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The Castlevania Dungeon Forums => General Castlevania Discussion => Topic started by: Ahasverus on December 21, 2010, 10:06:53 PM
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Heeere it comes. From a very reliable source it's been said that our master of recycling IGA is making its new 'Vania, but this time it's different, it's been said that 3D artists are coming abroad this thime and the game will feature heavy use of the 3D cameras of the handheld.
So, not only new 'Vania, but 3DS'Vania, but 3D VANIA!! From IGA! Hope he learned the lesson some months ago and finnaly got to see how to make an epic adventure.
GO GO IGA!! ;D
http://paulgalenetwork.com/home/2010/12/21/koji-igarashi-working-on-new-castlevania-for-3ds/ (http://paulgalenetwork.com/home/2010/12/21/koji-igarashi-working-on-new-castlevania-for-3ds/)
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Ohhhh boy. IGA-san... If this is a 3D game, I just hope you've got a competent team this time. For your sake and ours.
Also the article does not specify if it's a 2D or 3D game, just that it will utilize the 3D camera effects. If it turns out to be 2D, it'd be cool if the 3D was used for some depth in the background, ala Valkyrie Profile or - dare I say it? - VB Wario Land.
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Haters rejoice!!
I hope it's 2D gameplay with 3D elements as opposed to full-3D. Por ejemplo, scythes popping out in front of me while fighting Death but on a 2D playing field.
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One effect that would be cool (and possibly money-saving) if they did a 2D sprites on 3D plane deal like Strider 2.
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Ohhhh boy. IGA-san... If this is a 3D game, I just hope you've got a competent team this time. For your sake and ours.
Also the article does not specify if it's a 2D or 3D game, just that it will utilize the 3D camera effects. If it turns out to be 2D, it'd be cool if the 3D was used for some depth in the background, ala Valkyrie Profile or - dare I say it? - VB Wario Land.
3D artists are working on it and the 3D camera is going to be used...
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IGA better put some honest to god effort into this game or Im not buyin!
Oh who am I kidding, I'd probably buy it anyway, but no more Harmony of Despair bullshit again IGA!.
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Oh, no...
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Fuck yeah. See, if he's given time to make a game, he makes fantastic fucking titles, like Aria of Sorrow and Order of Ecclesia.
As long as Konami doesn't nix his budget in strange ways and/or give him a calender year as the maximum development time, we could be getting another great game. Curse of Darkness, Lament of Innocence, Portrait of Ruin, Judgment, Harmony of Dissonance, and Harmony of Despair all suffered in that they were locked in a particular release due to either hitting a target time for the end of the year, or to tie into another Castlevania release around the same timeframe. Quality elements in those games aside, having a deadline could mean it may be hard to achieve a proper desire for a game and could result to rushed efforts, something largely attributed in the aforementioned games for a number of reasons. I doubt IGA really gets his jollies knowing that the mainstream potshot at Castlevania is asset reuse, like Mega Man's is a repeating formula. So here's hoping they let him take some time to craft a solid experience and not a ~9 month window to get something out of the door.
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Finally confirmation it's coming! I'm excited to see what it's gonna be, I hope it's the 1999 game!
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Finally confirmation it's coming! I'm excited to see what it's gonna be, I hope it's the 1999 game!
I'd keep my hopes for a 1999 game down if I were you.
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Ha, yea probably for the best. I just want it to be a ClassicVania more than anything.
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I'm happy for the man. I truly am. And I too hope the deadline won't be as strict as it usually is. I think a year is nowhere near enough.
And with the LoS buzz keeping those completely uninterested in IGA busy, I think Konami SHOULD allow him enough time and resources.
No recycling bullshit anymore. No FastVania. Puh-leeze, Jesus.
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I'm happy for the man. I truly am. And I too hope the deadline won't be as strict as it usually is. I think a year is nowhere near enough.
And with the LoS buzz keeping those completely uninterested in IGA busy, I think Konami SHOULD allow him enough time and resources.
No recycling bullshit anymore. No FastVania. Puh-leeze, Jesus.
Agree with all of this.
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I just hope (for his sake) that the Belmonts are the heros of the story and not some unknown nubie who can easily kill Drac like every other regular human. And I hope for 2.5D gameplay.
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Well I hope that LOS has made Iga realise that platforming is still an important part of Castlevania's gameplay.
...and that he casts a Belmont in the lead as well (as unlikely as that would be).although with LOS supposedly catering to Belmont fans it wouldn't surprise me if he returned to HIS roots, brought back Alucard & even made him the real hero of a 1999 game.
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This is good news I think. I bet it's either the 1999 game or the Alucardvania that's assumed to be a direct sequel to SotN.
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Ah-ha..... hahahahahahaha!!! Ahasverus, I could only imagine the sour expression on your face. "Urgh... IGA... 3D CV for 3DS!!! Phooey! Everybody knows MS would make a WAY better game!!!". LOL. ;D
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Does that mean we'll finally get a somewhat decent explination as to why the Belmonts can't use the whip?
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Taking this with a HUGE grain of salt. Anybody know if this guy's 'sources' have ever been correct in the past?
If it's true, I really hope it'd be a 2.5D game like DXC. If 3D, let's hope IGA knows what he's doing.
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Taking this with a HUGE grain of salt. Anybody know if this guy's 'sources' have ever been correct in the past?
If it's true, I really hope it'd be a 2.5D game like DXC. If 3D, let's hope IGA knows what he's doing.
Castlevania leaks from low-key sources such as this are fairly common :P
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Ah-ha..... hahahahahahaha!!! Ahasverus, I could only imagine the sour expression on your face. "Urgh... IGA... 3D CV for 3DS!!! Phooey! Everybody knows MS would make a WAY better game!!!". LOL. ;D
Haha no way man, CV is good in any platfform, I think this time could be.. interesting, now he HAS a solid gameplay base to work from, don't you think? ;)
Of course Mercury could make a WAAAY better game but, this is great news for the old saga, I don't want it to be unfinished or half realised, every effort is more than welcome, I think it's time to have faith in the old afroman, for the last time that is.
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Castlevania leaks from low-key sources such as this are fairly common :P
True, see my Harmony of Despair thread, no one believed that mish mash of stages and sprites from other vania games would be a XBLA game. :P
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I remember when info prior to PoR's release was leaked from gamefaqs that had the community up in arms. The same thing happened with OoE (a guy from Konami posted a screenshot of the game before it was even announced)
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3D artists are working on it and the 3D camera is going to be used...
It could still be a 2.5D game, ala Dracula X Chronicles. And if it isn't, for the love of God he needs better level designers.
Well I hope that LOS has made Iga realise that platforming is still an important part of Castlevania's gameplay.
So long as it isn't MercurySteam's particular brand of "platforming" (ie really slow wall shimmying Uncharted bullshit) and is just honest to god jumping between platforms, I'm cool.
I wonder how they would use the camera though... I can see it being great for survival horror, but for something like Castlevania it's just begging to be another throwaway gimmick like the seals in DoS.
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Oh god. I don't know if I want a 3D Castlevania from IGA. Much less on a handheld. I really hope they just stick to 2D gameplay. 2.5D is cool too.
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I hope this isn't going to be a launch title for the 3DS, cause that means they'll need to rush it. Looking back at some of the better-selling Castlevanias, they were always launch titles, or released very early on. At least "Circle of the Moon", which I think was a launch game, right? Anyhow, it cracked the 1 million. Maybe because people are buying whatever few games are on the shelves when they get a new console/handheld.
Having a new game ready for the 3DS launch is great for sales, especially for a niche series like Castlevania. But the quality could take a hit because of it. Dunno.
If IGA is indeed making this game, I wouldn't be surprised if the subtitle is something with "3DS" in it. Dunno... Castlevania: The Three Demon Slayers!!!1 :(
Or
Castlevania: Third... Dunno.. Sorrow-game?[/b] :D
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^^^ 3rd Day of Sorrow. LOL! ;D
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Castlevania 3: Dracula's Sacrilege. A 3D remake of CVIII. OK, so sacrilege and curse don't really mean the same thing....it still makes sense though......
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Castlevania: 3rD Sorrow
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I can't yet say if these are good or bad news...........i'll wait for the first images or video to rise, until i say if we are going to have another recycled game or something new, that for so long we have been waiting.
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3D artists being on the game doesn't mean the gameplay will be on 3D perspective. Even Ecclesia had 3D (backgrounds), right??
Here hoping for a good 2/2.5D game. =)
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Haters rejoice!!
I hope it's 2D gameplay with 3D elements as opposed to full-3D. Por ejemplo, scythes popping out in front of me while fighting Death but on a 2D playing field.
I completely agree.
I'm not saying that i don't want to see IGA finally succeed in a 3d vania but i just don't want it for the 3DS.
Instead i'd like to see a Castlevania game with 3D graphics while retaining the 2D gameplay.
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3D artists being on the game doesn't mean the gameplay will be on 3D perspective. Even Ecclesia had 3D (backgrounds), right??
Here hoping for a good 2/2.5D game. =)
Order of Ecclesia barely had any 3D compared to the efforts put in the other two games. Maybe there's...two areas that actually have some 3D object in the background? The 3D ship and the tower near Dracula's throne.
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Order of Ecclesia barely had any 3D compared to the efforts put in the other two games. Maybe there's...two areas that actually have some 3D object in the background? The 3D ship and the tower near Dracula's throne.
Yeah, whatever, you understood what I mean (the other two have some 3D effects in play too).
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Yeah, whatever, you understood what I mean (the other two have some 3D effects in play too).
True, they had it moreso, but I don't think that they'd be hiring new talent to do 3D assets such as those unless the game had a larger focus on 3D. I'd say 2.5D, to really stand up amongst a lot of the other games.
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No matter how much people hate on Iga, the man is important to the frachise and has acomplished a lot in his life. Possibly more that the mayority of us. :P
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Castlevania: 3rD Sorrow
Y'know, that is actually a rather good name if IGA necessarily feels the need to make a third one with a gimmicky 3DS title. It could be the 1999 game, except it would take place before the other two sorrow games, which technically makes it the 1st Sorrow. But.. blah.
Or maybe they could put Soma in a third game and get it over with. Not that I really want another game with him.
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I'm glad to hear some news from IGA's team. Hopefully it won't take long for them to reveal something solid. When is Konami party in January?
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I quite honestly don't really mind however it goes, I'd just like to hopefully see something further on this soon. Maybe next month, at Nintendo's 3DS event? The timing is pretty interesting too, as this specific rumor boomed out right around the same time there were talks of a Nintendo event occurring January 18th..if they intend to show games intended for the yearly release for the 3DS, it could be such a game showcased.
After the strange place Harmony of Despair information appeared from, I wouldn't be shocked at all if this rumor really has some strong credibility to it. Which makes me even more excited.
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I doubt we will hear something until the yearly leak out. :P
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Expected.
Well 3D...Maybe it will be something new and solid for a change.
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I hope it is 2D gameplay with some cool 3D elements! Go, IGA! :) I can′t wait for this, it feels such a long wait since Ecclesia.
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O noooooooo. I was gonna save up for a new computer looks like I have to get a 3DS now, dam...
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i finally got around to getting to Dracula in Order of Ecclesia, so yeah, guess i'm ready for the next Castleroid.
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I think this is quite good news even for IGA haters.
IGA delivers solid, even when unimaginative, titles. It's more-of-the-same but it's something we love, so what's to hate?
Well, the recycling I guess.
If this is a 3D game (as in, polygonal title), he can't / can't be forced to recycle anything. So we will get all the *good* about IGA games without the *bad* IGA games usually carry. Win-win situation.
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If this is a 3D game (as in, polygonal title), he can't / can't be forced to recycle anything. So we will get all the *good* about IGA games without the *bad* IGA games usually carry. Win-win situation.
I have two words for you, my friend. Castlevania Judgament. Wait, I have three words. Curse of Darkness.
Win-win situation? I seriously doubt it.
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I think this is quite good news even for IGA haters.
IGA delivers solid, even when unimaginative, titles. It's more-of-the-same but it's something we love, so what's to hate?
Well, the recycling I guess.
If this is a 3D game (as in, polygonal title), he can't / can't be forced to recycle anything. So we will get all the *good* about IGA games without the *bad* IGA games usually carry. Win-win situation.
What's left to hate? The terrible story telling? The lack of Belmonts? The redundancy?
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I have two words for you, my friend. Castlevania Judgament. Wait, I have three words. Curse of Darkness.
Win-win situation? I seriously doubt it.
Well, as long as Eighting isn't making the game, and as long as Takashi Takeda isn't involved, we may get something good. Eighting made Judgment and Takeda directed the most repetitive games in the series: Lament of Innocence, Curse of Darkness, and Harmony of Dissonance.
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What's left to hate? The terrible story telling? The lack of Belmonts? The redundancy?
Now you're sounding like you're expecting IGA to rescue CV.
I'm simply expecting him to push out a more-of-the-same 2D sidescroller, and I'm fine with it. I skip dialogues in his games since Dawn anyways.
My comment wasn't "omg this is gonna be perfect", my comment was like "in these conditions we can get the best game IGA is capable of"; doesn't mean that game is perfect, tho.
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Now you're sounding like you're expecting IGA to rescue CV.
I'm simply expecting him to push out a more-of-the-same 2D sidescroller, and I'm fine with it. I skip dialogues in his games since Dawn anyways.
My comment wasn't "omg this is gonna be perfect", my comment was like "in these conditions we can get the best game IGA is capable of"; doesn't mean that game is perfect, tho.
Rescue it? He's the one who f***ed the series up. He had so many chances.
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I just hope the areas are flat like in CoD. Seriously, you never jumped to get from platform to platform. While, many people don't like its story, at least LoI had some platforming.
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All I ask now is a game on the original setting and I'm good.
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I hope it is good. Especially the level design and no more anime style artwork, please.
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OoE proved IGA is at least learning something from his past mistakes. If this trend continues, I will be greatly anticipating the 3DS game.
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OoE was the best game in the series since Aria but I guess that isn't working for everybody if you didn't like that game as well.
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OoE was the best game in the series since Aria but I guess that isn't working for everybody if you didn't like that game as well.
I'll have to agree with that point, since not all the latest games from Iga where perfect, those two games, Aria and OoE, i think they are the exception.
OoE proved IGA is at least learning something from his past mistakes. If this trend continues, I will be greatly anticipating the 3DS game.
Also i have to agree with that point and i hope that this time will get something, even more better, but like i have said in the past, only time will tell if it will suck or not.........
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Only problem(s) with Ecclesia were;
1) Level design. Once again there were really boring areas and repeating background graphics. Some of the areas were, in fact, inferior to Portrait of Ruin, such as the Clock Tower which wasn't too bad in Portrait (yes, go back and see for yourself if you don't believe me). In Ecclesia it was just meh.
2) Overworld map made the game feel disconnected. I wish the areas were connected like in Simon's Quest. That would possibly have made traveling/backtracking a bit more frustrating, but they could've put teleport spots here and there. Heck, some of the indoor areas could've even had SQ-esque Mansion entrances! I would've like that.
3) NO SILENCE OF DAYLIGHT IN THE VILLAGE. Lol, just kidding.. it's nothing to speak about. But it was a missed opportunity for awesomeness.
Other than that Ecclesia was really fun. I still prefer Dawn of Sorrow overall, but Ecclesia is better in other ways, challenge for example. And characters.
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OoE it is NOT a Castlevania game for me. There is no Belmonts, no Vampire Killer and almost no Dracula...
And the manga-like story of "Sorrow" is awful written and highly intrusive.
OK, mister Igarashi, if you are going to make another Vania, please, please, please, make a proper sequel to Bloodlines or the battle of 1999... without anime style design. And, you know, try to make the game less repetitive and more challenging.
I dont beg too much!!!
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There is no Belmonts,
Wrong; there's a whole village of them.
and almost no Dracula...
Wrong; you fight Dracula at the end of the game.
And the manga-like story of "Sorrow" is awful written and highly intrusive.
It's gameplay before story in the Castlevania series.
make a proper sequel to Bloodlines
Why?
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Wrong; there's a whole village of them.
Wrong; there'is no heroes there. It could be a whole village of pixies and it would be the same.
Wrong; you fight Dracula at the end of the game.
That's why I said almost. The villain is not Dracula like in Rondo, this time he is only the final boss.
It's gameplay before story in the Castlevania series.
Sorry but if I must accept THAT story, I really want a brilliant gameplay... and the gameplay was, actually, more or less the same.
Why?
Only because it was the "last" proper castlevania game in the timeline. And the idea to mix the canon of the games with the canon of the book is OK, but they don't reach it's full potential.
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That's why I said almost. The villain is not Dracula like in Rondo, this time he is only the final boss.
Like in, well, the first CV, Simon's Quest, Dracula's Curse, Super CV4... hence because he's JUST the final boss in those games, they must not be TRUE CV games. LOL! ;D
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Wrong; there'is no heroes there. It could be a whole village of pixies and it would be the same.
They're still confirmed Belmonts, so your previous statement "there are no Belmonts" is still wrong buddy.
That's why I said almost. The villain is not Dracula like in Rondo, this time he is only the final boss.
Uhh.. Dracula was always the final boss..
Sorry but if I must accept THAT story, I really want a brilliant gameplay... and the gameplay was, actually, more or less the same.
If it ain't broken...
Only because it was the "last" proper castlevania game in the timeline.
"Last proper game?" What does that even mean. Fanboy criticisms aside, I like to deal with facts, & the facts state that all the other Castlevania games released are real Castlevania games made by Konami.
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Portrait of Ruin is as far as "proper Bloodlines sequels" go. Don't expect IGA or anyone else to ever touch Bloodlines again, unless there's a remake or something in the future. I wouldn't hold my breath for that either though.
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OoE it is NOT a Castlevania game for me. There is no Belmonts, no Vampire Killer and almost no Dracula...
And the manga-like story of "Sorrow" is awful written and highly intrusive.
OK, mister Igarashi, if you are going to make another Vania, please, please, please, make a proper sequel to Bloodlines or the battle of 1999... without anime style design. And, you know, try to make the game less repetitive and more challenging.
I dont beg too much!!!
Please, Dracula was more the villain in OoE than in most other games. I mean everything was driven by Dominus, which was made from Dracula's power. So, in essence he was involved from the very start of the game, which isn't the case in most games.
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Like in, well, the first CV, Simon's Quest, Dracula's Curse, Super CV4... hence because he's JUST the final boss in those games, they must not be TRUE CV games.
You don't understand what I mean. The only valid example of that list is "Simon's Quest" that is, you know, awful, but because other very different reasons. The motivation of the hero in most of the classic Castlevania games is to kill Dracula because he has already been resurrected. In most of the IGA games you must stop his resurrection, then he appears and die in a very embarrasing way. I'm sick to see the poor count being reincarnated during thirty seconds. In bloodlines the story was "original" for its time and it was a noble attemp to conciliate the games with the book so I accept it. And, you know, Elizabeth Bathory "the bloody countess" was a great villain.
Actually, I would have no problem with a Castlevania game without Dracula as the final boss as long as he remain important to the plot. Remember that he is supposed to re-appear each 100 years, no each month.
Please, Dracula was more the villain in OoE than in most other games. I mean everything was driven by Dominus, which was made from Dracula's power. So, in essence he was involved from the very start of the game, which isn't the case in most games.
That's a logical point. But, you know, I'm starting to get bored of Dracula being only "a figure to kill", instead of a plot-maker. In that game the only REAL villain is Albus that is another DIFFERENT character. And the "Dominus" is more a thing than a character.
They're still confirmed Belmonts, so your previous statement "there are no Belmonts" is still wrong buddy.
But they don't act like Belmonts. It was more an easter egg than anything else.
If it ain't broken...
...dont destroy it with horrible storylines.
"Last proper game?" What does that even mean. Fanboy criticisms aside, I like to deal with facts, & the facts state that all the other Castlevania games released are real Castlevania games made by Konami.
Correct me if I'm wrong but Castlevania 64 is not on the timeline anymore and the "sorrow" games have not Dracula at all. So, the last "proper" castlevania game in the timeline is still bloodlines.
Portrait of Ruin is as far as "proper Bloodlines sequels" go. Don't expect IGA or anyone else to ever touch Bloodlines again, unless there's a remake or something in the future. I wouldn't hold my breath for that either though.
I must admit I never played PoR.
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Actually, I would have no problem with a Castlevania game without Dracula as the final boss as long as he remain important to the plot. Remember that he is supposed to re-appear each 100 years, no each month.
It was never set in stone that "Dracula should only ressurect once every hundred years." It was stated that he only comes back when peoples' faith in God is weakened. And him coming back each month like you say is exaggerating quite a bit.
But they don't act like Belmonts. It was more an easter egg than anything else.
They "don't act like Belmonts" because you don't play as them, and them being part of the holy bloodline was a huge plot point if you were paying attention. I even recall one of them talking about their vampire-hunting lineage.
...dont destroy it with horrible storylines.
Actually nothing got destroyed, but to each his own.
Correct me if I'm wrong but Castlevania 64 is not on the timeline anymore and the "sorrow" games have not Dracula at all. So, the last "proper" castlevania game in the timeline is still bloodlines.
CV64 & LoD are sideline or "gaiden" stories in the timeline, the only game that's really omitted/retconned is Legends (to my understanding). And to say Dracula has no part of the Sorrow games is very arguable.
Your definition of what's "proper" is questionable, I must admit.
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Actually, I would have no problem with a Castlevania game without Dracula as the final boss as long as he remain important to the plot. Remember that he is supposed to re-appear each 100 years, no each month.
This.
However I think the 100 years rule must dissappear, but that doesn't mean that every game Dracula must appear. I think it would be more important to have him developed as a character, as a myth in various side stories (IE: Not fighting him directly) to make him the real prince of darkness.
That won't happen in IGA's timeliene though
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Not entirely true, as in the original timeline there's a gap between LOI and CVIII that pretty much could focus only on Dracula.
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But they don't act like Belmonts. It was more an easter egg than anything else.
You clearly haven't talked to the grandma then.
Not to mention during this time, the main family was missing.
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...dont destroy it with horrible storylines.
Please, tell me, what Castlevania had a GREAT storyline? Until Lords of Shadow, all we had was text scrolling at the beginning and a few conversations with other characters (sometimes not even that!). Don't get me wrong, I don't have a problem with this, but I never thought of the storylines as good.
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Please, tell me, what Castlevania had a GREAT storyline? Until Lords of Shadow, all we had was text scrolling at the beginning and a few conversations with other characters (sometimes not even that!). Don't get me wrong, I don't have a problem with this, but I never thought of the storylines as good.
I prefer no plot at all (AKA "Super Castlevania IV") than a very bad one (AKA "Dawn of sorrow")
Merry Christmas toall!
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speaking of Dracula novel tie-ins, they still need to do a game with Van Helsing.
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speaking of Dracula novel tie-ins, they still need to do a game with Van Helsing.
There's a Van Helsing game, which is just an awkward Castlevania-esqe title of sorts. It even references the Belmont family.
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There's a Van Helsing game, which is just an awkward Castlevania-esqe title of sorts. It even references the Belmont family.
I automatically thought of LoS for some reason. hehehe! xP
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There's a Van Helsing game, which is just an awkward Castlevania-esqe title of sorts. It even references the Belmont family.
That awful game was based in the awful Stephen Sommers movie that was, actually, a total rip-off of Castlevania and Solomon Kane.
THIS is the one and only ABRAHAM VAN HELSING that Reinhart77 was talking about:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Van_Helsing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Van_Helsing)
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The Van Helsing game for PS2 and XBOX is really not that bad if you compare it to LoI or CoD though...
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It actually has platforming.
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Actually, I would have no problem with a Castlevania game without Dracula as the final boss as long as he remain important to the plot. Remember that he is supposed to re-appear each 100 years, no each month.
Pretty much this and what Ahasverus said. Seriously, I would love a Castlevania game with Death as the last boss, like in LoI, because lately his roles in the recent games have been very minor, which is unfair since he is after all, Drac's right-hand.
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Death should've also been the final boss in CoD as well. It would've made that game a little better in my mind.
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Pretty much this and what Ahasverus said. Seriously, I would love a Castlevania game with Death as the last boss, like in LoI, because lately his roles in the recent games have been very minor, which is unfair since he is after all, Drac's right-hand.
It's funny when you put the games in order, the farther you go back on the timeline, the bigger Death's part is. He rarely does anything other than guarding a specific room in the castle. His biggest role was in CoD in which he disguised himself as a priest and encouraged Hector's thirst for revenge by informing him as to Issac's whereabouts. We definitely need another game in which he has a big role like that. Maybe he will in the 1999 game (if it's ever made).
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I found leaked screens of upcoming IGA project ;D
(https://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.inverteddungeon.com%2Fimages%2Fscreenshots%2Fshina.jpg&hash=a4f846ab7b2e82192057d7a091a27dd28f68e8ca)
(https://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.inverteddungeon.com%2Fimages%2Fscreenshots%2Fshinb.jpg&hash=a1b9f8d10ecf7837125980d49fcdd502f8585ffb)
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I found leaked screens of upcoming IGA project ;D
(https://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.inverteddungeon.com%2Fimages%2Fscreenshots%2Fshina.jpg&hash=a4f846ab7b2e82192057d7a091a27dd28f68e8ca)
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You sure about that. I swear I saw those images on in the castlevania dungeon website and I believe that they belonged to a game that is considered a hoax. I could be wrong though.
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nonono, it's just been in more than 10 years of development
edit: im being sarcastic sorry
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10 years!? If that's true, this better be a kick ass game. I mean why so long?
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I only like my leaked images with source please
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People really fell for that one.
Wow. :-X
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It's a hoax. At the time people were wondering what was going to come after SotN, then somebody (supposedly leaked) those screens. My brother thought they were part of a re-release of Rondo considering that the game still wasn't imported yet and we fans wanted it badly. Also the hero looks an awful lot like Richter from his SotN art. In my opinion, this should've been a real game. It looks so much better then what IGA has been giving us as of late.
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I found leaked screens of upcoming IGA project ;D
(https://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.inverteddungeon.com%2Fimages%2Fscreenshots%2Fshina.jpg&hash=a4f846ab7b2e82192057d7a091a27dd28f68e8ca)
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oh you
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That looks awsome.... too awesome to come from IGA. Sorry.
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That looks awsome.... too awesome to come from IGA. Sorry.
Eh, I think IGA has some decent ideas left in him ans has a basic idea of what a CV game should be like at its soul, but he can't be the sole head of things anymore. He needs at least one to 2 other people to help co-head in order for any ideas to grow into something respectable and not to re-hashes. I mean, he was a part of a whole team back when SotN was made.
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Some of you are ridiculous! "looks better than what IGA can produce"??? They are tiny little pictures that barely show anything! Looks like another knee-jerk "I hate IGA" reaction. To a hoax, even. Haha.
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I'm still kinda butthurt that never became an actual game. Damn you Dreamcast!
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They are tiny little pictures that barely show anything!
Before the Dungeon wnet through one of it's renovations, there were full-sized screenshots of those two pics. I've seen them and the detales were impressive to say the least.
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That's unfortunate. Because I can't really form a opinion on these two shots. :(
I don't really like the color choices or the plain background in the first shot or the building or sky in the second shot, but it seems like it could have some intricate detailing and nifty particle effects. At least, it looks to have some relatively pretty high resolution art.
I guess it was an obvious sign that it was fake from the HUD though~ There would be no need for the black considering that was just enforced by a NES technological limitation and abandoned in every other 'Vania besides Chronicles where it was just a nifty semi-transparent effect. Or maybe it's just for nostalgia, still an odd presentation choice.
Totally looks dramatic and full of action!
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That's unfortunate. Because I can't really form a opinion on these two shots.
I don't really like the color choices or the plain background in the first shot or the building or sky in the second shot, but it seems like it could have some intricate detailing and nifty particle effects. At least, it looks to have some relatively pretty high resolution art.
I agree, lets compare them to a real iga game:
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which looks better? lol
I'm willing to bet the first 2 might've been photoshop edits rather than "real" gameplay, as no other screenshots of that game can be found anywhere on the net (and whoever made them, don't ya think he'd post more shots/info to make it seem more authentic?). Or maybe that hack actually DID exist & was playable at one point, but his computer crashed so all the info was lost before he can get it out, leaving us with what could've been...
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oops i actually prefer the color schemes in those rebirth shots over the hoaxvania's. that sky background in rebirth is totally better than hoaxvania's though. i mean the hoaxvania's is just PITCH BLACK and a moon, unless you count those flames. but i dont like like red-yellow, black, and grey as a color scheme. (o ^ o )
that second rebirth shot is just terrible with its use of background elements though~
d-dont get me wrong though, i prefer the hoaxvania shots to the rebirth ones.
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Wow, are people really that young in these forums now? They haven't heard of the Shin Dracula X hoax?
Lol, I'm getting old.
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I know, right?
We're so old and decrepit.
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They are tiny little pictures that barely show anything!
Before the Dungeon wnet through one of it's renovations, there were full-sized screenshots of those two pics. I've seen them and the detales were impressive to say the least.
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I had a chance to see them when they were up, I was just commenting on the IGA-haters (which is funny since IGA probably would have been involved in the project if it were real) that jumped the gun on saying they were better than anything he had done. The screens were good if I recall, and unfortunate that they were fake.
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Wow, are people really that young in these forums now? They haven't heard of the Shin Dracula X hoax?
Lol, I'm getting old.
That's really too bad, it was probably the best CV hoax.
But yeah, it does make me feel very old.
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Pardon my ignorance, but...I haven't heard of Shin Dracula X either. T_T
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真 (Shin - True, Not New) DraculaX was "fake image joke". of fan site in Japan.
It was obviously written, "fake".
Someone exposed it to an English site.
(The person might not have been able to read the word of Japan)
The joke image has changed in quality to a malignant lie.
It was not a situation for which the author had hoped.
To avoid confusing, the author deleted the image.
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oh, that's pretty interesting!
also, gunlord makes me sad.
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If I remember correctly, the Shin Drac X hoax went so far that it was published in a swedish gaming magazine in some kind of "rumour" section. Or maybe it was in the "News" section even, lol! I'm gonna see if I can find the magazine.. I believe it had the screenshots and everything.
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Oh wow...that *is* old. I remember that shyte from way back in the day.
Can't believe it was referenced, actually. O.o
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If I remember correctly, the Shin Drac X hoax went so far that it was published in a swedish gaming magazine in some kind of "rumour" section. Or maybe it was in the "News" section even, lol! I'm gonna see if I can find the magazine.. I believe it had the screenshots and everything.
Your memory is spot-on. I've also seen these images in a gaming magazine. I can't remember if it was gamepro or some other one, but i definitly saw 'em.
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I remember seeing them in a magazine when they were first released too. I think it was EGM.
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I think you're right about that. I think it WAS EGM. Though, this is the first time I've ever heard of there being high res screens of those ever being in existance. I don't think I've saw THOSE.
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this is the first time I've ever heard of there being high res screens of those ever being in existance. I don't think I've saw THOSE.
Me neither. I'm pretty sure the magazines even published the small blurry ones. That was actually quite common back in the 80's-90's at least. Going through some old magazines I'm surprised to see how poor some screenshots were. Especially when the game in question was "work-in-progress" or whenever there were articles from some gaming show. As a reader you had to use your imagination sometimes.
"Hmm..that looks like some kind of... monster? Maybe it's a boss! Oh wait, I think it's actually a tree in the background.."
Gaming magazines published just about any crap back then, but it was kinda charming somehow.. this was before the internet, obviously. Or at least before anyone used the internet for gaming news (yes children, such a time existed!)
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These whippersnappers don't know what it was like, Shelv. =P
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LOL, the good old days! I think it was much more forgiving back then for them to publish crappy looking screenshots because, it was almost a give that you'd be saying, "Well, that kinda looks cool, so the actual game's going to look BETTER!". But with the internet, especially with direct feed screenshots, unless you got the best plasma screen tv and know how to set it right, rarely do you get a game that looks as perfect as the direct feed. And add in "bullshots" to that equation. Where as, back in the day, it we were at a point where things can only go up, now, with aliasing and such, in many cases, the screenshots look BETTER than the actual games in motion.
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And I suppose nobody managed to save the bigger versions of these suspect screenshots?
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Someone might have, but I doubt if it was any of us here on this forum.
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I'm sorry thernz T_T
Anyways, thanks for the explanation guys. Damn, that seems to have been a really well-made hoax, in that case. :o