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Hey that's awesome! I'm glad you could use it as a guide. Hopefully it helps. Thanks for watching!

Not sure if we'll see Richter in a future game by this developer or not but I do know that he's wrapping up a brand new Castlevania Adventure remake so we'll definitely be seeing at least one more Belmont other than Simon and Trevor coming up soon.

@@subledger. Aight, dat's cool!

Hey thanks! I had a good time trying to figure out all the tricks to pull off a deathless playthrough. The developer of this game (WarMachine Studios) is working on an update which is supposed to add some improvements in the future. Might have to give it another shot once the new content is added. Thanks for watching!

@@subledger. Woa... What gameplayer patience you disciple! Not evn a sweat huh?

@@ShellzSSavag Oh it took quite a few tries that's for sure! If I remember correctly most of my failed attempts were due to pits but I know I lost at least a few attempts to some of the bosses. There was one attempt in particular where I made it all the way to the final stage and either got killed by the top of the scrolling section or the bottom. That part's tough!

This is based off of the Castlevania Chronicles song "Thrashard in the Cave". No idea what "thrashard" is supposed to mean though. Maybe a bad translation of "thrashed" or something. Thanks for watching!

@@subledger. thanks. i actually prefer how it sounds in revamped compared to the original source. i think there's something about the 8-bit sound quality that makes it stand out more. i'd love to see a youtube video that's dedicated to the revamped ost.

@@cairyc31 Maybe I'm biased but I prefer this version as well. There used to be a TH-cam video with the OST, but it looks like it got taken down. Not sure what the story is behind that but if you REALLY wanted the soundtrack I suppose you could download the open source version of the game and get the files that way. Or just turn the sound effect volume down in the game, get to the area you want, and record it from there.

Yeah that was an unexpected surprise for sure. That last form is pretty tough until you figure out the timing of the backflip. Thanks for watching!

Yeah I actually really like this "bad" route too. Maybe they figured more people would end up going this way. Thanks for watching!

Haha! I'm glad someone else gets enjoyment out of that. I just can't help it! Gotta dance! Thanks for watching!

Put them both on the Haunted Ship of Fools and they'll be right at home! Thanks for watching!

That made me laugh. It's a fine question. Smokey Bear would be furious since this careless candle placement puts everyone at risk of a dangerous forest fire. Thanks for watching 😅

I'm sure the developer had the ability to add 8 directional whipping but just chose not to. Maybe it was to keep it closer to the feel of the original Castlevania 3 but to be fair, they did make a bunch of other choices that weren't in line with the original so maybe that's not the reason. It would be interesting if maybe after beating the game you could get an 8 directional whipping mode. If this developer remakes Super Castlevania 4 then they'll HAVE to add it in for sure. It's more in the Metroidvania style, but Castlevania ReVamped does in fact give us 8 directional whipping and is a really fun game if you're into that style. Thanks for watching!

Hey thanks! I'm glad people are enjoying the run. Thanks for watching!

If you happen to be using a keyboard then there are some known issues with the controls, especially when you get to the section with the mud. There's a new patch on the horizon so hopefully that gets fixed. Thanks for watching!

That's cool you're going to give it a full playthrough despite the issues you mentioned. The developer is supposed to be releasing a patch at some point. I don't think it will address the stage layouts but who knows? Hopefully we'll see some added polish but if you're not a big fan of the game then you might be more interested in the upcoming one he's working on which is a remake of The Castlevania Adventure, originally for the Game Boy. He also made a Castlevania 2 remake which I had a good time with. If you're looking for something different from another developer, Castlevania ReVamped by Lv.4 Games is a great Metroidvania styled game modeled after the original Castlevania. Thanks for watching!

@@subledger. to be clear, I really like the work he did. The game is amazing and the additions really are outstanding like the origin of the other playable characters, the Dracula multiple forms at the end as a throwback to Castle2 (heart, eye, nail, etc) but if you’re going to ADD so much awesome content-- why not make it so there’s options

The game has been made open source so I'd expect some modified versions of the game to be created by other people at some point. Perhaps those might be closer to what you're talking about but we'll just have to wait and see. Thanks for watching!

For sure. Paying attention to fan games like this and seeing how successful they are can be used to help measure where the fanbase is leaning. I heard Konami just released a remake of Haunted Castle so they at least haven't forgotten about some of their classic games. I haven't heard if the remake is any good, but I'm looking forward to checking it out. Thanks for watching!

The developer has a link in the description of their trailer video here: th-cam.com/video/7ScIZBwK3Yk/w-d-xo.htmlsi=XL7C1olQSuDB-YdI Thanks for watching!

This is currently only for PC but I heard there might be an Android version in the works! Thanks for watching!

@@subledger. Is it on Steam

Might be able to play on my laptop

@@gamefreak7721 No it's just a standalone installer for now. Not so sure the developer could put something like this on Steam due to copyright reasons.

It occured in 1476, do the math

Oh really? So it doesn't show both ending pictures even though it gives them both to you in the gallery? I've never gotten the 15% and sub-2 hour ones done in the same run before.

@@subledger. Yup exactly, it only shows one at the end but they both pop in the gallery. It's basically all in the bosses and heart management, since you can blitz the levels and ignore enemies. Get the cardiac strike card and you heart-up in the middle of boss fights easily. Laurels and the heavy boot card are great for no-selling your way through a stage too, just plow through, tank the hit, and heal up. I would never try to attempt it with a minimal 12% though! That doesn't sound like fun.

​@@adamb89 Ah I see now! I never noticed until now but even in my 100% sub-2 hour playthrough it does the same thing...it shows only one ending picture but actually unlocks all three in the gallery that were achieved in the run. Interesting. I enjoy these little nuances like that. Now that version 1.1.1 is out I should give the 15% playthrough a try. The 12% playthrough was maddening (mainly at Cthulhu) but a 15% seems like a lot of fun using the Cardiac Strike Card, Healing Strike Card, and maybe Heavy Boots Card if going for the sub-2 hours. Thanks for watching and for the interesting info!

​@@subledger. Death was the guy that was my particular pain in the ass. Something about his pattern it just took me forever to learn to dance with. Boss Rush mode is great practice--if you can knock that out in one life, you've got a 15% 2-hour run practically in the bag already. (typo edit)

@@adamb89 Oh yeah he can be brutal, but I really like the fight. I'm working on an overly lengthy video walkthrough of this game and figured out his pattern in the process. Not sure what to call the moves but I'm pretty sure he always follows this pattern: 1. Chase you around the screen 2. Dash across the screen (six dashes if regular health, ten if red health) 3. That Castlevania 4 big sickle/scythe toss 4. Circular sickle attack 5. Downward slam 6. Sickle rain 7. Random Depending on where the random choice lands, he will continue the pattern accordingly.

Haha. Thanks! That first level sets the stage for the entire rest of the run. If you die, I don't know of any other spot where you can make another subweapon appear like that. They probably exist, but it would have to be another section with an enemy like the bat who dies and can drop a subweapon when they collide with you. Thanks for watching!

Wow that's odd. I even sent the developer a message to see if there was anything in the game that causes the damage you take to vary, and he said there wasn't. Perhaps you stumbled across a bug. Are you on the latest version? (1.2 as of this video, but there's supposed to be a newer patch in the works right now) I think there were some issues in previous versions with the HP max up item either not working or not saving as well. For the fight itself, one of the most important things to do is to take advantage of when the enemy is flashing after they get hit. When they're flashing, you can't hurt them but they also can't hurt you so that's the time to slide right on through them so you don't get cornered. Good luck and thanks for watching!

Thanks! I'm glad someone noticed that part. I think it's my favorite part of the run since at the time I didn't even realize that I used my last heart until after I pressed the button. I should have been paying better attention and that could have easily been the end of the run if the Axe Knight didn't drop anything. Accidentally grabbing the axe would have probably been a game ender as well. Super lucky moment there. If anyone is curious, it happens around 15:40. Thanks for watching!

The developer (WarMachine Studios) is working on an update to the game now so perhaps that game over screen issue will get resolved. I know people have run into strange issues when using a keyboard instead of a controller so if you're using a keyboard it might be related. As for the saving, the game should just save automatically when you see one of those statues. No need to do anything with them. Thanks for watching!

@@subledger.the biggest improvement they could make is add a save state anywhere in the game from the pause menu, or at least from the checkpoints so you dont have to lose literally all gear when you die, and also have two modes: easy or hard, and in easy its the same except you dont lose all gear when you die.

@@CGJ7755 I think the upcoming update might include something that affects the difficulty but I'm not entirely sure. I'm a fan of difficulty modes though. Castlevania ReVamped added some new difficulty modes in the later updates and I'm looking forward to giving them a try.

@@subledger. I appreciate that they kept it close to the original: very hard game and not forgiving, but at this point, just add options or program some codes so we can just screw around and have fun, infinite hearts or double health for example

@@CGJ7755 Hmm...yeah come to think of it, where's the Konami code? Maybe you can use it somewhere but as far as I know you can't. If anyone knows something I don't then please post it here!

Wait what? They did? Looks like it came out...(looks it up)...yesterday! I need to check that out! But yeah ReVamped is fantastic. There's even been some updates since this video that added difficulty levels. Thanks for watching!

I'd certainly give it a try if it existed. If this developer (Lv.4 Games) makes anything else then that's instantly a must play for me. Thanks for watching!

Yeah Nei is great. I was forced to have her alive for at least a little bit of the "solo" playthrough so that the game would let me progress. If you happen to get to Neifirst with Nei dead then she won't fight you. It was pretty awesome using Rever to bring her back though. Thanks for watching!

When I first saw this, it looked to me like Dracula had a big red clown nose. I can't really see it any other way now. Thanks for watching!

Oh you're right. At 34:50. Maybe Alucard changed his name to avoid the stigma of being connected to his father. "How can I hide the fact that I'm related to the Count? I know...I'll change my name. From Tepes to...Tepesh. They'll never know." 🙂 Thanks for watching!

I might have done the same thing the first time I played. It makes sense to want to avoid it...it has the worst range out of all of the subweapons (unless you count the stopwatch I guess) and it just falls on the ground. If an enemy is close enough to hit with it, why not just use the whip? Crazy how useful it actually is though, and it's interesting to see how it changes throughout the series. Thanks for watching!

Yeah some of those can't be grabbed without breaking a block but it's good to know where they are. I think there are some in the second loop that aren't in the first loop as well. It might be cool to do an "all treasures" run but I think someone else has done it already. Honestly, I've probably never gotten all of them in one go. Thanks for watching and documenting where those treasures are though!

I appreciate it! This was actually my first whipless attempt that made it all the way to the final level so I was pretty surprised that I managed to make it through. Thanks for watching!

It's a great fan game, but why dis on COTM? And why would that be the first "Igavania" type game you'd point to? I personally think it's one of the best. The running is annoying, but the level design and scale actually make exploration interesting, instead over every room feeling like a grid and box.

@@El-Duderino-His-Dudeness I don't want to write a too long comment, but CoM is a game that's just not fun to play, the controls are unresponsive (and this goes FAR beyond manual running) making a lot of the hits you take come from Nathan not responding properly to commands every time you press the buttons. The map design is actually pretty bland and full of padding, made worse by the fact that the vast majority of enemies are damage sponges. In relation to this, the game's progression is heavily influenced by RNG, which can unbalance the game in mysterious ways, but the worst part of this is that the fact that since enemies are damage sponges makes the game's flow very slow, making the game quite tedious and monotonous at some point (this starts to happen especially from the sewers area onwards) .Areas like the previously mentioned have an atrocious layout, forcing you to even perform leaps of faith in rooms infested with ice enemies, not to mention that enabling and disabling the switches abruptly stops the game to show the platform's animation, interrupting the action. And the rest of the game isn't much better, I had to quit it because of how much of a PITA was to traverse the castle, plus the lack of shops and money forces you to rely heavily on unnecessary backtracing to save points if you don't want to spend HOURS AND HOURS DOING LEVEL GRINDING AND ITEM FARMING (this isn't an old turn-based RPG for GOD'S sake, not even the first Mother was that bad) the latter which by the way is something that undermines the core aspect of any metroidvania, the exploration, contrary to what people say about HoD, the fact that the player has to stop every so often because he can't progress due to the excessive scarcity of resources makes CoM a much slower game than Harmony of Dissonance actually, where at least there you can progress without interruptions because there the devs did understand the most important pillars of the genre, unlike CoM. Tl;dr I consider CoM a mediocre game and the worst metroidvania if we exclude Simon's Quest, and while as such it is far from being the worst Castlevania (that title goes to Haunted Castle and The Adventure, and maybe Vampire Killer) Circle of the Moon makes many of the same mistakes as Simon's Quest, and still, I'm being unfair to compare them, because at least Simon's Quest was innovative for the franchise, while Circle of the Moon is a failed experiment, something that even Igarashi himself recognized after Harmony of Dissonance was released.

Circle of the moon is circle of the moon done right. Thats one of the greatest Castlevania games ever made! You must prefer the easy castlevania games then. Thats the impression you give off with your comments anyways

@@markmessi9020 If I want to hit damage sponges for that I would rather play Skyrim, which at least had funny animations and bugs CoM is not an example of anything, it is a failed experiment and should be treated as such.

Thanks! I would have loved a pork chop or two but alas the holy water can't break blocks. Next time Simon should pack a lunch. Thanks for watching!

Haha! I think it's awesome that it's possible to do. I'm curious if anyone has done it with a subweapon other than the holy water. It's probably possible if you can get your hands on a different subweapon without whipping but you'd need a ton of hearts to kill bosses. Thanks for watching!

Thanks man! I appreciate it. Harmony of Despair is one I've been wanting to try for a long time now. I recently modded an Xbox 360 but haven't gotten around to playing anything on it yet. Looks like something I'd enjoy. Thanks for watching!

@@subledger. I didn't enjoy Harmony of Despair at first, but once I started getting the rare item drops, it catapulted to the top of my list. Best enjoyed with a friend 😎👍🏽

@@DirtySouthSOHK Well if it made it to the top of your list and also managed to inspire you to do a "no main weapons" challenge run then that makes it even more intriguing.

I had a good time with it. There's an upcoming patch that's supposed to clean things up and add more content as well. Thanks for watching!

Thanks so much! I'm glad you enjoyed the video. I was excited to learn that this was actually possible and just had to give it a go. Thanks for watching!

Haha! I had to go back and see what it was but it must be at 6:20! I can't help but to mess around in these games, sometimes to my detriment. It's been three years but I bet this was like my millionth attempt and I probably did that every time 🙃 Thanks for watching and cool B.C. Rich by the way 🤘

Hell yeah man been watching alot of your castlevania vids, thanks man hopefully I'll get a chance to show off the ghostflame draco

@@majinbrawly81 I'm glad you've been checking them out. Originally this channel was just for backing up my videos and I didn't really consider that other people might be interested but it's super awesome that others can get some enjoyment from them. I had never heard of the Draco Ghost Flame but I looked it up and man that's an awesome design!

Pretty sure it's all done from Clickteam Fusion based on my conversations with the developer. Thanks for watching!

I'm glad you liked it! I thought it was a lot of fun. It was all done by one guy too (WarMachine Studios). He's actually working on an upcoming patch right now so the game should be even better after that's released. Thanks for watching!

@@subledger. Warmachine Studios metal cover rocks!🤘💀

@@subledger. when is the upcoming patch coming?

@@GenyaArikado A patch release date hasn't been announced yet. All I know is that the developer is going to release his new game (Castlevania Adventure remake) before moving on to work on the patch for this and for Castlevania Chronicles 2: Simon's Quest. As for when the new game is coming out...not sure about that either but based off of what I've seen I'm thinking within the next month or so.

It's quite the mix of a bunch of ideas, that's for sure. I had a good time playing it but with the upcoming patch it'll hopefully be a bit less glitchy. Thanks for watching!

Nice! Thanks for adding this. If anyone's interested, it can be heard around 14:50. It's been pretty awesome reading all of the comments from people slowly identifying all of the tracks in this game! I have Codename Viper for the NES but haven't played it for very long yet. One of these days I'll have to get around to it. Thanks for watching!

I definitely recommend this game to anyone who likes the original Legend of Zelda! It's not insanely difficult, and there's even a second quest. gzip (the developer) did a fantastic job for sure. Thanks for watching!

Hey thanks! I tried to fit all of the townspeople's dialogue in and show all of the locations but I almost ran out of time there at the end so I had to make a mad dash for Dracula! Thanks for watching!