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Oh hey this is in a few weeks!
That last one sure is tempting. Seeing such a premium treatment for my favorite series really has my brain a thinking, haha.
Castlevania Dreamcast happenin' in about 40 minutes.
Yep, pretty much.They were really struggling to find something for Alucard to do that season.
And so they settled for the... worst possible character arc for him
I sure hope it's better than S3. I thought that was a'ight right up until the end. The Alucard stuff felt very out-of-character to me.
I completely agree. Definitely felt like "bad fan-fic" territory.They were really struggling to find something for Alucard to do that season.
And so they settled for the... worst possible character arc for him
I read through the entire run of Game Player's recently and found this to be pretty amusing. I think the most egregious thing that stood out to me was them giving Battle Arena Toshinden perfect 10s. Even they sheepishly admitted a few months later how stupid that was and apologized in their reviews of the Saturn version. EGM certainly never missed an opportunity to shit on 2D for a while as well.I've been reading a lot of magazines from that time for video research lately, and honestly, the fact that the press of the day largely shit on the best-looking pixel art that's ever existed while simultaneously lauding the worst 3D is a fuckin' headscratcher. I mean, I know that 3D was the new hotness, I was there, I was also in love with 3D, but I definitely was not shitting on SotN or Mega Man X4 in their day because "lol, 2D."
Also of note: this is the same publication that in the same issue they reviewed SotN, they said it was the 12th best game of all-time.
Wut.
Number one, "whip"? Number two, the original games didn't let you do that either.