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A Castlevania Overview – Part 2

Castlevania is a series that continues to evolve and change with time. While its roots in the NES may have created the foundation for the lore and core gameplay of the series, some sequels have refined and evolved both aspects throughout the years. These cornerstone titles have yet to be matched in terms of quality in control and immersive setting by later iterations Castlevania, even by games that took the series into the third dimension. These are the Castlevania games that showcase the best aspects of what the series is mostly known for, the crème of the crop and zenith of the entire series.

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The 7 Best Vampire Games: Embrace the Night

Vampire games are making a comeback of late, and gamers hoping this is a new trend should look back at the 7 best vampire games ever made.

SimpleSlave23d ago (Edited 23d ago )

What is a list? A miserable little pile of scribbles.

A Best Vampire Game list and no Bloodborne. A bold choice, indeed.

The_Hooligan23d ago

IMO, I wouldn't consider bloodborne a vampire game. Long story short, It's more about the side effects of the blood experiment and the influence of the red moon, than actually being a vampire.

SimpleSlave23d ago (Edited 23d ago )

Yes, Bloodborne is about Vampires. It's not just the undertones, or the imagery or the obvious parallels, it's pretty much everything and then some. Here's the thing, Bram Stoker's Dracula is also not a Vampire novel. Why? Because technically Vampires from folklore were something else.

But based on our updated view of what Vampires are, informed in one way or another by Bram Stoker's Dracula, Nosferatu The Vamprye, and many other stories, and combined with From Software's own interpretation, we can say with confidence that Bloodborne IS a Vampire story. Sure, there are other elements, but the central narrative is pretty much Vampires. Which would make it THE Vampire game. I mean, Cainhurst Castle. Anyways, that's how I see it.

But to each their and we'll agree to disagree.

MEGANE23d ago

Thats the best Vampire game ever, but enough talk, have at you!.

SimpleSlave23d ago (Edited 23d ago )

Absolutely... Now, die monster! You don't belong in this thread!
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anast23d ago

I've lost all hype for Bloodlines 2. It's going to be an action game.

Barlos23d ago

No Blood Omen? Even today it's one of my favourite vampire games. We could really do with a release on modern platforms.

Relientk7723d ago

I really enjoyed Vampyr. The combat is a little clunky and could use some work. However, the story, characters, dialog. setting, and pretty much everything else in the game is great.

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A Critic's Guide to Game Design By Inspiration

Inspiration is a big part of the game industry, but if a game is inspired by another does it cheapen the experience? CGM's Jordan Biordi tries to examine the concept.

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