...
That's my problems with online-games in general. I do not want to spend the time to build something up, only for it to vanish inevitably some years down the line.
The game is shutting down in September.
Where'd that news come from? Not that I don't believe you, but I want to hear their justification for this insanity, and now I have to workaround how to get the game and play it before it evidently now will no longer be available?? >:(
Well shit. So, what's the best way of playing it if you're not in Canada? I haven't taken the time to download it but now I guess I don't have a choice if I want to play it at all, ever.
I'll have to figure out how to live stream playing the game from my phone onto Twitch/Youtube. Been wanting to but just haven't had time to figure out the setup I'd need.
"Effectively killing the series" he says.
That's pretty click baity. This writer is extremely presumptuous.
The guy seemed to have missed the memo that the franchise has been practically dead since 2009. If anything, this is the final nail in the coffin.
It’s weird how Lucy is schooling AlucArd on how things work, when it should be the other way around.
Notable differences include
- Summonable characters (Jonathan, Trevor, Albus) are no longer a static summon cutscene but playable characters on timers
Also kinda annoying how Christopher wasn’t included. They could’ve just ripped his updated sprite from Adventure ReBirth.
Speaking of which, that game is still locked within the Wii eShop and is no longer available for download. So if you have it on your wii, that’s the only way to play it. That pisses me off.
That would be another oddball decision on their part :-\
I loved the last chapter, it is wonderful that this game finally has some life. Bloodstained was fine, but I have really been missing true Castlevania.