He throws the knife rotating at soma, which stabs him in the ass. Soma says "thanks you fuck but I dont need it, I still have a weapon from the previous adventure"
Soma: "Now you start speaking to me? I heard from Julius Dracula is your master and I am his reincarnation, so why were you so quiet when we fought during my adventures?"
"I had assumed that he would have equipped the talisman from Mina... It would have protected him." Except it doesn't, it seems to make you arrive in time. Couldn't you do that even without the talisman, Arikado?
@@Roxasora123 Julius is too busy being a rather old Belmont and being lazy by the entrance to the final area so he can blow it up later, then leaves so that Julius mode happens
I was wondering about this for quite some time, and I think I truly have an answer. Without the talisman, Dimitri's soul...essence(?) is still within Soma's being, likely poisoning his mind, and allowing hatred to overwhelm Soma that he becomes Dracula once more. With the talisman, Dimitri's evil presence doesn't have as strong of a hold on Soma, delaying Cecilia's process just long enough for Alucard to intervene at the nick of time. While Alucard's comments in the English and Japanese spell it out, the in-game Japanese description on the item itself states that it holds back evil presences. Additional Info Edit: Dimitri, if you equipped the talisman and Alucard's intervention, comments that Soma's immense shift of emotions away from hatred released him to merge with the Doppelganger. Which lends credence to my theory that he was intentionally poisoning Soma's heart with hate, which would've succeeded in transforming him into Dracula if he didn't put on the talisman.
And in much the same way that Soma is the reincarnation of Dracula, Mina is the reincarnation of Dracula's second wife (and Adrian's/Alucard's mother) Lisa, who was a reincarnation of Matthias' wife/Dracula's first wife, Elizabetha.
Anyone notice that when Arikado (Alucard) is standing in front of the mirror (10:40), he has no reflection? (Coz he's a vampire) and Soma's reflection flickers, like he's almost becoming a vampire, but not really... Those little details eh?
Darth R0xas What, you don't keep a giant battleaxe/hammer in your back pocket in case of an assault by dark cultists and the minions of Dracula? Weirdo.
*Soma:* "That Celia woman... Not only was she after me, shie tried to harm Mina, too." But typo aside, no she definitely only tried to harm you, Soma. She literally put a barrier up, so Mina couldn't have even be harmed by accident. Unless she actually tries to do so at some point not shown in this video.
I'm surprised you didn't cover this moment for added creepiness. If in the bad playable ending, you first face Soma with Alucard, Soma gives this particularly rage filled "ARIKADO!" Also, how strange is it for Alucard to see his father reincarnated? Is he going to keep following the person who inherits his dad's powers over and over forever?
@@patrickbateman5298 While using a guardian soul (the one at the beginning, also known as an enemy stand)(yes, i did a *fucking jojos* here) Soma, without text, says *"ARIKADO!!!"*
To be fair, the Cagnazzo soul in Aria is a blatant JJBA reference, even appearing out of Soma's back and saying "Ora ora ora!" as it punches anything in front of Soma. Plus there's a voice clip in Aria's sound test where you can clearly hear a deep voice saying "Muda muda!", but I'm not sure where (or even if) that clip is actually used in-game.
@@chasefray it's actually アルカード (Arukaado), and he says different ones based on the active character when you walk in Julius: ユリウス… *ベルモンド!* (Yurius...BERUMONDO!) Yoko: ヴェルナンデス! (Verunandesu!) Alucard: アルカード! (Arucaardo!) Hammer?: 人間め! (Ningen me!) Yoko's last name is Belnades, Hammer? variant translates to human with a deragatory suffix personally i like julius the best, it best represents the classic battle of Belmont vs Dracula and he says it with such a ham, not to mention julius' promise
There was apparently a Japanese Castlevania radio drama (or something like that) that takes place after DoS, where Death approached Soma and asked if he was 100% sure he didn't want to be the Dark Lord, and Soma confirms that he does not, which Death finally accepts, bids Soma farewell, and leaves.
"The early seals are easy enough to draw. But as the game progresses, they get more complex." Me: Well, it's a good thing I've beaten Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs.
Yoko looks a lot like a female version of a certain character in Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin. His name's Jonathan Morris. Morris's partner was a girl name Charlotte Aulin, who was supposedly belonging to a branch of the Belnades... are you seeing where I'm going?
Was that Soma cutscene in the beginning the intro I apparently never watched, or was there an anime? Looks badass. EDIT: Soma's Perfectly Normal and Lovely Life for 3DS when?! Includes exciting features, such as: -Seeing Julius at the supermarket and discussing current events -Wondering if you can use Black Panther soul to make it to the movie theater on time and discovering no, no souls period -Visiting Hammer's store and selling off your legendary weapons -Leaving Yoko a message for her birthday while you're out of town -Returning -Alucard- Arikado's phone the day after you two have way too much to drink (This is probably related to Yoko's birthday) -Struggling to salvage an awkward date with Mina after you think you're about to end up in, I dunno, Generations of Sorrow, but it's just an anime convention you dip -Witty banter about Konami's situation, including looking at a Castlevania Pachinko machine and saying "jeez, looks lousy."
My favorite one is the "Anime Heroes" DLC where Soma uses his Dracula powers to help people while teaming up with Mina, who got super powers from an alien accident. All while fighting Dimitri and Grahm who are back from the dead.
by castlevania standards, that is not new *looks at the Richter belmont games (I know SotN has alucard as main protagonist, but Richter is the living Belmont) and shaft*
It always bugged me how they dramatically changed the Aria of Sorrow art style into a more anime art style in Dawn of Sorrow. But Yoko looks much more appealing (and younger?) in Dawn, so that's a plus :P
Calvin Anderson it's an upgrade, what are you talking about. there's all this extra detail in his design that makes him look even more bad ass and you're complaining about his coat
Happy Kanye he looks like a damn white haired kirito in dawn of sorrow, which means he looks like shit. Aria had far better artstyle, and didnt look so out of place. Anime art in Castlevania is plain stupid.
Man the old castlevania games had such an amazing charm to them... not even just castlevania- most of the older games do. What happened Man? Games that have this much effort and soul put into them are painfully rare anymore.
I don't know if anyone noticed this, but in the scene after defeating Dario, when Soma and Arikado are standing in front of the mirror, you can see Soma's reflection, but not Arikado's. Just a little tidbit I thought I'd share :)
Man if I love the "Sorrow duology", probably my favorite games in the Castlevania series along with Portrait of Ruin! I didn't mind the seals, well except the last one maybe. It's so sad that we'll never see a game based on the final battle against Dracula... all my hopes are now in Bloodstained, the true legacy of Castlevania. Oh, and I know that's a sequel to DoS exists in the form of a light novel.
@@dvdwatcher5773 You're thinking about Order of Ecclesia which happens in the 1800's. Portrait of Ruin events are during the WWII and acts as a distant prequel to the Sorrow duology.
I and many others believe "Juius mode" is how the series should end... it's far more interesting then if you take the "good route"... plus it's more challenging, and more akin to classic castlevania and everything we love about it.
That might be a simpler way to say it. Though,I'll put in an explanation incase you were seeking an answer. Soma has the power of Dominance,the power to imitate the abilities of any demon he defeats. Dmitrii however,does not defeat his foes to copy them. Instead,I believe he just blocks to copy it. The support if you still do not believe me is that he copied the axe throw soul (idk what soul it is) and that should be clarified. Please don't kill me for putting an explanation here,I hope you understand my good intention.
Soma don't really "copy" powers (even he he does as a game mechanic) but enslave his foes. He straight up calls upon the demons souls for a really short amount of time. It's closer to a partial summoning
There is a small story of Death going to meet with Soma to confront him, where Soma rejects the role of dark lord once and for all, entirely ending the cycle of chaos linked to Dracula, and Death's servitude to Soma/Dracula.
Soma says that he'd lost all his abilities from Aria, but that's clearly not true. In Aria, he needed to gain souls to back dash, slide kick and dive kick. But in Dawn, the back dash and slide kick are parts of his natural moveset, and he can already dive kick as soon as he regains the ability to double jump. So clearly, he retained at least three of the souls he'd gained the year before.
that is a well researched, compact video of all the endings, thank you for creating this. I have not even found a one where there are all 3 endings cut together and this one even provides some further information here and there, great video.
Git, stop playing on New Game+. You're making Arikado look cool cause he gave Soma a giant a- oh wait that's probably your point. Also, apparently there was a manga or something that was a sequel to Dawn of Sorrow.
People sure do love to rag on the Sealing system for the bosses. I mean, while it is true that is was rather forced into the game, I actually rather liked it myself. Kind of felt like a final blow to finalize boss fights to me. But I guess it helps that I never really had trouble with it, even as a kid. With the exception of the 2nd to last seal (the last one was actually my favorite to do), I was able to remember all of them rather easily, even now. You usually had more than enough time to draw them out both before it actually started and the time to actually draw it out. Not to mention the actual drawing part is fairly lenient that even getting the general shape is enough for it to count. Even then, you're shown what seal to use and how it goes before even going into the boss room and you can practice them whenever you wanted. I guess I was just fortunate that it just clicked with me so easily. Anyway, enough about that. "Dawn of Sorrow" was basically my first "Castlevania" game, first that I owned and played start to finish anyway, and to this day it still remains my favorite entry to the series. I really wish this particular iteration of the series would return in some way someday. I want me some more Soma damn it. Speaking of Soma, here's a silly little story. Back when I first started the game as a kid, I misread his name as Some Klutz akin to some sort of title descriptor (like Lazy Man or Young Girl) which you'd see when talking to NPCs. I quickly caught onto that mistake since, you know, his name is brought up quite the bit but for the first couple minutes of the game, I really thought the game was calling Soma "some klutz".
i've somehow still never played any castlevania game, but it does seem like the sealing system would be fairly alright unless it's something like pinpoint drawing on that few-pixel-wide line. i think the animation that plays at the beginning kinda makes it a little memorable. oh man, silly name mistakes.
shame Koji Igarashi left Konami, but he has launched a Kickstarter campaign for his new project Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, a spiritual successor to Castlevania
well.............let's hope it won't end up like that. Bloodstained's demo is amazing though, feel like Order of Ecclesia and Symphony of the Night combined
David El Eslendercillo Always is not defined as one time. Mighty #9 may have been bad, but it's only problem was in it's execution. Another game of the same caliber may preform better.
I bought this game after hearing you talk about it in your last video. I loved it and actually finished it today with the best ending, but one thing made me think at the end. When Alucard said that Soma would not become the dark lord but "another" might, I immediately thought he was referring to himself. Could Alucard be panning on taking up the curse of being the dark lord?
I have the same suspicions. Thankfully, it's all conjecture in the end. Besides, Dracula's lasting replacement would probably end up being somebody evil from the get go.
21:24 W-What is this thing and why!? Seriously, Dawn of Sorrow, you were on the right track building up the rematch with Dmitrii, and you give us THIS instead!? Worse yet, the ironically named "Menace" is way too easy to be a final boss! But the worst part, it comes completely out of nowhere, has absolutely no bearing on the plot whatsoever, is over the top even for the series, and once it's defeated, no one ever mentions it again... BIG LIPPED ALLIGATOR MOMENT! ... I'm not apologizing.
Because it shows the true differences between Soma and Dimitrii, imitation is the biggest form of flattery which paves way to mediocrity, Soma’ soul is the only one who can handle the Power of Dominances, which is why Dimitrii became like that... his soul is not a Dark Lord, he’s just a rando who attempted to harness the power of chaos, demons, monsters and humans
OH SHIT. So, this is the one I lost? Welp. Gonna take a trip to gamestop, try to rummage through some bins, buy a DS... AND FINALLY. FINALLY. BEAT THIS GAME.
24:52 It would be the best A new castlevania game, with 3d sprites but keeping the 2d metroidvania genre (almost like symphony of the night) and all the story about dracula's defeat in 1999 If Konami does that ... i will get a sheer heart attack and f***ing die
This was my favorite Death boss fight, especially in Julius Mode because of how much of a challenge he was. I figured Death didn't have anything to say to someone who refused to become Dracula.
The reason why Dawn is more difficult than Aria, to me anyway, is because Soma somehow got drastically weaker in the time between games. He does start with nearly as much health, has nore recovery between weapon swings (there's only so much you can do to mitigate that) and damage in general is just lower overall. Enemies are, however, more or less the same power they were in Aria, so it actually makes things more overall balanced since you can't destroy everything in one-two swings as easily. And Killer Clown is just my favorite soul in general. But the Magic Seals are an unnescessary "last step" to me, so I don't feel the need to go back to this as often as Ecclesia or Portrait. (also, that portrait at the end of Julius mode is probably more creepy than most bad ending...)
I always got bothered by the fact that they don't even acknowledge that the "calamitous demon" Dmitrii absorbs, the one that had to be put behind so many layers of Hell and freaking Death and Abaddon to guard the way to it... ...is just Legion. I mean, look around you, it's still on his traditional arena of bodies and everything. And he wasn't that much of a powerful, let alone difficult creature to fight against, in the previous game, or in any Castlevania at all. Doesn't seem to make any sense that Legion was the breaking point for Dmitrii's capacity :V ...And I'm still kind of sore Legion soul didn't came over to this game as well. I miss steamrolling around with the triple tentacle laser...
pnyhmsmx From the angle that the plot was approaching this matter, could very well be. Still I'd prefer to have some context about it from Genya or Celia.
We need a most powerful character for Julius belmont. This BADASS is in FUCKING 50'S and manages to travel through the entire castle only relying on sub weapons until before Graham supposedly. MANAGES TO BE THE HARDEST BOSS IN AOS WHILE WILLING HOLDING BACK AS HE DESTROYS THE CASTLE WALL WITH GRAND CROSS. He fights most bosses AND DESTROYS THE SUPPOSEDLY INVINCIBLE BOSSES WITHOUT USING MAGIC SEALS, which Soma even stated "That should be impossible..." in dialog. And DESTROYS A BARRIER THAT NOT EVEN SOMA CRUZ HEIR OF DRACULA'S POWER OR ALUCARD SON OF DRACULA COULD BREAK. And can almost fight every boss Soma does in BOTH games. And just as a reminder this guy is 55 in Aos and 56 in Dos way past his prime. Imagine HOW FUCKING POWERFUL HE WOULD BE IN HIS PRIME DURING 1999
hey git i'm glad you do your best to rectify the bad endings with the best ones after showing the bad that's what brings me back to your creepy bad endings series i've been a fan of your channel for a while now there was a time that i stopped thinking it was only about morbid curiosity but you get just as terrified about them as i do and i respect that
well, look up a speedrun of it, learn the succubus glitch, it let you zip through the whole map but also skip doors, its the perfect trick for you then.
I think it would be weird for the final boss to be "elegant" when it's in a place where you're completely surrounded by, and standing on, numerous naked dead bodies. o_o
If evil cults are your favourite enemies, I'd suggest trying Pokemon Insurgence. Whether or not you activate the Nuzlocke mode is up to you, but if you do, it forgets one crucial rule of Nuzlockes: Though it activates the permadeath & coerced nicknames on which all Nuzlockes thrive, it doesn't include the "only attempt to obtain 1 Pokemon per route, town, cave, etc." rule.
A Good Dickson Ah'm, thanks fer remindin' me. Adresadini Oh, & the shiny clause is important. Ya don't wanna forfeit yer rare shinies... ..plus'm, ya kin box 'em when they die.
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Creepy Bad Endings # 57: ruclips.net/video/MN7UHmznIZM/видео.html
Arikado: "Quick, use this!" *hands knife*
Soma then proceeds to use a megaton hammer.
He throws the knife rotating at soma, which stabs him in the ass. Soma says "thanks you fuck but I dont need it, I still have a weapon from the previous adventure"
It's an axe.
Patrick Bateman who gives a shit
New Game + is a tricky mistress
He cheated though
Genya: "I told you not to get involved, didn't I?"
Soma: "You can't tell me what to do! You're not my dad! In fact, I am yours! Go to your room!"
"In the name of my Mother, i forbid you from..."
@@Istreakilaz I remember nothing of these words that I supposedly wrote.
@@crashkojote5627 understandable. has happened to me before, heh
No matter when, whoever he would reborn, or wherever he lives, Alucard would always be his son. And Alucard cannot let go his father.
"WHEEZE"
A year later...
Death : "Be Dracula again."
Soma : "No."
Death : "Understandable , have a nice day"
Soma: "Now you start speaking to me? I heard from Julius Dracula is your master and I am his reincarnation, so why were you so quiet when we fought during my adventures?"
@@astralguardian5930I always thought that was weird. No interaction or anything.
"I had assumed that he would have equipped the talisman from Mina... It would have protected him."
Except it doesn't, it seems to make you arrive in time. Couldn't you do that even without the talisman, Arikado?
I figured the Talisman just prolonged Soma's transformation for just long enough for Arikado to intervene.
S U B L E T Y
Solibrae but why only arikado arrived and not julius? They both went together..
@@Roxasora123 Julius is too busy being a rather old Belmont and being lazy by the entrance to the final area so he can blow it up later, then leaves so that Julius mode happens
I was wondering about this for quite some time, and I think I truly have an answer.
Without the talisman, Dimitri's soul...essence(?) is still within Soma's being, likely poisoning his mind, and allowing hatred to overwhelm Soma that he becomes Dracula once more.
With the talisman, Dimitri's evil presence doesn't have as strong of a hold on Soma, delaying Cecilia's process just long enough for Alucard to intervene at the nick of time.
While Alucard's comments in the English and Japanese spell it out, the in-game Japanese description on the item itself states that it holds back evil presences.
Additional Info Edit: Dimitri, if you equipped the talisman and Alucard's intervention, comments that Soma's immense shift of emotions away from hatred released him to merge with the Doppelganger. Which lends credence to my theory that he was intentionally poisoning Soma's heart with hate, which would've succeeded in transforming him into Dracula if he didn't put on the talisman.
Arikado: Quick, Soma! Use this knife!
Soma: nah don't worry i always carry my axe-sledgehammer hybrid in case this happens
You know what they say, you can never be too prepared.
I’m pretty sure it’s a war axe
@@mudwallop737 it's a golden axe
I bet Whoisthisgit used a cheat code,or already finished the game, and has this 100 DAMAGE AXE at the start of the game.
I think it's just that he's playing New Game+, which lets you keep items and souls
Even worse: Celia made Soma relive the same fate that led Dracula to be: the loss of a loved one.
And in much the same way that Soma is the reincarnation of Dracula, Mina is the reincarnation of Dracula's second wife (and Adrian's/Alucard's mother) Lisa, who was a reincarnation of Matthias' wife/Dracula's first wife, Elizabetha.
Thank god that ending wasn’t canon.
@@redninja0078 its cannon and at the same time isnt cannon (its where soma did get evil and the where soma resist it)
With that in mind, it's only fitting that Soma decided to reward her with the distinction of being the first of his victims.
@jruler93 I'm 4yrs late to your comment. But Lisa is the reincarnation of Elizabetha ?
"Come forth, my servants"
A single skeleton appears
SpooOOOooky
hey man,
that skeleton could've been the next Dracula
Celia: "Where are the rest of my servants? Why aren't they here to kill Soma?"
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Anyone notice that when Arikado (Alucard) is standing in front of the mirror (10:40), he has no reflection? (Coz he's a vampire) and Soma's reflection flickers, like he's almost becoming a vampire, but not really... Those little details eh?
KingShade1 I didnt notice that :O
What a small, yet awesome detail.
hey I noticed that too
KingShade1 y'know shouldn't alucards reflection be slightly opaque due to being a dhampir?
light bulb boi is your spelling bad or is that how you actually say that sentence?
13:41 "That may be true... But the game isn't over just yet." *winks at the Player*
soma is not amused
"Here, use this" *Tosses Soma a knife* "I will" *Pulls out a stupidly large battleaxe that he was just carrying around*
Darth R0xas What, you don't keep a giant battleaxe/hammer in your back pocket in case of an assault by dark cultists and the minions of Dracula?
Weirdo.
Zion Sairin I've been meaning to get around to getting one of those, but just haven't had the time
A comically large battleaxe
@@akus11037 you broke me LMAO
I always figured Death says nothing to Soma BECAUSE he knows Soma is Dracula. Like, he doesn't want to acknowledge the fact.
Soma is born in 2017...the current year is 2017-HOLY SHIT-
In 18 years, Dracula's reincarnation will be revealed
WTF **BOOM**
so hes 1 now
Quick, let’s find Soma Cruz in this world!
@Tayebz Tayebz :3 exept the oversized scissors and stuff
*Soma:* "That Celia woman... Not only was she after me, shie tried to harm Mina, too."
But typo aside, no she definitely only tried to harm you, Soma. She literally put a barrier up, so Mina couldn't have even be harmed by accident.
Unless she actually tries to do so at some point not shown in this video.
In case you haven't noticed, Menace's heart seems to represent Dmitrii. His knee represents Dario, and his face represents Celia.
I'm surprised you didn't cover this moment for added creepiness. If in the bad playable ending, you first face Soma with Alucard, Soma gives this particularly rage filled "ARIKADO!" Also, how strange is it for Alucard to see his father reincarnated? Is he going to keep following the person who inherits his dad's powers over and over forever?
Holy shit, is there a link to that?! I always start the fight with Julius.
@@patrickbateman5298 While using a guardian soul (the one at the beginning, also known as an enemy stand)(yes, i did a *fucking jojos* here) Soma, without text, says *"ARIKADO!!!"*
To be fair, the Cagnazzo soul in Aria is a blatant JJBA reference, even appearing out of Soma's back and saying "Ora ora ora!" as it punches anything in front of Soma. Plus there's a voice clip in Aria's sound test where you can clearly hear a deep voice saying "Muda muda!", but I'm not sure where (or even if) that clip is actually used in-game.
@@chasefray it's actually アルカード (Arukaado), and he says different ones based on the active character when you walk in
Julius: ユリウス… *ベルモンド!* (Yurius...BERUMONDO!)
Yoko: ヴェルナンデス! (Verunandesu!)
Alucard: アルカード! (Arucaardo!)
Hammer?: 人間め! (Ningen me!)
Yoko's last name is Belnades, Hammer? variant translates to human with a deragatory suffix
personally i like julius the best, it best represents the classic battle of Belmont vs Dracula and he says it with such a ham, not to mention julius' promise
There was apparently a Japanese Castlevania radio drama (or something like that) that takes place after DoS, where Death approached Soma and asked if he was 100% sure he didn't want to be the Dark Lord, and Soma confirms that he does not, which Death finally accepts, bids Soma farewell, and leaves.
"The early seals are easy enough to draw. But as the game progresses, they get more complex."
Me: Well, it's a good thing I've beaten Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs.
01LoganMC
That’s what I thought of too
Me too. I’ve played all 3 games. Trying to catch Mew in Pokémon Ranger 1 is SO HARD.
Wait, a Belmont, a magic user and Alucard?
Just like in Castlevania 3
Ramón Elbal Ruiz all we need now is spiderman .
actually Hammer was planned to take Grants place and finish the set but was scrapped because they didnt know how to make Hammer like Grant
Father Pucci - Made in Heaven should have brouht Michelle Danasty there since she appears in a novel
And the mage has the same last name as yoko
Yoko looks a lot like a female version of a certain character in Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin. His name's Jonathan Morris. Morris's partner was a girl name Charlotte Aulin, who was supposedly belonging to a branch of the Belnades... are you seeing where I'm going?
Now, for Konami to release Prelude of Sorrow on the 3DS, so we can all enjoy the demise of Dracula!
Oh, wait, I forgot Konami sucks ass nowadays.
#fuckonami
Prelude of Sorrow?
+Fido Kitsune Fox That would be the perfect title for the 1999 adventure of Julius.
Castlevania: Prelude of Sorrow: DraY2Kula's demise
Plot twist: the game is an IOS only and plays like Clash of Clans
Was that Soma cutscene in the beginning the intro I apparently never watched, or was there an anime? Looks badass.
EDIT: Soma's Perfectly Normal and Lovely Life for 3DS when?! Includes exciting features, such as:
-Seeing Julius at the supermarket and discussing current events
-Wondering if you can use Black Panther soul to make it to the movie theater on time and discovering no, no souls period
-Visiting Hammer's store and selling off your legendary weapons
-Leaving Yoko a message for her birthday while you're out of town
-Returning -Alucard- Arikado's phone the day after you two have way too much to drink (This is probably related to Yoko's birthday)
-Struggling to salvage an awkward date with Mina after you think you're about to end up in, I dunno, Generations of Sorrow, but it's just an anime convention you dip
-Witty banter about Konami's situation, including looking at a Castlevania Pachinko machine and saying "jeez, looks lousy."
Does it also include "internship at a company that's rivals with Arikado's company" DLC? He has a suit for a reason, you know!
Patrick Bateman No, you buy that one. If you preorder, you get the "different jackets to wear when your white one is at the cleaner's" DLC, though!
Patrick Bateman I
My favorite one is the "Anime Heroes" DLC where Soma uses his Dracula powers to help people while teaming up with Mina, who got super powers from an alien accident. All while fighting Dimitri and Grahm who are back from the dead.
Calvin Anderson y'know i was skeptical at first of this game but the gameplay has convinced me ! i'd like one copy plus a season pass .
So Celia wants to make a new Chaos Lord just because? What a tool. She gets what she deserves.
by castlevania standards, that is not new *looks at the Richter belmont games (I know SotN has alucard as main protagonist, but Richter is the living Belmont) and shaft*
Cultists don’t always make a lot of sense.
Imagine seeing a guy using a giant war axe in a skeleton while you walk peacefully to the shop
It always bugged me how they dramatically changed the Aria of Sorrow art style into a more anime art style in Dawn of Sorrow.
But Yoko looks much more appealing (and younger?) in Dawn, so that's a plus :P
Looks like her dirty pillows got a bit smaller though. Plus, Soma's coat is downgraded significantly.
Calvin Anderson it's an upgrade, what are you talking about. there's all this extra detail in his design that makes him look even more bad ass and you're complaining about his coat
Happy Kanye he looks like a damn white haired kirito in dawn of sorrow, which means he looks like shit. Aria had far better artstyle, and didnt look so out of place. Anime art in Castlevania is plain stupid.
I prefer soma having a fur coat and normal shoes, rather than those ridiculous boots...
They also got rid of his smiley face chain, and that's absolutely a downgrade
1:55 *Arikado throws soma a knife*
1:59 *Soma uses a axe.*
Soma has gained the power of Time Travel
@@horesfan400 well yeah he does kill that rabbit
Oh hello Papyrus, how's going Sans?
New Game +, carries over Souls and Weapons.
I can never get over Soma's voice in the fight against him. Goddamn, those chills.
7:11 That sound effect.
*Ugh!*
*Splat*
Seeig this out of context made it WAY too funny
Who came to see "May your bees become my wax"?
4snek WolFirE Me.
Man the old castlevania games had such an amazing charm to them... not even just castlevania- most of the older games do. What happened Man? Games that have this much effort and soul put into them are painfully rare anymore.
I don't know if anyone noticed this, but in the scene after defeating Dario, when Soma and Arikado are standing in front of the mirror, you can see Soma's reflection, but not Arikado's.
Just a little tidbit I thought I'd share :)
Oh my god, i didnt knew that the game keeps going when Soma turns into the Dark lord, you just make me want to play it again. Amazing video.
Ahh, Julius mode, also known as the new game minus. One of the most unique alternate stories I have ever played!!
Man if I love the "Sorrow duology", probably my favorite games in the Castlevania series along with Portrait of Ruin! I didn't mind the seals, well except the last one maybe. It's so sad that we'll never see a game based on the final battle against Dracula... all my hopes are now in Bloodstained, the true legacy of Castlevania. Oh, and I know that's a sequel to DoS exists in the form of a light novel.
Dragorosso95, mindblower: Aria and Dawn of Sorrow are sequels to Portrait.
ElfLord YT Huh? Isn’t Portrait set in the 1800-ish? How does the Sorrow duology become a sequel to Portrait?
@@dvdwatcher5773 You're thinking about Order of Ecclesia which happens in the 1800's. Portrait of Ruin events are during the WWII and acts as a distant prequel to the Sorrow duology.
I HAVE TO SLEEP
BUT NEW WHOISTHISGIT
OH NO
Watch it in the morning.
+David Gonzales NEVER
+Exocentric all around are familiar faces all in places and whosthatgit
*REAL* Macho men watch every CBE in quick succession, no breaks, with snacks every night.
No? Just me? Okay.
-cri4life4
Kai4life4 REALLY REAL macho men cuss about trump, am I right!
8:29 / 19:27 LOL Arikado & Julius's face.
He's like : SOMMMMMMMMMAAAAAAAAA
rage
Even the Faces Of Evil Link is intimitated.
Moonwalking, dashdancing... Wow, this game has a lot of tricks.
I wonder if there's a Wavedash soul?
Kilus Kitsune WHAT IS A PRO? A MISERABLE LITTLE PILE OF TECH SKILL! BUT ENOUGH WARM-UP! HAVE AT YOU!
*waveshines intensely*
There should've been a Kitsune soul that let you put up Fox's reflector.
"All the competitive players in the world, GIVE ME POWER!"
(Transforms into a giant skilled Roy)
+Minrod Vils (The night gamer)
the horror
“Come forth, my servants!”
*A single skeleton appears*
When I saw Mina say Mr Arikado, my mind immediately went to "Domo ARIKADO, Mrz Roboto"
I and many others believe "Juius mode" is how the series should end... it's far more interesting then if you take the "good route"... plus it's more challenging, and more akin to classic castlevania and everything we love about it.
Though, Julius' whip is actually classified as an equippable weapon in the game's code. There's no way to get it though.
@@ls190v2Use succubus glitch in the abyss first save room until around 4.30 in time
so wait... he copied somas power... to copy powers???
vincent morgan
*Copyception*
That might be a simpler way to say it. Though,I'll put in an explanation incase you were seeking an answer.
Soma has the power of Dominance,the power to imitate the abilities of any demon he defeats. Dmitrii however,does not defeat his foes to copy them. Instead,I believe he just blocks to copy it. The support if you still do not believe me is that he copied the axe throw soul (idk what soul it is) and that should be clarified.
Please don't kill me for putting an explanation here,I hope you understand my good intention.
COPI
Soma don't really "copy" powers (even he he does as a game mechanic) but enslave his foes.
He straight up calls upon the demons souls for a really short amount of time. It's closer to a partial summoning
@@renookami4651 He steals monster's souls and makes them his slaves.
There is a small story of Death going to meet with Soma to confront him, where Soma rejects the role of dark lord once and for all, entirely ending the cycle of chaos linked to Dracula, and Death's servitude to Soma/Dracula.
so glad you covered the sorrow games, the pair is among my most enjoyed games in recent years.
Soma says that he'd lost all his abilities from Aria, but that's clearly not true. In Aria, he needed to gain souls to back dash, slide kick and dive kick. But in Dawn, the back dash and slide kick are parts of his natural moveset, and he can already dive kick as soon as he regains the ability to double jump. So clearly, he retained at least three of the souls he'd gained the year before.
that is a well researched, compact video of all the endings, thank you for creating this. I have not even found a one where there are all 3 endings cut together and this one even provides some further information here and there, great video.
Git, stop playing on New Game+.
You're making Arikado look cool cause he gave Soma a giant a-
oh wait that's probably your point.
Also, apparently there was a manga or something that was a sequel to Dawn of Sorrow.
What is the manga called?
GuyWhoWantsMoney GWWM
Akumajō Dracula: Kabuchi no Tsuisoukyoku.
As far as I know, Soma is not the main character of that manga.
That's not manga! That's a light novel!!!
HistoricaHungarica
CLOSE ENOUGH.
would have been funnier with the RPG
Soma: "Say hello to my little friend!"
“Come Forth my servants” *doot*
People sure do love to rag on the Sealing system for the bosses. I mean, while it is true that is was rather forced into the game, I actually rather liked it myself. Kind of felt like a final blow to finalize boss fights to me.
But I guess it helps that I never really had trouble with it, even as a kid. With the exception of the 2nd to last seal (the last one was actually my favorite to do), I was able to remember all of them rather easily, even now. You usually had more than enough time to draw them out both before it actually started and the time to actually draw it out. Not to mention the actual drawing part is fairly lenient that even getting the general shape is enough for it to count. Even then, you're shown what seal to use and how it goes before even going into the boss room and you can practice them whenever you wanted. I guess I was just fortunate that it just clicked with me so easily.
Anyway, enough about that.
"Dawn of Sorrow" was basically my first "Castlevania" game, first that I owned and played start to finish anyway, and to this day it still remains my favorite entry to the series. I really wish this particular iteration of the series would return in some way someday. I want me some more Soma damn it.
Speaking of Soma, here's a silly little story. Back when I first started the game as a kid, I misread his name as Some Klutz akin to some sort of title descriptor (like Lazy Man or Young Girl) which you'd see when talking to NPCs. I quickly caught onto that mistake since, you know, his name is brought up quite the bit but for the first couple minutes of the game, I really thought the game was calling Soma "some klutz".
i've somehow still never played any castlevania game, but it does seem like the sealing system would be fairly alright unless it's something like pinpoint drawing on that few-pixel-wide line. i think the animation that plays at the beginning kinda makes it a little memorable.
oh man, silly name mistakes.
"Some Klutz" LMAO
24:59 Never underestimate the power of Fanmade games.
shame Koji Igarashi left Konami, but he has launched a Kickstarter campaign for his new project Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, a spiritual successor to Castlevania
well.............let's hope it won't end up like that. Bloodstained's demo is amazing though, feel like Order of Ecclesia and Symphony of the Night combined
^
" points at demon's souls, dark souls, bloodborne "
David El Eslendercillo Always is not defined as one time. Mighty #9 may have been bad, but it's only problem was in it's execution. Another game of the same caliber may preform better.
Do you think there's ever gonna be a day when Arikado just snaps and finally says: "I'm too old for this shit!"?
I love the theme "Demon Castle Pinnacle" in this game. Such a cool track.
1:57 "here soma, use this" tosses a knife pulls out a golden axe
Dimitrii's battle is completely gameable. Simply throw a cat at him and nothing else, and he'll be almost utterly helpless the entire fight.
i literally watched the entire series from here and fall in love with it
subbed
Before I played Aria Of Sorrow, I thought Julius was Yoko's father
Me: alright, I'm halfway done with this boss! just a few more hits and...
*phone goes off*
Me: CBE...
*The boss can wait*
When I first played this game I got the dark lord ending entirely by accident. It was pretty awkward.
I can't wait to see the inevitable bad end that'll happen in Bloodstained.
I love how in the conversation at 10:40, Genya Arikado doesn't have a reflection. Nice attention to detail ;)
I bought this game after hearing you talk about it in your last video. I loved it and actually finished it today with the best ending, but one thing made me think at the end. When Alucard said that Soma would not become the dark lord but "another" might, I immediately thought he was referring to himself. Could Alucard be panning on taking up the curse of being the dark lord?
Only Igarashi knows....
I have the same suspicions. Thankfully, it's all conjecture in the end. Besides, Dracula's lasting replacement would probably end up being somebody evil from the get go.
Cannibal Candy Good question.
Who exactly is the head of Konami right now?
We might wanna get rid of him while we still can...
Cannibal Candy I got it on an emulator and went straight away at it
13:29 that's what she said
12:51 Ah yes, the "Corridor of Waifu Baits"
I really hate they didn't have Ayami Kojima for the illustrative work, the anime-style in DoS looks choppy and shitty :(
honestly we need a 3rth soma game like lets face it just the ability to clone the ability of your target and keeping just opens up a lot of strats
Amazing how Castelvania makes so many levels you can skip by getting the simplest ending.
At least Soma dropped the fur coat, but that still doesn't excuse the turtleneck.
It s cold outside
WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU SAY ABOUT THAT COAT
What is a man? A miserable pile of fashion and secrets
Inaccurate Prophecy the fur coat is very cool
I love his pimp coat and turtle neck.
Pay attention to Soma's face at 14:35 when Celia is about to kill Mina(?), and then at 14:44. Take a look a Soma after Mina's(?) death.
Good eye.
Seeing that caused the color to drain out of him. And gave him undeathly pallor not unlike a vampire.
The way Celia laughs before vanishing reminds me of the Great Fairies in Zelda OOT and MM...
21:24
W-What is this thing and why!?
Seriously, Dawn of Sorrow, you were on the right track building up the rematch with Dmitrii, and you give us THIS instead!?
Worse yet, the ironically named "Menace" is way too easy to be a final boss!
But the worst part, it comes completely out of nowhere, has absolutely no bearing on the plot whatsoever, is over the top even for the series, and once it's defeated, no one ever mentions it again...
BIG LIPPED ALLIGATOR MOMENT!
...
I'm not apologizing.
Blazing Larvesta they probs made it weak to show off the difference in strength. either that, or a simple pattern.
You quoted The Quarter Guy.
Because it shows the true differences between Soma and Dimitrii, imitation is the biggest form of flattery which paves way to mediocrity, Soma’ soul is the only one who can handle the Power of Dominances, which is why Dimitrii became like that... his soul is not a Dark Lord, he’s just a rando who attempted to harness the power of chaos, demons, monsters and humans
what the commenter above said BUT Menace isn't even that easy compared to Aria's Chaos
OH SHIT.
So, this is the one I lost? Welp. Gonna take a trip to gamestop, try to rummage through some bins, buy a DS...
AND FINALLY.
FINALLY.
BEAT THIS GAME.
I actually felt pity for Celia when she dies at the hands for Dmitri.
13:26: "He who fights and runs away lives to fight another day!" - Rito Revolto.
Akirado : "Soma take this!"
*throws a knife*
*soma pulls out a battle axe*
Soma discovered that his powers never left him...
And his big Axe too
Little bit bummed that Soma never gets told about Alucard.
Y'know, I'm too accustomed to Jim Sterling. I swore that "HIT THE LEVER" Was about to blurt over that "The End" screen.
24:52
It would be the best
A new castlevania game, with 3d sprites but keeping the 2d metroidvania genre (almost like symphony of the night) and all the story about dracula's defeat in 1999
If Konami does that ... i will get a sheer heart attack and f***ing die
*Soma is given a knife, instead uses an insanely powerful axe he just randomly had.*
LOGIC.
Not randomly, he's playing NG+ mode, so it was a weapon he already had.
Alucard thinks that the best way to fight off against a skeleton is a knife.
Mom: Honey, can you pass the knife, please?
Me: **Passes a gigantic battleaxe**
This was my favorite Death boss fight, especially in Julius Mode because of how much of a challenge he was. I figured Death didn't have anything to say to someone who refused to become Dracula.
The reason why Dawn is more difficult than Aria, to me anyway, is because Soma somehow got drastically weaker in the time between games. He does start with nearly as much health, has nore recovery between weapon swings (there's only so much you can do to mitigate that) and damage in general is just lower overall.
Enemies are, however, more or less the same power they were in Aria, so it actually makes things more overall balanced since you can't destroy everything in one-two swings as easily. And Killer Clown is just my favorite soul in general.
But the Magic Seals are an unnescessary "last step" to me, so I don't feel the need to go back to this as often as Ecclesia or Portrait.
(also, that portrait at the end of Julius mode is probably more creepy than most bad ending...)
If I have to listen to Celia's OHOHOHO! laugh I think I'l go mad.
"His Dracula power disappeared" How many people did he kill?
"Finally. I have summoned the dark lord, embodiment of evil...Wait, no, why are you trying to kill me?"
It's essentially Dracula we're talking about.
I though that fight paranoia was obligatory, that means i got the happy ending without knowing! XD great video.
It's cute how they made alucard have no reflection in the mirror
Because he's a semi-vampire.
Evil cults are my favorite villains! Kirby: I got u fam!
I'm surprised you didn't talk about legion or the background of corpses for the final boss
I always got bothered by the fact that they don't even acknowledge that the "calamitous demon" Dmitrii absorbs, the one that had to be put behind so many layers of Hell and freaking Death and Abaddon to guard the way to it...
...is just Legion.
I mean, look around you, it's still on his traditional arena of bodies and everything. And he wasn't that much of a powerful, let alone difficult creature to fight against, in the previous game, or in any Castlevania at all. Doesn't seem to make any sense that Legion was the breaking point for Dmitrii's capacity :V
...And I'm still kind of sore Legion soul didn't came over to this game as well. I miss steamrolling around with the triple tentacle laser...
Billy Monster Tamer I think it's possible that this is a new Legion?
pnyhmsmx From the angle that the plot was approaching this matter, could very well be. Still I'd prefer to have some context about it from Genya or Celia.
Man, that was fun to see! Glad you clarified things about this game, it's one of my favs! thank you!
21:23
When I first saw this I just paused the video and said “Wtf is this mess”
If arikado is alucard, would that mean that soma is technically arikado’s father?
yes
We need a most powerful character for Julius belmont. This BADASS is in FUCKING 50'S and manages to travel through the entire castle only relying on sub weapons until before Graham supposedly. MANAGES TO BE THE HARDEST BOSS IN AOS WHILE WILLING HOLDING BACK AS HE DESTROYS THE CASTLE WALL WITH GRAND CROSS. He fights most bosses AND DESTROYS THE SUPPOSEDLY INVINCIBLE BOSSES WITHOUT USING MAGIC SEALS, which Soma even stated "That should be impossible..." in dialog. And DESTROYS A BARRIER THAT NOT EVEN SOMA CRUZ HEIR OF DRACULA'S POWER OR ALUCARD SON OF DRACULA COULD BREAK. And can almost fight every boss Soma does in BOTH games. And just as a reminder this guy is 55 in Aos and 56 in Dos way past his prime. Imagine HOW FUCKING POWERFUL HE WOULD BE IN HIS PRIME DURING 1999
if Soma's Dracula does that means he's alucard's father, that must be a little awkward right?
This was one of the first castlevania games, I've ever played. Nice to see that somebody is tackling the games ending.
25:14 WHAT THE HECK IS THAT SOPPUSED TO MEAN?!
Watch the first "Leave My Mind Alone" - it explains everything
hey git i'm glad you do your best to rectify the bad endings with the best ones after showing the bad that's what brings me back to your creepy bad endings series i've been a fan of your channel for a while now there was a time that i stopped thinking it was only about morbid curiosity but you get just as terrified about them as i do and i respect that
What if you DON'T collect the seals? And instead go into a battle without the seal you need?
You can't enter a boss room without the seal you need to kill the boss inside.
+whoisthisgit So the annoying seals are unavoidable. That's a shame.
well, look up a speedrun of it, learn the succubus glitch, it let you zip through the whole map but also skip doors, its the perfect trick for you then.
+Yuubi Timberwolf But you still would probably have to do seals anyways.
SnarfFocus
Well, to seal the boss, sure, that is part of the game. let me guess....stuck at Death? Death is very hard to seal
Another great upload, Git. Can't wait to see what you got planned for the next CBE vid.
I think it would be weird for the final boss to be "elegant" when it's in a place where you're completely surrounded by, and standing on, numerous naked dead bodies. o_o
Simaginary Friend Good point.
Simaginary Friend lol
If evil cults are your favourite enemies, I'd suggest trying Pokemon Insurgence. Whether or not you activate the Nuzlocke mode is up to you, but if you do, it forgets one crucial rule of Nuzlockes:
Though it activates the permadeath & coerced nicknames on which all Nuzlockes thrive, it doesn't include the "only attempt to obtain 1 Pokemon per route, town, cave, etc." rule.
And thats the most important rule in a nuzlocke
Dupes clause is also a thing.
I know but still, that would be a reason to not restrict you to only the first one you encounter.
A Good Dickson
Ah'm, thanks fer remindin' me.
Adresadini
Oh, & the shiny clause is important. Ya don't wanna forfeit yer rare shinies...
..plus'm, ya kin box 'em when they die.
Git has already stated a dislike for Nuzlockes. He doesn't like the idea of perma-death in Pokemon.
If you notice Genya's back name "Arikado" - i actually the name taken from the japanese pronunciation of
Alucard = Arukado
Arukado, Arikado~ X3