I've been playing Castlevania games since the early 90s and I'm thrilled this new one can serve as a great entry point for players interested in the classic style.
I love how this is pretty much the first New Castlevania game in over a decade and it's just sitting in the extras portion of a retro collection I know Konami is hesitant about dumping money back into AAA games unless it's projected to make a ton of money back. Basically either metal gear or silent Hill at this point But I think this shows, they could continue this franchise just by making more excellent 2D games. Retro style Sprite based gaming has come back big time lately anyway. The game doesn't have to have a AAA budget to be good, it just has to be good. And this was really good! It just happens to be a remake of an arcade game so you can still beat it in like an hour lol
I downloaded the collection last night and played this game. I’m going to say that I LOVED it! What a great remake! Especially awesome they threw bloody tears in there for one of the levels.
The biggest glow up for me is the sound track. Dude this feels like an album that comes with a game, bloody tears is the best its ever been and cross your heart hypes me up! I love the dominatrix collection and i love Castlevania whips my ass!
A game that does the impossible, redeems the flea men! Having seen a few of the games in this series now I'm finding it really fun how they remix and reinvent some common elements for each. Emphasizing the mountains in this one was a good choice, and I liked how it ties into that one shot of the approach to the castle
Really glad there's people out there still enjoying the Castlevania series! I see you liked Rondo of the Blood, in that case you should try Castlevania Chronicles (PS1) it has so many good things going for it like amazing sprite work, awesome music, and very memorable stages. I do hope you eventually get to try all the Castlevanias, especially with Halloween right around the corner
You're so right about the mountains! They're really beautiful. I've really been enjoying this little adventure after having 100%ed all the DS games on the collection. I really like the new stage select feature, it makes it a lot more approachable to be able to put it down and continue from anywhere
for most games, I like to keep track of how many times Ive replayed them, but Ive given up preemptively here. if i had to count every time Ive picked it up and half played through the middle stages... goatedvania 🏔️
As someone who enjoys the original Haunted Castle, seeing the game get M2's Rebirth treatment and being a part of the Dominus Collection is simply fantastic, I've been wanting another Rebirth game from M2 for so long, at least around the time when The Adventure Rebirth was still new and the Wii Shop Channel was still a thing lol.
Castlevania fans actually being shown my videos instead of having them recommended to people watching completely unrelated stuff? thank you, algorithm gods
Haunted Castle Revisited is M2's second swing at a game in this style, as it happens. They also developed the "ReBirth trilogy" of games back on WiiWare, which were a Gradius, Contra, and Castlevania game released as sort of modern digital-only revivals of retro-style Konami properties. "Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth" was their swing at Classicvania, and like this one, it was a reimagining of an otherwise kind of meh title in the series, making this the second time they've turned one of the worse games into one of the better games. Adventure ReBirth did exactly what you described, being packaged on its own as a cheap standalone download title, and it serves I think as another good, relatively-easy entry point to the Classicvania style. Possibly a better one, since it's a bit meatier and the timer isn't as annoyingly strict. Anyway, if you liked Haunted Castle Revisited, you should try Adventure ReBirth. It's in the same style (similar animations, graphics, and controls) but a fair bit more in-depth, with alternate pathways through levels and an extra phase to the final boss for those who brave Hard Mode. At the moment, pretty much the only way to get it is to emulate, though, since it and the other ReBirths were never re-released after the Wii eShop shut down. Additional random notes: HC Revisited's Hard Mode just has more enemies, so, pretty basic. Super Castlevania 4 is just called the same thing Castlevania 1 is, in Japan. The "4" part of the title was purely a western-market kind of thing. Marketing is weird. Castlevania 4's whip system was the same as Castlevania 1/3, in the sense that you go from short leather to short chain to long chain, and the third level is just a range boost. Here in HC Revisited they sort of adapted the GameBoy/ReBirth/Bloodlines system of having a third level that you lose if you get hit, although sadly it lacks the GB/Rebirth fireball projectile. Never played enough Haunted Castle to know if the whip upgrades there had a third tier.
I've been playing Castlevania games since the early 90s and I'm thrilled this new one can serve as a great entry point for players interested in the classic style.
"Simon has a husband", lol what?
Wild that they went and made haunted Castle into a good game
my jaw dropped when I saw what it used to be
@@mellovania I replayed it just a few days before they announced the collection, so it was extra fresh in my mind
I don't even hate the original, but this is a slam dunk. Thank goodness they kept the original tunes, one mistake that Rebirth committed.
I love how this is pretty much the first New Castlevania game in over a decade and it's just sitting in the extras portion of a retro collection
I know Konami is hesitant about dumping money back into AAA games unless it's projected to make a ton of money back. Basically either metal gear or silent Hill at this point
But I think this shows, they could continue this franchise just by making more excellent 2D games. Retro style Sprite based gaming has come back big time lately anyway. The game doesn't have to have a AAA budget to be good, it just has to be good. And this was really good!
It just happens to be a remake of an arcade game so you can still beat it in like an hour lol
it seems very likely theyre having the dead cells dlc devs, evil empire, make a new game like this so my hopes are up
I downloaded the collection last night and played this game. I’m going to say that I LOVED it! What a great remake! Especially awesome they threw bloody tears in there for one of the levels.
Bloody Tears was always in the game to begin with.
It was there before Castlevania 2, I believe.
@@HeadacheCentral ohhhh did not know this!
@@HeadacheCentral upon further research it appears castlevania 2 actually debuted almost 4 months before haunted castle
@@nes_osterone6217 I see.
Well, either way, Haunted Castle always had Bloody Tears as a theme for its third stage.
The biggest glow up for me is the sound track. Dude this feels like an album that comes with a game, bloody tears is the best its ever been and cross your heart hypes me up! I love the dominatrix collection and i love Castlevania whips my ass!
just seeing the words "cross your heart" hypes me up. Aura.
Waiting for a classicvania for ages since Curse of The Moon and really met the expectations.
A game that does the impossible, redeems the flea men! Having seen a few of the games in this series now I'm finding it really fun how they remix and reinvent some common elements for each. Emphasizing the mountains in this one was a good choice, and I liked how it ties into that one shot of the approach to the castle
right?? yeah its becoming quite fun to see how patterns go here
Really glad there's people out there still enjoying the Castlevania series! I see you liked Rondo of the Blood, in that case you should try Castlevania Chronicles (PS1) it has so many good things going for it like amazing sprite work, awesome music, and very memorable stages. I do hope you eventually get to try all the Castlevanias, especially with Halloween right around the corner
You're so right about the mountains! They're really beautiful. I've really been enjoying this little adventure after having 100%ed all the DS games on the collection. I really like the new stage select feature, it makes it a lot more approachable to be able to put it down and continue from anywhere
for most games, I like to keep track of how many times Ive replayed them, but Ive given up preemptively here. if i had to count every time Ive picked it up and half played through the middle stages... goatedvania 🏔️
@@mellovania It's literally perfect for that! What a great new addition to the series...
I loved it I was expecting something much harder and I was kind of glad that it wasn't like controller throwingly frustrating
Ooo! A queer woman covering metroidvanias?
Yes, please!
Meow! :3
welcome! seems like youve found the right place
There is something inherently queer about Castlevania and I can't describe why but I'm here for it
@@Guille-mz7xf Alucard.
My fave is still symphony of the night.
As someone who enjoys the original Haunted Castle, seeing the game get M2's Rebirth treatment and being a part of the Dominus Collection is simply fantastic, I've been wanting another Rebirth game from M2 for so long, at least around the time when The Adventure Rebirth was still new and the Wii Shop Channel was still a thing lol.
Castlevania fans on my youtube timeline???? Thank you algorithm gods
Castlevania fans actually being shown my videos instead of having them recommended to people watching completely unrelated stuff? thank you, algorithm gods
Dominatrix package? What are you smoking?
Haunted Castle Revisited is M2's second swing at a game in this style, as it happens. They also developed the "ReBirth trilogy" of games back on WiiWare, which were a Gradius, Contra, and Castlevania game released as sort of modern digital-only revivals of retro-style Konami properties. "Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth" was their swing at Classicvania, and like this one, it was a reimagining of an otherwise kind of meh title in the series, making this the second time they've turned one of the worse games into one of the better games.
Adventure ReBirth did exactly what you described, being packaged on its own as a cheap standalone download title, and it serves I think as another good, relatively-easy entry point to the Classicvania style. Possibly a better one, since it's a bit meatier and the timer isn't as annoyingly strict.
Anyway, if you liked Haunted Castle Revisited, you should try Adventure ReBirth. It's in the same style (similar animations, graphics, and controls) but a fair bit more in-depth, with alternate pathways through levels and an extra phase to the final boss for those who brave Hard Mode. At the moment, pretty much the only way to get it is to emulate, though, since it and the other ReBirths were never re-released after the Wii eShop shut down.
Additional random notes:
HC Revisited's Hard Mode just has more enemies, so, pretty basic.
Super Castlevania 4 is just called the same thing Castlevania 1 is, in Japan. The "4" part of the title was purely a western-market kind of thing. Marketing is weird.
Castlevania 4's whip system was the same as Castlevania 1/3, in the sense that you go from short leather to short chain to long chain, and the third level is just a range boost. Here in HC Revisited they sort of adapted the GameBoy/ReBirth/Bloodlines system of having a third level that you lose if you get hit, although sadly it lacks the GB/Rebirth fireball projectile. Never played enough Haunted Castle to know if the whip upgrades there had a third tier.
sweet!! very glad to learn all this
this is one of the most "haunted" videos youve ever done
This chanel is quite small, but the audio and editing is kinda good.
I really liked the video.
here at mellovania, we strive for kinda good 🔥
@@mellovania that's the spirit, i know that xd
Ngl, Haunted Castle Revisited gave me high-quality mobile game vibes. I liked it though.
What platform is this available on?
Its in the Dominus Collection which I believe is on the big three consoles and steam
@@mellovania thank you