Topic: Save your criticism

[X]

Bloodlines came out before SotN and doesn't have any Belmonts, just sayin'.

Technically it does. They aren't Belmont in name, but they are in blood relations though not the main family line.

[Inccubus]

Maybe it just comes down to semantics, but technically it doesn't have a Belmont, just Belmont descendents. If you generalize and include descendents that wield the Vampire Killer, then it sorta does have a Belmont, but not really since simply holding the whip is slowly killing John like it would anyone else not of the clan.

[Lelygax]

Yes, if we follow that line of reasoning them everyone in the game is from the same family because of the evolutionary tree thing. j/k

Seriously now, both of you have good points, but Morris doesnt count as Belmonts if we follow in-game logic because of the whip thing. We dont have enough explanations of all this mess with game material though, maybe they are very distant Belmonts descendants and thats why this happens?

[DoctaMario]

Maybe it just comes down to semantics, but technically it doesn't have a Belmont, just Belmont descendents. If you generalize and include descendents that wield the Vampire Killer, then it sorta does have a Belmont, but not really since simply holding the whip is slowly killing John like it would anyone else not of the clan.

Are you deliberately trying to be thick? Pretend that the storyline and all that junk doesn't exist for a second. I'm talking about a whip wielding character that plays similar to Simon, regardless of what his name is. I think this is the point where I bow out.

[Lelygax]

Yes, Nathan for example, right?

[X]

I think Reinhardt Schneider is a better example as he too is a Belmont by blood. Nathan Graves from what I understand is neither. The director didn't put a Belmont in CotM from what I've heard discussed in the forums.

[Lelygax]

Thats why Nathan is the perfect example for DoctaMario explanation, he doesnt need it to be a Belmont, only someone that uses a whip if I understood it right, Reinhardt Schneider is a good example too. Indiana Jones is another good example... 

[crisis]

I always wonder how a prequel to CotM would've been like. It seemed like they wanted to make 1 according to the plot details. Also, Hugh believes it's the "Hunter's Whip" that gives Nathan his power. One of you guys should make a fangame that explains this, and has young Morris Baldwin alongside Mr. & Mrs. Graves and I'll pay you in gum o.o;

[Lelygax]

That idea seems interesting, even more because I've never heard about anyone wanting to do a CotM prequel, only remakes and even so its very few people.

[Pfil]

A new game in the vein of Circle of the Moon would be one of the things that would make happy most of the fans.

[Belmontoya]

Not this fan.

[Lelygax]

 Why? We're not talking about recycled things if thats what you thought, since you dont have a shop you will backtrack even less, you use a whip, its difficult, have good music and the EXP thing is almost not there, I dont even remember grinding at this game (maybe 1 or 2 times, but only because I wanted).

[Belmontoya]

Because I don't think the series needs another Metriodvania right now. And have doubts about that being what the majority of the fans really want.

I want a 2 or 2.5D action oriented Castlevania with as many or more abilities as Simon has in CV4. I want this with a new style if graphics and I want it on a home console.

Castlevania adventure rebirth missed the mark for me. I didn't like the level designs or the bosses. Something about it was just off big time.

[Dark Nemesis]

Because I don't think the series needs another Metriodvania right now. And have doubts about that being what the majority of the fans really want.

I want a 2 or 2.5D action oriented Castlevania with as many or more abilities as Simon has in CV4. I want this with a new style if graphics and I want it on a home console.

Castlevania adventure rebirth missed the mark for me. I didn't like the level designs or the bosses. Something about it was just off big time.

There are other ways to improve game play and strengthen your character, except from xp and the use of equipment, as for a new 2D Castlevania on a home console, sadly, i can't see it happening in the near future if not at all.

[Belmontoya]

Hey man, it happened for Contra. Hardcore Uprising, and that wasn't that long ago. Don't kill my dreams.