Official Castlevania Discussion Thread

[Mysterious]

I can't believe there's no discussion thread for Castlevania...
then this should be it

to begin the discussion... why did konami stop making 3d games of this series?
my friend told me because it costs the producer (whatever he is called) a lot of money
Discuss

 

[Macabre]

i dunno. i bought a castlevania game for ps2,forgot name,it was not that good.

 

[Mysterious]

only 2 games were on PS2 (the only 3d games)
lament of innocence and curse of darkness
they were not very popular because Castlevania is mainly a 2d game
if you played symphony of the night you would know how great this game is

 

[Macabre]

i played a castlevania game for gameboy,twas' pretty cool,and i bought curse of darkness.

 

[Pern]

Have any one heard about the film that is coming out about this game?

 

[chaywa]

Have any one heard about the film that is coming out about this game?

Yes but no-one really cares...

Seriously the Castlevania series is quite frankly one of the most polished 2D Adventure series around, with a superb amount of depth and fantastic portable gameplay value. Aria of Sorrow and Dawn of Sorrow are genuinely brilliant and if i had the wanton desire i'd buy either or a PS3 or PSP for access to SoTN (hidden in Dracula X Chronicles i believe in the latter and on PSN and LIVE for the former), but alas monetary constraints restrict that.

I remember playing Super Castlevania IV on the SNES when I was about 5 and thoroughly enjoying the game, and despite the odd blip (ie the 3D games, which are above average but no God of War and perhaps the overhyped Portrait of Ruin), the series has remained relatively awesome throughout, on par with the Legacy of Kain series for top notch Gothic excellence...

 

[Stavvy]

Up until fairly recently, I never was a big Castlevania fan, but I. . .found a copy of Aria of Sorrow, I'm about half way through it, it's not as hard as the others I've attempted to play, or maybe I just like it more because of the story.

Do the other games have more a story too? That's one of the things I disliked about say, the original. There wasn't much, if any, of a story.

 

[Macabre]

the series is still maintaining a good shape,hopefully,better games will come,more goth like,i hope.

 

[Pern]

Yes but no-one really cares...

I didn't say if you care or not.... :closedeyes: I just ask if anyone have heard of it but w/e.

I have played one game long time ago but I just couldn't get in to it, I don't know way though.

 

[Priss Princess Peckerpunch]

Aria of Sorrow continues to be my all time favorite Castlevania game.

Soma Cruz is probably one of the coolest main characters ever featured in the series... Probably even cooler than the fanbait Alucard.

But really, playing through Aria of Sorrow, trying to get 100% of it done, ( which I have yet to do on any of my playthroughs, ) and I have one thing to say. This game has one of the coolest endings of any Castlevania game...

Spoiler Show

If you fail to defeat Chaos, Soma becomes the next Dracula. You see him sitting on his rightful throne, whisking a glass of blood. Julius steps into the room, apologizing to Soma for the wait, and that they better get it over with.

Best. Ending. Ever.

 

[Macabre]

hey,what was the ending of curse of darkness?

 

[Mysterious]

Have any one heard about the film that is coming out about this game?

where did you hear this information?

Aria of Sorrow continues to be my all time favorite Castlevania game.

did you play symphony of the night?

Soma Cruz is probably one of the coolest main characters ever featured in the series... Probably even cooler than the fanbait Alucard.

OH NO YOU DIDN'T

But really, playing through Aria of Sorrow, trying to get 100% of it done, ( which I have yet to do on any of my playthroughs, )

actually it wasn't that hard
in symphony of the night you have to get 200%

and I have one thing to say. This game has one of the coolest endings of any Castlevania game...

yeah i agree, i really was surprised with it (unfortunately it wasn't the real ending)[/QUOTE]
did you play dawn of soorow on the DS? it continues with soma's story

hey,what was the ending of curse of darkness?

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you kill death and dracula (who took your rival's body) and hector continues his life with that girl who looks like his old girlfriend (forgot her name)

typical i know

 

[Priss Princess Peckerpunch]

did you play symphony of the night?

Yes I did. It's better, I'll admit, but it just didn't quite capture my attention and love as much as Aria of Sorrow did. Aria just had so much more... I can't exaplain it.

OH NO YOU DIDN'T

Eh, Castlevania is filled with fanbait/service. Alucard is just the 'ultimate' fanbait for any fanboy/girl of the series.

actually it wasn't that hard
in symphony of the night you have to get 200%

It's not that it's hard, it's just that I usually got too lazy to complete my hard mode playthrough.

yeah i agree, i really was surprised with it (unfortunately it wasn't the real ending)
did you play dawn of soorow on the DS? it continues with soma's story

Actually, haven't gotten a chance. I really want to play that, and Portrait of Ruin.

 

[Mysterious]

Yes I did. It's better, I'll admit, but it just didn't quite capture my attention and love as much as Aria of Sorrow did. Aria just had so much more... I can't exaplain it.

lol, i think i understand

It's not that it's hard, it's just that I usually got too lazy to complete my hard mode playthrough.

i find many people saying that about the map completion thing, you're not the only one

Actually, haven't gotten a chance. I really want to play that

if you really like aria of sorrow then you have to play dawn of sorrow at any cost

Portrait of Ruin.

i was disappointed with this one

i'll tell you something very interesting about dawn of sorrow in this spoiler box:

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Aricado is Alucard, he sealed his power and became a little more human
when you complete the game you get to play with julius belmont, and while you continue through the game you encounter yoko and play with her (2 characters)
the most important thing is that in julius' story soma couldn't resist the power inside him, so he obtained dracula's power
so Aricado had to do something, he transformed back to Alucard and he then becomes a playable character (3 characters)

 

[Silh]

Soma Cruz is probably one of the coolest main characters ever featured in the series.

Rondo of Blood seems to encourage this fact.

 

[Mysterious]

The interview:
GameSpot Video: Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia Interview 1

Pictures:
Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia Screens for DS at GameSpot

Hell yeah! it's about time
Castlevania Order Of Ecclesia
the new Castlevania game on nintendo DS

This time the main character is a woman named Shinoa (man she's a hottie)

 

[cloudscourge]

cool so its for the ds?? I heard somthing before, that they were actually planning to have it for the mobile. But yeah the game looks awsome some of the best graphics from what you can tell by the pics.

 

[Mysterious]

castlevania 2d = perfect graphics

the art is back like before, not like dawn of sorrow and portrait of ruin

 

[Stavvy]

I liked PoR's artstyle, but either's fine with me.

 

[Square Ninja]

I liked PoR's artstyle, but either's fine with me.

Translation: I like boring, generic, empty animu art design.

It's a good thing they got that Kojima lady to do the art again.

why did konami stop making 3d games of this series?

Because they sucked.