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Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles (Official Thread of AWESOME) GO! PSP! GO!
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mysticstylez
Banned
Holy shit the difference from old school Castlevania and Metroidvania is insane. I'm so used to leveling up, buying potions, and whatnot. At first I was suckin balls, but now I'm gettin back into the swing of things.
Vyse The Legend
Member
Mejilan said:
Link me to some videos, and I'll let you know.
radios shipping overview
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In the most recent videos, it sounds a hell of a lot better.Mejilan said:
Demigod Mac
Member
About the "bad sound" in Rondo:
True, but it's faithful to the original. Even though the redbook CD audio is awesome (Stage 3's Bloody Tears = OMFG!) - remember that the sound effects are being handled by an 8-bit system. It's going to be fuzzy. It's going to be startling to hear fuzzy sound effects amongst the amazing, crystal-clear CD music. A few short pieces of music are clearly handled by the sound chip as well (like the boss victory music). Again, it's just like the original.
I didn't notice any slowdown or technical problems. Plays just like the original. Sounds like it. Purists like myself will be pleased.
Bad Voice Acting: It's there, but you can choose Japanese if you prefer. For both Rondo and SotN. Alucard's new voice is definitely a downgrade.
"Bland graphics on the PSP screen"
Parish must have been playing with the Full screen option. Indeed, it looks like crap. Blurry, bi-linear filtered crap. Play it in the Normal size. The graphics are much crisper and look great. I had no trouble discerning objects even with the small size.
One complaint: SotN shows some color dithering in certain areas (sky background gradients suffer the most). Upscaling the screen alleviates it somewhat, but the sprites suffer from the blurring, so Normal is still superior. It doesn't appear everywhere in the game, though. *This MIGHT be faithful to the Playstation original. I wouldn't remember because it's been long since I played it on an actual Playstation.
Unlocking SotN, Rondo and Maria is fairly easy if you know where to get them. Takes about an hour if you do it yourself. It's still a STUPID decision on Konami's part, because I probably never would've found them had it not been for these forums.
True, but it's faithful to the original. Even though the redbook CD audio is awesome (Stage 3's Bloody Tears = OMFG!) - remember that the sound effects are being handled by an 8-bit system. It's going to be fuzzy. It's going to be startling to hear fuzzy sound effects amongst the amazing, crystal-clear CD music. A few short pieces of music are clearly handled by the sound chip as well (like the boss victory music). Again, it's just like the original.
I didn't notice any slowdown or technical problems. Plays just like the original. Sounds like it. Purists like myself will be pleased.
Bad Voice Acting: It's there, but you can choose Japanese if you prefer. For both Rondo and SotN. Alucard's new voice is definitely a downgrade.
"Bland graphics on the PSP screen"
Parish must have been playing with the Full screen option. Indeed, it looks like crap. Blurry, bi-linear filtered crap. Play it in the Normal size. The graphics are much crisper and look great. I had no trouble discerning objects even with the small size.
One complaint: SotN shows some color dithering in certain areas (sky background gradients suffer the most). Upscaling the screen alleviates it somewhat, but the sprites suffer from the blurring, so Normal is still superior. It doesn't appear everywhere in the game, though. *This MIGHT be faithful to the Playstation original. I wouldn't remember because it's been long since I played it on an actual Playstation.
Unlocking SotN, Rondo and Maria is fairly easy if you know where to get them. Takes about an hour if you do it yourself. It's still a STUPID decision on Konami's part, because I probably never would've found them had it not been for these forums.
rollingstart
Banned
Y2Kev said:
I think some mods just hate Iga and refuse to admit this game is actually good in all aspects.
mysticstylez
Banned
How many stages are there in the remake? So far I'm on Stage 4.
Demigod Mac
Member
Anyone enjoying the original Rondo much more than the remake? I am!
rollingstart
Banned
mysticstylez said:
there are multiple paths, so there are several of each.
rollingstart
Banned
GhostSeed said:
between Zack and Wiki, this, and Ratchet I am not very surprised.
MarkMan
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If I remember right(which I hope I do)... Forgive the old pics... They were from an early build, I'm SO not making new screens...
Stage 0 >
Stage 1 >>
Stage 6 > Stage 7
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>> Stage 5 >>
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>> Stage 5 >>Stage 6 > Stage 7
Red Scarlet
Member
Give Maria a try if you haven't she's pretty cool.
Red Scarlet
Member
Maria has a new ending?
VariableTerry
Member
Anyone in Canada have this yet? EB said it has been delayed till the 31st.
rollingstart
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Defuser said:
because they dont want to give people the idea that her clothing burns off before she goes, there are a lot of pedos out there.
rollingstart
Banned
after playing around with the SotN on here, it is actually pretty damn good.
the new voice work isnt bad and in general the game is better than the PS1 version on the PSP.
the new voice work isnt bad and in general the game is better than the PS1 version on the PSP.
Christopher
BDE (Big Dad Energy)
Linkzg said:
um isn't she like 19/20 in SOTN?
rollingstart
Banned
what the hell, Maria is very very strong in DXC, double jump, rolling, this guardian fist...wow
Christopher
BDE (Big Dad Energy)
Defuser said:
Well according to Wiki she's 17 but damn in the game design, and dialog she could at least have been mid thirties lol.
I'd also like to point out in Symphony of the Night when you first enter Draculas Castle that music is badass.
Good to see the original Rondo emulation is good. I suspected the complaints came from people who never played the original (non redbook audio on the PC-Engine *is* very muffled, and there were slowdowns in the original game.) The GBA can emulate the PC-E (Rondo included, if you had a big enough flash cart) with sound with minimal frameskipping, it would be a shame if the PSP didn't do it a full speed.