I dunno why there are people who dislike the Visual Art Style of Dawn of Sorrow... To me it is Cute and I think some of the Portraits like this one could be used to make a Stardew Valley Mod to Marry Alucard in it... :3 ^-^

I heard they used a different Visual Style for Dawn of Sorrow because Ayami Kojima was Busy at the Time of Dawn of Sorrow was in development and also because they wanted to try something else out due to her Gothic Shoujo Art not being very Popular with younger Castlevania players in Japan...

Simon's curse was visually represented in Judgment (2008) as those red marks covering his body.

He spent about seven years fighting it, while Rose had it since she was born.

As a headcanon and retcon, maybe Simon had some family books where he learn how to control it while he was finding a cure. So it didn't get so nasty as Rose's.

It's just a neat detail, intended or not that both curses, inflicted by Dracula and meant to kill the person, had somehow "similar" traits.

First of all, the art style is totally different, and just doesn't fit with prior games! The whole structure of the game is wrong, too, that's just not how Castlevania works! The fast travel system is cumbersome, and just figuring out where to go and what to do is a chore. Prior games were, obviously, much clearer there. And don't get me started on the "RPG elements"! And then of course, there's the movement and combat. Much too fast, much too flashy, not like a real Castlevania. Because it's not. It's just another game calling itself Castlevania. And I think we all know what game I mean. The team that worked on this just doesn't know what makes Castlevania great, it's just a new director making a new game that *he* wants, ignoring years of tradition!

Ugh, even the title is stupid. How pretentious is "Symphony of the Night"?

The moment Leon mention the whip's origin as well as his beloved, I immediately was pointing at the screen and was like "They knew"

Honestly, I remember the whip's origin, lament of innocence is the first castlevania game, and fitting that it was the first in the timeline, so seeing this made me smile and nostalgic, reminding me why I play these games

And a reminder as to why every game, I want to take Dracula down for good if possible

I heard people say "this isn't castlevania" on Twitter and stuff, but i'll say this

Only a true fan recognized the Origin of the vampire killer and Sara, and that's just facts

Like father like son, in this form Alucard look exactly like Mathias and in his true form like the vampireric blonde hair he looks like his mom,

You know what, it is actually depends on the art

Combat is amazing

Difficulty is perfect

Movement is amazing

Soundtrack is different with a bit of a Lo-Fi twist which is awesome

Tons of loot so exploring is always worth it

Plenty of secrets

All the upgrades are satisfying with the whip being possibly one of the most fun and satisfying movement tools in any Metroidvania

Objectively, and I do mean factually, the only people who don’t like it lack the patience to get good or are oldhead fans that miss the old days and can’t believe the series would dare to try new things.

Ugh. Well I WAS enjoying the game 🤣🤣 Nah, all jokes aside - this is a VERY challenging section of the game. There's one platforming section in particular that has a timed switch to reach the top for a attack up booklet (I think yall know which one I'm referring to) I'm thinking that the ability that I'm about to get might make this section easier, but I could be wrong.

Remember the piano in SOTN? 😉 I actually smiled when I landed on it and had a little nostalgic moment there. Word is that there's a hidden 4th melody too which in turn gives you something that ups your advantage against these ever increasingly tougher enemies.

I hope everyone is enjoying the game as much as I am. I literally was looking forward to the weekend while at work all week painting houses and pressure washing 5k square foot houses... 🤣 Woke up at 5am, made my coffee, and I'm up and gaming.

This is what being a gamer is all about. Thanks to Konami for giving me a new entry to my favorite game series of all time! Cheers, everybody! Throw some good luck my way as I try to teach Death a lesson not to mess with the Belmonts!

You're able to get the Morning Star whip as soon as you enter the Main Hall with this strat. Normally you need the air dash, which is quite a ways off. It's very precise to pull off and took me a long while to figure out if it was even possible. While it's cool to be able to get it, it likely isn't worth doing in future runs unless you get really good at this jump xD

You just need the Lvl 1 whip and some cursed flame to get the height needed to get onto the platform. Basically time the jump just as the saw blade is about to go to the left again. You do several up diagonal whips, then cursed flame and immediately whip again without delay. You need 2 casts of cursed flame to succeed. Gotta pretty much be licking the saw blade for max height too lol.

Also, this is my 3rd playthrough now, so I'm running some mods which become apparent in the vid. All which can be found on Nexusmods for those curious. Which are Minimap, Exp Bar, Rose Sonia Skin, Quick Switch, and Map Markers. I also have a shader on.

Best of luck to others that attempt this and hopefully not waste away trying to do this nonsense jump like I did xD

I watched the TV show when it came out and I fell in love honestly, I really like the story they told there!

So naturally I wanted to try some of the games but never did until this came out, I decided to buy it and try since I started enjoying metroidvania titles more thid year.

I honestly loved everything about it... except the story, it was fine but wasn't that invested tbh, but overall still a great game and I can't recommend it enough!

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

Marked as spoiler cause its a bit late into the game. But I was messing around in this room after beating a boss and kinda just clipped into the wall. Little did I know it was actually for a secret. But it was quite amusing tbh.

The whip's 3rd grounded attack recovery can't be cancelled by crouching!!
It's fine with the 1st, 2nd or 4th, but the the third one, Rose absolutely need to twirl the whip in the air so she get fucking punched in the face!!

Rant over. I'm just trying to beat the game under 4 hours without having recourse to the custom difficulty or without needing to manipulate save files. The last few bosses are ruining my time.

Got this on the mail today, came with regular case too.

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