Castlevania fan thread

[andubandu]

i'll leave this masterpiece here for now might come with a more elaborate answer later

 

[_-_AceDragon_-_]

My first interaction with the Castlevania series was Castlevania : The adventure for the gameboy and since then Castlevania hooked me .

Castlevania Chronicles was peak in its artstyle (classic and somehow arranged mode too) and the soundtrack in all its versions are just juicy soundtrack goodness .

About Castlevania 64 /Legacy of Darkness:

I think these games are the true concept to push castlevania into the third dimension even to this day .

Even the plans , cut-content and overall concept they got in mid-development are awesome and could push castlevania into new heights . While the N64 games play very well , its still needs some improvements and has still huge potential for sequels and evolving the concept much further to cement castlevania back to its heights .

The levels were not only astoundingly huge but had details , decorations and cool designs that exploration was always a treat .

I dont get why people want Souls-like gameplay in Castlevania when Castlevania 64 plays much smoother and refreshing by how fast and snappy the controls are (with few minor gripes) and combat doesnt end up into tedious Life-bar melting sessions .

Not every game should be a copy of Bloodbourne .

Agreed totally! I tended to find on the web generally that people can be critical of it despite Castlevania 64 being the best 3d game for the series to date, which is saying something given that it's now 25 years old. Atmospheric, large scale game with open areas that were fun to explore, good music, action / combat is challenging, cool bosses, 3d platforming, story is simple yet engaging, short but sweet cutscenes. Game was linear but progression from one area to the next was smooth, and it felt like an adventure. Was much better than the two 3d games on PS2 (which were ok games with great soundtracks) and the PS3 reimagining which I really didn't like. Dunno why konami found it so hard to continue down that same path of game design. The level design of 64 was so superior to the subsequent 3d games. This was the same era of gems like Goemon 64. What a decade for konami, good times.

 

[happymasksalesman]

Souls-like gameplay in Castlevania

Well in Castlevania64 i had a souls like experiment! I didnt know how should I open the doors work with sun and moon and I stuck there like ds1 ghost
I didin't play much Castlevania series because I thought they have time limit!(nes castlevania)
But I like storyline and characters.
Well my faverite boss in Castlevania 64 was skeleton guardian. He was a funny boss to me.also the count Dracula,he was so cool!

 

[ciro64]

Well my faverite boss in Castlevania 64 was skeleton guardian. He was a funny boss to me.also the count Dracula,he was so cool!

I love how he just gets angry and starts stomping the floor the first time you defeat him

I really like the bull fight!

 

[happymasksalesman]

starts stomping the floor the first time you defeat him

Well first time I hardly manage to beat him. He scared and make me laugh whole of fight!
Hey I see you writing a review. I though your first review will be castlevania series.glad to hear someone else is joining the writer guild.

 

[andubandu]

lament of innocence had such a solemn vibe

 

[ciro64]

Hey I see you writing a review. I though your first review will be castlevania series.glad to hear someone else is joining the writer guild.

I actually tried writing a Castlevania 64 review multiple times before, sometimes for video format, but I was unsatisfied with all my attempts.

Now that I'm writing that review of Rift of the Necrodancer (that hopefully I won't give up on it), I'm figuring out a way to write something that makes for a lightweight and fun read. Who knows, I might finally write a Castlevania 64 review after that!

 

[happymasksalesman]

I actually tried writing a Castlevania 64 review multiple times before, sometimes for video format, but I was unsatisfied with all my attempts.

Now that I'm writing that review of Rift of the Necrodancer (that hopefully I won't give up on it), I'm figuring out a way to write something that makes for a lightweight and fun read. Who knows, I might finally write a Castlevania 64 review after that!

I undersatnd what you mean. I should change my topic game too. Some part of review writing is hard to me,because i stick with report writing for a long time.

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Well just curious,did you try earn money by writing game faqs? I heard some people earn 500 dollars as bounty to write HTML faqs on site.
I try it but as it isn't complet yet and need PayPal(I'm ban from PayPal even I didn't make an acoount) so i give up on it.
I like froum focused on good topics and talking instead of make money or sell stuffs(which have more problem of course!)

 

[ciro64]

I undersatnd what you mean. I should change my topic game too. Some part of review writing is hard to me,because i stick with report writing for a long time.

Post automatically merged: May 1, 2025

Well just curious,did you try earn money by writing game faqs? I heard some people earn 500 dollars as bounty to write HTML faqs on site.
I try it but as it isn't complet yet and need PayPal(I'm ban from PayPal even I didn't make an acoount) so i give up on it.
I like froum focused on good topics and talking instead of make money or sell stuffs(which have more problem of course!)

I thought about earning money with youtube videos at some point, and while making videos is not off the table I don't think I want to make a job out of it.

I didn't knew about earning money on writing faqs. Also wtf PayPal.

And yeah, forum are a great way to share your thoughts purely out of passion!

 

[happymasksalesman]

Well i starting my work on YouTube after a heavy record for my native site(theu asked fo 3 thosand hour of whatch for a month and 200 followers!)
The main problem for YouTube is editing. Well I think YouTube is good as second job.
I know some dark thing about my native streamer on YouTube. They corrupting kids and teenager minds(some of them) with bad things they made.
Well PayPal is a online pokcet for gathering money which made in london.
They have a special Policy against my poeple and some others:"if you are ban we take you money and throw you out!"
How it feels.
Well i will ask more question in your old AMA thread soon!

 

[_-_AceDragon_-_]

I love how he just gets angry and starts stomping the floor the first time you defeat him

I really like the bull fight!

The Bull fight was awesome. I know it's not a boss but the vampire encounter in the villa was cool.

lament of innocence had such a solemn vibe

I never forget the first time I heard this, it blew me away. Used to listen to this ost while playing other games (DMC 3).

i'll leave this masterpiece here for now might come with a more elaborate answer later

What a fantastic track. I thoroughly enjoyed castlevania chronicles, the super challenging gameplay, slightly darker mood, and the soundtrack. I think konami hit a peak with it's music around this time: Rondo of Blood, chronicles, 64, SOTN, Goemon 64, MGS, Gungage. They even had their own band the Konami Kuheika Club. Anyway this track and the level that goes with it, top notch stuff: