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Castlevania: Harmony of Despair |OT|
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snoopeasystreet
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The music in this game is so good. I was humming the tune from the first level for most of the day.
I'll be on in a few minutes if anyone wants to team up.
I'll be on in a few minutes if anyone wants to team up.
How the heck do I decently level up Shanoa? I haven't seen one enemy leave behind a glyph for her to absorb, and it's starting to get irritating. I still have my default weapon, and my equipment is only slightly better than when I started off. I'd at least like to get SOMETHING for her. GRRR.
Darkmakaimura
Can You Imagine What SureAI Is Going To Do With Garfield?
You have to select "Request A Stage". Some of them might not even have been that far yet.Wizpig said:
AndyMoogle
Member
I know there is one witch with a glyph in stage 2.Dartastic said:
snoopeasystreet
Member
Yeah I'm in if we don't have connection issuesColdsnap said:
Is it just me or has the online been very finicky in the past 2 hours? I've had connection errors for joining a quick game, to constantly having my team removed from a stage, one by one.
Do I have cooties, or is something amiss here? I was able to get a number of games in previous to these series of oddities (I knew I had a Gold card someone for online
), so I don't think it's my connection..
Do I have cooties, or is something amiss here? I was able to get a number of games in previous to these series of oddities (I knew I had a Gold card someone for online
), so I don't think it's my connection..Ganondorfo said:
Yeah, but the cool thing is the Aria of Sorrow track sounds like something brand new.
Castlevania HD version
Aria of Sorrow GBA version
VALIS said:
For me, single player is a grindfest to up Charlotte's abilities. It lets me actually go to places, and spend as much time as I want grinding out an enemy's abilities or such. Also, since I've not played the DS Games that Charlotte, Johnathan, and Shanoa are from, they're fresh game experiences, so I rather enjoy seeing them grow.
I can be up rather early in the morning (EST) myself, (mostly from staying up over the night), so I might even be able to play. Probably no room on the friends list though. Gamertag is the same as GAF name ^_^
Eiji said:
Probably Shanoa. Lighting is massively powerful, Magnes makes it easy for her to get around, Double weapon attach is great, bosses drop her additional weapons, and she gets stronger from using her spells, no serious need to grind like Charlotte.
Teknoman said:
But that, in turn, takes friend list space! :lol
anotheriori
Member
Anyone know if there's an explanation on the stats etc?
EternalGamer
Banned
I don't understand how Charlotte gains new abilities/spells. Can someone help explain how the characters all gain abilities? The game is awesome but does a poor job of explaining this stuff, even in the tutorials.
godhandiscen
There are millions of whiny 5-year olds on Earth, and I AM THEIR KING.
I am having a lot of fun playing solo.Myomoto said:
abq said:
Yeah, but mist last so short. I'd wager that Charlottes shield is a better defense than Mist, since it can last a lot longer than shield. But I'd agree that overall, it's between those 2, depending on playstyle.
Charlotte can apparently also get heal... but I have yet to absorb it myself, so I can't say how much better that makes her survivability. Alucard gets soul steal and Dark Metamorphasis though... do they ever get better than just giving back 1 health?
EternalGamer said:
Use RB to bring up a shield with her. If the spell that hits that shield makes a "slashing" sound (the shield will also pulse), that means the spell CAN be absorbed. If she says "Signed and sealed!" or something, and the name of the spell pops up in a speech bubble, congrats, you got the spell!
Her skills can be leveled up to 8/9 times. (The offensive skills screen will display a 9 when the skills is not equiped, but I believe there are only 8 green boxes under equiped skills on list.) Each level does makes her skills stronger (they do more damage). Some even get additional effects (summon skull gets 3 skeletons tossing bones, rather than 1.)
This also increases the damage of her weapon. Around the time of making 1 skill, her wep will change from one blade out of her book, to a blade, and 2 diagonal axes. As you continue to get more spells and spell levels, the atk strength will get higher. It's unclear if the weapon transforms again...
For convenience, here's some of the spells she can absorb (Modified List Via GFAQS):
Fireball: Default, dragon heads
Sickle Moon: the little imps that fly around and control you...
Demon Seed: the demon plant in chapter 2
Summon Skeleton: the skeltons that throw bones
Acedic Bubbles: the demon dog with wings in chapters 2 and 4
Energy Flow: from the witches on brooms
Heal: from the witches on brooms
Flame Shot: the red demons in chapters 2-4
Ice Needle: clear blue lady in chapter 2
Poison Spores: The mushroom poison guys in chapter 2
Raging Fire: Bone Dragon, Minotaurs, Wall-clinging skeletons
Thunderbolt: Lightning Demons in Chapter 6
Deathscythe: From Death himself, as he pesters you with Scythes.
You can only get a spell one per enemy spawn. Once you get the spell, kill of the enemy, and find another one in the level to absorb from.
All character ability earning methods, in a nutshell:
Soma: Gets souls from defeated enemies (even if others defeat them!), Gets weapons from shop and drops.
Alucard: Gets scrolls from Chest and Bosses, Gets weapons from shops and drops.
Shanoa: Weps from Bosses, Spells from absorbing glyphs (Hold Up when a blue glyph appears atop a monsters head.) Gets stronger from using spells.
Johnathan: Gets sub weps from enemies and chest. Gets stronger by repeatedly using sub weapons. Gets new martial art skills from chest and (I believe) bosses.
Charlotte: Gets Spells by absorbing blocked attack skills with RB. Also gets stronger by repeatedly absorbing the same/more skills.
Soma and Alucard can weild 2 unique weps at once. When using a wep, backdash with LB and then attack again in mid backdash. This'll help you rapid attack. Shanoa's dual wep attack from X to Y can be done faster than the other characters, so she can be a pretty effective melee beast.
Johnathan and Charlotte don't have a normal Y button attack -_-; Johnathan uses Y to do some special attacks, however.
Man, after having the online screw me over obtaining a Gergoth soul (it wouldn't load the results screen) I'm a bit annoyed.
Surely, the Soul Eater ring is in the game? Do you unlock it in the Shop after beating Normal mode?
Nobody has beaten Stage 5 so far from what I played online, including myself. :lol
Surely, the Soul Eater ring is in the game? Do you unlock it in the Shop after beating Normal mode?
Nobody has beaten Stage 5 so far from what I played online, including myself. :lol
Ganondorfo
Junior Member
Teknoman said:
Not really, it sounds like the "cross of fate" track from the special cd of lament of innocence.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYpgur_0wNk
snoopeasystreet
Member
Fuck Dracula
Spirit of Jazz
Banned
I beat Dracula first time without you hobos holding me back :lol
3rd form can be annoying but really it's just a matter of getting the patterns down, the colour that he glows indicates what type of attack he uses e.g. pink means he'll throw the hearts so get to the corner and duck. Basically you just need to run under him after dodging an attack and then run to a corner once he starts glowing again to avoid his next one. The exception is when he goes purple (the beams of death) in which case you want to stay under him and wail on him as he doesn't target that area.
3rd form can be annoying but really it's just a matter of getting the patterns down, the colour that he glows indicates what type of attack he uses e.g. pink means he'll throw the hearts so get to the corner and duck. Basically you just need to run under him after dodging an attack and then run to a corner once he starts glowing again to avoid his next one. The exception is when he goes purple (the beams of death) in which case you want to stay under him and wail on him as he doesn't target that area.
AndyMoogle
Member
I know that they are both mixes of the same tune, but they sound very different.Ganondorfo said: