I'm happy to hear they still make good old side scrolling adventure games in which I don't have to look at a map and groan about backtracking all the time.
This game calls to me and I ordered the physical and plan on playing it when I get it. I grew up being good at snes and nes side scrollers so the difficulty probably won't be an issue.
QotD: If we are looking for classic -style Castlevania rip-offs, the new Bloodstained "8-bit" games are a good place to start. Metroidvania-genre is trickier, I'll just say that Touhou:Luna Nights is a really fun one, and available on Gamepass, so if one has access to that, it really is a win-win situation!
This is bloody enough to have its own style. The more you showed the less I thought it was like castlevania. That's a lot of blood. That dude was tossing dead bodies at you. How does the music hold up? QOTD, Probably have to say the bloodstained games for obvious reasons.
As a current resident of Heidelberg I can confirm that not much have changed since 1693 ...just kidding;-) Looks interesting and gory. I'll give it a shot. Thanks for the review.
This looks fantastic, about darn time we get a proper musketeers-vs-zombies title! QOTD; This really depends on what counts - for example, I always saw DMC as 'Capcom's Castlevania'. However, if we stick to the side-scrollers, Bloodstained is the way. Miriam carries the Belmont torch valiantly in this dark timeline where the Forces of Darkness took over the Castle Konami. With the sequel leaked via the investor updates from 505 Games, I can rest easy knowing there's more 2D monster slaying to be done.
Qotd I really liked the 8 bit bloodstained games. But I been playing a game called wallacha reign of Dracula. Which I've been really liking. Funny story I waited like months for you to review it, because like it seem like something you would review like I was positive you were going to review it...but you never did lol. But I ended of buying a physical copy at vgny's website and bought it and been liking it. It is hard though
I guess my favorite Castlevania wannabe is the freeware game inspired by Greek Mythology as much as our favorite vampire-hunting series: Curse of Issyos. Maybe Master of Darkness on the Master System is a close second, but I'm not keen on some of the decisions they made. I guess it's because I'm not that familiar with too many Castlevania clones. Edit: It seems I was a little rigid in my assessment of "Castlevania clone." People are choosing all kinds of "Metroidvanias" that I never would have considered to really be all that Castlevania.
The style itself seems enjoyable on its own, replicating a gory 1600s fiction far more bloody than a castle vania game. None of the characters, however, seem to have the lasting impression that Castle vania has, maybe b/c everything is gory. Legion, zephyr, and death in castlevania always stuck with me vecause of their horrific simplicity. The musket thing seemed fine until you mentioned the floating head resurrecting the dead. . Feels a little too challenging for my taste, but it seems nice.
This does sound interesting. May have to check that out. As for the question, "Castlevania Wannabe", huh? Like Simon's Quest? 😉😂 Couldn't resist, but seriously, Hollow Knight, I think that was a pretty fun game, so think I'll go with that.
@@DefunctGames Thanks for the heads up. I'll keep an eye out for it on Switch. A friend of mine loves the old Castlevania games for NES and I'm sure he'd like this.
This looks amazing, hope it comes to PS4. QOTD Favourite Castlevania wannabe? Sadly I've never played Castlevania games :( but I will definitely check castlevania collection on sale one day. So I don't know if I ever played action Castlevania wannabe. But I love good metroidvania,if that counts :) From Guacamelee to Strider reboot..
I can't answer the QotD cause I'm not familiar enough with them. I must say it sounds like you wanted to compare this to Record of Lotus (the last metroidvania you reviewed), lol. But that got me thinking: you typically don't like to make comparisons --even if it's to another game in the genre-- DO you?? 🤔😎
You're right that I don't do a lot of direct game-to-game comparisons, but I'm not necessarily opposed to it. I actually think that Heidelberg and Record of Lodoss War pair well, because both are tackling different parts of the Castlevania timeline. For those wanting a game that lovingly recreates the Metroidvania-era (specifically Symphony of the Night), then Record of Lodoss War will scratch itch. While, at the exact same time, those looking for the earlier style of Castlevania (linear action games like Rondo of Blood and Super Castlevania IV) will love what Heidelberg does. It just comes down to what era of Castlevania you're looking for.
@@DefunctGames wow Wasn't expecting a long reply, but THANK you. See, for some reason I thought both games were more or less linear, but I think that's just because I came across a lot of reviews that said RoL wasn't much on metroidvania style of making you revisit zones to unlock new things
Record of Lodoss War is certainly more streamlined than some Metroivania games, but it takes place in a large interconnected world where you find items that open up new areas that were previously unavailable to you. It has a lot less backtracking than Symphony of the Night and some other examples of the genre, but the incentive is there to go back and find/do everything. Heidelberg, on the other hand, has isolated levels that are (for the most part) very linear.
There is a great song: "the Vampire from Heidelberg" by basszilla :D In other news: i really don't like this type o lightning in pixelgames, it kinda look cheap QotD: yokus Island express! Its wonderfull; and classic castlevania like, it has to be slain back Form hell
@@DefunctGames omg! You don't have Burger King over there? That's crazy. To each his own. I like BK AND Wendy's, but where I live Wendy's are at harder-to-get-to locations, so I rarely go there. Plus BK has better coupon deals 🤪
We have plenty of Burger Kings around, but I don't eat beef and other red meat. It has been a really long time, but I remember having BK's chicken sandwich before. It was fine.
Its a challenging game where you need patience. Think of R-Type and you have an idea. But there are many routes in the game to avoid enemies and they kill each other. So its all about timing, patience and survival. Its a true adventure into hell.
I like the artwork but the animation of the protagonist looks stiff and weird. The guy looks like he's on the run for the next bathroom and part of his business already took place in his pants... Dracula's Curse is the best Castlevania. Never liked the Metroidvania ones too much although I Iove the genre. By the way for me the Wonderboy in Monsterworld games are the true inventers.
