Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse is among the 12 months’s greatest video games, mixing exceptional visible type, impactful fight, and balletic traversal. Additionally, as a bonus, all people is basically sizzling. It is not wonderful as a result of all people is sizzling, however it actually would not damage. In that regard, it is very harking back to Hades and its sequel, which found out that if we will steadily see character portraits for dialogue, they might as effectively be simple on the eyes.
Proper off the bat you see Trevor Belmont and his daughter, Rose, disembarking in Paris. Trevor is a silver fox and Rose is a fantastic (if barely terrifying) maiden. As you enterprise additional into the citadel, you discover characters just like the Zealot, Isaac–a goth prince if ever I noticed one–and the Warrior, whose identification I will not spoil however let’s simply say will attraction to followers of tall, sturdy ladies. The Fallen, a corrupted beast of a person, is not too unhealthy to take a look at for these gamers who got here of age with Magnificence and the Beast. Even Medusa has a sure type of bizarre magnificence, in the event you’re prepared to look previous the snakes. Don’t look immediately on the snakes.
The most effective instance of all this can be Carmilla, the blood witch vampiress who wears a slinky little purple gown. It appears to be like modern till you understand it is simply thick rivulets of blood dripping off her physique always. Gross! And but. Hm.
And do not even get me began on Dracula himself. When the lord of darkness lastly seems, he makes the very enticing Trevor Belmont seem like a schlubby dad by comparability. The character is commonly portrayed as a metaphor for temptation or lust and, having seen this depiction, look, I get it.
The general ratio of hotties is considerably diminished by monstrous boss characters. There are undoubtedly some members of Rose’s tarot deck who aren’t enticing or, effectively, human. The Brittle King, for instance, is a roughly human-shaped factor made out of shards of stained glass. I am not going to presume to say that will not attraction to anyone, however in all probability not most gamers, at the very least.
For essentially the most half, although, the human and humanoid characters in Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse are remarkably, ridiculously handsome, and that does not appear unintentional. It is only one extra approach the sport feels clean and welcoming in each facet, and it is sure to encourage numerous items of fan artwork.
