https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAL07Pbqx3c
NOTICE: The music appearing in the video was post-added to drain out E3 noise since this is just a recording, and not a direct feed.
Here's an actual example of the game's BGM/SFX:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VKfthxb4t8
>>341462250
The demo is supposed to be sent out soon, I don't need to watch shitty off cam footage with music added in post
Where is my fucking demo, Hackafune? I backed the damn thing for over 60 bucks. WHERE THE FUCK IS IT?
Also, the ship looks like shit. I expected better from him since he worked on stuff like Order of Ecclesia which looked way more beautiful even with the considerably lower pixel count.
>>341462858
You mean Iga. Jewnafune doesnt work with Bloodstained.
>>341462250
>There's a weapon that shows off her meaty legs
Nice. This seriously looks like a doujin game right now though, I was half expecting a game-over rape scene from those tentacle monsters.
>>341463035
I know, but trying to come up with a Hack equivalent for Iga is hard.
>>341462250
LOOK AT THOSE HUGE NATURAL MONSTER TITS
MUH DICK
>>341462858
>I expected better from him since he worked on stuff like Order of Ecclesia which looked way more beautiful even with the considerably lower pixel count.
Unreal Engine. It can't be helped unless you wanted to have Vanillaware do the dev work in which case I hope you enjoy a release date schedule of Spring 2022.
>>341462712
Some people are more desperate.
Also
https://twitter.com/SwordOrWhip/status/742951891412357120
>I wish I was at home sipping wine and eating wall meat
>>341463494
To add, I think it looks great so far given the tools they have to work with.
>>341462250
That looks fucking terrible. The animations are stiff and overall the game looks dull and lifeless.
>>341463347
>>341462250
Kick her in the tits!!
>>341463637
It looks bad compared to the other Castlevania games Iga worked on, that's all that matters. It's irrelevant if it's hard to do it with this engine.
>>341462250
It looks alright. I wanted the game to feel a little faster though, like Richter mode in PoR, but I can have fun with this the way it is. I didn't back it but might still buy it.
it still looks so sloooooow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5CuDs87MkQ
Still better than shitty no.9 i suppose.
>>341462250
>huge floppy monster tits
People are going to be triggered, arent they?
>>341463347
That music was garbage, though.
>>341462250
>2.5D
Ehhhhh
>>341464202
have you ever played any castlevania game?
>>341464243
This looks good.
It seems you can take the tunic off... Nngghhh
>>341462250
fuck it looks nice, those menus, dat art
im hype
>>341462250
I actually like it. Reminds me of OoE and the games that star Soma.
>>341463256
Scam-Iga?
>>341463665
For all the shit companies like Konami and Capcom are given, they can produce games with strong art direction. So far a lot of Bloodstained assets look kind of pasted together into one screen. I miss the concept art. You can't say it would be impossible to do either if you look at Vanillaware.
>>341463347
Kind of sad tbqh.
I was soured after the MN9 debacle and expected Iga to be another Inafune
I couldn't have been more wrong. This shit looks like everything I wanted out of an Igavania
>>341464809
yes and none of them were as slow as this
>There are people under the impression that this looks even remotely as bad as MN9
You motherfuckers are blind and are just scratching nothing to be mad about.
>>341462250
Still looking pretty good to me. I really like her little hip bounce idle animation.
This looks fucking awesome, what the fuck is the god damn fucking problem here? I didnt even back this.
>>341462250
seems repetitive, easy, and boring
>>341463347
Gonna be honest here it dosen't look very compelling or fun
>>341465717
People are so desperate for another mm9 shitstorm they are trying to force one
>>341465095
Dragon crown looks beautiful and is fun but has the jankiest animations in the world
Looks exactly like what I was hoping from it.
>>341463256
Just call him Igafune
Since OoE is my favorite Castlevania I don't regret backing this one bit so far
I want my fucking demo though
I really like the effect when you get a new soul or whatever.
Demo when son
I wish there was a second animation for the standing kick attack, make it look more like a 1-2 combo.
>>341462250
Looks okay.
Other than the fucking retarded idle stance.
>>341465095
all the vfx/enemies looked good, my only complaint's with the environment (although it's consistent with the ship level in rondo/DXC). i can't imagine they won't include an area with those big red-lit gothic windows/doors; they've been in pretty much every recent castlevania game
>>341464243
>
>>341462250
looking good, a bit slow, but then again you can backjump to move around quickly.
I didnt back this, but Im excited for it.
>>341464243
Once again, it appears back-dashing is faster than normal strolling in the grand tradition of abnormal Castlevania travel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOGdkvQigKw (Seek to 01:58)
>>341466086
So you can get a higher quality CON booster?
There are higher level CON boosters?
>>341466405
This, it's amazing how also many anons are stupid enough to even think this is remotely bad, at worst it's mediocre. Yet the shitposters are trying their hardest to shit on a game that keeps meeting their goals and dosen't fuck up on it's own development.
>>341464243
fuck, that looks so good
hope it comes out soon and not countless delays like MN9
>>341465324
go and play them again, you're deluded if you think castlevanias are fast, with the exception of secret characters
>>341463256
Igarascal
Dawn of Sorrow wasn't bad at all and I never got the hate for it
>>341467096
Agreed, that would be neat. Especially if it was a whole 3+ hit combo or something. I guess that wouldn't be especially castlevania-esque, but whatever.
>>341467301
this speed run is amazing
>>341468134
Eh it was too safe imo
solid 6, maybe 7 if it came out now
>>341468134
People hate the anime artstyle.
And for good reason; it's shit.
But it still only consists of character portraits and doesn't affect anything beyond that.
Also it was more grindy and the touch screen gimmick was dumb.
But other than that I loved it.
>>341468134
The only people who hate it are Sony fags. Ignore them.
>>341468134
Man I fucking love DoS. I think people shit on it mainly because of the art and the touch screen boss-sealing stuff. Despite both of those, I really enjoyed myself with that game. I liked how the weapons had a special move apiece.
>>341462250
Looks like shit and seems boring as hell, gameplay seems clunky too. I hope it improves a FUCKING LOT until release.
>people on neoGAF already bitching about the big water titties on the boss
For fuck sake, can these people EVER shut the fuck up?
>>341468134
It was alright, I feel like it's definitely one of the weaker games in the series and both DS games were better, but I had fun with it
>>341462250
monstrous big floppin titties <3
I really don't like anything about the art direction and the animations. It's not terrible in any particular instance but everything about it scream mediocre or phoned in to me.
Again, it's not bad, but Castlevania always pushed the envelope at least the 2D games.
It's not really a dealbreaker and in b4 "IT'S JUST AN ALPHA" but so far I am a little bit let down.
>>341467630
In that chinese video the player gets multiple CON Boosters dropped from the same enemy. It probably works the same way works in Dawn of Sorrow did.
>>341463347
Did I do right, or did I do wrong? Only time will tell. What I've seen so far wasn't impressive in the slightest, but it'll have time to improve.
>>341466086
that's really pretty, but needs a pat Miriam feature
>>341467864
They actually said they're going to be shipping the basic game with only a couple of the extra modes like Shovel Knight, to ensure it doesn't get delayed into oblivion and end up as Mighty No. 9 2.0.
>>341467231
That red hallway is pretty much guaranteed to be one of the first areas after the ship. If you look at the stage concept art almost all of them are callbacks to old areas of Dracula's Castle, like the gardens, entry hall, clock tower, all that.
>>341468763
>how to spot a spoiled little millennial: the post
gotta find something to whine and cry about even if it's actually nothing huh?
>>341469102
(You)
>>341469214
another quality millennial post :^)
>>341469389
How are you Anon, are you okay? How's the day going?
Have you called your mother recently? You know she worries.
>>341468538
The boss battle looks hella tight, though.
>>341468309
Metroidvanias make some of the best TASs (that one alone took the equivalent of over 40,000 split retries).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEXV4vbGYSE
Looks so slow and the animations are so shit. The enemies movements and attacks are really bad. Looks very easy too.
>>341470808
man every game is easy at e3. can't scare people away with the difficulty
>>341470808
>t. distinguished video game developer and professional reviewer of alpha gameplay footage
Damn that's a shame. I hope this makes people realize the kind of effort that goes into making good games and act a bit more lenient towards Capcom and Konami, perhaps moreso the former.
>>341468827
Inceases in strength with each consecutive acquisition of the shard.
Is that what you talking about?
>>341471370
What are you talking about? Looks like it is coming along fine. I don't necessarily like the design of the boss but everything else just reminds me of the DS castlevania games.
I get that the music was added after recording,but holy shit is it bad,I couldn't focus on anything else.
>the bosses tiddies are the weak spot
>>341470808
SOTN is really easy and ruined the franchise with the mindless mashing.
>>341470808
>Looks very easy too.
>saying the very first part of the game looks easy
Replay ANY Castlevania, the first area is always piss easy especially SoTN and look how revered that title is now.
>>341471852
>Miriam's weakness is playing with her tiddies
>>341470808
*interupts your mid-sentence*
The game looks fine and I don't understand what your problem is??
>>341471764
>everything else just reminds me of the 3DS castlevania game
FTFY
This game exists, therefore it is shit.
>>341471815
>>341464243 is a better stream.
>>341472257
Not really.
3DS castlevania was pretty much just 2d Lords of shadows.
Nothing about what was shown besides the game being 3d on a 2d plane reminds me of the 3ds castlevania. The rest of it is 100% DS castlevania games
Iga does what Inafunedon't.
>>341471558
Yes.
>It probably works the same way works in Dawn of Sorrow did.
What did I even say.
It looks good though. I know you fags refuse to give any crowdsourced game a fair chance, but nothing about this looks bad
>>341472935
I haven't played DoS in like 4 years.
I was just confirming.
ITT: Every criticism is dealt with defensiveness and apologetics
Pointing out flaws in a game that's in active development is not a review, but a healthy exercise. If there's a way to improve something I'm sure the dev team would appreciate it, specially when they're actively taking feedback from the community.
These threads can serve as a think tank for ideas and future communications with the team. Maybe you guys are so close to the project that you're tired of hearing "the art looks mediocre", but instead of taking that as a negative, take it as face value and try to discuss a possible way on how it could possibly be improved.
Don't be complacent and assume it's going to get improved, it's better to voice that it can be improved, so they can focus on working on it, instead of possibly letting it slide.
>>341463494
somebody needs to send him some real mac and cheese
How much money did they get for this again?
>>341473575
Step up senpai
>>341473675
>dark elf
MUH
>>341473548
>take it as face value and try to discuss a possible way on how it could possibly be improved.
There are only 2 things right now that I feel could be improved upon, the colour pallet it just needs a bit more life, especially seeing as the whole game is centred on stained glass things, and speed it up slightly although that's a preference from someone who plays DMC games on turbo not something that's needed
>>341463347
>>341463347
>>341468763
>Castlevania always pushed the envelope at least the 2D games.
Castlevania literally reused the same sprites for years. The reason they had such polished art is because they just kept building on top of what they already had. Of course a game built from the ground up won't have visuals as polished as the latest entry in a series that's been polishing it's sprites for more than a decade, no matter what it's budget is.
>>341464243
Wow that monster has an impressive rack.
>>341468763
>Castlevania always pushed the envelope at least the 2D games
What? No it didn't. Hell it reused the same enemy sprites for like 10+ years.
>>341472257
There is no 3DS Castlevania?
It looks exactly like the other IGAvanias so far. It has the same movement, similar room layouts, similar mechanics, etc. Right now it's kind of easy but it is the first level and those were always easy as fuck.
>>341474025
I'm not even sure if speed is the issue, but something feels a little odd with the jump. It kinda feels floaty but I don't know exactly how to put the finger on what's wrong with it.
And what bothers me most in the background is the repetition of the same assets (crates, sacks, barrels) in various dispositions. Again, I'm sure it's just placeholder and it can be improved but it's better to talk about it.
And I'd probably add some non-intrusive foreground objects (possibly blurred) to add a greater sense of parallax when moving. Also it would be nice entering a room and seeing rats scurrying away, as to indicate a sinking ship, there's a lot stuff they could add to make it more interesting and vary the environment.
Just as an experiment though I'd like to see if the visuals would actually be improved by rendering the 3D in a parallel projection, because when going up and you see the bottom of the platforms it's a little bizarre seeing her noclip through the objects like that.
Just spitballing here anyway
>>341466102
she looks scary
could make a good miriam cosplay tho tbqhwyfam
>>341470162
Crazy legs Julius is one of the most ridiculous things I've ever seen in a speedrun.
>>341466824
More like Iga-PHONEY
Who's going to be Miriam's VA? I want Steve Blum.
The game looks fine, won't look better since they're working with that kind of hardware and Iga said from the start it was going to be 2.5.
Having said that, i don't like the art direction, too animu for my tastes and i pray to god they add more enemies in that ship, it's a fucking ship, they're on the sea, where are the mermen rip off? some holes in the ship allowing water to come in would be a nice touch too, since water probably hurts you it would rise the difficulty.
>>341468763
Have you ever played castlevania?
>>341476384
Come to think of what, what actually is the last game he voice acted for? I know he's a meme, but I can't remember the last time I actually heard him in anything.
>>341468134
If Konami ditched the touchscreen shit and ported it to consoles/pc bundled with a remastered Aria of Sorrow (reusing as much of DoS's as possible most likely) it'd probably do pretty damn good and be regarded as the best since SoTN.
>>341476684
Port it to PS4 with upscaled graphics.
Done, GOTY.
>>341476684
Bring back Soma's fur coat and I'll be happy
>>341476667Mighty No 9
>>341476010
>And I'd probably add some non-intrusive foreground objects (possibly blurred) to add a greater sense of parallax when moving. Also it would be nice entering a room and seeing rats scurrying away, as to indicate a sinking ship
I know exactly what you're talking about. The laboratory stage of Mickey Mania comes to mind (4:10):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8TlopANMZY
Looks fucking shit.
When did the japanese become such scam artists?
>>341475003
>>341475632
I'm not denying they reused the same sprites, hell even if they weren't a 1:1 reuse of the same image they would still build upon the sprites from the previous games.
But even reusing the assets for the mobs, the background art always managed to stay interesting and varied, even when they were essentially going to similar locations and the usual castle entrance and those stairs up to dracula's room. They consistently pushed the art with every passing game, and it always remained one of the gold standards of how to do pixel art right.(well, maybe SNK trumped them a little)
>>341477038
While the backgrounds in Bloodstained do look like they could use some sprucing up, that's such an ancillary detail that I think it's too early to critique it. I'm sure people will post the "i-its just an alpha" image but to a degree it's true, it's an early demo, one can't expect it to look like a final product. Not to mention we've only seen two environments so far.
It just seems to me critique would be more useful aimed at the movement and combat mechanics/animations right now, which definitely need more polish, rather than the background art.
>>341463347
>Backed it for signed collector's edition
>Best case scenario the game is fantastic and I have a great conversation piece for my house
>Worst case scenario it's shit and I sell the collector's edition for a profit due to grorious nippon signatures.
I'm cool with either, though I am seriously pulling for this game to be good.
>>341476541
The FDS version of Castlevania 1
4 but never finished it
Rondo of Blood
Bloodlines
Symphony of The Night, both the PS1 and the Saturn versions
Harmony of Sorrow
Circle of The Moon
Portrait of Ruin
Dawn of Sorrow
Order of Ecclesia
Adventure Rebirthreally had a hard time remembering all these goshdarn forgettable names
I'm readying my ass to play that romhack that supposidely fixes Simon's Quest
In before I'm a faggot for not playing *all* the classicvanias
>>341469079
As long as there is a "fun/lounge" area like the Redecorated Room in HoD, the Dance Hall (AoS), or the City of Haze Cafe (PoR). Sorry for the water-color filtered image I grabbed from Google.
>>341464243
What's the difference between castlevania and metroid games? Besides the obvious stuff like aesthetics and what not.
Cause if this is more metroid like shadow complex and guacamelee I'm down.
>>341477868
Yeah sure but being that I'm an """artist""" it's probably the best I have to offer.
I'm really struggling how to identify the problems with the gameplay, all I know is that my instincts are adding little red flags in my perception that tells me that it feels weird, while not being really able to identify the problem.
All I know for sure is that I really want the axe back. I always loved swinging around those huge hunks of metal right in the horseshit medusa heads.
>>341469079
In the very first prototype footage they showed near the end of the kickstarter, it looked to be in the opening hallway of the castle.
>>341478718
>filters
>>341479345
The most obvious immediate distinction is melee vs projectiles
>>341479345
Castlevania had more RPG elements.
>giant sized torpedo tits
>unashamed of breast giggle
>covered in purple sperm
Can't wait for the sfm porn™
Day one buy,
Hope thats some sort of skin you can unlock for the protagonist
>>341478718
>that filename
Son of a bitch, I didn't want a boner right now.
>>341462250
Something about the movement feels off
>>341479345
It's gonna be more castlevania than metroid which tend to be characterized by rpg systems, consumable items, more gear variety, and lots of extraneous shit that isn't really necessary but can be fun to fool around with. It's not likely to be as focused as a metroid game.
>>341480265
You mean her stilted hovering when turrning?
Yeah it looks weird and unfinished but I think that was deliberate cause that's kinda how alucard moved when turning?...or maybe it's not finished.
>>341480849
I think it's both just intentional and unpolished, even got a bit of an afterimage where you travel thing going on, but with the scarf instead
>>341480849
Yeah I think they were going for that classic symphony of the night turning animation but it either doesn't really fit the character or they missed the mark. I think the flowing cape really added something to that animation as well, and it probably looks weird without it.
>>341479880
>that hand pose
>>341473548
>I'm not a baiting faggot but actually give constructive feedback
>posting lol looks like shit on /v/
>>341463347
>>341464763
>we want a good castlevania again
>deliver a 3D game
"What the fuck, Castlevania is supposed to be 2D action RPG!!"
>deliver a 2.5D game
"What the fuck? 2.5D? I'm not playing this shit for casual babies"
>deliver a 2D pixel art game
"Fuck you Igahack, you can't even come up with good graphics and new ideas"
>>341466086
This generic animu trash design is so tasteless and uninspired. All she's missing is heterochromia and she'd be set as the blandest MC ever.
>>341483776
Yes different people have different opinions. All those opinions are not from the same person just because it's "Anonymous" saying it.
>>341484163
That's general consensus, people here have been bashing Bloodstained for being 2.5D. Just take a fucking look at '[Archive].
>>341462250
>that jagged out of place horn
Punished Monstergirl?
>>341484349
People who don't like 2.5D will voice their displeasure at not liking 2.5D
If it was any other way, other set of people would pop in.
It's 4chinks, there is no consensus and we will never agree on anything
God bless this place
>>341462250
This looks so good Jesus Christ. It kills me that this isn't out until next year.
>>341484670
Shit game reference aside this whole game is about window shards so that "horn" is most likely the sole reason for that monster to exist.
>>341464243
>XBONE
>>341462250
WTF is that giantic TITMonster?
>>341485839
Speculation that it's a titty monster who got glass aids.
>>341463347
Never even heard of it
>>341462250
The sword swing's a bit slow for my liking and I wish you could swing in eight directions
>>341462250
>Bloodstained and Shantae both show off ocean waifus.
Pretty good E3 so far.
>>341485576
and I'm going to refer to the new model as the Slim Bone.
>>341487784
8 directional swinging would make it too easy. Look at the recent Strider reboot.
Looks fine to me.
Anyone get the kay to the demo?
>>341473575
>>341473864
Dont Fight Mac N Cheese is literally the only thing in this world in which we all win
>>341488472
Thanks for the promotion
>>341488191
The 8 directions slash was the least of its problems. They gave you such an amount of overpowered artillery that by the end game you could cheese any boss by just spamming projectiles in a distance safe spot.
Not a bad game but really easy and unremarkable
>>341488191
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDiivoPJxz0
>Miriam End-game.mkv
>kicks boss in it's stomachface
>8
>kicks boss in it's giant tits
>13
>>341480849
>>341481193
>>341481308
All CV games handle like that if you played anything but SoN on an emulator you would know that
>>341488918
Reminded me of HotD Overkill, where the guys tells you to shoot at the final boss' weak point, but never states where it is, and you realise when you actually do it.
>It actually looks pretty damn good
I'm hype.
Is the demo out yet?
>>341485576
>Movienygger
>>341464243
Looks great, can't wait to try it out.
>>341464243
>Hitting the tits does double damage
I never thought I'd have to type that but my god
>>341489669
Probably not till after E3
>>341464243
>hitting the tiddies does double damage
>>341462250
The standing sword swing lasts too long.
>>341477997
I'm at $175, might end up going full madman and back for $300 if the demo is any good.
>>341464243
>the tits take more damage
Beuno.
>kung-fu boots give her bare legs
>>341488990
No it doesn't you dummie
Hell, most classicvanias don't even have a turning animation
>if you played on an emulator
The fuck are you saying jimmie, are you saying emulators are so inaccurate that they completely fuck turning animations
Ninja, what are you even trying to say
>>341480265
I want to say that it sort of looks like her arc fall slows as she approaches the floor like she enters an invisible pool of water that slows her momentum, but only during a long jump.
>>341468134
I loved it but it had problems.
>fusion shit instead of finding strongest weapons via exploration
>bulmblefuck retarded touchscreen garbage
>0.0000000000000000000000000001% soul drops with luck doing nothing
>ditched original art for no reason
>>341490989
But then again I could just be seeing things and the game looks great.
>>341489703
And proud of it
>>341491303
How's that autism?
>>341462858
Wew he made an image
This is dedicated shitposting, I salute you.
Game looks like ass, graphically and gameplay wise.
>>341491074
Just play it on an emulator and cheat 4000 luck to get a drop every single time after you are done with everything else in the game. It's not like farming for hours will make you more hardcore
>>341463347
Just slackerback.
>>341491426
You tell me, if posting two stupid pics ticks your head this much
And Then There Were Three
>>341468417
In fact everything about the backgrounds and sprites are absolutely stellar. It really is just the cutscenes and portraits that shit the bed
>>341491921
nigga cheating luck does almost nothing, this is exactly what i'm talking about
i had to cheat drop rates directly
>in development for around a year
>demo is released and updates
>game looks decent for Kickstarter shit and isn't mired in controversy
MM9 was a sad fate. Sure it is 1.5mill lower, but same company working on it and for a longer cycle it's WiP was better looking and gameplay had tedious dashing to kill from builds.
>>341491921
Not him, but personally Metroidvanias are one of the few games where I enjoy the grind and farming. This is especially when you get to a room with just the right enemy types and placement that it well suited for quick re-entry to spawn more for seamless hack and slashing with perfect flow. It's very soothing.
>>341492850
Really? I remember doing it back in the day. It was years ago though. How did you cheat drop rates directly?
>>341464243
Sinking this boat
>>341462250
I'd motorboat those
Was the demo just a ruse
>>341464243
Is it just me or is her movement speed really slow?
>>341462250
Looks like a Unity phone game.
>>341466824
You may as well.
Inafune was obviously involved into IGA doing the KS, it's exactly the same marketing and dev team.
ANY TORRENT?
>>341495631
You mean, backers getting it? I think they'll give it once the E3 is over, for the sake of giving the press a headstart with it.
>>341497103
I haven't gotten it yet so I'm guessing not, but I'll check the kikescammer comments just to make sure
>>341497019
It hasnt even been sent out yet
>>341496537
>muh gwafix is da most important thing
Why don't you go play a benchmark test, retard.
>Bloodstained is just fan service from the Castlevania DS era
Why didn't I back this???
>>341497998
>Backed it for $200
>Haven't beaten a single Castlevania
>>341499198
>>Haven't beaten a single Castlevania
Madman
>>341499198
Well, now you know what to do in prom night!
>>341462858
OoE was a work of art because he knew it was his last game and didn't care if it costed more than it made.
Bloodstained is him trying to build a sustainable IP and you can't do that by giving people top art quality as KOF13 clearly shows.
>>341488472
this is some shad tier garbage
>>341499954
You are trying too hard anon
>>341470162
>those boss battles
Fucking christ this guy annihilated this game
>>341462250
>That giant monster girl with gigantomastia udders
Fucking yes.
>>341462250
>trusting japanese developers
>>341504441
For every one good Western game, there are0good Japanese gamesbecause there has never been a good Western game
>>341505737
what a twist
>>341499198
Play Harmony of Dissonance. You can clear it in one sitting because it's easy as fuck until pre-final boss Maxim. Fuck Maxim.
>>341464243
>2:56
Did she get a fucking soul from that enemy?
Looks alright, I hate that flash animation or whatever, the characters don't fit into the environment and look pasted on like paper dolls. But at least it's something, I need a Castlevania fix. Pixel art is probably a lot more time consuming and expensive.
Oh god those mega boobs
>ideally, it'll be out this week
JEWIGA
if u compare this to mighty9,this is 10 times better
>>341471764
>everything else just reminds me of the DS castlevania games.
Except ugly.
In the end Crapcom, Konami, Namco, etc USED to deliver extremely high quality games because they had whole companies worth of people working on art, design and music while the developers developed the game.
Then the developers left and it was notthing but pretty looking bad games, then they cut costs and we're on to the current generation.
On the other hand, the developers without the powerhouse art farms are delivering games that look fun to play but mediocre to look at and the music isn't that good despite being Yamane. Maybe she isn't being paid enough, maybe Iga doesn't have the balls to push her as much as Konami did because the former is a favor and the later was a job.
Who knows, the point is gaming was better when presentation, gameplay and marketing were all pretty much independent from each other and playing with a whole deck of cards rather than sharing (and of course putting most of the budget on marketing and distribution).
>>341509247
But it looks just fine. Sure, the backgrounds are pretty dull, but it's a fucking boat. Not the castle the majority of the game will be in.
>>341462250
Is there fanart of this literal tittymonster yet?
Ok here's what I think is wrong, given that this is an alpha they have plenty of time. I think this is a good start though.
Model clips through platforms, either it needs to be rendered in front or there needs to be a jumping down animation.
Monsters look plain and seem to be untextured and relying mostly on shaders. Monster design is good but need more detail.The Buers (lion headed wheel of goat legs) looked pretty good though. Boss seems especially lacking in surface detail. Also she needs to be more teh sexy (picture related).
Hair needs animation/physics. Scarf physics look greatly improved over the last dev update.
Lever detail looks good but needs more color, I think they need to add some full screen filtering and saturate the colors a bit more.
Oh and FYI Guilty Gear XRD was developed using Unreal 3 and a lot of the stuff that Arc System Works developed for that game were folded into Unreal 4 so it's not true that this kind of game is hard with Unreal 4, they specifically made it a lot easier to do with UE4. You can even do pixel games easily with it now. The whole idea of UE4 was to make it a general purpose engine. So you can say, make a game with pixel art that uses subpixel scrolling (i.e. uses GPU hardware to move your pixel art around) hardware alpha transparency and mixes it with 3D elements.
looks okay, not regretting my backing but not blown away
>>341462250
>that boss
Nice job, Japanese Dracula man.
My biggest problem is that the colors aren't vivid enough. Everything has unpleasant shading.
>Inb4 BUT ITS MUH HAUNTED SHIP, ITS SUPPOSED TO BE UNPLEASANT
Fuck off. Castlevania games have always been about making beautiful environments out of spookyscary settings.
>>341512304
So true, not even the oversaturated lights can make the grey ship alive
>>341468134
It was a definite downgrade from Aria of Sorrow, which was fucking great even on a Gameboy Advance.
![1b7ea960e0[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/0nMNrdC.png "1b7ea960e0[1].png")
>>341462250
The music is ASS. It's like they thought SOTN music was good because it had a bunch of instruments so instead of adding complimenting harmonics, dissonance and random twinking noises. FUCk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYG4heJ2Ojw
Twitch stream footage. romscout seems to like how it feels.
>>341499198
You did at least play them right??
>>341513045
this is exactly what i wanted to see. abusing the backdash makes the game way more fun.
>>341513045
>backdash can be canceled into a duck to go fast
neat
>>341476010
>Just as an experiment though I'd like to see if the visuals would actually be improved by rendering the 3D in a parallel projection, because when going up and you see the bottom of the platforms it's a little bizarre seeing her noclip through the objects like that.
IGA said they tried orthogonal projection and didn't like how it looked. They could just render the model as a separate layer when the model drops through a platform so it appears in front of the geometry. They already seem to be doing that with the shadow blob things that fly around.
>And what bothers me most in the background is the repetition of the same assets (crates, sacks, barrels) in various dispositions. Again, I'm sure it's just placeholder and it can be improved but it's better to talk about it.
How is that any different than previous CVs using the same background tiles everywhere?
>>341463347
Where the fuck is my demo
i wanna titfuck that monster
Wait, this looks bad or something? Am I supposed to hate this?
>>341514672
I want to cuddle that monster as she slowly succumbs to glass aids.
>>341465178
>Kind of sad tbqh.
You can still back it you know right?
>>341512837
>The music is ASS. It's like they thought SOTN music was good because it had a bunch of instruments so instead of adding complimenting harmonics, dissonance and random twinking noises. FUCk.
*sigh*
Pay the fuck attention faggot. It has been said MULTIPLE times now that that is not the actual music from the game, it was added in post because the soundtrack was drowned out in the recording The track they used is a cleaned up version of a song that was demoed early in the kickstarter which had shit recording quality (the original sounds like it was recorded over the phone)
Jesus FUCKING CHRIST!
>>341470162
>tas
Lost interest
JUST SCAM MY SHIT UP IGARASHI
>>341515293
>*sigh*
Heh...*unsheathes revolvers* ur dead ese...
>>341468763
>Again, it's not bad, but Castlevania always pushed the envelope at least the 2D games.
What the actual fuck?
>>341513045
This is absolutely beautiful.
>>341466916
>OoE is my favorite Castlevania
Finally, someone with taste.
>>341468763
>Castlevania always pushed the envelope at least the 2D games.
Yeah with reusing the same sprites over and over again since SOTN.
Top kek
Oh shit fags check your email.
>caring about this shit instead of the real Metroidvania coming out
>tfw based IGA doesn't disappoint
>>341473675
>miriam armpits
MUH
