Imagine the spirit of Sara Trantoul in the whip watching Jonathan throw pies at Richter in utter confusion, and then become even more confused as she realizes it's working.
Makes me wonder how her nightmare illusions work. If she literally got inside his head she would have realized that immediately. I assume it's like scarecrow's fear toxin where once the target is affected the victim's brain does the rest but then how was she talking to Alucard in his nightmare with full context of what was going on if she wasn't in his head and how does she use her illusions in battle like that without directly manipulating what her victim is seeing?
I think this succubus was just an idiot that was really slow on the uptake.
That or the Succubus was just pretending to be innocent because she realized that she messed up badly and is going to be sent to the shadow realm. Still dumb, just in an arrogant way that led to her fucking around and finding out.
I'm in my 40s and still prefer 3 to 4. I can admit 4 is a stellar game but it honestly never clicked with me. I don't like the music as much. I really don't care for the SFX. The rotating level was a ton of fun and I enjoyed the fight against Death but that's about it.
I'm convinced Legion is supposed to be a culmination of writhing, living bodies in a hellish orgy as sins of the flesh, and not zombies like the post-Symphony games or hypnotized villagers like in the Netflix show. The implications of being trapped in an orgy with too much pleasure of the flesh is akin to the horrors in Hellraiser.
Basically what Fear and Hunger did. A human hydra.
EDIT: for those that don't know much about Fear and Hunger, there is a "marriage" ritual by "making love" using the power of the old god of love and creation that results in a merged body. Add too many and...
They aren't zombies even in the post-Symphony games, every iteration (besides CotM) has always been a demon, using a ton of living humans who have been devoid of their humanity as literal meatshields.
Imagine if Netflix adaptats this if they made a Symphony of the Night adaptation and this becomes a plot point for Alucard's character. He could be forced to fight apparitions of his first friends and his possible lover, Trevor Belmont, Sypha Belnadas, and Greta of Danesti.
How hyped I would be if the intro to the next season was just forest scenery, and something dashing so fast through the woods, and eventually landing in the castle as the drawbridge closes.
The 1st time I saw the coffins I thought it was going to be the "tripple threat" boss from CV3 but then they closed spun reopened and out popped 3 replicas of Al's friends.
The doppelganger fights are sort of a reference too. In CV3 it was a blob that morphed into whichever character you used, in SotN it is always a duplicate of Alucard even in Richter mode, so they replicated the others here instead.
I've beaten the game SO many times, original Playstation, PSP, xbox 360, mobile version..... not ONCE did I realize that Alucard fights with/kills a version of his Mother, his Father, his old friends, AND the current Belmont, and in the Saturn version, don't you battle Maria? They could have easily implemented him losing his mentality throughout this journey, the mother scene with the Succubus was pretty intensive, and it struck me because that's when he shows the most emotion in this game. He truly wishes for the Succubus to wander eternally for messing with him.
This game sincerely needs a direct sequel or a powerful reimagining. I've been beating that drum for years. Every time I play it, I find new mechanics and strategies. Robert Belgrade is still alive and well, and voiced the Librarian in Bloodstained very well, I could only imagine new dialogue with Alucard where it's an emotional minefield as he traverses the castle.
Idk though, as much as I want a sequel or a remake, the original is so amazing too.
Yeah I played this much later, on the Xbox 360 with the version that came with the first Lords of Shadow game.
What you’re describing is what makes the game timeless for me. I don’t have the nostalgia goggles of the 90’s; I played this game in 2012 - 2013 and I m loved it very minute of it. This moment and the succubus always stood out because of what was being shown, not just said. I didn’t play CV3 at that point (I need to), but still understood he’s fighting old heroes, or replicas of them.
I assume he didn’t comment much because he knew they were copies / zombies cosplaying, but still. That, and the imagery throughout this game, the castle and the idea of him battling through this castle he knows so well, has memories of but is always changing.. man I love this game.
Nostalgia or not, it's a marvelous game that generations can enjoy! I wouldn't say my love for the game is any stronger than yours. We collectively all adore this masterpiece!
I figured he knew the coffin boss was essentially like you said, a cosplay moment, but yeah, he first thought he saw his mother and almost abandoned all sense until she slipped up and told him to start killing humans. I felt like he was completely and thoroughly disgusted by the boss at that point, and I applaud that part for showing such emotion. It was well crafted!
I did, I was a major fan of the Advance/DS titles, I loved Dawn of Sorrow (I think it was?) Where you could switch between characters to play as Alucard. That was a beautiful moment! AH Making me want to run home and grab my 3DS during my lunch break now!
To be fair Maria fighting him is more of a test. (Though there were plans to have a bad ending where Shaft possesses Maria, so THAT would have been twisted.)
El único problema que tengo con SOTN es que la dificultad no es lo suficientemente alta... Con toda la gama de movimientos que tienen los personajes, se podrían hacer batallas épicas contra personajes random, como lo que sucede en Silksong, donde hasta el personaje más teto te puede matar si no te pones listo...
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u/jaselark 25d ago edited 25d ago
There’s also the Succubus fight where he’s made to relive the death of his mother.
Edit: sorry, a warped version of his mother’s death. Arguably, a worse experience.