I want the RPG! It could be a side story, not directly "guy kills dracula".The main efforts of the series should remain action-adventure, but I could DEFINITELY be behind an CV RPG spinoff. That, and your survival horror idea, seem right up CV's alley. Interesting idea, the whole "escape the castle alive" could also be applied to, say, a villager that is taken by Dracula. Imagine a whole village is sacked, and the villagers round up for the purpose of being impaled(for Drac's twisted amusement). You're in the dungeon and break free. Your goal is not only to escape(perhaps that's half the adventure), but to FIND the Belmont hero and let he know what's happening. There could totally be a full-length game out of something like that, where the majority of it is "staying alive", but you also have some limited resources(maybe like the first RE game). You can defend yourself WHEN you have to, but it's advised that you use your brain to get around obsticles rather than go through them. You AREN'T a Belmont or magically powerful sorcerer, but a common villager. You can probably bash in the head fo a zombie or shatter a skeleton, but you aren't one to be going head to head to a werewolf or vampire. Though your soldier idea's great too, because it would give a little more power to the player(use of guns, but still limited ammo).
Also, some day i'm gonna pitch my idea of a Survival horror to Konami, the game is played from the perspective not of a hero, but of a simple soldier taken hostage in the battle of 1999 (or WW or whatever you like) as he's a normal human those monsters are not for killing but for running from, and the many traps and labyrinthine rooms of the Castle are being seen with fear. The only goal is escaping the Castle alive, but for a normal guy it might be almost impossible, and even if he succeds, who says his mind will remain intact.
Castlevania: Dance InfernoCool plot, it sounds like a movie!
Also, some day i'm gonna pitch my idea of a Survival horror to Konami, the game is played from the perspective not of a hero, but of a simple soldier taken hostage in the battle of 1999 (or WW or whatever you like) as he's a normal human those monsters are not for killing but for running from, and the many traps and labyrinthine rooms of the Castle are being seen with fear. The only goal is escaping the Castle alive, but for a normal guy it might be almost impossible, and even if he succeds, who says his mind will remain intact.Awesome idea! I didn't think of that genre!
>Castlevania FPSThat's another one I'd like to be done, especially after I played Bioshock Infinite.
I actually thought of a non-canon one a few years back. You're a Belmont descendant in charge of a Church-run paramilitary aquad (ala Clive Barker's Undying) that's raiding the Demon Castle. At first you start with traditional firearms but as the game progresses you start uncovering more of your Belmont legacy and ultimately find the Vampire Killer for the showdown with Dracula.
Also, some day i'm gonna pitch my idea of a Survival horror to Konami, the game is played from the perspective not of a hero, but of a simple soldier taken hostage in the battle of 1999 (or WW or whatever you like) as he's a normal human those monsters are not for killing but for running from, and the many traps and labyrinthine rooms of the Castle are being seen with fear. The only goal is escaping the Castle alive, but for a normal guy it might be almost impossible, and even if he succeds, who says his mind will remain intact.A soldier?
A soldier?For gameplay reasons, mostly, witha soldier you can defend yourself (limitedly) and you add the "ammunition management" factor, a la old Resident Evil, it also makes sense plot sense, but of course, if the game is about an actor, it better had a monologue that contains the world "charade" in patrick Stewart's accent.
That's nicer than I'd be if I were designing a survival horror Castlevania.
What about a story when you are one of the maidens abducted by the evil priest and the hero is suddenly and surprisingly killed, so you have to make your way out of the castle by yourself?
That would be 100% survival.
CV:RPG, if I am not mistaken, I read a rumor here that Konami is planning that.
Oh, right. I remember that. Well, I think they just meant they want to make Castlevania a franchise with several continuities instead of letting everything take place in one big timeline, which is what Final Fantasy also does. I don't think it indicates a RPG being in the works. :-\
Since this was mentioned on the "Dealbreakers" thread, I would just like to include this idea here.I'd buy that on day 1! :)
Castlevania Visual Novel/Dating Sim Eroge or on a much lighter note the Bishoujou or Otome game version.
The series always got famous Japanese voice actors for their characters so they might as well use those assets for those games.
I personally am inclined towards the Otome game because of the male voice actors. I'd be fangirling like crazy.
I'd buy that on day 1! :)
Second me on that if they add some girls. Tragically this happened with Valis franchise :(Hehe... believe me, I want the girls too ;)
Hehe... believe me, I want the girls too ;)
Well, I dont said anything about removing the guys tooNope ;)
Nope ;)
Let them stay too, hehe...
With guys and girls we can have so much fun!
So it's settled! The weird Castlevania game for the future is a H/ecchi game! :P
I want the RPG! It could be a side story, not directly "guy kills dracula".
Also, some day i'm gonna pitch my idea of a Survival horror to Konami, the game is played from the perspective not of a hero, but of a simple soldier taken hostage in the battle of 1999 (or WW or whatever you like) as he's a normal human those monsters are not for killing but for running from, and the many traps and labyrinthine rooms of the Castle are being seen with fear. The only goal is escaping the Castle alive, but for a normal guy it might be almost impossible, and even if he succeds, who says his mind will remain intact.