castlevania first iteration for the gameboy is a really weird work of experimentation and I'm still left confused at what actually I have to say about this
i always skipped this one in my countless castlevania playthroughs but since this was featured in the anniversary collection I was like why not it probably won't feel like cock and ball torture
it feels like cock and ball torture.
trying to port the whole formula to a system that has like a total of 30 pixel on the screen was definitely a tough achievement and i won't leave this achievement undiscussed for another second . and tear it the fuck apart
most of the main elements of the nes trilogy were considerably sized down to a more humble progression no subweapons available anymore and youre left only with your whip which makes the decision of the whip downgrading at each damage taken a lot more questionable because why the fuck would you make the only weapon in my repertoire get back to its main form and not give me any other option whatsoever what was popping in Konami headquarters ong then talking gameplay the core is still there but new entry boy christopher belmont plays like an even heavier statue than simon was in castlevania 1 trying to make him move around feels like being sisyphus pushing the stone up the hill he's literally unmovable and what's more tragic is the fact that the performance on this one is also abysmal so have fucking fun trying to make some sense to this 5 fps sequences with enemies everywhere and a LOT of FUCKINg . ROPES lord im gonna have so much trauma on this I'm not even making this shit up
and for all these issues ? you did it at my birthday dinner I made excuses for you back then
ideally until stage 3 I wasn't particularly impressed with this but I was enjoying my time nonetheless with this super short slowmo bite sized castlevania but then stage 4 shows up and you're gonna get a taste of metal bar on your teeth like have fun with those savestates you're gonna need those pal
so uhhh yeah nice experiment I'm never touching this again
levels and music were surprisingly good tho I'll give it that
i always skipped this one in my countless castlevania playthroughs but since this was featured in the anniversary collection I was like why not it probably won't feel like cock and ball torture
it feels like cock and ball torture.
trying to port the whole formula to a system that has like a total of 30 pixel on the screen was definitely a tough achievement and i won't leave this achievement undiscussed for another second . and tear it the fuck apart
most of the main elements of the nes trilogy were considerably sized down to a more humble progression no subweapons available anymore and youre left only with your whip which makes the decision of the whip downgrading at each damage taken a lot more questionable because why the fuck would you make the only weapon in my repertoire get back to its main form and not give me any other option whatsoever what was popping in Konami headquarters ong then talking gameplay the core is still there but new entry boy christopher belmont plays like an even heavier statue than simon was in castlevania 1 trying to make him move around feels like being sisyphus pushing the stone up the hill he's literally unmovable and what's more tragic is the fact that the performance on this one is also abysmal so have fucking fun trying to make some sense to this 5 fps sequences with enemies everywhere and a LOT of FUCKINg . ROPES lord im gonna have so much trauma on this I'm not even making this shit up
and for all these issues ? you did it at my birthday dinner I made excuses for you back then
ideally until stage 3 I wasn't particularly impressed with this but I was enjoying my time nonetheless with this super short slowmo bite sized castlevania but then stage 4 shows up and you're gonna get a taste of metal bar on your teeth like have fun with those savestates you're gonna need those pal
so uhhh yeah nice experiment I'm never touching this again
levels and music were surprisingly good tho I'll give it that