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Castlevania (Netflix Original)

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I know Castlevania has a rich video game history but I've never gotten around to playing any. I think I played a but of whatever was on XBL marketplace back in the day but that's it. I've also never seen an anime outside of the Pokemon TV show when I was a kid. So basically going in blind to Castlevania lore and anime I want to say this is really fuging good. The first season is only 4 episodes but it's basically just there to set up the series it seems. Season 2 drops in a couple of weeks. I love the Dark Souls/Lovecraftian feel I get from it. Also the devil may care attitude of the protagonist and humor is great (which would usually make me cringe). The protagonist reminds me of a down on his luck medieval Solid Snake. (Which I suppose is fitting because both Castlevania and Metal Gear Solid were Konami creations...)

 

Anyway, has anyone else seen it? Thoughts?

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Saw the 1st season back when it released and it was fuging awesome.  Like it was so unexpectedly great it kind of blew me away at how good it was.  I'm not much into anime either... I've watched all of Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z and that's about it.  Haven't got around to watching the 2nd season yet but it's really damn high on my to-do list once I get some time to do it.

From what I can tell the 1st season is sort of like a prequel to Castlevania 3 on the NES.  In that game it was the first one to add light exploration and RPG elements and also introduced the Alucard character as he was one of the 3 playable characters.  Not sure how season 2 plays out but it seemed like it was heavily being set up to be a modern anime retelling of Castlevania 3.  That's pretty cool since Symphony of the Night, by far the best Castlevania game ever (and one of the greatest games ever IMO), was heavily inspired by Castlevania 3 and expanded a lot of that story... maybe they'll carry it all the way to the SOTN timeline.

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@Dex If you don't mind going back and playing an older game (PS1 era) then you should definitely jump on Symphony of the Night.  The game is a masterpiece and is the pioneer (along with Metroid obviously) of the Metroidvania genre of games that are so popular among indie developers nowadays.  It's the game that made Alucard a fan favorite and why grown men like me were fan girling out when he finally made his appearance at the end of the first season.

I think they just released it on the PSN and Xbox Marketplace, though they removed all the cheesy 90s voice-acting which was part of its charm I guess.

edit: if you do decide to run through it make sure you unlock the upside-down castle.  Look up Alucard's hidden moves too, because he's got an entire move list the game straight up never tells you about.

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