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.: December 1993.: February 1994.: March 1994.: 18 March 1994Mode(s)Castlevania: Bloodlines is a developed and published by for the. It was the only video game released on the Genesis.The game's storyline concerns a legendary named, who is 's niece, suddenly appearing in the 20th century. Plotting a sacrificial war in order to bring her uncle back to life, she orchestrates the beginning of. Quincy Morris' son, John, and his best friend Eric Lecarde, vow to take up the fight against evil. Together they manage to prevent Dracula's full resurrection. Each player-character has special controls and abilities. Using the, the player can attack enemies diagonally up as John Morris.As with most early Castlevania games, players proceed through each level, defeating enemies and collecting gems (hearts in previous games) to power special weapons (in this game, the axe, boomerang, and holy water).
Each stage is sectioned, and has a sub-boss battle in the middle, with a main boss battle at the end. Some items will increase the power of the characters' weapons. Some portions of the game split into different paths, depending on which character is chosen. John is able to swing past huge gaps with his whip, whereas Eric must use a different route by performing high jumps by using his spear.In addition to the first level (Dracula's castle in ), there are another five levels set in other countries —,;,; a weapon factory in; the, in; and the fictional Castle Proserpina in.Bloodlines is also noteworthy for its abundance of special effects, such as the Atlantis Shrine's water reflections, the swaying tower of Pisa, and large multi-jointed bosses. Shadow man 2econd coming pc. The final stage even uses effects to add challenge, such as playing upside-down or playing while the screen divides up into sections.
The 'Item Crash' feature (from ) makes its return in Bloodlines.Plot. The cast of characters.In 1897, the long war between humanity and Dracula came to an end, as Dracula was laid to eternal rest by, a distant descendant of the Belmont family. Peace was restored to Europe, until the outbreak of the First World War, which transformed the continent into a dark world filled with massacre and violence. At the beginning of the war, in June 1914 at, the Crown Prince of was assassinated. It was said that a strange beautiful woman was involved, within the shadows.
The woman was Elizabeth Bartley, who, in order to revive her uncle, Count Dracula, had conducted an unholy ceremony which caused the war, giving her possession of human souls from Europe.The game itself takes place in 1917. The characters are John Morris, a distant descendant of the famed Belmont and Morris families who obeyed his fate to fight vampires day and night, and Eric Lecarde, whose girlfriend was transformed into a vampire when Elizabeth was revived.
After resurrected Elizabeth Bartley by using black magic (Drolta is a subservient witch of Elizabeth), they traveled across Europe to conduct the resurrection of Count Dracula. John Morris and Eric Lecarde followed them. Even though the resurrection of Dracula was a success, the vampire hunters defeated him, and his allies.Development and release The game was originally released as a side story of the Castlevania series. The packaging artwork for the North American version was created by Tom Dubois, who also designed the packaging for many other Konami titles outside Japan. In the version, Eric's facial design appears more masculine in the intro, but in the Japanese version, his facial features are more feminine (i.e., ). Although his masculine face was retained in the intro of the European and versions, his feminine face was kept for the cover.Castlevania: Bloodlines underwent censorship during to PAL regions in Europe and Australia.
The word blood was kept out of the title at the time. Therefore, the title was altered to Castlevania: The New Generation. When the game starts, the blood from the bottom of the title screen was changed to water.
Another thing that was changed for the title screen is that the North American and Japanese versions had blood dripping effects from the title to the blood pool, but in the European version, the title screen just faded in through pixelated text and had no blue water dripping effect. The zombies were changed from pink to green to make them less gruesome. In the European version, Eric's spear does not impale him after he dies.
There was a rearrangement of enemy placement as well, making the difficulty either easier or harder depending on where in the game the player is.The game was released in most regions in 1994.On May 16, 2019, the game was included in the Castlevania Anniversary Collection, released for, and, marking the first time that the game has ever been re-released in any form.On September 19, 2019, the game was included in the (Sega Mega Drive Mini in Europe and Japan). Audio The music of Bloodlines was composed by, who later garnered acclaim for her score for and subsequent handheld Castlevania adventures. Though she once admitted to have worked under extreme pressure and deadlines, this soundtrack met the standards of the previous entries and is highly regarded on its own for its gloomy atmosphere. The music for the second level, titled 'The Sinking Old Sanctuary,' was reused in later Castlevania games, for the, and, for the.The main themes for each of the first levels of the three NES Castlevania games ( Vampire Killer, Beginning) are accessible in-game with a code, can be played in the sound test and one will be chosen randomly to play when the player obtains the maximum weapon power level.
Also, Nothing to Lose (the Castle Keep theme for the NES Castlevania) was played in the final part of the first stage. Theme of Simon (from ) plays after defeating Elizabeth and before the battle with Dracula.Reception ReceptionAggregate scoreAggregatorScore83.50%Review scorePublicationScore28/40Japanese game magazine gave it a score of 28 out of 40.named Castlevania: Bloodlines the 8th best Genesis game of all time out of a list of 25. 's Tim Turi praised the level of gore relative to other Castlevania titles at the time. He also called it 'one of the most overlooked treasures in the franchise.' In a 1997 Castlevania retrospective, said that while the graphics and sound were not as impressive as those of, it was a strong game by Genesis standards.
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