Author Topic: Castlevania Judgement (Official Thread) (Read 666628 times)

A n t r a x x · « **Reply #1725 on:** January 23, 2009, 05:42:21 AM »

Quote from: semianonymous on January 23, 2009, 05:09:28 AM

In Reply To #1727

100K isn't exactly bad, y'know. Its not fantastic, but its not a flop

It's a flop considering it's Castlevania.

semianonymous · « **Reply #1726 on:** January 23, 2009, 08:29:21 PM »

Quote from: A n t r a x x on January 23, 2009, 05:42:21 AM

It's a flop considering it's Castlevania.

Point. But in terms of general game sales, its decent

justin312 · « **Reply #1727 on:** January 23, 2009, 08:39:42 PM »

I would call it a critical flop more than a commercial flop. I don't think they were expecting a blockbuster, and it might fare better in Japan. But from the critic's standpoint it definitely bombed.

Jorge D. Fuentes · « **Reply #1728 on:** January 24, 2009, 08:46:42 PM »

In Reply To #1733

Critics are very silly, though. And they can be terribly biased. I go by actual people playing the thing. And, considering I can get an online match within 30 seconds of seeking one on evenings, the game is being played, which means there's an audience out there playing it.

It's really not a bad game. And, Castlevania generally does not sell a truckload, compared to, say, Mario, Zelda, Metal Gear, Halo, or Final Fantasy.

Plus, there are plenty of great games that just don't sell well (like No More Heroes).

justin312 · « **Reply #1729 on:** January 25, 2009, 07:54:45 PM »

In Reply To #1734

I agree, I think part of the reason it was a critical flop was because the critics were biased against it from the start, so they went into it already with negative opinions on it before playing it. I think its far from a perfect game, and its not necessarily the direction I'd like to see the series going, but I think its better than the critics consensus would have you believe.

Kamirine · « **Reply #1730 on:** January 26, 2009, 03:24:29 PM »

I'll admit, flaws and all, my friends and I are having a great time playing it. Grant has become my boyfriends favorite character in the Castlevania franchise now. (I really do love the personality they gave him myself. It's about what I'd imagined, considering there had to be that 'funny guy' in the quartet.) It may not be SF4...hell, we probably won't look at it for months once SF4 comes out...but for now, it's keeping us busy. To say they probably didn't put a lot of effort into this game (cause IGA seriously seemed like he could have cared less about it), it came out pretty decent. I even like...maybe three...of the designs for the characters. Maybe four if you push.

Volrath2242 · « **Reply #1731 on:** January 27, 2009, 12:59:47 AM »

I like this game a lot. But I have issue with lag online. I got full bars for my Wii so I don't think it's my end. Oh well

Jorge D. Fuentes · « **Reply #1732 on:** January 27, 2009, 01:54:58 AM »

In Reply To #1737

The lag does not (completely) depend on your four Wii bars (which connect to your Router), but rather on other people's connections.

For example, I've a friend with a stable good connection, and there's relatively no lag when I play against him. However, I've another friend who's on a bad wireless Campus network, and when I play against her, the lag is so unbearable that it actually kicks us both off of the Nintendo WiFi connection. It's not my fault, it's her network's.

Sometimes it's a combination of the two.

A n t r a x x · « **Reply #1733 on:** January 27, 2009, 05:09:33 AM »

Well my review site didn't get a reply back from Konami as my request to review Judgment. Guess they got tired of all the bad press. It'd also be a pretty damn late review now.