Topic: Konami: "Taking risks with CV prevented it from becoming another Megaman"

[Flame]

Flame I love you, but i can't resist

Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.

Haha, you got me. 

but can that really be called JUST an opinion? reality sort of backs it up, since the only game released after was Judgement, which wasn't even a proper game, and it was a colossal flop, after which LoS (which was already in development) happened, and we have not gotten another IGAvania after OoE.

[crisis]

Well Harmony of Despair wasn't considered a flop, in fact it was quite successful if the top online download charts from when it was released are to be believed. The general public enjoyed it quite a bit, and to be honest it was only us & a couple other CV sites that really shit on it, but that's a whole other topic & lets not get into that here. And lets remember that the heads at Konami were very hesitant on branding LoS a Castlevania because it was "drastically different;" they wanted to stick with what everybody knew. Had Kojima not stepped in & convinced them otherwise, then perhaps IGA & team would've released the "Akumajo Dracula PS360" game, another follow-up to the "metroidvania" formula, etc. How those games would've turned out is anyone's guess and entirely subjective. MercurySteam/Cox most likely would've been busy making an entirely different game, or retooling LoS into something else or perhaps a "spiritual successor" to Castlevania. But this is all in an alternate dimension.

[Flame]

From my understanding, it took so long to become castlevania because of Judgement being their shiny new cv game, I mean, it was a cv1 remake first. but they hesitated to give the title back till Koijima pushed them.

[Pfil]

But this is all in an alternate dimension.

Is there a way to go to that dimension so I can stay there?

[Pfil]

Really? Variety is the spice of life.

To be honest, I'd be happy having MetroidVanias forever. That's just me 

I'm so fanatic about that, that in an hypothetical scenario where I have to decide what I will have to play for the rest of my life, I'd give up the rest of the VG industry just to have Castlevania (if I were to decide to save CV or the rest).
If I were to live on a island and I could take just one game, that would be Portrait of Ruin 
Of course, this is a fantasy, but it shows the fangirl inside me.

[Ahasverus]

If I were to live on a island and I could take just one game, that would be Portrait of Ruin

No, really, I'd like to hear your reasoning, why Portrait of Ruin? What does it special for you?

[VladCT]

Hey, one man's trash is another (wo)man's treasure, right?
And hey, you could stop a train with your bare hands and slap Richter's face with a cream pie. lol

[crisis]

I remember when Ahasverus first joined the Dungeon, coincidently around the time LoS was announced, and was constantly spamming the forum with how great the game was compared to every other Castlevania and how Cox is essentially the savior of the series.

Surely you can understand another fan's fanatacism towards another CV game, right?

[Ahasverus]

I remember when Ahasverus first joined the Dungeon, coincidently around the time LoS was announced, and was constantly spamming the forum with how great the game was compared to every other Castlevania and how Cox is essentially the savior of the series.

Surely you can understand another fan's fanatacism towards another CV game, right?

What are you talking about? I joined before Ecclesia's launch.

And let's say I expected more from what they promised.

[Kale]

No, really, I'd like to hear your reasoning, why Portrait of Ruin? What does it special for you?

I could think of a reason... it's probably the most grindy cv game released. So... yea, stuck on an island for an unknown amount of time, grind away!

[A-Yty]

And let's say I expected more from what they promised.

I think you're being a bit modest here 

Also, did Sumac change his username to Flame..? 

[Foffy]

If I were to live on a island and I could take just one game, that would be Portrait of Ruin 

You don't plan to last long on this island, do you? Sadist.

[VladCT]

You don't plan to last long on this island, do you? Sadist.

This coming from the guy with a Jonathan Morris sig.

[Successor The Cruel]

o___O
I still can't get over how much of a PR nightmare Cox and Mercury Steam are. They always come across as if they're justifying what they did... like they have a point to prove to someone who's arguing with them, and in so doing, they denounce the series and its fans while glorifying themselves. Cox, listen very closely to me!

WE DON'T MIND CHANGE AND FRESHENING THINGS UP, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN ANY CHANGE IS A GOOD ONE!

For me, personally, I do not want MS's type of change, but that doesn't mean I pine for endless Portrait of Ruins. I think both extremes are horrible. 

[Flame]

Also, did Sumac change his username to Flame..? 

I don't use the  smiley nearly enough.