THE BORE

General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: abrader on December 29, 2007, 08:24:04 PM

Title: Collectively I have finished CastleVania games more than any other title
Post by: abrader on December 29, 2007, 08:24:04 PM: - NES CastleVania: At least 1,000+ playthru's between NES and GBA classic cart

- NES CastleVania II Simons Quest: At least 300 play-thru's

- SNES Super CastleVania IV: 500+ playthru's

- N64 CastleVania: 50+ playthru's

- N64 CastleVania Legacy of Darkness: 15+ playthru's

- PSOne CastleVania Symphony of the Night: 30+ playthru's

- PSOne CastleVania Chronicles: 10+ playthru's

- PS2 CastleVania Lament of Innocence: 100+ playthrus as Leon, Joachim and Pumpkin combined

- PS2 CastleVania Curse of Darkness: 10+ Playthru's as both characters each

- PSP CastleVania Chronicles X: 5+ playthru's

and not only do I finish CastleVania games multiple times over, I go on weird binges like all this week I started with a little CastleVania chronicles and ended up playing thru LoI again and now I want to replay SoTN and CoD as well...

I think I might as well just give in - CastleVania is my favorite style gaming franchise ever - the music, enemies and bosses are remarkable to me and keep me coming back over and over and over and over...

I have even finished CoTM, dissonence and aria of sorrow 1-2 times each. I never did finish either of the DS games. I cant get into Dracula NEXT 1999-2025+ era portrayed on the Nintendo handhelds as much as the classic dracula/belmondo saga.

Now if I got you in the mood head on over to castlevania dungeon for a good stroke session...

http://castlevania.classicgaming.gamespy.com/
Title: Re: Collectively I have finished CastleVania games more than any other title
Post by: bud on December 29, 2007, 08:25:42 PM: i've finished super mario land on the gb like >50 times. it takes me ±20 minutes nowadays. :-[
Title: Re: Collectively I have finished CastleVania games more than any other title
Post by: abrader on December 29, 2007, 08:32:10 PM: I think NES CastleVania takes 35 minutes per single life playthru.

CastleVania chronicles take on the simon belmont story takes a lot longer as does the Super CastleVania IV take on the Simon Belmont story.
Title: Re: Collectively I have finished CastleVania games more than any other title
Post by: abrader on December 29, 2007, 08:34:07 PM: Quote from: Forgotten Ancient on December 29, 2007, 08:28:56 PM

I never finished any of the NES Castlevanis despite playing them millions of times. I haven't played an NES Castlevania since I was 7 or 8 though.

The hardest part of NES castlevania is the Grim Reaper - make sure you have III power boomerang cross and do some vandamage before he even starts.
Title: Re: Collectively I have finished CastleVania games more than any other title
Post by: Van Cruncheon on December 29, 2007, 09:15:09 PM: no castlevania bloodlines?

portrait of ruin takes place well before 1999
Title: Re: Collectively I have finished CastleVania games more than any other title
Post by: MCD on December 29, 2007, 09:18:51 PM: CHARLOTTE
JONATHAN
CHARLOTTE
JONATHAN
CHARLOTTE
JONATHAN
Title: Re: Collectively I have finished CastleVania games more than any other title
Post by: Vizzys on December 29, 2007, 09:45:34 PM: Quote from: McDragon on December 29, 2007, 09:18:51 PM
CHARLOTTE
JONATHAN
CHARLOTTE
JONATHAN
CHARLOTTE
JONATHAN
lol
Title: Re: Collectively I have finished CastleVania games more than any other title
Post by: y2kev on December 29, 2007, 10:33:07 PM: Quote from: McDragon on December 29, 2007, 09:18:51 PM
CHARLOTTE
JONATHAN
CHARLOTTE
JONATHAN
CHARLOTTE
JONATHAN

It's funnier in the Japanese version

CHAROT
JONASAN
CHAROT
Title: Re: Collectively I have finished CastleVania games more than any other title
Post by: Joe Molotov on December 29, 2007, 10:44:42 PM: That's a crazy amount of playthroughs. I can't imagine playing any game, even a really short one more than 15-20 times, much less 100 or 1000(!). I think the game I've replayed the most is Starfox 64 with about 15+ times.
Title: Re: Collectively I have finished CastleVania games more than any other title
Post by: FancyFeast on December 29, 2007, 11:07:48 PM: Ive been playing Aria of Dawn all day. Such a good game. :-*
Title: Re: Collectively I have finished CastleVania games more than any other title
Post by: The Sceneman on December 30, 2007, 12:12:00 AM: Quote from: y2kev on December 29, 2007, 10:33:07 PM
Quote from: McDragon on December 29, 2007, 09:18:51 PM
CHARLOTTE
JONATHAN
CHARLOTTE
JONATHAN
CHARLOTTE
JONATHAN

It's funnier in the Japanese version

CHAROT
JONASAN
CHAROT

I love all the soundbites in that game... the enemies have some good ones

I SEE YOU
BLEEEAURRGHHH
BLOOD ART TECHNIQUE
THIS IS ART!
HOLY .... LIGHTNING
TEMPTATION
Title: Re: Collectively I have finished CastleVania games more than any other title
Post by: abrader on December 30, 2007, 03:04:54 AM: Quote from: ParticleReality on December 29, 2007, 11:14:56 PM
Oh yeah, CastleVania is awesome.

Oh and I like your hat abrader. It reminds me of a hat my friend had once.

hahaha what?
Title: Re: Collectively I have finished CastleVania games more than any other title
Post by: abrader on December 30, 2007, 03:06:09 AM: Quote from: Professor Prole on December 29, 2007, 09:15:09 PM
no castlevania bloodlines?

I only briefly had that for Genesiss and never finished it.

It was hard to get me off of my SCV4 addiction back then.
Title: Re: Collectively I have finished CastleVania games more than any other title
Post by: brandonh83 on December 30, 2007, 03:07:02 AM: I got to the last boss in Curse of Darkness but didn't beat it because I felt the boss fight was way too cheap. I mean most CV's have cheap bosses but that was just ridiculous.
Title: Re: Collectively I have finished CastleVania games more than any other title
Post by: abrader on December 30, 2007, 03:08:39 AM: Quote from: brandonh83 on December 30, 2007, 03:07:02 AM
I got to the last boss in Curse of Darkness but didn't beat it because I felt the boss fight was way too cheap. I mean most CV's have cheap bosses but that was just ridiculous.

spoiler (click to show/hide)
deacula or grim reaper?
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I can see where one feels cheep.....you should try it with Trevor Belmondo ;)
Title: Re: Collectively I have finished CastleVania games more than any other title
Post by: brandonh83 on December 30, 2007, 03:12:09 AM: I think it was
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Drac's first form
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or something, it's been a while. And the only reason I got that far is because I'm a whore of the franchise.
Title: Re: Collectively I have finished CastleVania games more than any other title
Post by: abrader on December 30, 2007, 03:16:02 AM: spoiler (click to show/hide)
I think his first form is fun - I think his last form playing as Trevor is hard as hell
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Title: Re: Collectively I have finished CastleVania games more than any other title
Post by: brandonh83 on December 30, 2007, 03:22:30 AM: I may give it another whirl because I'm a glutton for punishment. I mean I've been playing Rondo of Blood for the past 5 hours and get some kind of sick enjoyment out of seeing the game over screen over and over again, a Hobbit's Tale by Bilbo Baggins
Title: Re: Collectively I have finished CastleVania games more than any other title
Post by: abrader on December 30, 2007, 03:23:29 AM: Take a break with Capcom's Willow for NES.

damn I wish I had that right now.
Title: Re: Collectively I have finished CastleVania games more than any other title
Post by: brandonh83 on December 30, 2007, 03:26:51 AM: I'm not sure how one goes about taking a break from being killed repeatedly in a CV game. Not even for Willow.
Title: Re: Collectively I have finished CastleVania games more than any other title
Post by: MCD on December 31, 2007, 02:24:00 AM: Quote from: y2kev on December 29, 2007, 10:33:07 PM
Quote from: McDragon on December 29, 2007, 09:18:51 PM
CHARLOTTE
JONATHAN
CHARLOTTE
JONATHAN
CHARLOTTE
JONATHAN

It's funnier in the Japanese version

CHAROT
JONASAN
CHAROT

Charot? the fuck? :lol :lol

how did i miss this :lol
Title: Re: Collectively I have finished CastleVania games more than any other title
Post by: DJ_Tet on December 31, 2007, 09:51:30 AM: Ironically enough, the only Castlevania I've ever finished was the fauxvania, Simon's Quest.

I loved that one, I probably would have really enjoyed SoN but I never got around to playing it. I've got a couple of GBA Castlevania's but portable gaming :'(

Actually, I beat the first CV once with a game genie ultimate lives cheat and could beat Super Castlevania pretty easily.