Topic: Operation Castlefall, ressurecting Castlevania

[olrox2]

I know most of us dont believe that fan commmunity can do anything to bring back Castelvania to life quickly. Yet i believe we could always give  a try to run a campaign to convince Konami to go back to a metroidvania philosophy and/or even developp Platform games in a rondo of blood way.
This of course, keeping the pre-mercurysteam universe.

Like things currently are, i feel Castlevania community has fallent in a sort of "nostalgy-bitterness-you cant face changing "state".
Meaning that on one hand some fans will blame marketting and Konami for ruining the ip, and on other hand, people will say fans cant evolve and are like cod players, unable to enjoy new things.(that was i was reproached with for not enjoying LOS2)

I played Lords of Shadows games and while i cant say they were bad games, i cannot say i really felt i was playing Castlevanias.

I am gonna quote an example of game that according to me, was a good way to bring new content without forgetting the roots of Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia. The game was able to bring a fresh breeze and offered more challenging boss fights, had various environments but still looked like a metroidvania.
It also had a strong identity(imo) and a nice plot.So why not attempt something to convince konami? With the new year new hopes come i would say.

[Chernabogue]

Why not? Because they released LoS2 last year (Feburary). The game only reached Japan in September I think. So give them time. No one can tell what they plan next for CV. Try again in 2016 if nothing happens this year.

[uzo]

Put your guns away and calm down. Give them time to come up with a new game. We don't need one every single year. In fact doing that usually causes the problems we have seen: low budget, cheap titles, handheld release, etc.

[olrox2]

Sorry,  having played LOS 1 and 2 gave me feeling i wasnt reallyplaying Castlevania, so for me its as if there had been no Castlevanias since Order of Ecclesia.

[darkmanx_429]

Anything involving the word "operation" and Castlevania is usually not a good thing...

[Kingshango]

Operation's (insert phrase) are so 2011.

Games take time to make and LOS2 is not even a year old yet (it's four months old in Japan). Maybe you wait till E3, Gamescom or TGS  before you decide to panic about a series that's already hanging over a river by a narrow thread with it's feet incased in concrete.

Plus im sure Konami will devote all it's resources on Castlevania once MGSV and Silent Hills are out. So let 2017 be the year Castlevania get's it's big return.

[e105beta]

If you're looking for like-minded people, check out this facebook page:

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

[crisis]

you spelled resurrecting wrong

[angevil]

I agree, for me the last Castlevania game was Order of Ecclesia, and it was excellent. I miss metroidvania an IGA. I miss Michiru Yamane and Ayami Kojima. I made peace with it and only hope that IGA will make a spiritual successor to his Castlevanias one day. I would rather play that than wait to see what crappy ideas Konami has to violate the name of Castlevania again.

[Morning star]

Wow you guys are still talking about this? This was the topic being talked about like a year ago the last time i was here.

Castlevania is dead guys. The later handhelds sucked and these new games really suck. Here's good news though. It's not just those games. Almost ALL the new games suck.

[Inccubus]

To be fair, there really isn't much else to talk about at the moment.

[shelverton.]

Castlevania is dead guys. The later handhelds sucked and these new games really suck. Here's good news though. It's not just those games. Almost ALL the new games suck.

Well aren't you a positive person.

I actually think there are a lot of fantastic video games being released to this day and I am extremely hyped for 2015. So much to look forward to! And I've been a gamer since 1990. (Yes, I'm old)

As for Castlevania, I may not care for the last three games but nobody knows what happens next. If it's dead, it's dead. But if not, the quality of the last few games say very little, if anything, about any eventual games in the future. It's not like Mercurysteam will make the next game anyway.

Oh, and saying the last portable games sucked? Mirror of Fate perhaps, but Ecclesia? Wow. That is... unheard of. It may have been a rehash of the other games in some ways (graphically especially) but "sucked"? As in a "very, very, VERY bad game"? Wow... just, wow.

[Kingshango]

I could be worse for Castlevania, it could have followed in the footsteps of Mega Man currently.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75bBApllT3U

I'd rather have no new Castlevania if Konami decided to do something like...this.

[uzo]

To be fair GoGo isn't a terrible game. It may not be the Megaman we want but it at least incorporates a lot of Megaman specific and themed content. It actually visually isn't bad either, given it does reuse PU models but still. It really is the Megaman version of an Endless Runner.

Besides, we all know it could be WAY worse. *cough* XOVER * cough*

[Flame]

wouldn't "Castlerise" be a better title for a "revival" movement?