Castlevania: Lords of Shadow

[Yoshi]

You can now, yes. The Plus exclusivity is over.

[Changeling]

And we won't get into the Japanese 3D stuff.

Castlevania 64 had issues but was a fun, interesting game. Still felt more like Cvania than the PS2 3D games did.

Also, whats everyone's ultimate Castlevania game? Since Rondo is easy to get ahold of now and doesn't reek of F-chan elitist bullshit, is it still TNL's chosen one?

[Yoshi]

It damn well should be. Nothing else has real Castlevania gameplay and CD-quality music.

[YellerDog]

I still argue in favor of Castlevania III, personally; any time you state any kind of preference, everybody nerds-up on "the better is the enemy of the good" nonsense.

The Famicom version's music is rad as hell.

[Changeling]

I like how I can refresh the page and you're there like Beetlejuice, Yoshi.

[Yoshi]

I still argue in favor of Castlevania III, personally; any time you state any kind of preference, everybody nerds-up on "the better is the enemy of the good" nonsense.

That's my #2.

[Changeling]

Still up on Super Castlevania 4 for the music and atmosphere. Castlevania Chronicles (the 68000?) one for being the perfectly difficult classic Castlevania.

[Yoshi]

Yeah, Chronicles is the X68000 one. I wish IV would have come out a year later so that they could have figured out Nintendo's slow ass hardware first.

[Shin Johnpv]

They mention "long-time Castlevania fans" and then compare it to SotN.

SotN was 13 years ago. 2 Console generations ago, as far as video games go that is pretty long term. Also if you look at what's been released in those 13 years, you have

Legends
64/Legacy of Darkness
Circle of the Moon
Harmony of Dissonance
Aria of Sorrow
Lament of Innocence
Dawn of Sorrow
Curse of Darkness
Portrait of Ruin
Order of Ecclesia
Judgment
The Adventure Rebirth
Harmony of Despair

You have 5 classic style games to 7 Metroidvanias. Its worth making note that the better selling games during this time have been the Metroidvania ones. Which means they're probably the ones people today are most familiar with.

[Yoshi]

It's worth noting that sales are a self fulfilling prophecy when you refuse to release real Castlevanias all together. And I couldn't care less what anyone who has been gaming for less than 13 years thinks about anything. My mother has been gaming longer than that. And she has about as much insight into Castlevania as these reviewers, which is to say none.