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[Creaking]

The last half dozen "castlevania" games.

Why would you expect something different from Iga's project?

If you want a Classicvania game, bug whoever designed/directed those back in the day.

 

[Ahasverus]

I'd love for someone to explain to me how they think the GBA/DS Igavania's were objectively worse than SotN.

Worse graphics, worse story (except AoS) worse music, filled with gimmicks.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

I would love to understand the Hayter obsession. Did you play Peacewalker by any chance?

Some people think MGS4, wasn't, in fact, a mostly awful melodramatic convoluted cornball of an interactive narrative, but actually a video game masterpiece. Surely not that much of a leap to think something as objectively terrible as Hayter's vocal performance in the last couple MGS titles would also be seen as fantastic.

 

[Niks]

sooo, no new stretch goals?

 

[theSlacker]

How about updating that page? :c

 

[Boke1879]

If the Vita is the last stretch goal they need to announce it so it doesn't stop this train.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

I think duckroll actually made it go faster, it's passed $850,000

 

[Nirolak]

Well the Peking Duck Roll is prepared with salt.

 

[kuroshiki]

....
Ok. gotta admit. This pic is kinda cute.

 

[Crocodile]

Sounds like a Vita version will be an upcoming stretch goal.

There was interest expressed but nothing was confirmed (basically neither confirm nor deny). Don't give people false hope.

 

[Lee Chaolan]

WHO TOLD YOU THIS?

Aren't you watching the stream?

They said they could neither confirm nor deny a Vita goal in the basement dungeon, which sounds like there's something brewing.

 

[duckroll]

I think... I'm going to go throw up.

 

[~Kinggi~]

How about updating that page? :c

Wonder who is working with IGA to think up new goals. They have been actively doing the stream after all. And they might not have expected it to be as fast.

 

[Easy_D]

Can't wait for the Jennifer Hale tier to eventually show itself...

I'm hoping for some Cam Clarke myself. He needs to voice Johannes.

 

[hawk2025]

I think duckroll actually made it go faster, it's passed $850,000

The duckroll effect is real.

The hate only makes us stronger.

 

[theSlacker]

I think... I'm going to go throw up.

 

[F0rneus]

Castlevania had pork chops hidden in walls. I'm up for roast duck in Bloodstained's walls.

 

[Holy Order Sol]

I think... I'm going to go throw up.

please throw up money to pledge tho

 

[Teknoman]

How did that game turn out?

Some people think the level design is going to be really simplistic, and they don't like the environment art style. That and some complaints about not being close to concept art in motion.

 

[theSlacker]

Wonder who is working with IGA to think up new goals. They have been actively doing the stream after all. And they might not have expected it to be as fast.

A guy just said that in the stream. Still they already have the goals worked out and unlocks for them in place. Someone should have been made available to update the page.

 

[Red Arremer]

Worse graphics

It's mostly the same assets though. And the 3D parts in SotN were utterly ugly.

worse story (except AoS)

I can agree on that. But I don't care much about story in a game like this.

worse music

That's super subjective. Personally I find OoE's and PoR's soundtracks universally better than SotN's.

 

[SolidSnakex]

Since Iga did the rounds to do various interviews, has anyone asked him what happened to his 2008 Castlevania project (PS3/360)?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5cANFk2FRE

It was shown once and then we never heard from it again. It's obvious that Konami decided to go with Mercurysteam's version, but i'm curious if there's more to it than that as well as how far into development they were before it was canned.

 

[Nocturnowl]

Hayter's awful voice acting in 2015

If anything you just convinced me he's the right man for this job by being so wrong, why his vintage voice will make the game feel like a true SotN successor, especially if they host his recordings in an echoey cave.

 

[kuroshiki]

I think... I'm going to go throw up.

Do it faster, more, louder. It seems like your reaction and kickstarter funding has reverse relationship. The worse your condition becomes the faster funding accumulates.

 

[Ishida]

Some people think the level design is going to be really simplistic, and they don't like the environment art style. That and some complaints about not being close to concept art in motion.

Ah, so they haven't played it to completion yet. I thought I missed the launch, because of the way some people talk about the game in past tense.

Fuck their irrelevant comments, then.

 

[Chibits12]

I'm feeling nostalgic. Time to listen to the Castlevania: SoTN soundtrack lol.

 

[RPGamer92]

Holy crap, I didn't expect it to pass all of its stretch goals today :O

 

[clay_ghost]

Is Nintendo really the last goal? Will love a wiiu version with map on the padscreen.

 

[Team Alucard]

I'd love for someone to explain to me how they think the GBA/DS Igavanias were objectively worse than SotN.

I still feel that Symphony has the best castle design and the best soundtrack by far. But in regards to controls, enemy/boss design, and combat systems, Aria, Portrait, and Ecclesia are all better.

Dissonance was more or less a completely inferior version of Symphony, and Dawn was awful due to soul leveling.

 

[Crocodile]

I wonder if they are going to preview any of the Shovel Knight DLC

 

[BocoDragon]

If anything you just convinced me he's the right man for this job by being so wrong, why his vintage voice will make the game feel like a true SotN successor, especially if they host his recordings in an echoey cave.

Yeah... personally I don't think Castlevania should have "good" voice acting. There needs to be an element of gothic camp to it all.

If it becomes serious like some Underworld or True Blood vampire drama - I'm not interested.

 

[Kensuke]

Hopefully they'll update the kickstarter page soon. Always curious to see more stretch goals.

 

[hitsugi]

now we see how long it takes for people to "unlock" further stretch goals.

can't help but feel like that was a mistake.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

If anything you just convinced me he's the right man for this job by being so wrong, why his vintage voice will make the game feel like a true SotN successor, especially if they host his recordings in an echoey cave.

A documentary on the production of SotN showed that all of SotN's voice acting was actually done by two people(a guy and a girl for Maria) speaking into a tin can. To the japanese game designers ears, who didn't speak a lick of English, this sounded totally cool and amazing, and was put into the game

 

[LaneDS]

Since Iga did the rounds to do various interviews, has anyone asked him what happened to his 2008 Castlevania project (PS3/360)?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5cANFk2FRE

It was shown once and then we never heard from it again. It's obvious that Konami decided to go with Mercurysteam's version, but i'm curious if there's more to it than that as well as how far into development they were before it was canned.

That's all we ever saw. Was quietly canned and then we got LoS instead.

Edit: which I guess your post explains. I never saw an explanation given, but would also like one.

 

[Ishida]

Yeah... personally I don't think Castlevania should have "good" voice acting. There needs to be an element of gothic camp to it all.

If it becomes serious like some Underworld or True Blood vampire drama - I'm not interested.

Great post. I agree completely.

 

[theSlacker]

Is Nintendo really the last goal? Will love a wiiu version with map on the padscreen.

It may be somewhere in the dungeon, or castle basement. Seeing the dungeon stretch goals takes 30 achievements. Rest of the castle stretch goals are at 10 and 15 achievements.

 

[Sanctuary]

It's been entirely too long since I've played a quality, sprite based action adventure game.
Dragon's Crown would have been the most recent, but that's not really the same since it's more of a side brawler.

 

[Finale Fireworker]

I really hope they're not waiting for the social media goals to unlock the new stretch goal thresholds. I'm wondering what the hold up is.

 

[Jotamide]

Jennifer Hale is top tier talent but playing as Shepard would he distracting. What other good VA candidates are out there?

 

[Durante]

He's just seen a lot of Kickstarter bullshit is all, I'm sure.

I wonder. Perhaps there's a "saltiest poster" competition.

Personally, I consider Kickstarter the best thing to have happened in gaming in the past decade. (See also my avatar)

 

[Papercuts]

For some reason totally unrelated to duckroll I now feel like backing this kickstarter.

 

[~Kinggi~]

I really hope they're not waiting for the social media goals to unlock the new stretch goal thresholds. I'm wondering what the hold up is.

lol they didnt time it right.

 

[Mauricio_Magus]

I think... I'm going to go throw up.

Ducky, Classicvania is better than Igavania, I know, but please stop lol.

 

[To Far Away Times]

I may not know what game will be the GOTY 2016, but I got a pretty good idea about GOTY 2017, lol.

IGAvanias are the best thing.

 

[HomerSimpson-Man]

I really wish they updated the page to showcase what the next stretch goals are. I guess they didn't realize they will hit them all in the first day quite easily with time to spare.

 

[Davey Cakes]

This Kickstarter was funded and hit all of its stretch goals in less than a day.

That brings a tear to my eye.

Is Nintendo really the last goal? Will love a wiiu version with map on the padscreen.

How could they even do it when Wii U doesn't even support the game's engine?

 

[OniBarubary]

I wonder. Perhaps there's a "saltiest poster" competition.

Personally, I consider Kickstarter the best thing to have happened in gaming in the past decade. (See also my avatar)

Seconded. I've backed over 40 games and been burned by 3.

That's a pretty good percentage. Better than my ratio of games that actually came out normally.

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

Jennifer Hale is top tier talent but playing as Shepard would he distracting. What other good VA candidates are out there?

Laura Bailey

 

[Alex_Mexico]

$865,000 and still no new stretch goals announced. C'mon Iga! Don't loose this insane momentum!