The Castlevania Thread
deKay
there seem to be a few of us playing assorted Castlevania titles at the
moment, I thought I'd start one here. Anyway.
So I completed COTM last night:
http://lofi-gaming.org.uk/diary/2007/01/castlevania-circle-of-moon-gba_30.php
Which is the second CV game so far this year :)
I've moved on to Harmony of Dissonance already, and put about an hour and half
in so far. I'm a little jarred with it actually, as I wrote in my diary:
http://lofi-gaming.org.uk/diary/2007/01/castlevania-harmony-of-dissonance-gba.php
"And so it's out with Circle of the Moon, and in with Harmony of Dissonance.
I've played it for almost an hour and a half already, and I'm enjoying it.
There's something not quite right about it, though. Maybe it's the way Juste
(your character) has a bizarre blue glow and shadow trails. Maybe it's the
fact I had to start again completely powerless. It could be that L and R
perform dashes rather than special moves. Or perhaps it's that you don't have
DSS (like Circle, which is effectively the same as the souls in Dawn of Sorrow
for the DS). It could even be that you don't feel like you're actually in a
castle for much of it (so far), with strange rooms and caves and caverns and
things.
But in other ways, it's more like Castlevania. Specifically, some of the
baddies from Super Castlevania IV reappear, like the bone snake thing, and the
bone towers (which were in Circle, bit in a bastardised form). You collect
money too, and can manually "twirl" your whip.
And then it has bits like Dawn. Like a shop. And great added bits like the
ability to quick save anywhere. You can sort of tell it was made between the
SNES and DS games, anyway.
So to the game itself proper then. I've killed two bosses already. There was a
bat cluster, and a big skeleton with a large sword who I whipped in the
kneecaps. I've seen about 25% of the map, collected the Ice and Fire books,
loads of armour upgrades, and assorted relics including Lizard Tail. I'm
really missing the double-tap-to-run and double-jump powers though. I'm sure
they'll become available at some point.
I'm saved up near a boss door for now. That's for next time's play, though."
Any news on a date for SOTN for XBLA?
deKay
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"deKay" <an...@deleteme.lofi-gaming.nospam.org.uk.invalid> wrote in message
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> Castlevania discussion seems to have gotten lost in another thread, and
> since
> there seem to be a few of us playing assorted Castlevania titles at the
> moment, I thought I'd start one here. Anyway.
>
I never really got into the Castlevania titles past Super. They were all too
RPGy for me, when I just wanted a hack and slash platformer.
Shak
Sir Chewbury Gubbins
>
> I've moved on to Harmony of Dissonance already, and put about an hour and half
> in so far. I'm a little jarred with it actually, as I wrote in my diary:
> http://lofi-gaming.org.uk/diary/2007/01/castlevania-harmony-of-dissonance-gba.php
I know what you mean - I find the outlines around everything really
quite annoying as well, but other than that can't think of anything I'd
change about it. It does seem quite short (I'm about 50% through I
think) but pretty tricky in places. Sadly, my enjoyment of it has been
interrupted by the joy which is Children of Mana, which is currently
taking over my train-journey-time.
Choobs
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Gary
> On 2007-01-31, Great Cthulhu rose from the deep and compelled deKay to exclaim:
>> I've moved on to Harmony of Dissonance already, and put about an hour and half
>> in so far. I'm a little jarred with it actually, as I wrote in my diary:
>> http://lofi-gaming.org.uk/diary/2007/01/castlevania-harmony-of-dissonance-gba.php
>
> I know what you mean - I find the outlines around everything really
> quite annoying as well, but other than that can't think of anything I'd
> change about it. It does seem quite short (I'm about 50% through I
> think) but pretty tricky in places. Sadly, my enjoyment of it has been
> interrupted by the joy which is Children of Mana, which is currently
> taking over my train-journey-time.
>
> Choobs
>
>
I liked Harmony. It's one of the few games I've done 100% of. All the
map, all souls collected (and what a bitch some of those were), all
weapons made. Loved it.
I also finished Children of Mana, nice graphics, okay storyline,
mindless slashing. Which character did you choose? I'm working on Mage
Knight now.
Sir Chewbury Gubbins
I'm just doing a warrior to start with. It seems (to me at least) that
the four classes really act is four difficulty levels.
deKay
2007 11:54:21 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk Gary <postm...@127.0.0.1> fornis
do marikano es bono tan el:
>I liked Harmony. It's one of the few games I've done 100% of. All the
>map, all souls collected (and what a bitch some of those were), all
>weapons made. Loved it.
Harmony has souls?! Blimey.
>I also finished Children of Mana, nice graphics, okay storyline,
>mindless slashing. Which character did you choose? I'm working on Mage
>Knight now.
Tch. Take your RPG nonsense to another thread and stop derailing this one! :)
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Chris Whitworth
>>I also finished Children of Mana, nice graphics, okay storyline,
>>mindless slashing. Which character did you choose? I'm working on Mage
>>Knight now.
>
> Tch. Take your RPG nonsense to another thread and stop derailing this one! :)
So do you not have Children of Mana yet? You should. It's on the DS! It's
a game! On the DS! Surely that's enough reason for you to buy it?
Chris
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Sir Chewbury Gubbins
> On 2007-02-01, deKay <an...@lofi-gaming.org.uk> wrote:
>>>I also finished Children of Mana, nice graphics, okay storyline,
>>>mindless slashing. Which character did you choose? I'm working on Mage
>>>Knight now.
>>
>> Tch. Take your RPG nonsense to another thread and stop derailing this one! :)
>
> So do you not have Children of Mana yet? You should. It's on the DS! It's
> a game! On the DS! Surely that's enough reason for you to buy it?
Not only that, but it's unbelievably ACE! I was a bit unsure cos I'm not
a big fan of real time combat in my RPGs, but it's done really nicely. I
also have Lost Magic sitting on my desk cos it was preowned in Game for
6 quid.
deKay
13:57:48 GMT, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do uk.games.video.misc,
yawatina tan reek esk Chris Whitworth <usenet...@parm.net> fornis do
marikano es bono tan el:
>On 2007-02-01, deKay <an...@lofi-gaming.org.uk> wrote:
>>>I also finished Children of Mana, nice graphics, okay storyline,
>>>mindless slashing. Which character did you choose? I'm working on Mage
>>>Knight now.
>>
>> Tch. Take your RPG nonsense to another thread and stop derailing this one! :)
>
>So do you not have Children of Mana yet? You should. It's on the DS! It's
>a game! On the DS! Surely that's enough reason for you to buy it?
I have 15 or more DS games I want to buy. Sadly, I don't have the money, and
have a big pile of other games unplayed which make me feel guilty.
I'm due an overtime payment from work this month, so I expect I'll splurge.
Chris Whitworth
> On 2007-02-01, Great Cthulhu rose from the deep and compelled Chris Whitworth to exclaim:
>> On 2007-02-01, deKay <an...@lofi-gaming.org.uk> wrote:
>>>>I also finished Children of Mana, nice graphics, okay storyline,
>>>>mindless slashing. Which character did you choose? I'm working on Mage
>>>>Knight now.
>>>
>>> Tch. Take your RPG nonsense to another thread and stop derailing this one! :)
>>
>> So do you not have Children of Mana yet? You should. It's on the DS! It's
>> a game! On the DS! Surely that's enough reason for you to buy it?
>
> Not only that, but it's unbelievably ACE! I was a bit unsure cos I'm not
> a big fan of real time combat in my RPGs, but it's done really nicely.
It's fun, but I wouldn't say it was acesexbest or anything. It's a nicely
done action RPG, but it's a bit simplistic and it does get repetitive after
a point. But it looks gorgeous and it's fun and brainless and well worth
a punt for the 15quid or so it cost me from VG+.
Chris Whitworth
> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des 1 Feb 2007
> 13:57:48 GMT, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do uk.games.video.misc,
> yawatina tan reek esk Chris Whitworth <usenet...@parm.net> fornis do
> marikano es bono tan el:
>
>>On 2007-02-01, deKay <an...@lofi-gaming.org.uk> wrote:
>>>>I also finished Children of Mana, nice graphics, okay storyline,
>>>>mindless slashing. Which character did you choose? I'm working on Mage
>>>>Knight now.
>>>
>>> Tch. Take your RPG nonsense to another thread and stop derailing this one! :)
>>
>>So do you not have Children of Mana yet? You should. It's on the DS! It's
>>a game! On the DS! Surely that's enough reason for you to buy it?
>
> I have 15 or more DS games I want to buy. Sadly, I don't have the money, and
> have a big pile of other games unplayed which make me feel guilty.
>
> I'm due an overtime payment from work this month, so I expect I'll splurge.
Good lad :)
deKay
>> I have 15 or more DS games I want to buy. Sadly, I don't have the money, and
>> have a big pile of other games unplayed which make me feel guilty.
>>
>> I'm due an overtime payment from work this month, so I expect I'll splurge.
>
>Good lad :)
There's an additional problem in that I've been "trialing" many of the games I
want (e.g. FFIII, Yoshi, Hotel Dusk, Mario 3 on 3, Kirby, Castlevania), and
now I want them even more :(
[ste parker]
>
> Not only that, but it's unbelievably ACE! I was a bit unsure cos I'm not
> a big fan of real time combat in my RPGs, but it's done really nicely. I
> also have Lost Magic sitting on my desk cos it was preowned in Game for
> 6 quid.
>
Lostmagic is done (presumably, as I've not played CoM) a lot less
nicely. About 6 quids worth of nice though, at an estimate.
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RichGK
> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des 1 Feb 2007
> 14:35:50 GMT, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do uk.games.video.misc,
> marikano es bono tan el:
>
> >> I have 15 or more DS games I want to buy. Sadly, I don't have the money, and
> >> have a big pile of other games unplayed which make me feel guilty.
>
> >> I'm due an overtime payment from work this month, so I expect I'll splurge.
>
> >Good lad :)
>
> There's an additional problem in that I've been "trialing" many of the games I
> want (e.g. FFIII, Yoshi, Hotel Dusk, Mario 3 on 3, Kirby, Castlevania), and
> now I want them even more :(
>
> deKay
> --
Then buy them - self gratification through the medium of material
gains is good for the soul.
If I could float around your head whispering "buy themmmm buy themmmm"
in a ghostly voice I would, but unfortunately you'll just have to
imagine it.
DBSnappa
> On 2007-02-01, Sir Chewbury Gubbins <chewbury...@nelefa.org> wrote:
>> On 2007-02-01, Great Cthulhu rose from the deep and compelled Chris Whitworth to exclaim:
>>> On 2007-02-01, deKay <an...@lofi-gaming.org.uk> wrote:
>>>>> I also finished Children of Mana, nice graphics, okay storyline,
>>>>> mindless slashing. Which character did you choose? I'm working on Mage
>>>>> Knight now.
>>>> Tch. Take your RPG nonsense to another thread and stop derailing this one! :)
>>> So do you not have Children of Mana yet? You should. It's on the DS! It's
>>> a game! On the DS! Surely that's enough reason for you to buy it?
>> Not only that, but it's unbelievably ACE! I was a bit unsure cos I'm not
>> a big fan of real time combat in my RPGs, but it's done really nicely.
>
> It's fun, but I wouldn't say it was acesexbest or anything. It's a nicely
> done action RPG, but it's a bit simplistic and it does get repetitive after
> a point. But it looks gorgeous and it's fun and brainless and well worth
> a punt for the 15quid or so it cost me from VG+.
That pretty much reiterates the review I read of it which called it a
mindlessly boring dungeon crawler. Probably still better than staring
into space on the way to work, but not for me.
deKay
yawatina tan reek esk "RichGK" <Ric...@hotmail.co.uk> fornis do marikano es
bono tan el:
>Then buy them - self gratification through the medium of material
>gains is good for the soul.
Sadly, I need money to do such a thing.
>If I could float around your head whispering "buy themmmm buy themmmm"
>in a ghostly voice I would, but unfortunately you'll just have to
>imagine it.
I don't need to imagine it. My head is full of that sort of thing all the
time :/
Chris Whitworth
> Chris Whitworth wrote:
>> It's fun, but I wouldn't say it was acesexbest or anything. It's a nicely
>> done action RPG, but it's a bit simplistic and it does get repetitive after
>> a point. But it looks gorgeous and it's fun and brainless and well worth
>> a punt for the 15quid or so it cost me from VG+.
>
> That pretty much reiterates the review I read of it which called it a
> mindlessly boring dungeon crawler. Probably still better than staring
> into space on the way to work, but not for me.
I wouldn't say it was mindlessly boring. It's not the deepest game ever, but
as dungeon crawlers go, it's pretty decent.
Nils Tanner
<chewbury...@nelefa.org> got it all completely wrong and wrote:
>Not only that, but it's unbelievably ACE! I was a bit unsure cos I'm not
>a big fan of real time combat in my RPGs,
/snipped the rest/
Real-time combat? RPG? Is the combat in any way comparable to Tales of
Symphonia combats?
deKay
uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk deKay <an...@lofi-gaming.org.uk>
fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>Harmony has souls?! Blimey.
Well, almost three hours in and still no souls.
And I'm stuck. I can't go anywhere new on the map. I have the lizard tail
slide thing and the double jump, and am blocked by a sealed hole in the floor,
breakable walls I can't break, or locked doors.
And the bosses are way too easy. And you can't have spellbooks *and*
subweapons accessable at the same time. And there are too many empty rooms
with annoying platform arrangements designed solely to slow down your progress
by making you zigzag all the time.
Starting to not like this half as much as COTM :(
deKay
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Paul Tomlin
gaming.nospam.org.uk.invalid says...
> Any news on a date for SOTN for XBLA?
Not yet, but apparently they're going to be releasing it on PSP along
with a port of the PCE version
Gary
(in article <bep3s2dvuksnh1okj...@4ax.com>):
> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Thu, 01 Feb
> 2007 11:54:21 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
> uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk Gary <postm...@127.0.0.1> fornis
> do marikano es bono tan el:
>
>> I liked Harmony. It's one of the few games I've done 100% of. All the
>> map, all souls collected (and what a bitch some of those were), all
>> weapons made. Loved it.
>
> Harmony has souls?! Blimey.
>
Of course, you and I both know I meant Dawn Of Sorrow :-)
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Sir Chewbury Gubbins
Erm - it's a bit closer to gauntlet :) You have two weapons you can use
simultaneously and a single elemental summon you can use, but other than
that it's just thumping things :)
It's very cool though - and the side quests are awesome for levelling up
- it basically just remixes the "story mode" levels.
deKay
2007 07:41:22 -0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk Paul Tomlin
<kero...@btinternet.com> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>Not yet, but apparently they're going to be releasing it on PSP along
>with a port of the PCE version
>
>http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3156915
So I have to buy a PSP now? Great. :(
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Sir Chewbury Gubbins
> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Thu, 01 Feb
> 2007 13:07:20 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
> uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk deKay <an...@lofi-gaming.org.uk>
> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>
>>Harmony has souls?! Blimey.
>
> Well, almost three hours in and still no souls.
>
> And I'm stuck. I can't go anywhere new on the map. I have the lizard tail
> slide thing and the double jump, and am blocked by a sealed hole in the floor,
> breakable walls I can't break, or locked doors.
There's one area with a small gap you can slide through - up on the top
right of the map I think. It sounds like you're at exactly the same
point as me cos I just got the lizard tail last night....
Sir Chewbury Gubbins
That sounds like a pretty harsh review. I have a twenty minute train
journey and each side quest takes twnety minutes, so it's kinda perfect.
deKay
11:01:07 GMT, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do uk.games.video.misc,
yawatina tan reek esk Sir Chewbury Gubbins <chewbury...@nelefa.org>
fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>>>Harmony has souls?! Blimey.
>>
>> Well, almost three hours in and still no souls.
>>
>> And I'm stuck. I can't go anywhere new on the map. I have the lizard tail
>> slide thing and the double jump, and am blocked by a sealed hole in the floor,
>> breakable walls I can't break, or locked doors.
>
>There's one area with a small gap you can slide through - up on the top
>right of the map I think. It sounds like you're at exactly the same
>point as me cos I just got the lizard tail last night....
Been through there, and killed a Boss in there too. But I didn't get any
relics that could get me anywhere new. I think I need something like the
Roc's Feather from COTM, or some keys, to progress any further.
deKay
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Nils Tanner
<chewbury...@nelefa.org> got it all completely wrong and wrote:
>>>Not only that, but it's unbelievably ACE! I was a bit unsure cos I'm not
>>>a big fan of real time combat in my RPGs,
>> /snipped the rest/
>>
>> Real-time combat? RPG? Is the combat in any way comparable to Tales of
>> Symphonia combats?
>
>Erm - it's a bit closer to gauntlet :) You have two weapons you can use
>simultaneously and a single elemental summon you can use, but other than
>that it's just thumping things :)
I was just wondering wether this might be something for my significant
other, as she loved Tales. She didn't really enjoy Gauntlet though,
neither the orignial nor the sequels. But thanks for the information
:-)
RichGK
> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des 1 Feb 2007
> 08:08:53 -0800, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do uk.games.video.misc,
> yawatina tan reek esk "RichGK" <Ric...@hotmail.co.uk> fornis do marikano es
> bono tan el:
>
> >Then buy them - self gratification through the medium of material
> >gains is good for the soul.
>
> Sadly, I need money to do such a thing.
>
> >If I could float around your head whispering "buy themmmm buy themmmm"
> >in a ghostly voice I would, but unfortunately you'll just have to
> >imagine it.
>
> I don't need to imagine it. My head is full of that sort of thing all the
> time :/
>
> deKay
> --
5-1 headphones just turned up, a book on council estates and a book on
photoshop. So yes I know those demons too as I could have gone to the
library for the books (probably).
Sir Chewbury Gubbins
> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des 2 Feb 2007
> 11:01:07 GMT, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do uk.games.video.misc,
> yawatina tan reek esk Sir Chewbury Gubbins <chewbury...@nelefa.org>
> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>
>>>>Harmony has souls?! Blimey.
>>>
>>> Well, almost three hours in and still no souls.
>>>
>>> And I'm stuck. I can't go anywhere new on the map. I have the lizard tail
>>> slide thing and the double jump, and am blocked by a sealed hole in the floor,
>>> breakable walls I can't break, or locked doors.
>>
>>There's one area with a small gap you can slide through - up on the top
>>right of the map I think. It sounds like you're at exactly the same
>>point as me cos I just got the lizard tail last night....
>
> Been through there, and killed a Boss in there too. But I didn't get any
> relics that could get me anywhere new. I think I need something like the
> Roc's Feather from COTM, or some keys, to progress any further.
I'm still obsessively trying to "colour in" all the bits of the map that
are visible so far. It becomes so much of an obsession with me that if I
come across an outdoor area that I can't get to the top of, I get really
really pissed off :)
[ste parker]
> On 2007-02-02, Great Cthulhu rose from the deep and compelled deKay to exclaim:
>> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des 2 Feb 2007
>> 11:01:07 GMT, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do uk.games.video.misc,
>> yawatina tan reek esk Sir Chewbury Gubbins <chewbury...@nelefa.org>
>> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>>
>>>>> Harmony has souls?! Blimey.
>>>> Well, almost three hours in and still no souls.
>>>>
>>>> And I'm stuck. I can't go anywhere new on the map. I have the lizard tail
>>>> slide thing and the double jump, and am blocked by a sealed hole in the floor,
>>>> breakable walls I can't break, or locked doors.
>>> There's one area with a small gap you can slide through - up on the top
>>> right of the map I think. It sounds like you're at exactly the same
>>> point as me cos I just got the lizard tail last night....
>> Been through there, and killed a Boss in there too. But I didn't get any
>> relics that could get me anywhere new. I think I need something like the
>> Roc's Feather from COTM, or some keys, to progress any further.
>
> I'm still obsessively trying to "colour in" all the bits of the map that
> are visible so far. It becomes so much of an obsession with me that if I
> come across an outdoor area that I can't get to the top of, I get really
> really pissed off :)
>
The one thing I hate is when you're in a room that gets filled in the
map, but has an item or two in a part you can't access at the time.
Remembering where that (occasionally important) item was an hour or two
later can be monumentally painful.
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deKay
2007 16:43:23 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk "[ste parker]"
<imag...@hotmail.com> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>The one thing I hate is when you're in a room that gets filled in the
>map, but has an item or two in a part you can't access at the time.
>Remembering where that (occasionally important) item was an hour or two
>later can be monumentally painful.
This is another way that Circle was better than Harmony - all the items were
in rooms you either could reach, or not. They were never in a part of the map
you could reach enough to "fill it in" but not get the item.
Also, are there any wall-breaking secret rooms in Harmony? I've whipped every
single wall so far and found nothing :(
deKay
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Paul Tomlin
gaming.nospam.org.uk.invalid says...
> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Fri, 02 Feb
> 2007 16:43:23 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
> uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk "[ste parker]"
> <imag...@hotmail.com> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>
> >The one thing I hate is when you're in a room that gets filled in the
> >map, but has an item or two in a part you can't access at the time.
> >Remembering where that (occasionally important) item was an hour or two
> >later can be monumentally painful.
>
> This is another way that Circle was better than Harmony - all the items were
> in rooms you either could reach, or not. They were never in a part of the map
> you could reach enough to "fill it in" but not get the item.
In PoR, you can drop up to three markers on each map as reminders for
things you want to go back to. Which is kind of nice.
[ste parker]
> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Fri, 02 Feb
> 2007 16:43:23 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
> uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk "[ste parker]"
> <imag...@hotmail.com> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>
>> The one thing I hate is when you're in a room that gets filled in the
>> map, but has an item or two in a part you can't access at the time.
>> Remembering where that (occasionally important) item was an hour or two
>> later can be monumentally painful.
>
> This is another way that Circle was better than Harmony - all the items were
> in rooms you either could reach, or not. They were never in a part of the map
> you could reach enough to "fill it in" but not get the item.
>
Both HoD and AoS do it, but they're the only two I've played.
> Also, are there any wall-breaking secret rooms in Harmony? I've whipped every
> single wall so far and found nothing :(
>
Yes, about three.
deKay
>> Also, are there any wall-breaking secret rooms in Harmony? I've
>> whipped every
>> single wall so far and found nothing :(
>
> Yes, about three.
Ah! I found a secret room! You just walk through the wall, not whip it!
deKay
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deKay
> Been through there, and killed a Boss in there too. But I didn't get any
> relics that could get me anywhere new. I think I need something like the
> Roc's Feather from COTM, or some keys, to progress any further.
Hurrah! I found another area, and have now explored 102% of the map! ACES.
deKay
> deKay wrote:
>
>> Been through there, and killed a Boss in there too. But I didn't get any
>> relics that could get me anywhere new. I think I need something like the
>> Roc's Feather from COTM, or some keys, to progress any further.
>
> Hurrah! I found another area, and have now explored 102% of the map!
> ACES.
>
Boos! I'm kfuffing stuck again :(
[ste parker]
> [ste parker] wrote:
>
>>> Also, are there any wall-breaking secret rooms in Harmony? I've
>>> whipped every
>>> single wall so far and found nothing :(
>>
>> Yes, about three.
>
> Ah! I found a secret room! You just walk through the wall, not whip it!
>
I don't remember HoD, but you'll be pleased to know you have to hit them
in AoS. If you haven't played it.
--
[ste]
deKay
2007 00:24:51 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk "[ste parker]"
<imag...@hotmail.com> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>>> Yes, about three.
>>
>> Ah! I found a secret room! You just walk through the wall, not whip it!
>>
>
>I don't remember HoD, but you'll be pleased to know you have to hit them
>in AoS. If you haven't played it.
I haven't yet. I am 130% complete with HoD now, and have 6 hours on the
clock, so I think I'm reasonably close to completing it.
deKay
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deKay
uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk deKay
<an...@deleteme.lofi-gaming.nospam.org.uk.invalid> fornis do marikano es bono
tan el:
>>> Ah! I found a secret room! You just walk through the wall, not whip it!
>>>
>>
>>I don't remember HoD, but you'll be pleased to know you have to hit them
>>in AoS. If you haven't played it.
>
>I haven't yet. I am 130% complete with HoD now, and have 6 hours on the
>clock, so I think I'm reasonably close to completing it.
170%! ACES.
I'm actually LOVING HoD now. Once you get some decent power-ups and armour,
and some keys to make travelling around the castle a lot quicker, it really
improves. Still not as fantastic as Circle or Dawn, but aces nonetheless.
deKay
uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk deKay
<an...@deleteme.lofi-gaming.nospam.org.uk.invalid> fornis do marikano es bono
tan el:
>170%! ACES.
197%, and one ending down! DANDANDAAAAAAAAN!
deKay
> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Sun, 04 Feb
> 2007 12:25:45 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
> uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk deKay
> <an...@deleteme.lofi-gaming.nospam.org.uk.invalid> fornis do marikano es bono
> tan el:
>
>> 170%! ACES.
>
> 197%, and one ending down! DANDANDAAAAAAAAN!
>
AND DONE! With the proper ending and everything.
http://lofi-gaming.org.uk/diary/2007/02/castlevania-harmony-of-dissonance-gba_04.php
And I've started Aria of Sorrow already :)
Best get Portrait o'Ruin ordered, methinks...
deKay
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deKay
CASTLEVANIA ADVENTURE NINTENDO GAMEBOY *NEW & SEALED*
Buy It Now price: £49.90
Cheap, eh? The best bit is the name of the seller's shop: "Game Bargain"
Sir Chewbury Gubbins
> What an ACE eBay auction:
>
> CASTLEVANIA ADVENTURE NINTENDO GAMEBOY *NEW & SEALED*
>
> Buy It Now price: £49.90
>
> Cheap, eh? The best bit is the name of the seller's shop: "Game Bargain"
>
> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CASTLEVANIA-ADVENTURE-NINTENDO-GAMEBOY-NEW-SEALED_W0QQitemZ320058783783QQihZ011QQcategoryZ112716QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem
Indeed. Given there's US guys selling it for $6. Without a box, but hey
- they fall to bits anyway :)
The Rev
> What an ACE eBay auction:
>
> CASTLEVANIA ADVENTURE NINTENDO GAMEBOY *NEW & SEALED*
>
> Buy It Now price: £49.90
>
> Cheap, eh? The best bit is the name of the seller's shop: "Game Bargain"
>
> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CASTLEVANIA-ADVENTURE-NINTENDO-GAMEBOY-NEW-SEALED_W0QQitemZ320058783783QQihZ011QQcategoryZ112716QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem
Back in ye olden days I had at least one of the Gameboy Castlevanias. I
wish I knew what happened it.
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deKay
13:33:17 GMT, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do uk.games.video.misc,
yawatina tan reek esk Sir Chewbury Gubbins <chewbury...@nelefa.org>
fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>
>Indeed. Given there's US guys selling it for $6. Without a box, but hey
>- they fall to bits anyway :)
I only have about three GB games with boxes so I'm not too fussed about boxes.
However, I have just found out that a later stage on this game, which is not
unlike the spinny killy run-up-stairs bit from SCIV, is virtually impossible.
:(
deKay
2007 13:35:30 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk The Rev
<the_rev_y...@hotmail.com> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>Back in ye olden days I had at least one of the Gameboy Castlevanias. I
>wish I knew what happened it.
It went the same way as "to".
Sir Chewbury Gubbins
> 13:33:17 GMT, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do uk.games.video.misc,
> yawatina tan reek esk Sir Chewbury Gubbins <chewbury...@nelefa.org>
> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>
>>> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CASTLEVANIA-ADVENTURE-NINTENDO-GAMEBOY-NEW-SEALED_W0QQitemZ320058783783QQihZ011QQcategoryZ112716QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem
>>
>>Indeed. Given there's US guys selling it for $6. Without a box, but hey
>>- they fall to bits anyway :)
>
> I only have about three GB games with boxes so I'm not too fussed about boxes.
> However, I have just found out that a later stage on this game, which is not
> unlike the spinny killy run-up-stairs bit from SCIV, is virtually impossible.
>:(
I just wish there was something better than a big tin to keep GBA games
in. I have dozens of em. Ok, they're all in individual wee cases, but
it's still a bit crap.
Kendrick Kerwin Chua
>>
>> However, I have just found out that a later stage on this game, which is not
>> unlike the spinny killy run-up-stairs bit from SCIV, is virtually impossible.
>
>in. I have dozens of em. Ok, they're all in individual wee cases, but
>it's still a bit crap.
I thought that the popular method was to order DS cases, which have a nice
GBA compartment. A couple of folks online have created custom case inserts
based on the cardboard GBA boxes that fit nicely into these. On the other
hand, I'm too cheap to spend money on pretty cases. :)
-KKC, who just ran out of gum.
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Nils Tanner
<an...@lofi-gaming.org.uk> got it all completely wrong and wrote:
>What an ACE eBay auction:
>
>CASTLEVANIA ADVENTURE NINTENDO GAMEBOY *NEW & SEALED*
>
>Buy It Now price: £49.90
>
>Cheap, eh? The best bit is the name of the seller's shop: "Game Bargain"
>
>http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CASTLEVANIA-ADVENTURE-NINTENDO-GAMEBOY-NEW-SEALED_W0QQitemZ320058783783QQihZ011QQcategoryZ112716QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem
>
>deKay
And only £8 shipping! I'm tempted to buy it, although international
shipping would probably amount to £4184138724. Too much, considering I
already own the game. And haven't played it for years! (Except once
last year, just to find out whether it's still as crap as I thought it
to be). But I don't own the box.......
deKay
:/
deKay
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Sir Chewbury Gubbins
> Death is a bitch. I have a feeling I've come to meet him in AoS far too early
>:/
I bet you enjoyed meeting him more than I enjoyed discovering a crate
puzzle in HoD last night.
deKay
11:31:08 GMT, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do uk.games.video.misc,
yawatina tan reek esk Sir Chewbury Gubbins <chewbury...@nelefa.org>
fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>On 2007-02-07, Great Cthulhu rose from the deep and compelled deKay to exclaim:
>> Death is a bitch. I have a feeling I've come to meet him in AoS far too early
>>:/
>
>I bet you enjoyed meeting him more than I enjoyed discovering a crate
>puzzle in HoD last night.
I've found one in AoS :(
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Sir Chewbury Gubbins
> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des 7 Feb 2007
> 11:31:08 GMT, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do uk.games.video.misc,
> yawatina tan reek esk Sir Chewbury Gubbins <chewbury...@nelefa.org>
> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>
>>On 2007-02-07, Great Cthulhu rose from the deep and compelled deKay to exclaim:
>>> Death is a bitch. I have a feeling I've come to meet him in AoS far too early
>>>:/
>>
>>I bet you enjoyed meeting him more than I enjoyed discovering a crate
>>puzzle in HoD last night.
>
> I've found one in AoS :(
Gnaaaaaaaa! Why??
deKay
yawatina tan reek esk Sir Chewbury Gubbins <chewbury...@nelefa.org>
fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>>>I bet you enjoyed meeting him more than I enjoyed discovering a crate
>>>puzzle in HoD last night.
>>
>> I've found one in AoS :(
>
>Gnaaaaaaaa! Why??
Well, technically it wasn't a puzzle (as it was bloody obvious), but pushing
crates == WRONG.
[ste parker]
> Death is a bitch. I have a feeling I've come to meet him in AoS far too early
> :/
>
I think I died there once. Second time I probably had a stronger spell
instead (lightning doll?), I'd been relying solely on the apprentice
witches' cat until that point. Attacks seemed hard to avoid, so I made
it a "just thrash at it before it kills me" thing.
--
[ste]
deKay
2007 09:43:41 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk "[ste parker]"
<imag...@hotmail.com> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
Well, he didn't seem hard, just had waaaaaay too much energy. I was using
mainly my hrunting when close, with a spear attack from a distance, but it
took ten minutes or more just to get to his second form, when two
(consecutive) hits from his blade was enough to drain my energy completely.
However, I explored the entire (open) map last night, and came to the
conclusion that I *do* need to kill Death next as there's nowhere else to go.
Time to level up a bit, I think...
deKay
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[ste parker]
>
> Well, he didn't seem hard, just had waaaaaay too much energy. I was using
> mainly my hrunting when close, with a spear attack from a distance, but it
> took ten minutes or more just to get to his second form, when two
> (consecutive) hits from his blade was enough to drain my energy completely.
>
> However, I explored the entire (open) map last night, and came to the
> conclusion that I *do* need to kill Death next as there's nowhere else to go.
> Time to level up a bit, I think...
>
Ten minutes?!?! Christ, I doubt I spent a minute up against him, I
think in his second form I could hardly take any hits either (hence
first death). Just hit him with whatever your strongest soul weapon is,
then hit him with a weapon when you run out of magic. As for changing
weapons and stuff, I never used any spears at all (too slow), generally
stuck to the faster swords throughout the game (is the Hrunting one of
those?). What level are you at?
--
[ste]
deKay
uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk "[ste parker]"
<imag...@hotmail.com> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>> However, I explored the entire (open) map last night, and came to the
>> conclusion that I *do* need to kill Death next as there's nowhere else to go.
>> Time to level up a bit, I think...
>
>Ten minutes?!?! Christ, I doubt I spent a minute up against him, I
>think in his second form I could hardly take any hits either (hence
>first death). Just hit him with whatever your strongest soul weapon is,
>then hit him with a weapon when you run out of magic. As for changing
>weapons and stuff, I never used any spears at all (too slow), generally
>stuck to the faster swords throughout the game (is the Hrunting one of
>those?). What level are you at?
Hrunting is the poison sword like a rapier, so yeah, it's fast. Spears are my
most powerful horizontal weapon (ones like grenades are useless as they roll
under him). I'm on level 21 now, but was on 18 or so when I fought him
originally.
[ste parker]
> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Thu, 08 Feb
> 2007 10:17:04 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
> uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk "[ste parker]"
> <imag...@hotmail.com> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>
>>> However, I explored the entire (open) map last night, and came to the
>>> conclusion that I *do* need to kill Death next as there's nowhere else to go.
>>> Time to level up a bit, I think...
>> Ten minutes?!?! Christ, I doubt I spent a minute up against him, I
>> think in his second form I could hardly take any hits either (hence
>> first death). Just hit him with whatever your strongest soul weapon is,
>> then hit him with a weapon when you run out of magic. As for changing
>> weapons and stuff, I never used any spears at all (too slow), generally
>> stuck to the faster swords throughout the game (is the Hrunting one of
>> those?). What level are you at?
>
> Hrunting is the poison sword like a rapier, so yeah, it's fast. Spears are my
> most powerful horizontal weapon (ones like grenades are useless as they roll
> under him). I'm on level 21 now, but was on 18 or so when I fought him
> originally.
>
I was probably in the mid 20s when I did it (both attempts). You really
need a soul that is a powerful multi hit, the witches cat is superb for
that as it can get 3 or 4 hits in, and when that becomes too low powered
move to something like the lightning doll soul.
--
[ste]
deKay
uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk "[ste parker]"
<imag...@hotmail.com> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>I was probably in the mid 20s when I did it (both attempts). You really
>need a soul that is a powerful multi hit, the witches cat is superb for
>that as it can get 3 or 4 hits in, and when that becomes too low powered
>move to something like the lightning doll soul.
I've got Witches Cat, but the problem is that it just runs along the ground,
and Death is in the air...
[ste parker]
> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Thu, 08 Feb
> 2007 13:04:57 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
> uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk "[ste parker]"
> <imag...@hotmail.com> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>
>> I was probably in the mid 20s when I did it (both attempts). You really
>> need a soul that is a powerful multi hit, the witches cat is superb for
>> that as it can get 3 or 4 hits in, and when that becomes too low powered
>> move to something like the lightning doll soul.
>
> I've got Witches Cat, but the problem is that it just runs along the ground,
> and Death is in the air...
>
Jump and fire, that way on the bigger enemies you can easily get it to
hit 3 or 4x. However, I think it was Death when I ditched the cat for
the lightning (for bosses).
--
[ste]
[ste parker]
In fact, those two and one other you can get very late on (a sort of
laser from a skeleton, uses less MP than lightning doll) are just about
the only attacking souls I used in the whole game.
--
[ste]
deKay
uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk "[ste parker]"
<imag...@hotmail.com> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>> I've got Witches Cat, but the problem is that it just runs along the ground,
>> and Death is in the air...
>
>Jump and fire, that way on the bigger enemies you can easily get it to
>hit 3 or 4x. However, I think it was Death when I ditched the cat for
>the lightning (for bosses).
Lightning FTW! Death was kill0red!
deKay
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Sir Chewbury Gubbins
> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Thu, 08 Feb
> 2007 13:18:28 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
> uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk "[ste parker]"
><imag...@hotmail.com> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>
>>> I've got Witches Cat, but the problem is that it just runs along the ground,
>>> and Death is in the air...
>>
>>Jump and fire, that way on the bigger enemies you can easily get it to
>>hit 3 or 4x. However, I think it was Death when I ditched the cat for
>>the lightning (for bosses).
>
> Lightning FTW! Death was kill0red!
Speaking of lightning - I have it on my whipp0r1z0r in HoD and it's the
dogs :)
deKay
09:52:33 GMT, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do uk.games.video.misc,
yawatina tan reek esk Sir Chewbury Gubbins <chewbury...@nelefa.org>
fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>Speaking of lightning - I have it on my whipp0r1z0r in HoD and it's the
>dogs :)
Tch. Platinum Tip > Lightning
deKay
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[ste parker]
> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Thu, 08 Feb
> 2007 13:18:28 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
> uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk "[ste parker]"
> <imag...@hotmail.com> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>
>>> I've got Witches Cat, but the problem is that it just runs along the ground,
>>> and Death is in the air...
>> Jump and fire, that way on the bigger enemies you can easily get it to
>> hit 3 or 4x. However, I think it was Death when I ditched the cat for
>> the lightning (for bosses).
>
> Lightning FTW! Death was kill0red!
>
It's a bit over powerful perhaps (it'll murder it's way through pretty
much anything left in the game), but it's kind of held back in the
amount of hearts it uses I suppose.
--
[ste]
deKay
>> Lightning FTW! Death was kill0red!
>>
>
> It's a bit over powerful perhaps (it'll murder it's way through pretty
> much anything left in the game), but it's kind of held back in the
> amount of hearts it uses I suppose.
>
Aaaaaaand complete. Well, not really. I got the "bad" ending.
deKay
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deKay
> [ste parker] wrote:
>
>>> Lightning FTW! Death was kill0red!
>>>
>>
>> It's a bit over powerful perhaps (it'll murder it's way through pretty
>> much anything left in the game), but it's kind of held back in the
>> amount of hearts it uses I suppose.
>>
>
> Aaaaaaand complete. Well, not really. I got the "bad" ending.
And now Legion and Julius have fallen to the mighty Me. And Graham
again. And now the end boss!
deKay
Luckily, I have the PS2 game IN THE POST so should arrive tomorrow. Phew!
Disaster averted!
Has anyone played it? It's the one that's just called "Castlevania" in
PALland, but is (IIRC) "Lament of Innocence" elsewhere.
Sir Chewbury Gubbins
> Gnngh! Why haven't PA shipped Portrait of Ruin yet? Eh? Eh? Bah.
>
> Luckily, I have the PS2 game IN THE POST so should arrive tomorrow. Phew!
> Disaster averted!
>
> Has anyone played it? It's the one that's just called "Castlevania" in
> PALland, but is (IIRC) "Lament of Innocence" elsewhere.
I hate you :-(
On the other hand - I still have to THREE to complete, so ner. And I'm
going to play through SC4 again as well.
And I'm going to order CotM and AoS at the end of the month. And
probably the PS2 ones as well. I have much CV needness.
The Rev
> Gnngh! Why haven't PA shipped Portrait of Ruin yet? Eh? Eh? Bah.
>
> Luckily, I have the PS2 game IN THE POST so should arrive tomorrow. Phew!
> Disaster averted!
>
> Has anyone played it? It's the one that's just called "Castlevania" in
> PALland, but is (IIRC) "Lament of Innocence" elsewhere.
I played it for a bit, found it a bit rubbish, stopped.
That's about all I remember.
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Paul Tomlin
says...
> Gnngh! Why haven't PA shipped Portrait of Ruin yet? Eh? Eh? Bah.
>
> Luckily, I have the PS2 game IN THE POST so should arrive tomorrow. Phew!
> Disaster averted!
>
> Has anyone played it? It's the one that's just called "Castlevania" in
> PALland, but is (IIRC) "Lament of Innocence" elsewhere.
Yes. I liked it, but IIRC the PAL version is sucky because the cut out
the voice select (as in, in the US version you could play with the
Japanese voice cast with subtitles).
deKay
2007 14:27:02 -0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk Paul Tomlin
<kero...@btinternet.com> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>Yes. I liked it, but IIRC the PAL version is sucky because the cut out
>the voice select (as in, in the US version you could play with the
>Japanese voice cast with subtitles).
Can you turn the voices off completely?
Paul Tomlin
says...
> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Tue, 13 Feb
> 2007 14:27:02 -0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
> uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk Paul Tomlin
> <kero...@btinternet.com> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>
> >Yes. I liked it, but IIRC the PAL version is sucky because the cut out
> >the voice select (as in, in the US version you could play with the
> >Japanese voice cast with subtitles).
>
> Can you turn the voices off completely?
Nope, not on the NTSC version at least. Being a PS2 game, this one has,
like, proper cutscenes and stuff, so it probably wouldn't work properly
without the voices anyway.
Of course, I could always just be imagining that they removed the voice
select from the PAL version, but given that Sony Europe normally demands
that such things are removed I'm pretty certain this is the case.
deKay
uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk deKay <an...@lofi-gaming.org.uk>
fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>Gnngh! Why haven't PA shipped Portrait of Ruin yet? Eh? Eh? Bah.
Today is like Super Ace Castlevania Game Day or something! Portrait of Ruin
has just shipped. I've just won an eBay auction for Castlevania on the Game
Boy, and Castlevania 2 on the Game Boy arrived in the post today!
>Luckily, I have the PS2 game IN THE POST so should arrive tomorrow. Phew!
>Disaster averted!
Sadly, it did not arrive. But it might in the morning!
deKay
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Sir Chewbury Gubbins
> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Tue, 13 Feb
> 2007 13:22:16 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
> uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk deKay <an...@lofi-gaming.org.uk>
> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>
>>Gnngh! Why haven't PA shipped Portrait of Ruin yet? Eh? Eh? Bah.
>
> Today is like Super Ace Castlevania Game Day or something! Portrait of Ruin
> has just shipped. I've just won an eBay auction for Castlevania on the Game
> Boy, and Castlevania 2 on the Game Boy arrived in the post today!
Not only that, but I've just bought "Symphony of the Night" from eBay,
for an undisclosed sum (in case my missus reads this group). All I need
now is some form of Sony console to play it on.
[ste parker]
>
> Not only that, but I've just bought "Symphony of the Night" from eBay,
> for an undisclosed sum (in case my missus reads this group). All I need
> now is some form of Sony console to play it on.
>
I'd offer my Playstation, but it'd probably cost more in postage than it
would be to pick one up 2nd hand.
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Sir Chewbury Gubbins
More than likely - Gamestation have the PSone for about 14 quid. That's
actually not a bad idea cos I have a buttload of Final Fantasy games to
play.
deKay
16:38:02 GMT, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do uk.games.video.misc,
yawatina tan reek esk Sir Chewbury Gubbins <chewbury...@nelefa.org>
fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>Not only that, but I've just bought "Symphony of the Night" from eBay,
>for an undisclosed sum (in case my missus reads this group). All I need
>now is some form of Sony console to play it on.
You know that's the NTSC version, yes? ;)
deKay
2007 19:44:13 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk deKay
<an...@deleteme.lofi-gaming.nospam.org.uk.invalid> fornis do marikano es bono
tan el:
>>Not only that, but I've just bought "Symphony of the Night" from eBay,
>>for an undisclosed sum (in case my missus reads this group). All I need
>>now is some form of Sony console to play it on.
>
>You know that's the NTSC version, yes? ;)
Haaaang on... you bought *two* copies?
James Sutherland
news:gjp6t219m290oufm1...@4ax.com:
> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des 14
> Feb 2007 16:38:02 GMT, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
> uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk Sir Chewbury Gubbins
> <chewbury...@nelefa.org> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>
>>Not only that, but I've just bought "Symphony of the Night" from eBay,
>>for an undisclosed sum (in case my missus reads this group). All I
>>need now is some form of Sony console to play it on.
>
> You know that's the NTSC version, yes? ;)
Probably a good job, as the PAL conversion is abysmal.
Sir Chewbury Gubbins
> 16:38:02 GMT, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do uk.games.video.misc,
> yawatina tan reek esk Sir Chewbury Gubbins <chewbury...@nelefa.org>
> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>
>>Not only that, but I've just bought "Symphony of the Night" from eBay,
>>for an undisclosed sum (in case my missus reads this group). All I need
>>now is some form of Sony console to play it on.
>
> You know that's the NTSC version, yes? ;)
Ebay.ie is your friend :) It's a nice shiny PAL version.
deKay
09:12:34 GMT, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do uk.games.video.misc,
yawatina tan reek esk Sir Chewbury Gubbins <chewbury...@nelefa.org>
fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>>>Not only that, but I've just bought "Symphony of the Night" from eBay,
>>>for an undisclosed sum (in case my missus reads this group). All I need
>>>now is some form of Sony console to play it on.
>>
>> You know that's the NTSC version, yes? ;)
>
>Ebay.ie is your friend :) It's a nice shiny PAL version.
Aha! I thought you were the guy from Scotland with the hidden ID wot had
bought two copies :)
The Rev
> Castlevania discussion seems to have gotten lost in another thread, and since
> there seem to be a few of us playing assorted Castlevania titles at the
> moment, I thought I'd start one here. Anyway.
After a nice Mario 64 session I started up Castlevania IV on my Wii last
night. As soon as I started it the "overlay" screen (Home, Reset, etc.)
came up, as normal, but the hand pointer froze. And wouldn't move. And
the buttons did nothing. So I turned the Wii on and off again and
started Castlevania... and my save was gone. Gone!
I've got to do the first three stages over again now to get back to
where I was stuck. Grrr.
Sir Chewbury Gubbins
> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des 15 Feb 2007
> 09:12:34 GMT, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do uk.games.video.misc,
> yawatina tan reek esk Sir Chewbury Gubbins <chewbury...@nelefa.org>
> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>
>>>>Not only that, but I've just bought "Symphony of the Night" from eBay,
>>>>for an undisclosed sum (in case my missus reads this group). All I need
>>>>now is some form of Sony console to play it on.
>>>
>>> You know that's the NTSC version, yes? ;)
>>
>>Ebay.ie is your friend :) It's a nice shiny PAL version.
>
> Aha! I thought you were the guy from Scotland with the hidden ID wot had
> bought two copies :)
Aha! :) Nope, not me - I like provincial ebays, I do. They're not as
full of nutters.
deKay
How the mighty have fallen. Today I've spent most of my gaming on
Castlevania, and, uh, Castlevania.
The former, for the PS2 is a bit dull. It isn't Castlevania either. It's
whippy and stuff, and explorey, but where's the platforming? Why is there no
skill progression? Why is the camera horrendous? And why, oh why, is the
voice acting so awful?
I mean, the game isn't totally horrific. And it's amusing to see all the
Castlevania baddies all in 3D (although the Peeping Eyes look hilariously
wrong), but something isn't right. Like they've taken another game and
dressed it up as Castlevania.
AND WHAT THE HELL IS WITH THE "REAL TIME POWER-UP CHANGE"? EH? You're in the
middle of a heated fight, and whilst attacking/defending/avoiding things you
have to tilt the right stick to bring up the menu (which doesn't pause the
action), and then use the d-pad (so you can't move out of the way of things,
unless you have two left thumbs) to pick a potion or whatever. STUPID and
WRONG.
Gah.
Anyway. The other game was "The Castlevania Adventure" for the Game Boy.
Otherwise known as "The Game That Makes You Smash Things". It's SO
FRUSTRATING. If you've played it, and got past the Level 3 scrolly-spikey
section without causing actual physical damage to your hand-held,
congratulations. This is the game swearwords were invented for. Indeed, I've
invented a few new ones today.
The game plays like you're underwater. Everything is so slow. There's no
subweapons. There's too many pixel-perfect jumps. It really is Very Crap
Indeed.
But I completed it! Hurrah!
deKay
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deKay
That's, uh, 6 CV games completed so far this year. PoR best get here a bit
bloody quick...
Chris Whitworth
> Castlevania discussion seems to have gotten lost in another thread, and since
> there seem to be a few of us playing assorted Castlevania titles at the
> moment, I thought I'd start one here. Anyway.
So... I stuck Symphony of the Night on my PSP last night. I kind of feel like
I'm missing something; it just looks like a platformer - a very pretty and
very difficult platformer, but "just" a platformer nonetheless.
What's the big deal, then?
Chris
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the game would load before we died."
Sir Chewbury Gubbins
> On 2007-01-31, deKay <an...@deleteme.lofi-gaming.nospam.org.uk.invalid> wrote:
>> Castlevania discussion seems to have gotten lost in another thread, and since
>> there seem to be a few of us playing assorted Castlevania titles at the
>> moment, I thought I'd start one here. Anyway.
>
> So... I stuck Symphony of the Night on my PSP last night. I kind of feel like
> I'm missing something; it just looks like a platformer - a very pretty and
> very difficult platformer, but "just" a platformer nonetheless.
>
> What's the big deal, then?
Erm...........
Just play it and see if you need to ask again in a few days. If you do
then there's probably nothing we can say about it that will make any
sense :)
Choobs
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Chris Whitworth
> On 2007-02-20, Great Cthulhu rose from the deep and compelled Chris Whitworth to exclaim:
>>
>> I'm missing something; it just looks like a platformer - a very pretty and
>> very difficult platformer, but "just" a platformer nonetheless.
>>
>> What's the big deal, then?
>
> Erm...........
>
> Just play it and see if you need to ask again in a few days. If you do
> then there's probably nothing we can say about it that will make any
> sense :)
Well, at least let me see if I've got this right: it /is/ meant to be bloody
difficult, right? And there's no way to recharge your health except by saving
or using those potion thingies that you get once in a blue moon?
I think what bothered me was that there wasn't really any sort of lead-in
to the game. I read FAQs and they talk about special moves and spells and
collected 90-hojillion items, but there's nothing that describes /how/ you're
supposed to just play the damn game. And I feel like I must be doing it wrong
because at the moment I'm not sure I see what all the fuss is about :-/
Sir Chewbury Gubbins
> On 2007-02-20, Sir Chewbury Gubbins <chewbury...@nelefa.org> wrote:
>> On 2007-02-20, Great Cthulhu rose from the deep and compelled Chris Whitworth to exclaim:
>>>
>>> So... I stuck Symphony of the Night on my PSP last night. I kind of feel like
>>> I'm missing something; it just looks like a platformer - a very pretty and
>>> very difficult platformer, but "just" a platformer nonetheless.
>>>
>>> What's the big deal, then?
>>
>> Erm...........
>>
>> Just play it and see if you need to ask again in a few days. If you do
>> then there's probably nothing we can say about it that will make any
>> sense :)
>
> Well, at least let me see if I've got this right: it /is/ meant to be bloody
> difficult, right? And there's no way to recharge your health except by saving
> or using those potion thingies that you get once in a blue moon?
>
> I think what bothered me was that there wasn't really any sort of lead-in
> to the game. I read FAQs and they talk about special moves and spells and
> collected 90-hojillion items, but there's nothing that describes /how/ you're
> supposed to just play the damn game. And I feel like I must be doing it wrong
> because at the moment I'm not sure I see what all the fuss is about :-/
You may or may not get access to shop where you can buy millions of
potions and armour and stuff (can't remember if there was a shop in
SotN). Basically - if it moves, kill it. If it doesn't explorify it :)
Sir Chewbury Gubbins
> Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge completed!
>
> That's, uh, 6 CV games completed so far this year. PoR best get here a bit
> bloody quick...
We're all waiting with baited breath. Eurogamer didn't like PoR much and
I want them proved wrong NOW DAMMIT!
deKay
2007 21:24:23 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk deKay
<an...@deleteme.lofi-gaming.nospam.org.uk.invalid> fornis do marikano es bono
tan el:
>Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge completed!
>
>That's, uh, 6 CV games completed so far this year. PoR best get here a bit
>bloody quick...
OH EM EFF GEE
Like an expectant kitten, PoR was waiting on my doormat when I arrived home.
I'm so excited!
In other news, once I've "done" Castlevania (like I've "done" 2D Zeldas, and
"done" Tony Hawk), I think I'd best move on to Final Fantasy. Partly because
I have the GBA FF I/II cart here unplayed, but mainly because in the last 24
hours I've bought FF III, IV, V and VI.
deKay
12:05:47 GMT, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do uk.games.video.misc,
yawatina tan reek esk Sir Chewbury Gubbins <chewbury...@nelefa.org>
fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>On 2007-02-19, Great Cthulhu rose from the deep and compelled deKay to exclaim:
>> Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge completed!
>>
>> That's, uh, 6 CV games completed so far this year. PoR best get here a bit
>> bloody quick...
>
>We're all waiting with baited breath. Eurogamer didn't like PoR much and
>I want them proved wrong NOW DAMMIT!
Expect bloggage tonight or tomorrow!
deKay
2007 17:41:11 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk deKay
<an...@deleteme.lofi-gaming.nospam.org.uk.invalid> fornis do marikano es bono
tan el:
>Expect bloggage tonight or tomorrow!
Bloggage up!
Synopsis: ACES!
Sir Chewbury Gubbins
> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des 20 Feb 2007
> 12:05:47 GMT, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do uk.games.video.misc,
> yawatina tan reek esk Sir Chewbury Gubbins <chewbury...@nelefa.org>
> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>
>>On 2007-02-19, Great Cthulhu rose from the deep and compelled deKay to exclaim:
>>> Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge completed!
>>>
>>> That's, uh, 6 CV games completed so far this year. PoR best get here a bit
>>> bloody quick...
>>
>>We're all waiting with baited breath. Eurogamer didn't like PoR much and
>>I want them proved wrong NOW DAMMIT!
>
> Expect bloggage tonight or tomorrow!
I've just ordered FFIII and PoR today. I have FFIV sitting waiting in
the house and will refrain from V and VI until I've cleared some of the
substantial backlog. And I still have DoS to complete. And Lost magic.
And Children of Mana. And...oh for heaven's sake.
Sir Chewbury Gubbins
> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Tue, 20 Feb
> 2007 17:41:11 +0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
> uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk deKay
><an...@deleteme.lofi-gaming.nospam.org.uk.invalid> fornis do marikano es bono
> tan el:
>
>>Expect bloggage tonight or tomorrow!
>
> Bloggage up!
>
> Synopsis: ACES!
Readers the same age as me will no doubt be giggling uncontrollably at
the thought of a Castlevania game starring Johnny Morris :)
deKay
09:28:26 GMT, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do uk.games.video.misc,
yawatina tan reek esk Sir Chewbury Gubbins <chewbury...@nelefa.org>
fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>Readers the same age as me will no doubt be giggling uncontrollably at
>the thought of a Castlevania game starring Johnny Morris :)
I thought the same thing!
deKay
on the DS. And with all the aces DS games available, that's no mean feat.
Without spoiling anything, I love how this game links in with
Castlevania Bloodlines, finally explains why the Morris family ended up
with the Belmont's whip, and foreshadows the events of 1999 that are
mentioned in Aria of Sorrow (which is set in 2035).
Clearly Konami need to make this 1999 game. For the DS, preferably.
deKay
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Paul Tomlin
gaming.org.spammage.uk says...
> Clearly Konami need to make this 1999 game. For the DS, preferably.
Apparently Igarashi has absolutely no idea how to actually go about
doing the battle of 1999, despite the fact that he knows the story. I
suspect the problem is that, now that these events have been hyped up in
several games now - as well as it being Draculas last stand - he needs
to make it really spectacular.
The thing is, Castlevania has sod all of a budget. Even as of Portrait
of Ruin, some of the sprites they are using are going all the way back
to Rondo of Blood. Its unfortunate, but the only reason we really get
all the Castlevania games we do get is because they can recycle so much
from one game to the next. Its also the reason why the PS2 games aren't
half as good as they should be (though I still like them, personally).
Personally, I'll just be happy if we get another decent DS game.