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Netflix Teases Castlevania 3
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KOMANI
KOMANI
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.
KOMANI
KOMANI
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?
down 2 orth
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I finished season 2 yesterday, it was pretty good. I'm liking how Netflix seems to know how to handle video game licences.
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.
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.
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Nightrunner
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I just wonder if they'll ever get to SotN since they covered most of the major beats there anyway. I guess Maria/Richter/Alucard and dat corruption might provide enough novelty.
Belmonte
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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.
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.
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Nightrunner
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Inb4 Hector fights Drac this time and Trevor gets benched.
Belmonte
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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.
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.
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Nightrunner
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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.
plushyp
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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.
The Snake
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Yeah I don't really understand people who think this way. It's a product that's meant to stimulate--the age of that product shouldn't matter. I guarantee they'd dig them if they actually gave them a chance. But someone stupid enough to dismiss something as "too old" probably doesn't have the wherewithal to actually sit down and commit time to something anyway.
I really felt they wasted the entire Peter Stromare character, he was also one of the best voice actors they had too.
They really expaned the scope too much at the end of Season 2, the show was great because it was narrowly focused, this is what happens these days when writers have a plan they've dreampt up for years and then they need to work beyond that quickly, they really don't know where to go and you can see they're being sloppy.
synchronicity
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I've enjoyed it so far. Hopefully it continues to be a good watch.
JohnSpartanLee
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I'd rather have Konami tease Castlevania 3 (as 16bit-style remake).
Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
This reminds me to get around to watching season two.
Belmonte
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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.
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.
Pejo
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They rushed the plot too much IMO. They had a good opportunity to do a "monster of the week" style show with a culmination of the showdown with Drac. It would have given more opportunity for the characters to interact and develop. Instead, we rushed head first into Dracula and had that stupid vampire overthrow sideplot with forgettable characters.
Plus they did my boy Grant dirty by excluding him altogether.
Plus they did my boy Grant dirty by excluding him altogether.
struggler_guts
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Season 2 was so good, excited that 3 is so soon!
Nightrunner
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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.
Nightrunner
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Blond
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You really aren't. TBH I would love a 3D Castlevania approached with the same mindset of the original DMC, I feel like the way they've gone about it in that console-space just isn't interesting as a cheesy God of War clone.
Stefan.North
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I thought season 3 would hop over in time to Simon and without Alucard and Sypha. I hope S3 features Death.
Grandmaster Hash
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can't wait
Meh. 10 episodes in 3 years aint exactly gonna keep the momentum going. It also isn't helping that the weirdo making it is spreading himself thin by deciding to produce a fake episode of the simpsons to deal with apu. Hopefully the episodes at least get extended to 25 minutes.
The writers disappeared up their own asses in less than a full season.
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GreyHorace
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Season 3 just dropped. Some thoughts on episode 1:
An okay start with some elements that made me nervous how it proceeds. Hopefully it retains some of the greatness that season 2 had.
- Alucard looked sad. Despite being an asshole at times I genuinely sympathized with his character. The fact that he's imagining having conversations with Trevor and Sypha shows how lonely he is. Hopefully he seeks them out and has a reunion.
- Trevor and Sypha are now a couple, if the former's 'better than sex' joke about beer and the latter getting upset about it is any indication. Sypha remains my favorite character, being a bright and bubbly ball of optimism in a show that drips with darkness. Her character really shines when she verbally spars with Trevor, who remains a likable cynical doofus. Though I wish the writers would tone down his goofiness and remember that he's a dangerous vampire hunter. It's hard to take him seriously in that role when seems humorously detached from all the horror around him.
- Can someone please drive a stake through Carmilla? I'm sick of her hogging screentime and am not enthused by the thought of her becoming the big bad of this season. She's never been a compelling character and the introduction her 'sisters' fills me with dread that we may have four times her lameness. Hopefully they prove to be much more interesting than she is.
- I sincerely hope they don't pull a Theon Greyjoy/Reek arc on Hector this season. Becoming Carmilla's torture plaything is not high on my list of reasons to watch this show.
- Trevor and Sypha are now a couple, if the former's 'better than sex' joke about beer and the latter getting upset about it is any indication. Sypha remains my favorite character, being a bright and bubbly ball of optimism in a show that drips with darkness. Her character really shines when she verbally spars with Trevor, who remains a likable cynical doofus. Though I wish the writers would tone down his goofiness and remember that he's a dangerous vampire hunter. It's hard to take him seriously in that role when seems humorously detached from all the horror around him.
- Can someone please drive a stake through Carmilla? I'm sick of her hogging screentime and am not enthused by the thought of her becoming the big bad of this season. She's never been a compelling character and the introduction her 'sisters' fills me with dread that we may have four times her lameness. Hopefully they prove to be much more interesting than she is.
- I sincerely hope they don't pull a Theon Greyjoy/Reek arc on Hector this season. Becoming Carmilla's torture plaything is not high on my list of reasons to watch this show.
An okay start with some elements that made me nervous how it proceeds. Hopefully it retains some of the greatness that season 2 had.
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KOMANI
KOMANI
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.
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.
KOMANI
KOMANI
Alright, what song from the games?