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New Castlevania AAA to be announced in 2025
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Variahunter
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Hope it's not MercurySteam.
They are already ruining Metroid, no need to come back again on Castlevania.
Metroid Dread has :
- Bad Art Direction
- Bad OST
- Bad Level design
- No freedom of exploration
- Can't understand Samus character (thinking she needs to pose (Kraid scene) and be badass all the time is just idiot and edgy, when she should take seriously every threat without being overconfident or too fragile, just a middle ground)
- OK gameplay but absolutely no progression curve in how you learn to control and optimize your movements (like in Super) and no skill required because there's almost no variance in how the jumps and run work and almost no momentum
So no thank you.
And please Nintendo, give Metroid to competent japanese developers (you know, actually competent developpers for good gameplay aside from a FPS game) or do it yourself, and grow some balls by finally translating Super Metroid gameplay in a 3D 3rd person game action/platforming/shooter.
(Even though I think the first Lords of Shadows was OK, the others games went downhill from there)
They are already ruining Metroid, no need to come back again on Castlevania.
Metroid Dread has :
- Bad Art Direction
- Bad OST
- Bad Level design
- No freedom of exploration
- Can't understand Samus character (thinking she needs to pose (Kraid scene) and be badass all the time is just idiot and edgy, when she should take seriously every threat without being overconfident or too fragile, just a middle ground)
- OK gameplay but absolutely no progression curve in how you learn to control and optimize your movements (like in Super) and no skill required because there's almost no variance in how the jumps and run work and almost no momentum
So no thank you.
And please Nintendo, give Metroid to competent japanese developers (you know, actually competent developpers for good gameplay aside from a FPS game) or do it yourself, and grow some balls by finally translating Super Metroid gameplay in a 3D 3rd person game action/platforming/shooter.
(Even though I think the first Lords of Shadows was OK, the others games went downhill from there)
Blank Space Invader
Gold Member
More clickbait leak-rumor-speak. I will wait for official announcements from the company.
Soodanim
Member
Lords of Shadow was boring and I quit part way through. Even turned it down to easy to try and burn through for the story and still got bored.
AAA Castlevania doesn't exactly fill me with confidence, but I am open to having my mind changed. We'll see what the trailer looks like if it ever exists.
AAA Castlevania doesn't exactly fill me with confidence, but I am open to having my mind changed. We'll see what the trailer looks like if it ever exists.
Kacho
Gold Member
r/GamingLeaksandRumors is a playground for bullshit
BossLackey
Gold Member
"AAA" says to me that it's not going to be a sidescroller and that sucks.
ZoukGalaxy
Member
THIS.hope it will be like this
and not like this
Absolutely HATE the anime style with "pop musics for elevators", bring back Lords Of Shadow masterpiece style with its phenomenal soundtrack from Oscar Araujo !
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Arcane0ne
Member
And Amazing music.
Omnipunctual Godot
Gold Member
Please don't base it on the Netflix shows.
Mister Wolf
Member
Castlevania 64 had the best atmosphere of all the 3D Castlevanias.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
The best games tend to have surreal dreamlike atmospheres.
Dr. Wilkinson
Member
Glad to hear it. Buuuut very cautiously optimistic. It’ll depend who’s actually working on it.
Edgelord79
Gold Member
Hope it’s actually “new” and not a remake or remaster. This would be amazing!
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Omnipunctual Godot
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EerieArcade
Member
On the subject of the 3D Castlevania games, are the PS2 games worth a play?
Mister Wolf
Member
The first one definitely is if you're a fan of the franchise. Killer soundtrack.
Danjin44
The nicest person on this forum
This, as much as I love FROM, can we please have a game that’s not trying to be like them?
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MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
Curse of Darkness.
Mister Wolf
Member
You already got Lies Of P.
Strider7
Member
It wasn’t enough to satiate my thirst for the old blood.
Red Crayon Aristocrat
Member
I've noticed, unless it's Nintendo, Square or Metal Gear, 8/16 bit era ips have vanished from the AAA sphere, they're only used for intentional retro throwbacks like Streets of Rage 4, gone are the days where they would still get fully 3D updates like Golden Axe Beast Rider.
But, a recent exception is Ninja Gaiden 4, so maybe it's possible the same will happen for Castlevania.
But, a recent exception is Ninja Gaiden 4, so maybe it's possible the same will happen for Castlevania.
{insert code here}
Member
This would be fucking amazing
Grizzled Ghost
Member
Last time they put out a AAA Castlevania they also released a 2D companion game that wasn't half bad. Maybe they'll do the same with this one..
Badlucktroll
Member
peronmls
Member
You might as well get fromsoftware to do it because Lies of P just copies them. Hopefully this is one of the games Platinums Games is developing.
TerribleAtThisGame
Member
I'd really need to see what that even looks like by now. The series has had such a long streak of shitty to thoroughly mediocre 3D iterations that I have a hard time even picturing it without thinking Bloodborne with Threaded Cane and a jump button. I don't want that either. I want all these classic series to be leaders and not followers again.
But honestly, I'd be down with a 64 remake to get things started.
But honestly, I'd be down with a 64 remake to get things started.
awwr999999
Member
Next step - returning to their best logo from '86.
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SkylineRKR
Member
First remaster Curse of Darkness and perhaps tweak its gameplay somewhat. Its underrated.
Its a vampire hunter vs Dracula in a castle. It just doesn't work as a 20+ hours bloated game. LoS bored me also, I never beat it. Lament and Curse of Darkness were boring too, granted. But better and more varied than Lords.
I enjoy 2D castlevania the most, with exploration and minimal story.
Its a vampire hunter vs Dracula in a castle. It just doesn't work as a 20+ hours bloated game. LoS bored me also, I never beat it. Lament and Curse of Darkness were boring too, granted. But better and more varied than Lords.
I enjoy 2D castlevania the most, with exploration and minimal story.
awwr999999
Member
Konami needs to deliver what everyone's been wanting all along - PS1 Castlevania on PS2.
IOW, just more of the 2D PS1 Castlevania but better looking.
2D PS1 Castlevania is Castlevania.
It's not just Konami, there's tons of PS1 best-ever games that are permanently stuck on PS1.
Taking PS1 games and using UE to 'remake' them as 4k PC games will remove the signature PS look and cost studios 5% of gross sales in perpetuity.
In an ideal world all of Sony's great PS1 games would be 'remade' as PS2 games (no UE involved) and given full DualSense functionality.
PS6 would have full PS2 HW baked-in and studios could sell us new PS2 games at full price.
Lots of tiny things with PS1 and PS2 games need to be fixed like upgrading audio, utilizing triggers for analog instead of action buttons and adopting the updated menu format where O is back instead of ▵.
IOW, just more of the 2D PS1 Castlevania but better looking.
2D PS1 Castlevania is Castlevania.
It's not just Konami, there's tons of PS1 best-ever games that are permanently stuck on PS1.
Taking PS1 games and using UE to 'remake' them as 4k PC games will remove the signature PS look and cost studios 5% of gross sales in perpetuity.
In an ideal world all of Sony's great PS1 games would be 'remade' as PS2 games (no UE involved) and given full DualSense functionality.
PS6 would have full PS2 HW baked-in and studios could sell us new PS2 games at full price.
Lots of tiny things with PS1 and PS2 games need to be fixed like upgrading audio, utilizing triggers for analog instead of action buttons and adopting the updated menu format where O is back instead of ▵.
RetroGamingUK
Member
Platforming is a core tenant of Castlevania, jumping has to be there.
please a real Castlevania not the RPG slopSOTN remake using unreal engine 5
simpatico
Member
Fully agree. If it's not made in Japan and side scrolling it might as well be a new IP. I've already said goodbye to Castlevania as a franchise that is still releasing new entries, so Konami cannot hurt me here.
RetroGamingUK
Member
Some thoughts
- Yes, this game will likely use Unreal Engine 5, Konami have now replaced Fox Engine with UE
- No, a SotN remake would be 2D and thus not AAA
- They could do a 3D game with the story and characters from SotN, but they wouldn’t call it SotN
Horseganador
Member
Castlevania has never worked in 3D, they weren't bad games...but they were nowhere near the quality of Super Castlevania 4, Rondo and SOTN.
Team Andromeda
Member
More Lords of Shadow please (not the sequel)
LavitzSlambert
Member
Good but not great. Not even close to SotN and DoS.
Ceadeus
Member
What you did not like about it? Did you finish it?
LavitzSlambert
Member
Yeah finished it, scratched the itch for a new Castlevania but ultimately disappointed me. The map was disjointed and not at all fun to traverse, and the controls were very stiff. Grindy spots for a couple powers needed to progress but with poor drop rates (that one water ability). I didn’t care for the art style or the music, and the story was the most generic I’ve seen in a Castlevania. Still a pretty good game because it’s a Metroidvania but not one I’m interested in replaying.
Dorago
Member
In the past, I always bought a new system if it had a 2D Castlevania on it.
The 3D ones have all been garbage especially the God of War clone ones.
Could a good studio make a 3D action/adventure game that still 'feels' like Castlevania?
Yes
Is there any evidence that a studio like that exists in 2025?
No
The Dominus collection had a nice surprise with the remake of Haunted Castle at least.
I'd love to see a collection that had the N64 or PS2 games, or the MSX2 and X68000 versions again.
Finally Iga can get off his ass and finish Bloodstained 2: Maybe Good Combat This Time.
The 3D ones have all been garbage especially the God of War clone ones.
Could a good studio make a 3D action/adventure game that still 'feels' like Castlevania?
Yes
Is there any evidence that a studio like that exists in 2025?
No
The Dominus collection had a nice surprise with the remake of Haunted Castle at least.
I'd love to see a collection that had the N64 or PS2 games, or the MSX2 and X68000 versions again.
Finally Iga can get off his ass and finish Bloodstained 2: Maybe Good Combat This Time.
