Castlevania
 

How weird is it, no new Castlevania games or even new Castlevania games as being announced as being worked on in over a decade?

There is hope, apparently:

https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/ca...tation-report/

I got a cool collection from lrg for switch of all the pre-ps games but unfortunately Konami has given up making new good games.

Maybe the series needs to rest fo a while, before returning. We all know that pumping out new titles all the time is not good for the quality.

10 years isn't long enough? A little longer, maybe?

Konami tries to milk Metal Gear and Silent Hill, since those two franchises seen as more "mature" and "serious", which thanks to FMV cinematic games, like Last of Us are all the rage now. And, presumably" it is easier to construct a 3D horror game than a good ol' platformer and a run'n'gun shooter.

Bloodstained was outstanding, though. Helped scratch that itch for sure and I can't recommend it enough.

Hasn't played it: "metroidvanias" especially with all hallmarks of IGA are not to my liking.

For me the last game that "scratched an itch" was a Koumajo Densetsu (Touhouvania), but it was back in 2011 and the game was modelled after classic games, with linear levels and difficult bosses. Since then, nothing ever come close.

'Castlevania: Nocturne' series coming September 28 2023
 

Uh... a bunch of heroic black woman warriors, female boss vampires, no Dracula or Alucard or anything that looks like it has anything to do with Dracula X/Symphony beyond his missing girlfriend? What even is this? This doesn't look like it has anything to do with the games.

It's a sequel to the Netflix series back in 2017 that ran for four seasons. That series made story changes, but I thought it was really good.

The first couple seasons were pretty great but after that it fell off a cliff. It became like a pseudo lead-up to Curse of Darkness but it never even made it there. They just started doing a lot of weird stuff with lady lesbian vampires and Alucard banging dudes. I also remember something about resurrecting Dracula into a hermaphrodite body (wtf?!). I was hoping this would be a return to form but this just looks like more of the season 3 and 4 garbage.