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The most exciting part of Portrait of Ruin was when I got a move that let me summon Simon Belmont because it reminded me of a much better game.
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Lurdiak posted:I only played like 1/4 of Order and I was like "Yep it's another DS Castlevania" and put it down, so maybe I'm being a bit unfair to it. It's easily the best of the 3, you should go back to it at some point if you can. Quest For Glory II posted:what about the ps2 ones as a fan of the PS2 games, what about the ps2 ones
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Cowcaster posted:man i'm hating how little i remember of these castlevania games because i did really like a lot of them while i was playing them but that was probably close to a decade ago for some of them at this point. i remember liking portrait of ruin well enough but the only memory i have is throwing custard pies at julius i think? Julius isn't in that one.
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Phantasium posted:as a fan of the PS2 games, what about the ps2 ones
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Cowcaster posted:man i'm hating how little i remember of these castlevania games because i did really like a lot of them while i was playing them but that was probably close to a decade ago for some of them at this point. i remember liking portrait of ruin well enough but the only memory i have is throwing custard pies at julius i think? Lurdiak posted:Julius isn't in that one. You fight Richter at one point in Portrait to unlock the power of the vampire killer, and because he's holy and the cream pie attack is dark it's surprisingly effective against him.
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Lurdiak posted:Julius isn't in that one. apparently i'm thinking of a boss called "whip's memory"
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Lurdiak posted:Portrait was just really, really dull in its level and enemy designs, final boss aside. I never really felt like I was exploring so much as just going in a straight line until I hit a boss. I also feel it was by far one of the most stat-heavy games in the series, where fighting an enemy has almost nothing to do with skill and everything to do with what level you're at. I know you can level that charge at almost every Castlevania after Symphony, but it felt by far the worst of them. Despite the weapon and spell variety I just kind of mashed my way through most battles and it was unchallenging and boring. I also thought the story was dull as dish water, even by the low standards of the series. In Portrait I mostly liked playing with Charlotte because I found her various magics to be a lot of fun. You should try Order again it really does a lot of cool things. It does take a while before you actually get to the big castle though, if that was a turn off.
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Quest For Glory II posted:important e3 news (to me) I'm not sure how much I would be willing to pay for one level from a game I really like that makes me motion sick every time I play it.
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i liked order of ecclesia enough that i got all the medals for taking no damage during bosses on a physical nintendo ds so no savestates but the only bosses i can remember are tower crab and sand fish, also i burnt out and stopped playing a portion of the way into dracula's castle i think i have alzheimers
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cowcaster, as depicted by kate beaton:
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Quest For Glory II posted:i've actually never played the ps2 ones but i was curious Oh. They're generally less well regarded then the 2D games because IGA was never given a large budget and the 3D games tended to eat into that budget faster I think. I like them but they both involve pretty rampant asset reuse, Lament with a ton of samey small corridors and Curse with tons of bloated areas that take forever to traverse, and both games re-use enemy models to the point where the same enemy will have separate entries in the monster book for different strengths, like level 27 skeleton being regarded differently from a level 1 skeleton. The main plusses to both of them being Michiru Yamane making compositions on a console, you get to listen to the following as a bonus after beating LoI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJKNpY15Z7g Phantasium fucked around with this message at 21:09 on Jun 15, 2017 |
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The big issue with Order is the maps aren't very good. There's a handful that are pretty decent, but a bunch are just straight linear paths or recycled tilesets. Drac's castle isn't real great either, lotta usage of the same tile sets again. Rest of the game is really good though, so it's still my favorite of that whole series. I have a hard time placing SotN against the other games though, as much great stuff is in that game it's kind of a mess, has 0 challenge to it, and the inverted castle is a drag.
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I don't know what Flavour Nexus is so I'm just gonna go ahead and assume it's a Guy Fieri MMO.
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Cowcaster posted:cowcaster, as depicted by kate beaton: Sorry about you husband 
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So yeah my Castlevania Rankings are, in no particular order: Good: Castlevania, Dracula's Curse, Super Castlevania 4, Circle of the Moon, Aria of Sorrow, Bloodlines, Belmont's Revenge, The Adventure Rebirth, Rondo of Blood, Symphony of the Night, Chronicles, Dracula X(being generous here) Bad: Harmony of Dissonance, Dawn of Sorrow, Order of Ecclesia (maybe), Portrait of Ruin, Simon's Quest, Lament of Innocence, Curse of Darkness, Harmony of Despair, The Adventure, Legends, Castlevania 64, Legacy of Darkness (so close to not sucking) Didn't really play: Haunted Castle Don't even count: The Lords of Shadow games, Judgment, Pachislot So yeah IGA's got 2 good ones and at least 5 bad ones (gonna be generous and say no one could've made Harmony of Despair work since it was a cash-in, and Order may be secretly good). That's why I don't have any faith in Bludstaind. That and pretty much everything he's ever said in interviews. Lurdiak fucked around with this message at 21:12 on Jun 15, 2017 |
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As far as I'm concerned as long as you stay away from The Adventure, Legends, Haunted Castle, and the DLC for Lords of Shadow 1 you're fine. Those are abominations.
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That's basically exactly how I'd break them down as well, other than Order being extremely good. Haven't played The Adventure Rebirth or Belmont's Revenge though.
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Aww there was a tiny little bat stuck on the floor at work. I was afraid it was sick and dying but apparently it just needed somebody to toss it out the window so it could get some air under its wings 
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tap my mountain posted:Aww there was a tiny little bat stuck on the floor at work. I was afraid it was sick and dying but apparently it just needed somebody to toss it out the window so it could get some air under its wings Good job idiot you resurrected Dracula I hope you have a whip ready
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Gwyrgyn Blood posted:That's basically exactly how I'd break them down as well, other than Order being extremely good. The Adventure Rebirth is a fun throwback but it's nothing spectacular. The TMNT IV orchestra hits in the Castlevania music really throw me off, though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV_HESv4mfs tap my mountain posted:Aww there was a tiny little bat stuck on the floor at work. I was afraid it was sick and dying but apparently it just needed somebody to toss it out the window so it could get some air under its wings Alucard will repay this kindness in your time of need.
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Ends up this was his lesser known cousin, Alacurd
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tap my mountain posted:Ends up this was his lesser known cousin, Alacurd I would be totally ok with Alucard having a lazy overweight cousin ala Mycroft Holmes.
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tap my mountain posted:Ends up this was his lesser known cousin, Alucart
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Come to think about it, I'd probably reject my father's legacy and try to kill him in a boss battle too if he decided to name me with his name spelt backwards.
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Red Bones posted:Come to think about it, I'd probably reject my father's legacy and try to kill him in a boss battle too if he decided to name me with his name spelt backwards. His actual name is Adrian Fahrenheit Tepes I shouldn't know this.
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Genya Arikado
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Phantasium posted:His actual name is Adrian Fahrenheit Tepes So his estranged brother should be Celsius Tepes
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Mak0rz posted:Maybe? The first time I played Dawn/Aria I didn't grind souls at all and had a good time. It's not really something you have to do unless you want to become overpowered. Dawn's map has far fewer weapons strewn about than other games (except maybe sotn?) so you gotta deal with the crafting if you wanna keep up
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all this talk reminds me of the boss battle music from dawn of sorrow that sounds like it was ripped from mega man 7 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBKM5F89MVE
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Dawn was garbage because of the dumbass touchscreen integration you had to do in order to kill a boss; my hate for it is partly because I only played it emulated and the touchscreen functionality was iffy but I had to refight that stupid clocktower boss like five times because it wouldn't take the inputs gently caress dawn of sorrow, Order is by far the best castlevania
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zgq3k2qCZgg
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Closed-Down Pizza Parlor posted:Dawn was garbage because of the dumbass touchscreen integration you had to do in order to kill a boss; my hate for it is partly because I only played it emulated and the touchscreen functionality was iffy but I had to refight that stupid clocktower boss like five times because it wouldn't take the inputs  okay buddy
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Lurdiak posted:So yeah my Castlevania Rankings are, in no particular order:
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Closed-Down Pizza Parlor posted:i guess it's mostly the emulator at fault but w/e it's such a weird vestigial thing to get upset over, both when the game came out and even more so now. it's like calling the witcher 3 the shittiest game ever made because the signs aren't arranged in alphabetical order on the quickswap wheel.
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They need should make a Twin Peaks game in the vein of that weird Pacman game where you lead Pacman around a with a slingshot, but with Dougie Jones instead.
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Endorph posted:bloodstained'll be good, much like how wickedhate getting banned was good Not sure how those two things are related.
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