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Post by gunlord500 on Oct 3, 2023 17:51:08 GMT -6
Good points Puri. To respond to some of them--
In reference to Juste, I don't think this was explicitly stated in Nocturne, but other CV fans tell me it's very heavily implied that Nocturne treats the "bad" ending of Harmony of Dissonance as canon--I.e Juste loses both Maxim *and* Lydie. That might explain why he's so depressed and lacks any confidence in his fight against evil, as you say. I think maybe he might pick himself up and regain some of his old fire in season 2, if they go with that, as he finds motivation in training Richter.
In reference to Mizrak's homosexuality, it's not that unbelievable I'd say. While this is more of a medieval thing, interpretations of the command from Leviticus, the sin of Sodom, and Paul's (IIRC) condemnations of unnatural lusts between the same sex have varied widely. For some time in various European countries it was considered sinful to take the passive rather than active position in sex, the latters "womanliness" considered the source of the moral error, as opposed to the sexes of the partner. But I doubt the Netflix guys are that knowledgeable in the history of sexuality, although who knows, they at least did a wee bit of homework on the French Revolution and slavery.
Finally, I think the question of the abbot is interesting, and while he is another 'evil Church guy' you've had enough of, his viewpoint (warped as it may be) and evil actions are in keeping with Castlevania lore. I'm thinking of the villainess of Dawn of Sorrow...I think she (Celia) had a line about how, "We don't worship Darkness in itself. However, the Dark Lord is necessary to exist in order for God to be good." Now, while Celia was never explicitly stated to be Christian, I think it's overwhelmingly likely she would be such; what other monotheistic religion in Europe would she adhere to? This establishes that in Castlevania lore, even Christians can be willing to work with the forces of Hell if they believe it's serving God in some indirect way. And Celia was indeed working with the forces of hell, trying to revive the Dark Lord, filling the castle with monstrosities, etc. And that might be what the Abbot is thinking: He's willing to commit evil and un-Christian deeds just like Celia was, in this case even sacrificing innocent people, trying to kill his own daughter, summoning demons, etc. if he thinks it will fulfill God's will, even indirectly (as, again, Celia thought her evil acts were serving God, again indirectly).
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Post by gunlord500 on Oct 1, 2023 0:41:10 GMT -6
Haven't posted here for almost 3 years, can't believe it's still running. Thought about it since I started playing the game on my Steam Deck. So, when the sequel gonna be announced? The sequel hasn't been officially announced, but there was a leak a while back that unofficially confirmed it's being planned. That was when they were just outlining it and brainstorming it, I dont know how much progress has been made since then, their primary concern is getting everything finished for RotN. But I think we will see a sequel someday, more likely than not
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Post by gunlord500 on Feb 8, 2023 18:55:48 GMT -6
Sick collection! Lot of broken image links there though, haha.
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Post by gunlord500 on Dec 12, 2022 0:51:58 GMT -6
Hello there! I'm 43 years old and I collect Vg since 1986. Been playing games a long time, so it's kind of hard to list out everything I'm into but I'll put forward a few of my absolute series: Zelda, Final Fantasy, Streets of Rage, Phantasy Star, Mega Man, Castlevania, Mario, Metroid, Senran Kagura, Street Fighter, Doom, Diablo, Monster Hunter, Forza, Gears of War, Halo, Ninja Gaiden, Metal Gear, Contra, Lunar .....haha, yeah it just goes on. I grew up playing and adoring the Pc Engine and Psx,I really have good memories of these consoles. My fav Castlevania games are SOTN (Psx), Aria of Sorrow (Gba) and Rondo of Blood (Pc Engine) Happy to be here! Happy to have you here! Though the forums are mighty quiet these days, haha. The Discord is always busy, though! Feel free to check us out there too
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Post by gunlord500 on Oct 12, 2021 15:49:23 GMT -6
The dev's twitter hasnt been updated in months... :sob:
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Post by gunlord500 on Oct 4, 2021 14:43:07 GMT -6
Nice! Good luck with this, Enkeria
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Post by gunlord500 on Sept 26, 2021 2:53:32 GMT -6
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Post by gunlord500 on Jul 9, 2021 5:04:33 GMT -6
More shardbinders would be pretty cool, it's a neat gimmick/aesthetic
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Post by gunlord500 on Jun 21, 2021 19:34:10 GMT -6
Ganbare bloodstained fans
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Post by gunlord500 on Jun 12, 2021 18:30:10 GMT -6
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Post by gunlord500 on Jun 7, 2021 18:39:47 GMT -6
A playable Iga .. Sure, why not? =p I couldn't complete the survey, BTW. A "Please don't select more than one response per column" message kept on showing up in a couple categories. I did not (or even have the ability to) have more than one selected, so idk. Hopefully not to many others get this weird glitch.
Those are for the ranking choice questions, column refers to the vertical arrangement of the answers. If you got that message that meant you had more than one choice selected for the same rank v.v
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Post by gunlord500 on May 26, 2021 21:36:47 GMT -6
Oh, those are even better, OP should be set pretty good now
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Post by gunlord500 on May 26, 2021 3:44:17 GMT -6
update: I just saw this and thought it might have some more interesting details/give her a name. It doesn't lol ah, the very memorable character, Adventurer Lady What is...interesting about it though is that this was the case even as far back as late 2019. So...I guess perhaps a lot of this was indeed the plan. Wouldn't have guessed Kinda looks like she could be a Belmont to me, though obviously thats not the case. But she reminds me of Zoe Belmont (though better looking) from that crappy cell phone game, Order of Shadows.
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Post by gunlord500 on May 22, 2021 18:08:08 GMT -6
Glad to be of assistance, and glad I wasn't too late, haha!
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Post by gunlord500 on May 21, 2021 4:22:42 GMT -6
Hello everyone! I've done a quick search of the forum to no avail so I'm hoping someone can help me! I'm looking for a large photo or high res photo of Miriam's leg tattoos (or really any of her tattoos). I'm looking to hopefully get her thigh tattoos and want to be sure that I'm as true to the art as possible, without any guess work. Thank you so much! It's been a little while...I really should pay more attention to the forums. But the Blasphemous crossover actually features a very nice shot (blush) of her legs that should be useful to you:
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Post by gunlord500 on Mar 11, 2021 22:44:06 GMT -6
Sadly, I haven't bought Bloodstained because of the issues, delays, etc that have happened. I've eradicated the whole PS Vita disappointment out of my head and have now purchased a Switch Lite because I love on-the-go gaming. I'm now relying on a problem-free Switch version ... at some point in a future far, far away! Just thought I'd quote myself ... After much deliberation, I decided to take the leap of faith and so purchased Bloodstained just over two weeks ago for my Switch Lite with the latest upgrades. Everything started fine and then ... WHOOSH! I was transported back in time (in my head obviously) to the days when I first played Symphony of the Night. Bloodstained is playing as smooth as cream across strawberries and it's an absolute blast. I've just finished an epic battle with those twins dragons on the spiraling tower. Flipping heck! I'm over the moon with Bloodstained. All of the negativity I had about the game, I've rolled it up into an imaginary baseball bat and whacked myself over the head with it. Chuffed to bits! Glad you're enjoying it!
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Post by gunlord500 on Feb 18, 2021 16:42:45 GMT -6
They discussed it with 505, yes. I assume Artplay and IGA are co. are fine with it as well, they would have to be--Blasphemous is being published by a decently respected name in the industry (Team 17) and they wouldn't just do this without making sure the Bloodstained team was okay with it as well. Question has mentioned that they (505) were working on this crossover for quite a while so it's definitely not a "liberty." As for how it happened? Not exactly pure chance...I mean, it is coincidental that Blasphemous and Bloodstained came out within a relatively close span of time, but as it happened there's a significant overlap in the fanbases of the game, myself being a prominent example. A while ago I commissioned a fellow named Turbogum to post some artwork of Miriam and the protagonist of Blasphemous (The Penitent One) doing a brofist. The official Bloodstained account retweeted that on Twitter, and people loved it. Now, that was just a fun little fanart thing, so nothing to be taken too seriously, but I assume after looking into it further the marketing analysts for both publishing companies (505 and Team 17) concluded that there really was a lot of folks who would be into both games if they hadn't already bought both, so after a while they did a sword and whip bundle sale on Steam because so many folks liked both games. That worked out really well so I suppose an official crossover was the next logical step. It's also important to note that the devs of Blasphemous loved Symphony of the Night; one of the devs on Twitter said he always wanted to be "metroidvania bros" with Igarashi. To say he got his wish would be an understatement, it seems
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Post by gunlord500 on Jan 19, 2021 21:44:57 GMT -6
Yeah, I think it's definitely a good idea to start raising the profile of "new blood" on the Bloodstained team. Mana because she's our friend, of course, but also the new composers too, as they're going to be the next generation in this field--as much as we love Yamane, she's been in this business for quite a while. SoTN came out almost 30 years ago, after all, so let's shine some spotlight on the new folks. Going from the VGMDB database, I wonder if anyone might be interested to know exactly who did which non-Yamane tracks, in case you don't have the soundtrack. It's spoilery, so click below if you want info:
Keisuke Ito
Disc 1:
03: Prologue: This is what we hear in the opening, obviously.
10: Overdrive: The train music.
16 : Autumn's Desolation: The Japanese-sounding track in the Oriental Sorcery Lab stage.
Disc 2:
01: Theme of Gebel (Gebel's dialogue theme, obviously)
03: Theme of Johannes 04: Theme of Zangetsu 07: In Peace's Embrace: Ending theme. 09: Surpassing Grief: Sad music, you've probably heard it talking to some villagers.
13: Exorschism: Zangetsu 2nd boss theme.
16: King of Kings: Bael's boss battle. 22: Silent Howling: One of the 8-bit tracks, it's the chiptune rendition of one of the trailer themes. 23: Game Over 28: Fear: Another 8-bit track.
Here are Ryousuke Fujioka's compositions:
Disc 1:
08: Gears of Fortune: Tower theme.
11: Vestiges of Corruption: Underground sorcery lab theme.
17: Goliath: Den of Behemoths theme.
18: Terminus: Glacial Tomb theme.
Disc 2: 06: OD's shop theme.
08: Foreboding: You hear this during some dialogues, like the first.
11: The Executioners: Boss theme
14: Silent Howling: You remember this from the trailers, of course.
19: An Unclouded Sky: Another song heard in the ending, IIRC.
24: Theme of Tamako: The song the Tamako enemy plays.
Ippo Yamada just did track 15 of Disc 1, Cursed Orphan--the Inferno Cave theme, which was also played in several trailers.
Atsuhiro Ishizuna did two tracks on Disc 2: 21: Valiant Stride, the 8-bit stage theme, and 27: Everblack, which is another 8-bit theme but I don't recall where it plays.
Aside from Yamane, it seems like Keisuke Ito and Ryousuke Fujioka did the majority of the game's music after her. Though nothing is certain, I think I'll keep an eye on those two...OD's theme, Gears of Fortune, Zangetsu's music, etc. are very good indeed. If anyone were ever to fill old-school Yamane's shoes, I think it'd be them.
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Post by gunlord500 on Jan 8, 2021 19:57:23 GMT -6
Hey guys, tomorrow (January 9), 12 PM EST, or roughly thereabouts (check the schedule for pending adjustments), TheBlacktastic is running CotM2 during AGDQ for the Prevent Cancer foundation! There's also a donation incentive set at 10k to run Ultimate Episode 2. Join and give support both for Bloodstained and a good cause!
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Post by gunlord500 on Jan 1, 2021 17:40:08 GMT -6
Hmm. You might want to contact Netease as they're the mobile port developers, but I can ask Question if 505 can offer any assistance.
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