Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles
Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles
Has everyone heard of this? The 2.5 remake of Rondo looks like ass, just like the 3D games, not surprisingly, but I'll gladly pick this up for the original and SotN. It'd be nice if they include all the Saturn extras in this version (without the slowdown and graphical issues, though). They're talking about an updated localization, so I assume they're re-recording the voices. The actual text translation was pretty good (the Japanese original is just as pompous), but the voices were a far cry from the Japanese counterparts.
Actually I did just read that yesterday too.
I was holding out on a PSP until it gets cheaper just to play Metal Gear, but I guess it'd be nice to have a portable DracX, right? Esp since most fans of the series didn't get to play it.
DX 2.5D = ugly + lose.
Man I like the U.S. SOTN voices though (never got the JP Sat so can't compare)! It won't be nearly as charming or memorable w/ the new ver, I bet. You're right about having the Saturn extras (w/o the junk port) would be great, I'd buy it for that.
"WHAT-IS-A-MAN! A miserable little pile of SEcrets!?!"
I only really hate Maria's voice, she sounds like a 35-year-old husky suductress.
I was holding out on a PSP until it gets cheaper just to play Metal Gear, but I guess it'd be nice to have a portable DracX, right? Esp since most fans of the series didn't get to play it.
DX 2.5D = ugly + lose.
Man I like the U.S. SOTN voices though (never got the JP Sat so can't compare)! It won't be nearly as charming or memorable w/ the new ver, I bet. You're right about having the Saturn extras (w/o the junk port) would be great, I'd buy it for that.
"WHAT-IS-A-MAN! A miserable little pile of SEcrets!?!"
I only really hate Maria's voice, she sounds like a 35-year-old husky suductress.
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Ah GOD, KONAMI, WHY can't you listen to your fans???
All the same, I'd buy the game. Sounds like a sweet ass deal, specially if you've never solved the two games before and only played them on crappy emulators.
Then again, we're all agreeing to buy this thing, so why should Konami bother to make it pretty and give us decent music, if it means playing the original? Welcome to modern gaming! *seriously, shoot me down here, it'd make me feel a lot better*
All the same, I'd buy the game. Sounds like a sweet ass deal, specially if you've never solved the two games before and only played them on crappy emulators.
Then again, we're all agreeing to buy this thing, so why should Konami bother to make it pretty and give us decent music, if it means playing the original? Welcome to modern gaming! *seriously, shoot me down here, it'd make me feel a lot better*
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This remake is a fucking joke, and almost an insult to every fan which wanted to see this game get a steller English port for their Turbo Gfx 16 machines back in the day.
For trying to look new and interesting, with 3D effects and sub-modern graphics, it looks even more inferior compared to the PC Engine masterpiece.
They couldn't even keep in the amazing original soundtrack either, which pretty much made the original version itself the holy grail and break through in gaming for it's time -as well up to now. Another remake gone wrong.
Well the good fucking news though thankfully is that they're including the original, thank heavens. But I hope people remember the great "Harry Tuttle," and the epic struggles he endured to get this emulated in the first place (back in the day).
For trying to look new and interesting, with 3D effects and sub-modern graphics, it looks even more inferior compared to the PC Engine masterpiece.
They couldn't even keep in the amazing original soundtrack either, which pretty much made the original version itself the holy grail and break through in gaming for it's time -as well up to now. Another remake gone wrong.
Well the good fucking news though thankfully is that they're including the original, thank heavens. But I hope people remember the great "Harry Tuttle," and the epic struggles he endured to get this emulated in the first place (back in the day).
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Agreed, that current soundtrack better be placeholder garbage.
I really don't think it'll look good at all once it's even done. But I mean you've got the original Rondo -- as long as the music is perfectly intact I'm sure it'll be great. Let the fools have their 2.5-D barfitude as long as the original is not raped.
I'm pretty sure I read that Konami said this is the PSX ver (possibly with a few extras_ cos IGA hates the Saturn port, which he didn't work on.
I really don't think it'll look good at all once it's even done. But I mean you've got the original Rondo -- as long as the music is perfectly intact I'm sure it'll be great. Let the fools have their 2.5-D barfitude as long as the original is not raped.
I'm pretty sure I read that Konami said this is the PSX ver (possibly with a few extras_ cos IGA hates the Saturn port, which he didn't work on.
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I bought Dracula X: Rondo of Blood for the PC Engine back in 2004 and as soon as I started playing the game I was hooked. I also have Castlevania: Dracula X for the SNES which is inferior to the PC Engine version but the music was really good except the controls and fighiting Dracula on pillars in the final stage which was a pain in the ass.
Konami really should cancel the polygon remake of Dracula X and just update the PC Engine version like having the graphics that Symphony of the Night had and also update the soundtracks too. It would be so cool if the stages from the SNES version were added to Rondo of Blood to make it even longer and add in some more bosses too. Voice overs would be a nice addition too.
As for Symphony of the Night I certainly hope that the extras from the Saturn version will be included which would make us Castlevania fans very happy.
I think that both Dracula X: Rondo of Blood and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night should be sold seperately or packaged as a set.
I also have Dracula X: Nocturne in the Moonlight for the SAT and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night for the PSX but the SAT version has extras.
Konami really should cancel the polygon remake of Dracula X and just update the PC Engine version like having the graphics that Symphony of the Night had and also update the soundtracks too. It would be so cool if the stages from the SNES version were added to Rondo of Blood to make it even longer and add in some more bosses too. Voice overs would be a nice addition too.
As for Symphony of the Night I certainly hope that the extras from the Saturn version will be included which would make us Castlevania fans very happy.
I think that both Dracula X: Rondo of Blood and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night should be sold seperately or packaged as a set.
I also have Dracula X: Nocturne in the Moonlight for the SAT and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night for the PSX but the SAT version has extras.
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Thanks for pointing that out. Interesting read, though I had to mention one thing.
Hello? (The much longer and fellow Konami PCE title) Snatcher, anyone? And SOTN had a good translation, just not so good voices.GR: And again, the PC Engine version is included? Is it completely identical to the original?
IGA: So, you are correct. As you know, [in the original release] we didn't have any English voiceovers. We're going to retake the voiceover part. I think it's going to be a good localization. Because what if we had released the PC Engine version of Rondo of Blood back in those days? We had no ability to localize. You can imagine, from our Symphony of the Night translation and voiceovers, it could really have been the worst of the worst.
It seems he really wants to borrow elements from god of war for the next 3d castlevania which is good. I never played any of the 3d castlevanias except for the awful n64 version that i played through(don't know why) years ago. Although, i hear the 3d castlevanias now, seem to be quite tedious which leads me to assume he tries to create the 2d castlevania exploration style and it just doesn't quite work well in 3d. If this is the case, it would be a good idea to adobt a new style for castlevania in 3d and god of war is a good inspiration for him.
So far, dawn of sorrow is my favourite castlevania game with sotn being my 2nd favourite. Personally i was really disappointed with portrait of ruin with its rehashed backgrounds, linear exploration and endless rehashing of old enimies. This remake castlevania is a good idea to breathe new life in 2d castlevania games. I still wonder how they actually plan to sell this game like crazy on psp though; sales on ds aren't really spectacular as is. Now it seems i may need to get a psp for this game, hopefully sony will do a major pricedrop..
He mentions small teams and lack of budget a lot. If they actually spend more than a year on making these 2d castlevanias and had a larger budget i'm sure they would be able to make another sotn quality game(in terms of length and innovation). Also, from that comment about him wanting to win the lottery and leave konami doesn't fill me with much hope for the series which indicates hes drained on castlevania lol, unless hes joking ofcourse.
So far, dawn of sorrow is my favourite castlevania game with sotn being my 2nd favourite. Personally i was really disappointed with portrait of ruin with its rehashed backgrounds, linear exploration and endless rehashing of old enimies. This remake castlevania is a good idea to breathe new life in 2d castlevania games. I still wonder how they actually plan to sell this game like crazy on psp though; sales on ds aren't really spectacular as is. Now it seems i may need to get a psp for this game, hopefully sony will do a major pricedrop..
He mentions small teams and lack of budget a lot. If they actually spend more than a year on making these 2d castlevanias and had a larger budget i'm sure they would be able to make another sotn quality game(in terms of length and innovation). Also, from that comment about him wanting to win the lottery and leave konami doesn't fill me with much hope for the series which indicates hes drained on castlevania lol, unless hes joking ofcourse.