Yes it is.
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Castlevania |OT| A miserable little pile of episodes - Netflix 7/7
- Thread starter GK86
- Start date
cj_iwakura
Member
Yep.
The NES/SNES/Genesis games are all great, but if you're looking specifically for a metroid like experience then the DS games and SoTN are a good place to start.
There is a character he could become but I'm not sure if they'll go that route.
I don't think that kiss caused him to bleed. There was goo but it didn't look red to me.
Have there been any monster priests in castlevania games? I think that is what we are getting in the next season.
cj_iwakura
Member
The Dark Priest Shaft is the one who revives him in Dracula X/Rondo, prior to the events of SotN.
Earlier in the thread some people theorized he could become Shaft. I like that idea.
EDIT:
can you dig it?
That was probably me though some other people have mentioned it lol
Absolutely yes.
You see this cat Shaft is a bad mother-
Violence Jack
Member
Yo.... that speech at the beginning of episode 4 had a lot of feelings I have towards certain churches. Think whoever wrote this is either atheist or agnostic?
Either way, I love this show. I'm gonna need season 2 real soon.
Either way, I love this show. I'm gonna need season 2 real soon.
victreeb3l
Member
Just watched the first episode. I like how gory it is but the dialogue and VA seem really amateur. Did we really need a 5 minute conversation about goat fucking? -_-
yeah it was too short
hahaha, probably! If so, then I think I agree with you.
Warren Ellis is definitely atheist.
I'm curious about how they want to bring in mummies and frankenstein's monster into all of this. And where are the damn skeletons
I don't care
I don't care
All Possible Ways
Member
You know, they could've made so the people killed by the devils would rise again as skeletons. Missed opportunity in my opinion.
Vyse The Legend
Member
This was a really excellent tease, and I'm already excited for more.
The Alucard-Trevor fight was especially awesome, and it got me hyped to see more actual demon fighting in the next season.
Jack The Nipper
Can out-design and out-animate Powerhouse Animation Studios on Netflix.
(Today, 08:13 AM)
Artstyle bothered me. That weird anime but not anime type look.
I got really bad flashbacks of Street Fighter HD remix.
Seriously, missed opportunity here. SotN should just be downloadable on PS4 as well, same with the Dracula X Chronicles. I think WiiU is the system where you can get the most CV's right now. It has I-IV, Dracula X, CotM, HoD and AoS.
MegaSackman
Member
Just watched the 4 episodes, that was very good!!
Good thing the next one is 8 episodes.
Good thing the next one is 8 episodes.
Yes please.
You can also get Rondo of Blood in Wii mode.
NeoGold123
Member
Shut yo mouth!
Sgt. Kabukiman
Banned
Well, despite some issues, this was really neat. A bit frustrating since it wasn't much more than a small introduction to the real story but it was done well. Who would have thought that Castlevania, of all videogame franchises, would lend itself so well to an adaptation? It actually fits in pretty nicely within the saga and the last fight especially, between the whip combat and
, was a great rendition of a Castevania boss fight.
The writing was a little off at times, some lines felt like Ellis self-parodying himself. But once
entered the picture I really started caring about the characters.
My other nitpicks include some of the voice-acting for the background characters and the animation but overall I thought it was really solid. I'm definitely looking forward to season 2, hopefully the show will be a success.
Now, maybe it's time for me to take another shot at Castlevania 3. I've played all the Igavanias to death but never managed to beat that one.
Alucard's moves
The writing was a little off at times, some lines felt like Ellis self-parodying himself. But once
Sypha and especially Alucard
I'm very happy with how they handled Alucard since I never liked his appearances past Symphony of the Night but his scene in the last episode was the highlight of this season.
My other nitpicks include some of the voice-acting for the background characters and the animation but overall I thought it was really solid. I'm definitely looking forward to season 2, hopefully the show will be a success.
Now, maybe it's time for me to take another shot at Castlevania 3. I've played all the Igavanias to death but never managed to beat that one.
He just seemed a bit too old. I thought only a couple years had passed by since Dracula met the woman.
Anime dub companies should take note. Though to be fair even that would only go so far.
Judging from the detailed art style, the constant animation, and the fact that Frederator is an American based company, it is likely the show was not cheap to create. Netflix greenlighted a small teaser to see how the show would be received critically and commercially, and now that it seems like a hit they approved for a proper season.
I've beat 1, 2, Super, and 200 whatever% -ed SotN, but that last level in 3 is fucking brutal. There's three Dracula forms, and you don't start over at his chamber if you die. I seriously got him down to the last life bar and died, then had to start the stage all over again and said fuck it.
This show has made me thirsty for a Castlevania like one of the earlier ones though.
I meant met here to
have a baby and have that baby grow up to be a full functioning adult.
Sgt. Kabukiman
Banned
Yeah, I own Castlevania 3 on 3DS but I think I'm going to try to play the japanese version instead since it's easier apparently and has a better soundtrack. I don't remember if I ever made it to the final level but I always go for the Alucard route since he's my fav and that's probably a bad decision.
Escape Goat
Member
Nobody cares that you don't care. In fact, nobody cares you don't care that nobody cares that you don't care about us not caring what you care about.
Channeling Trevor I see! LoL
this isn't a bar fight, have some class
Chained Prometheus
Member
I've got a question for some of the more diehard Castlevania fans in here:
I ask because
Nothing really profound or anything, but it was a minor detail I noticed and thought was amusing.
That opening sequence between Lisa and Dracula was never shown in any of the games, right? I know Lisa's execution scene appears via flashback in Symphony of the Night, but none of the games ever showed how she first met Dracula, right?
I ask because
some of the dialogue between Lisa and Dracula reminded me a little bit of some of the dialogue exchanges Alucard has with Maria, his own love interest apparently, in Symphony of the Night (namely the quips about being a gentleman).
Nothing really profound or anything, but it was a minor detail I noticed and thought was amusing.