>>12883709
It's for us trannies chud

Does Castlevania have the worst fanbase in all of retro gaming?

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>>12883709
I prefer the old style as well. Don't get me wrong, I love anime, but I don't want that in my gothic horror video game. I want the Golden Ax Boris Vallejo look.

>>12884060
Nah, as a popular game with different eras it can be bad as any but I wouldn't say it's as bad as certain Capcom and Nintendo ips, namely Mega Man, Street Fighter, Mario, and Zelda

>>12884835
sovl

>>12883709
I'm surprised this is not a more standard opinion among purists, the igavanias drastically altered the formula, casualizing it and stripping the series of most of it's challenge. I still think the games are good for what they are, but it's a completely different style of game. It doesn't serve as a replacement imo. I wish they kept the classic formula alive in the form of a sub-series or something. At least a simple retelling of Simon's story every few years would suffice.

>>12885103
All of the highest praised classic CV games are easy though, except for 3. CV4, Rondo, Bloodlines, not that hard.

>>12885129
Yeah, the games are not particularly hard, in the same vein as a shmup or a beat em up for example, but most of it's challenge comes from memorization, learning enemy patterns and taking advantage of subweapons, (specially if you want to beat them in one go instead of "credit feeding") which was the appeal of the classic games. It's not only about raw difficulty, if that was the issue you could take any igavania and attempt a no hit run and it would be a lot harder. It's more about how they changed the structure and shifting the focus on exploration and rpg mechanics.

Real fans play both and don't behave like retarded children.

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>>12884835
I get that, but I find Kojima's art to fit Castlevania so well.

>>12885129
idk how you can compare bloodlines' difficulty to fucking sotn

>>12885187
>Real fans eat shit and don't have opinions
That's called being a cuck/drone not a fan

>>12884060
No, that’s smash stinkies

>>12885129
none of them are easy in the sense of igivanias, maybe the first half of IV. they're designed in such a way for you to meet periodic brick walls that you need to grind through(or in the case of bloodlines being a limited continue arcade game). the pacing of challenge in the metroidvanias is way more broad, you're expected to die maybe a handful of times in a playthrough.

>game universally agreed upon as being difficult
>/vr/: EHRM THESE GAMES ARE NOT ACTCHULLY HARD *Pushes up glasses* I CAN 1CC EVERY GAME IN THE SERIES WITH MY EYES CLOSED AND MY HANDS TIED BEHIND MY BACK THEREFORE THESE GAMES ARENT HARD

>>12885762
Yeah I don't know why but Castlevania is one of the those series where people really like having a dick measuring contest over how hard their favorite is. CV1 and CV4 are my favorites and both probably rank on the lower end of difficulty across classicvanias, I don't care if they're "too easy" because fining them fully never disappoints me regardless.

>>12885686
You game over in Bloodlines maybe 2 or 3 times max if you're not shit at games, and most of your deaths are probably going to be in that annoying stage with the mirror effects.

>>12885831
unreasonable shithead take

>>12885681
that looks like a drag queen

>>12886031
I’l take your word for it

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>>12886035
what a weird way to find out you're gay, but that's cool for you I guess. It looks like a big man wearing make up to appear more feminine, which I guess you like. So, there ya go.

I like the Harrison Ford/Arnold combo.

>>12886040
The face is specifically, a woman's face, that's the weird thing

I’m so confused are you calling Castlevania 4 gay or real? Are those the only two options? Because it’s worse than what I would think of as the gay anime ones and definitely worse than the real ones. Or are you being deliberately confusing? It doesn’t have the anime thing yet, but it’s way too easy and pretty gay and definitely casual bait. I’d rather play Bloodlines which feels like Castlevania or Rondo of Blood and Symphony of the Night where it had Castlevania 2 influence and basically turned into Metroid with leveling up. You even get to play as a protagonist from real Castlevania in SOTN. The game boy games carried this on ok. Even if the character art is a little anime styled.

But if you’re pretending Castlevania 4 is “real Castlevania” that is the twinkiest femboy faggy thing you could do. Castlevania 3 is real Castlevania and shits on Super Castlevania Bros. 4. The best things about 4 is the music and a few mode 7 gimmicks if that’s your thing. It’s better than the N64 clusterfuck I guess.

>>12885103
Yeah I'm surprised that during xbox live arcade/wiiware days there were not more classicvania like adventure rebirth

>>12887149
It's very simple.

Real Castlevania is the action platformers that appeal to men. The other ones that rip off Super Metroid and appeal to fags are gay

I played Symphony of the Night and enjoyed it, was that considered a faggy one? The main character did seem to dress like a homo. I haven't played a Castlevania game since.

>>12884060
probably valve

>>12887875
Ok how about Castlevania 2 on NES? The one with all the backtracking, where you gain new abilities and find or buy items to progress through locked areas? The one with the rpg style leveling system? The one where you talk to npcs and visit towns and shops? The one released in 1986/1987 about 7 years before Super Metroid? Is that a faggy Super Metroid ripoff?

>>12887875
>>12888147
Or Vampire Killer for the MSX?

>>12888147
Simons Quest made me feel like a man when playing it. Arbitrary hints, vague clues, too much time shopping, no idea what the game actually wants me to do, it was just like dating a woman.

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>>12888553
>no idea what the game actually wants me to do, it was just like dating a woman.
boomer humor of "I hate women/my wife" in 2026... BASED.

>>12888553
Verdict on Kid Dracula?

>>12891497
When you play as little boy? Yea, that's not manly.

I too cannot possibly enjoy two takes on the same franchise, I must pick one and only play that.

>>12886040
>You're a homo, anyways I love these muscular long haired dudes showing us their bare thighs, this is a real heterosexual man's taste

>>12891938
In what world is a man that looks like a man more gay than a drag queen?

>>12891968
If you looked at this lad >>12885681 and thought "hmm, this reminds me of a female", then I have bad news for you.

>>12891976
Do you not know what a drag queen is?

>>12884060
Ocarina babies are worst.

>>12883709
The real Castlevania was on 90s TV

>>12885762
Every game is easy after you die 1000 times and master them. Those people who say Dark Souls is the real 3d Castlevania are absolutely right. They share the same retarded pretentious fanbase.

>>12886031
I think he looks like a goth rock singer or something, it's fitting for Castlevania and Halloween.

>>12891976
>>12886040
Can confirm. I thought he was hot. I also thought Hector was hot. That's when I discovered I might be bi.

>>12883709
I did not know that Simon is considered a dhampir in this one but that is what the wiki told me. It seems wrong to me that he would be one but eh still a great game.

I do agree with you OP. The Belmont's should all be true masculine men. Alucard and Soma could be twinks though since they are part vampire and vampires are faggy twinks often enough in media. A Belmont should be high test and never a bitch figuratively and literally.

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>>12886040
>>12885681
Kojima also drew Conan Simon

I don't think it's gays, mostly yumejoshi women having shit taste on men sometimes. (Fujos are still the worse)

>>12894408
This makes her Simon look better in comparison.

>>12884835
>>12883709
The culture that appreciates artwork like this has sadly disappeared. We know what kind of artstyle the modern audience likes these days and it looks nothing like this.

>>12883709
>it's a "gen xer pretends his favorite series wasn't always anime because of western material that tries to copy frazetta" episode

>>12894439
anime was manly back then

>>12894408
Conan Simon is such a kino design. One of the coolest looking video game characters ever designed.

>>12894408
>>12885681
>>12886040
Why does he have a sword on his belt if he just uses the whip and sub-weapons?

>>12883709
Original Castlevania was inspired by old western horror movies.
Nuvania was inspired by Vampire Hunter D and eventually shonen manga.

I love the classicvania games, I love them especially in the visual aspect, but I try to ignore that in most of them I'm playing as a dude in a loincloth.

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>>12894606
One more reason why Richter's peak.

>>12884918
why dont you fags just say soul? whats going on here even

>>12896292
if only the sprite looked anything close to richter, dude has long blue hair

>>12892141
Cockarina trannies btfo

>>12894606
yea, he should have armor on and stuff, but then again he's running and jumping around in an castle, so he needs to be light.

I think the armor looks cool, kinda like the Freeza army stuff

>>12886040
>X68000
Redpill me on this one

>>12894408
Looks a lot more tranny

>>12894469
>Original Castlevania was inspired by old western horror movies.
>Nuvania was inspired by Vampire Hunter D and eventually shonen manga.

Except the game that took the most inspiration from Vampire Hunter D *is* the first Castlevania, and the movie had just came out 2 years prior.
The entire concept of Dracula not "just" being a vampire but the lord of all demons is from VHD; including having all kinds of different monsters as minions and the entire throne room trope.
Fighting with a whip comes from VHD.
Half the game follows beat by beat the progression of the movie once the protag enters the castle. First there is a corridor with zombies and a feline monster. Then the protag falls into a floor pit trap and ends up in the watery catacombs. Then he fights Medusa.
Even Simon's clothes are reminiscent of the vampire fighting girl from the movie (the one who uses a whip).

CV2 made it even more obvious by copy/pasting Dracula's appearance with the long coat.

Castlevania = Ghost'n Goblins gameplay + VHD story + western horror movies theming (+ a bit of Lupin for the clock tower)
and then the marketing focused on the western horror movies to avoid lawsuits and they claimed "the whip comes from Indiana Jones, it totally doesn't come from the very successful horror story made famous 2 years prior in which a vampire hunter uses a whip and fights a vampire that is actually not just a vampire by the lord of all demons like in our story, no sir, nope, never heard of it actually"

I like them both. The linear action games are for when you want a little challenge, the exploration games are for relaxing and getting boners from the death noises of female enemies.

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>>12906003

I always thought it was interesting how many Japanese games had "Westernized" box art when localized to the US. I really miss the Frank Frazetta-inspired fantasy vibe.

>>12901278
It's brutally difficult but it's pretty cool

>>12883709
>remake slop
This is real Castlevania.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZbrsOnN2bk

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>>12886031
Only retards never appreciate Kojima art work

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>>12894459
Komani should ignore Westoid and continue using redhead Simon

>>12903079
>made by South American with little English
Chudbros...

>>12883709
This game feels kinda stiff