You know, for someone who is meant to be a prince of darkness and master of evil, Dracula has a great taste for decoration.
Castlevania
You know, for someone who is meant to be a prince of darkness and master of evil, Dracula has a great taste for decoration.
ah yes famous Castlevania subweapon, upside down italian hand gesture
it's actually the salt bae subweapon
I still need to actually sit down and play this game
But that involves, actually sitting down (i.e. not being busy with some pointless task), impossible for me in 2023
My gf likes to play it. "It's easy and Alucard is a stud" she says
>Alucard is a stud
Have her watch the netflex adaptation, that will cure her of that
No we only watch stuff on dvd or bd
Good, Netflixvania is irredeemable garbage
What is bd?
Bondage & Discipline. Poor guy.
No it won't, Netcux shouldn't affect the opinions on the game characters unless you're an autist or a secondary.
I’ve been on a metroidvania-style castlevania kick lately. Played sotn. Then aria of sorrow. Now I’m doing dawn of sorrow with a hack that replaces the cringey anime portraits.
Based gf
>that face
oh shit I'm sorry
Thank god for romhackers.
Sorry for what?
Our daddy taught us not to be ashamed of our whips.
Holy frick I forgot how bad the Dawn of Sorrow art was. Hell, I forgot how most of that game went by the end. Is it just me or is Castlevania the best franchise with the biggest justification for hacks? Seems like nearly every game has some localization nonsense or busted mechanic.
Please play the vanilla versions first if you have time, anons.
I'm playing with the "definitive+" hack. Core gameplay is still the same. It just removes touchscreen stuff and changes the portraits. Plus minor re-balancing that I don't really give a shit about. I'm tempted to start over with a "no health items allowed" patch, since I don't have the self control to not trivialise the game with health potions.
Your gf is a honest and cool person.
Don't watch that netflix shit, she would hate you for that.
Let her play other Castlevania too.
I guess she could like PoR and OoE too but unlike SotN they actually punish you for frick ups.
Having great taste is pretty common for villains, since they tend to be cooler than the heroes.
Get off Ganker, play games instead
how are you on this board without doing this game. Op is right by the way, the castle has great theming
It's mostly because I started with the Classicvanias last year. CV always had a presence in the 90's and the 2000's but I never started playing them until recently. That said it does look a lot better than the other games I've played including Rondo
It looks better but is a very different kind of game. Don't expect classicvania platforming in it, and also while there's many bosses none is really fin to fight, unlike classicvanias.
SotN is not that good. It's extremely gimmicky, poorly balanced and full of unnecessary jank. It becomes quickly apparent that the game wasn't well-thought out in general. It throws in so many disjointed mechanics that don't mesh together at all.
Most classicvanias are undeniably better games. Even the later metroidvanias like AoS and PoR improved on SotN in every way from level design to pacing to balancing to QoL, you name it.
SotN is not even a top 5 Castlevania game if we're being honest about it.
SOTN is one of the few games that could be used as the argument for games being an artform. Its gameplay is functional and it's okay, people love that game for other reasons.
Based SOTNbros.
>updooted!
Reddit is that way
Not him but please suck my hairy balls.
>trying too hard to fit in
So people love the game for everything that is not gameplay?
>SotN is not that good.
You're right- it's fantastic.
Dracula being into Rubenesque artwork makes sense. Fatties are a vampire's Big Gulp.
He was a 15th century count. Of course he's gonna have good taste in art and shit. They score all the best swag.
this painting in particular stood out to me as one the worst pieces of decoration in the game. the pixel art looks amateurish.
Who is she?
I hate the movement in CotM and the jumps in HoD, that's why I still haven't finished them. Why did it take them so long to just make them work like in SotN, like they ended up doing in AoS?
What does that painting represent? is the skeletons defeating the angels of heaven?
Possibly the triumph of death.
Is Judgment really that bad?
Indeed he has.
Always reminded me of picrel
Heard it in my head
Who are your favourite Castlevania protagonists for classic and metroidvania? For metroidvania it's Alucard and Soma Cruz for classic it's John Morris and Richter Belmont for me.