Glad everyone enjoyed the run! I couldn't have asked anything more for a marathon run, Bloodlines has a way of not playing nice when ever it feels like it (as you saw in stage 1). Once I get this run to sub 30 (only 4 more seconds to cut) I'll basically be done with it. If you want to see more of the game then feel free to drop by my twitch page!
It's actually one of the easiest speedrun tricks to pull off. If you've played the game much you can probably do it yourself in a try or two! Basically the Golem boss that appears on the right hand side of the screen after killing water mage has an A.I. that is programmed to back up anytime an Item crash axe is on screen. So if i throw the item crash axe away from him, he'll back up far enough that the game will consider him to be gone from memory and will trigger the other golem with the halberd who appears on the left side. This trick is made really easy by the fact that there is an axe in the candle right before that mini-boss. You can actually do the same trick to the blue golem sub boss in stage 5, as he's programmed the same way, however this will soft lock the game since making him leave does not trigger the exit from that room and you'll be stuck! Thank you for the kind words on the run! :D
***** Thanks in large part to your runs, I finally managed to upload a successful attempt at beating this game deathless! Obviously far from your level of mastery, and messed up the "boss skip" that I did plenty of times in practice, but hey, I'll take what I can get. Maybe I'll work on serious speed and learn more about "skips" down the road, but it's good enough for now. Thanks again!
I remember that game being quite hard. In fact, I'm not even sure I ever reached anything beyond the first two or three chapters of Stage 6. Even reaching Stage 5 seemed like a pain in the ass. Granted, I was a kid when I played it the most and I might have had another go at it as a teenager. But even that was 10+ years ago. Seeing that vid all those years later, it seems so easy. That man is very good.
This game is a lot like Rondo of Blood: two characters, stair jumping, item crashes, a boss rush boss, and a weird cloak person. It isn't exactly like Rondo, but it was the best (considering Rondo never released outside of Japan until 2005. Plus Bloodlines is pretty awesome). Funfact: this was the game created next after Rondo. :)
Brandon Andres Actually this game was in development at the same time as Rondo. So was Akumajo Dracula x68. Amazing to think that the 3 best Classicvania's (IMO) were all being made at the same time.
***** That's cool to know. Rondo, Bloodlines, and x68 are the best classic styled Castlevanias ever (Super Castlevania IV doesn't count though since it changed everything that makes a Castlevania by "super-charging it"). :)
Brandon Andres Agreed, CV4 is nice aesthetically and has some nice setpieces, but it's bit too drawn out and unremarkable otherwise for my tastes. The sheer length of a playthrough brings to mind Metal Slug 3 or Gradius V's ridiculously long journey, but without the harrowing intensity of either. Bloodlines is a better example of "super charging" the series IMO. Pummeling enemies and bosses with item crashes and aggressive tactics never gets old for me, and I enjoy booting it up to blaze through anytime. Still, it has the same sense of weighty action and commitment the Nes games do. A really great take on the series. And I could write whole paragraphs about what I love in x68, heheh. And Rondo deserves a lot of love too, of course.
This is a good run, most runs I see are just exploits, like spamming a particular op weapon or something like that. You actually run through quickly and even still play the game, gj!
I can't understand why he's playing this game if he doesn't like it. Also, I hardly understand the comments against Mega Drive's audio chip. Its Fm synthetic sound was amazing and it's still influential on many electronic musicians.
One nice thing about Bloodlines is that the RNG is most heavy early on in stage 1. After than really only the harpies in stage 3 and one fight in stage 6 have much RNG that's actually important to work around. Lecarde is definitely more RNG heavy than Morris through. Thank you kindly for the compliments on the run!
You can explain what your doing in the middle of a speed run? Why isn't your brain being studied as a blueprint for the next generation of multithreading CPUs?
natalman no i think that they were specifically talking about castlevania since the story for everything prior to symphony of the night was just the same "someone's resurrecting dracula (blank) is the only one who can stop it." the fact that they tried to build a story by saying "yeah we don't have one but go read this book some other guy wrote and look there's a story to this game!" is just kind of funny
in super metroid you can save the animals or let them die. "saving the animals" implies that you gonna have to go and save them, but also implies that you will waste more time on the speedrun. sometimes they choose to "kill the animals", well, not "killing" them but let them die. and yes, is the most well known highlight on the entire event
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Jeez, this runner and the couch constantly talk over one another as well as the announcer chick. 27:38 is a really good example where the runner doesn't even acknowledge that she's talking, it's like everyone revolves around him and he's only aware of himself lol. 31:48 - He's like, If you have donations, nows the time. Then doesn't even let her read them lol.
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I would not be able to commentate that well and speedrun at the same time. This dude is good.
Glad everyone enjoyed the run! I couldn't have asked anything more for a marathon run, Bloodlines has a way of not playing nice when ever it feels like it (as you saw in stage 1).
Once I get this run to sub 30 (only 4 more seconds to cut) I'll basically be done with it. If you want to see more of the game then feel free to drop by my twitch page!
How did you get the level 2 sub-boss to disappear like that? Amazing, amazing, amazing stuff all around.
It's actually one of the easiest speedrun tricks to pull off. If you've played the game much you can probably do it yourself in a try or two!
Basically the Golem boss that appears on the right hand side of the screen after killing water mage has an A.I. that is programmed to back up anytime an Item crash axe is on screen. So if i throw the item crash axe away from him, he'll back up far enough that the game will consider him to be gone from memory and will trigger the other golem with the halberd who appears on the left side. This trick is made really easy by the fact that there is an axe in the candle right before that mini-boss.
You can actually do the same trick to the blue golem sub boss in stage 5, as he's programmed the same way, however this will soft lock the game since making him leave does not trigger the exit from that room and you'll be stuck!
Thank you for the kind words on the run! :D
Thank you for running one of my favorite genesis games :)
Liked the trick at the watermage :D
***** Thanks in large part to your runs, I finally managed to upload a successful attempt at beating this game deathless! Obviously far from your level of mastery, and messed up the "boss skip" that I did plenty of times in practice, but hey, I'll take what I can get. Maybe I'll work on serious speed and learn more about "skips" down the road, but it's good enough for now. Thanks again!
Great run! One of my favorite Castlevania games.
The Castlevania series are always a pleasure to play and I return to them on a regular basis.
The run - and other things - start at 4:20
So cool to see the games that I grew up with still being appreciated (and mastered) today!
This dude is amazing :D Loved the commentary and the run!
I remember that game being quite hard. In fact, I'm not even sure I ever reached anything beyond the first two or three chapters of Stage 6. Even reaching Stage 5 seemed like a pain in the ass. Granted, I was a kid when I played it the most and I might have had another go at it as a teenager. But even that was 10+ years ago.
Seeing that vid all those years later, it seems so easy. That man is very good.
Soundtrack from this game was composed by Michiru Yamane if I'm not mistaken? Same person who did the music on Symphony Of The Night.
This guy has a nice narrative style and voice.
Appreciate the compliments!
I fuckin love bloodlines
This is probably one of the best sega genesis games and best castlevania games in my opinion classic
So epic. I agree, this game's OST is underrated. Probably the only one I like nearly as much as Curse of Darkness's.
Great run in all ways, great commentary etc.
Klaige is a monster! Be sure to follow his Twitch channel; he's been working on sub-30 attempts for this game. It does not disappoint.
Ah the chills flowing down my spine hearing the OST. Feels good man.
Watched it live and one of my favorite runs. The runner is just awesome in a weird way.
4:20 Blaze it up
No franchise escapes the Genesis-style graphics
except when some snes games look like master system games :o
This game is a lot like Rondo of Blood: two characters, stair jumping, item crashes, a boss rush boss, and a weird cloak person. It isn't exactly like Rondo, but it was the best (considering Rondo never released outside of Japan until 2005. Plus Bloodlines is pretty awesome). Funfact: this was the game created next after Rondo. :)
Brandon Andres Actually this game was in development at the same time as Rondo. So was Akumajo Dracula x68. Amazing to think that the 3 best Classicvania's (IMO) were all being made at the same time.
***** That's cool to know. Rondo, Bloodlines, and x68 are the best classic styled Castlevanias ever (Super Castlevania IV doesn't count though since it changed everything that makes a Castlevania by "super-charging it"). :)
Brandon Andres Agreed, CV4 is nice aesthetically and has some nice setpieces, but it's bit too drawn out and unremarkable otherwise for my tastes. The sheer length of a playthrough brings to mind Metal Slug 3 or Gradius V's ridiculously long journey, but without the harrowing intensity of either.
Bloodlines is a better example of "super charging" the series IMO. Pummeling enemies and bosses with item crashes and aggressive tactics never gets old for me, and I enjoy booting it up to blaze through anytime. Still, it has the same sense of weighty action and commitment the Nes games do. A really great take on the series.
And I could write whole paragraphs about what I love in x68, heheh. And Rondo deserves a lot of love too, of course.
run starts at 4:12
Awesome commentary! :)
32:00 Nancy's donation got read on this one!
Great run
Best Castlevania game ever, besides maybe some of the great DS Castlevanias.
Could of done without the Nintendo fanboy comments during the entire run, get the fuck over it tubby.
The werewolf looks like its pissing on the ground. Hahaha
This game has more bosses than vanilla WoW.
Nice, good to see FlameNinja23 on the couch!
This is a good run, most runs I see are just exploits, like spamming a particular op weapon or something like that. You actually run through quickly and even still play the game, gj!
I can't understand why he's playing this game if he doesn't like it. Also, I hardly understand the comments against Mega Drive's audio chip. Its Fm synthetic sound was amazing and it's still influential on many electronic musicians.
I will never understand runner who plays games they dont like. Masochism?
For all the supposed RNG this seems like a very skill intensive run. Well done.
One nice thing about Bloodlines is that the RNG is most heavy early on in stage 1. After than really only the harpies in stage 3 and one fight in stage 6 have much RNG that's actually important to work around.
Lecarde is definitely more RNG heavy than Morris through.
Thank you kindly for the compliments on the run!
When I played Contra Hard Corps on Mega Drive, I've learned that I didn't get enough boss in my life
Play Alien Soldier,it's boss heaven.
lol lets make fun of "blast processing" because if this was on the snes it would lag even more, so why not?
such a good game.
is that harry potter on the left?
lol
You can explain what your doing in the middle of a speed run? Why isn't your brain being studied as a blueprint for the next generation of multithreading CPUs?
that room smells like farts and corn chips
You could say this game is so "boss".
All your boss are belong to us
Is this Ghosts and Goblins: Dracula Edition?
The gaming world is interesting. bunch of wizards and warriors
Why "lolSTORY"? I didn't think the plot was that bad- it was kinda cool they intergrated the novel into the Castlevania series...
natalman Ohh, okay then... LOLs, well, there goes all the confusion of it then! ^^;
natalman no i think that they were specifically talking about castlevania since the story for everything prior to symphony of the night was just the same "someone's resurrecting dracula (blank) is the only one who can stop it." the fact that they tried to build a story by saying "yeah we don't have one but go read this book some other guy wrote and look there's a story to this game!" is just kind of funny
Awesome...
Great commentary on this run.
That indeed. I wish all runs had commentary like this
curupa66 Most do.
This run 100% or no?
Great gamer !!!
Klaige looks a lot like Robert Kirkman to me, and that's pretty cool.
LOL that description.
Reads like something Yatzee would come up with, and I love it.
Am I missing a joke here? What's with all the "kill the animals" donation comments?
in super metroid you can save the animals or let them die. "saving the animals" implies that you gonna have to go and save them, but also implies that you will waste more time on the speedrun. sometimes they choose to "kill the animals", well, not "killing" them but let them die. and yes, is the most well known highlight on the entire event
Klaige must be drowning in clunge
Castleorgasmic~
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I would have given the bosses in the final boss rush double health!! :D
Jeez, this runner and the couch constantly talk over one another as well as the announcer chick. 27:38 is a really good example where the runner doesn't even acknowledge that she's talking, it's like everyone revolves around him and he's only aware of himself lol.
31:48 - He's like, If you have donations, nows the time. Then doesn't even let her read them lol.
Most speedrunners are full of sh*t it seems, big ego, attention seekers
Very rude to speak over a lady, and when someone is donating $150.00?
C'mon guys, manners next year. Please.
Personally I much prefer this over runs where the donation person is constantly talking and the runners barely get to speak.
Run starts at 4:20 my dude lol smoke weed erryday 420 blaze it Haters will say it's fake. SMoKe OnE WiTh YoUr BoY Snoop Dogg in the mutha fuxin hizouse my nuyagga rollin' in my six four
I like the idea of these videos but I hate that we can't see a full screen of the game. I want to see the game not you playing the game. 😒
Nic
I love this game, but the 2nd form of Camila is a garbage.
niu bi
not a girl in sight.
run starts at 4:21