The first mirror of shadow was a gem.I was speaking with a friend who loved the Netflix show along with his wife. He shouted, “It’s insane there are no new games to coincide with the show”. He’s not wrong. I asked if the older titles interested him since he knows theyre good, available, and has never played them. He wasn’t interested. Another friend feels the same way about “old” games. They’re so put off by these great 8/16 bit games. I can’t understand this reasoning.
I told him about the LOD games, and unfortunately he has no access to them. Regardless on how anyone feels about those games. He did think of playing Bloodstained, but then, why not just play SOTN?The first mirror of shadow was a gem.
Inb4 Hector fights Drac this time and Trevor gets benched.I liked Season 2 a lot more than the first. I hope for a proper Dracula fight this time though.
The "fight" was Dracula cleaning every room in his castle with Alucard's face, with Trevor and Sypha trying to arrive at them. I like the resolution of the beatdown, how he lost his will to fight when at Alucard's bedroom but I wish a proper Belmont x Dracula fight, with Alucard not being a punching bag.
It was a cool idea to have both Trevor and Dracula, good and evil, lost and hopeless but I want to see what they can do when in full power, without nihilism.
Inb4 Hector fights Drac this time and Trevor gets benched.
Yeah hearing the name Belmont should piss him off a lot. It doesn't make sense since Leon is the one that sent him running and made him curse humanity thus forcing him to take up the mantle of Dracula. It felt like Trevor was a jobber lol.Damn, it makes sense but I hope not. Even if I liked a lot what they did to Hector. If there is one character which the series enhanced, it is Hector. His love for animals makes so much sense, it should have being a part of Curse of Darkness.
Annoying how after meeting Trevor, Dracula was "oh, so you are Trevor? Cool. Wait here a moment, I need to discipline my son, he was a bad, BAD boy." <Start beating the shit of Alucard>
Trevor is descendant of the hateful Leon Belmont. It should not be something so casual for Dracula.
I feel the modern dialogue and excessive cussing did a disservice to the story being told. Made things more juvenile/edgy than they should have been. The music and the framing of some actions sequences were the best part of the series for me though.Season 2 wasn't as great as Season 1 for, I was let down by much of it, too convoluted with little pay off.
Season 2 was actually too long, well not too long I guess, just they didn't know what to do with all the time they were given, I found the pacing bad and the story was just ugh.
I was speaking with a friend who loved the Netflix show along with his wife. He shouted, “It’s insane there are no new games to coincide with the show”. He’s not wrong. I asked if the older titles interested him since he knows theyre good, available, and has never played them. He wasn’t interested. Another friend feels the same way about “old” games. They’re so put off by these great 8/16 bit games. I can’t understand this reasoning.
I feel the modern dialogue and excessive cussing did a disservice to the story being told. Made things more juvenile/edgy than they should have been. The music and the framing of some actions sequences were the best part of the series for me though.
Not Grant. He's holding what looks like a Crimson Stone so whoever he is (Bernhard, Dracula Regen etc) he's probably gonna be used to introduce Death. If that isn't the Crimson Stone then it's probably St Germain or Rinaldo.Who is the old man? Can he be Grant Danasty? He isn't old in the game but this this dude has a similar roguish look.
Either way, I hope we see Grant. It is not like Castlevania has a lot of characters and Grant is very important in Castlevania 3. And I want to see Dracula's best pal, Death, also.
I guess I’m getting really old but I’m nostalgic for when Castlevania was a video game.
SourceWe do have the Castlevania action set pieces. I always want that—but my first line of notes was “Season three is the psychedelic horror season.” Psychedelic horror also brings with it some talking and philosophical aspects. It becomes cerebral, as well as emotional in its own way. I like to think of it right now as a richer, denser season than season two.
The writers disappeared up their own asses in less than a full season.We do have the Castlevania action set pieces. I always want that—but my first line of notes was “Season three is the psychedelic horror season.” Psychedelic horror also brings with it some talking and philosophical aspects. It becomes cerebral, as well as emotional in its own way. I like to think of it right now as a richer, denser season than season two.
Episode 9 has fight music...I’ve always been a fan of Warren Ellis. Just want to get that out of the way.
My expectations for next season (if there is a season 4) will be low.
I didn’t enjoy season 3’s animation, with the exception of episode 10. Too many missing frames and terribly choreographed fights make the scenes choppy.
The Alucard sex scene looked like stills from a deviantart fanfic. More work should have put in it.
I did not hear any game music like we heard in season 2 episode 7.
Season 3 is just setup for the next season. That’s 10 episodes of setup. I feel like that’s a waste.
I’m not expecting the series to get to Simon or Richter. Which is a real shame. I think it’s a good series, but I’m starting to not care. I’m watching this because it’s a show based on Castlevania, and it’s becoming less of that and more of a Netflix show that uses a popular title to tell an edgy vampire story.
Alright, what song from the games?Episode 9 has fight music...