Topic: Castlevania in 2015

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

I, on the other hand, am enjoying the 90's vibe that Anathema has.
Reminds me of Killer Instinct, Donkey Kong Country, Nosferatu, etc.

The character's stair animation is a little stiff and is missing the shadow under the character, but otherwise it's neat.  A little glossy and brown, so is the entire game.  Gameplay looks great, though.  Totally loving that whipswingin'.

[piscesdreams]

I, on the other hand, am enjoying the 90's vibe that Anathema has.
Reminds me of Killer Instinct, Donkey Kong Country, Nosferatu, etc.

The character's stair animation is a little stiff and is missing the shadow under the character, but otherwise it's neat.  A little glossy and brown, so is the entire game.  Gameplay looks great, though.  Totally loving that whipswingin'.

Just so I can be sure, is the up stairs animation that looks stiff to you? Because I feel the same and will be fixing that. Or is it up and down?

[X]

To me it's the stair-climbing that needs work, secondary to that would be the whip-swing animations (as the character looks like she's squatting rather then forward momentum carrying her like it does with Simon Belmont in SCV4).

[Chernabogue]

Let IGA replace Alvarez at the head of MS and I'll be the happiest man on Earth.

[JR]

Heh, that would be cool. Let the developers do their thing and let IGA put the feel back into the series. Would never happen, but I really love that idea.

[Nagumo]

I'd like to imagine Konami's secretly been working on the DCW game all this time, and has been putting out distraction games to dash the fan's hopes, only to skyrocket them back up with the release of DCW.

Would you want DCW without IGA being involved in some way? I think by now that ship has sailed. Unlesss they would be able to get him back somehow.

[Dracula9]

Hence the "I'd like to."

I wouldn't want a DCW if IGA wasn't involved, tbh. Too much of the series leading up to DCW was lead by him, I can't imagine anyone else able to fit those shoes.

[Koutei]

They sent Poll Results to KONAMI, Some hints may be obtained.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Operation-Akumajo/243488722337560

But there are no responses from KONAMI at present.

[Chernabogue]

"Over 66% of the fans “strongly agree” with the following statements."
-> 90% of this stuff was found in the LoS games LOL

[e105beta]

Not sure how I feel about that Anathema trailer. The art looks really cheap, and I can't even tell if the gameplay looks good because the art and animation make it look like it controls stiff and clunky. In a parallel universe, I might be interested in it.

But man, that OA post made me die a little inside.

"it was irresponsible"
"do the right thing"
"cost you dearly"

It's so patronizing, especially when you get to the "Do 2D games need longer development cycles to be better?" questions. Umm, no shit. You think Konami needs you to tell them that? Reminds me of that time Sakurai told off some Smash Bros player for thinking he could make a better Smash Bros game than him.

Imagine the good that could be done for the world if all of this effort and indignation was spent on something other than getting people to make you video games.

[Intersection]

Gotta love the way they presented their survey.

Do you approve of candidate X we support?
- Strongly approve
- Approve
- No opinion

Do you disapprove of candidate Y we don't support?
- Strongly disapprove
- Disapprove
- No opinion

I kinda wonder what their criteria for "superior games" and "polarizing games" are supposed to be - probably something along the lines of "2D vs 3D". But if they're up in arms against Lords of Shadow, why did they feel the need to include Judgment, CV64, and LoD in their "polarizing" section?

[piscesdreams]

Not sure how I feel about that Anathema trailer. The art looks really cheap, and I can't even tell if the gameplay looks good because the art and animation make it look like it controls stiff and clunky. In a parallel universe, I might be interested in it.

All I can really say is when I release our demo, give it a whirl and give your feedback. All feedback is appreciated.

[theplottwist]

Gotta love the way they presented their survey.

Do you approve of candidate X we support?
- Strongly approve
- Approve
- No opinion

Do you disapprove of candidate Y we don't support?
- Strongly disapprove
- Disapprove
- No opinion

I kinda wonder what their criteria for "superior games" and "polarizing games" are supposed to be - probably something along the lines of "2D vs 3D". But if they're up in arms against Lords of Shadow, why did they feel the need to include Judgment, CV64, and LoD in their "polarizing" section?

So. Much. This.

"Look Konami, at the results we got where the majority of the surveyed people agree with us. Please ignore the fact that the very premisse of this page is to have people that agrees with us."

The results would be much different if Konami held the same survey on their page. I feel as if OA had their thing rigged from the very beginning. I might be wrong, but it sure as heck feels like this.

[Flame]

Operation Akumajo was always a joke. It's just an echochamber club for people who hated LoS just for the sake that it wasnt another DS Metroidvania.

[Rugal]

Operation Akumajo was always a joke. It's just an echochamber club for people who hated LoS just for the sake that it wasnt another DS Metroidvania.

Man.. I'd throw a couple insults your way for what you said there. I won't though because what I want to say to you will probably get me banned. We wouldn't want that now would we?