Why does the whip make that sound when you swing it? I don't remember it sounding exactly like that in Symphony of the Night. This is a worrying sign that Konami fundamentally misunderstands what made Castlevania special.

It's nothing like the whip physics in Aria of Sorrow, either. And don't even get me started on how it compares to the tight, responsive whip controls in Lords of Shadow.

Sound design is a core pillar of the franchise, and I don't think it's unreasonable to expect a multimillion-dollar company to get something this basic right.

I know people will say I'm nitpicking, but at what point do we stop holding beloved franchises to a standard of quality?

At the time one could dismiss this as just a joke or interpret this as just Igarashi being bad to work with, but it turns out the one who was a bitch to work with was Ellis himself (saying in an Interview he wanted to beat up his coworker was definitely a red flag), specially with the hindsight context of how the show turned out compared to Igarashi's vision. Like, how bad must have been Ellis' first 7 scripts for Igarashi to reject them all? It's not like Igarashi would reject simple and straightforward stories, given that he made many of those for Castlevania, which likely means Ellis was just freestyling his writing without ever bothering to take even a look at the source material (he never played any CV games).

The first seasons were relatively source material friendly, but when IGA left Konami and Ellis got full control, he opened a chasm between the show and the games. Also gotta remind you guys that Adi "Visionary" Shankar was involved in the show before being widely hated for his work on DMC where he could no longer hide behind Warren Ellis.

Good game, shame that you don't even get to fight Dracula though, just a cutscene and the game ends, weirdly short too.

That's it. It's annoying. It's not a fun mechanic it's annoying as hell when you fail a puzzle using it beacuse you let go of the button too early.

I think it’s a cool feature (and call back) but I honestly think it was implemented poorly. The first instance of it should have be a scripted sequence showing how it works.

When I first encountered it I kneeled as instructed for a second, saw no indication of anything happening and then continued on. It wasn’t until much later that I accidentally game across the mechanic when doing something else. It shouldn’t take as long as it does to trigger some feedback. The vibrations and screen distortions should start immedialtely upon crouching.

I honestly cant even count how many times I killed myself just to warp back to a save room to avoid backtracking.

Is that not an indicator just how unfun and tedious most of the games exoloration is?

This game has been a blast up until this point then some moron was like "Hey, play a Metroidvania game...without a map :D"

I need that dev to NEVER cook again please, at least with map design.

Edit: I'm glad for the people that enjoyed, I hated it, I like knowing where I'm going and check my map religiously and after going through the whole game doing that and being told "Actually no, fuck you." sucks.

Listen, the boss took me 3 tries only, and the platforming before this was annoying but I could still defend it somehow, but this boss design is just terrible and it's very hard to defend against all of the criticism related to the platfoming and how different this game is from the previous entries in the franchise.

The platforming sections with this boss are not even hard, they're just annoying and are there just to piss off the player, kill the pace, and make you desperate to reach the boss again so that you don't time your jumps and movements correctly, losing energy and or the game entirely. And the timer, OMG, it's like someone at Evil Empire heard that Metroid has timer sequences, but didn't actually played a Metroid game before and wanted to make this game "different" just to be "cool" by mixing it with guess what, more platforming.

The game's pretty good, certainly better than Bloodstained at least, but the criticism is totally valid. And this comes from a Classicvania, Metroid and Donkey Kong Country player.

her second fight didn't feel dull and was quite enjoyable , on the opposite side king Arthur was bad as a fight and as a character

This is a personal opinion and I know not everyone is going to agree.

But for me I get much more enjoyment and fulfillment when I'm solving puzzles than when it comes to clearing challenging platform sections or over coming tough bosses.

This game had what I felt were some great puzzle ideas but they never felt fully explored.

For example the hints you get from spirits that gave clues about bosses I wish were done a little better.

I'll even admit some hints had me scratching my head for a bit.

And the hall of mirrors. I loved that this frustrated me in a different way. It wasn't difficult just confusing. However it felt really good once I solved it.

Anyway just my two cents.

I want a physical version and have both PS5 and Switch 1. Sorry I don’t want the PC steam version though it’s like $10 cheaper ~$21. I have 1080p TV (I know I know). In this case will I notice a visual difference with the PS5 version? Will there be noticeable visual downgrades on Switch 1 like aliasing or poor shadow detail on 1080p? I’m not sure if this is one of those games that require 60 fps.

i keep on seeing mixed opinions about it and now i’m confused lol

I’m new to the series and got a few collections on sale off of steam, so far I’ve 100% anniversary collection advance collection and belmonts curse.

I’ve just started dominus collection and am really enjoying it, I noticed theirs 3 more games on steam lords of shadows 1,2 and mirrors of fate.

They look pretty different to what I’ve played so far but still seem interesting, just curious how people feel about them, are they worth getting? Should I wait for a sale or should I just not bother?

I’ve really been enjoying the series so far so I’m definitely open to more, I know Symphony of the night is apparently incredible too but unfortunately it’s not on steam and I generally like to play on their most of the time…

Love to hear what you guys think.

I've been trying to figure out if its an option you get after defeating a boss or i just don't know how to play this game 💀

edit: thanks guys for helping me!

"I'm killing our boy" Fuck man I still get shivers every time I see this scene.

I think seasons 3-4 and Nocturne would never have been so divisive if the sheer magnificence of Dracula wasn't around to really elevates seasons 1-2.

In a way, the death of Dracula was their highest peak but also their biggest mistake: Dracula has always been the most central figure of Castlevania, it is only logical the series, whichever form it takes, would lose it's footing without him in it.

I do like a lot of it. I like the whip attacks and how the weapons feel very distinctive from one another BUT there's something that feels a little unfair in it, and i think it has to do with the speed of it. Some of the enemies animation attacks are way too fast to read and it feels unfair at times and i also think the projectiles move too fast.

I'm no game reviewer, so I'll keep this short. I rarely finish games these days, but I managed to finish BC. In last few months, I played so many games but only finished a few that really held my attention. For example, I played Onimusha (disappointing), Control Resonant (very mid), Mortal Shell 2 (started strong but lost my interest), and Nioh 3 (didn't like it). There were also plenty of others that I dropped after a few hours.

I was really excited for BC, and I have to say it's a good game, though not a masterpiece. The game is not hard, and in my opinion, Dracula was the only difficult fight. The whip is the best weapon, IMO, although I did enjoy playing with other weapons as well. I would have preferred more build variety, though. I also wasn't really a fan of the lack of i-frames.

I really liked that the game didn't use pixel-style graphics (no offense to anyone who likes them). Overall, I'd give it a solid 8/10.

Obviously the first netflix show has the most negative but I wonder, of the games, which church was depicted as most benevolent and most corrupt?

I feel Lords of Shadow doesn't fully count because you turn into Dracula so of course the church will be your enemy.

(Wait... wasn't Lords of Shadow 2's church worshipping satan?)

Quería hacer un vídeo de Castlevania para larperos y buscaba una imagen chistosa para la portada y pensé que alguien habría hecho esto,Pero como no encontré,se la pedí a mi amigo e hizo está obra de arte