this post links back to the last post about castlevania: symphony of the night i made. you can click the top right link that says “GRIMGLAMFIRE” with my face covered by a skeleton mask: if you want. you don’t have to (and there are a lot of obvious reasons lately you shouldn’t)
i was originally gonna make a thread but i decided the last thing anyone needs is more Fucking Words about castlevania symphony of the night. this is my vain attempt to look like i’m hiding something away - and also my way of ensuring at least a little bit of the people here might read it!
here’s my relationship with videogames. maybe you could gleam it from the last post: but they often exist as things i am interested in as works of artistic fervor that i neither have the time nor patience to ever fully devote myself to. here are a smattering of games i have ever fully devoted myself to. a list i’ve never told anyone, that leaves me always feeling like a half-assed piece of shit who doesn’t really love videogames:
ff12, ff7, neverwinter nights, champions online, parasite eve I & II, bloodborne & dark souls III, metroid prime, super metroid, castlevania: symphony of the night, metal gear solid (all of them, sorry) folklore, resident evil 5, megaman zero 2, mortal kombat 9.
castlevania: symphony of the night is definitely in that list above if you look hard enough: and for good reason
(second point: all of the warp room icons thematically relate to the area they’re in)
it’s a really weird game that is overstuffed with small details. you can sit in chairs. the castle is one of the best realized areas in a videogame with many major and subtle architectural touches long enough that diplo has written about them a lot.
but anyway. konami wanted their staff to focus on developing castlevania 64.
reinhardt schneiders outing was meant to be the Primo Castlevania-o at the time and the team iga worked with (and under another director) was basically given free reign to do whatever
and they did!
castlevania symphony of the night is a special weird game, because it’s weird and it works