(If you want to see this post in video form, you can always click here to see it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7V4I1xm830&feature=youtu.be)

Hey, so the new Castlevania game just came out and I can't wait to see what they have in store for gamers out there. I've been watching a gameplay, no commentary walkthrough of it. Surely they've kept the old Metroidvania gameplay still in tact, and they've managed to tell a great story with wonderful characters and a likable protagonist.

45 seconds later

WHAT THE ****!?!?!? DID DRACULA JUST SERIOUSLY MURDER AN ENTIRE FAMILY!?!? THIS DOESN'T WORK, I CAN'T SYMPATHIZE WITH A CHARACTER WHO MURDERS A WIFE AND CHILD!?!? THERE WERE SO MANY BETTER WAYS TO DO THIS?!?!?! ESPECIALLY SINCE DRACULA HAS A BUNCH OF ENEMIES YOU COULD'VE PICKED, BUT NOPE! KONAMI IS JUST GOING TO GO WITH THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL CHOICE POSSIBLE!?!?! ARE YOU FUCKING MAD!?!?? YOU JUST SABOTAGED YOUR OWN STORY, YOUR OWN CHARACTERS, BUT FOR WHAT!?!??! ANSWER ME!??! THIS SCENE HAS NO REVELEVANCE AT ALL!!! IT COULD BE REMOVED AND DRACULA COULD BE IN A HOMOEROTIC LOVE SCENE FOR ALL THE ACTUAL GOOD IT DOES, IF YOU WANTED TO SEE HIM NOT LOOK LIKE SHIT, JUST PICK AN ALREADY ESTABLISHED CHARACTER TO KILL! NOT AN INNOCENT FAMILY, WHICH I CAN ASSUME WAS DONE ONLY FOR CONTROVERSY SAKE! ****!!!!!!!!!!

Several breaths later...

Okay, now that I've got that out of my system. This scene doesn't work. It doesn't work at all. It's never mentioned again, and I can't sympathize with the character from this point forward. They ask me to care about his family problems, he just murdered a family a second ago. It's hypocritical...

But I haven't gotten to the gameplay, once again they've removed and destroyed the open world element and RPG elements. AGAIN. This isn't a Castlevania game. this is a God of War clone. And no, it's not a God of War clone because it's using the same gameplay, it's a God of War clone because

A) The character starts out a dick.

B) The look and feel is the same.

C) The upgrade system comes off the same

I think the better question is "What did they not steal from God of War!?!" This just isn't the way I want to see the series evolve. The last series I can think of that evolved in the best way possible, was Metroid Prime. And that was in 2003. The game Konami should be stealing from, and should be trying to follow is Dark Souls. That would work AMAZINGLY! Dark Souls is a better Castlevania game, then fucking Castlevania at this point. But if you wanted to keep your combat, you could still do that with RPG elements and an open world. There's really no excuse.

Either way, I'm just disappointed. I'm saddened by this more then anything, and I think that they're throwing the Castlevania name and games into the ground. Thank you for reading and tell me what you guys think below.

@Lulu_Lulu:

1)

That is a horrible idea. Crytek and Epic are not storytellers nor could they improve on the gameplay in any way in the series.

2)

What's wrong with the gameplay? It's a dumbed down version of System Shock 2, which I'm sorry, needed to be dumbed down for idiots like me.

@kavvrick: They're not going to, it's a IF YOU HAD to pick. Not a actually pick.

@IncisionX: DAMN IT! I forgot about them. They should have also been apart of the runner-ups.

If you're not into reading and would like to see this in video form, you can check this out right here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gqw4qbWwJU

(It should be noted that there are small differences *cough* Runner-Up's *cough*. But you can hopefully enjoy both.)

Otherwise, let's write this down!

So if you have been high or preparing for the ass whooping that will be Dark Souls II, you might not have heard about the recent passing about Irrational Games. Ken Levine is apparently done with Irrational Games and leaving. Now most of these guys will be picked up by other companies, so don't worry too much. But I'm not here to talk about Irrational.

I'm here to talk about who should start making the new Bioshock games. Personally I would've ended the series of Infinite. It's a great final game to a franchise if you had to end Bioshock, but this industry has no artistic integrity so that's not going to happen anytime soon. Instead, I think that if anyone should take the series it should somebody outside of 2k games.

If you look at the potential list of studios to grab the franchise, it would be between 2k Marin, 2k Czech, Fireaxis, and Visual Concepts. 2k Marin is the obvious choice since they are made of former employees of Irrational, but my problem with them is that they aren't very good storytellers. 2k Marin's BioShock 2 story sounds awful and The Bureau: Xcom Declassified was even worse.

2k Czech is probably the best choice, but they are extremely obscure and as far as I know they're only huge rally big success was Mafia. Which is fine because Mafia and Mafia II are known for great storytelling, world design, and fun gameplay, but I still don't know if they could one-up any of Irrational Games.

Sid Meier would probably tell 2k to go **** a dick if they told him to make an action RPG, so we can count Fireaxis out. And giving Visual Concepts (The guys responsible fore the NBA 2k games) Bioshock would be like giving Creative Assembly the Alien Franchise... Oh wait a second....

Take Two Interactive also owns Rockstar games. That would be a great choice for the Bioshock games, if you can get past the fact that it would be a third person action game, because that's all that Rockstar does. The only time that Rockstar has not done a third person action game is with the Midnight Run franchise. I still think that will be a rare exception for a while.

So the last and final pick that we could go with is an external developer. My personal pick would actually be The Chinese Room. They're independent, they're innovative, they're great at storytelling and world building, and if you force them to be innovative in the gameplay department, they are more than capable enough of doing fun and interesting things with the gameplay.

Runner ups were:

Bioware

Eidos Montreal

Arkane Studios

And because **** it, they're making everything nowadays

TellTale Games

Anyways, I would love to hear your guys opinions, share yours and tell me who should make the new Bioshock Games.

@vl4d_l3nin: I've doning it right now with Activision and I can do it again with EA. If Steam and Nintendo have to be my gaming life until shit changes then so be it.

Well, you're in luck my friend. Nowaday's that would be held by Nintendo. Aliens: Infestation, Fire Emblem: Awakening, The Legend of Zelda games, If we're allowed to go back into the past, Jak and Crash Bandicoot, Uncharted, Beyond Good and Evil, Grim Fandango, the list is huge, but right now, you're best bet is Nintendo.

@adders99: I buy games I like too, but at a certain point where do we cross the line into saying, enough is enough. EA keeps making shit decision after shit decision, shittier decisions AFTER John Riccitiello had already left. I mean, this is a horrible, horrible, company, It abuses it's developers, abuses it's fans, and makes the game industry a worse place. So WTF are we doing!??!

With TitanFall on the way, and all the hype being given to the game, I can't help but feel a little salty about it. EA has been continuously abusive and the news on them these days only seem to be getting worse (look up Code Wars). With all of this information about EA's business practices, should continue to hype and support games being published by EA. I mean, I don't know. I genuinely have my ears open to what the community thinks on this one. Give me your guy's comments, I would love to hear it.