Creepy Bad Endings # 115

[@jvts8916]

I imagine Henry was supposed to be sounded dejected and telling "did you expect me to save everyone?" to himself, especially due to his grave expression. Still, the line comes off more sarcastic than it should

[@KomotoRaynar]

It really does. I personally read it in that "Aw shucks" kind of way with a canned laugh soundtrack which ruins what's probably supposed to be a beating himself up over partial failure.

[@DonnieDoodles]

It was probably a bad localization; I feel like a better line would have been "I did what I could" or "I saved some but I couldn't save everyone." Something like that.

[@johnt.190]

A marginally better way to phrase it is “What!? Did you really think I could have saved everyone!?”

[@SenatorArmstrong2018]

I read it in a "oops, oh well" kinda tone and it is cracking me up.

[@SpiritofLibegon]

Personnaly, I find the "well, I still have a lot to learn" of the worst ending even worse. Like it's so coldly casual.

[@wannabecinnabon]

I think Malus was genuinely just an innocent kid at the start of the game, considering the wording of the prophecy at the end of Cornell's story, his own dialogue in your first meeting (especially the head pains around mentioning the castle) and the story of a certain other Dracula reincarnation in Aria of Sorrow...honestly, poor little guy is probably having his soul sucked out by Chaos as he's speaking! Dracula is pretty clearly just acting as him every later appearance, though.

[@Sawrock]

Lyon from Sacred Stones and Malus doing that one muscle handshake.

[@SenatorArmstrong2018]

At least Henry had the common courtesy to bring a GUN to Castlevania. Everyone's always using magical, bloodline-forged whips nowadays...

[@kitestar]

Now to be fair, soma cruz used whatever he found in both castles, which somehow _included_ G U N s and still prevailed over evil inspite of the fact he is just like malus: a reincarnation of dracula

[@asmodeus58XX]

Well, this game takes place around the same time as the Wild West. The Belmont clan was active before guns were a thing. Maybe a game set in China...

[@kitestar]

@@asmodeus58XX would certainly clear up some things

[@DuumKraddle]

Don't forget albus, my guy is a caring brother for elysia and the fastest gunner in the europe.

[@DetectiveNyx]

>asks to marry a 12 year old girl in her bad ending >revealed to be an adult man in her good ending WEE WOO WEE WOO WEE WOO

[@AdamTheGameBoy]

@@DetectiveNyx I'm glad I wasn't the only one getting Typhlosion energy from Dracula

[@gotekeeper9519]

​@AdamTheGameBoy well akshually, the Typh's victim being underaged was smth people made up to be dramatic

[@pkmntrainerred4247]

Dracula definitely got some ideas from his time at the Diddy party

[@MidwestCrisis]

Henry: *fails to save any children* “aww shucks I guess I better learn better”

[@alex_-yz9to]

That "henry gets chased by a chainsaw creature" segment reads differently when you remember that apparently the original idea in the planning stage of castlevania 64 was to have a Frankenstein creature monster as the 4th playable character... He REAAAAAAAALLY wanted to be the 4th party member!

[@bladeoflight12hardcorepro50]

He was willing to kill Henry over it.

[@israeltorresmartinez7583]

I see a new video of Creepy bad endings and i instantly quit everything i was doing

[@GenWorldTV]

Everytime.

[@Rakeik]

After all this time? "Always!"

[@greenhowie]

Anyone who thinks Castlevania 64 or Legacy of Darkness are bad games should try Vampire Hunter D just to really get a feel for how bad they could have been. They play perfectly fine for late 90s platformers and have a lot of fun surprises, you can tell the dev team cared a great deal.

[@VonFirflirch]

I love the *surprise* involving the Creature in the maze, on Hard Mode, as Reinhardt/Carrie x)

[@Zwyrx_Hgqfyggz]

"Let's go home, your family is worried sick!" >Keeps staring on the cliff for another 5 minutes

[@zergvsgenin]

If I had to take a gander at that "atmosphere" in older games you brought up in the intro, I think it's the low-res blurriness and in some cases, the lower framerate. Makes it seem almost like a bad dream where you can't see far enough ahead to make the best judgement calls before it's too late.

[@Mecceldorf]

Reinhardt's grim resignation to the endless cycle of Dracula's rebirth, followed by the slow burn of the rose petals descending, was such a marvelous and enchanting setpiece as the flower descended onto the clifface framed by the almost idyllic shot of the destroyed castle in a sunset lake. The emotional weight of everything washed over me, and it was utterly sensational. It felt like a Final Fantasy 7 moment. So of course my dumb ass said "and then Rosa comes back to life" aloud. And she did. And I started laughing. I don't fault the ending for that though, it just makes the rest of the game even goofier to me, remembering that.

[@endermenon4836]

Considering Wario's fondness for garlic, I'd be surprised if vampires would want to get anywhere near him. Interesting fact: garlic is good for blood in general (lowers cholesterol, improves blood flow, etc.)

[@bladeoflight12hardcorepro50]

He might have turned into a vampire once (there's art of it but I don't know).

[@kitestar]

Then why is he so fat tho?

[@tod0310]

​@@bladeoflight12hardcorepro50 He did in Doctor Mario 64

[@bladeoflight12hardcorepro50]

@@tod0310 Thanks.

[@pikminologueraisin2139]

I like eating onions raw maybe I should try garlic

[@Blackpapalink]

I think the "Did you expect me to save everyone?" was meant to be more melancholy, like he didn't really believe he could do as much as he did and is disappointed he couldn't see it all the way through.

[@madgenta]

Henry's just like "oh well, too bad, better luck next time!"

[@user-unos111]

I remember in Order of Ecclesia Dracula actually has a blood sucking attack in the final battle. Worse, the bastard can heal itself with it.

[@michealforguson5317]

And as he lets Shanoa go, he calls them "Weak". I'm wondering if he's talking about the taste of her blood now......

[@konnorfoxworth9632]

3:56…you hate sucking blood out of someone??? Then Night Trap is gonna make you SICK! Has quite a collection of bad endings if you are willing to sit through it all and make a new Creepy Bad Endings with it.

[@maristelli]

Oh -hell- yes. An hour long spooky CBE in October? Thank you, this is perfect timing :D

[@garuelx8627]

One could argue that Cornell's ending is a CBE since he got played like a cheap fiddle in the end as well as being haunted by Drac's conversation.

[@michealforguson5317]

CBE? What does that mean? (I tried Googling that, but all I got was something that is totally unrelated.)

[@mybutt4514]

​@@michealforguson5317 that's what creepy bad ending stands for

[@WhiteFangofWar]

@@michealforguson5317 Creepy Bad Ending

[@rcblazer]

I actually never knew you could fight Renon or Charlie Vincent the first time I beat Castlevania 64; I had learned it later from a gaming magazine. I hardly ever needed to buy items because I always had found plenty of food and purifying crystals, and the 16 day time limit was more than enough.

[@daybroken2281]

At last. The first of the four options on that poll. Although I voted BoS, I’m rather relieved we are starting with Castlevania. Plus I remember that Castlevania was 88. Vampire Game Overs: What is with N64 games being darker than most in their series? Definitely tragic when you think about it. Carrie suffering like that definitely gives me that “even the children aren’t safe” vibe I got from that one Yuka Mochida ending. 12:18 What the heck? Cornell’s Ending: All’s well that ends well? I’m happy for Cornell. It’s also best they don’t go the everything is sunshine now. There’s still damage done. Henry’s: The worst and average endings seem very contradictory. It’s like they didn’t even try with the average one. Like how does he feel very guilty in the worst and be like, “I ain’t too worried about it” the average one? But I do like the worst and best ones. Malus: The name Malus didn’t give it away? (Malus in Latin means, “bad.”) Edit: Ah okay. His bad endings are just kinda wacky to me. Imagine raising/marrying the dark lord unknowingly. I think the vampire transformations are the worst to think about, each having their own implications (Cornell transformed means Ada sacrificed, Henry transformed means the children aren’t saved, the irony of a Belmont being a vampire, and Carrie is self explanatory.) Reinhardt obviously had the brightest ending, while Carrie’s best is somber. Overall good stuff all around (except Henry’s average ending, that one sucks.)

[@theSato]

It makes me so happy that you are still making these, I was watching your vids like a full decade plus ago and they're still really good comfort food. Pretty sure we used to be friended on Skype or Discord and (very rarely) talk so it means a bit that you're still active, hope things are going well and keep doing what you love doing!

[@whoisthisgit]

Oh, hi. I definitely remember you, nice to hear from you again.

[@chencore]

I imagine that there's no voice acting for Legacy of Darkness due to all the additional content. Localizing games into English further takes up data, so it might've been the last straw. The JP version has VA, not every time but not a sound chamber like english ver. Decent quality voice tracks take up a lot of data!

[@1r0zz]

Nintendo shoot themselves in the foot by having the n64 a cartridge focused system. Nobody cares for better hardware if you have to limit the game to 64mb…

[@alex_-yz9to]

fun fact the european version of CV64 has 3 languages but they are MIA legacy of darkness... probably also because they were shockingly bad translations that constantly got the wrong terms AND misspelled the few words that were translated good... "schnieder!"

[@KIISwitch]

I prefer it this way, actually. Makes it creepier

[@DooDoo-f4v]

​@@1r0zzTo this day I'm astounded at how Angel Studios achieved the RE2 port. Heck if they never did that we'd never have Red Dead Revolver.

[@Ddd-d2t1z]

I love these creepy bad ending videos please MAKE MORE THEM

[@snowyhaze8344]

"Oh, you're all okay." Still sounds like Henry was more surprised instead of relieved the kids are okay, is Henry just a jerk? XD

[@likky1]

Might just be poor translation, it might be a EH?!/huh? Or some form of it popular in japanese media to be surprised with a loud oh or eh and other vocations. Might be wrong though

[@YonkoDGoofy]

Aint no way i just rewatched the other Castlevania CBEs and there's immediately another one in my feed, it had to have been fate 😂🎉❤

[@wolfherojohnson2766]

8:08 Being half vampire himself, almost certainly

[@Miranha-SupremoV18]

You can't give a dislike as this function has been disabled for a long time, but the like remains as a compensation gift.

[@cartoonfan9million468]

I think the idea of a werewolf protagonist is actually kind of unique and refreshing, like for many generations they were seen as bad or evil, and while that may have been accepted as the norm back then, i think for some of us who like to see things from a different perspective it is kind of stale and also harmfully stereotypical. Like this and altered beast and other games I don’t know I think I the only few games where a Werewolf ever gets to be the hero. I think it is nice that Cornell is a human and a werewolf so we can have it where a werewolf could be the hero for once.

[@sunshinegamer1981]

I was going to point out that Darkstalkers (a Street Fighter game with monsters as the fighters) has a werewolf character, but he only fights to cure his lycanthropy. 😅

[@WhiteFangofWar]

Agreed, Cornell is my favorite PC in the game. It's interesting when they have new player characters be defectors from the usual groups that Dracula recruits to his armies, such as Hector, Alucard, the werewolf tribes, and Carrie/Sypha count being witches, most of whom willingly serve Dracula like Actrise.

[@chaosgreyblood]

Well, you're gonna like Werewolf for the NES, since the main character is a man who can transform into a werewolf. Be careful, though. That game is as hard as Stonehenge and just as rigid at times.

[@alescano3504]

I really appreciate this video. The hate against CV64 and LoD is totally unjustified and in my opinion what maimed the franchise from growing in the 2000's. This games nailed the 3D Castlevania in atmosphere, controls, level design, everything. However, there is a note i'd like to make: LoD is not a 'remake' of CV 64 but a remixed 'B version' of sorts, kinda of the dual pokemon releases. The new things are of course Cornell as a playable character (Henry is more of a side mode) and that some levels were redesigned. Cornell has a pair of new levels, but shares most lf them with the main Reinhardt/Carrie campaign. And on that topic, i believe that the original CV64 is the superior version of the two and the one that should be referenced. The redesigned levels in LoD are much worse than the original. The most notorious example is the Tower of Execution, which was an amazing vertical level in the OG (like an actual tower) and was turned into a more generic obstacle course on LoD. The new Cornell only stages are also pretty inconsistent in quality. The Outer Wall is good, but the Tower Art and the Maze are a terrible slog that go on forever and lack the ambient of the Castle Halls in the main campaign. Just that, I seriously recommend the OG and LoD just for the new campaign of Cornell

[@nightcygnus]

Been following your channel for years now and it makes me so happy you share the love I have for these games, recently a lot of people have come out to defend them and its awesome that one of my favorite games of all time gets a bit of time in the spotlight. Also damn i had forgotten how the bad endings played out since i always aim for the good ones. Great video as always friend!

[@MasterKnightDH]

29:00 "one of the children were rescued" The morning sun must vanquish this horrible grammar for failing to be adaptive!

[@VonFirflirch]

I played Legacy of Darkness recently and really enjoyed it... That said, I was an N64 kid, so I'm biased, it's basically a game I could have played back then! ... glad I didn't, though, because you're right, the N64 entries actually lean towards horror at times and I don't think my kid self would have handled the Vampire cutscenes, the boss Arachne or the Creature in the maze very well. If these games ever get remade, Charlie Vincent had better be playable... and a Super Hard mode, since he apparently sucks according to the bad endings x) (seeing through illusions is rather impressive, though, for an old man~) Honestly, even on Hard Mode the time limit is fine. I did it as Carrie, not even knowing there was one! If the clock had kept ticking through the many deaths I suffered, then I might have had a bit of a problem x) Her Bad Ending creeps me out, personally. Poor kid deserves to be happy, especially after Hard Mode xD Malus is kind of a sad character, in my opinion. I mean he's just some random kid, victim of a prophecy and doomed from the start, who essentially gets erased and turned into Dracula on his eighth birthday (probably during that one cutscene where he starts saying weird crap. Turns out it wasn't a side-effect of drinking Magic Nitro) 48:22 "Oh no~ My best friend (Death) came to visit and he's drunk again! My wife will kill me if she finds out!"

[@normbreakingclown676]

38:20 The scariest part about Renon is that he is predicting world war 1. There is an imminent global war the deaths of millions is a perfect opportunity for my business we shall not meet again not in your life time anyway. That line stuck with me the most of anything really.

[@DVthedigitalhero]

I agree that these games deserve more love and I was always a bit sad to see developers go more the metroidvania route and never do a game like this one again. I was really young when I first saw and played this game but it was really amazing and the Frankenstein monster scared me a bunch with his chainsaw that not only made for a good jump scare out of nowhere but also did like a 3rd of your health in damage if he caught you. I used to play Legacy of Darkness a lot when I finally had a copy and it is still one of my favorite Castlevania games to this day.

[@raziyatheseeker]

I seriously can't blame you for hating vampires. I've gotten blood drawn for medical reasons a few times, and gave blood months ago... and doing it still makes me nervous. Somehow I still hate needles. The same kind of heartless thirst for blood from vampires also applies well to a werewolf's hunger for flesh. Good thing Cornell's on our side. Inadvertently selling your soul to Renon, that's something else entirely. And Drac's dragon-centipede form dying? Probably the most explicit time the series has shown Drac going back to Hell when he dies, it's metal as fuck. Either way, I'm glad to see this big ol' video. I've been wanting to play Legacy of Darkness for a while now. It really does have that creepy atmospheric feel, and the various death traps along the way certainly help the horror vibes.

[@sera-ch]

Excuse me, he wants to do *what* with the 12 year old girl? And for what purpose exactly, other than to be a creep? Excuse me, count, I know you're evil but I was under the impression you had STANDARDS!

[@loneshewolf74]

Vampires are cool. I defeated the Dark Lord in Miitopia as a vampire. And when another Mii asked if I really sucked blood, I told him his had too much garlic in it, anyway.🧛‍♀

[@We_Trusty_Few]

Very good vid as always.

[@MrBertieDastard]

I'm curious how you'd feel about the way blood is siphoned in Legacy of Kain. No biting involved usually, just straight up draining from a distance with a wave of the hand.

[@whoisthisgit]

Sounds absolutely horrifying, but at least you play as a vampire in that game, if I remember correctly.

[@renkitty]

One of my very favorite Castlevanias, always a great surprise to see it come up!

[@kitestar]

Castlevania 64 and legacy of darkness, aka the most underrated games in the franchise

[@WeskintimeASVAL679-89]

You should do a creepy bad ending video on I have no mouth and I must scream, the game is CHALK full of deaths and interesting triggers for them

[@Blanknightsky]

Hasn't that already been done here?

[@3LaxWithDax]

Your idea of Total Wipeout level creations using features from games like these Castlevanias sounds in itself a great idea for a series actually. I know we had the Sonic series, but the best (or worst) obstacles in gaming. What could be worse than a dark alley?

[@felipeconstantino9004]

26:45 Diana is the Roman name for Artemis, Apollo's twin sister and Goddess of the Moon.

[@DoctorNovakaine]

I only played Castlevania of Darkness once, and only got through Cornell's story, but I thought it was a decent game. I'm sure it has its issues, but I wasn't that bothered by them...I can't say the same for Castlevania I and III.

[@Trevelyan2]

5:00 ish- I have the same effect with pretty much only one piece of media- The impromptu surgery scene in Saving Private Ryan. For whatever reason, that scene puts me into a state of faintness. So I can relate. Certainly seems to tie to a phobia

[@metalcoola]

59:13 - As long as Konami won't handle it themselves, they always screw something up (Even MGS3 Remake, they removed Polish subtitles, only to add Russian ones, which is extra offensive, considering Russia invading Ukraine)

[@dylanogg347]

48:28: Plus: He's really punching above his weight!

[@circumventboredom9463]

I hear that one song and all I can remember is git video about the castlevania 64 volatile keg.

[@kerbal666]

You're right the N64 Castlevanias are actually great games bit janky but not game-breaking music is great and the atmos is spot on. I to am baffled by the hate for it. It's like people played it, read a bad review, and could only remember its shortcomings. Also interesting is you elaborated more on your fear of blood-sucking which you hinted at in Nosfurtu 10 years ago and that was the first video I watched of yours. Bit of history rhyming it seems ;)

[@HazeX2]

I've only played the Castlevania on Game Boy as a kid. I wondered if these 3D games were as bad as people say. I've learned not to take internet opinions too seriously after seeing Sonic Colors and Frontiers praised as the best in series.

[@KrimsonKattYT]

I've seen almost no one praise Sonic frontiers as "the best in the series." Most fans just say that it's a solid entry and a breath of fresh air for a series that previously has consistently bad entries for an entire decade beforehand. Colors WAS praised to high heaven when it first released, but now it's criticized very often for its very obvious flaws. (Crappy 2D sections, gimmick levels, and bad story and writing mainly) Most Sonic fans consider the best Sonic game to either be Sonic 2, Sonic 3, Sonic Mania, Sonic Generations, or if they're feeling spicy SA2 or Unleashed. Never Colors or Frontiers, even if both those games have some really hype moments.

[@HazeX2]

@@KrimsonKattYT Ok? We've had different experiences with the fanbase

[@DooDoo-f4v]

LoD/C64 is so underrated. It just has a charming allure I could never pinpoint that gets me.

[@bradleyheath9029]

More juicy information for my brain to eat

[@MrRatchet12661]

33:00 Alright so anyone here heard or played or seen or whatever regarding a game called FAITH? (Faith The Unholy Trilogy). Vincent reminded me a lot of Father Garcia from Faith but instead of being a competent, shotgun wielding exorcist he is just an asshole (which is a slight part of Garcia if we fail to not kill one character but that's possible spoilers so I'll abstain from talking too much about it).

[@joshuabaker3252]

28:45 Perhaps *literally* pale in comparison, being vampires.

[@1r0zz]

Castlevania Legacy of Darkness is frankly a great game.

[@PingerSurprise]

Wait, in the final cutscene of Cornell the (b)witch is called Actrice, but in Carrie's story she's called Actrise?

[@PingerSurprise]

Also "malus" is the opposite of "bonus". So Reinhardt indeed ends up raising a RPG disease.

[@guineapiggames8208]

I feel the same way about certain console generations having a negative emotional aura to them, but for me it’s directed towards SNES and Genesis games. Any bullshit that a character goes through in one of those games feels worse to me than it would in a modern game, for some reason.

[@somewackoonyoutube2449]

October is a great time for CBE

[@GriffinTracker]

I used to get like that in health class just discussing anatomy..I would literally turn green and have to be excused...people have also described me as an empath..idk if they're related, but it sound like you could be one

[@KryselITG]

I think a Wipeout series based on video game locations would be super dope

[@PikangsFutaba]

LOL. Vanilla+Legacy of Darkness Castlevania... sooner or later you had to cover the N64 game, one funny thing is that the little voice acting from vanilla like that scene you showed at the stage 2 (3 in Legacy of Darkness) is gone, same for the original intro for the two characters from the vanilla game as they have to pass the Foggy Lake like Cornell instead of being at the Forest of Silence, but their endings are still the same, also I find funny how you can trigger one penalty fight with all but Henry with Renon (which thankfully you covered it... and the only difference vs Death is just like how in Mega Man Battle Network you can do rematches with the bosses that move faster and deals more damage than the original fight), the bad ending with Carrie feels more realistic as Malus manages to decieve the kid compared to just showing that you sucked at the very last second with Reinhardt, as for the good endings+Cornell's ending, well, for Cornell it was clear that it was a prequel to Reinhardt and Carrie's story (hence the lack of a bad ending), Henry is like a bonus of sorts as both the good and all variations of his bad ending are just kinda meh, Reinhardt's good end feels like what you expected of having a miracle for Rosa and Carrie... well, she had endured a lot of pain and a peaceful time for a change is great for her. Edit: The JPN version of Legacy of Darkness has both Cornell and Henry unlocked from the get-go and you don't need a controller pak to save your progress (not that it matters in emulation, but if you don't have the pak on real hardware... that's were the JPN version shines... but probably language barrier can be a pain to deal with. Edit 2: The Castle Center "No place for beginners" lockdown from vanilla game is ALSO in Legacy of Darkness, any difficulty but Easy you can continue.

[@wolfherojohnson2766]

4:49 Nitara and Skarlet from MK must be your most hated characters in that case

[@GreatestGames777]

The true bad ending is not knowing where to put the nitrous and jumping with it after getting to the crack in the wall. And then you just blow up and be sad because you don't know where to go or what to do

[@ajr0047]

The real question is: If vampires are scary because they suck out blood, does the same apply to parasite-like enemies in games, like the giant mosquitoes from Diablo II?

[@whoisthisgit]

In general, the bigger it is, the more horrfiying its ability to suck blood will be to me. If it's a little insect, it's just a pest, but if it's as big as the person it's attacking, it can likely drain them to a dangerous level.

[@qawdzsoejojrjgvrgvjrjrdgvjedso]

hey, this has the same boss theme as circle of the moon!

[@ThePantafernando]

Nowadays, when i see some non explainable ressurection, i assume one of the two: either the protagonist died and meet the other in the afterlife, or the supposed ressurected oerson is a ghost

[@daringspino3446]

I thought that Drac wooing Shanoa is already a bit sus, but my man is really trying to woo a 12 year old girl.

[@AdamTheGameBoy]

Hold up. If Dracula can just transform into an adult whenever he wants, did they just imply he married a 12-year-old?

[@wilfridekoue1405]

Pretty much like a 69 god....

[@Marinanor]

He wasn't always sympathetic evil. Now he's just evil.

[@WhiteFangofWar]

He made her agree to marry him when she gets old enough. Exactly how old is anyone's guess, the standards change with every century. Still creepy though, as anything involving Dracula being reborn in a child's body inevitably is. Soma Cruz is much less so.

[@rainteke5923]

Malus is the reincarnation of Dracula destined to inherit his power rather than the guy himself, kinda like Soma from Aria of Sorrow. But yeah the logistics are weird.

[@AdamTheGameBoy]

@@rainteke5923 but in the good ending, he can just turn into an adult, so he could get off the wagon, turn into an adult and tell the girl, "Looks like I grew up, already," and drag her back to the castle to be his bride.

[@lsrrr3857]

the way ada is trapped in the crystal...i fully expect a dark rift to open and suck cornell in, only after he manage to shoot one last arrow to crack the crystal which lets ada eventually break free

[@ARandomTrout356]

Echoes of Darkness

[@WhiteFangofWar]

'What is a Git? A non-miserable pile of awesome videos!' I would be the first to admit CV64 and LoD did not impress me much when I tried them. That may have been because they were competing against Mario 64 and Ocarina of Time, two games that revolutionized their respective franchises. It did have some interesting ideas though, such as introducing vampires as dangerous normal enemies. As with many games on this system it had a LOT of cut content, to the point that we couldn't have the four playable characters that were promised until the prequel (apparently the chainsaw Frankenstein-type was going to be a playable character named Kola before being reworked into an enemy). One discarded concept I liked the sound of was how some vampires would disguise themselves as humans before biting when your back is turned, but I guess that got turned into Malus tricking you. Sort of like a super-early Among Us, trying to spot the signs of vampirism. I always preferred Lament of Innocence for its slicker combat and story, and would love to see it remade and improved on, but these days ANY good Castlevania offering would be welcome regardless of dimensions.

[@skunkman5534]

Great stuff

[@l3nsman]

By the way, have you ever played "Whirlo"? It's an SNES game with LOTS of bad endings.

[@Mr.Jim248]

Is it just me or Does Vincent remind me of Doctor Kaufmann from Silent Hill?

[@ShadeMeadows]

Oooh, yeeah~

[@Shantae1188]

Ooooo…more Castlevania

[@LenUchiha_anglejr758]

Take this with a grain of salt (because it is messed up) But what happens to malus is very close yo what happens to soma Cruz. Malus was a normal child til the dark lord awakened inside of him and took over the child's body. Same thing almost happend with soma til alucard interfered and used his magic so soma has a change to defeat "dracula" or rather chaos.

[@asmodeus58XX]

I really like how the majority of the games in the franchise take place in the 19th and 20th centuries. That is because, in the late 18th century (just at the same time Richter defeated Dracula and temporarily ended the Belmont legacy) a massive movement of enlightenment and secularity started, and the grip of the Church on the world weakened drastically. It could almost be considered Christian propaganda, also mixing the alignments so that Order = Good, Chaos = Evil. Seeking knowledge, people like Barlowe, Carmilla, and real people Gilles de Reis (who likely turned to darkness after the unfair accusation and execution of his girl Jeanne D'Ark) and Countess Bathory (directly mis-Kana-fied as "Bartley") eventually were seduced by the powers of evil. Also, two games are set directly in ultimate times of darkness, during the world wars. Fun fact: From what I've heard, in the unholy scriptures, Satan isn't about destroying the world, but about complete lack of restraint by codes, laws or morality. Never is stuff like murder, rape or assault encouraged, it just isn't condemned.

[@DahHourglass]

I made a subreddit for the creepy bad endings series If you dont want 1 let me know and ill delete Its literally called r/creepybadendings

[@whoisthisgit]

I'd rather not have one, I despise Reddit.

[@DahHourglass]

@@whoisthisgit noted away it goes

[@based980]

@@whoisthisgit based