Revolution! | CASTLEVANIA : NOCTURNE | Review

[@darkron288]

I loved the series throughout my time, and i look forward to season 2, not as good as the oriignal but not bad either. What i did not like were CERTAIN groups coming out of the wood work to attack the show and its fans for let's just questionable reasons

[@TheeLuisifer]

Excellent review! I really enjoyed the editing on this, your thoughts on Annette (spoiler alert, episode three was also where I started to really enjoy this show) and I especially love how you summed up the main theme and point of this season. It really summed up how I felt when I saw this. Amazing work, Seamus! Can't wait to see more.

[@Kbaker0407]

The episode where Richter got his powers in full, and the final episode are my favorite ones, we get so much from Drolta, and the fact we see just how "far" the writers and animators were willing to add things to keep me interested and wanting a second season. As a result, I'm looking forward to Season 2 in January. Great review, and got me to subscribe off of this after the shorts came through my feed.

[@SPBurke]

I'm looking forward to Season 2 as well. Hope you dig what I got comin' up this month in the meantime.

[@BrandonCroker]

What a bat tastic review this was!

[@alwest4472]

I’m seriously baffled whenever I see fans call the animation bad. It’s crazy

[@Rutanachan]

3:00 and that GB game was my introduction into Castlevania, and I never went back to the series because it was so hard and story-less q.q (I got the game re-releases on the switch though, so I'm looking forward to remedy this!)

[@SPBurke]

Original, Dracula’s Curse, and IV are all classics. I think Belmont’s Revenge is underrated. Skip Simon’s Quest.

[@WestlyLaFleur]

I feel like every time I hear somebody talk about the critics, they use strawman arguments. It makes me deeply uncomfortable to hear anybody interpret "This show strayed so far from source as to be disrespectful" into "Nocturne should've been a one-to-one adaptation." Annette gets less than 3 minutes of screen time in the games, and even fewer lines of dialogue. But during that time we learn that she would rather take her own life than submit to Dracula, and we learn that she values peace over victory, since she argues with Richter that he shouldn't go after Dracula right up 'til he charges off screen. Given how little we see of her, I don't understand how you can see her as a non-character, unless you're conflating power with agency. It's setting up a false dichotomy to suggest that you either get a 100% literal adaptation or whatever-Nocturne-was, and it sucks so much worse when it's done poorly (as with Annette) versus being done well (as with Isaac). I would've preferred to see something with a little more Castlevania and a little less overhand progressive messaging. It's wild how willing people are to label you a bigot for having that opinion.

[@taronyezdoghlyan6436]

This wasnt a very honest review. I dont think many ppl care abt the character/game changes. More that they are gone badly and boring. The ideas are fine but bad execution