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Post by Matrixvingian on Mar 19, 2019 20:50:02 GMT -6
"Either my potency in clockwork has increased or these malevolent warrior windmills have begun to tire."
A second gizmo is launched in a shower of sparks and whistling fireworks.
"It's loud but crafty!"
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Post by Matrixvingian on Mar 19, 2019 20:47:23 GMT -6
"I have not faced such freakish foes since the Army Of The Night engaged that crass crimson carouser Bloodless!"
Quickly unpacking one of his clockwork creations and pocketing the windup key as it whirrs to a benign mockery of life the fight is on.
"My marvels mechanical versse your Goetic tide fallen one!"
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Post by Matrixvingian on Mar 30, 2018 11:18:19 GMT -6
I’ve been between functional PCs so the last game I’ve played would be Saint’s Row 2 on the Xbox 360. The genre’s the stopgap between office park and trailer park with the filling being cartoon gangbanger anarchy.
I would likely be a fatality if I ventured onto Stilwater’s streets since even the game’s pedestrians tend to lose their minds and road rage without warning. If I could hide in one of the stores or buildings The Boss doesn’t have access to my chances of survival increase exponentially.
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Post by Matrixvingian on Mar 19, 2018 18:41:51 GMT -6
This was a once in a lifetime event and I'm happy you folks got to enjoy it. The time and care taken to include us in the festivities through picture and narration is appreciated.
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Post by Matrixvingian on Nov 23, 2017 9:30:06 GMT -6
As indulgent as it may sound a reference to the Bloodless forum battle when Miriam faces her in a boss battle.
"It would take a beast to defeat me and all I see is a little girl!" "The Armies Of The Night couldn't do it, how can you?"
Also the familiars having little hints to a larger personality from their lines would be cute. After enough Candelabra are shattered before the Spectral Knight familiar he should intone: "I hope M'Lady is going to clean that up" Referring to the fan comic where Miriam has to clean up a wineglass she dramatically throws Iga style.
The Beast Helm needs a very METAL and uncharacteristic voice that also swings to cute occasionally on certain flags. Finding a candy consumable "Om nom nom nom"
I'd imagine the best times for these voices to trigger would be in the interstitial hallways, landmark backgrounds or specific enemy free rooms. Less combat noise to obscure the little quips.
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Post by Matrixvingian on Oct 24, 2017 13:14:52 GMT -6
The sulphorous scarlet seductress' influence being withdrawn, crystallized and plunged into yugosalkin;s already lycanthropic flesh brings a low tempo resurrection to the assembled Army Of The Night. Matrixvingian slowly awakens to the sight of his comrades and friends doing what field triage they can.
"Can it be the only fatality in this spirited engagement was Bloodless herself?" pocketing his trusty wind-up weapon and refastening his cabinet closed and swinging it upon his back Matrixvingian surveys the scene. Overcome with emotion at the faces of his fellows flush with life he attempts apology to those he attacked by proxy "I have earned this lesson and learned a heady moral: Flock before Finery".
"I would be both in awe and find my thirst slackened by your offer of hospitality, yugo. If this castle's first hurdle is such an intense challenge perhaps we need to strategize further? I know of a book 'The Seal of Solomon" as he nervously prattles on in the midst of his relief and allies.
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Post by Matrixvingian on Oct 23, 2017 20:14:28 GMT -6
Gasping for air but instead spitting out blood Matrixvingian drops over his little cabinet of curiosities trying to close the latches but only managing to slip as his strength fades. Bubbles form on his lips as Bloodless taunts from the beyond.
"You callous carnage concubine, I hope your know what sort of psychopomp influx you've provoked in slaying the Earthly vessels of the Army Of The Night" Matrixvingian thinks before a bittersweet melancholy descends. "My loved ones in battle and in the hearth, how I've not been the man or friend I could have. My lust for baubles clouded my judgement and made me wind my ladybug against sworn brethren".
Consciousness fading his figure, now prone over his collectible crammed suitcase, gets bumped softly by the forlorn ladybug contraption until its spring finally goes slack and remains motionless.
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Post by Matrixvingian on Oct 23, 2017 8:07:54 GMT -6
Wearly slouching on his portable cabinet Matrixvingian wipes back the tears of regret at the sight of the torn apart Army Of the Night. His wind up ladybug scuttles back having successfully found a target earlier eager for a kinetic recharge "OH hello my little collectable".
A twist of its key and the metallic minion starts again towards a new target with its twitching static tendrils, Busterific!
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Post by Matrixvingian on Oct 22, 2017 14:41:06 GMT -6
Matrixvingian's stunned expression softens to a methodical simmering teapot of vengeance. After the infusion of restorative energies from our Angel of HYPE a mindless froth encompassed both Yashaou and Matrixvingian. Now with sanity temporarily restored he pulls his former attacker to their feet, slaps some off the dust and gore from their clothing and makes a quick about face.
"It seems that Bloodless wants more of our life's syrup to be sacrificed" limping over to his mania discarded cabinet there's a tense few moments as Matrixvingian navigates its contents. "The primary reason I joined the Army Of The Night was for camaraderie in the face of an evil that would have otherwise snuffed out all my hope. Also I would be remiss in disclosing that I wanted to add to my mobile cabinet of curiosities"
An object is rolled forth, a miracle of modern engineering a portable clockwork ladybug is wound and placed on the ground. Erratically moving among the groaning and battling former Night's Army. Whatever springwork intelligence guides this tin insect sights the everlasting dandy St.Germain and deploys a sparking proboscis.
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Post by Matrixvingian on Oct 16, 2017 6:36:47 GMT -6
The carnival of carnage that is a properly roused Army of The Night eliminates all of the more clear venues of attack for Matrixvingian. Attempting to drag his knick knack filled trunk past the sopping scarlet seductress he finds himself before the tub which Bloodless manifested from. An errant bloodless follicle, perhaps a testament to her prior humanity or just the accuracy of her disguise, is found and quickly moored to a waxy handheld simulacrum.
"From without to within you tart of Tartarus" as Matrixvingian's other hand reveals a tuning fork he taps on the edge of the tub then stabs into the figurine.
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"Hopefully this is sympathetically magic enough" he mutters.
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Post by Matrixvingian on Oct 15, 2017 13:17:04 GMT -6
Seeing the destruction of his previous ritual geegaws Matrixvingian discovers a weighted elephant tusk rosary kisses the cross and instead reveals a rough volcanic pebble with what looks to be a fossilized feather in it.
"A fragment of the First Murder" lining up the shot in a sling he lets it off towards the melon of the parasol psycho-pomp cavorting in her syrupy wardrobe.
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Post by Matrixvingian on Oct 14, 2017 21:44:28 GMT -6
After the first assault on the sultry hemoglobin hellion and the resulting flood of life-blood, Matrixvingian checks himself for injury and finds a stage pigeon in one of his sleeves.
"Fly free little friend, escape this crypt of the condemned!"
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Matrixvingian looks on on as the little feathery passenger, either in a plea for peace or mistaking the crimson courtesan for a former apprentice, heads directly for Bloodless.
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"That's the complete opposite of what I wanted" amidst the implosion of plumage.
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Post by Matrixvingian on Oct 14, 2017 17:11:26 GMT -6
I should have done this in the first place 1d20
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Let us see which engages!
Edit There's an INSERT DIE BUTTON >_<
Such powers of observation I possess
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Post by Matrixvingian on Oct 14, 2017 17:09:15 GMT -6
Readying his dazzling array of worthless cabinet curiosities Matrixvingian finds himself with his fellow members of the Army Of The Night facing an unholy hostess.
"Young woman! Know you that proper apparel consists of a solid not a liquid?"
Noticing the Mock Mermaid in a musty drawer of his traveling cabinet he lets launch with a "HUZZAH demons' consort" and hopes that the shriveled fusion of stitched together monkey and trout in the very least distracts his crimson foe.
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Post by Matrixvingian on Oct 3, 2017 14:32:54 GMT -6
I've been a gamer by proxy for a long while only owning a Sony console by the time of the PS3 but I've managed.
Long ago in the mists of time I was able to witness a strange device from a banished marketplace. The Turbo Duo in the hands of an ally, borrowed from their friend, allowed me to witness Dracula X Rondo of Blood. The Grim reaper himself taunting us from the very beginning as we traveled to the dark castle on coffin burdened horsecart. Going through the game we met this specter of oblivion once more at the highest mast of a haunted ship. The Shinto Skull priest cursed at us in Japanese VOICED INTERACTION in a Castlevania! Then once the battle tilted in our favor upon those unhallowed timbers the disguise was torn away to reveal the true form of the Angel of Death itself!
With that strong memory and the amazing anime introduction still muttering its forboding German voice over in my ear a friend allowed me to access Symphony Of The Night on the PS1. My mind was blown full by the full English voiceovers and amazing artstyle colliding with the gameplay familiar from the SNES Super Metroid lauded on before.
Now with RPG trappings of equipment, artifacts and life restoratives I was able to grind my axe, for experience points, against the Lord Of Darkness. Never got to the end at that point but I had a chance to playing another friend's PSP years later on the SOTN emulation. The music was a siren's melody that demanded my delight and attention while I played it.
The greatest feeling in SOTN was that of continuity and respect for the franchise in all the cameos and great appearances. Maria who I remembered as a wee lass in command of a kawaii zodiac armory had blossomed into an elegant adventurer. Shaft had managed to still hold onto a patsy's unlife and Alucard remembered his contact with the Belmont's back in the NES Castlevania 3 days. All wonderful story beats against the backdrop of the hallucinogenic architecture of the Devil's Castle.
So yeah it was a fun time stuttered over years and I'll consider Bloodstained its cousin with an equally worthy fight against the legions of extraterrestrial perdition in the Goetia. Chaos as an adversary now takes a backseat to its more congealed progenitors. Thanks for the opportunity and framework to gush about this.
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Post by Matrixvingian on Oct 2, 2017 15:58:28 GMT -6
This is a great piece and stands on its own. In a way it feels warmer and more inviting than the more somber, but still beloved, Symphony Of The Night cover art. A different but equally valid emotion is being displayed here and it seems to be "Grace and Purity" despite the surrounding darkness. About that darkness WOW the use of the candles texture gives an enthralling illusion of being rendered in oil paints with golden highlights extending even into the blackest portions of the night overhead. I really enjoy the look on Miriam's face like she's spinning in place for the first time after gaining all her equipment and looking into a mirror to reassure herself, seeing all those friends supporting her in the background. Lot's of wonderful touches in personality and positioning as well with a real sense of composition. Dominique seems almost chaste and motherly to her piety displaying young shopkeeping charge. Gebel seems as if he's less a villain and more a welcoming host to his fairy castle of horrors meant to house his childhood friend. That sword's unique shape and design is really used to pull the eye in and is displayed in all its glory looking like something truly magically potent instead of a delicate prop. Mana! Thank you for being a big enough fan of Iga's earlier works and Ayami Kojima's renderings to make this fine piece of work's characters your own. Your efforts in being a bridge of the spoken word for Artplay are now enhanced through your ability to communicate in art. TLDR: A+ You the MANa!
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Post by Matrixvingian on Aug 19, 2017 7:46:59 GMT -6
Good spread of options.
The music and new game plus are a big draw. The meat of the game being developed in secret to retain surprises for the player is the substrate holding up the rest but as far as spoiler free revelations go I'm anxious in the positive over those.
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Post by Matrixvingian on Apr 27, 2017 13:01:17 GMT -6
Great game so far! Congratulations to belmontoya and Mig for the combined effort and dedication.
Stymied at a couple of the Earldoms manor puzzles however. Who would think the best way to defeat the forces of good was with a strong combination lock? Regardless everything else is spot on with the game feeling like different iterations of the series as more abilities get unlocked.
Also ROPES! Castlevania Adventure flashbacks a plenty with vertical climbing and rope slide mechanics as well.
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Post by Matrixvingian on Feb 16, 2017 17:26:24 GMT -6
The last few days have been an embarrassment of riches for videogame genres I enjoy having new content.
Thank you for the hard work on your 4th Devil's Castle tribute game, belmontoya!
Any tech specifications or install sizes you'd be able to share with us or would that feel like spoilers on the unholy tribute you've been crafting?
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Post by Matrixvingian on Feb 15, 2017 10:22:09 GMT -6
How much involvement does the script writer Warren Ellis have in this version of the Dracula Curse animated production?
Have you met the curmudgeon futurist Warren Ellis in person?
How difficult was getting this animated feature produced in comparison to your privately funded and bootleg enterprises?
Congrats on the increasing likelihood of the interview XombieMike, here's hoping our questions will be of some use in the conversation.
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