Topic: Castlevania: Belmont's Curse!!!

[Solomon]

About 18 hours into the game. The music is probably its weakest point (disappointing for a Castlevania,frankly) and the story its strongest.

Speaking of story, I have just two gripes:

1. Why don't

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Leon and Medusa recognize each other? You'd think they'd have remembered clashing back in 1094.

2. Instead of

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Brauner, could they not have used Olrox instead? I hear this Brauner's an identical ancestor who just so happened to be a vampire too but that's so roundabout and forced and it takes away from the OG Brauner's one-and-done uniqueness.

Otherwise I'm having quite the blast. Belmont's Curse isn't perfect by any means but it's absolutely above average and a worthy welcome back to our favorite franchise.

Now uh.... can we please make sure a Japanese studio does the next game?

[K.G. Morder]

  feels like an indie title.

Because it is an indie title. They just outsourced the game to a small studio to do.

What a sorry showing for the series 40th anniversary.

[DarkLavos]

Poor Grant gets left out again with no mention or easter egg.

[Lumi Kløvstad]

Poor Grant gets left out again with no mention or easter egg.

Aside from Judgment (which warped and distorted most of the characterizations therein beyond recognition and into wholly new characters so I really don't feel it counts here), was the last time Grant was recognized by ANY Castlevania media was at least 20 years ago, depending on which Curse of Darkness manga had his fucking SILHOUETTE show up as one of the heroes who defeated Dracula (I think it was Prelude to Revenge but don't quote me on that), and Portrait of Ruin which reused the Fake Grant enemy and came out around the same time.