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How bad are the politics in Castlevania: Nocturne? Thinking about watching. (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I got worried when I found out the French Revolution features heavily in it as opposed to just being in background like the original game, given how used I am to the typical “this is Literally Animal Farm” shitlib plotline is (Hello Bioshock Infinite). I’d rather watch my nostalgia-bait anime vampire slop without rolling my eyes every five minutes.

Not to say I don’t have other concerns about the quality of the show (nothing to do with Gamers™️ seething about the POC characters in it).

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Thanks. Let me know when you release your review.

Most surprising thing to me is Maria being a revolutionary, given how she was just a girl who could use animals as weapons and cared only about rescuing her sister in the original game.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Even then while her revolutionary ideals can be seen as childish, the only people that critique her in show are the villains who are basically not sympathetic at all.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

True, but I think it's a flaw (not a huge one) that none of the main heroic characters openly agree or expand on the themes. It's good, but I sense it's from the writers not wanting to rock the boat too hard, or executive meddling keeping the themes less explicit.