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Title: Your dream Castlevania game
Post by: piscesdreams on August 01, 2015, 11:34:30 AM
What would your dream Castlevania game be? How would it play? Who would you play as? What kind of mechanics would you want incorporated? Who would you want to develop it? 2D, 2.5D, 3D, VR? HD remake or brand new title? Main canon, side canon?

Discuss.
Title: Re: Your dream Castlevania game
Post by: uzo on August 01, 2015, 12:03:31 PM
Not the one they just announced.
Title: Re: Your dream Castlevania game
Post by: Aceearly1993 on August 01, 2015, 12:32:28 PM
The dream Castlevania game... I have no idea, but for me the ideal Castlevania game must have clear and crisp graphic style. Dark and horror style also OK for me. (CV The Lecarde Chronicles and Rosenkreuzstilette/RKS Freudenstachel are very good examples since I don't care about them being fan-made games!) 
The stage setting, hardest difficulty must have legit control by producer and developer stuff in order to get the game not to be too frustrating (I can't stand the difficulty of CV Adventure Rebirth Hard Mode stage 5 and Hard final boss because of the lack of reasonable stage/enemy setting and recover rate. I tried my best to get through,with my 350+ Christopher buddies fallen just in final boss fight, FINALLY vanquished the horror and it's still a pain in the @$$ even in MUCH lower frame-rate thanks to emulator. This kind of frustrating should be ILLEGAL. It's really important to eliminate similar problems in a possible 2D side scrolling action game as much as possible)
Also the strange hit-detection of player's move and attack of enemies must be eliminated as much as possible. (Again, RKSF did an awesome job there. I don't even believe it and forgot it being an independent or fan-made game.) Or just drag the exact engine used by RKS/RKSF and changed to a Castlevania skin with Classic CV gameplay. If one did so the result would be awesome! (The reason why RKS is stopping for now when it's REALLY close to form a great 2D side scrolling action trilogy IS the planner WOMI didn't do anything except drawing some unrelated porno pictures for a completely separate personal project. Not doing. NOT doing. WOMI, you are damned.)

What kind of mechanics would you want incorporated...
I think Richter's Rondo style would be very cool, plus some useful and convenient arrangement and martial art moves like sliding, multi-directional whip skill. The style similar to CV Chronicles PS1 version with arrangement also OK for me (In fact CV Chronicles PS1 version was one of the best video game I've ever played, or THE game have the most possibility to approach my "dream" Castlevania game, I've been keeping 40+loops just for Original mode of Japanese version; The ONLY problem is that the format of the game is old-style and barely any of my friends satisfying that)
A separate hidden character which has marriage of abilities from Maxim Kischine and Mega Man Zero would be awesome. Powerful, but not to be too overpowered like Maxim

Who would you want to develop it?...
I think probably the stuff from CV X68000 team, DS CV team, Mega Man ZX team or RKS stuff are OK for me.
For publish, I don't care about the publish company being big or small or just without such a thing like that. BRING ONE GOOD PRODUCT AND IT'S ENOUGH FOR ME TO BE SATISFIED.

2D, 2.5D, 3D, VR?...
No doubt the 2D sprite-based style. The unlimited possibility just setting there
3D Castlevania may be cool but there are always some limits here and there, though CV64 format with modern arrangement would be good

HD remake or brand new title? Main canon, side canon?...
A brand new title with side canon that won't set against the existing canon would be very interesting. I like to see the plot like the "Dracula" which the Belmont meet at first is not real Dracula but just an impostor hired by him, though his dressing, wine glass, his throne room with tower bridge, and anything are just like what the real Dracula once did (aka CV64), the first castle would be simple and straightforward and once the impostor defeated there is another bigger castle to explore.

Other things...
For story dialogue/cut scenes, the quality equal to Mega Man Maverick Hunter X (English version! I love the English VA and English version OP song, for the English OP I still won't get bored after looping 700+times in during several years. REALLY hope there is another game which has THE quality of opening song) is the best
 
No too many update patches or annoying revisions. A good game should be polished enough when it's first-out, just like those form GBA/DS era

For the control of quality I think the producer and planner stuff should become the master player of the game first, give players an "I can also do it" message and engage the active power of most players

An Art/Boss Contest could be hold, but for such a "dream" game the commercial activities must avoid being too topic by mainstream or net whispers (Or just get rid of commercial activities just like what lots fan-game did). Under-light means high stress, thus being the source of high risk.
Title: Re: Your dream Castlevania game
Post by: Nagumo on August 01, 2015, 01:16:14 PM
A Souls game with a Castlevania skin, pretty much. Either based on the level select feature of Demon's Souls or the open world style progression of the Dark Souls games. Since it would be a clone game, it might as well be outsourced to From Software. I think they could even carry over the character customization mechanic and let you pick a gender, base stats, and a little backstory. It would probably work best as side canon.
Title: Re: Your dream Castlevania game
Post by: shelverton. on August 01, 2015, 01:30:18 PM
Yeah, a Castlevania which has level design and atmosphere similar to Dark Souls. Different areas that are interconnected in a similar fashion. Maybe not model the combat exactly after Souls though, but more Souls than LoS preferably. But still its own thing. Like, more snappy than Souls but not as combo heavy as LoS. Castlevania 64/LoD combat is actually not a bad thing to build off of, but update it for modern times.
Title: Re: Your dream Castlevania game
Post by: BLOOD MONKEY on August 01, 2015, 02:48:32 PM
The planned SotN sequel. Huge castle. No redundance. Beautiful, smoothly animated pixels (20 frames per animation minimum). Sword Combos. Maria and Richter playable with equippable items. Harder difficulty than the original. 666 equippable weapons for Alucard. Thousands of items for each character. Spell Combos. PS4/PC goodness.

Damn near impossible tho.
Title: Re: Your dream Castlevania game
Post by: VladCT on August 01, 2015, 03:03:12 PM
Quote from: Kokushibyō on August 01, 2015, 02:48:32 PM
(20 frames per animation minimum)
Seems an awful lot excessive when you take faster attacks into account there (e.g. 6f jabs). :V

Anyway, Metroidvania with combos and at least two playable characters that can be switched on the fly plus tag canceling shenanigans to enable extended combos. And maybe take some ideas from Koumajou Densetsu with some bullet hell-spewing bosses.
Title: Re: Your dream Castlevania game
Post by: Kamirine on August 01, 2015, 03:06:36 PM
I'm lame, so a 2D HD remake of Castlevania 3 with cutscenes of the story.  Along with the ability to play through new sections as just Grant, Slypha, and/or Alucard (like say, their story prior to meeting or being saved by Trevor).  New bosses for the few they repeated in later stages. 

That or a remake of the 64 game with all the issues fixed and ironed out completely.  Or at least a new game with a lot of the ideas the game had implemented into it.  Or just some ideas from previous Castlevania games as a whole.

EDIT:  Does the person that made Castlevania Chronicles: Curse of Darkness post here?  I literally just saw it today on YouTube and it's pretty much what I described minus the HD part. Are they going to finish/complete it? What ai saw looked like a beta.  Anyone got info?
Title: Re: Your dream Castlevania game
Post by: beingthehero on August 01, 2015, 03:49:11 PM
SuccubusXAngela H-game, just without all the pachinko.
Title: Re: Your dream Castlevania game
Post by: Lumi Kløvstad on August 01, 2015, 07:08:23 PM
I was actually thinking about something like this the other day, admittedly, it wouldn't be a NEW Castlevania game, but a fresh take on several old ones.

I'd love to see a remake collection that has full 2.5D "Dracula X Chronicles" style remakes of Castlevania 3, 4, SOTN, AOS, and OOE. An emulator can be included to play the original Castlevania, and Order of Shadows as easter eggs. Kind of a "Best of" collection (with some goodies) for the franchise as a whole.

If that was the last Castlevania thing ever released, I could die a happy fanboy.

inb4 the Order of Shadows hate: I burned so much cell phone battery on that game back in the day-- I loved it to pieces because it was Castlevania and I could sneak it in ANYWHERE (even when I couldn't sneak in my GBA)
Title: Re: Your dream Castlevania game
Post by: Aridale on August 02, 2015, 02:49:46 PM
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Title: Re: Your dream Castlevania game
Post by: Lumi Kløvstad on August 02, 2015, 05:21:41 PM
DAA-YUM.

That Bone Pillar looks badass. I don't think that's official art..?
Title: Re: Your dream Castlevania game
Post by: Super Waffle on August 02, 2015, 06:32:07 PM
Take the Pachi art direction but use it in an actual game.  With like platforming and bosses and stuff.
Title: Re: Your dream Castlevania game
Post by: Belmont Stakes on August 02, 2015, 08:17:28 PM
A revamped (sorry) take on Dracula's Curse/Simon's Quest involving a Belmont who has been resurrected but as a skeleton/gates of death complete with bone whip and sickle or bone to chuck around. He must assume that and other enemy forms that allow him to progress farther into evil domain in order to restore his full human self. It would have similar gameplay to Zelda II/Battle of Olympus leveling up with some Simon's Quest esque exploration and Vampire Killer/Dracula's Curse platforming.
Standard fare go forth slaughter evil, save the queen and get you back to your normal pimp ass. The castle and the surrounding levels should be hazard filled not too dangerous but not boring either. Maybe it should be a step slightly below Ninja Gaiden but a cut above CVII. So yeah around CVIII should be adequate but with Castlevania 1 controls. Ok have a difficulty option.
So jump your chasms, watch for falling rocks, objects and monster mashers and spikes.
Find allies possibly Grant and or Sypha and upgrade your condition from fair to midland (blood skeleton zombie, zombie warrior, duhullan, wolfman, fishman) until you reach.......................VAMPIRE ALUCARD.
He is full vampire and like you needs to get in touch with his feminine side. So in exchange for some human blood and soul to temporarily make him a dhampire, he will in turn search the castle with his upgradable abilities to help you access more of the overall map. But he needs to use his blood as a key to shut off certain traps extend and retract platforms, calm winds and tame the creature of chaos. You will fight your favorite bad guys and dolls and dolls. One particular boss prior to meeting Draucla will have multiple forms and maybe three prior bosses in a 3 step battle form. Of course the battle with Dracula has to be super balls.
I want to see a game that combines the best elements of Classic and SOTN style balanced and better than Mirror of Fate.
That goes without saying. Since I am not a story teller I would be looking more for game play to push the story instead of vice versa.

If only they would do a Mario Maker for CV.
Title: Re: Your dream Castlevania game
Post by: piscesdreams on August 02, 2015, 08:40:08 PM
I am a simple guy. HD sprite-based remake of Castlevania IV with new stages and/or alternate routes. Multiple soundtrack styles such as arrangements of the original in forms of orchestrated, rock and/or synth based. Hell, maybe a create a level option for extra measure ala Mario Maker would be a sweet extra.
Title: Re: Your dream Castlevania game
Post by: NetSphereEngineer on August 02, 2015, 09:24:22 PM
This:

Quote from: Nagumo on August 01, 2015, 01:16:14 PM
A Souls game with a Castlevania skin, pretty much. Either based on the level select feature of Demon's Souls or the open world style progression of the Dark Souls games. Since it would be a clone game, it might as well be outsourced to From Software. I think they could even carry over the character customization mechanic and let you pick a gender, base stats, and a little backstory. It would probably work best as side canon.

and this:

Quote from: piscesdreams on August 02, 2015, 08:40:08 PM
I am a simple guy. HD sprite-based remake of Castlevania IV with new stages and/or alternate routes. Multiple soundtrack styles such as arrangements of the original in forms of orchestrated, rock and/or synth based. Hell, maybe a create a level option for extra measure ala Mario Maker would be a sweet extra.

I really prefer 2D Castlevania games like this idea piscesdreams said but 3D is also nice if it's well made. No problems with the 64 ones that ppl say so bad things and no problems with the PS2 games.

I would cry if From Software made a Castlevania game! I remember that after a little time playing Dark Souls I already found myself dreaming about a Castlevania game like that. The atmosphere of Bloodborn is already close to it and I think it should be difficult like a Souls game.
Title: Re: Your dream Castlevania game
Post by: BLOOD MONKEY on August 02, 2015, 11:57:38 PM
Quote from: Kamirine on August 01, 2015, 03:06:36 PM
EDIT:  Does the person that made Castlevania Chronicles: Curse of Darkness post here?  I literally just saw it today on YouTube and it's pretty much what I described minus the HD part. Are they going to finish/complete it? What ai saw looked like a beta.  Anyone got info?

You mean Jorge Fuentes, or WarMachine? If so, yes, they both post here.
Title: Re: Your dream Castlevania game
Post by: zangetsu468 on August 03, 2015, 01:13:20 AM
A Simon's quest remake in CVLOD platforming style with better controls/ combat but shorter, harder hitting combos than LOS. (Perhaps like Souls but faster)
Simon's whip (leather>>>flame) should depend on what level is attained. I.e. 1-10 = leather whip... 11-20 = thorn whip, etc.
Title: Re: Your dream Castlevania game
Post by: Dremn on August 03, 2015, 09:41:25 PM
All I wanted this gen was a good Classicvania or Metroidvania for my 3DS.
Title: Re: Your dream Castlevania game
Post by: chainsawmidget on August 04, 2015, 01:48:18 AM
Quote from: aalluuccaarrdd on August 03, 2015, 12:23:54 AM
SOTN 2, but done more in the style of CV2. A big 2D open world that stretches out across the Transylvania countryside. OoE was really close to this but I wouldn't mind a seamless 2D open world without fast travel.
Something like that but with CV4's directional whipping and CV3's character changing. 
Title: Re: Your dream Castlevania game
Post by: BLOOD MONKEY on August 04, 2015, 01:55:36 AM
Quote from: chainsawmidget on August 04, 2015, 01:48:18 AM
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SOTN 2, but done more in the style of CV2. A big 2D open world that stretches out across the Transylvania countryside. OoE was really close to this but I wouldn't mind a seamless 2D open world without fast travel.
Something like that but with CV4's directional whipping and CV3's character changing.

And spell combos.
Title: Re: Your dream Castlevania game
Post by: GuyStarwind on August 04, 2015, 06:46:45 PM
I'm pretty easy going. A Belmont in a huge castle, whipping everything in sight, and fighting classic CV monsters. The story could even be like "Dracula is back... kill him!" Seriously I'd be fine with that. I don't care if it's 2D or 3D either.
Title: Re: Your dream Castlevania game
Post by: X on August 04, 2015, 10:09:33 PM
For my game I'd be in 2D or 2.5 depending on what I want. I would also take the concept of Super Castlevania IV and expand upon it. I would also return to the campy Halloween feel of the older titles and not focus so heavily on the dark, Gothic romanticism that many of IGA's games focused on. The story itself would also be clear-cut and not overly complex and convoluted; A lone Belmont warrior Vs Vlad Dracula, bosses from other classic horror titles, etc. Done.
Title: Re: Your dream Castlevania game
Post by: The Puritan on August 04, 2015, 10:19:44 PM
A true successor to Bloodlines with the hunters searching for Dracula's relics around the world. You'd get around on a plane that serves as a mobile base where you can upgrade your characters/weapons.

In the actual game you can switch between your standard whipslinging protagonist and a partner of your choice. You'll have one default partner starting out (a Belnades probably) but you'll recruit more as the game goes on. Some of them are purely optional but you'll need them all to unlock new areas/get certain items if you're to achieve 100%.
Title: Re: Your dream Castlevania game
Post by: Inccubus on August 05, 2015, 03:21:08 AM
Base: SCV4
Ingredients:
-HD art style a`la Maramasa/Dragon's Crown
-Vastly expanded use of the whip to interact with the environment as suggested by EgoRaptor
-SotN style level structure
-Unlockable sub-weapons and upgrades
-No RPG elements
-Unlockable character skins for "costumes"
Title: Re: Your dream Castlevania game
Post by: coinilius on August 05, 2015, 03:29:34 AM
Not exactly a 'dream' game but it's one that I've been thinking about a lot lately - I would have loved a direct follow up to Lament of Innocence, rather than (or as well as, I guess) Curse of Darkness.  Something where Leon is tracking Mathias across foreign lands, with exotic locales and local monsters to be destroyed.  Let Leon actually have a confrontation with Mathias as well, before he disappears from history for 300+ years.
Title: Re: Your dream Castlevania game
Post by: Belmontoya on August 06, 2015, 03:27:58 PM
Quote from: Inccubus on August 05, 2015, 03:21:08 AM
Base: SCV4
Ingredients:
-HD art style a`la Maramasa/Dragon's Crown
-Vastly expanded use of the whip to interact with the environment as suggested by EgoRaptor
-SotN style level structure
-Unlockable sub-weapons and upgrades
-No RPG elements
-Unlockable character skins for "costumes"

Yes! Sotn level scructure is very boring though. I don't think that would work well for a non rpg. Scv4 levels are far superior IMO.

How about just larger scv4 style levels with multiple routes?
Title: Re: Your dream Castlevania game
Post by: piscesdreams on August 06, 2015, 07:51:43 PM
To be honest, I'm very curious to see how Bloodstained does its classic mode. The idea of arrangements of metroidvania levels in a classicvania style has always interested me. I'm not sure if Iga said it would be remixed level designs or not, but it really has to in order to nail the classicvania style. While I have said it many times before that I much prefer classicvanias, I really like the idea of both in one package. (Called it btw, before the Kickstarter was announced) classicvanias are always just too damn short. So in a way, a metroid/classicvania two in one is a bit of a dream. If only it were in the Castlevania IV era. An HD remix of that with metroidvania options for a whole new mode would be choice.

Title: Re: Your dream Castlevania game
Post by: Belmontoya on August 06, 2015, 07:58:47 PM
I think adventure rebirth is a good indicator of what classic style Iga levels are like. They were ok, but I wasn't impressed with adventure rebirth. The levels felt repetitive and boring to me.

I'm confident bloodstained will be an improvement though. We'll have to see.
Title: Re: Your dream Castlevania game
Post by: thernz on August 07, 2015, 02:41:16 AM
a castlevania game where u can burn konami's corporate division to the ground
Title: Re: Your dream Castlevania game
Post by: Inccubus on August 07, 2015, 06:24:35 AM
Quote from: Belmontoya on August 06, 2015, 03:27:58 PM
Yes! Sotn level scructure is very boring though. I don't think that would work well for a non rpg. Scv4 levels are far superior IMO.

How about just larger scv4 style levels with multiple routes?

Yeah, that'll work too. I mostly just mean having it so I can revisit levels at will.
Title: Re: Your dream Castlevania game
Post by: BLOOD MONKEY on August 07, 2015, 11:06:00 AM
Quote from: thernz on August 07, 2015, 02:41:16 AM
a castlevania game where u can burn konami's corporate division to the ground

That sounds fun

they should release it as a pechinko game
Title: Re: Your dream Castlevania game
Post by: FanOfDracula on August 07, 2015, 09:25:05 PM
my perfect game would be a exploration Castlevania at 2.5, with option to unlock all playable characters in the series, no problem if no items, but I wish it had, I would like also with the originals movements of characters, something well as castlevania fighter, sub weapons of each character, optional skins, boss rush mode, two players and can choose two characters each player and four characters if you play a player, something like in dawn of Sorrow, or also a remake of legends by piscesdreams with exploration and items and levels and good good music! jajaja  ;D
Title: Re: Your dream Castlevania game
Post by: Lanforse on August 15, 2015, 10:00:06 AM
Hello everyone, this is my first post here.
I'm making my own "dream" Castlevania game, so I'm need "three posts elsewhere" before I can show my progress in corresponding thread.
It's really far from a "perfect" game, but I'm trying to implement features, that I liked the most - classic level structure (with death traps, pits, etc), the Rondo of Blood/SotN graphics style, dark and heavy atmosphere from the SCV4, classic gameplay with some ideas from the CV2 and other metroidvanias.

So yeah, in my opinion, Rondo of Blood is a near to the perfect Castlevania game, Bloodlines and Chronicles are very close too. And "my dream Castlevania game" should be very similar to them.

P.S.: Sorry for my bad English.
Title: Re: Your dream Castlevania game
Post by: piscesdreams on August 15, 2015, 01:42:56 PM
Quote from: Lanforse on August 15, 2015, 10:00:06 AM
Hello everyone, this is my first post here.
I'm making my own "dream" Castlevania game, so I'm need "three posts elsewhere" before I can show my progress in corresponding thread.
It's really far from a "perfect" game, but I'm trying to implement features, that I liked the most - classic level structure (with death traps, pits, etc), the Rondo of Blood/SotN graphics style, dark and heavy atmosphere from the SCV4, classic gameplay with some ideas from the CV2 and other metroidvanias.

So yeah, in my opinion, Rondo of Blood is a near to the perfect Castlevania game, Bloodlines and Chronicles are very close too. And "my dream Castlevania game" should be very similar to them.

P.S.: Sorry for my bad English.

Welcome to the Dungeon! Looking forward to seeing your project.
Title: Re: Your dream Castlevania game
Post by: Lanforse on August 15, 2015, 07:47:51 PM
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Welcome to the Dungeon! Looking forward to seeing your project.
Thank you! Now I can start a new thread...
Title: Re: Your dream Castlevania game
Post by: BLOOD MONKEY on August 15, 2015, 08:03:42 PM
Quote from: Lanforse on August 15, 2015, 07:47:51 PM
Thank you! Now I can start a new thread...

Then what are you waiting for?
Title: Re: Your dream Castlevania game
Post by: Lanforse on August 15, 2015, 08:44:04 PM
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Then what are you waiting for?
I'm not a native English-speaker, and my writing skills are too far from good, so it takes some time to reply even on simple posts, not to mention making a big one. I just hope that everyone can understand me, heh.
Title: Re: Your dream Castlevania game
Post by: TatteredSeraph on August 15, 2015, 09:45:16 PM
A Metroidvania with Alucard as the/ one of the main characters.  Perhaps something which shows him as he was prior to him turning white hat.  One of the things I liked about Nocturne of Recollection is that it shows that he wasn't always a nice guy, and at the end of the day, he might be a nice guy for a dhampir, but he is still the son of Dracula.  If Al were to be a full vampire in this, I'd have him much as he is as in LoS2, but without the scars.  I'd love to see Trevor as imagined by Kojima feature, or something involving Leon's story, and tying that into the Sorrow arc games.  Having Alucard feature as he looks in Kojima's style, and not looking under 20 is good, much like he does in the SotN art, or AoS.  Al is inhumanly beautiful, and ageless, with a physical age hard to pinpoint, probably around late 20s or early 30s if pushed to guess, yet lacking the start of wrinkles.

  I really liked the way that LoS handled his personality, in this respect, as well as loving his LoS2 redesign.  He was still very hot imo, even with the scars.  The castle would have the scope and more of the SotN castle.  Ayami Kojima on board for the art, and Michiru Yamane for the music, in charge of a full orchestra.  The soundtrack for the Pachislot games, it must be said, is at times nigh on perfect, in tracks such as Trezire de Spirit. The style would be darkly gothic, with elements of the castle as it is in SotN, LoI, and LoS1&2, as quite frankly the castle itself was stunning.  If done in 3D, the animation would be of the standard used in the original cinematic trailer for LoS2, as that was insanely pretty.  The castle looked stunning in that, what little of it we saw.  If done in 2D, it would have the hand-drawn beauty of SotN, with today's available resources.

The game itself would be dark, fairly gritty, and grim, but with that wonderful dash of gothic romantic flair that I love in say, LoI.  It wouldn't be afraid of using more mature themes, but it wouldn't be XXX rated in places just for the sake of being so.  It would have the top notch standard of voice acting that LoS brought.  I seriously adored Robert Carlyle as Gabriel, and Richard Madden as Alucard.  I want a well written story that's able to make me sit on the edge of my seat as I follow the journey of the story unfolding, either celebrating in joyous moments, or in floods of tears like I was at Trevor's ending in MoF.  I want to be able to connect with and care for the characters.

I don't know what studio I would entrust this to, as long as it was handled with the due care and passion it deserves.  I would give the developers as long as is needed to make it, as long as it does get made, and I'd be all for programmers being allowed to add small touches here and there as was done in SotN. 

I would love it to have an RPG basis, and feature some combo attacks, but have them be less of a focus than say in LoS.  Long, hard to execute before interrupted combos can be a pain in the backside. 

As a bonus bit of fun, I'd possibly get a good symphonic metal band to be involved in doing an accompanying theme song of sorts to feature in the credits, with a suiting music video in the bonus features.  A band with the same sort of feel as Versailles, in songs such as Aristocrat's Symphony, Sonata Arctica, or some of Within Temptation's stuff.
Title: Re: Your dream Castlevania game
Post by: BLOOD MONKEY on August 16, 2015, 12:27:36 AM
Quote from: Lanforse on August 15, 2015, 08:44:04 PM
I'm not a native English-speaker, and my writing skills are too far from good, so it takes some time to reply even on simple posts, not to mention making a big one. I just hope that everyone can understand me, heh.

What is your primary language? We could perhaps help you out a bit.
Title: Re: Your dream Castlevania game
Post by: Shiroi Koumori on August 16, 2015, 04:30:25 AM
I think Lanforse's Russian by the looks of his IP address.
Title: Re: Your dream Castlevania game
Post by: Lanforse on August 16, 2015, 06:08:20 AM
Yep, I'm from Russia. I can read and understand English very well, but when it comes to write something by myself, then the problems come.
Title: Re: Your dream Castlevania game
Post by: Shiroi Koumori on August 16, 2015, 07:34:31 AM
Quote from: Lanforse on August 16, 2015, 06:08:20 AM
Yep, I'm from Russia. I can read and understand English very well, but when it comes to write something by myself, then the problems come.

Don't worry about it. :)
There are a number of members here (me included) who are not native English speakers. You can practice your English writing skills here. If we don't understand something, we'll ask for clarification.
Title: Re: Your dream Castlevania game
Post by: Zetheraxza on August 16, 2015, 03:59:15 PM
My dream Castlevania would be MGSV with CV skin. You're a Belmont or Dracula who is in a sandbox open world and you manage your church/castle. There are multiple forests, dungeons, caves, towns, mansions, castles, etc. in the game. You can recruit other members of the church or cult if you're Dracula. LoS combat with some Bloodborne combat style and you can go stealth if you want too but it's not implemented like that disastrous LoS2 stealth. It's simply a gameplay style. Play like a hero/villain or as a tactician. RPG elements would be nice too. I always wanted a Castlevania like this.
Title: Re: Your dream Castlevania game
Post by: theANdROId on August 16, 2015, 11:12:33 PM
Quote from: uzo on August 01, 2015, 12:03:31 PM
Not the one they just announced.

I'd missed this somehow or other.  I've been busy, occupied, and otherwise just out of touch for a bit I guess.  What was announced?


As far as a dream game, there's so much to consider.  I don't really have a story or characters in mind, but I'd hope it had several very different characters (similar to LoD) that possibly end up (somehow) working as a "team"; a plethora of remixes of well known music as well as new music; a main path, possibly alternate paths, paths that split off, maybe even areas only accessible to certain characters...I dunno.
Title: Re: Your dream Castlevania game
Post by: piscesdreams on August 16, 2015, 11:21:57 PM
You're not missing much. Just a silly pachinko game with a raging hard on.
Title: Re: Your dream Castlevania game
Post by: Crying Freeman on August 23, 2015, 09:20:28 PM
My dream CV:

-Sequel to Simon's Quest's good ending
-Text driven story interludes, a fleshed out Simon (NOTHING like his horrid Judgement representation)
-Castlevania 4's engine (including the 8 way whip and crawl)
-Linear levels, but each level a metroidvania exploration
-Emphasis on the horror atmosphere instead of over the top action
-Back to the barbaric hero and classic artstyle
Title: Re: Your dream Castlevania game
Post by: The Bizarre Trooper on September 10, 2015, 09:49:20 AM
My dream Castlevania game would one where you can play with Soma Cruz(DoS), Alucard (SOTN) and Shanoa (After OoE) and the goal is to defeat the Time Reaper! (you tought it was going to be Dracula? But it was I, DIO!) Now tell me.... How Awesome Would That Be!? I haven't figured out what the story would but i would LOVE to hear your honest opinion of what the story would now if only there was a fan game where you can as the three of them in the ever awesome Metroidvania style!  :D
Title: Re: Your dream Castlevania game
Post by: Crying Freeman on September 10, 2015, 01:13:31 PM
Quote from: DioBrand0 on September 10, 2015, 09:49:20 AM
My dream Castlevania game would one where you can play with Soma Cruz(DoS), Alucard (SOTN) and Shanoa (After OoE) and the goal is to defeat the Time Reaper! (you tought it was going to be Dracula? But it was I, DIO!) Now tell me.... How Awesome Would That Be!? I haven't figured out what the story would but i would LOVE to hear your honest opinion of what the story would now if only there was a fan game where you can as the three of them in the ever awesome Metroidvania style!  :D

Lol I think that would actually be pretty awesome! It could be judgement's story except done well. Plus, AMAZING 3 character selection.