Castlevania - What a horrible night to have a curse - The Bear and Badger

Dinostar77

Hit my first proper boss in this game (bloodstained). A chick called bloodless whos kicking my ass. Luckily theres plenty to explore and do so i can go level up and come back to her. If that helps.

davyK

Moot_Geeza wrote:

Is Rebirth the WiiWare one?

Yup. It's very nice but it's a shame they didn't do it in 480p as the graphics would have shone. It has a boosted SNES look to it which I find pleasing. There are one or two alternate paths, at least one of which skip a mid boss, that are accessed using keys.

It's short - I wanted more - but it's sweet.

I didn't realise III was well regarded - I should give that a go.

retroking1981

davyK wrote:

It's short - I wanted more - but it's sweet.

That's exactly how I feel about it, could have been a contender for the higher ranks had there been more of it.

Bloodlines is a bit similar in that respect. A few levels more and that would be a contender for my favourite one with Rondo/IV.

davyK wrote:

I didn't realise III was well regarded - I should give that a go.

III is amazing, if you can cope with NES hard. In many ways IV was a step back and many consider III to be superior. I can see why but not for me.

ChopperByrne

IV is a good game, just not a good Castlevania game.

Eight way whip just invalidates most sub weapons, and you rarely have the same sense of danger as you do in other traditional Castlevania games.

III is great, and Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon is an even better III.

davyK

I can see why you think the way you do about IV. It was the first I ever played so I always found it tough going to another game and losing the 8 way whipping.

But I do like the older games. Will definitely give III a go.

Dinostar77

Beat bloodless boss, in the end not too tough. Levelled my character up a few times, upgraded by deathbringer axe (a very costoy upgrade i might add). Swapped my rings out for two rings that increased chances of critical hits at the cost of lowering my overall damage inflicted and a few vials of health potions. 3 attempts later boss is dead and i can move on. Good game.

Dinostar77

Eurogamer

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night shares 2020 roadmap as sales surpass one million

Boss Revenge Mode due first later this month.

News by Matt Wales, on 10 June 2020

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, Koji Igarashi's acclaimed spiritual successor to the Castlevania series, has now surpassed one million sales, and developer ArtPlay has shared its 2020 development roadmap to accompany the news.

Prior to Bloodstained's launch last June, ArtPlay pledged a wide range of post-launch development updates, many of which had initially been promised as Kickstarter stretch goals. As 2019 went on, however, its most publicised post-launch development activity revolved around remedying Bloodstained's troubled Switch port, with the only additional content news arriving earlier this year when ArtPlay announced it was cancelling its previously promised rogue-like mode, replacing it with a scaled-back Randomiser mode.

That left a heap of promised content still to come, with Bloodstained's first substantial update - introducing a second playable character, Zangetsu, and the aforementioned Randomizer Mode - finally arriving in May. And with that out the way, ArtPlay has now committed to release windows for Bloodstained's remaining content in its newly revealed development roadmap.

Based on current predictions, Bloodstained's next new additions will be the long-promised Boss Revenge Mode - in which players take control of one of four bosses to battle the game's heroes - and a new Chroma Wheel, bringing an increased range of character customisation options. Both will come to PC, Xbox One, and PS4 on 23rd June, and to Switch in July.

These will be followed by a VS Mode and Chaos Mode, both supporting online and local multiplayer, some time in Q3 2020. The former promises tense survival - in which players compete by indirectly attacking one another - while Chaos Mode is described as a specialised boss rush for one or two players, incorporating randomised drops and special sub-goals.

Q3 should also see the arrival of an "80s-style" Classic Mode, pitting protagonist Miriam "against a series of sub-bosses laid out across five harrowing stages and three difficulty levels". The gimmick here, according to ArtPlay's previous discussion of the mode, is that Bloodstained's original open-ended level design will be reworked into a strictly linear affair, closer to that of the early Castlevania games.

Rounding off the current 2020 roadmap is a still-mysterious third playable character for Bloodstained, and ArtPlay says to expect additional updates for bug fixes and improvements, paid DLC, and "a few other surprises".

"We want to thank all the game's fans for being a part of this amazing journey," wrote ArtPlay of its one million sales, "and for making Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night a global success".

Moot_Geeza

Dinostar77 wrote:

Q3 should also see the arrival of an "80s-style" Classic Mode, pitting protagonist Miriam "against a series of sub-bosses laid out across five harrowing stages and three difficulty levels". The gimmick here, according to ArtPlay's previous discussion of the mode, is that Bloodstained's original open-ended level design will be reworked into a strictly linear affair, closer to that of the early Castlevania games.

Well now. I'm not at all averse to a Metroidvania format these days but this still piques my interest.

Dinostar77

Yeh me too, i do need to go back and finish of bloodstained

retroking1981

Me three.

davyK

Linear Castlevania is very much me. Lost interest when it went Metroid.

Dinostar77

I'd still be over the moon if the GBA and DS Castlevania's were ported to the Switch.

retroking1981

Circle of the Moon 2 has been announced.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ynesdjzxix0&feature=emb_logo

hylian_elf

A beautiful new print from Cook and Becker. By renowned artist Dave Rapoza.

https://www.cookandbecker.com/en/artwork/2976/simon-belmont-castlevania-dave-rapoza.html

LivDiv

Wrong fred

acemuzzy

hylian_elf wrote:

A beautiful new print from Cook and Becker. By renowned artist Dave Rapoza.

https://www.cookandbecker.com/en/artwork/2976/simon-belmont-castlevania-dave-rapoza.html

One man's beautiful is another man's WTAF is that

hylian_elf

LivDiv wrote:

Wrong fred

Eh? How so?

Anyway, I bagged print no. 1! Woot!

davyK

That C-vania print is a lovely bit of work. Has me wondering if pieces like that will be considered highly desirable 100 years or so from now.

I'm sure arty folk got very sniffy over popular culture when it was contemporaneous way back.

hylian_elf

I still like traditional art rather than digital, but I’ll go for anything that just looks nice and evokes anything, something, in me.

davyK

Aye. I suppose that's the point of it.

Dinostar77

KONAMI WHERE ARE MY SWITCH REMASTERS OF GBA AND DS CATSLEVANIA GAMES YOU FECKING IDIOTS.

retroking1981

Rebirth re-releases as well please

retroking1981

Castlevania Collection 2 maybe??

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/06/castlevania_advance_collection_possibly_revealed_by_rating_in_australia

regmcfly

Yoooooo

afgavinstan

All over that.

Brooks

Did anyone watch the cartoon Netlfix did? An anime with actually decent voicework and well-executed ultraviolence?? Omg????!??

Paul the sparky

I did, loved it. Get on the Greek one next. Blood of Zeus, cheers Google

afgavinstan

Paul the sparky wrote:

Get on the Greek one next.

Based on that Russel Brand film? Nice.

cosmicjellybean

That series was just amazing. Like, scarily well done compared to what I was expecting, really.

Also the big ending fight in series 3 was fucking heart stopping! Such a good series.

But yeah I’d be all over a gba collection. I have since found out aria of sorrow is on the wii u though so I have an alternative if it never happens.

Would also really like order of ecclesia and kick myself for not buying it when it came out.

Tempy

Couldn’t bring myself to watch any of it cos of Ellis. Bad times.

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