Vampire Survivors : The Best Final Battle Ever

[@LordSiravant]

I love how when Dracula decides to get in on the fun, Death has to be a killjoy and say "wtf is this shit?!"

[@szklanylabirynt151]

Funny but the way I see it, Death's reaction kinda echoes his Netflix incarnation, only with a clean language.

[@kostalking9747]

That’s because that death doesn’t have anyone to control him with the crimson stone in vampire survivors compared to every other Castlevania game where Dracula or someone who wants to become Dracula actually does

[@juanokug4]

@@kostalking9747also death is good friends with dracula, so not having him around he does his own thing

[@6powersofM]

​@@kostalking9747The stones are in the DLC, in case you didn't know. In the most south east corner of the castle, after obtaining the black disc. You can defeat a certain boss that drops the treasure.

[@Reirainsong]

Death is mostly just pissed that it can't join as well, considering Red Death is already on the roster.

[@quillquickcard8824]

Congratulations on defeating the final boss! You have now unlocked less than half of this DLC.

[@giantnine]

TEARS. JOY. LAUGHTER. SCREAMING AT MY TV.

[@Brocuzgodlocdunfamdogson]

I accidentally deleted my almost 100% save when I installed Ode to Castlevania.

[@softwaremediaguru]

congratulation, you just finished the prologue, now the real grind begin. 😅

[@kaden-sd6vb]

Finally, the vampire survivor

[@anhduc0913]

The people were right. The real vampire WAS the survivors we met along the way.

[@kmt0837]

I love how Poncle filled this dlc to the brim with so much fun content and secrets for a price of a happy meal. Serious props to them! 🎉

[@iantingen]

@@kmt0837 PURE VALUE

[@FruitNDoggie]

He charged $50 for a DLC?

[@Pribe13]

@@FruitNDoggie they charged 3.99 eur. How expensive is a happy meal in the US now ?XD

[@gratuitouslurking8610]

I would say a Miserable Pile of Secrets, but even THAT is an in-game item!

[@2ksdas]

little pile of secrets

[@ARGamer99]

After so much time, finally, the Vampire vs the Survivor

[@mirzapramudya1580]

@@ARGamer99 vampire Vampire Survivor survivor

[@Ryusuta]

Even though it was done for humorous intent, there is something oddly heartwarming about Dracula going "Screw it. I'm sick of constantly being at war against you guys. Let's team up and kick some ass together instead!"

[@Zenith07]

This DLC is such a love letter to Castlevania, i love it when games do this kind of stuff

[@PSIHedgehogChris]

Konami: "Ok, which of our characters do you want to be featured in your DLC?" Poncle: "Give us everyone." Konami: "...Everyone...?" Poncle: "EVERYONE"

[@mirzapramudya1580]

@@PSIHedgehogChris and then Konami actually gave them everyone I love it when large companies act nicely towards smaller companies

[@raikaria3090]

@@mirzapramudya1580 I mean I think Konami knows this game is basically a love letter to Castlevania anyway

[@dresdencypher]

@@raikaria3090yeah I think they can spot that this is a massive nostalgia commercial for them.

[@zenmaster8826]

Eh.. konami too busy milking the pachinko industry nowadays anyways.. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@arubinojr5670]

Konami: "In return, we get exclusive rights to pachinko it." Poncle: "...Sure."

[@brewtron]

5:52 WOW the callback to putting the SOTN ps1 disk into a regular cd player brings back some crazy nostalgia

[@RyuDaBurninator]

I laughed so loud when I saw that.😂

[@statixfear]

I'm glad they added that in. I missed the OG VA of Alucard... not that there's anything wrong with his replacement on SOTN's re-release.

[@omgman5745]

When the gameplay so good it makes you forget your wife's death.

[@ibrahimGÜNEŞ-y7p]

When the gameplay so good it makes the guys that wanted to kill you for centuries your bffs.

[@Hopalongtom]

And also resurrects your wife!

[@iantingen]

@@Hopalongtom and finally, three player multiplayer can give Drac, Lisa, and Card the life they never had…

[@giantnine]

🤣🤣🤣

[@giuseppeolmetto1771]

@@iantingen they could finally be Vlad, Lisa and Adrian

[@gexianhen]

the part where all the character start coming to help literally give me chills.. the last one to enter and finish death is Dracula himself XD

[@iantingen]

Seriously did not know this dopamine machine of a game would give me one of the best Castlevania moments of my gaming life

[@mirzapramudya1580]

​@@iantingenbest Castlevania moment and it's not even from a Castlevania game 😭 Konami, what are you doing???

[@egal7065]

​@@mirzapramudya1580 at least they licensed it cheaply.

[@viewtifuljon8105]

Reminds me of one of the Bloodstained Curse of the Moon endings. Everyone comes together to take down the final boss.

[@NipplesTheEnchilada2323]

I love how all of the Castlevania characters appear sequentially, during the Death fight, in the order of series canon!

[@typemoon7748]

Astarion as Dracula and ProZD as Richter? Wow.

[@M0mazosMissy]

They did it They survived the vampire

[@kerbe3]

I love the black disk thing, trying to put a SotN PlayStation disk in a cd player got you that. Edit: After looking into it a bit more, it is almost entirely unchanged. The only thing different is the removal of the word “PlayStation”.

[@maikusoft]

Yes, that took me back int he early days when I was messing around with PS1 discs and extracting XA files and the like, and then came across that one having an actual CD audio track in it and ended up extracting that as well and compressing to an MP3 at the time.

[@dukinukireal]

after all this time there's finally a vampire in the game

[@softwaremediaguru]

Alucard is a vampire too

[@Epicawesomeness64]

The moment of silent disbelief after the coffin landed was premium

[@iantingen]

@@Epicawesomeness64 its very “wait… what?! WHAT?!??!” 😂 The way Newbon delivered the “I’m sorry Richter” lines also 🔥🔥🔥

[@giantnine]

Literally was stunned when it happened. Felt like a kid getting an unexpected gift. Little did I know...

[@3bas_idhk0z]

This whole section really surprise me, How the "search for the vampire" has been taken as a joke in this dlc by the developers

[@Mike14264]

Honestly, it makes perfect sense in this game for the Grim Reaper to be the final boss, hehehe NOOOO, NOT THE DIRECTER! HE WAS COOL ACTUALLY! The fact you collect his masks to restore your game functions is honestly fuckin' badass tho.

[@icecap7484]

I love how at the end it looks like a cutscene shows the character select screen having characters added to it and you just sit there waiting for the cutscene to end only to realize that, no, the game ACTUALLY took you to the character select screen. It's wild just how much fun Luca had with making this game. You can tell with every little update.

[@giantnine]

that moment of "and now all this is ready for you - starting with (SPOILERS) ...Dracula."

[@Aldenfenris]

The best part is that you dont even need any levels, you can just rush to the boss and win it, because it is more of an interactive cutscene (not a complain, its lovely!) i certainly did at level 6. As long as you dodge the little scythes and hands.

[@Dawnshadow]

When I did it, I took care to collect and evolve every whip I'd unlocked at that point for the final boss fight.

[@SanraiDalris]

Ok… I kinda want to play this game now. This looks rad as hell.

[@iantingen]

It is amazing!!!

[@FiendMatadorSlayerOfNoobs]

@@iantingen And EXTREMELY addicting. It's basically Hades without the story and characters, but makes up for it by destroying your bitrate and showering you in dopamine. Hades says "We're going to need to find a vein for this adrenaline syringe we've got here." and applies it carefully. Vampire Survivors says "We're not gonna prod & probe for a vein, it takes too long, so we're gonna jam the needle directly into your brain AND your heart." x'D

[@summerloverelectricboogaloo]

No!! DONT PLAY IT! once you do.... you WONT BE ABLE TO STOP

[@bugjams]

I definitely recommend playing the base game without DLCs first - then you can do the DLCs in whatever order you like. The Ode to Castlevania DLC easily doubles the entire amount of content in the game, containing more characters than the base game itself - so that's why you should do the base game first. Don't worry - there's still plenty of fun secrets and gags like this! And, lore-wise, I suppose you kind of need to understand how the game works and who "the directer" is to really get the significance of the Ode to Castelvania DLC, if you care about that kind of thing?

[@DragoonEdwin]

Listen to this guy 👉🏻 ​@@bugjams 👈🏻

[@Elgordovicio-v4y]

7:52 i love how is the stage clear music from castlevania bloodlines

[@amaulana090]

Makes me wish there was that collectable after every typical Castlevania boss fight

[@ParanoiaXYZ]

Bloodlines ost slaps so so hard! Harder than a Belmont with a whip

[@nexelray3207]

It will be a long time before I’ll reach this ending, but holy crap do these developers love their fans This is beyond amazing

[@iantingen]

Seriously was screaming with joy at the end set piece. @poncle just NAILED this ❤❤

[@miscstomp568]

Sameee

[@AzzRushman]

Man, you can really tell how much they love the IP. I even got a bit emotional during this.

[@Kytseo]

The game was heavily inspired by Castlevania, so makes sense they'd use this DLC as an excuse to nerd out massively.

[@CodeXCDM]

6:10 Black Disc Remix is a great track for a boss fight. Wow.

[@NevTheDeranged]

A nostalgia punch to the face. Especially the "this is a black playstation disc" part. Fond memories.

[@saiuan4562]

This might be the greatest love letter to castlevania I have ever seen. What a great developer.

[@Vugtis_El_VillaVODS]

Me trying to name all the cameo Castlevania protags Sees Jonathan Me: JONATHAN!! CHARLOTTE!!

[@TheLoquendohacker]

what is a man? A BUNCH OF GUYS LOOKING FOR A VAMPIRE AND HAVING A GOOD TIME! . . . . can I join?

[@giantnine]

yes, yes you can

[@LuckySevenSamson]

After Final Boss: "Oh look! Here's s'more COOL SHIT FOR YOU TO DO. You thought it was OVER!?"

[@giantnine]

And IT'S STILL GOING! I've unlocked everyone that was unlocked in this, AND THERE'S STILL A LOT MORE ❤️🔥

[@thatanonwholurksmoar7386]

The 2nd best part is "here's another 20 units...and another 20!...oh and another 20 more!"

[@arahelis2038]

I swear, I saw Liza I was like "oh cool, a secret character!" then Mina "Err... Two?" Then Rinaldo and like... WTH? Half the DLC's content is a secret?! Edit: in hindsight it's very obvious, there's ALWAYS a secret ending, or an inverted castle.

[@iantingen]

@@arahelis2038 when I got there, I didn’t know what was happening. I didn’t immediately recognize Lisa or Mina but once I started recognizing people It was all shock and joy! Great point about the inverted castle, just another little love note

[@noelius4481]

lol it even has the black disc warning and music. This is bringing so much back. Not that I've stopped playing symphony of the night but still.

[@ens0246]

What is a DLC?! A miserable little pile of easter eggs and memes! 🍷

[@braikingboss9137]

This ending with the credits rolling and then walking totally reminds me of the end of golden axe in the arcade. 🥂

[@kraosdadafusfus8034]

We finally have a vampire! THE Vampire.

[@Bruh-el9js]

Such an incredible DLC. Genuinely one of the most impressive things I've ever seen pulled off in such a simple game. Vampire Survivors is fun.

[@Trimint123]

You know what they say; "If you can defeat them, join them."

[@JamesTheTurnbull]

This right here is pure love from the dev team. They knew this was their last hurrah, so they're going out with a bang and chaos.

[@egal7065]

What last hurrah? They said they'll still launch free dlc and maybe some other.

[@LordFlaggy]

"That’s a nice argument senator why don’t you back it up with a source"

[@egal7065]

@@LordFlaggy their own announcement. I read it on Steam.

[@GameGodZERO]

Bro doesnt know about the chaos roadmap

[@LordFlaggy]

@@egal7065 I wasn't replying to you, I was replying to the original comment.

[@Pendragon667]

OMG i LOVE the throwback to the old PS1 discs and their sometimes hidden audio tracks.

[@dolphin666dead]

Glad Konami allowed someone else to give to Castlevania fans what they can't provide themselves.

[@eddiefraley]

Love that they got Neil Newbon (Astarion) to voice Dracula.

[@giantnine]

"YOU AND YOUR FAMILY OF VANDALS" slayed me

[@PureSolace]

What a wild ending! IT's like we're back in 1997 all over again!

[@franzarconte7208]

Usually I'm not, but these days I'm so proud to be italian.

[@SupremeDirt]

i can't believe that of all games to create such an emotional and memorable moment that i'll probably think of a decade from now, it's fucking vampire survivors creating icons on its character select here.

[@OriRealCAOS]

They did NOT have to go this hard But THANKS for doing it anyway

[@fornaciaribruno]

The most beautiful homage to a Video Game franchise ever made... it was parfect;

[@Zoombeanie132]

seeing all the enemy sprites at the end got me emotional lol, this is a great tribute

[@Ramsey276one]

1:03 The Directer : Oh, that's my cue!

[@dlib89]

"Your vampire is in another castle" OMFG

[@juandontworryaboutit4150]

8:29 gives me Donkey Kong 64 vibes when you finish the game all characters appear end of credits

[@1xXx2012xXx1]

Yep that's something shoudl happen in a Castlevania game, with the whip memories

[@t-universegamer7609]

The perfect opportunity for that would be a game about the battle of 1999, but alas...

[@terra221]

honestly agreed. The reveal at the end matching up with the music is absolutely kino

[@DooDoo-f4v]

Is that Sarabande of Healing? 🥹 My heart

[@sirpantaloonsify]

it is! keygen church did a mix of it and it's extremely great

[@MrKeyblademaster1992]

I kind of get Photoshop Flowey vibes from this

[@fabiodefavari1304]

I love when at 9:40 you get the Directer's hand like saying "You wanted Castlevania? Here you go"

[@giantnine]

"our gift to you" - such a subtle meta moment

[@DoctorPoopenFarten]

We finally did it. We found the vampire.

[@HaidesTunicaRoja]

Track number 2, with some arrangements and Stage completed from Mega Drive... I couldn't be happier... :_)

[@FreedomDaveX]

Oh snap!! I didn’t see anything on my switch news feed about it being out already. I’m glad I saw this.

[@tarrker]

No lies here. It really is the best final battle ever. That's just amazing. Can't wait to grab this DLC for myself. ^_^

[@sovannahong6472]

That dialog was hilarious

[@noambruh]

How is it that the best final boss fight in the Castlevania series is in a game that isn't Castlevania? If Konami ever releases a Demon Castle War game, the ending has to come right on the heels of this epicness.

[@DravenLeeWarlock]

Holy shit they went hard on this...

[@bloodangelxx]

the best shitpost for an ending...dem references

I wouldn't have guessed Dracula is voiced by Neil Newbon (Astarion's VA), that laughter though was really like Astarion!

[@Locke5413]

Wait, wait, wait. This is real? Like, actually really real? I haven't played VS in like 6 months ago when I got super addicted to it for approximately 2 weeks. I need to go back, apparently...

[@giantnine]

IT IS REAL

[@ziroo_]

thx for the spoiler. btw i will never know about that, really thant you

[@Zeiru]

Wow. They really used Black Disc song.

[@mathiasthewise]

That ending credits song is awesome.

[@worland102688]

I love that death straight up Alucard's you by stripping you of your gear and then the CD track?! Perfection. Only thing missing is I am the Wind during the credits.

[@Lexyvil]

The game that keeps on giving!

[@DumpsterFire3d]

And then dracula killed death, funniest shit i've ever seen

[@Bludobi9001]

Death: "you were supposed to destroy the Belmonts! Not join them!"

[@swordcoheir9186]

Yeah I had a blast beating this yesterday.

[@MrKrashmoney]

I REALLY need to start playing this again

[@Gojiro7]

This feels like the Undertale meta ending Castlevania never had XD

[@Brocuzgodlocdunfamdogson]

I’m still waiting for them to add a feature where you can “rescue” random characters from a stage, then they follow you (kind of like the “option” in Gradius/Life Force) attacking at random.

[@slayersfinal]

HOLY FUCK YEAH THIS IS AMAZING

[@TheMultiForge]

I mean, the vampire survived....I gues the vampire survivors are the friends we made along the way

[@Feastalisk]

I already forgot this game is about finding the Vampire 😂

[@Kuesoth]

Castlevania has a special place on my heart

[@michaelmoore1627]

I loved this so much, when I did it it gave me chills! Just dont play it on the switch, its crashed soo many times. 😢

[@giantnine]

good to know; I did this on a PS5 I didn't get it on my Switch because I was afraid of crash potential >

[@asheramundson7231]

never mind vampire survivors i was unfamiliar with your game

[@dyingstar24]

This is probably the most powerful death has been in any form of castlevania (outside of the anime). Every Vania game he's able to be pantsed in some way

[@Nomadic_Gaming]

these devs legit doing more justice for ionamy properties then konami itself

[@TheMixedPlateFrequency]

This is super dope boss fight. Dang, had no idea the game updated so much too.

[@giantnine]

I only started playing again after Operation Guns came out. I hadn't played since vanilla, and... just... damn!

[@denibraja7899]

Now i want vampire survivors do collab with zun from touhou project

[@angeloireland576]

I just did this today my self ot was so good. I didnt expect the voice acting. I was luaging so much

[@giantnine]

'YOU AND YOUR FAMILY OF VANDALS' 💀💀💀

[@QuantemDeconstructor]

Finally, a real vampire

[@Baiano29]

If i hadn't played Vampire Survivors, i would easily mistake this with a fanfic fake game from early 2000.

[@MrVariant]

0:44 kool aid man approves of wall breaking 😂 oh yeah 😎

[@slumburger1145]

I never expected the boss of a castlevania dlc to be omega flowey but here we are lol

[@ericwinters1513]

A lot of us were pretty bummed when Konami basically got out of game dev, but they've turned out to be pretty cool about letting people use their property.

[@0_akua]

As a mobile vampire survivors player who only plays when i don't have wi-fi: what the fuck did I just watch

[@giantnine]

:: STIMULATION AND JOY ::

[@raikaria3090]

I mean it's not really a battle; it's really just a cutscene.

[@giantnine]

That's part of why it's so special: I didn't even notice that! I was too hyped the entire time!

[@elijahfarr7085]

So they add Isaac, but not “HeckTOR” 😂

[@iantingen]

@@elijahfarr7085 hector is in there!

[@bugjams]

Hector is there from before it adds all the characters! He shares a gimmick with Isaac being a forgemaster, so they can summon familiar at certain levels :)

[@user-zezezozodarkdomains]

Drac is afraid of the original Vampire Survivors gang, so that Drac become.... the Vampire Survivor! (ba dum tsss)

[@yeeetster7026]

A small reminder that death is way to strong for any mortal character in Castlevania but gets nerfed because of the plot armor and serves Dracula

[@Kuesoth]

*EVERYONE IS HERE*