Topic: Just Take a Look(Dracula X Chronicles XXX Info)

[Dark Nemesis]

Just read this one:






Credits for this to Kamirine.

[crisis]

Custom in-game soundtrack? Sounds cool.

I don't recall IGA winning any rewards, can anybody clarify this?

[lovecastlevania]

In Reply To #1

New items and some other stuffs in Castlevania Symphony of the Night, this sounds so exciting. Actually, think I may spend more time on this Sotn than the 2.5D ROB.
The only problem is I have to buy a psp..

[Dark Nemesis]

I told you gaiz!This Castlevania isn't just a remake,is the best think that ever happen after the original realese of Rondo of Blood for PC Engine and Symphony of The Night for PSX.I can't wait to see what new modes are these and all the other extras for Symphony,but also and the new 2.5D Rondo of Blood.

[Abnormal Freak]

Why do I often see Rondo referred to as "the pinnacle of the Castlevania franchise" (of the old school gameplay)? CVIV came out a couple of years before it and IMO it does everything better.

[Dark Nemesis]

In Reply To #5

That's because Rondo it was the first Castlevania game to introduce the free exploration of stages without the time limit and it also allowed you to rutern to previous stages for finding what you forgat or a secret passage that it was leading to a secret stage and along the way you were having to rescue people that they have been kidnaped by Dracula.All this new elements they were what they make this game the pinnacle of Castlevania games.

[Long John Silver]

That and superior graphics (cv4's sprites are inferior shading wise and animation wise, no matter what nostalgia makes some people say), storyline (cv4 has nothing), modes (cv4 has 1 mode, rondo has two modes each with distinctive gameplay, own storyline etc), branching paths (0 vs few) etc.

[Mr Sven]

I wonder if they made the mirror in the ghost ship do something now?

[Kamirine]

Wow, I like the new forums.

[PFG9000]

That and superior graphics (cv4's sprites are inferior shading wise and animation wise, no matter what nostalgia makes some people say), storyline (cv4 has nothing), modes (cv4 has 1 mode, rondo has two modes each with distinctive gameplay, own storyline etc), branching paths (0 vs few) etc.

But CV4's gameplay is better than Rondo's IMO, and gameplay is the deciding factor in the end.  You can't beat the directional whipping, limp whip, and killer stages like the rotating rooms, chandeliers, and the treasury.

[Rodriguezjr]

So the Ferryman calls Maria a Prince!! 

[le052383]

Thanks for the review and link to the maria vid, Kamirine.

I am quite happy that they gotten better va's for the game.

[CastleToastM]

October 25?. Now all I need to know is where the cheapest place to get a PSP is.

So the Ferryman calls Maria a Prince!!

When I first whatched that vid, I was like, what the hell? She's a prince now? lol

[ringo]

But CV4's gameplay is better than Rondo's IMO, and gameplay is the deciding factor in the end.  You can't beat the directional whipping, limp whip, and killer stages like the rotating rooms, chandeliers, and the treasury.

Definitely. And in terms of atmosphere and general ambience, CV4 has Rondo beat for sure as well.

[awack]

Rondo of blood has a since of exploration, able to play as ricther or maria, has more than 2 or 3 enemy sprtes onscreen with out slowing down, boss fights in which you dont just stand in one place and whip, graphics are better with superior art work and animation....in comparison to super castlevania IV.