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  • Опубліковано 24 гру 2024

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  • @ruckussful
    @ruckussful 2 роки тому +263

    game sack is like a recliner that's so comfortable and familiar you can't help but sink into it.

    • @the16bitprick36
      @the16bitprick36 2 роки тому +11

      You have obviously never been in a steiner recliner before.

    • @boycecat1964
      @boycecat1964 2 роки тому +3

      Beanbag?

    • @MrPeterStevens
      @MrPeterStevens 2 роки тому +8

      It is usually part of my Sunday morning ritual. Coffee + game sack.

    • @Jesse__H
      @Jesse__H 2 роки тому +10

      @@MrPeterStevens i can dig it. I'm more of a Game Sack before bed kind of guy myself.

    • @deftones8717
      @deftones8717 2 роки тому +4

      @@MrPeterStevens same!! Nothing like a nice cup of Joe to go with some Joe. It’s such a cozy, happy place for me. I’m a coffee fiend, so coffee alone makes me very happy, but paired with a game sack video ..🤌🏼 perfection

  • @RicardoRandom691
    @RicardoRandom691 2 роки тому +80

    I appreciate you recording new intros for the crunch videos. Not everyone takes the trouble. Ok, time to binge!

  • @burtbackattack
    @burtbackattack 2 роки тому +215

    I always start my day with a bowl of Castlevainia Crunch!

    • @zimzam9166
      @zimzam9166 2 роки тому +5

      Shameful comment, you should be ashamed of yourself

    • @onionknight984
      @onionknight984 2 роки тому +17

      Pour the cereal before the blood

    • @vileCR999
      @vileCR999 2 роки тому +16

      I love the Medusa head marshmallows! Wow!

    • @SpartanX360
      @SpartanX360 2 роки тому +5

      Pass the box I got a bowl too!!

    • @brianm5563
      @brianm5563 2 роки тому +8

      Part of your complete breakfast.

  • @adamjensen295
    @adamjensen295 2 роки тому +80

    Well, I wanted to be productive this Monday. Guess that isn't going to happen. This video won't watch itself. Lol

  • @darkerson
    @darkerson 2 роки тому +68

    2 hours and 18 minutes of Joe and Castlevania. What more could you ask for? Thanks for the good times! :)

  • @Hayseed1976
    @Hayseed1976 2 роки тому +52

    It is getting that time of year where I play Castlevania and Super Ghouls and Ghost. They always remind me of fall and Halloween.

    • @riddleiddle
      @riddleiddle 2 роки тому +3

      🎃

    • @Igoreshkin
      @Igoreshkin 2 роки тому +12

      Zombies Ate My Neighbors is also good at this time of year :)

    • @MrVariant
      @MrVariant 2 роки тому +3

      GNG resurrection was fun 2 player but tough even on easier levels. I do like the art books and sound in both castlevania/advance collections.

    • @hamm0155
      @hamm0155 2 роки тому +4

      Happy castlevania season!

    • @richardslotboom9250
      @richardslotboom9250 2 роки тому +2

      For me too especially in the winter

  • @n0isyturtle
    @n0isyturtle 2 роки тому +8

    Rondo Of Blood is truly the purest embodiment of what Castlevania stands for as a franchise.

    • @slipwagon7944
      @slipwagon7944 2 роки тому

      Rondo Of Blood is tough as hell. I can't get past stage 2.

    • @orangeslash1667
      @orangeslash1667 2 роки тому

      @@slipwagon7944 Did you unlock Maria?????

    • @slipwagon7944
      @slipwagon7944 2 роки тому

      @@orangeslash1667 Trying too. That part after you fall down the hole is difficult.

  • @Jesse__H
    @Jesse__H 2 роки тому +5

    Really appreciate these Joe. Game Sack is my comfort watch. I have it on in the background during various things, multiple times per week, then I always catch the new episodes before bed Saturday nights.

  • @zacharyberridge7239
    @zacharyberridge7239 2 роки тому +10

    Oh man, the Dracula X vs Rondo of Blood skit was spot on! I'll always have that speech between Richter and Drac etched into my memory.

  • @Moonwalker86
    @Moonwalker86 2 роки тому +11

    This is amazing, I always go back to watch them all because they are so incredible, being in one video is a treat and absolute joy.
    Thank you.

  • @carlosaugustodinizgarcia3526
    @carlosaugustodinizgarcia3526 2 роки тому +4

    A shame besides Igarashi's team we know nothing about the other Castlevania developers.
    Toru Hagihara was SOTN co-director and also made Belmont's Revenge and Rondo of Blood.This guy took the series to another level .
    Hitoshi Akamatsu created the series and directed all the games for the NES.Nobody knows what happened to him,he vanished.

  • @ryuhoshu3303
    @ryuhoshu3303 2 роки тому +20

    Had already watched these individually when they came out but since I like Castlevania and Joe's content so much I just watched the whole thing again 🤣

    • @lordsosa9383
      @lordsosa9383 2 роки тому

      blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
      bring it on punk

  • @graymars1097
    @graymars1097 Рік тому +1

    I still feel somewhat blessed knowing that there is a 2 hour video on UA-cam, made by Game Sack, about Castlevania 😮
    Seriously, it's great to witness it 👍

  • @loki.odinson
    @loki.odinson 2 роки тому +13

    One of my favorite videogame franchises of all time. Thank you!!
    Sigh...if only Konami would do something with this franchise besides re-releases and Pachinko.

  • @maskharah
    @maskharah 2 роки тому +6

    Hey Joe, I especially like that wrap-around filter you used for the end-credits video. Some really cool effects right there, definitely use that some more in end-credits, or other parts of future vids! Thanks for all your hard work brother.

    • @brandonginsburg3120
      @brandonginsburg3120 2 роки тому +1

      You should see his stop-motion animation of the innards of a RetroN5. It is creative and a display of great skill.

  • @extremawesomazing
    @extremawesomazing 2 роки тому +6

    I appreciate the attention to the super Gameboy and details like differences between releases. Awesome show. Thanks!

  • @chimerastudio634
    @chimerastudio634 2 роки тому +2

    Love this channel. I hope it keeps going for many years

  • @joaobabler1584
    @joaobabler1584 2 роки тому +9

    Great job, I love those kinda videos

  • @dunamis1382
    @dunamis1382 2 роки тому +3

    I like all of your videos Joe! Game sack is my favorite retro gaming channel

  • @bra1nc417d
    @bra1nc417d 2 роки тому

    That outro, for the 16bit games, man, that was perfect. I had a good chuckle, from that.
    In Harmony of Dissonance, I think your characters name, is pronounced, as, Joo-stay.
    A notable takeaway, from Harmony, is, how tedious, the map design, can be and, it employs WAY more backtracking, than, any other Castlevania.
    My top two, are the same as yours. SoTN just feels so "rich and thorough", with perfect control and has, absolutely incredible, music, so, it gets my top vote. AoS gets my second, for the quick and solid gameplay, with excellent tunes, and an addictive soul system. Collecting the Tsuchinoko and Sky Fish souls, was satisfying, and the Game+ mode, was perfect.

  • @butter1134
    @butter1134 2 роки тому +1

    I love all your videos, but I really appreciate all the work you put into your stop motion shorts, you must have the patience of a jedi

    • @butter1134
      @butter1134 2 роки тому

      You are fake news son

    • @butter1134
      @butter1134 2 роки тому

      @UCZ_p2FZpxH184u4j3zOQDgg awe TELEGRAM ME changed his name, or did he delete his wittle 3 week old fake account bot bot bot

  • @IfOUGHTpIRANHAz
    @IfOUGHTpIRANHAz 2 роки тому +6

    Probably should’ve mentioned the main draw of Harmony of Despair, that you can play as all the main characters of the IGA Castlevania games, and they all play using the mechanics they had in their own game.

  • @anthonycomeaux1804
    @anthonycomeaux1804 2 роки тому +1

    As a pretty big fan of the series since the NES, I came around to Harmony of despair on Xbox 360. You're right that, single player alone, it's not amazing. But the multiplayer is one of my finest memories with the franchise. Especially with Soma. But having all sorts of different characters to play, all online with friends was a blast. Leveling up your abilities, farming bosses for rare drops (Dual Wielding Valmanways was amazing), playing levels from various Castlevania games... Just great. And the DLC was reasonable by today's standards. I think it was $2/character when they added them, and levels were like $4 or $5. They got difficult since you had to play on the hardest difficulty to get the best drops (Valmanway+1 was extremely rare).
    Me and a friend of mine used to go back to it every now and then. They eventually made it backward compatible on Xbox one. I really wish they would make a newer one.
    If Konami came back and made true new 2d Castlevania in the same vein as what they did for the TMNT franchise with Shredder's Revenge, I would be all in. I also enjoy the compilations they've released so I can play on Switch. Really hoping they find a way to do the DS games.

  • @matthewheupel8960
    @matthewheupel8960 2 роки тому +4

    I do NOT have a Castlevania t-shirt... I need a Castlevania t-shirt.

  • @fungus_am0nguz644
    @fungus_am0nguz644 2 роки тому +4

    I remember the first time I played Rondo of Blood, I played it on an emulator and when I started playing I was like wow this is actually really good (by this point I had played and owned all the NES games, gameboy, Bloodline on Genesis, which funny enough i had the same reaction as you like this dont feel like a Castlevania game, feels off but then I realize it is a masterpiece even better than Super Castlevania, that one is 2 easy, anyways the SNES games and PS1 games), so im playing Rondo of Blood and i went from this is really good, to starting to get angry and angrier and angrier, until pausing the game and screaming "THE BEST 16 bit Castlevania GAME OF ALL TIME NEVER CAME OUT IN THE WEST, WTFFFFFFF" it is that fucking good and being the first part of my favorite castlevania game of all time, i love it.

    • @hamm0155
      @hamm0155 2 роки тому

      So true, all of it

  • @martits
    @martits 2 роки тому +6

    beer is ready, time to watch 2 hours of Castlevania

  • @belteshazzar-der
    @belteshazzar-der Рік тому

    Hey Joe! This is my favorite mini-series you've made. It's cool to watch them back to back, and I also appreciate the added intro! Also, the post credits scene for the 16 bit Castlevanias video is my favorite post credits scene in the entire channel! Keep up the good work!

  • @HoodedChaosProductions
    @HoodedChaosProductions 2 роки тому +1

    OMG, you said FEWER appropriately instead of LESS. Joe, THANK YOU.
    That aside, I love this compilation.

  • @j-morecoffeepls
    @j-morecoffeepls 2 роки тому +1

    When you were talking about the X68K Castelvania, I was thinking I’ve played this before. Then you said it was on Castlevania Chronicles, I’m like hmmmm. Dug out my old PS3 and sure enough I got this game on there. Score!

  • @PoutingTrevor
    @PoutingTrevor Рік тому +2

    I'm mad at myself for not discovering Game Sack sooner.

  • @djlamar2
    @djlamar2 2 роки тому +2

    Dude you referencing the line from Castlevania Rondo of Blood at the end of the 16 bit part was funny and great :D

  • @ChaoticHoly
    @ChaoticHoly 2 роки тому +3

    I love this time of year - Hyper focus on the spooky games!

    • @hamm0155
      @hamm0155 2 роки тому +2

      Happy castlevania season!

  • @evank1246
    @evank1246 2 роки тому +1

    I literally watched all the castlevania videos yesterday. I guess now's as good as ever to see if there's anything I missed. I do love these compilation videos.

  • @bananonymouslastname5693
    @bananonymouslastname5693 2 роки тому +2

    The sound effects when putting games into consoles on Game Sack are underrated.

  • @stanwatcham3881
    @stanwatcham3881 Рік тому +1

    I wanna see a 3D castlevania game done with the help of Platinum games where you play as either Alucard or Soma Cruze Bayonetta style, imagine how crazy that'd be!

  • @titantim
    @titantim 2 роки тому +1

    Glad to see some love for Dante's Inferno. Never understood the hate for it when it was released, as I enjoyed it from start to end.

  • @Level1Sword
    @Level1Sword 2 роки тому +21

    Really hoping they release a DS compilation.

    • @ZeroHourProductions407
      @ZeroHourProductions407 2 роки тому +7

      If there was going to be one, the only platform that would've played it mechanically intact is... The Wii U.

    • @tigerfestivals5137
      @tigerfestivals5137 2 роки тому +1

      @@ZeroHourProductions407 they could change some of the touch screen controls and keep the games mostly intact.

    • @animatedplastic
      @animatedplastic Рік тому

      I think they did an Advanced Compilation Digitally for the Switch. I hope they do a DS comp as well. I wish they would release a physical copy collection of them as I'd like to actually OWN the physical media rather than a digital copy.

    • @ArynWellspring
      @ArynWellspring Рік тому

      @@animatedplastic There is a physical version of the Anniversary Collection and Requiem so far

    • @ArynWellspring
      @ArynWellspring Рік тому +1

      And I believe they are working on a compilation of the DS game’s currently. I don’t have much to back that claim up with though. But, I think what is taking them longer on this one is Dawn of Sorrow is being slightly remade with new art and a removal of the touch controls. The other two will be mostly unchanged. Also, expect to see The Adventure ReBirth on that one

  • @seeer3240
    @seeer3240 2 роки тому +1

    I like your subtle sense of humor. Great videos man.

  • @Killahfam69
    @Killahfam69 2 роки тому +5

    Me and my friend has been recently hooked on this series

  • @syncronized_entity
    @syncronized_entity 2 роки тому +1

    Yes! How nice is this. Thank you Gamesack 🤩

  • @tonberrymasta
    @tonberrymasta 2 роки тому +7

    I've never thought of myself as being a substandard Castlevania fan for not having a Castlevania T-shirt, but I guess that is indeed the case.

    • @hamm0155
      @hamm0155 2 роки тому +3

      Good point, applies to me too

    • @SubmitToTheBiomass
      @SubmitToTheBiomass 2 роки тому +1

      I'm a fraud.

    • @derek-64
      @derek-64 2 роки тому +1

      I'm wearing a Castlevania shirt right now. Not an official one but it has the map from Castlevania 3 with all 4 characters underneath walking along.

    • @tonberrymasta
      @tonberrymasta 2 роки тому

      @@derek-64 That actually sounds really awesome!

    • @derek-64
      @derek-64 2 роки тому +2

      @@tonberrymasta i found it on Teepublic. I believe it should still be available.
      *edit* it's still available. One shirt i recommended is one where it looks a comic book cover with Simon getting in Dracula's face.

  • @robwilson90rw
    @robwilson90rw 2 роки тому +2

    Brilliant starting my day off with game sack and it's Castlevania! What could be better 😄

  • @TheGamingDandy
    @TheGamingDandy 2 роки тому +7

    Rondo of Blood is still my favourite castlevania of all time.

  • @brandonkrogstad7809
    @brandonkrogstad7809 2 роки тому +3

    Such a great trip down memory lane, Love the series and as much as I love SOTN I will always love the original trilogy for NES and yes I actually like Simon's Quest. One day I'll get my Castlevania NES boxart completed on my back!

  • @svenvaltik5657
    @svenvaltik5657 2 роки тому +1

    Oh hell yeah. Booting up the collection and getting comfy for this one!

  • @joaobabler1584
    @joaobabler1584 2 роки тому +8

    on the PSP's game, you can unlock the PS1's Symphony of the Night game too. The PSP's game has actually 3 games on it.
    on Mega Drive's Bloodlines you can do a Spear Rotating attack as well.

  • @deanbaker7080
    @deanbaker7080 2 роки тому +1

    Awesome compilation of games. Another video that comes a close second is the old Gametrailers Castlevania retrospective

  • @Cautious_Gamer
    @Cautious_Gamer 2 роки тому +1

    The 3D/PS3 era games were sick. This video was awesome!

  • @CapnPicard
    @CapnPicard 2 роки тому

    Btw I needed to say thanks for all the years of content - What's amazing is your content keeps getting better. GG on that, no small feat. imo

  • @duhmez
    @duhmez 2 роки тому

    I don't have a Castlevania T Shirt! Dammit! I love these CRUNCH episodes, real nice to put onthe tv right before bed and just veg out until fall asleep, then rewind the next day to where I left off and do it again

  • @joshuamackey2326
    @joshuamackey2326 2 роки тому

    Gamesack, joe u are the shit to put a two hour plus video together for us castlevania fans thank u for the killer upload

  • @camouflage81
    @camouflage81 2 роки тому +6

    The Treasure room music in Super Castlevania is the best song of all of the SNES games! :)

    • @derek-64
      @derek-64 2 роки тому

      Dracula's theme is still good. Haunting and eerie. When you walk into that room be prepared for a showdown with The Prince of Darkness!!

  • @HollowaysIdea
    @HollowaysIdea 2 роки тому

    Can't lie your Screen transitions are unmatched anywhere online!

  • @GarlicMonoxide
    @GarlicMonoxide 2 роки тому +1

    This is just the kinda crunch I need in my life.
    Thanks buddy!

  • @qurn
    @qurn 2 роки тому +2

    I loved the music from harmony of dissonance. It's unique, I love the complex harmonies in it. I'll grant you the sound quality is not good. I wish more people liked it, so we could get a quality sound track from it.

  • @shiroka1371
    @shiroka1371 2 роки тому +1

    Overall, it's a great compilation of nearly all Castlevania Games and fun to watch
    Here's my Opinion on some Games which differ from Joe:
    _16-Bit_
    Honestly Super Castlevania 4 and Rondo of Blood are both Number 1 with neither being better than the other since their focus are different which makes them equally good. Bloodlines was good, but not really that better when confronted with SC4. It's also worth mentioning that Dracula X for the SNES was known in PAL Regions as "Castlevania Vampire's Kiss" and that the Dracula Boss Fight for the SNES Port was the most infamous one in all of Castlevania History for being ultra difficult!
    _Metroidvanias_
    Circle of the Moon:
    The Game was actually much harder than Joe said, due to the fact that there is no Shop so you have to heavily rely on cards or item drops for healing outside save rooms. This was also paired with the fact that there was no backdash which makes hits difficult to avoid. If you wanted 100% you also need to go to the Battle Arena which was very hard if you're not minimum Level 60 and needed to grind one card which was dropped by one enemy and if it didn't you had to do the whole Arena again!
    What this Game made actually better than Symphony of the Night or later Castlevanias was the fact that you could hit continue directly from the Game Over Screen without going back to Main Menu
    Harmony of Dissonance:
    Actually imo it has the best Art and Atmosphere from all GBA Castlevanias while Aria of Sorrow had a rather good mix but not being the better. Worth mentioning here is the ability to backdash again but you can also dash forward which makes fights and traveling much easier again!
    Aria of Sorrow:
    It was mentioned by Joe that as Julius you don't level up which is correct but unlike Maxim in HoD, Julius can raise his stats when he collects the orb at the end of a boss fight since Julius doesn't start fully powered up like Maxim.
    Order of Ecclesia:
    This is where i strongly disagree with Joe since imho Order of Ecclesia is the best NDS Castlevania out there. It has great Music, returning artwork from Ayami Kojima!, challenging fights, stages like Simons Quest with different designs (i do agree here that some stages are bland or only straight forward). If you rescued all villagers you could even unlock Dracula's Castle and explore it!
    Portrait of Ruin was also a good Game but really, it doesn't hold a candle against it even though the Portraits were a nice Idea but gameplay was rather just more of the same while Aria/Dawn of Sorrow was definetely more fun with the Soul System.
    _3D Castlevania_
    I have to disagree here again with his opinion on Lords of Shadow
    The Game was rather good and featured a dark re-telling how Gabriel descended further into the Darkness until becoming Dracula in the 2nd game.
    Joe telling he rather prefered playing the N64 Games was very amusing but i can only agree with the fact that QTE's were a fad of the time and annoying if overused. That he also mentioned rather playing Dante's Inferno which also had tons of QTE didn't really help him here putting more critics on LoS.
    Personally i had no trouble with the gameplay which was also very tough and challenging (stronger focus on tactical side with dodging/blocking and using the resources for healing or damage buff)
    The other points that it barely resembles Castlevania is a bit wrong when many known Names (Rodolfi, Orloc, etc.) as also Enemies from the Original Storyline are included here and the Vampire Castle which was breathtaking!
    The 2D Spinoff was ok, but ofc it doesn't reach the same height as the original ones
    Lords of Shadow 2 was though a let down from the Story and Level Design but still good gameplay and brought the Story to a, if somewhat weak, conclusion.
    I rather wished he looked upon it in a more different view instead of being negative about it and somehow trying to find arguments to make it look less good imo.

  • @QF_Dan72
    @QF_Dan72 2 роки тому +1

    so i was currently watching your Cool Compilation and Anthologies video and then you uploaded this crunch, perfect timing i guess

  • @jasonking3182
    @jasonking3182 2 роки тому +1

    Is there some reason Rando of Blood and symphony of the night have yet to hit the switch? They are the last two major games not on the system

  • @rajneeldin9581
    @rajneeldin9581 2 роки тому +1

    Great work Game Sack and Joe, excellent video, Love it!!

  • @juanpineiro4507
    @juanpineiro4507 2 роки тому +15

    LOS 1&2 are masterpieces , lament of innocence is also one of my favorites .

  • @valentarising
    @valentarising Рік тому

    gamesack is simply awesome. ive been watching for some time now and will definitely continue to

  • @JoNev1
    @JoNev1 2 роки тому +4

    Ahhh another Game Sack crunch to fall asleep to...just in time for Halloween🎃. Thanks Joe. 👍😎

  • @martinlopez2955
    @martinlopez2955 Рік тому

    im glad youre still rocking and makin videos

  • @truecauseofchaos
    @truecauseofchaos 2 роки тому +1

    Awesome retrospective! Castlevania is my go to platformer, played all of them up to Lords of Shadow, which I didn't bother finishing.
    Hoping for a return to form some day!

  • @Justin_W
    @Justin_W 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks for this video! This is one of my favorite series' of all time! Growing up, I always thought the sword and snakese were chandeliers too! Haha!

  • @matthewwilson440
    @matthewwilson440 2 роки тому

    John!!! Another quality video on my day off?! Over two hours!!! You rule

  • @jasonhubbard6775
    @jasonhubbard6775 2 роки тому +3

    Castlevania Crunch: the breakfast cereal General Mills should work on RIGHT NOW.

    • @03bgood
      @03bgood 2 роки тому

      Sounds like a lost late 80s and early 90s cereal trying to cash on on the sucess of the Nintendo Cereal System.

    • @bdhale34
      @bdhale34 2 роки тому

      You don't think they'd get sued by Quaker for stealing their "Crunch" IP?

  • @Sullstice
    @Sullstice 2 роки тому

    I do have a Castlevania T-shirt, I'm wearing it right now. Great vid, good job!

  • @djeurosham
    @djeurosham 2 роки тому

    My first console that I got that was actually mine was an NES in 1988, and the first game I asked for was Castlevania. Before that I played the game in one of those tabletop arcade cabinets in a local Pizza Hut, so it blew my mind that I could play the game at home.

  • @apocalypticminister1369
    @apocalypticminister1369 2 роки тому +2

    Great show Joe! I'm a Castlevania fanatic... Always have been... Perfect timing on the Hallow's Eve stuff, and Yes! The Music❤🔊

  • @n0isyturtle
    @n0isyturtle 2 роки тому +1

    For my money, Castlevania and Mega Man/X have the best series soundtracks in all of gaming.

  • @DCMann2000
    @DCMann2000 2 роки тому

    Oh heck yes! Wasn't expecting to see this until after the 1st!

  • @AnalogX64
    @AnalogX64 2 роки тому

    "It's got Castlevainia for crunch, whip for punch, and it stays crunchy, even in milk."

  • @ruminator3570
    @ruminator3570 2 роки тому +1

    My feelings are in the series are that Konami is neglecting this franchise. Although I'm not a fan of the more exploration based titles I think there is an opportunity here. The game mirror of Fate was very flawed but they were going in the right direction. That game showed despite its flaws that exploration and arcade style platforming can work in a game.

  • @AluccardX
    @AluccardX 2 роки тому +1

    Nice video! I love Castlevania the Adventure on gameboy. I beat it all the time when it first came out but I never knew it had a GBC release. Can't wait to play it!

  • @rufusray
    @rufusray 2 роки тому

    Great idea for a long form video , thanks joe!

  • @amooseinaroom1228
    @amooseinaroom1228 2 роки тому

    just what i needed at this moment. stop reading my mind! (no actually, please continue)

  • @Vaxovillion
    @Vaxovillion 2 роки тому +1

    Awesome content as always. Finally getting my Mister
    kit today so will at last get to play rondo of blood.

  • @cloudtx
    @cloudtx 2 роки тому

    Great stuff Joe! I'm a big of this series so I have my personal favorites:
    From the original trilogy: Castlevania III
    From the 16-bit games: Super Castlevania IV
    From the GBA games: Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
    From the 3D-games: Castlevania: Curse of Darkness
    I also gotta say that I didn't hate Lords of Shadow. It's a flawed experience for sure, but I thought it was more good than bad. The ambiance, the visuals and going back to earlier levels to get hidden power-ups felt Castlevania-ish enough for me. Not to mention the Castle area where you go against the vampire queen, that's as Castlevania as you get. It also helps that Gabriel was voiced by Robert Carlyle, an underrated Scottish actor and one of my favorites, he did a excellent performance for the game.

  • @dacatindahat8275
    @dacatindahat8275 2 роки тому +1

    Sounds like a new breakfast cereal!
    I'll take a box of castlevania crunch for sure!

    • @grongy6122
      @grongy6122 2 роки тому +2

      Every box contains a miserable little pile of secrets

  • @duckywenselcomedy
    @duckywenselcomedy 2 роки тому

    Ain't even watched it yet and know...ITS THE GREATEST VIDEO EVER!!!

  • @WWammyy
    @WWammyy 2 роки тому +2

    In Dawn of Sorrow I remember the touch screen functions were important at the time because they needed go justify having a touchscreen in general.

  • @MelissaAtwell
    @MelissaAtwell Рік тому

    Thank you for this comprehensive look at these games!

  • @urmie
    @urmie 2 роки тому +7

    Lords of Shadow is awesome, don’t care what the haters say. The environments are gorgeous, top notch voice acting, lots of great art and lore, Patrick Stewart, etc. When Carmilla tells Gabriel to join her, I would’ve said heck yeah. That real estate alone! 🎃

    • @enriquedossantos3283
      @enriquedossantos3283 2 роки тому +2

      i liked it a lot too, also one lament of innocence for some reason, none can beat SOTN tough

    • @juanpineiro4507
      @juanpineiro4507 2 роки тому +1

      True indeed , I’m sure that bearded little guy just sucked at lords of shadow .

    • @jbfarley
      @jbfarley 2 роки тому +1

      @@juanpineiro4507 🤡

  • @knightofvirtue613
    @knightofvirtue613 2 роки тому +2

    Watching this makes me want to go finish some of my playthroughs of Infernax.
    Also - Curse of Darkness is the best 3D castlevania

  • @DeformedConscience
    @DeformedConscience 2 роки тому

    I don't remember the last time I was awake while watching a Game Sack video. I mean, I always watch them. I am just, never awake......

  • @scottbarnes5305
    @scottbarnes5305 2 роки тому

    The 2nd one is my favorite!... It's good to hear someone speak well of it! I like the open world and the high difficulty at night. It was a good first stab at taking the game out of the castle...

  • @ParanoidThalyyMVS
    @ParanoidThalyyMVS 2 роки тому

    You're my favorite UA-camr Joe, thank you so much for keeping the sackage going, I love watching your videos while eating some delicious cereal with milk

  • @thommccarthy1139
    @thommccarthy1139 2 роки тому

    Incredibly Epic video. Was ready to throw hands when you started trash talking bloodlines but you, of course, redeemed yourself.

  • @JazGalaxy
    @JazGalaxy 2 роки тому

    “The Castlevania crunch “sounds like a dance or a breakfast cereal.

  • @arcadeerik2603
    @arcadeerik2603 2 роки тому

    Great job Joe, great video. I have a Castlevania t-shirt it states "What a Horrible Night to have a curse". I love it.

  • @codygratias9780
    @codygratias9780 2 роки тому +3

    Castlevania Crunch… sounds like a cereal I missed out on in the 90s!

    • @jasonleveck8546
      @jasonleveck8546 2 роки тому

      They had a batman cereal, that was absolutely great!

  • @DjDizzy216
    @DjDizzy216 2 роки тому +4

    What are your favorite Castlevanias?
    Early: Nostalgia aside, it’s Rondo Of Blood. Super CV4 is a close 2nd. Castlevania Chronicles could’ve been great but it has so much BS that the fun factor is hurt by it IMO.
    Metroidvania: Aria Of Sorrow. SoTN is the best looking/sounding but Aria perfected it and the story twist is fantastic.
    Other: I’ve never played any of these.

    • @stevesteve0521
      @stevesteve0521 2 роки тому +1

      Agreed on the metroidvania pick. SOTN is beautiful looking, sounding and has plenty of content with both the reverse map and regular map along with plenty of customization. Problem is there’s stuff like having to equip your potion or meat and then pressing the button you assigned to equip it and then when it drops you can use it that really shows the games age. The fact that you’re limited to what you can sell to the merchant and forced to keep usual items and weapon’s you’ll never use also always bothered me and there’s a little too much back tracking in SOTN compared to pretty much every other metroidvania castlevania game where you not only see yourself constantly going to the same area more times than you should but you’re also constantly pressing start to equip or unequip something and the whole thing becomes really repetitive (this is mostly just an issue when you first play the game but that’s really the whole point of a game to begin with is to judge it based of your initial experience of it). Again SOTN is a classic and paved the way for the following games that succeeded it but Aria of sorrow really fixed a lot of that bs along with still maintaining a fantastic soundtrack, beautiful looking areas, a variety of different enemies, items and weapons and a good story along with a good amount of content that’s not too over inflated or repetitive. I also love the anime look style the game had something that dawn of sorrow changed and I wasn’t a huge fan of a lot with the seal bs after beating a boss and that puts it below Aria in my opinion despite still being a great game. Aria is the clear metroidvania castlevania game winner to me

  • @AnthonyRiddle
    @AnthonyRiddle 2 роки тому

    Castlevania was one of the first batch of games we rented when we got our NES back in the 80s. I tried my damnedest to get anywhere on Simon's Quest but had to skip it. We owned Dracula's Curse and it became our most played game on the console.
    Castlevania has remained one of my favorite series of games. Rondo of Blood and Symphony of the Night are my two favorites. The GBA games are damn good too

  • @CrimsonMoonM
    @CrimsonMoonM 2 роки тому

    I finally realized the logic around the seemingly random crouching you need to do in Simon's Quest When I replayed it for the first time in years for this year's Halloween season without a guide.
    Each orb represent different kinds of magic, the white orb enhances your sight, the blue orb manipulates water while the red orb manipulates wind. When you're crouching, it's supposed to represent you invoking the magic of your orbs. In other words, there's no reason to randomly crouch in a location unless manipulating water or wind seems beneficial in that particular moment. When you're following a guide, the cause and effect of the crouching moments seem utterly random, but it actually does make sense once you try to go through the game with nothing but your own intuition, provided that you know that crouching does something to begin with, of course.

  • @HunterKnightCustoms
    @HunterKnightCustoms 2 роки тому

    Watching this while waiting for hurricane Ian to make landfall. Thanks Game sack!

  • @songsan807
    @songsan807 2 роки тому

    Thanks for the great videos. Konomi was one of the greatest game developers for nes and snes games. Loved all their series like Gradius, Silent Hills, and Castlevania. Somehow I only finished playing C1-3 and keep going back to those games.

  • @greyfox4577
    @greyfox4577 2 роки тому +2

    Love Castlevania and loved the video! Hope to someday see a similar video but for Metal Gear.

  • @pizzamike4420
    @pizzamike4420 2 роки тому

    I saw the title of this video and I was like Jessie spano (I'm so excited!). love me some castlevania and joes perspective/knowledge.

  • @akhandtripathipyz9888
    @akhandtripathipyz9888 2 роки тому +1

    Castlevania is my favourite franchise