Castlevania: Belmont's Curse Is 'Not a Roguelike or a Roguelite Game,' Konami Insists

Castlevania: Belmont's Curse — announced astatine Sony's State of Play showcase past period arsenic portion of Konami's solemnisation of Castlevania's 40th(!) day — volition play similar a classical Castlevania crippled alternatively than a roguelike, contempt the expertise of the workplace making it.

That's according to Konami, which told The Verge earlier this week that portion the crippled is successful improvement by Dead Cells shaper Motion Twin, it volition play similar a accepted Castlevania game.

"Castlevania Belmont's Curse is simply a 2D action-exploration crippled wherever players tin freely research vast, elaborately crafted maps," Konami's Tommy Williams said. "It is not a roguelike oregon roguelite game."

As for wherefore Konami's making this wide now? Well, the announcement trailer did permission immoderate fans wondering astir the gameplay, not slightest due to the fact that immoderate thought they spotted a whip paper pop-up connected screen, arsenic though it was a roguelike power-up.

As 1 prospective subordinate said connected Reddit pursuing Konami's clarification: "Okay NOW I'm interested. I'm truthful sick of Metrovania games that are roguelike oregon roguelite oregon Soulslike, for that matter." Another simply said: "I wouldn't privation it immoderate different way, to beryllium honest."

Castlevania: Belmont's Curse is retired aboriginal this twelvemonth connected Nintendo Switch, PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S, and is already disposable to pre-order. The caller stylized 2D Castlevania crippled co-developed by Evil Empire and Motion Twin is acceptable successful 1499, wherever Medieval Paris is engulfed successful flames arsenic monstrous creatures abruptly look from the shadows. Armed with the legendary beatified whip, the Vampire Killer, Trevor Belmont’s successor ventures into the burning streets and the looming castle to hunt down the beasts.

Konami says this is conscionable the archetypal announcement to people the series' 4th decade, which started mode backmost connected the archetypal Nintendo Entertainment System and has since spawned a hugely palmy and critically acclaimed big animated bid connected Netflix.

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