Topic: The Great Reviewer: All Castlevania Reviews (please read and debate)

[Phoenix7786]

Castlevania has always been influenced by God of War

No; Castlevania Lament of Innocence was released BEFORE God of War. I even posted the release dates.

[Shiroi Koumori]

I know LoI was influenced by DMC.

Cox is Spanish?

I think he is not. Well, Nemesis mentioned cousin so it could be possible.

[Pfil]

@ Pfil: First of all, a little education. I have 38 years and I come to speak with respect.

I was polite. I even offered myself to translate some of your reviews.
If you took it the wrong way, sorry.
It was you who said you needed Game Genie to beat some games, and it was you who got lost for hours in Simon's Quest without knowing what to do.
I'm just being objective 

Game Boy games are bad. There is no other rational explanation. Personal taste is another story.

So... ALL GameBoy games are bad. ALL OF THEM?
Reeaally? 

Simon Quest is mediocre at best. Never brilliant. Read my review in detail and analyzes dispassionately, objectively what I say.

OK, whatever.

Circle of the Moon is a terrible console has many errors, and Vampire's Kiss, which is the name by the way actually, your mistake there, Dracula X is the PSP, incidentally, Vampire's Kiss is a port very, very poor of a game for a console than top, but people get carried away by his passion for SNES, for Castlevania. It's the same with other famous franchises and their fans.

No, you are wrong again. Vampire Kiss was the european name, I believe. In the US, it was Dracula X for SNES.
And you admitted you don't like Circle of the Moon because it kicked your ass.
It also kicked mine... but I love that game!
You are not being very "objective".

Again bad education. Little girl, I do not need personal translator, if I want people who speak English there's where I live, and that is when I do my networking page. Not now.

Adventure: Again talking about the lack of personal ability. I could say the same about your lack of objectivity.
Nobody beats Dragon's Lair. I've seen great players fail. Dozens of them.

I've said it before, pure objectivity, if there is such a thing, is stupid.
Art must be taken with our souls and hearts, and games are, mainly, a form of art.

I am a fan of Castlevania. But do not let my bigotry get in the way of an analysis based on pure objectivity and academic knowledge.
And again, again, poor education. I do not need music lessons to see the disaster accompanying soundtrack this game.

You like to repeat that you are a professional critic with university degree and throw that at our faces.
I'm a professional drawer, then, 8 years of studying as a teenager, degree included. I've studied a lot about paintings and I know about aesthetic, because I reinforced the artistic overview with a marketing degree, that taught me about aesthetic from a business standpoint.
I also studied piano for several years, so I know about musical theory and I can appreciate a lot of things you could be missing with just your professional critic degree.
And I speak english (and spanish and japanese). So I guess I could teach you a few things.
I don't like being arrogant, but you pushed it.

[uzo]

I can appreciate a lot of things you could be missing with just your professional critic degree.

You don't get a degree in being a critic, they don't exist. If he actually claimed that (I didn't check back to verify) he's just trying to be funny.

Typically if you want to apply a degree to being a critic you take a degree in whatever the art is. It shows you have some base university education in the subject at least. However I am always one to argue against using degrees to single out professionals, as natural talent and self honed skills have the potential to trump someone with a degree. In this case, even if he has education in this field, his skills certainly do not reflect it.

[Pfil]

You don't get a degree in being a critic, they don't exist. If he actually claimed that (I didn't check back to verify) he's just trying to be funny.
Typically if you want to apply a degree to being a critic you take a degree in whatever the art is. It shows you have some base university education in the subject at least. However I am always one to argue against using degrees to single out professionals, as natural talent and self honed skills have the potential to trump someone with a degree. In this case, even if he has education in this field, his skills certainly do not reflect it.

Yes, I agree with you. I wasn't trying to be arrogant, but I guess it came across like that. I apologize for that.
I just named my studies and degrees because he kept repeating his, and it got on my nerves, honestly.
When all's said and done, the only thing needed to fully appreciate a Castlevania game is to be a true Castlevania fan, which, from what I've gathered so far, he is not.

[Pfil]

Anyway, I will continue to point The Great Reviewer mistakes.

@ All: I'm surprised the poor reception given to me. I have come to respect and treated well at all. I have been cordial, helpful, friendly, and have received many votes negative in my reviews, just for being objective. It's a shame. Anyway, thanks for your honest answers. No one is to blame.

* Castlevania NES Trilogy: you got it all wrong. The timeline, the character names, the canonical endings... everything.
Also, criticizing NES games because graphics today look "old" is stupid.

* CotM: You obviously didn't know how to make your character powerful.
By the way... YOU BROKE YOUR GBA BUTTONS !!! 

* Curse of Darkness: I guess I'm the minority here, but that's one of my favourite games, and from what I've gathered, you got a lot of things wrong again. Like what you said about the castle... the first level and the final level are not the same level rebuilt... but I don't know because it's hard to understand your points.

* Dawn of Sorrow: I kind of agree with some points here...

* HoD: You compared CotM to YuGiOh???

* Haunted Castle: I can't blame you on using cheats for this one. Try the Version K on an emulator if you want to be able to beat it with less difficulty.
But you shouldn't mention it on your review.

* Belmont's Revenge: If you liked GQ and MM for the GB you are contradicting yourself. You said there were no good GB games. Remember? 

* At least you liked Bloodlines, Chronicles, SotN, Rondo, Portrait of Ruin, Order of Ecclesia, Lament of Innocence and Legacy of Darkness.

[Pfil]

:::BLA BLA BLA BLA BLA BLA BLA BLA:::

And the last three... phew, I made it through every one of them! You should thank me instead of be arguing with my opinions!

* Vampire's Kiss: You mention the lack of Maria as a playable character, the lack of some levels, some tracks in the soundtrack, some alternative routes...
...but you keep forgetting that this game was the SNES counterpart (i.e.: a cartridge for a 16-bits console) of a PC-Engine game (i.e.: a game on a CD for a far more powerful console).

* Order of Shadows: I can't blame you for hating this one, but somewhere among the mediocre cover, it lies a good game that just needs to be remade for a better platform. I don't know if you could see that from your "objective" point of view.

* Dracula X Chronicles:
- The voice acting was bad, indeed. But did you heard SotN's voice acting? And it's legendary.
- "Nobody wanted to Richter in 1993, and nobody wants it now"
WHAT?!
- Maria DID, IN FACT, call Dracula "the bad man" in the japanese original story. It's not a mistake from the translators.
- You complian about the two extra levels from SotN missing in the unlockable version, but in another of your reviews you said that these 2 extra levels' only purpose was to be able to make fun of them because they were ugly (or something to that effect).

Well... that's all.

Adieu, mon ami!

[The Great Reviewer]

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@ Pfil: NES graphics Compare the quality standards and the argument is invalid.

To be honest and tell the truth, yes, my consolita was affected by the difficulty of the game and ended sunken buttons. The magazine had the Gentiles to give me another to finish playing the game and complete the review. Famous and funny anecdote within the staff of the magazine.

Curse of darkess, you are in the minority, as they say. That game is bad for critics and fans alike.

I compared Circle of the Moon to Yu-Gi-Oh! by the card system. There is no denying the influence of the current fashion in that game.

I do not remember which version of Haunted Castle used for review at the time, but if I remember was the easiest, as the sought for that purpose. And it got to the end of the game. Nobody can beat that game.

As I said, there are a few exceptions of good games for Game Boy, against thousands of horrible games. TMNT and Wario are other examples. But they are just good. There are excellent.

[The Great Reviewer]

[Odile Kuronuma]

@The Great Reviewer. You only have 51 posts, but you have twice as much  negative respects. I think you should quit before you become an outcast. Seriously you're not getting anywhere with this. I hope you can find a place where your reviews will be appreciated.

Btw can anyone tell me if there's a way to find out who gave you a positive or negative respect? Or is it anonymous? Just out of curiousity.

[DarkPrinceAlucard]

@ Phoenix7786: Maybe you have not played 3D games in the series. Heavily influenced (in general terms) all for God of War, Devil May Cry and other games in 3D. Play them, and then see.

Good lord, is this guy serious?

*looks at name and reviews*

Because a "Great Reviewer" you are not.

Don't really feel like replying to all your points but this one just stuck out to me, 1 thing I have noticed is that for a reviewer the one thing that you must do is freaken research on what your reviewing and so far you have made numerous obvious errors that could have easily been avoided with even a bit of research.

The one I am addressing is your statement of the 3.D castlevanias being inspired by God of War despite the fact that the majority of them where out BEFORE god of war.

How the heck can a game be inspired by something that was not even out yet?

What Logic is that?

The only 3.D castlevania games released AFTER God of War where Curse of Darkness and Judgement and curse of darkness featured more of a emphasis on sword and other weapon combat and Judgement was a fighting game.

So even saying those 2 where inspired by it would be a stretch.

Now LOS may be the only exception.

 

[crisis]

David Jaffe (The creator of GoW) gave an interview on how his game was influenced by the original Castlevanias. The interview is in a LoS pamphlet thing that was made available right before LoS was released (IGA is also interviewed), but it's all in Japanese. I can post it if anyone feels like translating it.