SOTN Hacked vs SOTN Original - Changes
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- Опубликовано: 14 дек 2022
- These are the differences from the original game to the remake. A couple of things I forgot to mention:
Narrator speaks as story is being told on next screen, &
Dracula in his second phase also has that jumping attack with the green projectiles
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I hope Alucard is the original. Change the other voices, fine, but Robert Belgrade is the definitive Alucard. A crime they never got him back to read the new dialogue, he'd crush it again.
Unfortunately the guy developing this remaster said he's not using the original voice acting
Amen. He's the real Alucard to me and always will be.
@@saxyman11 that is unfortunate. Use the new VA's for the other characters, but leave Alucard as og 😅 I don't think the dialogue is all that different, I'm sure his lines will still match when he's talking to Maria, Richter etc..
seems crazy that a guy with a patreon for a SotN project is removing the incredibly iconic ps1 voice lines and also taking a super aggressive and childish stance on it to boot, but hey, his project, lmao
@@gabrielenriqueparrarodrigu7223 the PSP dialogue is different from the OG PSX/Saturn dialogue. I'm not saying the new dialogue isn't more accurate or translated better from the Japanese version, I'm saying while it is a bit different, maybe it's possible to put the new dialogue/voice actors for the rest of the game, while keeping the original Alucard, because the original Alucard sounds way better lol. Or if it's a fan project just see if Robby Belgrade would record the new lines. There's a fan project out there where the people who made that game were able to get Robby to come back and play Alucard again, he's clearly down. Just a matter of how much he's wanting to get paid lol.
Seeing the amount of work being put in just Richter gives me high hopes for how much Alucard will change
Alucard plays incredible, can’t wait to show you all soon
Can't wait either
It's projects like this where you really need to step back and ask, "is what I'm adding taking away from the original."
In the remastered, Richter says “thanks” to Maria after lending him her strength.
Power Wave isn't new. It is used in the original, but since Dracula can be quickly defeated in the prologue, you may not encounter it.
The added attacks and sprites to Dracula's fight were the parts that impressed me the most when playing the demo, that and the changed 3D cutscene of the Castle in the beginning. I think using the PSP voices is a smart choice since it means the game can have use voicelines from other games that the PSP actors, like Dracula's Fatal Ray line from Ecclesia. That's just a nice change to me.
I am loving what I watch! Great work so far!
The hack is pretty cool, but I think the short slide jump and the mana system (for uppercut and tackle) ruins the fun tho. Might be good as a Richter only game/hack, since bonus character in Castlevania usually has sick movement and this one doesn't.
Incredible work! It’s a little sad to see the slide-kick-thing unnecessarily nerfed so heavily, but otherwise this version looks like a straight upgrade! So impressed at the love and care!
Necessary nerf
Wonderful work!!! Looking forward to it!
I don't like it when Richter disappears like there's a missing frame from the spritesheet.
But I think this is actually quite enjoyable.
It’s a given that this remastered version is not accomodating to new players to the series, it makes sense in the original that Dracula’s movements and attacks would be slower and limited so that way new players can easily beat him and depending how long it takes depends on the items you begin with with Alucard and I highly doubt that “hardware limitations” would be a valid excuse for this reasoning as well, from the looks of this remaster that is definitely not the case as you can see it definitely takes a lot more effort and skill to avoid getting damaged which would definitely end up overwhelming any new player to the games
There are also stats attached to Alucard that are determined by how well you did in the prologue, so making the fight basically require the player to be very familiar with how Richter plays doesn't really make sense from a design standpoint.
Yes, from a lore standpoint Dracula should be difficult, but there is no game before the prologue fight for the player to become familiar with Richter to offset that difficulty.
Probably an unpopular opinion, but I like pretty much all of the original moves and effects way more than the remake ones. They are all just far more polished and visually cohesive than the new ones. Same goes for other elements as well - the portrait looks bizarrely out of place and incorrectly proportioned, and the high-res intro just looks cheap. Speaking of intro - in spite of getting normal-mapped textures, Dracula's castle lost, like 90% of its geometric complexity and now looks more like a small keep rather than a sprawling complex.
Also, why the hell is the tutorial boss this freaking hard now? What sense does that make game-design-wise?!
Yeah, but i think no one who tries the games for 1st time searches a fanmade remake, so it’s hard bc game is made for actual fans
Amazing remake, very good work !
This might be an unpopular opinion, but I do not like the Richter portrait change- it is a bit unfitting alongside SotN Dracula's one as Ayami Kojima has improved over time with her artwork, and putting her later art alongside the original one makes it all look a bit inconsistent to me. I get that it the developer wanted to address the common complain of Richter's visual inconsistency though, but it'd be better if all portraits were from the same era tbh
I agree and disagree. I think the original should be used but the older pic is when Richter turned evil temp. But to me the only drawback it makes Richter look like a preteen
Yup unpopular haha to each their own.
@@light8621 I reject your reality and create my own
@@Chino-Kafu I prefer this new way. Use old design richter from the time he killed dracula and long hair and outfit richter from the time he was being controlled by shaft. It feels more consistent.
@@SrBlue-qp2ux meh we will see if game ever gets finished
Awesome Demo!!
Que buen trabajo amigo. Es difícil representar una obra tan épica como SOTN.
If you don't have it or "What is man, a miserable pile of secrets" by André Malraux, it's not even worth it.
Agreed. The original voicework and dialogue is what made it a classic.
mm...yeah no, the original just has that charm to it that didn't need to be 'fixed' or changed for that matter. A remaster would be fine if visuals only were updated, not changed sprites, not changed voices, not changed items etc.
We couldn't have a remaster without the original. It's looking really good! Thanks for sharing!
Awesome! Great work!
The new Richter sprites look good and all, but they deliberately chose to make him look the same as he did in Rondo of Blood. Changing his appearance severs that connection to the previous game.
Exactly.
Changing from the PS1 voices is always a bad move
I always followed this project since 2018 cant wait anymore, this is awesome
Any release date?
@@Zhero600 its already available for the member or subscriber, global version will release at the end of 2023
@@bayumahendra1797 can you send me a link to the project?
It's absolutely amazing to have more improved. The original cutscene for the castle still my favorite and the model of the castle. With the remastered version, once the camera looks at the castle, you should move forward instead of letting stay for a short period until it needs to move. Some how Richter's remastered run animation looks a little off, his legs doesn't look like their moving in the right place. His body moves fast, but his legs seems to be a little slow. With the pyro storm, are you planning to have a little fog on the bottom of screen because of the storm
Very very very very beautiful. Congrats for job.
The stage clear is literally the same from devil may cry
Dude, this rocks.
awesome job
Your apologies and concerns at the start of the video are valid. (Considering the way people are now a days) but one cannot say that the early graphics of the PSX are not out dated and could use a polishing.
In short: whoever made this did a great job :)
but he's not the creator of the hack. in the description the project is being made by Esco'
That's pretty cool. I’ll play it.
This is perfect in every single way! Great work!
I wonder what Richter's sprite would look like with Ayami Kojima's original design?
Look up the Japanese Sega Saturn version of the game. (Akumajo Dracula X Nocturne of Moonlight.) You can see Richter with that design in the game. (He appears this way during his boss fight and when you unlock him as a playable character.)
The dialogue changes is the sole reason I refuse to play the PSP version even though it's technically superior. The same thing applies to your mod.
the face of the dracula is the face of dragon on demons crest
I just discovered your project and I think it's crazy! the crazy work he has on Richter and on Dracula's attacks :o I can't wait to see Alucard. But I ask myself a question... Maria will be playable too? ^^
She will!
OMG IS A BEATIFULL!!!
To be honest I like the look of the original better
The original also looks more surreal.
In the original only the 3d castle is poorly made. The rest is exceptional!
glazing is insane
It looks interesting, I would check out what happens, I would like the content from the Saturn version to get here)
I hope this guy add new attack on Dracula's first phase where he just claws you or stomp at you.
And in Second phase, if Dracula manage to catch you while in his drag attack, he's gonna grab and slam you.
Good job bro 👍👍👍
Nice the remake looks wonderful
Awesome.
This looks awesome! Is there any demo yet?
Not yet, around Christmas time!
It certainly looks interesting, I'm not sure I'm a fan of all the extra UI stuff on screen and the status effect icons under the boss though
Power wave, I think I remember playing Dracula X chronicles, Dracula demon form performs that move as well.
I get the dialogue change but everytime Konami rereleases sotn I feel like everyone wants the OG drac v Richter dialogue
I really do like how 2nd drac shoots the fireballs up. The sprite work is fucking great
El juego original es una obra maestra, pero esta versión es un digno tributo a ese juego. Impresionantes detalles!
Do I undestand correctly that power wave in second form is reference to Dracula attack in second form in SNES Dracula X?
I thought he was saying „thunder of God“ insted of hydro storm
The castle looks less detailed. More textures but less polygons
More more more more !!
Hmm...The developer should add the another Saturn's outfit to Richter instead as well,because its fit even well with the character art concept.
Any way the work is becoming really awesome!
Perfect
Are you gonna add extras from the saturn version?
5:51 Thats why we really here.
For the Dracula dialogue, I'd probably prefer having some combination of the PSP/PS4 SotN dialogue and the PSP/PS4 Rondo of Blood ending. The ending to Rondo of Blood contains most of Dracula's speech from SotN, but it's more accurate to the original Japanese dialogue. The PSP SotN dialogue is just the PS1 translation but flowered up, so I never found much point to it. Of course, some stuff from the newer translation should probably be retained (such as Richter's opening line telling Dracula to die, as he doesn't say that in Rondo of Blood but the translation of that part in SotN is still accurate), which is why I suggest a combination of the two.
Interesting. Well, I don't have problem with starting area, even it have problems. Of course this fixes make it better. The main problem of SOTN is a balance of a whole game. You quickly became overpowered and second castle bosses become a joke(expect 2 of them). You collect big amount of weapons that quickly turn into trash and just stuck in your inventory
Few things... The "storm" is no longer a storm. It's a drizzle... The thunder to kick it off is nice. And making drac hard... is counter productive in isolation... as its a tutorial 'start up' fight, that you are graded to empower/weaken alucard. I hope enough is done to make it good all around. The overall changes to things dont seem bad. Just 'we wanted to make it hard.' Also, why didn't you show off losing in the remaster? Or was that not changed?
Hopefully this also improves the boss fights lmao, they were kinda "eh" in the first game. Some are pretty decent like the Doppleganger and Slogra/Gaibon, but most of them are kinda just walking back and forth and can get locked in one position if you spam items hard enough.
Does this hack include both exclusives(includes playable Maria, both exclusive rooms, bosses, and item/weapons) from PS1/PSX and Sega Saturn with smooth framerate?
Also one more thing three different dialogue Dubs included of a optional feature?
Good bro
Wow is so cool
Almost heard hadoken lol
Fascinante
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Seria interessante uma opção para usar o antigo diálogo do PS1 (Na minha opinião é melhor que a versão do PSP). De qualquer maneira, trampo muito foda que você faz, sucesso pra ti
Esse não é canal do cara que fez a rom, esse só ajudou com divulgação, o canal do cara ta na descrição do vídeo, olha lá tem muita coisa legal.
the game finna go hard can't wait til it's out
It’s out! Go download it on my other video 👍 Good luck
love richter sprites
smooth and awesome,
but backflip animation is fucking amazing.
This looks absolutely fantastic.
Ikr! Hype!
Nice
Olá. Me tire uma dúvida. Eu sempre acompanhei de início o trabalho de Esco, isso qdo ele planejava fazer para o PS1. Depois ele mudou de ideia e quis fazer para o PC em uma engine própria. Depois disso não o acompanho mais.
A dúvida é, o jogo é em iso para o PS1 ou para o PC? Valeu e e nóis.
All I know it everything is being remade in unity for PC only atm. So it’s not an iso rom hack
I don't like the updated castle in the openings, or the changes to Richter's moves and appearance. Also, why would you make the opening battle hard? It's kinda completely against the point for the intro to the game.
Caraca ficou extremamente foda, mas sinto que não vai avançar. 😢😢 a Konami não deixaria
It would've been nice to see the retranslation made by Tom and Gemini, but it still looks pretty good regardless
Prefer the original, but liked the hydro storm sound of the remaster.
Men I will love to see this game with Dark Souls difficult that would be amazing!!
Unpopular opinion here but the PSP version stomps.the original dialogue. I played through the original game and was pleasantly surprised when I got it again on the and PSP.and cleaned up.the dialog. I know everyone loves "You steal men's souls and make them your slave" But come on, "Fight for them then, and die for their sins" is a great line. I applaud the developer of the remake for not letting nostalgia cloud his judgement.
But enough talk, have at me!
Wow the cg cutscenes seem rough. It went from looking like early PS1 to early Dreamcast.
i think you made it too hard for something in the prologue but if you die you do become invincible so fair enough, and also seperating the item crashes and subweapons is a pretty bad change imo, you just made it way easier to just grab the hydro storm and the cross and just tear through draculas first phase for the casual players and a bit harder for the speedrunners who just grab the heart on the ledge and use hydro storm to beat dracula
Awwwww poor speed runners, looks like they actually have to learn how to play the game and get good at it.
What a joke.
@@adamvalerio1377 speedrunners are literally the best players of the game, you're the joke here
Will the control scheme be changed to better take advantage of richter’s new move behaviours? The old scheme feels a bit clunky for something like this
Yes, his new moves and entire move set are easier to use 👍
man it is SOOOOO different , like holy shit ; i can see that whoever worked on the remake honestly tried to do their best and they even tried to 'improve/add' some additional animations that werent there previously , but overall the OG is WAY BETTER , SOTN is a true masterpiece , changing even just a single frame of animation or a few pixels really changes things a lot =/ ; and WHAT they changed the fucking PORTRAIT ART ?!?! , OH HELL NAH , AND THEY CHANGED THE VOICE LINES AND DIALOGUE , NO NO NO , im out XD this is cursed now ; TBF we will always have the OG , so im not against fan remakes and stuff like this , all art is derivative after all , but the OG SOTN IS a legit masterpiece and the fact that ppl are so inspired to make remakes like this and ofc that it and SM spawned the whole metroidvania genre and all of the amazing indie spinoffs [ie Hollow Knight, Valdis Story, Blasphemous, ESA, etc] is very telling indeed
É como se tivessem transferido a jogabilidade do Sério's Castlevania Fighter pro SotN.
recién me doy cuenta en el original el efecto de la tormenta hay nubes y en el remake hay truenos y relampagos pero en el fondo hay luna creciente, no me parece muy lógico falta pulir mucho más la idea original
-Now Dracula has 9 new attacks, more frames of animation and a stunning new graphic style that makes the fight more challenging.
-Ok ok, But here comes Maria Renard and... Voilà! I´m invincible now.
❤🔥❤🔥❤🔥❤🔥 wow awesomeeeeeeeeeeee
Fuck this is love the comparison
Perfeito,estou louco para ver como está a jogabilidade do Alucard 🍷
Wherevi can download this? Is awesome?
ya está disponible para descargarlo?
Hmm shorten the time of the knife special will make Galamoth more harder to beat with Richter
The fact that he doesn’t plan on changing the dialogue with richter and Dracula bothers me….
great work, but i hope more difficult than the original
It’s definitely harder than the original
Only watching the changes adding cooldowns to Ritchter skills make the game a lot harder than usual. The only issue who I see at moment is the areas where you need to jump a lot higher, mana seems to doesn't work correctly in these situations.
I tried the demo and It's way harder than the original game.
Some changes goods... Other neither so... But this Dragon of Dracula have be excellente! Very stronger! Makes me remeber the Dracula final version from Castlevania Legacy of the Darkness from nintendo 64: Super powerfull!
I still can't understand the want or need for cooldowns on Richter's abilites.
I believe you can shorter the cooldown if the game fully released, power progress i think
To make it more difficult and challenging. I really like it, makes you plan your every move if you want to survive.
@@christianespiritu3478 That is what good level design and enemy placement will do. No need for cooldowns.
Konami: Imposible...
Told me This Game contniue in proces
fanfic
Will it have sega saturn content?
Shut up and take my money!
Can you get this to work on playstation is the main question.
OG voice acting was bad but had its charm. But this one's lines and sound effects for attacks is just bad, sounds like an anime fandub from the early 2000's. Would be great if they gave the option to keep the OG voices and effects