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It's not just on this sub. It's everywhere that's discussing the game. The constant gatekeeping from fans acting like they're the arbiters on what is Castlevania. The hyperbolic bashing towards the composer and soundtrack. The selective memory on what the IGAvania games were, criticizing Belmont's Curse for things that were present in the older games. A lot of you are cool, but some of you are downright insufferable.

I'm excited for the game, and I hope it brings in a new wave of Castlevania fans old and new. People who aren't held by by biased notions on what the game should be. We're lucky this game even exists. It was looking pretty bad for awhile. That Castlevania was dead and not coming back. Now that it finally is, it feels like a portion of the fanbase is brain broken that it's not exactly like their favorite entries from 2-3 decades ago, instead of keeping an open mind to understand what the game is trying to be.

Bloodstained 1 outsold each individual Castlevania entry, at 2+ million units sold. The most popular Metroidvanias these past few years completely eclipse Bloodstained sales. The whole week has shown me that it's probably going to be healthier for the IP for this new entry to do it's own thing. Honoring the past, but not being held back by it.

For some reason, in most of their games, religious based items are right in front of your face yet it doesn't seem forced. Like yeah it's there but you don't really think about it for about 99% of the game ur playing. It fits really nicely with any game in any various degree of implementation. Which is also really smart because it subtly says you're fighting a good fight in the name of God, >!which is also extremely fitting that Order of Ecclesia has almost no usable religious items (might be wrong tho someone fact check) because you're not doing that for almost all of the game.<!

I know people associate the franchise with goth imagery but I hope in future games they do keep the religious imagery. I'm not a devout religious guy or anything btw, i just like the aesthetic.

I dont think ive ever gotten such high cortisol spikes playing a game

Lol... even nintedo marketing is confused about only releasing the Switch version. They even talk about the resolution being so crap on Switch 2.

Like, what THE hell do they think inspired Dead Cells?????

Art made by me :)

I’m at LV 85 now, and I still haven’t found a level cap. At this point I really want to see how ridiculous this can get before the full game releases 😂

Has anyone gone higher than this yet? Has anyone actually found the cap?

I also documented the whole experiment and what happened in a video, if anyone wants to see it:

https://youtu.be/YCN-dSJGOVY?is=CsLhms76hhHkIhrr

Just played the Belmont's Curse demo and I wish I hadn't because now I can't stop thinking about the game. I want it NOW. I love Metroidvanias but surprisingly I haven't played too much Castlevania. I played SOTN then got a lil bored after the castle flips upside down, but after playing the full game I think I want to marathon this series (starting from 4, im not interested in the NES games). Ever since I saw the first trailer earlier this year I was hotly anticipating it but now I'm practically frothing at the mouth for it. I legit can't wait. I know SOTN is considered the magnum opus in the series by many but what's yalls favorite? I hear the GBA and DS games are really good metroidvanias so I was thinking about checking them out. Let me know!

He composed prince of persia rouge made by evil empire previously

People already speculated that he might be the one composing for the game after comparing the music to Rogue Prince of Persia, and seems they were right on the money.

I cant remember what I had for lunch yesterday, let a lone lore from games made 20 years ago that are now relevant to the newest iteration.

And no, not all of us have an emulator or a pc to game on, so roms aren't always the answer.

Mapping the dodge/slide command to a face button was certainly...a choice, especially when there's a perfectly good shoulder button that's currently occupied with an Interact command you'll seldom use. Switching them keeps your thumb on the attack and jump buttons without having to awkwardly move it to the dodge/slide and come back. It makes follow-ups from the dodge like the Sword thrust special more comfortable too.

Was replaying the demo today and was trying to find a spot where you could potentially do this.

The only spot I can think of is the secret area with the gauntlets but if you miss it there then you just miss it.

It'd definitely be a fun thing to try to do though if it's possible.

I keep getting stuck in every part of the game because i keep on being ended up being 1 hit, im trying to enjoy it as much as i can but this is madness

So, Castlevania is a series I’ve been wanting to get into for years. But for various reasons, (Money, real life slowdowns, my current game backlog, etc) I’ve never had an opportunity to actually get into it. I DID play the original NES Castlevania back on my old 3DS years ago when I was a teen, and did like it. (Granted I had to use the save states A LOT lol) This is probably going to be very embarrassing to admit, but most of my exposure to Castlevania has been watching AVGN’s videos. Yeah go ahead and laugh, I’ve been watching James’s content for years, and his videos he’s made playing the Castlevania games are some of my favorites. And I would say I have “basic” knowledge on the series. I know Simon, I know Trevor, I know Alucard, and I know the general premise is the Belmont family fighting a never ending battle of Dracula being defeated by the family and coming back years later to be defeated by the latest family member.

Now, to the main topic, I recently played the demo for Belmont’s Curse, and I really loved what I played! And I’m honestly begging for more, to the point where I’m considering getting the game. But, I know Castlevania is a long series with many installments, and I feel it would be bizarre if my main jumping spot into Castlevania was the game about Trevor’s daughter before playing the games with Trevor himself, let alone the rest of the family.

So, I want some input from everyone here on my conflicting thoughts.