When you hear "Castlevania...

Post by **retrosportsgamer** » Sun May 22, 2011 10:14 pm

brunoafh wrote:Yeah. I would imagine most people aren't familiar with it because it's hidden in the hulking shadow of SotN being that it's the only other PSX Castlevania game, and it was originally released for some obscure Japanese home computer.

It also came out 4! years later. By 2001 it was Dreamcast or PS2 time (personally).

Post by **final fight cd** » Sun May 22, 2011 10:32 pm

jfe2 wrote:... do you think of the classic NES titles, the more current Metroidvania titles, or the new 3D reboot?

you definitely forgot bloodlines.

i think of that or the original. IV just sucks.

Post by **emwearz** » Sun May 22, 2011 10:36 pm

final fight cd wrote:
jfe2 wrote:... do you think of the classic NES titles, the more current Metroidvania titles, or the new 3D reboot?
you definitely forgot bloodlines.

i think of that or the original. IV just sucks.

Bloodlines comes under "Classic Nes Titles", when he said classic nes, he means they are linear.

Post by **MidnightRider** » Sun May 22, 2011 11:04 pm

Felt I should mention Japanese Castlevania 3, and the translation patch for it: http://www.romhacking.net/trans/730/

better sound, I think the Medusa on the 4th/ship stage is female, fleamen are gremlins, the partners are more useful(Grants usefulness as a fighter really cranks up), etc. overall it's easier, but it's different enough(possibly better) to be worth checking out.

Post by **Ziggy** » Sun May 22, 2011 11:29 pm

MidnightRider wrote:Felt I should mention Japanese Castlevania 3, and the translation patch for it: http://www.romhacking.net/trans/730/

better sound, I think the Medusa on the 4th/ship stage is female, fleamen are gremlins, the partners are more useful(Grants usefulness as a fighter really cranks up), etc. overall it's easier, but it's different enough(possibly better) to be worth checking out.

I think this page mentions most (if not all) of the differences: http://castlevaniadungeon.net/Games/cv3foreign.html

I mentioned it back a few pages. The music and sound is bad ass compared to the NES version. It's the reason I got a Famicom.

You can't input "help me" as a name and start with 9 lives, but enemy damage is altered and when you die against Dracula it doesn't start you all the way back in the other room (why did they do that!?). So it's easy and more difficult in some respects, but I'd say over all, it's the better version to be playing.

stuff about Bloodlines

It's a great Castlevania game in the original format, but definitely not the best in the series.

stuff about Chronicles on PS1

I've tried to play this game many times, I just can't get into it. The controls seem stiff, which is weird to say about a CV game if you know what I mean. There's just something, I can't put my finger on it, but the game never grabbed me. I'll probably try to play through it again one day.

I made an LOL about Chronicles in another thread once, something about it being a lot better in comparison to Haunted Castle. It's not really a true CV game, but did any one every try Haunted Castle? I have it for PS2. It's unplayable.

Post by **J T** » Mon May 23, 2011 12:16 am

final fight cd wrote:IV just sucks.

NO!

Post by **CFFJR** » Mon May 23, 2011 1:35 am

Well I was just at the castlevania wiki, where I caught up on a bunch of characters and games, as well as read the entire timeline for the series. I also completely spoiled the plot of Lords of Shadow for myself.

I really want to explore the entire series now. What have I done to myself?

Post by **Rurouni_Fencer** » Mon May 23, 2011 2:50 am

CFFJR wrote:
brunoafh wrote: I also want to add that I think Castlevania Chronicles is a great entry that's kind of overlooked when most people talk Castlevania. Anyone else really like that one?
I'd never heard of it before this topic. Now I have to check it out.

It plays like the older games, I take it?

Chronicles is a PS1 port of a release on the Sharp X68000 computer from 1993. It was essentially a remake of the original game with a beefier graphics engine, linear gameplay, and a harder difficulty. Also note the same year, Dracula x: Rondo of Blood was released in Japan for the PC-Engine CD, which is most likely why not too many people are familiar with the X68000 version of Akumajo Dracula.

J T wrote:
final fight cd wrote:IV just sucks.
NO!

Are you crazy?! IV's phenomenal!

Post by **alienjesus** » Mon May 23, 2011 5:58 am

Breetai wrote:
brunoafh wrote:
Breetai wrote:Just for fun, here are a couple of the better 'vania tunes redone on YouTube:
http://youtu.be/phlrgUGpt38
http://youtu.be/l3c2ix8KaZAA

I strongly suggest fan's of Castlevania's music check these out.
SSH seem to be putting up the irons.