This is such a gift for the community, especially for Simon fans. There’s so much content combining various Castlevania games + some extra stuff, the devs must have worked really hard on this, I can feel the love and passion through the screen. I especially love how Simon has Grant’s wall climbing ability (somewhat).
@@anotherland2462 Simon built the franchise. Sure maybe Julius is the "strongest" Belmont but he isn't the "first" Belmont. Simon and Richtor are icons of gaming. When you talk castlevania people think Simon > Richtor and maybe Trevor. No one thinks about Julius, Leon, Juste, Soleil, or Christopher. Julius is an afterthought.. If even that.
Game definitely seems cool, especially with the drought of Castlevania in general. That said, does Simon... have many fans? No shade to the OG but he isn't much of a character
Honestly, it looks like it's a minor reskin away from being commercially viable. It wouldn't even be the closest Castlevania derivative in that market.
@@mademedothis424 Thought the same - I wouldn't be too surprised if this game was out there with proper brand and packaging stuff. This is pretty much legit compilation&remaking of Simon's early saga of multiple parallel games.
@@retro3188 Chronicles is basically the remake of X68k - speaking of X68k, the complete port was *finally* released in X68000 Z, which came out May 30 this year.
I like how the game puts collectible power ups in your path right after you get the powerup to collect them. Like the health up right above where you come out when you get the climbing claws.
I agree with other comments - I get that music and graphics take effort to produce but what I see here is a solid metroidvania in its own right and if they just replaced the copyrighted assets with their own they'd have something totally marketable here that wasn't at risk of getting them sued.
DEFINITELY should also do this with castlevania 2, Castlevania 2 felt like it WAS suppossed to be a Metroidvania from the start, minus the terrible advices, with an upgrade like this, it would be an amazing game
Screw the advices man, the fake blocks and braindead enemy placement makes it so much worse! Not even the awesome Redacted hack improves that awful design
@@dominicballinger6536 fake blocks could work like they do here, they are given a hint on where they are or require an elemental whip, all the other ones, screw the enemy placement and make it work like this one, if well done, it could work like an 8 bit order of ecclesia
@@joezuru3753 yeah, I can see it being really fun! I've heard of another rom hack of Simon's Quest that might be nice, but if only the game were better to begin with
I thought somebody already did a fix of Simon's Quest? I could swear AVGN played it at some point. He was doing some skit about being so sick of bad games that he was quitting, then he played the fixed Simon's Quest and changed his mind
@@toxicmanbaby1069 yeah, that was Simon's Quest Redacted. It just fixed the bad translations, npc lies, and day/night cycle speed. Not anything with the level or game design as a whole
I'm honestly shocked with just how well rounded this game is, it really feels like you gotta use all your options when it comes to fighting bosses and every sub weapon at least feels like it has a decent use case. I actually found myself swapping between them decently often, my only real complaint is that you have to find a candle if you wanna swap sub weapons, I wish you could just swap out sub weapons at save points once you've gotten them at least once. Easy 9/10 game.
Thx dude to show us this, wonderful game, I got to finish it with 100% of map, Boss, enemies, itens and cards, no I dont wanna finish less 2hr or 12% itens, I not speedrunner, two images on galerie. I've loved this freak game
I gotta say, this Fan Game is the Sonic Mania of Castlevania, I would love to see more classic games get reimagined like this; Lv.4 Games really deserves a lot of attention and hype for this masterpiece of a remake!
Pretty sure that the invisible block room is not a glitch and is rather intended, considering a little further in you see the huge plains painting room (which would otherwise not make much sense if illusion was not the intent.) It's likely a homage to the original level where Etude for the Killer played in Chronicles, since the whole level had a trickery gimmick. I could be wrong though!
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29:21 btw this is one of the best rooms for farming in the game. You equip the triple knifes and just spam it against the glass guys. Easy money and health.
This was driving me crazy. Maybe it’s the RPG hoarder in me, but it was driving me crazy how many candles, hearts, money pickups, he just struts right passed. 😢
What a phenomenal fan game. I agree wholeheartedly that this could be an actual professional release. If I saw this on a storefront, I'd immediately purchase it.
As a Metroidvania fan myself, I was very pleased to see yours joy and satisfaction from this game. I'm not such a Castlevania professional, but I've probably played absolutely every Metroidvania and this "remake", so to speak, is simply amazing
Popped into this video not knowing what it was but the thumbnail sold me so I'll have to come back to this video after I played it myself. Thank you for uploading! Can't wait to explore this on my own!
I'm going to have to check this out! I recently played a metroidish Mario - SMW: Mario's Expedition. While not great, it was fun, and I had always wanted a progressive exploration system for Mario. And same for this! Ever since seeing the MSX version, I wanted a sort of metroid style game of the first CV!
This looks fantastic! Great graphics upgrade while still keeping with the classic look, life bar upgrades, the ability to choose between sub weapons if you accidentally grab something you didn't want, and exploration elements? Yes please! Sign me up!
I like how quickly he does the stairs now. Just like how in Megaman 3, he suddenly climbed the ladder twice as fast. They knew we were getting bored 😂 This is super cool though, like a cross between the first two castlevania games
Been watching through this and the only way I can describe the feeling I have right now is that this makes me feel like a kid again. I haven't felt like this towards an 8 bit game since Super Mario Bros 3. Edit: Christ after watching it all, I can't believe I'm saying this but I think this game is on par with Symphony. You would think this game gets bad in some points but it feels like biting into a wagyu steak that only gets better with each small piece you eat. Like having the best meal of your life right before you die...It actually left me crying tears of joy a bit from how good the gameplay looked. I'm not making this up....
I know, right!?!?!?! I know this dude is great at the other Castlevanias but now I am starting to think he is only good because he spent his entire life playing them as opposed to just having a quick learning and memorial skill set. The amount of things he just walked right by had me yelling at the screen. I had to turn it off just as he killed Medusa, lol
At this point, Konami might as well pass down the Castlevania IP to us Castlevania fans, as we're able to put more passion into the franchise than Konami has in the past decade. Don't expect much from Konami outside re-released content but Castlevania's 38th anniversary is just around the corner 👀 I know we just got a re-release of the DS trilogy alongside a remake of Haubted Castle but I'm just putting that out there...
It looks like a demake of Castlevania Chronicles from the PS1, which in turn, is a port of the rare 16-bit remake of CV1 for japanese PCs in the early 90s. But it also seems to borrow from Symphony of the Night as well, so it's certainly not a 1 to 1 port of Chronicles.
1:11 WHAAAAAAAGH?!?!!! The dreaded ‘CastleVania jump’ is GONE! AWESOMMMMMMMMME!!! For those unaware, in the NES Castlevania, once you jumped, it committed you to the jump with no ability to maneuver mid-air… …and multi-directional whip strikes ( 4:50 )?!?!!!… There’s SO much gold here, but the jump adjustment is a MASSIVE quality of life improvement… (I still have my copy that I got back in the 80s… 😅 ) Bonus shout that this looks almost like it got a ‘Super Metroid meets Symphony of the Night’ sort of treatment… NO idea how I managed to beat the original back in the day. …amazing. Cheers! \m/, 😊 ,\m/
One thing I'd really love to see one of these days in a fan game (or by some miracle, a new CV from Konami) is a Metroidvania CV with a Belmont like the first two GBA games but with Castlevania 4's omni directional whip gameplay. I still have no idea why they've like NEVER revisited that gameplay system in a future game, it was so good lmao.
This is amazing. I think they went a little difficult at the beginning area, but I think it works since most of the people who play it will be veterans.
*Healing Strike is mandatory in this game.* Don't be this guy. GET IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, AND NEVER UNEQUIP IT!!! It heals 1 HP every five hits you do with your whip, regardless of what you're fighting. It is really good. *Don't waste money on the familiar!!!!* It's borderline useless. It has a massive cooldown and frequently prioritizes candles as targets over enemies.
No. The Vania name comes from the style of weapons and side scrolling through a dungeon and similar to CV1 and the "metro" comes from the style of metroid where you need to collect gear and items to be able to go back and progress through places in the game you've already been to that were inaccessible before. Hence "metrovania" so this is a true to b form metrovania update of castlevania by adding the metroid format into it
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This is such a gift for the community, especially for Simon fans. There’s so much content combining various Castlevania games + some extra stuff, the devs must have worked really hard on this, I can feel the love and passion through the screen. I especially love how Simon has Grant’s wall climbing ability (somewhat).
Simon is and always will be THE BELMONT.
@@anotherland2462 Simon built the franchise. Sure maybe Julius is the "strongest" Belmont but he isn't the "first" Belmont. Simon and Richtor are icons of gaming. When you talk castlevania people think Simon > Richtor and maybe Trevor. No one thinks about Julius, Leon, Juste, Soleil, or Christopher. Julius is an afterthought.. If even that.
Ye
THIS looks awesome!
and btw youre so gey!
Game definitely seems cool, especially with the drought of Castlevania in general. That said, does Simon... have many fans? No shade to the OG but he isn't much of a character
Simon literally just jacked Richters entire swagger. He even turned blue toward the end.
Simon wore it first. Super Castlevania IV art
The use of underappreciated tunes from the CV catalog was GREATLY appreciated
CV1 got Zero Mission'd
Excellent comparison lol
Well the gameplay got ZM'd, the graphics are still 8-bit style.
I was thinking the same lol
This feels like a _whole nexus_ of CV games starring Simon(OG, 2, 4, X68k and furthermore) combined with Later CV system
Honestly, it looks like it's a minor reskin away from being commercially viable. It wouldn't even be the closest Castlevania derivative in that market.
@@mademedothis424 Thought the same - I wouldn't be too surprised if this game was out there with proper brand and packaging stuff. This is pretty much legit compilation&remaking of Simon's early saga of multiple parallel games.
And also Vampire Killer (MSX), Haunted Castle (arcade, it’s terrible) and Chronicles (PS1).
@@retro3188 Chronicles is basically the remake of X68k - speaking of X68k, the complete port was *finally* released in X68000 Z, which came out May 30 this year.
Watching Death pull out Ecclesia and Aria/Dawn tech was not something I was prepared for.
'Bear with me I'm doing some money farming' -ignored drops until then-
Picks up a row of coins "Ooooooooh"
He even whips the candles too. 😂
*Immediately goes back to ignoring drops*
I like how the game puts collectible power ups in your path right after you get the powerup to collect them. Like the health up right above where you come out when you get the climbing claws.
I agree with other comments - I get that music and graphics take effort to produce but what I see here is a solid metroidvania in its own right and if they just replaced the copyrighted assets with their own they'd have something totally marketable here that wasn't at risk of getting them sued.
All of the tracks of this are remixed, I'm pretty sure. And a lot of the enemies are custom as well.
The love behind this fangame really shows, a speedrun would be pretty interesting
cool pfp, love that album
DEFINITELY should also do this with castlevania 2, Castlevania 2 felt like it WAS suppossed to be a Metroidvania from the start, minus the terrible advices, with an upgrade like this, it would be an amazing game
Screw the advices man, the fake blocks and braindead enemy placement makes it so much worse! Not even the awesome Redacted hack improves that awful design
@@dominicballinger6536 fake blocks could work like they do here, they are given a hint on where they are or require an elemental whip, all the other ones, screw the enemy placement and make it work like this one, if well done, it could work like an 8 bit order of ecclesia
@@joezuru3753 yeah, I can see it being really fun! I've heard of another rom hack of Simon's Quest that might be nice, but if only the game were better to begin with
I thought somebody already did a fix of Simon's Quest? I could swear AVGN played it at some point. He was doing some skit about being so sick of bad games that he was quitting, then he played the fixed Simon's Quest and changed his mind
@@toxicmanbaby1069 yeah, that was Simon's Quest Redacted. It just fixed the bad translations, npc lies, and day/night cycle speed. Not anything with the level or game design as a whole
I'm honestly shocked with just how well rounded this game is, it really feels like you gotta use all your options when it comes to fighting bosses and every sub weapon at least feels like it has a decent use case. I actually found myself swapping between them decently often, my only real complaint is that you have to find a candle if you wanna swap sub weapons, I wish you could just swap out sub weapons at save points once you've gotten them at least once. Easy 9/10 game.
Thx dude to show us this, wonderful game, I got to finish it with 100% of map, Boss, enemies, itens and cards, no I dont wanna finish less 2hr or 12% itens, I not speedrunner, two images on galerie. I've loved this freak game
I gotta say, this Fan Game is the Sonic Mania of Castlevania, I would love to see more classic games get reimagined like this; Lv.4 Games really deserves a lot of attention and hype for this masterpiece of a remake!
There's actually a ReVamped version of Simon's Quest and Dracula's Curse now too. They're really good. Amazing graphics and new gameplay.
The "Link stuck in Castlevaina" fan game might be my favorite. You gotta check it out
Pretty sure that the invisible block room is not a glitch and is rather intended, considering a little further in you see the huge plains painting room (which would otherwise not make much sense if illusion was not the intent.) It's likely a homage to the original level where Etude for the Killer played in Chronicles, since the whole level had a trickery gimmick. I could be wrong though!
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I played this last month! This is such a good game. This is my first Castlevania fan game And what an incredible passion project this is! A+
This is so amazing! We need more examples like this one that companies are just leaving money on the table for not caring enough of their IPs 🍷
What-If Castlevania NES MetroidVania with Vampire Killer MSX with Levels Haunted Castle
the fact it uses the file select theme from Harmony of Disonance really shows the love from the devs
And actually that tune comes from another version of Castlevania 1.
The og Famicom Disk System Akumajou Dracula.
Shoutouts to the word "stymied"
My favorite part was when Dracula said "What is a man" in modem talk and then got Belmonted in the face
OH MY GOD THE MEDUSA SKY PROJECTILES FREAKED ME OUT SO MUCH I THOUGHT SOMEONE WAS CALLING ON THE INTERCOM IRL ISTG
Man, this game has everything: triangle wall kicks...
Whoever created this game needs some kind of an award, especially since we haven't received any new GOOD Castlevania games in the past 12 years!
I think we need more of those 8-bit metroidvanias
The doubble jump sounds like the super ghosts and ghouls sfx and i love it
Oh lord I shouldn’t have clicked on this. I’m going to end up watching this entire thing!
29:21 btw this is one of the best rooms for farming in the game. You equip the triple knifes and just spam it against the glass guys. Easy money and health.
That's pricy...Proceeds to not pick up money along the way.
This was driving me crazy. Maybe it’s the RPG hoarder in me, but it was driving me crazy how many candles, hearts, money pickups, he just struts right passed. 😢
Castlevania: Zero Whippin’
Whip it good!
No one would’ve left their home if this was released in 1990.
What a phenomenal fan game. I agree wholeheartedly that this could be an actual professional release. If I saw this on a storefront, I'd immediately purchase it.
You’ve got to start speedunning this, truly an awesome game
As a Metroidvania fan myself, I was very pleased to see yours joy and satisfaction from this game. I'm not such a Castlevania professional, but I've probably played absolutely every Metroidvania and this "remake", so to speak, is simply amazing
Why was he ignoring the drops ,that's free money bro
Yeah for real. It's absolutely frustrating
Popped into this video not knowing what it was but the thumbnail sold me so I'll have to come back to this video after I played it myself. Thank you for uploading! Can't wait to explore this on my own!
34:52 “BIRD UP!!!!!!! BbbbbbbBBBBIRD UP!”
It's the worst show on television!
Every enemy feels like a homing missile. That could use some work.
The blinding in the torture lab was so frustrating, but the game feels amazing and I loved the rest of the video
Axe + crit = harmony of dissonance damage stacking
This is like if Castlevania combined with Metroid!
Now what would such a combination be called? I can't quite put my finger on it.
Castloid, obviously.
@@AliceErishechRolls right off the tongue, too! 🧑🍳👌
The BGM at the merchant was name enter from the arcade game, Haunted Castle. Nice!
at the end it looked like Simon Belmont had a tail. but its his whip. banger video as always. keep it up.😃👍
22:13 "it's like Beat from megaman but free"
Except you pay for it and then you can use it every time when equiped.
Cannot wait to see Speedruns of this!
This is SO cool! I really hope you come back to this game again in the future, and again, and again!
I think "Clock Toweeeer~ NO!" is my favorite quote from this playthrough.
Oh my god. Someone else loved the Tower of Dolls?!
The grim reaper (death) fight is very reminiscent of Samus vs. Raven Beak.
I'm going to have to check this out! I recently played a metroidish Mario - SMW: Mario's Expedition. While not great, it was fun, and I had always wanted a progressive exploration system for Mario.
And same for this! Ever since seeing the MSX version, I wanted a sort of metroid style game of the first CV!
This looks fantastic! Great graphics upgrade while still keeping with the classic look, life bar upgrades, the ability to choose between sub weapons if you accidentally grab something you didn't want, and exploration elements? Yes please! Sign me up!
This is so cool. Love the style.
Flame whip did it for me. The euphoria of seeing all of those 2s...I think it broke me.
what an incredibly made fan game ! killed it !
I like how quickly he does the stairs now. Just like how in Megaman 3, he suddenly climbed the ladder twice as fast. They knew we were getting bored 😂
This is super cool though, like a cross between the first two castlevania games
Now I want a Simon's Quest Revamp SO BAD
Man it’s like they took Castlevania 1 and put the castle from SotN in this!❤️🔥
Been watching through this and the only way I can describe the feeling I have right now is that this makes me feel like a kid again. I haven't felt like this towards an 8 bit game since Super Mario Bros 3.
Edit: Christ after watching it all, I can't believe I'm saying this but I think this game is on par with Symphony. You would think this game gets bad in some points but it feels like biting into a wagyu steak that only gets better with each small piece you eat. Like having the best meal of your life right before you die...It actually left me crying tears of joy a bit from how good the gameplay looked. I'm not making this up....
Simon walks faster and you can get back your sub weapon. Already 300% better.
Damn... those items you missed that you could've gotten by wall climbing...
I know, right!?!?!?! I know this dude is great at the other Castlevanias but now I am starting to think he is only good because he spent his entire life playing them as opposed to just having a quick learning and memorial skill set. The amount of things he just walked right by had me yelling at the screen. I had to turn it off just as he killed Medusa, lol
At this point, Konami might as well pass down the Castlevania IP to us Castlevania fans, as we're able to put more passion into the franchise than Konami has in the past decade. Don't expect much from Konami outside re-released content but Castlevania's 38th anniversary is just around the corner 👀
I know we just got a re-release of the DS trilogy alongside a remake of Haubted Castle but I'm just putting that out there...
HOLY SHIT IT USES THE CASTLEVANOA CHRONİCLES OST
Unreal! This was so cool to watch. Thanks for uploading this!
It looks like a demake of Castlevania Chronicles from the PS1, which in turn, is a port of the rare 16-bit remake of CV1 for japanese PCs in the early 90s.
But it also seems to borrow from Symphony of the Night as well, so it's certainly not a 1 to 1 port of Chronicles.
Chronicles wasn't a metroidvania
*Bird IS the WORD*
This looks and sounds incredible. Also would be amazing if the flame whip renders useless under water 😂
If he had made a game with these same mechanics and used custom art he could have sold it. It would have been a hit.
Wish this was an official release, this looks great
1:11 WHAAAAAAAGH?!?!!!
The dreaded ‘CastleVania jump’ is GONE! AWESOMMMMMMMMME!!!
For those unaware, in the NES Castlevania, once you jumped, it committed you to the jump with no ability to maneuver mid-air…
…and multi-directional whip strikes ( 4:50 )?!?!!!…
There’s SO much gold here, but the jump adjustment is a MASSIVE quality of life improvement…
(I still have my copy that I got back in the 80s… 😅 )
Bonus shout that this looks almost like it got a ‘Super Metroid meets Symphony of the Night’ sort of treatment…
NO idea how I managed to beat the original back in the day.
…amazing.
Cheers!
\m/, 😊 ,\m/
I really like this one, they did a fantastic job with it I feel. Good play through as well, Thanks!
One thing I'd really love to see one of these days in a fan game (or by some miracle, a new CV from Konami) is a Metroidvania CV with a Belmont like the first two GBA games but with Castlevania 4's omni directional whip gameplay. I still have no idea why they've like NEVER revisited that gameplay system in a future game, it was so good lmao.
>Some of the music was done by Shimoine
That explains why the OST is banging
Tried it. Was reminded that Jupiter is a pro and I'm terrible at classicvanias. Its great!
This was insanely impressive. Great fangame!
I have got to the flame whip so far in my game. I been loving this game so far also I love the ability to wall jump and ground punch.
This mod looks killer. A vampire killer! X3
The creator really has an eye for metroidvania stuff
Glad to see you play this! Recently played it and had a great time 😊
This is amazing. I think they went a little difficult at the beginning area, but I think it works since most of the people who play it will be veterans.
The CV3 Style Remake of the Music sounds Amazing
It looks so different from CV1 that they didn't even need to call it a remake. It could've been its own thing.
No words.
Those conveyor belts are pulled from shovel knight, neat
I'd love to see if they made a surprise area with the Bloody Tears theme
*Healing Strike is mandatory in this game.* Don't be this guy. GET IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, AND NEVER UNEQUIP IT!!! It heals 1 HP every five hits you do with your whip, regardless of what you're fighting. It is really good.
*Don't waste money on the familiar!!!!* It's borderline useless. It has a massive cooldown and frequently prioritizes candles as targets over enemies.
The only off putting thing about this is the aspect ratio being so huge. Otherwise it looks pretty rad
I really like this! The SOTN days have been reborn, or should I say ReVamped.
Whoever Made this game should be hired to make the Julius Castlevania
Awesome game, the visuals the abilities, that was a treat.
this game is amazing
Any castletroid needs to have a rando.
man, the levels really stick to the original lay out in a fun way! Going to have to play this
This looks really well done.
This was good! Commenting to boost the algorithm
Holy crap this is amazing!! What a fresh take on a classic game.
This game will be excellent speed run. The music is amazing. Turn that dial up to 11 my friends.
Oh man this looks awesome! Anyone know if it will run on the Steam Deck?
It's fun to hear remixes of original compositions by Oliver RGN along with tracks from the X68000 game arranged by VRC6. A truly legendary chip.
um metroidVANIA is named after CASTLEVANIA......
No. The Vania name comes from the style of weapons and side scrolling through a dungeon and similar to CV1 and the "metro" comes from the style of metroid where you need to collect gear and items to be able to go back and progress through places in the game you've already been to that were inaccessible before. Hence "metrovania" so this is a true to b form metrovania update of castlevania by adding the metroid format into it
The first Castlevania game wasn't a metroidvania...
bruh... I been seeing this video in my feed for like 3-4 days now.
I guess I'm not too regretting clicking this video cuz that game looks SLICK
ok i wont spoil this for myself, I'll just drop a like. Thanks
This looks way too cool! Very impressive