Vampires, bats, whips, spells, castles…what’s the first thing that comes to mind when hearing these words? Elder Scrolls maybe? Twilight perhaps? Of course not! As Halloween approaches and things get spookier, it’s time to take a look at one of the most iconic gaming franchises of all time: Castlevania. A series that has been alive since 1986 is bound to have a wide array of titles, and Castlevania is no exception. While it isn’t quite as big as it was during the NES/SNES era, there are still plenty of quality titles that deserve to be played by any and all game aficionados.
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A Best Vampire Game list and no Bloodborne. A bold choice, indeed.
IMO, I wouldn't consider bloodborne a vampire game. Long story short, It's more about the side effects of the blood experiment and the influence of the red moon, than actually being a vampire.
Yes, Bloodborne is about Vampires. It's not just the undertones, or the imagery or the obvious parallels, it's pretty much everything and then some. Here's the thing, Bram Stoker's Dracula is also not a Vampire novel. Why? Because technically Vampires from folklore were something else.
But based on our updated view of what Vampires are, informed in one way or another by Bram Stoker's Dracula, Nosferatu The Vamprye, and many other stories, and combined with From Software's own interpretation, we can say with confidence that Bloodborne IS a Vampire story. Sure, there are other elements, but the central narrative is pretty much Vampires. Which would make it THE Vampire game. I mean, Cainhurst Castle. Anyways, that's how I see it.
But to each their and we'll agree to disagree.
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No Blood Omen? Even today it's one of my favourite vampire games. We could really do with a release on modern platforms.
I really enjoyed Vampyr. The combat is a little clunky and could use some work. However, the story, characters, dialog. setting, and pretty much everything else in the game is great.
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I'm a big fan of Dawn of Sorrow too - I'm not sure I can decide between it and Aria, though. The bosses in Dawn of Sorrow are better, especially with the boss rush at the end. The story's a little more streamlined and neat in Aria, while Dawn just seems like it's trying to justify its own existence. And the stupid draw-a-glyph thing was definitely the long arm of Nintendo going MAKE USE OF THE TOUCHSCREEN and it was way out of place, although I did love the ice-destroying touch mechanic later on.
I got to take SoTN at number 1.
I have only played dawn of sorrow and lord of shadow,loved those games.
Portrait of Ruin and Order of Ecclessia deserve to be on that list before the Wii game. The Wii game is just a short, budget-priced diversion. If you wanted to include a game like that, Castlevania Chronicles is a better choice, IMHO.
Also, as always, I get saddened to see no love for Lament of Innocence and Curse of Darkness. Those two games are VASTLY underappreciated.
If Konam still had any interest in making games and/or making consumers happy we could hope they'd remake the GBA and NDS Castlevania games at some point, since there are people like me who aren't interested in gaming on handheld consoles and would like to enjoy these games with a proper audiovisual presentation, but since they have clearly given the middle finger to everyone including H. Kojima, I think we all have at least a vague idea of the odds on them ever coming up with that...