Topic: Castlevania Confessions

[The Bizarre Trooper]

I've once theorized that Soma Cruz was Shanoa's decendent!

I once wished that Shanoa would get a lycan glyph allowing her to turn into a werewolf anytime!

I also once wished that after Dracula's death in the year 1999 that Walter Bernhard came back to become the new future-gen Castlevania villain!

I once dreamed for a Castlevania/Star Wars crossover when i was young and still dreaming about it!

[Shiroi Koumori]

I never knew about "Ricordanza of the God's Abyss" until I joined this site and translated it.
I hated myself for playing MoF.

[zangetsu468]

Okay, this is probably my biggest Castlevania confession ever, not sure if anyone is going to read this seriously but here it goes..

At one stage in my life I was having crazy dreams (one out of about five) and one night I'm having dreams that are pretty intense. So much so that it's hard to take everything in, the dreams were more like "flashes" or short videos than full blown long occurrences.

This one morning, I wake up with a splitting headache, it's difficult to remember the subject matter. But ever so slowly, it encroaches on the tides of my memory bank and is washed up on the shore of thoughts that have been corroborating in my assiduous mind....

I have a flash about 5 seconds at most, of some kind of level of a 2d Castlevania game. My vision is blurry, the quality of the game feels like gba emulated and played via a TV.. I don't know exactly when this would have been, but it was shortly after playing AoS for the first time. Back during this era, I was living and breathing Castlevania AoS. So much so that I believed (and still do) that it surpassed SoTN, and I myself was shocked at this.. It was no surprise that if I lived and breathed it, I was dreaming Castlevania.

The years go by, I forget all about this dream, I move on with my life. Until one day, OOE is released.. I'm impressed to say the least.. I play the game for about 20 minutes or so, enjoying the music, taking in the beautiful sprites and organic feel to the first level, the Ruvas forest, which reminds me of being outside the castle in SoTN.

Then I hit Wygol Village... The overall feel of the town, the look of the Shanoa sprite standing there facing to the left, long dark hair and arm hanging... As I observe the vines growing up the walls, so too do old memories bloom and begin to clasp a significant space in my mind...

That Dream. That Dream I had that night.. I dreamed about Wygol Village and Shanoa.. I dreamed of a light coloured wall with vines growing up it. I dreamed of a dark haired protagonist (in sprite form, mind you) with long hair who resembled a woman more than a man... Yes, that's my confession, albeit one vignette, I dreamed of Order of Ecclesia before it ever happened.

I have rarely shared this with anybody, probably a handful of people know - if that. I must note a few things; the quality of the graphics were not the same, they looked blurrier like a GBA game on a TV screen compared to a DS game on a small display.. Given the fact I was playing emulators through a CRT, in context, I don't believe it's unreasonable. Wygol village appeared more "enclosed", like it was within the Castle or within a bigger building/space. I recall a vertical "panning shot" like when the camera moves in Sonic (holding up or down). It also seemed to stretch for higher than OOE's Wygol village. Shanoa's hair was just basically black, not following her sprite which is a bit lighter than the way she's drawn in the official artwork. Her attire was also more white/ grey. I swear the music may have been a song from a CV game (maybe POR) that wasn't out at the time, but I can't recall exactly right now, a couple of tracks are on my mind.  (I will make a note if I can remember, not sure anyone would care by then.)

I have no reason to lie or method of profit from fabricating ^such an anecdote^.

There you have it, my Castlevania Prophecy/ Confession...*

*For the skeptics, let it be taken the way tequila shots are supposed to be; with lime and a pinch of salt.

[JR]

I've never beaten CV1 Death without using the Holy Water exploit (killed him with the cross once, but one of his sickles killed me right after, so no cigar).

CV1 Dracula always looked to me like he was wearing a metal mask with a Gonzo nose. I can't figure out what his face is supposed to be. Same with CV2 Dracula...his head looks like a skull wearing a pope hat. Is there something I'm not seeing correctly? It kind of bugs me, honestly.

Speaking of CV2, the Dracula fight was one of my favorites in the series. Not really the fight itself, but the lead-up to it. Tearing through Dracula's castle ruins with a bag of his body parts, only to resurrect him and put him down again. Seemed pretty dark for the time.

As much as I prefer the Belmonts (or whip-wielders in general) as protagonists, I think John Morris kind of sucks. Never really liked his character sprite, and Eric Lecarde just seems to outclass him in every way. Seriously, Eric's a badass. (although using John's whip as a grapple was a nice challenge).

[X]

@zangetsu468:

Sounds like a prophetic dream to me. Those are always neat when they pan out. There are things people see in their sub-conscious minds, and then are shocked when it makes a real-life appearance. Nothing to be ashamed about really. You were seeing what was to come in terms of Castlevania goodness and that's cool 

[Kamirine]

I have never beaten Castlevania 3. Alucard is also the only character I can never seem get in the game: I either have issues getting to him (before I quit) or I never beat him once I do.

[Lashen]

Never played through Portrait of Ruin as Stella/Loretta because of deep-seated hatred for touch screen controls.

[Lumi Kløvstad]

Never played through Portrait of Ruin as Stella/Loretta because of deep-seated hatred for touch screen controls.

They are MASSIVELY op as hell, but like with Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword, you feel like your poor DS' touch screen is going to develop repetitive friction burns while playing.

[X]

Never played through Portrait of Ruin as Stella/Loretta because of deep-seated hatred for touch screen controls.

I've always used Loretta when playing the sisters mode. All I have to do is put the stylus onto the screen where I want to shoot and that's it. Saves the screen just that much more punishment then when using Stella.

[GuyStarwind]

Ok here we go...
*raises flame shield*

- I don't like Super Castlevania 4. I get bored of it very fast.
- I like the song I am the Wind.
- Besides the crappy controls I think the 64 games are what a 3D Castlevania should be. I think the games have some of the best ideas in the series and should be reused.
- Lament of Innocence has one of the best environments in the series.
- I don't like playing as non Belmont characters.

I'm sure I have more.

[The Puritan]

- I like the song I am the Wind.

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Me too.

[zangetsu468]

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Me too.

I concur.

The best of me is all I have to give.

[Belmontoya]

the day I got Dracula X on snes I stayed up late into the night playing it.

I got all the way to Dracula on my own but kept getting my ass kicked by him. The pits were fucking me up big time.

My brother got home late from a party and came in to check out what I was doing and the new game I got. He watched me die a few times and teased me a little. Out of frustration I handed him the controller and said something along the lines of "here. You fucking try it if it looks so easy."

He beat Dracula on his first try having never played the game.

I pretty much sat and watched the ending with my jaw on the floor.
I never bothered trying to beat him myself again.

My brother is a natural gaming bad ass. And a big CV fan, though he is not a member here. I just thought I would share that depressing, but inspiring story.

[Chernabogue]

I like all three LoS games.

[zangetsu468]

I like all three LoS games.

"Sorry Gabriel Belmont... But your universe is in another forum!"