A Brilliant and Bloody Return

I took about three weeks off of writing for reasons that I may or may not have made clear in past blogs. To hurt things even more, I'm really crunching in school right now and my bank is drying up. In short, my time is getting mauled all kinds.

But this isn't just another post of me whining about life--on the contrary in fact-- I've returned to the bloggosphere and picked the BusterLogic mantle off the ground. I have a couple things I'd like to talk about, but brevity is something I'd like maintain in my writing.

Let's start with Castlevania The Adventure ReBirth. I skipped out on both Gradius and Contra ReBirth, but from what I've read, the general concensus seems to be that they're very midlane. To be honest, I've always been awful at Contra and Gradius, so I didn't really care to try them out in any way shape or form. Castlevania on the other hand is something that I have a deep and undying love for.

I started with Super Castlevania IV and actually kind of hated it to the point where I wouldn't try another Castlevania until the release of Aria of Sorrow. Being the Metroid fanboy that I am, I was frowthing at the mouth for more after I played it. I went and played Symphony of the Night and Dawn of Sorrow and loved them even more. Castlevania was here to stay in my heart. Eventually I got curious enough to find out that Super Castlevania IV didn't suck, I was just a stupid kid. Revalations!

I really love the oldschool Castlevania feel, even more so than the Metroidvania entries interestingly enough. When I heard that the gameboy games were getting a ReBirth, I already decided in my mind that it would be a classic. I guess that shows that I've become a Castlevania fanboy then as it seems most other fans are kind of wary of it. I have one bit of insurance though, the videos that popped up of the complete game. I've only seen stage 1 and 3, but it looks damned fine and even has two of my favorite tracks from the series. I'm really looking forward to it and I think you should to. It's guaranteed to be atleast mediocre and a mediocre Castlevania is still leagues better than 8 Eye's.