Post by Olmandis on Dec 31, 2008 14:28:34 GMT -5
Okay. For the few of you on here that know me, they know be to be a bit nuts when it comes to mystery and horror themes and generally anything having to do with the macabre. I've been playing D&D now for so dang long, there have been some truly random things and general frightening spectacles I tried to dabble in.
That being said, my favorite thing on the planet other than beer, and coffee and/or beer that tastes like coffee, is Castlevania. If you don't know what this is, I think I hate you. Not really, but im pretty into it. One of the first video games.....eeever. Every single major console system has had or has tried to have a castlevania game. The original nintendo ones where so dang hard, the only thing they were lacking was the developer showing up to punch you in the face if you actually tried to beat bosses like Igor and he Grim reaper.
If you don't know much, the run down is this has been one of the most epic side scrolling game spawning titles ranging from the superb to the horrendously awful. (nintendo 64 im looking in your direction) The quintessential story utilized the story of the famous Dracula and a family destined to slay him every hundred years having cojones big enough to actually wander into dracula's freaking castle alone, armed with a whip and literally a prayer to lay the biblical smack down on the great evil. If you ever liked good triumphing over evil and are a sucker for the holy might stuff, mike like myself, you know what I'm talking about. If you like old school side scrollers, go grab a copy of symphony of the night and have a great 3 months.
The music and the themes in these game stand out as some of the best, though they certainly go through their trials. That being said, the unthinkable has happened. I've been waiting for a Wii version, not just because the whip motion was made for it, but also cause it remains as one of the pinnacle titles of nintendos entire series. Imagine my own horror (bad horror, I mean, disgustapated, and not in the good zombie way) when the new castlevania game...was a fighting game.
That would be turning a super metroid into a kids puzzle game, or turning legend of zelda into a lute based guitar hero. But at least those concepts might still have some value. Bah.
Anyways, its a pixelated tragedy. But, on the bright side, everyone have a happy new year...im gonna try. After I drink barroom under the table, I think I shall succeed. Also, my new years resolution is to kick a capcom executive in the face. Cheers.
That being said, my favorite thing on the planet other than beer, and coffee and/or beer that tastes like coffee, is Castlevania. If you don't know what this is, I think I hate you. Not really, but im pretty into it. One of the first video games.....eeever. Every single major console system has had or has tried to have a castlevania game. The original nintendo ones where so dang hard, the only thing they were lacking was the developer showing up to punch you in the face if you actually tried to beat bosses like Igor and he Grim reaper.
If you don't know much, the run down is this has been one of the most epic side scrolling game spawning titles ranging from the superb to the horrendously awful. (nintendo 64 im looking in your direction) The quintessential story utilized the story of the famous Dracula and a family destined to slay him every hundred years having cojones big enough to actually wander into dracula's freaking castle alone, armed with a whip and literally a prayer to lay the biblical smack down on the great evil. If you ever liked good triumphing over evil and are a sucker for the holy might stuff, mike like myself, you know what I'm talking about. If you like old school side scrollers, go grab a copy of symphony of the night and have a great 3 months.
The music and the themes in these game stand out as some of the best, though they certainly go through their trials. That being said, the unthinkable has happened. I've been waiting for a Wii version, not just because the whip motion was made for it, but also cause it remains as one of the pinnacle titles of nintendos entire series. Imagine my own horror (bad horror, I mean, disgustapated, and not in the good zombie way) when the new castlevania game...was a fighting game.
That would be turning a super metroid into a kids puzzle game, or turning legend of zelda into a lute based guitar hero. But at least those concepts might still have some value. Bah.
Anyways, its a pixelated tragedy. But, on the bright side, everyone have a happy new year...im gonna try. After I drink barroom under the table, I think I shall succeed. Also, my new years resolution is to kick a capcom executive in the face. Cheers.
