Castlevania

Caldwin

Caldwin

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I just beat the PS5 version. Not sure which version I'll play more in the future. I have more of the findable stuff in the Switch version, but nothing I really care about too much. PS5 has slightly better graphics. I guess I could just play which ever version I happen to be playing the system of at the time. Like, if I'm already playing Pokopia, I'll play the Switch version. If I'm already playing Cyberpunk 2077, I'll play the PS5t version.

Is it odd that now after a couple weeks of having this, it still feels weird to be that I'm actually playing a new Castlevania? Like, seriously, it had been so long since Konami did anything other than pachinko machines...but now we actually have a new Castlevania. I know it's been a couple weeks since it came out. But man!
 
Fero McPigletron

Fero McPigletron

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Gosh darn it, could have slipped in a reference to Grant in there somewhere, argh!

So what's the actual canon path in Castlevanvia 3? When I was younger, I toyed with the idea of writing an fanfic where Trevor frees Grant but takes Sypha to the ghost ship.

Grant takes the swamp path and recruits Alucard. They call meet up at the castle during the doppelganger stage and fight the boss together.

What I remember thinking that each hero was facing their doppelganger but stalemate so Trevor says something like, 'I can't beat myself but I can definitely beat a vampire' and he attacks and successfully kills Alucard's doppelganger.

They switch enemies and... I can't remember who Grant could successfully kill. I thiiiink I had Alucard bite copy Sypha. If that's the case, Sypha kills copy Grant and Grant kills copy Trevor.

I also remember writing a scene where Frankenstein is beaten by Trevor and Sypha and Frankenstein realizes Sypha is female and says he will resurrect and attack their children.

Also I remember naming the sinking city stage with the bone serpent as Pillarus. Cuz it was pillars.
 
Ookalf

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Fero McPigletron said:
So what's the actual canon path in Castlevanvia 3? When I was younger, I toyed with the idea of writing an fanfic where Trevor frees Grant but takes Sypha to the ghost ship.
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There isn't one, really. Some of the later games suggest that Trevor, Grant, Sypha, and Alucard all worked together to defeat Dracula, but in the actual game Trevor can only have one partner with him at a time, and there's no route where he meets all three.
 
Fero McPigletron

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Yeah, I know. Hence I thought of a fanfic where Trevor partners with Sypha and Grant partners with Alucard, hehe

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Still not done with Belmont's Curse since I went back to underground Paris catacombs to break some floor. I thought I could meet Carmilla but had to go.

But super funny thing to me is I was doing the third puzzle type in the library and my friend distracted me so I ACCIDENTALLY solved it, haha. I should clip that bit.
 
Fero McPigletron

Fero McPigletron

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Just have to say I beat the bloody boss in one go. Was it suppose to be that easy? My fists were at 75 and I just kept pounding.

The floating boss was tough but using the whip helped bridge the distance, even at only the weakest first level.
 
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Fero McPigletron

Fero McPigletron

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I beat Death so I think I can fight and beat Dracula for... the good ending?

Then I can redo the save file and get the best ending, right? (Like in Silksong and Hollow Knight) I'd like to know (without spoiling) cuz I don't want to be locked out of an ending.

I haven't done the mirror puzzle yet. Got the balance puzzle done is all.
 
Caldwin

Caldwin

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I'm not quite sure exactly when you can go for the normal ending. Like, I deliberately got the bad ending so I could get the costume. Then I did some stuff and got the regular ending. You get the good ending once you have all the arcana. You don't have to upgrade them, just have them.

I don't know what you mean by "redo the save file." Once you get one ending, you can get right back into the same save file and go for the better ones.
 
Fero McPigletron

Fero McPigletron

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Thanks for the answer! I backtrack whenever I get a new traversal technique to pick up items so I got worried that I might miss one of the endings. My arcana isn't complete but I've got the strongest whip sooooo I think I'm ready to face Dracula for the regular ending.

(I couldn't properly articulate the 'redo save file' thing but you got what I meant. Ala after getting an ending, you can still play afterwards and get other endings.)

Btw, is the whip considered easy mode? My weapon of choice to use is the fists and the double swords cuz they're flashy but the whip's long range and high attack at the tip feels quite overpowered.
 
Caldwin

Caldwin

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Each weapon type has a legendary version. It's not easy mode. It's just best gear.

There's no easy mode per se. You can into the settings, turn off death, make it so you don't take any damage and inflict crazy massive damage. Those are all on sliders though, hence why I say there's no easy mode per se.
 
Caldwin

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Caldwin said:
You get the good ending once you have all the arcana. You don't have to upgrade them, just have them.
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This is an incomete answer. For the good ending, still true that you don't have to upgrade the arcana, but there are trials concerning four of the arcana that you do need to take

You should still be ready for the normal ending. Just tell me when you're ready to go for the final good ending and I'll try to answer more thoroughly.
 
Fero McPigletron

Fero McPigletron

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Trial of four Arcana? Don't tell me which.

Anyway, dang my hubris! I thought I was strong enough to meet and beat Dracula but, nooooooo, I couldn't beat the Zealot, ugh!

I've only got three brave flame health upgrades. I'm going to find one or two more. Maybe that would be enough for me to beat the Zealot, dang it.
 
Caldwin

Caldwin

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In Notre Dame theres a Gallery of the Four Virtues. There, there's four stain glass windows you'll have to interact with while having the right Arcana equipped. But google tells me you can't do it until you've gotten the normal ending.
 
Caldwin

Caldwin

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Okay, all three endings as confirmed by Google.

1. Bad Ending
Defeat Dracula without disabling the Cursed Horologium (the clock on the way to Dracula, you'll know It when you see it). Google says that once you have the power to disable it, you can toggle it on and off. You will want to do the bad ending once just because it does give you a color skin for Rose

2. Normal Ending
Disable the Cursed Horologium and fight Dracula.

3. Good Ending.
Disable the Cursed Horologium, do the trials inside the Gallery of the Four Virtues (you specifically said not to tell you which Arcana to equip, so I won't tell you. But you'll ultimately need all of them). While fighting Dracula, have a specific Arcana equipped and ready yourself for a quick-time event.
 

Sjogre

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I'm pretty sure that you can't turned the Cursed Horologium back on. The prompt to interact just doesn't seem to be there afterwards.
 
Caldwin

Caldwin

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I haven't tried. That answer came from Google AI...the same AI that had me running around the same two areas for an entire night for something that would have been simple on a players guide.

Hence the disclaimer.
 
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