Saiyan-Rox
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Never played any
How important is knowing the story etc?
How important is knowing the story etc?
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Castlevania Dominus Collection [Out Now]
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Punished Miku
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Very similar to Bloodstained. Farming in that game was a ton of fun, but required some heavy OCD.
Northeastmonk
Gold Member
You don’t really need to know anything about the overall plot in order to start these.
simpatico
Member
We need a Konami released source port. Just release the bare code along with the game and let the community run wild. That thing would sell hundreds of thousands of copies over its lifetime.
fart town usa
Member
Not important at all. Dawn for DS is a direct sequel to Aria on GBA, Portrait is a sequel to Bloodlines on Genesis. SOTN is a sequel to Rondo, but all the games can be played and enjoyed on their own. Most of the titles are connected via lore but don't require extensive knowledge of the series.
All the collections are worth owning. The Dominus collection is a great entry point due to the rewind feature. Ecclesia is damn tough but the other two titles aren't too bad. If you can get through these games you'll be just fine for the other Igavanias. Some of the other collections only have save state, no rewind.
kunonabi
Member
The nes version but there is the gameboy one too which is actually much better and plays on your expectations to hilarious effect if you played the nes version.
asdasdasdbb
Member
yes it is... and the best version as well (og VA, no loading, no slowdown)
Says 360 but if BC allows it to work on Series, I guess that counts.
As for Steam... the games don't sell well on Steam. This collection has a peak of 1,792. Not sure if even SOTN would do much better.
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Hudo
Member
Huh. I've also just noticed that Rondo of Blood isn't on Steam either. There is Dracula X included in the Advance Collection but Dracula X is an inferior port of Rondo of Blood to the SNES. So the best two Castlevania games, Rondo of Blood (PC Engine) and Symphony of the Night aren't available. What gives, Konami?
Ulysses 31
Gold Member
Ehm, those are officially available though in digital form if you got a PS4/5.
There even was a physical release a few years ago.
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jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
cireza
Member
These were also available in the DS games, you could toggle between map / enemy info. It is a lot of fun, raise the LUCK stat for better drops !
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asdasdasdbb
Member
And that's probally why it doesn't sell well... people just download the roms.
Hudo
Member
I was talking about SteamEhm, those are officially available though in digital form if you got a PS4/5.
There even was a physical release a few years ago.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
Total chicken and egg scenario though. If they actually released it, a lot of people would buy it because they don't want to just download the roms. However since it's not available for sale, a lot of people will download the roms to play the games. Because so many people download the roms, Konami thinks it's not worth releasing the Requiem collection on Steam.
ForAcademicPurposes
Gold Member
I lost my physical copy of Order of Ecclesia a long time ago and before I could finish it.
Big bark up my ass to this day.
Big bark up my ass to this day.
Ceadeus
Member
At the moment it's the best selling, downloadable only title on the NA Nintendo eShop. At least it sells a bit I hope..
proandrad
Member
Literally trying to give Konami my money.
rm082e
Member
So I never played these as I didn't have a DS. In the options menu, are you able to hide the second screen content entirely and maximize the other window out to full screen? The info on that screen looks like something I might want to toggle to here and there, but don't need up all the time.
Hemingwayoffbase
Member
This is awesome. I love these collections.
Am I the only one hoping that this is leading to a similar bundle with the Lords of Shadow trilogy?
Hot take: the first lords of shadow is one of the best Castlevania games.
Am I the only one hoping that this is leading to a similar bundle with the Lords of Shadow trilogy?
Hot take: the first lords of shadow is one of the best Castlevania games.
Ulysses 31
Gold Member
Ultimate Edition revealed!
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Just started this, doing it in chronological order, played two of them before but totally forgot about the soul weapon boosting mechanic so sold an early weapon rather than upgrading it, can you re-find weapons? It's too hazy. All I really remember in either game is the legion boss in Portrait.
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Miyazaki’s Slave
Gold Member
This doesn't ship until JULY of 2025!Ultimate Edition revealed!
What the complete fuck.
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Deerock71
Member
I double dipped.
Ceadeus
Member
I'll pass for this one. I bought the originals at release and now the digital dominus collection, that shit would be overkill. And July 2025 is insane, I don't even know if I'm gonna be in the same town.Ultimate Edition revealed!
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
OOC is so good. Never played it before. I love how they switched up the format and it’s level based rather than a single huge castle.
simpatico
Member
I didn't have much trouble with Dawn of Sorrow. Order of Ecclesia I probably dies more times to one of the earlier bosses than all of DoS combined. Then I remembered that rewind feature is there. Man this release will be one we can point to for how it should be done for titles like this. Who would have fucking thought Konami of all people would be the ones to pull it off?
I don't want to give them any ideas bros, but I'd pay $50 for the Requiem if they did a fresh port from the PSX code. I hope the owners of Konami go on an ayahuasca retreat and decide to release all the Requiem titles as source ports along with any notes the developers made about the code and lossless PCM soundtracks.
Fake
Member
Please... that was peace o cake back in my day. Only Order of Eclesia was a really pain of ass, but just level up.
You guys need to have more perseverance.
Astral Dog
Member
Idk, but i would like to see a Castlevania 3D collection(LoI,CoD,N64,Judgment i guess + extra 2D game as a plus) i never played those games and while they aren't as highly regarded as the 2D igavanias they look interesting
Well i did played Castlevania Judgment back then , its actually fun once you change the awful default Wii controls
Castlevania Lords of Shadow collection...i see it as the last possible release,LoS2 was rough at parts but it had good combat, the games had potential but they fall short of greatness imo, while discarding the classic universe
Astral Dog
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Deerock71
Member
Already ordered it. They've actually improved the website, and you can pick your cover. I'm so moe over Shanoa.
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fart town usa
Member
Nice.
It's weird, I've had this memory of the game being really divisive at launch but the metacritic is really positive, it won some awards, and the videos on YT are all praise. Been meaning to go digging in the Gaf and Gamefaqs archives to see if I had it wrong all these years.
Me personally, I love the game. Always have.
Gambit2483
Member
$200 to get the Steel Book?Fuck off LRG.
LavitzSlambert
Member
Fuck off LRG.
My thoughts exactly. I'm in for the standard edition though, $35 is a very fair price for a Switch physical copy.
Calverz
Member
They were money hatted by Sony years ago I think.
darth.shrimp
Member
Finished DoS yesterday, including Julius mode. I think it was my first time beating the boss in the Abyss, how the hell were people able to do it without rewind lol... I don't think I could've managed without the Chaos Ring either.
It's been a very long time since I last played it, and even longer since I played Aria, were we supposed to know about Arikado's true identity?
It's been a very long time since I last played it, and even longer since I played Aria, were we supposed to know about Arikado's true identity?
LavitzSlambert
Member
Not sure if someone already answered this pages ago, the short answer is it’s exclusive because Sony helped fund it at a time Konami changed focus away from gaming.
Long answer: Requiem released back in 2018, and I’m not sure how long the dev cycle was but you may remember not so long ago Konami basically abandoned a lot of their video game franchises in order to focus on the pachinko business and let many IPs stagnate. Requiem was successful and the first of their Castlevania rereleases - next came Anniversary Collection, then Advance Collection, now Dominus Collection. All of these except for Requiem were released in 2019 and later, plus Konami has also now rereleased collections for Contra, MGS, etc as a way of monetizing their IPs.
I don’t know if anyone has confirmed what Requiem’s terms are but it’s not PlayStation exclusive simply because the original was, it’s because Sony probably bought exclusivity to the Reqiuem rerelease. That’s not to say we won’t see SOTN or Rondo on another platform, they are on mobile - just not as Requiem.
Slowly plodding away Dawn is done and I've just fought Death in Portrait of ruin, thank god for the rewind, was taking way too many stray hits when the chains broke but the spinning attack was still going.
Not really enjoying the quest structure. it's annoying having to go back to somewhere I've been just because I didn't have a quest earlier.
Not really enjoying the quest structure. it's annoying having to go back to somewhere I've been just because I didn't have a quest earlier.
asdasdasdbb
Member
Both games are emulated on Requiem, so that might be it. Rondo looks like it was available on the Wii VC but that is the only other platform.
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Lunarorbit
Gold Member
Told myself after I beat aria I'd pick up dominus. Think I'll start playing after football.
Should I play in release order? Never played the ds vanias
Should I play in release order? Never played the ds vanias
Pasta la Vista
Member
Dawn is the direct sequel to Aria (but with anime character portraits). All the DS games are separate from one another so you can play them in any order.
chokotoureiki
Member
I got it for Steam sometime ago and have already beaten OoE, and currently working on PoR before proceeding to DoS.
OoE has always had a special place of my heart, hence why I played it first.
I do want to get the Limited Edition set but its too expensive and that kind of money would probably be better saved for a brand new gaming system.
OoE has always had a special place of my heart, hence why I played it first.
I do want to get the Limited Edition set but its too expensive and that kind of money would probably be better saved for a brand new gaming system.
Northeastmonk
Gold Member
completely forgot about saving all the villagers before the Albus fight. That boss isn’t exactly difficult. I fought him twice before I realized why I couldn’t progress.
cartman414
Member
The mooks being strong against all but one element annoyed me more.
Zephyranthes
Member
So after blowing through the GBA collection I started with Dawn of Sorrow here. I vaguely recalled that I didn't like Dawn as much as Aria, and after playing through both of them back-to-back I can see why I felt that way. It largely comes down to one key design mistake in Dawn: having to consume souls to upgrade weapons. So much of the fun of exploring every nook and cranny of the map in Aria was how often it would reward you with a cool new weapon or accessory, and it never felt like anything you picked up was underpowered to the point of being useless (except gear that enhanced Luck, which is a functionally worthless stat in both games). By contrast, in Dawn practically every weapon found through exploration is acquired at its lowest tier, which means it will probably be way weaker than whatever weapon you managed to upgrade with the highly specific souls it required. I ended up using the lance type weapons for 80% of the game because it was the only weapon type I was getting the souls for without going out of my way to farm them. It also repeats Aria's mistake of gating the true ending behind having 3 specific souls, only it's worse this time because the enemies carrying those souls are more rarely encountered and have lower drop rates.
On the plus side, Julius Mode in Dawn of Sorrow rules.
On the plus side, Julius Mode in Dawn of Sorrow rules.
MiguelItUp
Member
Just recently complete the GBA collection, and finally completed the DS collection today. I never played any of those games and always wanted to. So I decided to just go through all of them, and they were all very solid. Even the ones I liked less than the others were still very good.
I loved Bloodstained and can't wait to see what Iga does next.
But it would be cool to see Konami chip in to making some solid Castlevania games. But one IP at a time I guess, lol.
I loved Bloodstained and can't wait to see what Iga does next.
But it would be cool to see Konami chip in to making some solid Castlevania games. But one IP at a time I guess, lol.