Topic: New Castlevania!!!???!!! (DS)

[Long John Silver]

Both DS Castlevanias had awesome 2D spritework

Ahahaha.

Sorry dude, you're killing me. Good joke.

[Kamui0101]

In Reply To #331

I must have missed the thread that listed your qualifications, but, what exactly do you do Serio that makes you an authority on this subject? Can I see an example of your work? Note that a lack of a reply to this assumes you're hiding from something.

[king metroid]

In Reply To #331

I must have missed the thread that listed your qualifications, but, what exactly do you do Serio that makes you an authority on this subject? Can I see an example of your work? Note that a lack of a reply to this assumes you're hiding from something.

maybe you should show us your work?

[Long John Silver]

but, what exactly do you do Serio that makes you an authority on this subject?

I am your lord and god, kneel before me. :

This is the internet. Everyone has the right to express their own take on things, their opinions. I have about as much qualifications to say "this looks like pure shit" as you have to say "this game is my new god." And if you don't like it, discuss! that' what the forum is for.

Can I see an example of your work?

No you cannot see my work, it's still private. You're nobody I know, and I don't show off my work to random strangers who just happened to register and butt in into a conversation trying to sound all important. Once my other game's done, then sure you'll see it in it.

Note that a lack of a reply to this assumes you're hiding from something.

I'm hiding from the evil forces of Skeletor.

[Rugal]

Do not disgrace Serio.

[The Spoony Hou]

Platforming and level design also took a huge nosedive after SotN.

[PFG9000]

Dude, who the hell cares about outlines? Both DS Castlevanias had awesome 2D spritework and were incredibly fun to play. I don't really care how different the style is from classic CV, it's a blast to play all the same.

I do.  A lot of CV fans do.  When the newer games could look as gorgeous as SotN, but they don't because somebody at Konami wants them to look more cartoony, there's a problem.

[Steve]

Iga is an idiot, it's just that. He was only assistant director of SotN.

He actually became director after Hagihara left the project mid-development.

[Evil_Kitty]

Hey, this is slightly off topic but how do you downgrade the color like that I've been wondering how to do that for awhile? I'd assume Photoshop can do that...

Those pictures are hilarious btw. lol.

[Kamui0101]

In Reply To #334

Pfft, it's not unreasonable to ask for credentials from someone trying to act like they're better and more capable than anyone else in this discussion. You're asking for the attention, you're the loudest one in this thread. If you want to express an opinion, please do, but your attitude and means of doing it is awful. It's difficult to respect a poster's opinion when their means of expressing it is posts like:

"Ahahaha. Sorry dude, you're killing me. Good joke."

Additionally, the sprite work in DoS and PoR is by no means awful, and any attempt to say otherwise is nitpicking. The outlines on the sprites are annoying, as are the bright colors, but keep in mind that a large portion of the DS owning community still owns the first model (which has a faded screen). Those color decisions still make sense even now. I didn't even notice how bright the colors in PoR were until I bought a DS light, then all of the sudden they looked awful.

There are a lot of good reasons to trash IGA's DS games, I can't say graphics is one of them.

[Long John Silver]

Dude. I own a ds fat with faded screen. Cotm looks perfectly visible on it. Hod is awfully bright. So no it's not an excuse.

[Algernon]

I really don't see why there's so much disapproval of DS Castlevania's art style. Castlevania is one of the few series recognized for excellent 2D artwork, especially in the DS market, which is known for crappy 3D games. PoR had 3D backgrounds, interactive environments (I love knocking things off of shelves in the City of Haze), huge and well animated bosses, and so on. Outlines or not, DS Castlevania has some great graphics. You're comparing it to a pretty high standard anyway.

I don't like it when people bash great games on a basis on something as irrelevant as outlined sprites.

[outofthegamer]

This picture is real, the others are fake.

The reason the fake ones were made, was to prove that someone 'could' fake this if they had the time and expertise, but most people "in the know", know that the original picture got leaked by someone that actually worked for Konami, and got fired right afterwards.

[The Spoony Hou]

He actually became director after Hagihara left the project mid-development.

[Dark Nemesis]

In Reply To #344

To be honest, KONAMI is an idiot and not IGA!

IGA is just making his job that he has been charge by KONAMI and that job is to make a Castlevania every year!

What i want to say is that IGA doesn't have the time to think and make something new and better because of KONAMI.

If he don't listen to KONAMI, he will get fired up and because he don't want this to happen he's rushing things up and we get what we get and not what we want!

If you are working on a job, then you should understand what i'm talking about!