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Castlevania Requiem: Symphony of the Night & Rondo of Blood rated for PS4 in Korea
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If someone is so offended by this, it's simply because of their piece of plastic of choice not getting it but not carrying the other way. It's always the case
The Netflix show was always not going to have an impact on whatever they were doing.
Some people really want games to be exclusive to their console so they can count that at a "win" for their team.
It 100% had an impact on their decision to revitalize the Castlevania franchise.
I have all of the pieces of plastics this generation, save for the Vita, and I also think something like the SEGA Ages games should also be on other systems, same as this. Plenty of other folk in this thread complaining about it also own other systems. Nice try, though
Sega Ages is probably on a tight budget, and probably comes from Sega looking at the Switch and wanting to port their back catalogue to it sooner than later. New console, new initiative. Still sucks that it's exclusive, but you can at least follow the logic. Castlevania ports being only on one platform would be harder to understand, unless there's really a specific reason (maybe the work they did for the PS Classic is just being dumped on the PSN or something).
[citation needed]
I think more than anything the success of Bloodstained on Kickstarter and the success of Bomberman has convinced Konami to bring back some of their games again more than a solely American production that's been in development hell for a decade.
which switch exclusives sis? show me
yep, some people are going to enjoy this too much
port begging of what, exactly? nothing has been announced, this is all speculation
Indeed. Just like Mighty no. 9 most likely had a hand in Capcom deciding to bring back Mega Man.
Well this could be on a tight budget too? Perhaps it's just a simple port running off PS4's PSP emulator?
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018...l-usable-psp-emulator-hidden-in-ps4s-parappa/
Anyway, this is just assuming that it's a PS4 exclusive. As others have previously pointed out, a game rated for a single platform doesn't mean that it won't be available on other platforms as well.
I don't have any inside information, I am just going off my feels here... but it is insane to think that this is going to be locked to PS4. Unless Sony is somehow directly involved, and they have come to an agreement with Konami, which I think is VERY unlikely, these games are going to be on the other consoles. Hell, even if the initial release is only on the PS4, if it sells even okayish they are going to look to make some more easy money on the Switch.
People even talking about platforms right now are being silly. There is likely nothing to worry about and we really don't have any solid information to go on at the moment.
None of those things make a great game. Inverted castle was a nice surprise, although the requirements for it are awfully explained, and after the initial "wow! there's a lot more to explore" moment, you realize just how poorly designed it is, and I don't know how anyone can argue it isn't. It reminds me of the Julius mode in the portable versions, that is also incredibly poorly designed, but not mandatory at least.
Aria and Dawn are definitely the best exploration Castlevanias, and OoE is a great mix of old and new. The soul system in the Sorrow games is absolute genius and a great incentive to get you to know the monsters and complete the bestiary.
I hope nobody is seriously doing that for ports of games that are over 20 years old and have been on multiple systems already.
I really hope I don't have to unlock the version of Rondo I want to play. Yeah the remake fixes up some stuff, but i find the attempt to shoe-horn Rondo into SOTN's art style just didn't work. Just let me play the PC-engine version right off the bat. and emulate it better.
Sigh if this really does just end up being a release of the PSP game I might just skip it and stick with the VC version I have.
Sigh if this really does just end up being a release of the PSP game I might just skip it and stick with the VC version I have.
There's never been a consensus on either. People have always made arguments for Dracula's Curse, Super IV, Bloodlines, the Sorrow games, Ecclesia, etc. It's like arguing which Zelda game is best, opinions are and have always been all over the map.
not that controversial of an opinion. playing it for the first time after playing aria/dawn/portrait/order, it definitely didn't feel like it was the best one
i'm 99.9% sure it won't be locked behind the remake. i'm not even sure if they'll bother including the remake, even tho i like it and i would like to have it in there, at least as an extra.
a sane company would use the buzz and publicity of having a netflix show to announce and promote their game, but this is konami so who knows.
October/Halloween would be a great time to launch this game, so you'd think it would be very soon.
SoTN is one of those games that I feel crazy for having never played, considering what I tend to go for and all the PS1 games I was playing at the time. I've had it as a PSOne classic for a while, it just hasn't been the right place or time for me really. Only CV game I've put more than 5 minutes into was Aria of Sorrow.
A new release would send it to the top of the queue for sure...but I also wonder if it will end up on the PS1 classic or whathaveyou. If it were released for all platforms that would be even better.
A new release would send it to the top of the queue for sure...but I also wonder if it will end up on the PS1 classic or whathaveyou. If it were released for all platforms that would be even better.
your schtick is being wrong so it's good that you think it's the psp game on psn. and ps2? neither rondo or sotn were released on ps2.
Considering how I was this close to buying the PSP collection for portable Rondo, I'd absolutely love it on Switch and would buy it there no problem. But I'm not going to lose sleep if it's on PS4/PC instead. Zone of the Enders was as well and I still have intentions of picking that up sooner or later. Hyper Sports R is Switch exclusive. Bomberman R took a year to get on PC and other platforms. Like it or not, Konami seems to really like exclusives lately and if the game's good and the system they put stuff out on is one I own, then I'll buy. I don't see folks being up in arms over Hyper Sports R not being a multiplat release when it's literally modern Track and Field, so I don't get why it not being on Switch at first would be the end of the world. It wouldn't. I'm just happy more people get to play the godlike Rondo of Blood, and the more platforms the merrier if that does come to be.
I wonder if they're actually going to do a big "announcement" for this game, or if they're just going to stealth drop it digitally around Halloween?
Man do I hope "Castlevania: Requiem" is a brand (as some people here were guessing) and they're planning on releasing everything. I'm so sick of having to juggle like 8 different consoles to play through the series.
Man do I hope "Castlevania: Requiem" is a brand (as some people here were guessing) and they're planning on releasing everything. I'm so sick of having to juggle like 8 different consoles to play through the series.
What a lot of people don't realize is decisions like Requiem, the mobile game, and whatever they has planned are made a good couple of years in advance, which would line up with Bloodstained's success, and I bet not wanting to risk one of their high profile former devs basically taking the brand with him would be a bigger incentive than the Netflix show. Though I suppose the Netflix show didn't hurt especially when it came to mind share.
Basically we're looking at another Mega Man situation yeah.
this tbh
and shanoa is low key the best castlevania character
Ok Mr. Game Journalist it was the show.
I had a good theory going on though.
Your theory isn't super wrong. It wasn't the success of the show, but the show convinced a Konami that's been spinning back up to work on games again that there's validity to the Castlevania license. They made that decision in concert with the production of the first season, and the general feeling it was going to do well, rather than waiting to see how people reacted to it.
Personally, I'd say Dawn of sorrow or Portrait of Ruin for IGA and Dracula's Curse for classic.
The respective "GOAT" for each I can understand and respect, but they each have flaws I don't think elevate them above the games I mentioned, particularly Rondo. It's loved for a very good reason, but there is a certain lack of refinement that I always have a hard time putting my finger on. I can never, ever get behind someone saying Bloodlines, though. No idea what they're smoking when they say that. Similarly I love Ecclesia, but I played the everloving hell out of POR and still really enjoy it. SOTN has backtracking and bloat issues that the inverted castle ends up making even more apparent. To say nothing of it being horribly, horribly balanced as a game in general.
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