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[Razgriz-Specter]

While I do not dislike other castlevania OSTs, SoTN is close to castlevania music 'perfection;. It's hard to top it.

DXC is close

 

[Warnen]

Day one purchase!

Day -688 for me!

 

[FullmetalPain]

This is the year of the late 90s games revival. The 90s are coming back with a vengeance!!

Only if Bomberman could come back!

EDIT: holy shit, the goal is over 9000!

 

[sfried]

WHAT ABOUT NINTENDO?

Our budget left us with two options: Build the biggest, most beautiful game we can, or make sure it runs everywhere from the start. As things stand today, we can't afford to create the two separate versions of this game that would be necessary to make it run on every console. That said, we've heard legends about a remarkable treasure hidden in the castle basement...

So...Stretch Goal? We've already blown way past $850000 already...

Went for $60 pledge, although I will only accept a physical Wii U copy.

 

[HomerSimpson-Man]

So a million+ before the day is done is possible. Wow.

 

[Ben Morales]

Can I just say that I love watching IGA game? Especially when he is into it. Him playing Axiom Verge was sooo good. And now Shovel Knight. Tearing up over here man!

 

[Raticus79]

I went and did it... I hope Igarashi comes through on his promise. Also, duckroll slayer incoming? =o

http://i.imgur.com/pZZ5Mj9.png

Amazing.

Surely it will, in fact, be called Duckslayer.

Hard to sneak "duckroll" in an in-character item name. Hmm, maybe a sound-alike...

Duke's Rule

Now to make it fit... http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_the_Dukes

 

[hawk2025]

LOL @ Iga's hate for bottomless pits!

 

[Respawn]

At this rate they'll get to $1,000,000 before they announce the new stretch goals! This is nuts.

I was just coming to say this. Mofo's are funding $5000. Its f'ing insane. I dropped a $100 on this bad boy. I guess I'm just as bad lol but man oh man do I miss me some real castlevania.

 

[BBboy20]

Did they just confirmed Shovel Knight 2?

 

[drizzle]

Also, I wonder if the Kickstarter Goal Counter has the Paypal donation numbers added - I paid using Paypal (I had some money laying around in Paypal) and that's in a a fangamer.net interface, separate from Kickstarter.

It probably isn't. I wonder how much money they have on the paypal side.

 

[hawk2025]

Did they just confirmed Shovel Knight 2?

Shovel Knight is such an amazing success that it's pretty much a given

 

[The Strokes]

If that's the art they plan to use in the final game than I'm dissapointed. Expected some sprite goodness.

Oh well. It's not like I'm not buying it anyways

 

[Shouta]

Damn, you got mad skrilla fam to just drop two g's like that.

Years of frugal habits, low cost of living, and a well-paying job helps, lol. I'm not rich but I have enough that really don't have to worry about spending a lot when I feel like it. It's overdue anyway, don't spend for ages and it'll come get ya sometime, lol

 

[jett]

Hah Iga is totally into the pogo jumping now, not a single slash used on the boss.

 

[Fiercedeity]

I'd love to see them fool around with multiple layers such as background and foreground being payable. I think that batman blackgate game did something like that.

 

[MagnaderAlpha]

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

I don't know. The backgrounds in SotN looks of considerably more detailed than the ones on DS, as well more varied overall.

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

Composition-wise, I don't think the music took a hit. The style of music(in the Castlevania series) was, if anything, pretty on the mark as far as consistency is concerned. Well, at least until LoS, which even though I like the first one, I'm not a fan of the whole "epic movie" sounding soundtrack.

Though, if we are talking about sound quality and quality of synth, yeah, SotN beats the asses off all the GBA/DS games. SotN's music almost sounds like REAL music, like some of it COULD'VE been played by actual instruments, with a band or an orchestra. I think the only other old CV game to hit that sound quality mark was Rondo of Blood.

 

[hawk2025]

IGA DID NOT PUT OUT THE CAMPFIRE.

 

[Finale Fireworker]

IGA DID NOT PUT OUT THE CAMPFIRE.

Pledge withdrawn.

 

[Starsunder]

I have no idea why you would hate PoR's music. Yuzo Koshiro and Michiru Yamane worked on it.
It has some of the most amazing tracks like Invitation of a Crazed Moon which is easily one of the most memorable tracks in the series, it has Bloodlines remixes, it has a remix of a super old Konami game that Yamane composed as well, it has some boss themes that I can actually stand to listen to (I don't like most of the series' boss music), it's catchy and great.

What exactly do you hate about it?

I dunno man, I generally like PoR's soundtrack, but that song def isn't one of my favorites. Kinda cheesy sounding, tbh.

As far as being better than SotN, I just think that SotN has sooooo many awesome tracks, like seriously, all of them. So many varied styles, nearly all were brand new to the series, and just beautiful sounding.

PoR's is good, but not on the same level for me personally.

 

[Fiercedeity]

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

Yea a ps1 game. Have you seen trine 2?

 

[Korigama]

$900k.

 

[theSlacker]

900k and no stretch goal to accompany it. :c

 

[VariantX]

Hit 900K...and still without any more stretch goals.

 

[RPGamer92]

What a horrible night to be Konami.

 

[Respawn]

There are many people I would pray for but duckroll isn't one of them



It should be named "Duckroll's Bane"

DukEater Crissam

 

[hawk2025]

They've already said on the stream that the new stretch goals are coming over the next half hour.

 

[Chindogg]

Years of frugal habits, low cost of living, and a well-paying job helps, lol. I'm not rich but I have enough that really don't have to worry about spending a lot when I feel like it. It's overdue anyway, don't spend for ages and it'll come get ya sometime, lol

Thank god you don't collect amiibos.

 

[Lee Chaolan]

lol watching Iga play this is so awesome

 

[Crocodile]

When is the Shovel Knight DLC coming out? ;_;

 

[Shouta]

Thank god you don't collect amiibos.

I'd never be able to sponsor FGC events if I collected amiibos. =(

 

[HomerSimpson-Man]

Yea a ps1 game. Have you seen trine 2?

The mix of 2D/3D elements, the whole package, SOTN is still a beautiful looking game to me, much more than so many games over the generations.

 

[Shadowhaxor]

So, to the naysayers, still think this baby won't hit a million now? Seriously folks, this game is just as wanted as Yooka-Laylee.

Honestly I don't think IG and crew even thought they'd hit all their stretches this fast either,

#morestretchgoals

 

[BatDan]

ProtonJon is supporting the game by playing Aria of Sorrow

Interesting that they're doing an Let's Player campaign. I want to see if chuggaaconroy will play a Castlevania game since I saw his name on the list.

 

[Vamphuntr]

Since duckroll's hate dump in the thread the counter appears to go up faster

 

[Fiercedeity]

The mix of 2D/3D elements, the whole package, SOTN is still a beautiful looking game to me, much more than so many games over the generations.

Sure I'm just saying that the 3d won't look bad by any means.

 

[Creaking]

And to think that I was worried that this wouldn't get enough support.

 

[Ben Morales]

The mix of 2D/3D elements, the whole package, SOTN is still a beautiful looking game to me, much more than so many games over the generations.

When I first saw the 3D assets in SOTN, I thought they were breathtaking. I still think they are, considering the hardware. It meshed with the graphical style of the game quite well imo.

 

[jholmes]

New stretch goals but still nothing from the Wii U's basement! C'mon.

 

[Storm Kyleis]

This stream was very fun to watch. Having your game played by Igarashi must be such an honor for a indie developer.

Watching Iga slowly learning how to play Shovel Knight was awesome. lol

 

[Anticol]

Can someone give me the link of the stream? Thanks in advance.

 

[Ahasverus]

Castlevania's music always has been about being catchy and "cartoonish" rather than being purely atmospheric. Even SotN's music is like that, although it is a blend of both. But if you want atmospheric orchestral stuff, go play Lords of Shadow.

LoS had a great soundtrack, but no, I don't mean atmpspheric, I mean classical influenced like, well, SOTN, I know the old games had their fair share of cartoonish music, but atmosphere is king, and I don't mean atmosphere as in "long boring notes", I mean as in "This is the devil's castle, and sounds like it".

 

[Smellycat]

lmfao at the new stretch goals

Cheat codes? lol

 

[Finale Fireworker]

Anybody on the inside know what's holding up the stretch goals?

EDIT: Nevermind.

That's not Vita. ;(

 

[BBboy20]

Can someone give me the link of the stream? Thanks in advance.

http://www.twitch.tv/kindafunnygames

 

[Chindogg]

I'd never be able to sponsor FGC events if I collected amiibos. =(

If you're comin to Combo Breaker, come find me. First round's on me.

 

[jbug617]

New Stretch Goals are up.

$1 million for cheat codes
$1.25 million for local co-op

via Wario

 

[ezekial45]

Eh, not really feeling the new goals. Local co-op sounds neat, though.

 

[Lee Chaolan]

Judd: Iga-san, we've reached 900K!

Iga: Sou...*goes back to playing Shovel Knight"

lolol.

 

[Mauricio_Magus]

Those stretch Goals sucks, just saying. Konami Code joke is cool and all but yeah.

Not like I care, tbh, I'm super happy about this KS.