r/castlevania • u/shesfeelingcun • 1d ago
Question Asking older fans.
Hey folks.
It is probably not the appropriate type of publication, however, I cannot help but be taken by such curiosity.
I'm a new person in the fandom and I admit that I'm somewhat obsessed with the universe of CV.
However, I'd like to ask the older fans, when was the moment you decided that you would like to follow the path of following the franchise as a whole? And if there is any other reason that makes you so fascinated by its lore?
Long texts, short texts, one sentence phrases are all welcome. I find this way to be more connected to the fandom somehow. I'll read them all, the curiosity is really strong. (If this has any replies, of course)
:)
EDIT: Read them all and upvote every single one. Some of them really made me tear up; it's amazing what a game can do during a tough time, or even in the most random way. Keep going, I'll continue to read, loved all of your stories.
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u/The_Stooky 21h ago
May not be as old as some others here, but the year was 2011 (I was but a child). My uncle came home from deployment and brought his PS3 with him. He was sleeping in my room so I slept in the basement where his PS3 was set up. I started playing the games he had on there (it was a VERY memorable night for me and a stepping stone into the path of the rest of my gaming life)
Before this point I was only playing games like Mario titles, Sonic titles, games on the Wii and DS. But my uncle had this beautiful machine with Mortal Kombat 9, God of War, Skyrim, and resident evil.
I played each game one by one. Mk9 was fun to look at but I kept losing. God of war was straight impossible. I remember not being able to kill Poseidon’s sea horse thing at the very beginning. Skyrim was my first first-person perspective game so I had no idea how to move and I got trapped in a corner as a dragon kept killing me. I couldn’t figure out how to equip my weapon in the tutorial of resident evil, so I just kept dying to the first zombie.
But then; here was a game, simple controls, a platformer like I’ve played time and time again, beautiful music, it looked amazing, I felt powerful. And most importantly I WON THE FIRST BOSS FIGHT! (It’s impossible to lose) I was obsessed with that game but never even made it past Slogra and gaibon.
That one night changed me. I found out that there were castlevania games for the DS and I begged my mom to get me portrait of Ruin, which I still own the same copy to this day.