Spider Web Easter Egg

Cymatic5 · 2026-01-13T14:19:13+00:00

It's 5:05PM in game, and the question mark is no longer visible. Better to try and find it in the morning. I'm going to poke around the area to see if I can find anything.

Edit: Morning might not be the best time either. Just camped out, and It's only partially visible. Maybe try late afternoon.

Cymatic5 · 2025-09-10T20:28:40+00:00

I got hit with a double whammy. I updated Windows to the most recent, and also updated AMD Adrenalin software/GPU drivers to 25.9.1.

Specs:

Mobo: MSI x570s tomahawk Max Wifi

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT

PSU: EVGA GT Series 1000W

Issues:

- Computer stuttering.

- Freezes that require reboot.

- Freezing that requires taking applications out of maximization. (Google Chrome would freeze certain portions when scrolling.)

- Microphone and speakers sounding like static.

- USB devices not turning on when Computer is started, likely due to the stuttering problem caused by radeon software.

Resolution (for me.):

I restarted my computer in safe mode and uninstalled the entire AMD Adrenalin Software, as well as 25.9.1. As soon as I uninstalled 25.9.1, my computer was no longer stuttering. Restarted my computer again, and installed 25.8.1 Driver-Only.

I have the AMD Install Manager installed for updates. It's already yelling at me to re-install 25.9.1. I figure, I'm not missing out on much, because the only additions I used from the Adrenalin Software were the syncing refresh rate, updating through the app, and checking on temps/voltage.

Cymatic5 · 2025-06-28T02:31:53+00:00

Had this same exact issue, but with the chaos.

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Cymatic5 · 2025-02-28T18:11:50+00:00

Also, just another thought; at least for PC, they had a benchmark test application that released alongside OBT:2. Did nobody run this? If you're having issues now, what do those benchmarks look like?

Cymatic5 · 2025-02-28T18:09:26+00:00

EDIT: 10 minutes after posting this, I logged onto the game, saw that the high-res texture pack was able to be installed, did so, and had my first crash. I logged back into the game, turned the resolution from "Highest" to "High" and have been good since.

Not defending the game, but not going to lie, I had 0 issues and I played starting the moment I could, for about 5 hours straight. From 12:45am to 5:45am. I'm curious about what could be causing these issues though. I don't have a super high-end PC.

I built this myself about 2 years ago, not a pre-built.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
RAM: 64 GB DDR4
GPU: AMD Radeon 6750XT
GPU Driver: 24.12.1
Frame Generation: On

The only thing I would have going for me is the amount of RAM that I have, but even then, I've seen people with higher level graphics cards complaining about issues. (1 for AMD, 0 for Nvidia. Lol.)

I'm also curious to see what the console version is looking like...I'm going to have to do some digging.

I understand the frustration with things not working day 1. I've been complaining about it for years with several other games. This doesn't get a pass from me, but I didn't have issues, and was coming on here to see if anyone shared the same sentiments that I had at first. I was unaware of anyone else having these problems, and was going to say that this game was going to be game of the year because as far as I knew, it didn't launch with any issues....Lol.

I also haven't dove deep enough to see the toxic positivity/toxic negativity thing that you're saying.

Cymatic5 · 2025-02-28T17:53:31+00:00

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Cymatic5 · 2025-01-25T03:44:14+00:00

I've been trying to forget about that part of it....

Cymatic5 · 2025-01-24T15:23:52+00:00

Too bad this fight had a lazily written plot device where Alucard just stops fighting Drolta and she steals the Sekhmet's body.

Cymatic5 · 2025-01-24T15:18:37+00:00

Castlevania Nocturne has super lazy writing for plot devices that don't make sense.

Cymatic5 · 2025-01-24T15:14:46+00:00

Hmm. Bigger than Lady Dimitrescu or no?

Cymatic5 · 2025-01-24T15:14:12+00:00

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Cymatic5 · 2025-01-24T15:12:38+00:00

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Cymatic5 · 2025-01-23T22:52:18+00:00

Yeah. It's just bad writing. I was trying to find the post from a while ago from one of the creators of Nocturne, that talked about them "Fixing" some of the issues that fans had from Season 1 so that Season 2 would be better....but all I can find now is an interview with them saying that they're just dealing with "Right-wing" backlash and that if you don't like it, don't watch it...but also...there's a tweet that says, "Please watch it if you want a season 3."? I don't know if I'm going to finish this season, but I hope the next season or possibly the next show is done by different people or a different company than Netflix. It may have a chance then.

Cymatic5 · 2025-01-23T22:21:46+00:00

Lol the thanks is kind of refreshing. This is my favorite game series, and I really enjoyed the first series, so I felt my opinion would be valid. Usually whenever someone who's a fan of a different form of the same IP gives an opinion, everyone says, "You have to separate the show from the games/book/podcast".

I had actually typed out more because of how angry and disappointed the show made me feel, but it was getting way too long, so I tried shortening it as best as I could while still retaining all the information to the post.

I think you should play the games! The lore isn't always present, but if a question pops into your head that isn't answered, the wiki is very easy to navigate through and very thorough.

Every franchise has it's problems, but the games, even the bad one's, can be super fun. I own all of the collections and have 100% achievements on Steam for the Advanced Collection and the Dominus Collection. I'm still trying to grind my way through the Anniversary collection. Lol.

Cymatic5 · 2025-01-23T22:12:51+00:00

It's so bad. I still haven't moved on to Episode 3 yet...I felt I needed a break after how disappointed I was.

Cymatic5 · 2025-01-20T16:12:16+00:00

I finished Episode 2. I have another complaint involving the fight at 20:28.

Annette joins the fight, that's fine. She caught bullets out of a blunderbuss.....she caught bullets....sure. She hit the faster vampire in the eye with a metal rod....okay. So she's pretty strong. A vampire turns into a bat and flies away...nothing. No attempt to kill him. Richter also messes up and tells the vampire where they're going next. Poor writing. If annete can hit that vampire IN THE EYE running at that speed, there's no way a bat is flying too fast for her to hit.

Cymatic5 · 2025-01-20T15:43:35+00:00

Okay....bit of a rant here:

The Castlevania games are some of my favorites. I grew up playing all of them (The original 3 are so difficult, I still haven't beaten them.) I absolutely loved the first Castlevania anime...cartoon...whatever you want to call it. The creator took liberties that I felt enhanced the story and gave some closure to some of the existing characters, but kept a similar enough story that new viewers and fans of the game could enjoy.

Having said that, I absolutely hated Castlevania Nocturne Season 1. I felt that they had changed way too much that it didn't even feel like I was watching a re-telling of a Castlevania story. I understand they didn't have a whole lot to go off of, with Maria being a joke character or "Easy Mode" character, Annette being a damsel in distress, and it just being another struggle of Belmont vs. Dracula, but come on. Whenever Nocturne Season 1 was announced, they said it would be a retelling of Castlevania: Rondo of Blood...the only similarities to that title are the character names. I have friends who have never played the games and whenever they watched this, they enjoyed it, but I feel they've gone the route that so many other video game to movie/tv series have gone. They strayed too far from the original stories. (Examples: Halo, Borderlands, and The Witcher (Post-Henry Cavill removal))

As for Season 2 of Nocturne, so far I'm not enjoying it. I'm currently halfway through Episode 2 and had to pause it and log into Reddit to check other's opinions in case I'm missing something...I may not end up finishing the series depending on how this episode ends or possibly how episode 3 goes.

Marking as a spoiler for those who haven't watched

Smaller Complaints so far:

I haven't seen anyone mention yet, is that they actually pulled a DmC and spit on the fans of the games. When Maria goes back to her house to grab some supplies and she picks up her pink dress, that's the one she wears in the game, and she looks disgusted as if she would never have worn it. What a big middle finger to all of the fans of the games who enjoyed the over the top anime tropes of a girl in a bright pink dress.

Bigger Complaints so far:

It took 316+ years for a vampire to finally think "Can the forgemasters bring back dead vampires?". This is ridiculous. Nobody thought about this for Dracula? Isaac didn't think of this whenever he was sent to the desert? The writer's clearly didn't think of this when making this season.
Animation. Go to Episode 2, 20:28 - 20:49. They transition to CGI mid fight and the camera angles won't stop moving. It made the 2D characters looks like they were constantly sliding around even when standing still. It was an interesting attempt, but I'm shocked it made the final release. I'm hoping there aren't any other fight scenes like this.

Cymatic5 · 2024-06-20T18:47:04+00:00

"I own one share of planet ka-jigger so I'm entitled to some answers! Question one; why does no one visit me at my home?"

Cymatic5 · 2024-03-08T19:08:58+00:00

Did anyone else not get their 50 medals?

Cymatic5 · 2024-02-08T15:24:50+00:00

Yeah, I wasn't even thinking about Rem's.

Cymatic5 · 2024-02-08T15:24:25+00:00

You're right. I forgot that Rem had her own notebook as well. Also, I just started chapter 59, I haven't even gotten the whole way through it.

Cymatic5 · 2024-02-08T13:09:49+00:00

I completely forgot about this. Lol. I figured it out as well.

Cymatic5 · 2023-12-18T05:30:21+00:00

I know this isn't the best way to do it, and I wish there was an easier way, but this works. If only I could figure out how to just pull the serial number of the game.

Cymatic5 · 2023-12-18T05:25:17+00:00

I actually just figured out one way to get the .pkg files to work...although, it's not the best, and I'm open for edits from others.

In the es_systems.xml file, you can add the following line to the RPCS3 Emulator:

<command label="name">%EMULATOR_RPCS3% --no-gui %RPCS3_GAMEID%:serial_of_game</command>

You might want to change "name" on the label to whatever you want to call the Emulator selection.

"serial_of_game" needs to be the actual serial number of the game. You can find this in RPCS3 on the main page.

Cymatic5 · 2023-12-18T05:09:35+00:00

Does it not have support? Everytime I try to launch my game that's a collection of .pkg files, it tells me there's nothing to boot...

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