New addition: Main files drive link

I know Maria & Richter are pushing it, but the visual continuity is still funny.

This game feels distinctly NOT dead cells wether it’s your attacks not stunning enemy’s or your “dodge” not having I frames or the whip attacks or literally anything else about this game nothing about it screams dead cells you truly are just coping because you don’t like the game PLEASE stop this narrative

I mean this is the same console that will run that Ocarina of Time remake

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Hi folks, This is a promo of Little Caesar in Mexico that I found that Instagram and well it seems that it’s kind of far parody or I don’t know a promotional for the new game or simply it’s just an image for Halloween but I now can imagine Richter going to Dracula’s Castle for Pizza write your best parody related with Pizza of the “What is a man?, a miserable little pile of secrets!”

Mathias/Dracula was absolutely foul for this, making Leon suffer for hundreds of years

I just killed Medusa and made it to the catacombs. I headed back out because it was a few things I needed to do in the cemetery. Yo.

The Catacomb theme is the TRAILER theme which was outstanding to me. And then when I got back to the cemetery, I then said: oh this theme is good too.

I…I don’t know what to say. Man. I’m really just gobsmacked how much fun I’m having. No spoilers, y’all. I’m just…I just needed to express my joy.

“It doesn’t feel like Castlevania. The music is generic. It’s just a Deadcells clone.”

Yeah, I hope your gaming console gets dead.

Source: https://x.com/wanderjegson/status/2111514323474378891?s=20

This isn't meant to be taken seriously. I just thought it was funny. Can't wait in the future when the revisionism kicks in.

Late to the party, but finally suiting up.

So, I'm actually quite liking Belmont's Curse. Once I'm done, Id be interested to take another bite into the franchise while keeping at a Steam ecosystem, and wass curious at the Advance Collection. I supose everybody is gonna tell me it's good, so I'm just asking if thematically/gameplay/storytelling, etc. would feel like a good follow-up.

I guess there's also the other collections, but I'm unsure if the old one would work/feel good on a Steaam Deck/Machine (i would ask on r/SteamDeck but everyone there has turned kinda fucking insane), and it seemed like this one was better to start before getting the Dominus Collection?

Rose, Juan and Medusa LOVE Half-Vampire Blondie Alucard... :3

Not surprised that Rose likes him after all she was partially inspired by Sonia Belmont who actually gets it on with him after all... :3

Game feels incredibly smooth

I want my Castlevania to look like anime, that's what Castlevania is #BringBackDoSandPoRstyle

But actually, I want my Castlevania to not look like anime, that's what Castlevania is #BringBackConanBelmont

But also bring back Ayami Kojima but also don't!

- Sequel to Castlevania III
- Symphony of the Night level design (especially in the Castle)
- Order of Ecclesia game structure
- Simon’s Quest cryptic hint system (but not as confusing)
- Super Castlevania IV whip swinging
- Mirror teleportation from Harmony of Dissonance
- Lament of Innocence lore
- PS2 era forced battles
- Card system like Circle of the Moon
- Platforming with traps similar to the Classicvanias (there are the modern platforming sections but others with traps reminded me of the old games)
- Getting skills from bosses like Aria/Dawn of Sorrow
- Brauner referencing Portrait of Ruin
- General weightiness of the series, the way Rose moves normally (without the movement upgrades) reminded me of Alucard (compared to something like Metroid Dread or even Dead Cells which both are much faster, like flowing water)
- Breakable candles
- Familiar enemies from across the series
- Belmont hunting down Dracula
- Plenty of Easter eggs to the rest of the series

This is all my personal opinion, but I was actually pretty certain this game wouldn’t “feel like Castlevania” a lot more than it did, in the end. But a lot of the systems actually have reminded me of things we’ve had throughout the series. The game isn’t perfect, and there’s a lot different, but I actually see why this was released as a 40th anniversary game as all these systems remind me of games we had in the past.

These, to me, is why I feel it fits in the series overall, despite being different. Maybe you don’t agree, but that’s how I see it.

I completed 80% of the game and now want to talk about how Evil Empire absolutely nailed tragedy of first Belmont with Vampire Killer.
He wasn’t arrogant, wasn’t vengeful, yet he was kind to the very end. He chased Mathias his whole life and grown tired both physically and mentally, so when he got opportunity to just talk with Mathias, he couldn’t resist and spend time with him whole night. In his tired mind he was finally reunited with his best friend that he missed so much, and when he could notice that something was wrong, curse was already in action and everything became blurry.
From some perspective it’s even mercy by Mathias. He couldn’t be a good friend with Leon, yet give his mind peace, although with very severe consequences, that is reoccurring theme with Dracula, really.

If you can manage to use the whip IMMEDIATELY after jumping off a wall it gives you a huge boost. Its kinda difficult for me as you can see but I'm sure you pro gamers can do it without a second thought ever time.

If this is somehow NOT known about already then I coin this the, Whip Jump!