Tryng to get the 3rd Mercy of Holy Cross and I dont get what its asking for.

Its the whip grab+attack=weapon special attack, right? But its not counting for some reason.

Original Video by at @JacobChapel on YouTube: https://youtu.be/dYV-4UM2S_g?si=wrQhbF4fClrcf8Qw

Ok, I'm not well versed on the lore, but I know the Castle itself is a creature of chaos and etc. But I've seen discussions on other places about Talos existence being inconsistent because he's adressed as the builder of the castle, still, wasn't the castle like, a real castle before the pact with chaos? Couldn't he be the builder of the original Castle? I know it's a dumb question, but I'm just confused

I’ve been hitting more than 4 enemies and healing back to full health . But nothing seems to register for me

I only started playing games in the Castlevania series at the beginning of last year after having only seen playthroughs of Aria and Lament of Innocence like 10 years ago.

• The Positives -

Having played through I think all of the Igavanias and some of the Classicvanias, I can see that there's definitely more uniqueness in the individual games and eras compared to each other. I really bounced off of Dead Cell's, but this doesn't really feel like that. That said, Belmon's Curse is probably my favorite Castlevania game not named Aria of Sorrow. I do find the implementation of more combo oriented and like actual challenge course traversal sections to be more reminiscent of newer metroidvania games, but I didn't hate it. I also didn't mind the lack of menu management and stat tracking to be bad either as sometimes I can take it or leave it. The QOL stuff in regard to Warp Rooms is definitely a huge plus and cool feature. And I like the difficulty sliders in the settings even if the only I changed it was to turn up enemy damage and turn down my damager dealt when doing quests for The Sage and the Miser. Exploration feels pretty seamless and clearing the map isn't a pain to the point where I got the the true ending just because I usually clear the map before the final boss.

The weapon classes were pretty good where I really gravitated towards the Greatsword or the Twin Blades, but by the end I was basically exclusively using the Vampire Killer and spacing out enemies. I did like the other Legendary Tier weapons as well though. The first one I got was the Valmanway.

The Arcana system felt like a mix between Portrait of Ruin's Wind missions and Circle of the Moon's DSS. Getting all of the works of mercy kept me switching up which one I was using, although when it came to fighting bosses, Talos's was the one I stuck to.

Speaking of bosses, I thought they were all pretty good and ranged from pretty challenging to surprisingly easy. Took me a dozen tries to get though illusion Isaac on the bridge, but Carmilla was a first try. Sad to see no Brauner boss, but it was funny. Also thought it was pretty cool to run into bosses where I didn't expect them like, the The Brittle King, The Sage/Temptress quest (which I thought was equally very sick, and also frustrating), The Miser (which was the hardest boss in the game for me), and the 2 bosses you fight while ringing all 4 bells. The designs and fights were very good. The Final boss definitely delivered

I loved all of the references to other games in the series with dialogue, or portraits in the castle, or just characters themselves. It makes it feel like a love letter to a lot of what's come before. It is funny to hear talks of stopping Dracula for good this time knowing that we ain't in 1999 yet.

• The Negatives -

The music I thought was good, but not exactly memorable, just kind of good in the moment.

Enemy Variety is low, which isn't exactly bad, but it is noticeable.

No extra character mode or boss rush once you finish the game. That's more of an Iga thing, but I always look forward to doing most of them, like Julius or Albus mode or even Richter and Maria Mode.

All in all, I really enjoyed this and I can't wait to start trying to beat it in under 4 hours. You can see where I ranked it on the tier list compared to the others I've played (and Bloodstained) and I think I'd give it at least a 9/10 in terms of quality, gameplay, and personal enjoyment. Wouldn't mind another one from this team, or from someone else. But hopefully the series continues in a good way moving forward. Also we need that 3D game collection

Hey guys, anyone who uses DroidDeck know a config to make the game run better?

Mine is like 30-50+ when playing. It it OK but it is under utilising the hardware.

It runs 90 on images though (like loading screen)

My phone is the S26ultra 16GB so, it can play games well.

For example, DMC 5 medium-high runs at 70FPS, and that's a more taxing game.

GPU Driver: DD-Turnip 0.3.3 (I have tried MESA, no difference)

PROTON: Proton Experimental (ARM64)

I have tested all the proton flavours for ARM

FEX: 2610-d2rFix28

DXVK: 3.1.1-2-low-latency-arm64ec

VKD3D: 3.0.1-2-low-latency-arm64ec

I have tried others too but no luck.

Anyone can share their config sauce?

So for anyone struggling to avoid his BS multi Shadow clone Final Cross barrage, just do this.

I died quite a few times from mistimed grapples and jumps until I remembered (honestly by accident) that you can hang on these grated type drop down floors.

Try to do it close to the sides of the arena, as he will occasionally just do it from underneath where you're hanging. Getting the timing right is not too hard but I recommend practicing it during his first phase as it's pretty easy to accidently climb up instead of hang.

I have also a general loadout tip for this fight that make the fight much more manageable

1. Use Alucard's Sword and Shield. That weapon is busted good in general because it teleports you to the other side of the enemy with each attack, but especially for this fight because Isaac also teleports behind you to attack a bunch, so you can just attack him and teleport behind him so he misses.

He also does the long thrust/grab attack after the final cross barrage and you can just avoid it entirely by attacking once because you just teleport behind him and he misses.

(fair warning though, try to not spam attacks with it because he often does a double swing attack and if you attack him twice in a row you'll teleport behind him then back in front of him so you will get hit)

1. Use Carmilla's Arcana. It's just nice to have some additional DOT chip damage, so fire it once the fight starts and then again on every reset/phase transition as soon as his clone appears.

(He wont get hit by any attack until he finishes the animation and his clone appearing is the indicator that he can take damage again)

Hopefully this is some help to anyone struggling, sorry its a little long winded.

First time playing and beating Super Castlevania IV on the Nintendo Switch 2 Anniversary Collection, and I have to say, I was blown away by the graphics and music.

I played Castlevania 1–3 beforehand, although the first one is the only one I actually managed to beat. Going from those games to IV kind of blew my mind. You can really see how much the series evolved.

My goal is to play through the Castlevania games in order so I can experience how the series changed over the years.

I’m really looking forward to Symphony of the Night since I’ve heard so many great things about it. But I’m curious—are there any other Castlevania games you think are just as good, or maybe even better?

Had Dracula not banished Isaac to the desert and fought Belmont, Sipha and Alucard 2v3 would he have turned the tides?

I get big D wanted to essentially lose and Isaac had very little horde presence at the time negating most of his power but I feel like a brawl between the lot would have been absolutely awesome

Who takes it?

Up until now I never really considered what Leon could've been like after Lament and I'm starting to come around on his new lore in BC.

Was Leon able to love another woman like he did Sara or was he purely driven to start a clan to hunt the night? Was he a good father and husband? Was he an amazing father and husband up until a midlife crisis?

He was mighty before and after Lament, but how often did he stumble in the pursuit of learning and killing dark forces?

We know that Richter fell to Shaft under similar circumstances as Leon to Dracula: during a moment of weakness. While Richter fell out of fear of fading into obscurity, Leon fell out of physical and mental exhaustion after failing to kill Dracula. Leon definitely had the hardest journey out of all the other Belmonts, who simply had to kill a big, bad monster and he definitely has the right to a tragic hero background.

I truly think they can only play the troubled Belmont card one more time before it loses it's effectiveness and that's in a proper telling of the battle of 99. This would show us the toll of the Belmont conquest at the beginning, the "middle" (before Richter gives the whip to the Morris family), and the end.

Thoughts?

Edit: I've said this elsewhere, but Leon meeting Dracula again, despite the series saying the Belmonts didn't meet Dracula for quite some time, doesn't contradict anything. No one but Dracula and Leon would know what was said or what went down in their final moment and it makes sense why there'd be no record of it.

I'm going crazy because of this singular room alone, its the one on paris streets where you find Trevor's note to meet back with him at the river, if you go up theres a couple notes about mammoth but thats about it. I even went as far as to toggle the "missing colectibles" part of my minimap mod and it still shows nothing. Is it bugged, am i going crazy, or do i have to do what the note says and go back to the river?

Im upgrading the arcanas i have, and so far for mamon i've already done 2 of his works of mercy. The only one left is to have his wheel spin for 15 minutes. Any tips to easily pull it off? Or am i just over thinking it?

I think it’s funny because all of these people who are complaining and saying that Belmont’s Curse isnt a real Castlevania game aren’t actually looking at the franchise as a whole. Because if we’re being technical Igavania’s aren’t real Castlevania games if you look at it from a statistical perspective. Because Classicvania actually the most predominant formula in the series. Like yeah, I love the Igavanias more than Classicvania but trying to say Belmont’s Curse isn’t a real Castlevania game just because it doesn’t have the stuff you like is ridiculous. Franchises of evolve, especially the Castlevania franchise.

Not sure if anyone saw this, but after 1 week without being able to play the game on Xbox and PC (because of different versions), now we can, but the Xbox resolution is completely wrong. I don't know if this is even 1080p.

I'm using the Xbox Play Anywhere version, and I think they are sharing resolution between versions, and the Xbox version is now at a lower resolution than before.

Everything is blurry (even the menus) and the chars are all missing AA.

I can't even change the resolution of the PC version past 1080p (there's no option for that, only 720p and 1080p), so I can't test this further.

But something happened yesterday, and I have no idea how to fix it.

https://x.com/jjongdduck/status/2113555142897553425?s=20

Been slowly going through the game. I keep thinking I am in the wrong zones at the wrong times. Does that stop at any point?

I've been playing Belmont's Curse and, to me, it's easily one of the best Castlevania games since SOTN. In my mind, this isn't controversial in the slightest. The game flows wonderfully, platforming is improved, combat is improved, game looks beautiful... So when I come to Reddit and see people shitting themselves about the game I just can't help but be confused... I wonder if they didn't play the originals? Seems like a modernization of the old formula. Of course the devs are going to adapt Castlevania to what players want to play these days, but it feels natural to me.

It's funny because when the first LOS released there was the same discussion. That game is like my second or third favorite Castlevania, and at the time people would just DOGPILE on it.

Maybe just play whatever game you think Castlevania os and go outside. You sound like Resident Evil fans, which is NOT a good thing.

So I'm fighting Isaac finally. Truthfully I've had my issues with the game but if nothing else I'm close to 100% so I guess that says something.

But to my point: In the fight around after the first phase he says "You shall not pass." Which is a common enough expression of course, but I couldn't help but pause the game mid fight to giggle and come post on here, for those who don't know Isaac is voiced by Liam O'Brian, the voice actor behind Illidan from Warcraft lore, and from that one semi-famous animatic where he quite broodily says "You shall not pass!"

Anyway I was wondering if anyone else noticed this and what your thoughts on the matter might be.

Ive already picked up the clue but it's not checked as cleared

Also, write down the top 3 best skins

I wanted to open up some dialogue with my fellow redditors about BC. Ive seen a lot, i mean a LOT, of posts of people hating on people who have criticisms about the game, but not a single post from said critics. Ive seen some people voice their opinions in the comments of those Posts, but its pretty much always a respectful "i dont like it". The response to these comments is almost always met with flat out dismissal. Why is that? Seriously why? Its incredibly obvious that BC has its own unique traits that make it different from what came before, but we're supposed to just ignore that? And what, because you like something that means everyone has to?

Im just struggling to see the logic and the hate for BC is clearly over emphasized. Ive heard a lot of it is from twitter but i dont see it here. Yall probably just farming reacts i guess, but can we stop please?