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You know how Death is always Drac's second in command? It's kind of weird since Death is supposed to be, well, death, he should be the baddest of them all. By the fact that Drac can die it would seem Death shouldn't be working for him. But there he is, guarding the clock tower. Hell, even Shaft seems to be higher up the hierarchy some times. But it's frigging death. My point is, Dracula should be second in command to Bloodstained's villain. vvvvv Interesting, I never picked up on that. That's cool. VVVVV Never played Lament of Innocence either. I should look for it at the pawn shop, I still have my PS2 hooked up. Perry Normal fucked around with this message at 04:52 on Jun 14, 2015 |
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That's a translation thing. In Japanese, he isn't THE[i] Death, he's [i]A Death.
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Jun 14, 2015 04:35
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According to Lament of Innocence, he who holds the Crimson Orb holds control of Death. Death will also grant him what essentially comes to Eternal Life with that, which is why he revives every 100 years after his last death. Death seems to like having Dracula as his master too, so it works out.
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Jun 14, 2015 04:41
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Look, Death and Dracula are tight, they've done so much poo poo together over the centuries, you wouldn't get that kind of deep frienship. Can you just picture Dracula and Death boring young Alucard to death by showing him the sldies from that vacation they took to Austria years ago? They were so drunk, ahaha.
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Jun 14, 2015 04:47
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MonsieurChoc posted:Look, Death and Dracula are tight, they've done so much poo poo together over the centuries, you wouldn't get that kind of deep frienship. A friendly reminder that when Alucard was young Death looked like this:  It's canon.
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Jun 14, 2015 04:52
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I still think the best moment in the series is the Dracula and Death teamup in PoR. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdobOmK56pk
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Jun 14, 2015 05:08
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Also great because "A Death and Dracula joint attack? That was never mentioned in any book I've read!" is the most ridiculous/amazing anime line in the game, up there with "I'll kill you AND the night!" from Lament of Innocence.
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Jun 14, 2015 05:11
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ImpAtom posted:A friendly reminder that when Alucard was young Death looked like this: Probably just took the form so he wouldn't scare the daylight into his best friend's kid.
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Jun 14, 2015 05:13
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Perry Normal posted:
To put it in a bit more detail, the Japanese name for Death is "死神" or "Shinigami" (which you'll recognize if you ever watched/read Death Note) which means "Death God" or god of death, or whatever. Shinigami are a type of creature as opposed to a single entity, like the western idea of a demon or angel. Of course some of the Castlevania games simply call him "Death" as we do in English, so he may very well be intended to be THE Death (sorry hatred guy) or at least the Grim Reaper. The Grimace posted:According to Lament of Innocence, he who holds the Crimson Orb holds control of Death. Death will also grant him what essentially comes to Eternal Life with that, which is why he revives every 100 years after his last death. Death seems to like having Dracula as his master too, so it works out. As far as I know in the Sorrow games Dracula most certainly isn't in control of the Crimson Orb, but Death still works to revive him. There's something almost sweet about it, in a way.  ....Now I'm sad that the Reaper didn't win.  Genocyber posted:I still think the best moment in the series is the Dracula and Death teamup in PoR. Dracula is such a jerk, the glass he threw almost hit Charlotte. That's just petty. Cuntellectual fucked around with this message at 05:21 on Jun 14, 2015 |
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Jun 14, 2015 05:16
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Yeah, i've always just seen it as Death and Dracula being homies at best, and at worst Drac and his feud with vampire hunters is probably good entertainment. Like, if you're evil and immortal, but you're smart and not comically evil or a jerk, there's not many people to hang out with.
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Jun 14, 2015 06:09
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They don't really go into the Crimson Orb at all after Lament of Innocence. I always thought of it as some kind of callback to the orbs in Castlevania 1 that Simon would pick up as he beat bosses, but that's just because they were... red orbs. Most of the poo poo after that is just speculation. Theories I'd read did suggest that Death fights Soma in the Sorrows games in order to bring back Dracula. Death doesn't talk in those games, so there's not really any guidance or truth to anything, just speculation, again. Ultimately, it comes down to Death just being an extremely loyal servant to Dracula, and that's cool enough for me.  I would love to pick Iga's brain about this stuff though, since he's so passionate about it. It's very unfortunate that he wouldn't divulge more information about what the 1999 game would be like.
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Jun 14, 2015 07:14
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Dracula commands death because he's conquered death, I thought that was self-evident.
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Jun 14, 2015 09:02
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Anonymous Robot posted:Dracula commands death because he's conquered death, I thought that was self-evident. For someone who's conquered death he sure dies a hell of a lot. Just sayin'
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Jun 14, 2015 09:25
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Yeah, but that was after, and death probably sees a bunch of mortals coming in with a corded up piece of leather over and over and is like 'you'll be dead in x years, i'll just bring him back when you're not lol'. They never said he had to be smart about it.
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Jun 14, 2015 10:41
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The way the plot is phrased in the PSP SotN translation, it makes it sound like Dracula is constantly beset by powerful vampire hunters, though ones that are still weak enough to defeat. I like to think Death is the one stocking Dracula's castle with all these exotic, long dead monsters in exchange for the souls of the people who fail making it through the castle.
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Jun 14, 2015 14:32
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The Grimace posted:They don't really go into the Crimson Orb at all after Lament of Innocence. I always thought of it as some kind of callback to the orbs in Castlevania 1 that Simon would pick up as he beat bosses, but that's just because they were... red orbs. Most of the poo poo after that is just speculation. I always figured it was an explanation for why Dracula is often depicted with a red jewel of some kind of his chest. It's there in CV1, I think CV3, SotN... It doesn't really make sense for it to be the red orbs you pick up after the bosses die, since in LoI it will straight up turn you into a vampire. Ain't no Belmont turning into a vampire.
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Yeah, that's fair. I didn't even think about the Dracula character designs having a red gem on him somewhere, even though it's a painfully obvious character design now that I think about it. His necklace in CV1 is always the first thing I notice before his head appears.
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Jun 14, 2015 21:29
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If you want to be a dark lord you gotta have a Death. Galamoth has his own Death you know.
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Jun 14, 2015 21:40
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What's up with those red jewel things when you beat a boss, anyway?
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Jun 14, 2015 21:41
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNZyFJacZGQ Looks like Adult Swim Games is gonna be releasing a sprite-based metroidvania with lots of elements reminiscent of SotN and Shadow of the Colossus. Color me excited.
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Jun 14, 2015 22:08
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The Grimace posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNZyFJacZGQ  There's nothing about this trailer I don't love.
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Jun 14, 2015 22:11
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The Grimace posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNZyFJacZGQ 2d dark souls
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Jun 14, 2015 22:12
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Definitely gonna be a day one buy for me. Any company who adheres to 2D sprites in this day and age where everything's about PROFIT FOR TIME has my respect. Beautiful spritework is something to be admired. 
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Jun 14, 2015 22:13
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Bluemillion posted:
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Jun 14, 2015 22:15
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I don't love the PS logo there, and the walking animation/speed feels slow. Otherwise it looks really good!
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Jun 14, 2015 22:23
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Dev Blog posted:
That is some cool rear end poo poo.
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Jun 14, 2015 22:27
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The Grimace posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNZyFJacZGQ Oh wow that looks kind of loving good. The messed up parallax layers in some of the shots were giving me twitchy eye though
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Jun 14, 2015 23:14
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Anonymous Robot posted:Dracula commands death because he's conquered death, I thought that was self-evident.
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Jun 15, 2015 09:24
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The Grimace posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNZyFJacZGQ The first thirty seconds looked pretty alright, nothing major but pretty alright. Once the titan shows up, and the dude starts climbing it, poo poo gets real and I'm loving this. Also really like that shot near the end that's straight outta the Dark Souls 2 trailer.
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Jun 15, 2015 10:07
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The Grimace posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNZyFJacZGQ That is a lot of galamoth-like motion tweening. Looks good for some, but looks poo poo on others, especially the player character.
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Jun 15, 2015 11:34
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Any time I see a game with animation like that I can't help but think of Earnest Evans.
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Jun 15, 2015 14:07
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Those player animations look a bit poo poo. Movement looks really clunky and floaty as well.
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Jun 15, 2015 15:58
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Looks pleasant but unrefined, probably gonna play that way, too.
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Jun 15, 2015 16:11
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Maleh-Vor posted:Those player animations look a bit poo poo. Movement looks really clunky and floaty as well. earnestevans.txt
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Jun 15, 2015 16:15
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If you like Retsupurae, slowbeef and Diabeetus mocking Ernest Evans is a good time.
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Jun 15, 2015 16:45
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Pope Guilty posted:If you like Retsupurae, slowbeef and Diabeetus mocking Ernest Evans is a good time. YESSS!!! The best is how you can "break your legs" and just slide around forever. If you look at around 2:10, I never did figure out if you're supposed to be able to climb walls like that any time you want or if it's a glitch. 
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Some of my favorite "Castlevania" music that I'm sure had some influence (especially on SCV4/SotN/LoI). Folks who like Castlevania music may enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRq4T_hfptU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtjz-XAdK_I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxDGSHiJ90s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmYaPrCgZ68 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrrbhcLJI8o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dWRq1v-x7c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpnugmUTAlI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9AijKI2kl8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vsDSWu7eZ4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNSLaYJboPE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yc__YiipwZg#t=3m5s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huothmszKCU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zHq2MBtXS8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsVOTrAu7yI
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SatansBestBuddy posted:The first thirty seconds looked pretty alright, nothing major but pretty alright. Once the titan shows up, and the dude starts climbing it, poo poo gets real and I'm loving this. Also really like that shot near the end that's straight outta the Dark Souls 2 trailer. The boss HP bar is also super reminiscent of the Souls games.
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Man, Gergoth in DoS always gets me, all of its attacks are super telegraphed but it's the first (only?) boss in the game where you can't afford to take more than two or three hits. One if it hits you with the stone gas attack.
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It really doesn't help that Gergoth's room is so tiny. If you're willing to grind a soul to level 9, I'd recommend getting the Fleaman soul so you can just throw those guys out and do some free damage while you focus on not getting hit by anything. My strategy when I played DoS last month was basically throw as many fleamen as I could, dodge attacks by staying as far away from him as possible and reacting and getting as much free damage as I could during the descent to the bottom. You can hit the gas clouds away from you but I find that too risky, so I just stay away. His laser's really annoying to dodge because it covers so much range that the only place that's safe is right on his toe, but even then you might accidentally get too close and touch him. If you're lucky, he'll do the laser from mid-room so you can just jump kick over him to the safe side. Similarly, OoE's Blackmore is wrecking my poo poo for very similar reasons: small space to fight, huge attacks with little room to dodge, hits like a train. I think I have phase 1 down, but phase 2 mixes things up too much for me to reliably handle.
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