CASTLEVANIA: SYMPHONY OF A BROKEN MAN

[@pixythegunner]

A Castlevania? In this year? In this climate? In this economy? Fuck yeah

[@alexeyeliseev6322]

Fuck yeah indeed

[@theicepickthatkilledtrotsk658]

Vlad the Castle is on fire!

[@brightorangepants]

May I see it?

[@Amitlu]

Can I see it?

[@spooky5787X]

@@Amitlu no

[@marrvynswillames4975]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="204">3:24</a> Richter's VA, Scott McCulloch, who also voiced Chris on the first resident evil, died in 2000 Rip

[@dsshocktrooper7523]

😔

[@dantepizza6310]

we never got to see him punch any boulders...the world is too cruel

[@ASSLEVANIA]

@@dantepizza6310he punched the boulder of our hearts, partner.

[@josephdell6342]

What's this?!? Civvie reviewing a non DOS 90s jank shooter from Russia? Truly these are strange times.

[@LordDeBahs]

there are still some left . do you rember xs ?

[@eSportDjango]

Civvie uses the DraculAx

[@rickystumpp]

Now I wanna see me a Slavjank Metroidvania

[@rustyjames6131]

This gives me hope for Pro Monster Bash.

[@Joevenon]

Just wanted to say thank you, your videos have helped me through tough times with anxiety, watching your videos always felt like hearing a good friend talking about games and helped me feel better, keep up the good work mate!

[@caoistico669]

Oloko, o joeveno

[@ajflink]

Same here. It is like hearing a friend be sincere and brutally honest with things.

[@acethurman71]

I feel the same. Been watching civvie for like 4 years now.

[@RadikAlice]

While something like this does help. Don't sell yourself short, the strength to endure it was entirely yours

[@GoodJujuMagician]

Plus one I also find similar help from these videos :)

[@IvanDubsK7]

“WHAT IS A MAN, CV-11?!”

[@Germania9]

"A miserable little pile of gaming knowledge!!"

[@woodchuck94og]

A featherless bipedal

[@MetalJT24]

A Man Chooses

[@wladimir.Quiroz]

The pinnacle of evolution

[@ZOMGItsDAF]

Enough talk... have at you!

[@athiefoftime3934]

I love that the Ettin that was captured in the Hexen episode continues to show up in the background, wandering with its simple Doom AI. It's the little things with Civvie.

[@ArnieMcStranglehold]

Some of us notice and appreciate these things.

[@Just.Kidding]

“The PC Engine, which… is a console” People don’t give the PCE its due, all they think is TurboGrafx16, à la failure. But that’s selling it critically short - the PC Engine was, for a time, the bestselling console/market leader in Japan. With the later CD add-on, it had a pretty long life-cycle, too.

[@donoteatmikezila]

Justice for PC Engine.

[@hi_tech_reptiles]

I have one in my living room. I really wanna rig it up to play CD games, burned or from an ODE but they aren't cheap yet lol. I think I already have the whole JP PCECD library on a hard drive somewhere...

[@elijahjarman2837]

FUN FACT! In the 2004 film, Van Helsing, at Dracula's masqurade, when he 'introduces' the main character, music from SOTN plays in the backgroudn

[@RadikAlice]

I am in disbelief, but wanna see it?

[@elijahjarman2837]

@RadikAlice I genuinely love Van Helsing. It's on netflix

[@YngolSonofYsgramor]

What song exactly is it?

[@elijahjarman2837]

@YngolSonofYsgramor castle dracula, according to IMDB

[@Tuskin38]

There’s a great Castlevania themed mod for GZDOOM source port called Castlevania : Simon's Destiny

[@who6242]

Such a great mod. It honestly does feel like a Castlevania game.

[@johnmoss4624]

PRO SIMON'S DESTINY WHEN, CIVVIE?

[@RadikAlice]

Was that the one by Batandy, with the Rondo-style level title cards?

[@cjnf11]

Yeah I immediately thought why wouldn't this be his Halloween pick.

[@LovePotion_]

I kept saying it, it kept popping up: There was HYPER SPECIFIC musical choices and audio cues from older videos that led me to believe CV11 was not only a SOTN fan, but a SOTN lover. Doom 2 and Symphony Of the Night. That's my childhood there, the whole of it, at least the best parts. Thank you for your content dude, thank you for not shying away from your passion.

[@philswiftdestroyerofworlds1988]

Civvie-ula: Tell me... what... what were SOTN's last words? Sewercard: She said "Do not hate sewer levels, if you cannot play through them, then at least do them no harm"

[@Oborosen]

This game was so entertaining for me growing up. I would scrounge across entire sections of the castle, and check up every source I could to see what I might've missed. One of my favorite details is that if you idle in an area, Alucard will relax. Some of the familiars will also relax such as the Fairy, who'll sit on your shoulder. If you turn into a bat, while using the bat familiar. You'll see a little heart pop up above your familiar, and it'll follow you more closely. With a chance for it's heart to be broken when you turn back. A supremely fantastic game, and one that every gamer. No matter their generation, should play.

[@Necronner]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="442">7:22</a> I love it, Civvie gets the DS collection and what is the first game he plays on it, Portrait of Ruin. The man might be in lockup for having superb taste.

[@miltiadiskoutsokeras9189]

Best in the series with Dawn close and Ecclesia third. I do not get why people place Ecclesia on top, probably the game system breaks less with overpowered items.

[@NinjaRunningWild]

@@miltiadiskoutsokeras9189 It's one of the more difficult entries, that might be why. It's my least favorite of the 7 Castlevania "Metroidvanias".

[@miltiadiskoutsokeras9189]

@@NinjaRunningWild I like it, but it is not better than the first two IMHO

[@HoopleBogart]

The first time I beat this game I lived in a trailer in the trailer park with a carpet covered in cat shit from the previous tenant. Had some issues with my hot water tank a few hours afterwards... and when I opened up the closet to check it I noticed that someone had scrawled "Alucard" into the garbage wood paneling they called a wall. I doubt anyone reads this but I needed to get that weird coincidence off my chest lol. Thanks for making our day better Civvie. Happy Halloween nerds.

[@kolman3178]

That is some wierd coincidences. Good thing its all just happenstance. Right?

[@HelixSnake]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2890">48:10</a> "awesome, he's got to galamoth, now I can hear him talk about the Beryl Circlet" <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2960">49:20</a> "he... he didn't mention the Beryl Circlet... ok clearly he's just saving it for some kind of last minute joke right? right?" <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="3320">55:20</a> "DOES HE NOT KNOW ABOUT THE BERYL CIRCLET???"

[@HelixSnake]

for those who do not what I'm talking about, there is an item that heals you for taking lightning damage and it makes Galamoth a joke, and the only reason most people don't get it is unlocking the room it's in requires you to do the "how are you supposed to know to do that" dog and bat thing with the stone tunnel that Civvie ALREADY DID

[@Civvie11]

@HelixSnake I WENT THERE AFTER GALAMOTH, ALL RIGHT?

[@maxownzor2thelawnmower776]

@@Civvie11 NO SHIELD SLIDING???

[@joncoors]

Figures that the guy who breaks every game he touches would comment on this broken video

[@Meitti]

I like the world detail where in the Inverted Castle the Chapel turns into a more vampire-appropriate version where crosses are upside down and all angel statues look like they're falling from heaven.

[@RadikAlice]

That goes so hard, God. Pure genius

[@christraven]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2013">33:33</a> "Humans made atomic bombs and the Borderlands movie." Are we really sure that Randy is human, though?

[@spudmeister9566]

He is sleaze in human form

[@NerfPlayeR135]

His body is 2/3rds grease instead of water.

[@Flesh_Wizard]

His lore race is Grease Golem

[@zevorothrappaleano58]

My favourite "style thing" I love to do on replays of Symphony is grabbing the stop watch, going into the first Doppelganger fight, and THE SECOND he shows up, freeze time- because he's one of the few bosses this works on, he's now completely frozen in place. Then I run up and punch him so fast that the animations cut each other off into more punches. Just completely DIO his ass, it's wonderful. He dies before the stopwatch time stop ends, so before even the boss music can start you just melt him with your barrage of punches.

[@johnplayer420]

My fav game of all time being reviewed by my fav Gamer channel... ON MY BIRTHDAY

[@MangetsuSAMURAI]

Happy birthday, man.

[@ownageDan]

happy birthday :)

[@gui2peg]

cool, happy birthday bro

[@napalmzombie848]

Happy birthday! :)

[@thomas815]

Yo, Happy Birthday, man!!

[@Bapate-rh9be]

Can't throw a brick with the message "Boltgun has gotten an expansion" throught one of civvis windows without my buddy superfly.

[@nazgulsenpai]

I'm almost 40 years old and I played SOTN for the first time in 2021 and it still managed to become one of my favorite games of all time. That Dracula's Castle theme song is also some of the best video game music of all time (and Bloodlines from Rondo of Blood, Castle Corridor from Aria of Sorrow). Great video

[@wunnup3229]

This is how I know Civvie knows what he's talking about when he says a game is good. Every time he rants and raves about how good a retro-throwback boomer-shooter is, I'll give it a shot and go, "yup, everything Civvie said was 100% objectively correct," but when Darthcorporalsaiyan2005 fellates the newest battle royale Fortnite clone and I give it a shot and I'll just sit there going, "paid review." But then I play a game, fall in love with it, and then Civvie goes on about how amazing it is, and that's how I know I'm not just being brainwashed and the game is actually just that good.

[@niranjanr9064]

The FPS man plays a Castlevania? *Metroid Prime inches forward in the distance.*

[@PWaldo-lw2ds]

We get Civvie reviewing Metroid before GTA 6, wild! Shit meme but I had to.

[@kyon813]

He's already played a GameCube game, so that's one step even closer

[@NerfPlayeR135]

Not only that, but PrimeHack exists, which makes it possible to play the Prime games with modern keyboard and mouse controls.

[@kyon813]

@@NerfPlayeR135 Objectively the best way to play the Prime Trilogy, even with the Remaster.

[@DooDoo-f4v]

Fake fan. He referenced Aria of Sorrow in a gag way back

[@johnm.9597]

Man, this game rules! I would watch my older brother play all the time and he'd clue me in on all the little nuances he knew. I still beat it every couple years. Thanks Civvie, brought big smiles to me today

[@Duderocks1151]

Was not expecting you to play Castlevania

[@bluebay0]

Civvie mentioned in older videos (eg Powerslave) that apart from the boom shoot, metroidvania is his other favorite game genre.

[@bobloblaw418]

was not expecting him to be *good* at Castlevania :o

[@bleachsmoker]

I mean, he played duke nukem (the original one)

[@Phantom034]

Civvie covering Symphony of the Night?? The next hour of my day just opened up!

[@saibot1246]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="208">3:28</a> Dracula: What the hell is that delivery? Richter: what do you mean. Dracula: WHERE IS THE EMOTION WHERE IS THE DRAMA RICHTER ? From one of jehtt's video

[@DPCP-h9u]

"I WENT TO JULLIARD, BELMONT!"

[@RaccoonWithMatches]

Good stuff as always Civvie - I joined the Kickstarter for Bloodstained because of how much I respected IGA and loved these games. It made me really happy to see you mentioned the struggle and love from the community to keep making these types of games.

[@teranokitty]

I didn't join the Bloodstained Kickstarter because I was burned from Mighty No. 9, but I'm glad Bloodstained succeeded.

[@weruinmovies]

When this video is over, you have to watch it again upside down to get the true ending.

[@Lord_Deimos]

Imagine being a kid, you finish SotN and during recess you hear that there's a way to invert the entire map and essentially double the game's lenght. Back when we didn't have the internet, the only way to even become aware of stuff like this was via guides on magazines or word of mouth.

[@jtojagicc]

Librarian giving middle fingers when you boost him will forever be my favorite thing in videogames

[@roguewarrior6463]

Can’t wait for Diddy to become a canon Dungeon character in the lore

[@Flesh_Wizard]

Count Diddula

[@OnTheArchipelago]

Cringe

[@lordofchromium1534]

It was foretold in the exophobia vid when he mentioned Metroidvania’s where his second favorite genres…

[@wesleybcrowen]

Done way, way earlier with Powerslave video where he admitted Aria of Sorrow is his favorite igavania.

[@eightcoins4401]

Waiting for the losers no one likes to arrive and demand you call it Search Action even though its the lamest name ever

[@ChickenShred]

Am happy to see you happy Civvie-11. I love seeing your passion for games you personally love, even if there not fps games. Hell I tried this game out because of how often you mentioned it in your videos. And as a Metroid and Hollow Knight fan, I adored sotn (as well as the classic castlevania games). God bless you man and thank you for your work.

[@dreziv]

I heard Civvie say there are four familiars in this game and I got all smug, like "ho ho, he doesn't know about the fifth one" and then he grinded the Sword so much it turned into a new model I'd never seen before so I had to retract that smugness.

[@Nix-Man]

Literally pog faced at the thumbnail Edit: Had to pog a second time when you pretty much picked the exact same Joseph's Cloak color I use.

[@MasonShmason]

The scream I screamed when i saw this pop up in my notifications you cannot begin to imagine how long i was hoping you'd cover this one. Also Civvie being a fan of Terrifier warms my black shriveled worm infested heart.

[@poptop89]

I think- I think you need to get that checked.

[@somethingelse9087]

I hope you scared your animals.

[@MasonShmason]

@poptop89 nah the clown's pet demon told me it's fine

[@MasonShmason]

@@somethingelse9087 my cat is more offended when I sneeze so

[@grasshopper-ln9us]

This game, Bloodstained, hollow knight and salt and snctuary are epic

[@3xasfast811]

Just finished this game this month after starting it last year with Covid and now a video by Civvie. Great timing.

[@dann112211]

Same I legit just finished a playthrough

[@killer900rocks]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1467">24:27</a> this was such a beatdown it almost could have been inducted into the Cyberdemon Humiliation Hall of Fame, or at least a notable mention.

[@ProfessorAragorn]

He did it. He's doing it. I can't believe it. Now I'm just waiting on Claw. Maybe Jazz Jackrabbit . . . and Monster Bash.

[@hazukichanx408]

Jazz Jackrabbit had one hell of a soundtrack on it. The game itself may have been kinda meh, if I take off the nostalgia goggles and put it next to all the other platformers of around that time, but the music just elevated it into an _experience._

[@ChargeJN]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="213">3:33</a> iirc, the voice group who did this game were native japanese who happened to speak english, the same group also went on to dub a transformers game on the ps2 (not the armada one) into english despite it never being brought to the west, so now theres one game where optimus prime is voiced by alucard

[@grantsrants665]

Well Civvie, I for one DO like the Crazy Arthur mask. I think that it needs to be permanent. As permanent as your past mistakes. Lasting forever. And ever. And ever. Never to be undone.

[@scottl.1568]

Okay, I may have never played any of this series, but this is way more than I ever wanted to ever freaking know about Castlevania... 😮

[@matthewcurcio2923]

I’m so for Civvie covering more Metroidvanias!

[@akterminded]

THIS. A PLEASANT SURPRISE INDEED

[@Spinelblade]

I saw this and my jaw dropped. I love Castlevania and it was a joy to watch you play the game, and I learned quite a bit because when I played through the game I was not aware of all the incredible ways to break the game.

[@beltube]

no fuckin way i wanted this vid for YEARS with how much he references it

[@Rik2BitNothing]

That Caverns music hit me in the feels. I remember recording all this music using an old tape recorder near the tv speaker haha. Man I loved the soundtrack SO much and I dont think theres ever been one that can compare.

[@OnDavidsBrain]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="340">5:40</a> "But why? Bracket is no mad dog killer he is after something."

[@StefanSochinsky]

I'm so glad you finally got around to this. Castlevania: SOTN is legit my #1 all time favorite game (I might have played some games more as time's gone on, but this is that special one from my youth).

[@ErebosSpiral]

Somehow, despite referencing SotN for almost every Hallowen special, this still feels like a Christmas miracle

[@CalavErik]

I love all the random convoluted lore Castlevania has. It feels like watching the DC animated movies without knowing much about comics.

[@lucyarisato6850]

Thank you for this near-Halloween gift, Civvie. ❤

[@naughtyhieroglyph669]

The intro for symphony of the night, with Alucard, was stolen from Vampire hunter D. No one complains, because of just how cool it was and it is something that we still long to see more of.

[@ErebosSpiral]

You touched during the video on this, but to me, my fav part of this game is how much weird stuff is in it. The one wall you have to push to acces an item, the sword familiar that turns into a weapon after being leveled up enough, the confession room in the chapel, the fact that the fairy will sing to you if you sit down long enough, the spells being tehnically all available from the start but needing to know the correct input to cast them, the switches in both clock towers that have to be hit a certain amount of times to unlock a room. So much cool one time stuff, almost no other game in the series comes close to this or how open the game is in general, even if they are more tightly designed and balanced.

[@kingbash6466]

We've gotten to the post where Civvie of all people is giving Castlevania more appreciation than Konami themselves.

[@Grumpojec]

"Oh, yeah, I'm showing all of this." Good on you, Civvie. Good on you.

[@mrgoober6320]

Not for nothing, but randomly shouting any line from the opening dialogue in a crowd has always been a great way to find kindred spirits.

[@theogshaz]

Covvie not playing a boom ahooter or an fps game ,its a Halloween miracle

[@Tamarocker88]

Holy crap, Civvie's going to tear apart one of my favorite games, one of the ONLY ones I've completed to the maximum ridiculous 200.6%? SIGN ME THE FUCK UP!

[@TheWintersoldier45]

My favorite youtuber covering the absolute greatest Castlevania?! Let's fucking go!

[@Bob_Chandler-1927]

Eh.........I'd say super castlevania 4 and Bloodlines are better, though they are classic vania. I have not played Rondo yet

[@zeeke.tv_4842]

I always loved the little thought bubbles that pop up when Maria asks Alucard if be knows Richter. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1327">22:07</a>

[@HXIIIAEGIS]

My fav boomshooter tuber covers my most favorite Castlevania series of all time alongside its banger AF soundtrack (top 3 in gaming to this day,fight me nerds)for almost an hour!? Sign me up

[@The_Nametag]

Iga wasn't part of Circle of the Moon, which is why it feels different from the others.

[@skitballesnorapa]

Uploaded six seconds ago!? Ive been blessed.

[@TheIpwnkyle]

"Death himself serves Dracula." Okay AVG- I mean CV-11.

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Civvie reviews a non-FPS game?! Hell must be freezing.

[@justsometurtleg]

Easily one of my favorite games of all time, hopefully we get a collection with it and Rondo included for PC soon cause it's been a while since I've played it.

[@msh-l33t]

Civvie doing a Metroidvania? What multiverse is this?

[@C01dEyes]

The first time I played this game back in 2001 I had no idea what I was about to get into. Previously I had only tried playing Castlevania 64 and I hated it. When my friend handed me at his copy of symphony of the night I was skeptical. Holy shit did this game blow me away. The art style, animation, music and atmosphere just blew me away. The style of gameplay was something I had experienced yet before. Truly a high watermark in gaming history.

[@Ratman36]

There are no skaven in your castle yes-yes

[@ZachSeineVideos]

If the second half of this video isn't upside down, I am severely disappointed.

[@gyphryphobia]

I just wanted to let everyone know my name is Johnathan Morris. Just. Letting. EVERYONE. Know…

[@ZacHawkins42]

I used to keep the disc in my discman when I wasn't playing it. The first track is an absolute banger!

[@jadewedge6082]

Honestly, I love seeing Civvie talk about the games he very obviously loves. I know this isn't the first time, but there's always something that tingles in me when I hear another guy nerd out about the shit the way I might because I loved a game. I wanna make my own video, some day.

[@vinegar3617]

Is it weird that SotN is a christmas game for me? Same with MGS1, but that's justified because it takes place in Alaska

[@ad8012]

INSERT FUNNY JOKE HERE

[@Shuji_the_great]

*SHAFT*

[@acethurman71]

Finally! Ever since he talked about metroid vania, i knew this would be coming!

[@SBOTac]

Controversial take: I hope Civvie gets to play the Black Ops 6 campaign. It is without a doubt a Raven game through and through. It's hard to explain, but once you play it, it's clear that it doesn't feel like COD.

[@RolandTheJabberwocky]

YES! I'VE BEEN WAITING *YEARS* FOR THIS. Civvie if you haven't played ReVamped, DO IT! It's so damn good and flawlessly melds the two types of Castlevania.

[@PhoenixHogg]

That hidden elevator at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1110">18:30</a>-ish blew my mind. Played this game an incredible amount and never managed to learn of that till now.

[@johngleeman8347]

Superb video Civvie. I've watched many vids about CV, but it's fun to see one made in your style. XD

[@nicolasmargni4795]

New Blood team came to Argentina and mentioned you Civvie ❤ you need to come too so me and the 4 other argentinians that love your channel can meet you, but try not jumping out of an hotel 8th floor window, it seems to be kinda popular to do that

[@Argosaxelcaos]

"Locked lips around his Dhampir dong so hard his intelligence stat went down" might be one of your best lines 😂

[@videoman014]

When I was a young tyke, my family owned a PS1. My father, sister, and I all sat around and played games like Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon, and what not. My Dad, however, saved ‘the violent video game’ for himself, of course being SotN. My Mom hated me playing it, but my Dad loved me taking an interest in what he considered his favorite series. To this day, I’ve beaten SotN dozens of times, get every achievement/trophy on any rerelease, listen to the soundtrack, adore the key art. It all takes me back to when I was 5 and the world sucked a little bit less. Love you, SotN, may you always be remembered.

[@TheArcticSaint4747]

This is the first Civvie-11 video where i knew everything he covered

[@RabbitHole20]

My favorite part is when Luigi met Death himself.

[@shovelmanyayntekrarlar]

its sooo good to see other games than boomshoots in your channel civvie keep it up please

[@Just.Kidding]

The shields are definitely useful by the way - it’s because of the shield rod, which is completely overpowered and borderline trivializes the entire game.

[@scruffinmacguffin447]

I started my own playthrough this year but i had to stop to study, but seeing this video relit my passion to finish the inverted castle! Thank you so much Civvie! Edit: i also want to thank you for showing me that you can get multiple itens from the jump boots trick in the library, i thought it was only one item

[@platformerfailure3257]

Civvie talked about how he enjoys Igavanias, which always made me curious what a Castlevania video would be like. Glad that the itch has finally been scratched.

[@gabrielpeery]

I’m so pumped you made this video. Please make many more outside of the FPS genre. I’d love it.

[@TenguLeaf]

I honestly couldnt tell you what my favorite game is. There are so many games I love, and to pick only one feels impossible. Symphony of the Night would be one of those games fighting for the top spot. It's hardly perfect, but it's always fun. For many years now, I have played through it at least once or twice a year. Casual playthroughs, speedruns, randomizers, challenge runs, goofing off, it feels like I could play it forever. And now theres an hour long Civvie video on it LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@giryerume1709]

Been looking forward to this since that quad damage podcast

[@inconspicuousrobot2685]

Finally, I wanted to see him talk about the vainias

[@pjohns92]

I've had a really tough couple weeks with work and personal life. Seeing a Civvie11 upload is exactly what I wanted!

[@Stoooopid]

Would love to see more Castlevania next halloween. Your passion and love just for this entry is great to listen to.

[@eleventhbiscuit5242]

Unbelievably happy to see you playing SotN. I am perfectly divided between 1) indignantly pointing at the screen when you miss "obvious" things I've known forever and 2) picking my jaw up off the floor when you show me some heinous new shit I didn't know existed like at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1106">18:26</a>.

[@thekleanupkrew8381]

Civvie always, and I mean always, drops a bombshell of a video at the best time. Getting ready for dinner Bad day at work Feeling like you want to lay in bed and rot on KZbin all day You can count on civvie to always deliver

[@procow2274]

You can actually get the holy rod on first trip to library if your willing to do a inordinate amount of wolf jumps and damage boosts