The CASTLEVANIA DLC is finally here! | Vampire Survivors Ode to Castlevania

[@SoreWristed]

That circle that spawned two bosses is probqbly because those bosses always appear as a duo in Castlevania : Symphony Of The Night.

[@NightSprinter]

@@SoreWristed yup, Slogra and Gaibon. They were originally stage bosses in Castlevania IV.

[@douglochery8641]

@SoreWristed The are found separately as standard enemies in the inverted castle later in the game.

[@JohnnyFromVirginia]

I remember them as back to back bosses in the rush at the ending of Castlevania IV before hitting up Dracula.

[@gustavonomegrande]

Just made it to the "credits", I can feel the Poncle's happiness from the screen. His Castlevania parody game getting a crossover with his inspiration is a dream come true.

[@godsplayingfield]

same. i was hyped when *redacted* trolled Richter. then the boss fight started. then the credits. fcking hell it was amazing and just... felt so much fun doing it.

[@ennlosss]

this might just be the craziest dlc ive ever seen 50+ characters like bruhh so goood

[@DonLuca27]

For the love of god Dex, PLEASE play the Castlevania games, they are insanely good and they'll help you enjoying the expansion immensely. If you're limited on free time, just play Castlevania 1 and 3 on the NES and Symphony of the Night on PS1 and you're almost set. Play Rondo of Blood if you want to go the extra mile, this DLC is amazing it has tons of references.

[@flekeinssiebeneins2790]

@@DonLuca27 Because of this DLC I have finally started playing Castlevania, and idk why I didn't do that sooner, as I love the general aesthetics of it so much. I just played the first game and am currently playing Simon's Quest, and it's been fun so far 🥰

[@ToyKeeper]

SotN is the most important one to play, and then after that it's a toss-up. All three DS games were good, and the final GBA game was good. NES 1/2/3 were classic but don't really hold up today. The first "metroidvania" in the series was Castlevania 2, while all others before SotN were a linear level by level genre that may feel strange today.

[@DonLuca27]

@@ToyKeeper Castlevania 1 and 3 on the NES are the ones that started it all and the pixel art in VS strongly draws inspiration from them. IMHO they hold up incredibly well and are really enjoyable, plus they are short, he can probably clear each of them in 1-2 hours. Castlevania 2 is longer and, while iconic, I wouldn't recommend it today. SOTN is a must of course and the GBA/DS ones are all good but not strictly required to enjoy the DLC references.

[@ToyKeeper]

@@DonLuca27 I played them when they were new and still have the cartridges, and at the time, 2 was my favorite while 1, 3, and 4 didn't really hold my interest. In modern times though, I'd skip everything before SotN unless someone wants to experience it for historical context.

[@FlammieLL]

Oh hey Dex, it's me again, from 42 minutes ago. The four relics that looks similiar to each other unlock teleporter marks, permanently. So you can teleport to any teleporter point on the map, in any subsequent run in the future, so making progress will help with anything. As for the other 5 thousand secrets this map holds, i'm not gonna divulge anything about any one of them. Also if you have no castlevania knowledge... it's gonna make "some" things harder for you in the future.

[@JoshHutcherson_]

1:49 an illusion, a BOOGALOO OF ILLUSIONS

[@welsj91]

lmao first thing that came to mind when he said it

[@VirarOsu]

Ngl I was missing your vampire survivor content, lucky me you will have ALOT of content to use on this dlc xD

[@nemesis6057]

Having played Castlevania SotN right before the release was one of my best decisions. 100% worth it

[@soundtorial4567]

SotN is,for me,still the best Metroidvania ever. The game is so well made and the whole inverted castle thing blew my mind back in the day when it came out and I stumbled over it without guides

[@nemesis6057]

@@soundtorial4567 honestly, it's hard to compete in terms of art and QoL features with modern games like Hollow Knight or Ender Lilies. Combat isn't as smooth and exploration isn't straightforward (I guess that falls into the QoL category). It has many great qualities though and a great game for its time. Definitely top 10 or even top 5 Metroidvania material

[@denniscordes1387]

„Alter Schwede - That’s a lot!!!“ Made my day 😂

[@ferdgerbeler8494]

Ahh, been too long since i heard Dex say "King Labrador" .... nice

[@SnowTheGoon]

i absolutely love castlevania and vampire survivors so this is a dream come true however the actual best thing about this dlc is the fact that we're about to get a shit ton of dex videos lol

[@ZacharyMcCallum-vu3ms]

Love these collabs with game inspriations. Both this game and magic survival (the game that inspired the mechanic side of this one) have been absolutely cooking. Imagine how insane would be if those two collabed together!

[@clementinefillianore715]

damn what a nostalgia. I remember referring to your video on the more harder stuff to unlock when vampire survivor came out and was relatively new. You were my go to guide to watch vampire survivor stuff whenever there is an update, major one with secrets and stuff. Vaguely remember your modded videos, and how to mod vampire survivor. Fun times. I know as a content creator, you've got to branch out and find what sticks with you to grow, which obviously is working for you. But watching you playing vampire survivor again just feels so right you know. I still remember how you often pick "tiragisu" or saying something along the line "now what we need is tiragisu right"

[@darkanonymous5250]

Ich wollte einfach danke sagen für deine gute Unterhaltung. Finde es auch echt lustig. Wie manchmal deutsch rein kickt und du plötzlich deutsch sprichst 😂.

[@der_floh]

Good that I also definitely played Castlevania and know all the references...

[@AggressaCh]

I see Dex reached the original "Long Library" at least.

[@Drigallski]

i love the mindset of "I wanna explore" and then immediately ruins the exploration by taking Mad Groove. But yeah, this map is absolutely amazing, and there's probably lots of fun and quirks to be had with all the new items. (also you can probably update a lot of older limitbreaks just by courtesy of the "+enemy spawns" item)

[@piet_501]

25:49 seems like you would enjoy playing a Castlevania game! If you only want to try a single one, play Symphony of the Night, it's real good

[@surek5753]

finally some serious content with vampire survivors i miss your videos sooo much, my days went so sad till now

[@chemicalvamp]

Dex, I would love to watch you play through castlevania symphony of the night. Im sure a majority of your subs would as well.

[@decafWavemusic]

i love how dex doesn't know that the mechanics of the game changes to a 2d platformer style when he reaches the room with the portal in it lol

[@GRACKKO]

i think is hilarious that a parody of castlevania make a colab with castlevania

[@LegendaryFox7471]

dex just got the content for the next 80 video

[@paulx3274]

The part where you fight yourself is such a trip out.. It's like elden ring mimic fight, but you forgot to take off all your equipment and weapons before going in.

[@charlesfreeze3997]

And it's coupled with the entire movement being shifted. I still dunno how they did that in mechanics.

[@paulx3274]

@charlesfreeze3997 The dev and the team are wizards. I sense they tilted the overhead angle but how it's coded is absolutely beyond me.

[@kiksnood3304]

it's actually straight from a castlevania game: castlevania SoTN, there is a doppelganger fight in there where you fight yourself.

[@kingjamesbond4009]

Don't forget portrait of ruin in the nest of evil as you fight against a doppelganger and if you forget to change your gear to make it weaker it can be difficult.

[@chaoschris8194]

Just like how you watched Hololive after playing Holocure, you should play various Castlevania games seeing as how so much is inspired from it for Vampire Survivors.

[@kakregax]

At the least symphony of the night if he's never played it before, everyone would be on board to watch.

[@gv82089]

@@chaoschris8194 "Inspired" is putting it lightly lol

[@chaoschris8194]

@@gv82089 Well yes but... not like Konami is doing anything with it.

[@Mezzying_Around]

The first of many, many, many vids for this map because WHAT THE HELL.

[@zzpyropuppyzz3920]

3:57 you need to play them. Quite a few of them are really good games

[@Notmanyusernamesleft]

Must suggest Symphony of the Night, Curse of Darkness and Bloodstained imo

[@AngelicImp8641]

Forget Bloodstained. The OG NES games, Rondo of Blood, Symphony of the Night, and Aria of Sorrow are the must-plays as far as I'm concerned. Lords of Shadow is definitely a bad place to start, as it's way too different from the rest.

[@zzpyropuppyzz3920]

@@AngelicImp8641 bloodstained was good too tho

[@nickcross2684]

AahhhHH the ol death fart …works every time

[@sailorcentrist5077]

I had a crappy day, but this helps. Thank you

[@_ElisDTrailz]

You should really try out Symphony of the Night

[@ramiel555]

9:21 that feel when you already saw one but didn't know cause of not playing castlevania, lmao

[@wherewiiwentwrong]

8:15 My brother in Belpasse, Hail from the Future exists. You can get every passive in like, 10 minutes in game. Real talk, though it was understandable going back to trying to use vanilla VS Weapon Combos after having all the DLC for so long and forgetting what used to be the meta was actually kind of refreshing, and I similarly went in to the Castlevania DLC with just Vanilla Weapons and had an amazing time.

[@DougDafroggo]

9:28 actually those keyhole like rainbow Doors are teleporters, and teleports between each others (like in Castlevania omg no way 🤯)

[@KingTaltia]

"Just explain the reference instead of going 'hurr hurr dex doesn't know'" Okay, Dex... it's from Castlevania. Actually, it's probably easier to explain what in this dlc ISN'T a direct reference to Castlevania, sooo.... I've got nothing. And to be clear, this isn't meant to be a bash, LITERALLY everything is a reference to a game in the franchise. To explain myself; the teleporters function identically to in Symphony of the Night, unlock them then you use them to get moved along them in a circle. Every boss is a notible boss from Castlevania. There is TOTALLY a secret second HALF of the map below the door to the south, though I haven't unlocked it yet. Namely the "Inverse Castle" also from Symphony of the Night (SotN) Edit: "I feel like there are secrets I don't understand how to get because I haven't played Castlevania" I'm sure there aren't that many, c'mon (sees a secret discussion thread elsewhere) 'get to ... ... ... as Richter' ...oh, yeah there's definitely stuff you're not getting because you don't get Castlevania...

[@brianthomas8411]

It is sooooo insane what theybjave accomplished here while remaining a 1 button game. Im javing an absolute blast.

[@Hawk013]

I grew up playing all the old Castlevania games, it really is an excellent series. Castlvania 1, 3, Super Castlevania, Symphony of the Night, Circle of the Moon, Aria of Sorrow, Harmony of Dissonance, and if you're looking to go even further, Bloodstained Ritual of the Night as a legacy tie in. Skip Castlevania 2 unless you want the full experience, it's not terrible, just different. The term "Castle-roid" was coined because of the exploration/power up/backtracking style of level design in both Castlevania and Metroid. If you liked the "side scroller adventure" bit that was the room where you could jump around, you really owe it to yourself to at least check out the originals.

[@cats4603]

The best nostalgic crossover ever

[@lordsqueak]

Awesoooome! And I assume there is an Adventure mode for this dlc as well.

[@FelixFalora]

No, but the map is basically an Adventure in and of itself, much like Foscari.

[@jaeusa160]

@33:40 Base Charm from Power-Ups doesn't even work on this map. Not sure if it's intended or a bug. The cool thing is these new passives should be available for all maps... so I'm just saying, we can go even further beyond on ridiculous Limit Break runs!

[@Ramsey276one]

1:06 THAT is why the map has a Zoom option Now???

[@tnx301]

"...because we say ODEEE.." - no Dex, we don't - it is a short "E" in German.

[@KimParkkinen]

Dex has never played a castlevania game? Recently they released a collection of the GBAvanias (Advance Collection) and even more recently a collection of the DSvanias (Dominus Collection) to steam and they're pretty much all banger games. Symphony of the Night is also rereleased on pretty much every platform that is not called Nintendo Switch or PC (though the copium is there since they've started releasing the collections I mentioned so maybe we will finally get a SOTN port for PC that does not involve emulation..) and that is arguably the best CV game ever released. I implore you to try them out and share your experiences with us! :D

[@Notmanyusernamesleft]

That keyhole in the church at the start is a warp room once you've found another. Cant remember which game has the keyhole shape but its a CV staple

[@twindragon810]

You entered the mino boss room at exactly 22 minutes. Because in this room the timer is stopped the arcana pulls all items all the time, because it's on a 2 minute mark.

[@rjerabek81]

The map seem pretty much like castlevaina symphony of the night

[@starfuryduck3446]

i just finished getting all the characters, AAAND THEN THE GAME DECIDED TO GIVE YOU A NUTBUSTER AND ADDED IN 40 MORE CHARACTERS, THIS DLC LITERALLY HAS ALMOST THE SAME AMOUNT OF CHARACTERS AS THE BASE GAME WITH ALL THE OTHER DLCS COMBINED. They really made an insane dlc with this one

[@PlaguedDarkness]

this dlc is HUGE, I LOVE it! but holy crap, it's going to take awhile to unlock everything xD

[@xredgambit]

I haven't been able to play yet but happy there is a Dex video out about it. Are we about to enter another 2 videos a day era?

[@Golladan]

First time I play this map I will definitely go with Whip, Axe, Santa Water, Cross, Bible and Knives.

[@georgejackson4426]

If this DLC doesn't have the infamous red tornado in it I'm going to be VERY disappointed.

[@Freezinggreece2]

Vegas being about hatred seems pretty accurate to me

[@LosCorruptos]

Im already halfway done with the DLC achievements. Its pretty good

[@Easssssyy]

das scheisse scheisse 7:19 hat mich gekillt :D

[@jedlayton3169]

Playing through Castlevania symphony of the night would be huge. It's an excellent game with a huge fan base. Your channel needs this. For me? Haha

[@darthkarl99]

Two useful bits of info from my own playing: 1. The teleport gate unlocks are permeant as they're granted by relics. Going through the gate outside the castle will take you to the first gate inside the castle you've unlocked. Going through any gate in the castle will take you to the next gate in the castle in the progression unless you haven't unlocked the next gate, in which case it will dump you back out outside the castle. 2. The angel things seem to be permeant pickups and i'm not 100% on this but i think they boost your damage. You start with dramatically reduced damage output on this map on a fresh start. it's only after i'd picked a load of those angels up i started getting kills and XP at anything approaching a normal rate. It could have been based on how many bosses i killed instead though, not 100%.

[@Myrdin90]

Do you know if the angel things only stack for each run, or is it a permanent increase?

[@darthkarl99]

@@Myrdin90 I've dug into it a bit more, it's not the angels, might be boss kills related. Seems permanent. The angels give you temporary bonus health regen, (recovery stat to be specific).

[@Rathulu03]

Got home after a long day to buy this dlc on my switch. So of course the time I get back is when the shop starts bugging out. Dlc looks great, I'm just frustrated.

[@jaeusa160]

Maps is huge and unlocks are numerous.

[@Serriadh]

I am in for the Full scope playthrough and all limitbreaks!🎉

[@Riftchguardian]

i watched both the netflix series

[@lightspeed5150]

Thank you Dex for pleasuring us with this video

[@powerfrog4363]

I would vote for Dex to make a Symphony of the Night series.

[@Your_Degenerate]

Portals and a side scrolling mode?! yes please.

[@latioshunter]

Youre basically exploring the Castle in its entirety, which is.... crazy for a map. And gravity!? Gravity exists

[@Therd23]

Vampire Suviros :D

[@DexTag]

Lmao xD

[@oofnt]

this truly was our Vampiros Surviros...

[@renhardhalim]

Masterpiece!!!

[@BradlyClarke]

Best wishes

[@WholeEgg290]

Hearts don’t heal in Castlevania, meat does. Hearts replenish your throw weapon.

[@DarkMirria1]

Or in CV2 they’re currency.

[@jeffwirth6356]

Not sure if its a bug but after the reaper killed me and I used a revive I got to walk around the map until 31 minutes hit and the reaper returned

[@SwiftViper]

Instant buy

[@aryanparuchuri9367]

Karomas mana and parm agies are both in the base game

[@tiberiubutum580]

Dex, how did you made the grimoire so less transparent? On my side is almost invisible and i cannot see the evolutions properly...

[@BuckStedmanTV]

exactly what u asked for, once u unlock an area u can just teleport there

[@magetsalive5162]

Not sure if good DLC, might contain a vampire to survive against, and that seems almost like a sin at this point.

[@NFITC1]

As a veteran Castlevania player, knowing the games does not necessarily help me with the puzzles in this map. This is definitely one you want to run on endless, though. It's SOOO HUGE!

[@Sparda1007]

How do You unlock the actual stage ode to Castlevania after purchase i'm new to the Game

[@Telamont]

is it just me or do eggs not work in the new map?

[@Henryhannover]

How can i deactivate other dlcs?

[@nikosmasios2807]

Is there any way to add transparency effects on weapons i literally cant see where i am going when i try for long runs...

[@thedawapenjor]

The vampire must still be somewhere else

[@SimplyNotReally]

To answer your question, we say ode like mode!

[@BradLad56]

Err do you have to unlock the characters? Because I got the dlc but I've only got 4 characters to choose from and two of them are locked.

[@cziffra-eg9st]

Charm isn't working anyways after minute 1

[@zeaol]

play a NES rom version of first castlevania 1 for 10 minutes

[@FlammieLL]

Yup, i know all of the bosses, except 2 of them.

[@NathansWargames]

you can get a blue pill for slow bones.

[@legeul]

Wait a second, a castlevania DLC? Oh shit are we finaly getting a vampire in the game? Both a dracula fight and alucard as a playable character?

[@Franklin_Johanessan]

Can you disable entire dlc's? And only have some enabled?

[@DaXurk]

yes, its a new feature they added called a MegaSeal I think

[@Drukalnn]

Are there any vampires yet?

[@karmathecomic8179]

You dingus

[@SingedFollower]

Day 66 of asking you to play "Wall World"

[@Fireafyanimations299]

Im gonna spoil this now considering how much you like doing powerful runs on this game: This DLC is much, much, *much bigger* than it actually is, there is a relic you can get that grants you access to an additional 20+ characters, one of those characters being the most powerful in the entire game.

[@WhirlyBeepBoops]

Oh yeah I hear there's a character that starts with literally all the arcana

[@drawbyyourselve]

That is really strange, the gmad grove did get me all the weapons and items on stage. Maybe it was patched?

[@Set666Abominae]

Ode is pronounced without the e in English. Of course, it’s such a silly language I wouldn’t be surprised if we were wildly striking out compared to everyone else.

[@NickArcade]

Shadow Pinion is awesome

[@CharlesUrban]

Can't back-dash everywhere. 0/10.

[@RemyDMarquis]

NEVER PLAYED CASTLEVANIA??? Bro you you lost a few points in my book 😂

[@Myrdin90]

Please do not care about the haters and smug commenters who are rude to you dex. They are just sad loosers who need to bring others down to make themselves feel less bad

[@war.room.strategist]

Lol dex doesnt get these references lol what a dingus lol.

[@lukatambourgi9372]

Cool video but for a "pure experience" do like me: delete your save and dont use any other dlc. Also i prevent myself to use any pther characters than the 4 "main" ones from main game. The dlc itself has no special restrictions for my challenge.

[@jeffwirth6356]

Calling this DLC isn't good enough, they added another game into the game 😅