Sir_Crocodile
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not to mention all the weapons and capes
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Will Koji Igarashi's Castlevania successor be revealed this Monday?
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not to mention all the weapons and capes
Graphics Horse
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It could be worse, it could look like Iga's PSP game.
Look at MN9, look at the budget they got, then imagine that money needing to pay for ten times the content--that's what your polygonal SOTN-like is gonna look like.
Shadowhaxor
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Well... it's not saying much, but the email I got about this yesterday did have Comcept inc attached to whatever this for today. Don't shot the messenger, I'm just adding stuffs.
And I agree, Mighty No.9 had some much potential and I donated $100 to the cause. Le Sigh.
It won't be 10 times the content. It'll be 2/3 the content, copied and pasted across 10 times the space. IGA gonna IGA.
Even with a bigger budget, he's gonna budget.
I would hope he goes all out in this. Leave the copy/paste shit for enemies in a sequel.
Sir_Crocodile
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You just know he's going to have lots of enemies recoloured
maybe he'll flip the castle to double the map too lol
maybe he'll flip the castle to double the map too lol
Get true ending by beating the game with all playable characters. Unique content for each playthrough consists of recoloured boss sprites and the castle being flipped along a different axis.
Very low chance. Too many winks and connections that infer something notable has to be shown. Why is Koji Igarashi getting an eight hour event dedicated to him and him having nothing to show? Why fly and be in America for over a week meeting and doing things with people in the industry? Why the teaser site during that? And what is he going to Kickstart? An animation company?
If this turns out to be not a game, this will go down in history as one of the most wasteful teases and reveals in video game history. I would expect it to be so if this was Konami running the show.
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Nightengale
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Procedurally generated castle areas.
Recycled enemies.
Two protagonist going through the same areas to pad the length.
Rehashed art that borders on Konami suing Iga.
The name will be Igakumajou Densetsu.
And it'll be in 3D, with a KS budget of 10 million.
=P
Recycled enemies.
Two protagonist going through the same areas to pad the length.
Rehashed art that borders on Konami suing Iga.
The name will be Igakumajou Densetsu.
And it'll be in 3D, with a KS budget of 10 million.
=P
InfiniteNine
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Looking forward to the new Dracula inspired clothing line.
You're a truly heartless man.
You even twisted it by pulling the "creator of Castlevania" card Igarashi often gets labeled as. This sounds so logical if this was from an AAA company in Japan today.
I don´t think there will be a lot of reused assets in this game specially being out of Konami.
Oh look what Gamasutra posted. IGA plays SOTN.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqheYYeA4k4
Oh look what Gamasutra posted. IGA plays SOTN.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqheYYeA4k4
rockman zx
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Sword Familiar
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I've been humming Castlevania tunes all day. I'm setting myself up for disaster.
Haunted
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If that is your graphical high bar, you will be disappointed.So like this
That's what ASW is capable of now with 2.5D visuals.
The aforementioned Contra and MN9 examples are better benchmarks.
Iga isn't with a big, established publisher anymore, so check your expectations accordingly, people.
Awh yeh. This has been my jam today. Kinda has a 'some serious shit is about to happen' to it.
I imagine the lyrics might heavily dilute it, if I knew Japanese. Fun fact: Igarashi personally asked Yamane to give the song lyrics.
Earthpainting
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At least they finally won't be able to copy paste Rondo of Blood and Symphony of the Night assets. Those sprites got as much use as Capcom's Morrigan sprite sheet.
Stone Ocean
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Hell, he didn't even get big budgets to make Castlevania to begin with
I only have one request: a new igavania.
Anything else is exceeding expectations and is more than what we would get now that konami is konami.
Close-but-not-a-ripoff Bloody Tears would be great.
Portugeezer
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If it's 2d I hope for a portable version, that said I also think it will be one of the fastest to 1 million Kickstarter.
That's what amuses me most here, that we might actually what Igarashi can do with a notable budget. He was able to pull out consistently functional and fun games out on an almost yearly basis: imagine what he can do when not given the poverty checks to make games.
More_Badass
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Honestly my benchmark is Slain, it's nailing the Gothic look and varied enemy designs.
If this looks as good or better than that, I'll be happy.
Haunted
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And now they'll have to make all the content from scratch instead of being able to reuse medusa-head sprites.
Stone Ocean
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The extra money will be offset by the fact that he doesn't have 15+ years of sprites to recycle.
InfiniteNine
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SolidSnakex
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Well, it's what i'd like to see it look like. I'd like to see any sidescroller have that look. But i'm not expecting it to hit that level. As others have mentioned, a sidescroller at that quality would likely be very expensive.
If it is going to be more like MN9 i'll be interested in seeing how much of MN9's underwhelming visuals are down to tech and how much of it is down to what I think is mediocre art direction. Castlevania is obviously known for having a very strong art direction, so I expect the same from this new game. Especially if Kojima is on board.
Excited for the potential Not!Shanoa reveal, so listening to some OoE OST today
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCa2rEHSdEw&index=49&list=PL2DCDC5CD908248C6Wait what? Dragon's crown only had 1 million budget? No way that's true.
Sword Familiar
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Slain looks a bit sloppy imo. It needs to be more elegant.
Stone Ocean
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I would be extremely happy if the game looks like Hard Corps Uprising
That game was extremely enjoyable to look at
That game was extremely enjoyable to look at
InfiniteNine
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The place is mostly comprised of artists so it makes a bit of sense. Also they draw it in a way where they can reuse bits and pieces of what they've already created to minimize creating new animation.
Stone Ocean
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I'm pretty sure that was a thing for real
I've had some Empty Tome remixes on loop for the past couple days now. So gooooooooooodExcited for the potential Not!Shanoa reveal, so listening to some OoE OST today
IIRC, George Kamitani spent long stretches just drawing everything himself because he couldn't afford to pay anyone else.
MightyHedgehog
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Right, and he did lean heavily on reusing and repurposing classic assets to help with keeping that large gameplay world and cast of characters while helping to maintain the visual consistency across installments. This game is going to have to have a good starting baseline that can work with a lower budget and less staff than he is accustomed to having with his previous Metroidvanias. It's funny to remember so many complaints being made about that particular economy of production that allowed those games to continue to be made and made so often. Pretty easy to bitch and whine when you're spoiled with regular installments and take them for granted.
I thought Dracula X Chronicles was tremendously ugly, but at the same time I'd like this new game to look noticeably "different" from the last couple Igavania games. I feel like the new project might feel too similar if the graphics just try to mimic the last 6 GBA/DS handheld games.
The graphics remind me of DKC, where they converted 3D assets into 2D pixels. That and the movement is a bit jankier, which is fine, but it's no castlevania smoothness, like SotN.
I need a source, because *ANY* game, especially one with a retail release, having a 1 million budget is absolutely insane. Especially considering it took 2+ years from announce to release, which is a lot of time and 2+ years of salaries.
That is absolutely insane. Good on him, I guess, but wow. I hope he gets what he deserves.
Excited for the potential Not!Shanoa reveal, so listening to some OoE OST today
Confession time: I never beat OOE, I have a save file right outside the last boss fight. Died like 5 times, quit, never tried it again ;_; My only castlevania shame. I need to replay them all again. Just beat circle of the moon on Wii U VC, started HoD, moving onto aria next.
Stone Ocean
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Considering how well Dragon's Crown did, he probably already did
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