Topic: What are your current thoughts on the Dracula X Chronicles?

[kompwars]

well i guess the bottom path isn't impossible but it is rly hard -_-
also, is swimming that hard to do? :/  i mean my dad cant swim but i can

[Profbeanburrito]

I think DXC is one of my favorite CV games and the main reason I got a PSP. It's got all the stuff I could ask from a remake. I just wish my PSP didn't crap out on me or I'd play it more

[Claimh Solais]

well i guess the bottom path isn't impossible but it is rly hard -_-
also, is swimming that hard to do? :/  i mean my dad cant swim but i can

Bottom path is really hard. That's the reason it's so hidden.
And if you think stage 5' is hard, wait till you fight the Hydra at the end of it.

I think DXC is one of my favorite CV games and the main reason I got a PSP. It's got all the stuff I could ask from a remake. I just wish my PSP didn't crap out on me or I'd play it more

I approve of this.

[GuyStarwind]

DXC is one of the best CV out there. IMO I thought the remake of RoB was better than the original and I liked the PSP version of SotN more than the PS version.

[Claimh Solais]

DXC is one of the best CV out there. IMO I thought the remake of RoB was better than the original and I liked the PSP version of SotN more than the PS version.

I approve this, too.

[affinity]

Sony really should remaster this for PS3.    I still prefer original Rondo of Blood art, character designs, atmosphere, etc.  over the remake, but the remake does deserve points for deepening the story, adding some things here and there, and has a great original boss theme. 

On its own, it's good, but with the original and the improved SOTN included,  it's a complete masterpiece as a whole!   

[uzo]

DXC was pretty much the grand culmination of all things the fans had been clamoring for.

"We want Rondo!"
"We want a classic game again!"
"We want to see a 2.5D game!"
"More Ayami!"

The only thing we really did not get here was Yamane.

DXC pretty much improved on Rondo in every way. Smoother gameplay, reworked graphics, Ayami designs (Maria haters be damned), relatively good voice overs, new bosses, boss rush, and making some sense of the slapped in crappy Level 5'.

Not to mention it put in an upgraded version of SotN, adding back in all those little fun trinkets that were removed from the USA release. Sure it didn't have the added areas that the Saturn version had, but anyone who has played it can tell you that those added areas are made of ugly recycled mix and match graphics from other areas, with boring and unoriginal layouts, and overall just pointless.

DXC was awesome at release, and still is an outstanding title at the top of the franchise.

[Claimh Solais]

The only thing we really did not get here was Yamane.

Yamane did the track Serenade of Sympathy for the credits of SotN in DXC.

[uzo]

I am well aware of that, but it was a preexisting track created for the XBOX360 port, not specifically for DXC. And that's one song out of a couple of dozen, not counting tracks brought over from the original titles.

[Puwexil]

Didn't the XBLA port of Symphony use Admiration Towards the Clan from Lament for the credits, for some reason (licensing issues, maybe)? That's what I heard at the time, at least; I didn't play it.

If Serenade of Sympathy is any indication, it's probably for the best she sat out DXC and let other people handle it.

[Claimh Solais]

I am well aware of that, but it was a preexisting track created for the XBOX360 port, not specifically for DXC. And that's one song out of a couple of dozen, not counting tracks brought over from the original titles.

Didn't they use Admiration Towards the Clan?

[beingthehero]

I actually liked Serenade of Symphony itself, but the instrumentation kind of reminded me of the weak Portrait "Arranged" tracks. : /

[affinity]

Ayami designs (Maria haters be damned),

If DXC Richter and DXC Maria had the designs that Ayami Kojima created for Harmony of Despair, and stayed true to Iris and Tera's original designs, DXC could have been perfect character design-wise.

original Iris and Tera looked far better than their DXC versions (their DXC makeovers were like, wtf was Ayami thinking?) But I admit while Rondo Annette looked great, her blonde remake version does fit her relation with Maria better to help them look more like sisters, so Annette is one thing Ayami did right for a DXC character makeover, though she should have kept her original hairstyle.
  
 

[Puwexil]

Oh, man, I already forgot she did renditions of the original Rondo designs for Harmony of Despair. That was really cool. I'm fine with all three designs Richter's seen, but Rondo's is the only one I love.

[Dominus]

If DXC Richter and DXC Maria had the designs that Ayami Kojima created for Harmony of Despair, and stayed true to Iris and Tera's original designs, DXC could have been perfect character design-wise.

original Iris and Tera looked far better than their DXC versions (their DXC makeovers were like, wtf was Ayami thinking?) But I admit while Rondo Annette looked great, her blonde remake version does fit her relation with Maria better to help them look more like sisters, so Annette is one thing Ayami did right for a DXC character makeover, though she should have kept her original hairstyle.
 

Disagree completly, the only reason of why she only did versions in her style of the originals in HoD was because everything in that shit of game is recycled(not they dont look good). The Redesigns are superior to the original designs imo (even though they fit the gama atmosphere, i even prefer PoR designs) also they are more fitting to the new atmosphere (more serious and less Pokemon-ish). Besides those are the most accurate designs of Kojima regarding to their time period (granted Maria and Iris clothes are for boys I think, but close enough and we know why they didnt go with dresses with her).