You know, this may be the first time we face what might be the *ACTUAL* Frankenstein. That skeleton that gets up to shock the Creature just might be Victor Frankenstein.
i love how the remake incorporates the dead corpse in the background into the fight. might be the first time we see the mad doctor IN a castlevania game.
I like how they stuck to the original idea of the Dracula fight, but made it actually challenging and intimidating. You fight his giant head, but there’s four of them now. One of them does the bat-spitting attack the original did, but it’s now only one of four different attacks you need to handle on the fly. You can whip the head until it collapses, but that’s only a temporary reprieve; you need to hit Dracula’s soul while dodging all the attacks from his heads. Took the same idea, but improved the execution a lot, when they could have instead taken one of the giant bat forms from the other games and did that instead.
The original giant head end boss was just laughably ridiculous. All the rest of the bosses I could get behind to one degree or another, but suddenly you're fighting a giant head that only sorta halfway melts when you beat it? What even was that supposed to be? This remade version kind of makes it look like yeah, you destroyed Dracula's physical form, and now he's going full magic on ya. Or maybe that was supposed to be some kind of mental attack, like an attempt at a possession. You destroyed my body so I'll take over yours, kinda thing. Whatever it is, it's better than melting a dracula-shaped candle.
The Golem got the second best upgrade, second only to Dracula. You really get the sense that you're systematically smashing its power sources to pieces, the way the damage starts to show over time.
Dear people who re-did Night Slashers: THIS is how you update pixel art!!!! And it wasn't even a good game to begin with; now it's a great one!!! Very tastefully done. But it doesn't wallow or take itself overly-seriously. Some fine Classicvania!!!
I think it's funny how in the intro Simon is wearing more "modern" clothing when getting married, then suddenly he's like "well, i gotta put on my barbarian armor."
The original honestly was pretty broken. Either too easy or difficult in certain areas. But the remake not only balances it, but also adds more stuff which actually improves it.
The one thing I'd say they've gone a bit too far was about not dying if you fall into a hole. The game's honestly fine even if you did since it's already much more generous than the original.
@@t-universegamer7609 The original arcade version was like that too in Japan. If you fell into a pit, you'd just lose a chunk of health and get sent back a bit instead of instantly dying like in the overseas versions.
@@MegaYoYoreally? I mean he just kinda hops around in the original. In the remake, they actually use the fact he's made of glass shards in his favor for not just the gameplay but also the movement! Constantly shifting forms, it's a really cool idea I'd say!
It's great that Medusa's tail actually looks like it's supporting her weight now! The old Medusa just sort of drifted around like a snake-tailed hovercraft. And speaking of Medusa's stage, little details count! The cover for Sepulcher 94 was broken then and it's still broken _now!_ I guess the zombies haven't gotten around to organizing a maintenance crew yet. 😆
@@MegaYoYo Ooh! Can you imagine them remaking the *_other_* Castlevania 2, Simon's Quest? That could easily become epic! 😮 What a *_glorious_* night to have a curse! 😄
@laurentiusmcmxcv probably somewhere in the 1800 hundreds, considering the existence of frankenstien's monster and what seems to be electricity coming out of the machine he's next to.
@@laurentiusmcmxcv 1691, by official timeline reckoning. I'm guessing the game wasn't made with concrete dates in mind at the time it was made, or was just set whenever the 1931 Dracula and Frankenstein movies were, and that 17th century figure was retrofitted in to fit some canon written later. On that note, the Frankenstein novel is set in the 18th century, so really every appearance of the Creature before 1700 at the earliest is anachronistic no matter how he's dressed.
They both look so slap job for their eras, but you can tell everyone was under the gun and trying their best. I think that's what makes them so charming. When you don't have time or money, all you can pour into something is personality and both versions have it in spades.
@@MegaYoYoif you like Castlevania and gradius and game music I make little music highlights for my favourite game soundtracks and I'm doing Castlevania to start if you like that kinda thing
M2 delivered in spades with this remake and it's just an bonus on top of getting 3 quality ports of the DS Castlevanias. Thank you for doing something nice for the fans Konami.
Kinda prefer Dracula's original style- it's closer to old horror movies than the design that looks like an evil Duke. Each to their own, the remake probably plays better honestly.
One thing I noticed is the original nudity has been removed for the remake. How you feel about the censorship is up to you. It certainly allows parents to be less bothered by having kids exposed to it, but the original stories did describe them as being nude. Just saying.
I have to say, just the thumbnail, the new, more in line with castlevania-version of dravula looks better of coirse, but the old one had a great hammer studios/christopher lee vibe and i really like that too^^
...and judging from the Attract Mode, Dracula actually bit Wifey Belmont in the original. No bitey in the sequel, but it's good that Wifey is actually in Dracula's chamber in Revisited, as opposed to Dracula stuffing her inside some pocket dimension until Simon was through handing him a beatdown. 😀
@@MegaYoYoLook, kidnap-by-undead overlord was a serious concern then. We only solved the problem by funding programs to help them socialize properly through counseling and recreational centers where they could meet potential partners in a safe, consentual setting. I know this because I, Lich-Lord Ace R. Erak, found my wife Pam through that same program! It wasn't easy, but we made it work.
The original on the left even though it's pixelated it makes him look a little bit like Christopher Lee's dracula in the thumbnail, and on the right he looks just more like th Castlevania Dracula
Originally Dracula in Castlevania was based on the old Bela Lugosi and Christopher Lee types, as the developers were huge fans of those movies. Dracula's "official" Castlevania look wasn't established until Symphony of the Night with Ayami Kojima's design.
The haunted castle is the first Castlevania and. This Game was for arcade games. But. The remaster is cool too. But i hope some extra stage in new version
Haunted Castle Bosses Buffs And Nerfs in Revisited Medusa + New Attacks - Can't Spawn Snake Overtime now Skeleton Snake/White Dragon + Has a Beautiful Screech entry + Can Switch Its Head to the other Edge + No Longer Stops like an Idiot =? Shoots Fireball Stained Glass Warrior + Can Only be Damaged by Hitting his Core + TWO SWORDS! + New Attacks - No Longer have a Laugh Entry Hanging Golem(I Mean, this one is a golem without Legs, Right?) + Can Only be Damaged by Hitting his Core... (again) + ... And he has Two Separate Cores which the other is Covered + Has Two Ranged Attacks and A Melee Attacks The Creature + More Debrises fell + The Undead Doctor Helps him to Perform that Charge Attack + He Chain Sweeps Thrice Dracula + Throws Knives in Different Directions Simultaneously + (Once Again) Can only be damaged by hitting his Core in Phase 2 + Has 4 Heads now with those 3 Heads has New Different Attacks - Still has No ACTUAL Dracula Attacks in his Phase 1 Lol
Oh wow, didn't know this got a remake! How quaint! And damn, it kioks really good too, gotta say! Like, really damn good! The boss battles too! The final boss is straight up way better too, and its final phase honestly looks kinda insane!
Actually looks better in the remake. Makes it feel like you are really surrounded and they all have different abilities, vs the old dracula head that spits out one bat at a time. Also at least explain a little while there are dracula heads in the remake as it looks like his soul or energy is floating around, so the other heads are magical extensions of himself.
Honestly, the original game isn't that bad at all, at least as long as you're not playing Version M. But the remake provides an all-round better experience that feels familiar, yet refined, and puts the graphical quality on-par with the SotN on PlayStation. No surprise there, as it was handled by M2, who is synonymous with quality
The difficulty spike at the last boss' phase 2 is a little wild, I think if it had limited continues id be ok until the final boss I got like 5 game overs to him alone though
@@Mordecrox He does! Just watch some of the other Haunted Castle Revisited videos. The Creature will completely stampede all over Simon if you don't thrash Doctor Frankenstein's skeleton in time, and Doc gets smashed too. 😶 Big Frank just doesn't know his own strength. 😀
Hey, I was thinking: am I the only one that sees in the very first boss from Medievil (can't recall the name, but it was made of church glass) a reference to the Stained Glass Warrior from this game?
Now we need from this team a proper remaster of SoTN and Rondo of Blood and not that PNG menu from PS version, also Lament of Innocence and Curse of Darkness.
Scratch my previous comment (I was talking shite). This might be one of my favourite Classicvania titles and given its a remake of a pretty bad game. M2 did a great job making the remake on par with killer Vania titles. Also this game has my favourite rendition of Bloody Tears thus far
@MegaYoYo For sure on both points. This and Bloostained Curse of the Moon games are the closest to a new Classicvania sequel. While I am more of a Metroidvania guy, I do enjoy Classicvania games and this one was especially good.
A spin-off? Haunted Castle *_was_* supposed to be the original Castlevania 2, but it got caught in Development Hell, another one of Konami's developer teams started making Simon's Quest, Simon's Quest *_didn't_* get stuck in Development Hell, so Simon's Quest got to be the official Castlevania 2 and Haunted Castle...didn't. So Simon Belmont has made more appearances than any other Belmont. Dracula came back from the dead just to mess with Simon *_so_* many times....
I think because of Nintendo's strict policy about third party licensing prevented them from calling it Castlevania at the time. Once Nintendo had to revise their policies, then Konami was free to use it for all console games.
First of all, at least our hero does not walk around like he has either a back pain or hernia in the remake. They fixed that. Second... The big Dracula head in the remake looks more like scary terrifying 4 brothers (or two brothers and 2 cousins) picking on a small creature... Giving each other the evil smile and laughter and giving each other a high five. But that would make it more challenging than the original. The original only has one head.
@@MegaYoYo First time seeing that walk in the original game, I was thinking "Is he okay? Does he need to see a doctor or a chiropractor or something?"😅🤣
@@MegaYoYo We would need Advanced Calculus to determine how much better New Golem is over Old Golem. 😀 And little details (like the Stained Glass Knight's new "break apart and swirl towards Simon" attack, how the game actually blacks out all the stained glass shards that don't matter) mean a lot. So does giving Big Frank a charge attack and turning Doctor Frankenstein's skeleton from a blot in the background to an Old School problem-solving mechanic. 🤔
@MegaYoYo The Hammer style works for the Hammer movies. I think SOTN onwards was when the CV devs made Dracula their own and not just copying the common designs. Not that that's bad but....I guess I just gravitate to CV's SOTN onwards artstyles
I like the remake and all, but why does this seem SUPER freakin' easy compared to the classic game? All the remakes these days are giving gamers a cakewalk. Why not make it more difficult to balance out all the special moves and new things available to characters in remakes? Ridiculous.
The remake was quite unfair, i think version K was ruthless. This is much more enjoyable. The arcade was meant to suck your coins. Hard mode ain't hard but it's still fun
Seems to me that Dracula put in more effort spiriting away your bride in the original than in the rehash. He actually carried her off the first time; in the remake she faints and he just disappears her. Lazy animators.
It's a mixed bag for me. On one hand, I too appreciate the simple effectiveness of just flying down, grabbing Wifey Belmont and taking off like a Lear Jet. Like, Dracula! You're already airborne! Why bother with all this teleporting rubbish? Just swoop down and grab her, man! Wifey screaming as Dracula takes off with her is a bonus. On the other hand, I also appreciate how Simon and Wifey actually react to what's going on around them now. "Oh, no! The cross on top of the church's steeple exploded! Get behind me, Wifey! Wifey? Oh, no! Wifey fainted somehow! I must attend to her!" Old Simon and Wifey act like they would keep walking right through a 7.2-Richter earthquake. Maybe a compromise between the two would be best. "Wifey! The church just exploded! Look!" "Hello again, Simon! Sorry I couldn't be at your wedding, but I was kind of *_dead,_* thanks to you!" "Wifey, it's Dracula! Get behind me!" "Not today, Belmont! SWOOP! SHOVE! Check it out! *_I got your bitch!"_* SCREAM! "WIFEY!" "Come to Castle Dracula if you want her back; we'll settle our score then! Later, Belmont!" SWOOP! 😆 ...something like that!
"Time for the First Boss...
But first"
[starts dancing to the background music]
Gotta break it down when I get a chance
You know, this may be the first time we face what might be the *ACTUAL* Frankenstein.
That skeleton that gets up to shock the Creature just might be Victor Frankenstein.
Yikes if that’s the case then what were all the other Frankensteins from all the other Castlevanias supposed to be
@@pleasecallmedaviddjs1298 Well, we never actually saw the doctor in any other games, only his creation.
@@lunatic0verlord10 but if this one is the real one then what are the other ones
@@pleasecallmedaviddjs1298 The real DOCTOR I meant. The creature could be the same each time, with Dracula reviving him repeatedly.
@@lunatic0verlord10 that makes sense
i love how the remake incorporates the dead corpse in the background into the fight.
might be the first time we see the mad doctor IN a castlevania game.
That bad boy needs his whippings for creating such an abomination
I like how they stuck to the original idea of the Dracula fight, but made it actually challenging and intimidating. You fight his giant head, but there’s four of them now. One of them does the bat-spitting attack the original did, but it’s now only one of four different attacks you need to handle on the fly. You can whip the head until it collapses, but that’s only a temporary reprieve; you need to hit Dracula’s soul while dodging all the attacks from his heads.
Took the same idea, but improved the execution a lot, when they could have instead taken one of the giant bat forms from the other games and did that instead.
Yeah, I was very impressed with how they handled the Dracula fight here.
Now easily one of the best Dracula fights in the entire series.
You might say Dracula has a very big "four-head." 😃
...😅...😭
The original giant head end boss was just laughably ridiculous. All the rest of the bosses I could get behind to one degree or another, but suddenly you're fighting a giant head that only sorta halfway melts when you beat it? What even was that supposed to be? This remade version kind of makes it look like yeah, you destroyed Dracula's physical form, and now he's going full magic on ya. Or maybe that was supposed to be some kind of mental attack, like an attempt at a possession. You destroyed my body so I'll take over yours, kinda thing. Whatever it is, it's better than melting a dracula-shaped candle.
Always loved how the golem boss in the original doesn't actually have a death animation, the game's just like "you win lol"
Final Dracula: *head-dot-jpg just kinda stretches down*
The Golem got the second best upgrade, second only to Dracula. You really get the sense that you're systematically smashing its power sources to pieces, the way the damage starts to show over time.
Every bosses looks better. But The amazing thing is the developers also stay true to the original ❤❤❤
I wish they had kept Skeleton walk😢
@@FallenangelLeon the skeleton had that swagger walk in the original.
@@FallenangelLeonI call it the Vince McMahon strut
The stone golem was a lot more impressive in the original
That's M2 for you
Looking at the way our hero attacks in the classic version, I think the most powerful weapon in his hands would be a wet towel.
A wet towel dipped in holy water will vaporize all these demons
Lol that made me chuckle
Simon: In the name of all that’s holy, this towel, doused in the blessed holy water, shall be the bane of Dracula and his evil servants!
Dear people who re-did Night Slashers:
THIS is how you update pixel art!!!! And it wasn't even a good game to begin with; now it's a great one!!! Very tastefully done. But it doesn't wallow or take itself overly-seriously. Some fine Classicvania!!!
I'd honestly like to play this remake, ngl!
an inmortal vampire that move very quickly around the stage and uses knifes and proyectiles.... nice reference
It was me all along! DIO!
even on the 2nd phase one of the heads shoot laser beam from the eyes
I think it's funny how in the intro Simon is wearing more "modern" clothing when getting married, then suddenly he's like "well, i gotta put on my barbarian armor."
A true warrior of faith
The original honestly was pretty broken. Either too easy or difficult in certain areas. But the remake not only balances it, but also adds more stuff which actually improves it.
We live in a timeline where there is a playable version of Haunted Castle
The one thing I'd say they've gone a bit too far was about not dying if you fall into a hole. The game's honestly fine even if you did since it's already much more generous than the original.
@@t-universegamer7609 The original arcade version was like that too in Japan. If you fell into a pit, you'd just lose a chunk of health and get sent back a bit instead of instantly dying like in the overseas versions.
Simon going super saiyan in the intro is actually pretty metal.
I didn't notice until you said it like that
1:06 you were doing that in sync with the music 😏
Yea buddy! gotta make it fun to watch and play
What in the world is that original walk animation? Did he forget to bring his brown pants or something and has to hold it in?
Dude shit his pants at the wedding and then needed to save his wife right away
Wooooah the stained glass warrior is animated super well
Much better in the original
@@MegaYoYoreally? I mean he just kinda hops around in the original. In the remake, they actually use the fact he's made of glass shards in his favor for not just the gameplay but also the movement! Constantly shifting forms, it's a really cool idea I'd say!
At least this time the Golem actually died instead of just freezing
For real, that always bothered me
Decent improvement. Last boss even throws suspended knives like DIO
WRYYYYY
@@Bludobi9001 "You expect to be with Selena but she belongs to me, DIO!"
Even funnier considering Patrick Seitz has voiced both characters.
@@spiritmacardi9300 And so did Norio Wakamoto!
even the opening scene in where dracula stole simon's wife. feels like straight out of Jojo.
Dude why is the 1988 intro so much more cinematic :D
Yea but in the new one he goes super saiyan
It's great that Medusa's tail actually looks like it's supporting her weight now! The old Medusa just sort of drifted around like a snake-tailed hovercraft.
And speaking of Medusa's stage, little details count! The cover for Sepulcher 94 was broken then and it's still broken _now!_ I guess the zombies haven't gotten around to organizing a maintenance crew yet. 😆
I love Medusa's new look. M2 really put some great work into the remake. I hope they continue to make some great retro remakes/games
@@MegaYoYo Ooh! Can you imagine them remaking the *_other_* Castlevania 2, Simon's Quest? That could easily become epic! 😮
What a *_glorious_* night to have a curse! 😄
What I wanna know is why he went from a mostly modern-looking wedding outfit to what looks like pre-medieval leather armor.
He daddy now
Simon's tailor was truly ahead of his time.
His armorer? Not so much. 😀
I wonder when exactly Haunted Castle takes place
@laurentiusmcmxcv probably somewhere in the 1800 hundreds, considering the existence of frankenstien's monster and what seems to be electricity coming out of the machine he's next to.
@@laurentiusmcmxcv 1691, by official timeline reckoning. I'm guessing the game wasn't made with concrete dates in mind at the time it was made, or was just set whenever the 1931 Dracula and Frankenstein movies were, and that 17th century figure was retrofitted in to fit some canon written later.
On that note, the Frankenstein novel is set in the 18th century, so really every appearance of the Creature before 1700 at the earliest is anachronistic no matter how he's dressed.
That actually shows how a good remake can be made.
This was so unexpected but I'm glad we got this treat
And wow that final boss is actually really stunning now
That final boss is so much better. The OG was too easy to cheese
NEVER KNEW THIS REMAKE EXISTED THANK GOD I NEED IT IN MY LIFE
It's a great game to beef up the Dominus Collection
3:29 Young Sherlock Holmes reference
Who needs of holy water when you have a bomb 🤣🤣🤣
The cross in this game is an on command screen wipe. Super powerful
@@MegaYoYo I never played it but I presume they make the boomerang something like the cross and the cross in that way 🤔
Holy Hand Grenade, you pull the pin. Count to 3, not 2, not 4, and if the enemy is evil in the eyes of the Lord, it shall be destroyed.
Holy Hans Grenade of Antioch.
Christ, the whip snaps sound SO crisp in the remake
A towel dipped in holy water is what it sounds like. Crispy
The 4 drac head are legitemely creepy looking
4 big spooky heads
They both look so slap job for their eras, but you can tell everyone was under the gun and trying their best. I think that's what makes them so charming. When you don't have time or money, all you can pour into something is personality and both versions have it in spades.
I agree. Very mature take
Man, the remake really upgraded everything.
They really made the whip swing sound effect beefy and powerful in the remake. It sounds like something that's gonna hit hard as hell.
I imagine a towel baptized in holy water
@@MegaYoYo 😆I was thinking more like how Indiana Jones' whip sounds in the movies, myself.
I love how the bone dragon boss was practically just the same boss used in Gradius
Woah good observation! I never noticed
@@MegaYoYodifferent sprites but same idea and VERY VERY similar behaviour/programming
@@MegaYoYoif you like Castlevania and gradius and game music I make little music highlights for my favourite game soundtracks and I'm doing Castlevania to start if you like that kinda thing
Knowing konami, it got to be a direct reference
I like how Frankenstein in the remake comes back like “leave my boy be! He just wants to exist!”
What a neat touch!
I imagine Konami releasing a remake of Castlevania 2 and 3 in the style of x68000 for the Nintendo Switch XD
God, I hope
That'd be so out of left field but I would be there day 1
A fellow Dr.Doe fan I see
@@a.malsuwaidi2776 I love that you are a fan of dr.doe
I hope they’d release it on more than switch. Look at The Adventure Rebirth being lost on Wii shop
First time I saw Dracula this creepy and scary af
M2 delivered in spades with this remake and it's just an bonus on top of getting 3 quality ports of the DS Castlevanias. Thank you for doing something nice for the fans Konami.
M2 are masters of their craft. I loved the rebirth series
This remake is fricking dope man!
One of the better ones to come out and unexpected
Kinda prefer Dracula's original style- it's closer to old horror movies than the design that looks like an evil Duke. Each to their own, the remake probably plays better honestly.
The remake is meant to streamline the design more to Castlevania. I do like his old look a bit better though. Reminds me of Hammer films
Does this count as a new Castlevania game? Kinda?
I'd say so. It's nice to see a classicvania again
One thing I noticed is the original nudity has been removed for the remake. How you feel about the censorship is up to you. It certainly allows parents to be less bothered by having kids exposed to it, but the original stories did describe them as being nude. Just saying.
I genuinely cannot tell if the final boss are 3D models with stylized textures, or super well animated sprites, it's honestly impressive.
I think their sprites. M2 are masters at their craft
It’s all sprites.
I have to say, just the thumbnail, the new, more in line with castlevania-version of dravula looks better of coirse, but the old one had a great hammer studios/christopher lee vibe and i really like that too^^
I 100% agree. Great observations
...and judging from the Attract Mode, Dracula actually bit Wifey Belmont in the original. No bitey in the sequel, but it's good that Wifey is actually in Dracula's chamber in Revisited, as opposed to Dracula stuffing her inside some pocket dimension until Simon was through handing him a beatdown. 😀
The sword reminds me of Conan's Atlantean Sword.
I wonder if that could be a reference
Why does Haunted Castle have the exact same plot as Ghouls N’ Ghosts?
I guess people were afraid of their love interest being stolen in the 80's
@@MegaYoYoLook, kidnap-by-undead overlord was a serious concern then. We only solved the problem by funding programs to help them socialize properly through counseling and recreational centers where they could meet potential partners in a safe, consentual setting.
I know this because I, Lich-Lord Ace R. Erak, found my wife Pam through that same program! It wasn't easy, but we made it work.
誠意之作，不是炒冷飯耶😂
You're doing god's work, dude. Awesome! I wish i have the money to support you
Thanks for the kind word homie! Your continued viewership helps a lot
At 9:40 was it the Theme of Zero from Megaman X?
Heart of fire/Don't wait until night from Aria of sorrow
that said, I wouldn't have been unhappy if we could make Dracula sausage with Zero's saber
Wtf, those small 1hp goons on "The Creature (Remake)" make a stifled Neco-Arc's 'ngyaaaa!!' sound and i cannot unhear that
oh shit! you made me hear it. I'm cursed now as well
The Cross is way more op here, it erradicates almost all regular enemies on the screen and even works against all 4 Dracula heads.
Cross is op. I just want a broken holy water item in all my castlevanias
The remake is better
100%
i cant wait to play this one.
It’s soooo good
9:21 i almost jump here😂😂😂
great jump scare 😂😂😂😂
10:35 this is interesting 😮😁
Classic Hollywood Dracula will always be best Dracula.
I see we have a fan of Hammer films
The original on the left even though it's pixelated it makes him look a little bit like Christopher Lee's dracula in the thumbnail, and on the right he looks just more like th Castlevania Dracula
oh yea! The left feels more like a hammer film
Originally Dracula in Castlevania was based on the old Bela Lugosi and Christopher Lee types, as the developers were huge fans of those movies.
Dracula's "official" Castlevania look wasn't established until Symphony of the Night with Ayami Kojima's design.
The haunted castle is the first Castlevania and. This Game was for arcade games. But. The remaster is cool too. But i hope some extra stage in new version
Haunted Castle Bosses Buffs And Nerfs in Revisited
Medusa
+ New Attacks
- Can't Spawn Snake Overtime now
Skeleton Snake/White Dragon
+ Has a Beautiful Screech entry
+ Can Switch Its Head to the other Edge
+ No Longer Stops like an Idiot
=? Shoots Fireball
Stained Glass Warrior
+ Can Only be Damaged by Hitting his Core
+ TWO SWORDS!
+ New Attacks
- No Longer have a Laugh Entry
Hanging Golem(I Mean, this one is a golem without Legs, Right?)
+ Can Only be Damaged by Hitting his Core... (again)
+ ... And he has Two Separate Cores which the other is Covered
+ Has Two Ranged Attacks and A Melee Attacks
The Creature
+ More Debrises fell
+ The Undead Doctor Helps him to Perform that Charge Attack
+ He Chain Sweeps Thrice
Dracula
+ Throws Knives in Different Directions Simultaneously
+ (Once Again) Can only be damaged by hitting his Core in Phase 2
+ Has 4 Heads now with those 3 Heads has New Different Attacks
- Still has No ACTUAL Dracula Attacks in his Phase 1 Lol
I love how the remake actually turned it into a "proper" Castlevania game
It's actually a fun game to play now
"Hit detection!? Who needs it!" the developers cried
The OG golem boss is terrible to hit
1:10 Do the Belmont!
OG intro is better. Remake loses the cheesey way he flies off, laugh seems a little less maniacal.
hehehe bro yea I could see why you prefer that one. Its goofy AF
Oh wow, didn't know this got a remake! How quaint! And damn, it kioks really good too, gotta say! Like, really damn good! The boss battles too! The final boss is straight up way better too, and its final phase honestly looks kinda insane!
It's so much fun! I had a blast with it and the music is amazing. I have to admit I like old school Dracula more
@@MegaYoYo aye, that's fair, and you're right, the music is great!
Lol
I kept jumping to hit Dracula's head
the intro is very ghouls n ghosts
yea, heroes have got to stop getting their love interests stolen
More like this Konami! this is the way!
I like the Golem of the Original thought, reminds me of Gigachad.
That golem was such a pain in the ass to no damage
The remake looks great but I miss being able to get weapons other than the whip, and also I miss Medusa's nipples lol
I loved using the sword
I think they changed it due to the fact that a Belmont using a sword just completely breaks the lore
Weird wonder woman game
The Remaster Bosses at least try to kill you
They're better designed. I actually have to see patterns and react
The giant Dracula heads in the remake look so goofy lmao
I like how to original just melts like hot plastic
Actually looks better in the remake. Makes it feel like you are really surrounded and they all have different abilities, vs the old dracula head that spits out one bat at a time. Also at least explain a little while there are dracula heads in the remake as it looks like his soul or energy is floating around, so the other heads are magical extensions of himself.
Honestly, the original game isn't that bad at all, at least as long as you're not playing Version M.
But the remake provides an all-round better experience that feels familiar, yet refined, and puts the graphical quality on-par with the SotN on PlayStation. No surprise there, as it was handled by M2, who is synonymous with quality
Version M is a nightmare. That was my intro to the game and I hated it
@@MegaYoYo You poor poor soul
@@solarflare9078 No, it's not. The remake is absolute trash and so are your opinions.
@@HowlingMoonCinemas Be careful not to cut yourself with that edge, Edgey McEdgelord. 🙄
@@BloodyBay What a lame insult. It doesn't even interact or even make sense.
へぇアーケード版の悪魔城ドラキュラがリメイクされたんだ
Just wondering... What happens if you let the bride fall in the end?
ooouuu i never thought about that
The difficulty spike at the last boss' phase 2 is a little wild, I think if it had limited continues id be ok until the final boss I got like 5 game overs to him alone though
Also they're even stingier than regular Castlevania with health I saw maybe 4 health items total overall though great game
Simon's Quest for tang.
Mans knows what he wants
Simon already put a ring on it, so by right, it's his. Dracula's just a damned putty thief! 😆
8:08 unbelievable first time we are fighting frankstein 😲
And apparently the creature will attempt to bash Victor should you fail to stop the doctor too
@@Mordecrox He does! Just watch some of the other Haunted Castle Revisited videos. The Creature will completely stampede all over Simon if you don't thrash Doctor Frankenstein's skeleton in time, and Doc gets smashed too. 😶
Big Frank just doesn't know his own strength. 😀
@@BloodyBayto be fair, in the novel, I don't think the Creature liked his creator very much, and the sentiment was mutual too.
perfect remake
100% truth
Wait they remaid this 😮
It plays a lot better now
1:04 🤣
gotta break it down when the opportunity presents itself
Hey, I was thinking: am I the only one that sees in the very first boss from Medievil (can't recall the name, but it was made of church glass) a reference to the Stained Glass Warrior from this game?
Michael Bay directed the new intro
while some aspects are improved, imo, the update missed the mark on many elements. the intro and outro are actually smoother in the original.
It's more easy kill Drácula in the original arcade 😲😲😲😲
So easy, just spam cross
Now we need from this team a proper remaster of SoTN and Rondo of Blood and not that PNG menu from PS version, also Lament of Innocence and Curse of Darkness.
Scratch my previous comment (I was talking shite). This might be one of my favourite Classicvania titles and given its a remake of a pretty bad game. M2 did a great job making the remake on par with killer Vania titles.
Also this game has my favourite rendition of Bloody Tears thus far
M2 always does quality work. This will be the closes thing we get to a new classicvania in a while
@MegaYoYo For sure on both points. This and Bloostained Curse of the Moon games are the closest to a new Classicvania sequel.
While I am more of a Metroidvania guy, I do enjoy Classicvania games and this one was especially good.
The remake is superior in every respect, but I personally wanted to use the sword of the original.
The sword was cool, we barely see a Belmont use a sword
I like The new version of haunted castle
It’s a blast. Happy it got a remake
WHAT A HORRIBLE NIGHT TO HAVE A CURSE
Just bought the dominus collection, love all games (played on ds years ago) but this collection needed filters...at least a crt filter...
I wonder if they might add it in the future. The Dominus collection is a sick game though. I've had a blast with it so far
nothing beats the grim reaper from nes version....:)
That monster has wrecked some of my childhood nights
Is this a spin off of. Castlevania?
It's a remake of the arcade castlevania, Haunted Castle
A spin-off? Haunted Castle *_was_* supposed to be the original Castlevania 2, but it got caught in Development Hell, another one of Konami's developer teams started making Simon's Quest, Simon's Quest *_didn't_* get stuck in Development Hell, so Simon's Quest got to be the official Castlevania 2 and Haunted Castle...didn't.
So Simon Belmont has made more appearances than any other Belmont. Dracula came back from the dead just to mess with Simon *_so_* many times....
So you like to play Castlevania?
yea sometimes, it's fun
the body of the second boss is safe to walk through?
The body yes but not the head.
I gotta ask since I have no idea about this game. Is this part of Castlevania series or is this something else?
This is Castlevania for sure. Not sure why it got a different name. Think of it as an alternate timeline to Simon's encounter with Dracula
I think because of Nintendo's strict policy about third party licensing prevented them from calling it Castlevania at the time. Once Nintendo had to revise their policies, then Konami was free to use it for all console games.
This looks like Castlevania
Sure is!
First of all, at least our hero does not walk around like he has either a back pain or hernia in the remake. They fixed that.
Second... The big Dracula head in the remake looks more like scary terrifying 4 brothers (or two brothers and 2 cousins) picking on a small creature... Giving each other the evil smile and laughter and giving each other a high five.
But that would make it more challenging than the original. The original only has one head.
That walk animation is soooo funny. The last boss did need an update. I'm glad they re-did the golem boss as well
@@MegaYoYo First time seeing that walk in the original game, I was thinking "Is he okay? Does he need to see a doctor or a chiropractor or something?"😅🤣
@@MegaYoYo We would need Advanced Calculus to determine how much better New Golem is over Old Golem. 😀
And little details (like the Stained Glass Knight's new "break apart and swirl towards Simon" attack, how the game actually blacks out all the stained glass shards that don't matter) mean a lot. So does giving Big Frank a charge attack and turning Doctor Frankenstein's skeleton from a blot in the background to an Old School problem-solving mechanic. 🤔
Castlevania at home
So was the cross in the original game the inspiration for the one in Dante’s Inferno?
I haven't played Dante's Inferno
@@MegaYoYo simple answer in the game you journey through with Death’s scythe and a silver cross that shoots energy crosses at enemies
Now it looks like symphony of the night.
Who Dracula? If so, while I think it's a good idea, I like the old look a bit better? Reminds me of old Hammer films
@@MegaYoYo the whole artstyle
@MegaYoYo The Hammer style works for the Hammer movies. I think SOTN onwards was when the CV devs made Dracula their own and not just copying the common designs.
Not that that's bad but....I guess I just gravitate to CV's SOTN onwards artstyles
Bride saved
I like the remake and all, but why does this seem SUPER freakin' easy compared to the classic game? All the remakes these days are giving gamers a cakewalk. Why not make it more difficult to balance out all the special moves and new things available to characters in remakes? Ridiculous.
The remake was quite unfair, i think version K was ruthless. This is much more enjoyable. The arcade was meant to suck your coins. Hard mode ain't hard but it's still fun
Seems to me that Dracula put in more effort spiriting away your bride in the original than in the rehash. He actually carried her off the first time; in the remake she faints and he just disappears her. Lazy animators.
I wouldn't call them lazy. They made the game look smoother in the remake
It's a mixed bag for me. On one hand, I too appreciate the simple effectiveness of just flying down, grabbing Wifey Belmont and taking off like a Lear Jet. Like, Dracula! You're already airborne! Why bother with all this teleporting rubbish? Just swoop down and grab her, man! Wifey screaming as Dracula takes off with her is a bonus.
On the other hand, I also appreciate how Simon and Wifey actually react to what's going on around them now. "Oh, no! The cross on top of the church's steeple exploded! Get behind me, Wifey! Wifey? Oh, no! Wifey fainted somehow! I must attend to her!" Old Simon and Wifey act like they would keep walking right through a 7.2-Richter earthquake.
Maybe a compromise between the two would be best. "Wifey! The church just exploded! Look!" "Hello again, Simon! Sorry I couldn't be at your wedding, but I was kind of *_dead,_* thanks to you!" "Wifey, it's Dracula! Get behind me!" "Not today, Belmont! SWOOP! SHOVE! Check it out! *_I got your bitch!"_* SCREAM! "WIFEY!" "Come to Castle Dracula if you want her back; we'll settle our score then! Later, Belmont!" SWOOP! 😆
...something like that!