SolsticeZero
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Damn, may get the game on the PS3 then. Any other good places to get the full thing? gog?
Well, it's a PS1 game, so either a disc of the PSN store. No PC services have it, unless you emulate.
Damn, may get the game on the PS3 then. Any other good places to get the full thing? gog?
My favorite Igavania game. I've done the whole 200.8% more times than I can count.
Getting that .8 was annoying as hell. I had to do the super jump and then morph into the wolf so I can get my "center body" as high up as possible to detect that i was there.
Getting that .8 was annoying as hell. I had to do the super jump and then morph into the wolf so I can get my "center body" as high up as possible to detect that i was there.
Yep. And "library carding" out of the final battle, too
You basically just invalidated your own suggestion. If that's all the extra content, then purchasing a Saturn just for the port is clearly not worth it.
If you hold triangle (Y on xbox controller) the wolf swims up. You don't have to super jump / transform.
Getting past 200.8% is always worth it!
psp version "fixes" the awesome voice acting, no thanks
DARK METAMORPHOSIS
That is so weird, considering the Saturn was superior at doing 2D graphics than the PS1.The Saturn version is graphically inferior to the PSOne version. There's also loading just to bring up the map.
Sure, the awful voice acting is iconic in how bad it was, but I wouldn't say no to improved voices, y'know. Unless they were still bad but just generic, in which case I'd rather have the lol-voices. If they're actually good, though, then all the better.
Yeah, I was really disappointed with the re-translation.
"What is a man? a miserable little pile of secrets. But enough talk... have at you!" is fucking iconic.
WTF is this generic shit?
It's too bad the PSP version didn't include the Saturn extras. I'd buy that in a heartbeat.
Outside of the additional area, you can still play as Maria, and you get the two extra familiars that were in that version, I believe.
I have all of them, and the 360 version is by far my favorite. The new filter looks great!
I have all of them, and the 360 version is by far my favorite. The new filter looks great!
"Wolf can swim." Wat?
I have all of them, and the 360 version is by far my favorite. The new filter looks great!
I still like the original PSX on a CRT, but the 360 version is nice even though the dpad sucks.
Yeah, I was really disappointed with the re-translation.
"What is a man? a miserable little pile of secrets. But enough talk... have at you!" is fucking iconic.
WTF is this generic shit?
Eh, I just fired it up because I thought you were right, but nope, it fills the screen top to bottom on my Castlevania X copy, with the borders on the side taking care of the rest. My only real issue is that you can't turn off the bilinear filtering.Keep in mind if you do go with Dracula X Chronicles, you won't be able to customize the screen. You'll be stuck playing it on a tiny space in the middle. They add a nice border to make it more visually appealing but I rather buy the original and play it in "Normal" setting.
Also it's 200.6% for the XBLA achievement. 200.6% was at one point the theoretical maximum for exploration, but it's long been surpassed through heavy use of out-of-bounds glitches. The current maximum is somewhere around 400%
[426.7%]
Saturn Dracula X. Words from an owner.
Positives -
A few new items. I love the hypercolor cloak.
Bat dash lasts until you hit a wall or fully drain mana.
Wallpaper BMP files on the disc that you can use on your PC. Honk if you love naked succubus chest.
Negatives -
Basically everything else.
KCE Nagoya was disbanded for a reason.
The Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles PSP version of SOTN has the updated voice work, playable Maria, and an additional familiar, if memory serves.
Hold on, I recall playing this and couldn't select SOTN, you need to play and beat Dracula X first to unlock the game or something?
IIRC, aren't PSN versions of PSX games just ISO dumps?
Hold on, I recall playing this and couldn't select SOTN, you need to play and beat Dracula X first to unlock the game or something?
It's not a port of anything ... it literally is the PS1 ROM.It's a direct port of the PS1 version.
WYSIWYG in regards to PSX titles. What it was in 199X is what it is in 201X.
Got a PSP recently and Dracula X is cheaper at some places than PSOne SOTN, much appreciated.There's an item hidden somewhere inside Dracula X that unlocks SOTN, iirc.
Didn't the XBL version remove "I Am The Wind"?
(Yeah I liked the song, sue me)
Pretty sure that the XBLA version has FMVs missing because they were butting up against the file size limits when it was released.
Didn't the XBL version remove "I Am The Wind"?
(Yeah I liked the song, sue me)
It's not a port of anything ... it literally is the PS1 ROM.
Also it's 200.6% for the XBLA achievement. 200.6% was at one point the theoretical maximum for exploration, but it's long been surpassed through heavy use of out-of-bounds glitches. The current maximum is somewhere around 400%
[426.7%]
This is actually interesting. I had read somewhere that the reason they didn't include "I Am the Wind" in the XBLA and PSP versions of the game was some sort of copyright/licensing issue. If it's still in this version, I guess that would mean there wasn't an issue since it's not technically a "new" version of the game? I'm not sure how that works, but good to hear nonetheless.
Just grab a Saturn and get this...
Saturn Dracula X. Words from an owner.
Positives -
A few new items. I love the hypercolor cloak.
Bat dash lasts until you hit a wall or fully drain mana.
Wallpaper BMP files on the disc that you can use on your PC. Honk if you love naked succubus chest.
Negatives -
Basically everything else.
KCE Nagoya was disbanded for a reason.
As someone who speedruns sotn, and owns all (english) versions of the game, the PSN SotN that can be played on the ps3 is basically the same as the ps1 disc. The PSP version and XBLA versions are slightly different in many places (better load times, altered or missing audio/dialogue, less lag due to visual effects, etc) and are better for speedrunning.
If you want the vanilla experience, the PSN version is definitely the way to go.
My favorite Igavania game. I've done the whole 200.8% more times than I can count.
i just used the Japanese voice track in the PSP version, much better
Unless you're in the EU, we don't have Dracula X Chronicles here, and only got SotN 2 months ago.