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Castlevania: Harmony of Despair |OT|
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TheFLYINGManga_Ka
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Yeah. No teamwork. Like playing Modern Warfare 2 or Bad Company 2 with random people. Everyone does their own thing.Teknoman said:
By the way, anyone know if the older 360 headsets receive voices louder than the new/most recent headsets with the large mute on/off switch? For some reason voices seem to come through alot quieter on my newer headset than the old white one that came with the pro near release.
EternalGamer
Banned
SAB CA said:
Great tips and explanations! Thanks.
I really love this game.
Scarecrow said:I got your message, sorry I couldn't get back to you Teknoman,
My group got to level 4 on hard mode tonight. Hard mode's a bitch. I want to build up a good Shanoa, as I've seen some killer spells coming from one of our group. I'm not getting any good spells for Alucard.
Its cool, we got to Dracula, but still needed to build up Yuripaw's souls and equipment for Soma.
Yay beat Drac and unlocked hard mode. The new shop items that open up in hard are freaking awesome and even better any character can buy them, not just the person you unlocked hard mode with.
That being said, hard mode lives up to it's name, I'm getting utterly smashed on chp 1. :lol
That being said, hard mode lives up to it's name, I'm getting utterly smashed on chp 1. :lol
godhandiscen
There are millions of whiny 5-year olds on Earth, and I AM THEIR KING.
link?Myomoto said:
Also, I am trying to solo the second boss with Alucard, what kind of stats or strategy do I need? Anybody wants to coop for a while?
rockman zx
Member
Last boss third form is a pain in the ass with Alucard, in the other hand with Shanoa is a piece of cake, lightning rules . The game is good but after 15 hours it feels very repetitive.
. The game is good but after 15 hours it feels very repetitive.Chauncy Talon
Member
I've picked this game up yesterday. It a fun game, but I do not think it single player friendly. I was getting so frustrated playing by myself as Alacurd. I was constantly dieing on the first boss. When I played with another player, I had a blast. The person did not even talked but it just seem like that was the aim of this game. I think Konami/Xbox should giveaway 48 hours free with the purchase of this game.
I think I figured out how the game manages to be suspiciously lag free all the time. It uses a similar system as Lost Planet 2, each player runs his own instance of the level where everything is handled by his own client, but enemies share ID between clients. For instance, one axe knight will behave slightly different on each client since they're not in sync, but once one player kills it, it'll die for every player.
I think the boss is the only enemy which is 100% in sync for each player (server probably manages him and sends update to each player). But it looks like all the smaller enemies are not in sync. This is obvious if you look closely on another player, you'll occasionally see them take damage when there's no enemy right at them, and they might occasionally deal damage without hitting anything on your screen.
It isn't actually a huge deal, many enemies have very monotonous attack patterns that they end up being almost completely in sync, and no enemy seems to move far off their starting location. I think this solution works a lot better than if they were to implement a type of netcode which might cause some kind of input lag or make it harder to avoid/hit enemies.
I think the boss is the only enemy which is 100% in sync for each player (server probably manages him and sends update to each player). But it looks like all the smaller enemies are not in sync. This is obvious if you look closely on another player, you'll occasionally see them take damage when there's no enemy right at them, and they might occasionally deal damage without hitting anything on your screen.
It isn't actually a huge deal, many enemies have very monotonous attack patterns that they end up being almost completely in sync, and no enemy seems to move far off their starting location. I think this solution works a lot better than if they were to implement a type of netcode which might cause some kind of input lag or make it harder to avoid/hit enemies.
Apparently, people on other boards are convinced that you can unlock a sixth character by finding all six special items (like Konami Man and the bell in chapter 1), but they're getting caught on what to do in chapter 2. They're convinced it has something to do with the piano.
Chauncy Talon
Member
Anybody down to play? GT:Tru Talon
biggkidd32
Member
Chauncy Talon said:
I just got the game now are you willing to start from the begining?
Chauncy Talon
Member
biggkidd32 said:
Yes I am. Send me a message. I can play for a little bit, but not all the way through the game.
Keep in mind that this is not a confirmed feature of the game; the people on other boards are basing this entirely on a few interviews where a Konami rep stated that there would be five characters available right away. They haven't figured out how to get the hidden item in chapter 5, as well.
This game is kinda bad, yet I find it fun as hell with friends. I don't know. So many little flaws, but I want to keep playing. It's weird.
I heard you can solo level five as Shanoa fairly easy - anybody try this yet? How do you deal with Death by yourself? I know he drops some great weapons for her, and I'm still using her stock shit. Want some new toys.
And the netcode is great, actually.
I heard you can solo level five as Shanoa fairly easy - anybody try this yet? How do you deal with Death by yourself? I know he drops some great weapons for her, and I'm still using her stock shit. Want some new toys.
And the netcode is great, actually.
dark_inferno
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http://img641.imageshack.us/g/img0466na.jpg/
Saw this on Gamefaq. A user named Bonovox_40 posted this.
The new level and 2 new characters revealed ^^
Saw this on Gamefaq. A user named Bonovox_40 posted this.
The new level and 2 new characters revealed ^^
robot
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theMrCravens
Member
Damn you Puppet HARD !
Can't find a team decent enough to beat it.
Those damn blue puppets won't die before they enter the iron maiden.
Then we all get teleported and die one by one. :/
Can't find a team decent enough to beat it.
Those damn blue puppets won't die before they enter the iron maiden.
Then we all get teleported and die one by one. :/
Llyranor said:
Practically perfect.
theMrCravens said:
Supposedly, Alucard can dodge the iron maiden attack by turning to mist, just as it closes around the puppet, should make it rather easy to solo the boss if you've got decent gear for Alucard.
I wonder when they'll release the DLC, seems like they had it ready by launch. I'm guessing they'll wait one or two weeks for interest in the game to die off, then push this out to hopefully sucker all of us in again.
Also netcode isn't perfect in PvP matches, but those seem stupid anyways, and there are no achievements for those matches.Sectus said:Read some posts above you darnit
The netcode is nearly flawless. The only downside is that enemies might not be in the same position for all players.
Son of Godzilla
Banned
The game as a whole kinda sucks, but it's mad addictive. I don't regret my $15, and I pretty much hate Igavania.
BMX Bandit
Member
It's too bad they didn't follow the practice of giving the demo a 10/30min trial for multiplayer that seems pretty standard recently. This game really isn't meant to be played single player at all :/depward said:
Anyway, still really enjoying the game. Been playing with friends so we're all sticking together pace/level wise. Just started level 4 last night and explored it/got to the boss. Looking forward to getting the level down and running him for loot. We basically have the level 3 boss perfected by now.
According to the Xbox.com forums in order to unlock the Alucard gamerpicture you have to beat the final boss in single player.
Also, this DLC was clearly removed from the game so that they could just sell it to us at a later time.
And it will probably be something like:
New level = 200 ms points
Maria = 100 ms points
Julius = 100 ms points.
1600 ms points game confirmed.
Also, this DLC was clearly removed from the game so that they could just sell it to us at a later time.
And it will probably be something like:
New level = 200 ms points
Maria = 100 ms points
Julius = 100 ms points.
1600 ms points game confirmed.
BMX Bandit
Member
Seems like what a lot of DLC has already been this generation sadly :/. I've still only focused most of my time on one character so I have a lot of room to move around on that front, but I welcome more levels coming in over time.Wizpig said:
KibblesBits
Member
This game looks like a lot of fun. Hope to play it someday.
I don't think any commercial reviewers actually know what this game was supposed to be. It was never supposed to be a story based game. Just a coop castle crawl with friends with Castlevania characters.
I love this game, my friends and I are at Dracula but can't get past his
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I love this game, my friends and I are at Dracula but can't get past his
third form