Comments on: Pretty Fucking Aptly Named (Damn, that wasn’t even funny when this game first came out)

By: sirtmagus

sirtmagus — Thu, 10 May 2007 18:19:56 +0000

Shucks, I knew this place would be good for SOMEthing.

By: btothefuckingz

btothefuckingz — Thu, 10 May 2007 07:14:22 +0000

Come on anyway. I need to talk to you.

By: Loki

Loki — Thu, 10 May 2007 04:16:59 +0000

I’m embarresed to go on because I never did that character design you asked for.

By: btothefuckingz

btothefuckingz — Thu, 10 May 2007 03:26:54 +0000

Yeah, this is definitely not my best work by any stretch. I’m in the middle of finals and working on three major websites for clients as well as my own personal portfolio, so I’ve been pretty stretched for time. Also, I’m pretty rusty- I haven’t really been writing a lot as of late.

Damn, man, I need to see you on AIM. It’s been five months.

By: Loki

Loki — Wed, 09 May 2007 23:57:47 +0000

Hey, nice to see you in the Factory, BZ! I agree with just about every point made in this rant, but something seems amiss. This isn’t up to your useal level of writing. Did the game make you so angry that your writting skills suffered? I can’t place it what’s wrong but I almost didn’t know if this was my good friend BZ or some other guy who shared his intials. It wasn’t until I saw your name at the end that I knew for sure it was you.

By: sirtmagus

sirtmagus — Tue, 08 May 2007 05:07:16 +0000

Great rant. Portrait of Ruin started out nice but once I realized it was a step back from the …of Sorrow games I just wanted to get it over with. PoR’s gameplay was just so boring. Collecting and upgrading weapons? Oh boy, like that compares to gathering MONSTER SOULS? What a miscalculation, Konami. And repeating the levels at the end?! FUCK YOU, GAME. Konami pulled the same shit in Silent Hill 4.

And the presentation, Christ, I know Nintendo can’t shake off its kiddie image but cutesy anime drawings and writing should go nowhere NEAR Castlevania. The designs were just god awful. The witch sisters? Holy shit. What a stupid story. And thank you for pointing out the typos, I never noticed Charlotte was spelled “Charote.” I guess the ugly bright pink menu distracted me. What a travesty.

This reminds me, I suppose here would be a good spot to mention it… Jeremy Parish over at 1Up.com has an awesome indictment of the Castlevania/Mega Man guys for their lack of innovation, while pointing at Odin Sphere as the shining beacon of hope. Take a look!
http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=8100261&publicUserId=5379721