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Castlevania: Harmony of Despair |OT|
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Well, holy shit!
I just found these pieces of artwork from Ayami Kojima for the game, and of course it's about the DLC characters.
It looks amazing, especially one of the two.
SPOILERS
Character 1
Character 2 (!!!)
I just found these pieces of artwork from Ayami Kojima for the game, and of course it's about the DLC characters.
It looks amazing, especially one of the two.
SPOILERS
Character 1
Character 2 (!!!)
In a perfect world, fairly priced (since it's reused sprites and the game is already 1200, which is not cheap) would be around 80 points per character and 100 for the level, maybe less.Lothars said:
But my world =/= microsoft and konami's
It's not going to happen; i also think these kind of DLCs have a minimum price that Microsoft chooses, and when you get gamerpics for 80 points you know that's not going to be a suitable price for an actual DLC.
Of course the best solution would be the level for free so that anyone can play it (if 50% of the players buy it and 50% don't... meh) and the characters for 100 points each or something like that.
Basically, make the characters premium content; after all, i don't need new characters for free, because i honestly have lots of other characters to play as already.
What everyone needs in this game is new levels, and they need them for free.
Is anyone down for playing Survival Mode and grinding Subweapons/Glyphs with me? The Astra Ring/Master Ring is a good combo for that, but all of the games I've seen tonight have been on the normal stage, which is a direct versus match with other players.
And as usual, they use spamming sword characters like Soma and Alucard.
And as usual, they use spamming sword characters like Soma and Alucard.
Vamphuntr said:
Yatsutsuna in Symphony of the Night: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ng5qOJr1Ym8
Descripton of weapon from Gamefaqs, in SOTN (PS version): http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps/196885-castlevania-symphony-of-the-night/faqs/22725
(I had forgotten it's name in SOTN was the same, though I knew I remembered a similiar wep)
If anything is a "glitch", it could be the fact it's no longer 2 handed, or that it no longer takes away defense. But to act as if it's ability to slash while walking, or it's fast attack speed, is a glitch, is pretty ridiculous.
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Anywho, since there's "no honor among gamers", a patch that allows people to turn off top tier weps in their public games could be nice. They could even take it one step further, and give the game new "modes" by allowing certain mutations/playlist to be set upon the room (2h weapons only, only magic use, stage runs with only default weaponry, and runs with "developers choice" item sets for each character per stage, for example.)
Hope we see Alucard get some weps back, also. I'd love to see the return of the Heaven's sword, if it's not already in the game. Also rather enjoyed the Holy sword, too. I don't think I ever had the Runesword, at the end of this vid..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CihEqVBLXCQ
I somehow glitched into being able to access hard chapter 6. I think I got access because the last game I hosted was normal chapter 6, then I joined a hard chapter 2/3 game (we failed 3). Chapter 2 hard is the last completed chapter for me. After leaving that game my chapter selection for solo was set back to chapter 6, but it was on hard difficulty now. I did a couple of chest runs and managed to grab simon's sandals, simon's bandana, mojo mail, samurai set, heavy armor (makes you slow though), holy water (finally, still need kunai and cross), astral ring, and a second sage ring (do they stack?). That gear should mark for a serious improvement in survivability for my Johnathan.
BMX Bandit
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Anyone up to get the Boned achievement tonight? EST here. I can probably get 3 or 4 online from my friend's list as is.
I don't think that's bad actually. Looking at the other XBLA releases this month, it's the second best in first week sales(although there are no numbers for Deadliest Warrior). Limbo completely destroys it, but that seems to be one of the few lucky XBLA games to be super successful.
Based on leaderboards, it has already beat the total sales for games like Puzzle Quest 2, Doom 2 and Earthworm Jim HD.
Based on leaderboards, it has already beat the total sales for games like Puzzle Quest 2, Doom 2 and Earthworm Jim HD.
BMX Bandit
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I dunno, how many copies did the last DS game sell? 58k seems like a decent enough number for a game with almost entirely reused art assets.Wizpig said:
BMX Bandit
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Nice. Will do when I can get online. I'm thinking somewhere around 7pm EST would be pretty good if that will work for everyone else. Anyone else up for the Boned achievement?robot said:
Use Jonathan, his subweapons have magical meters that increase and a lvl number that increments when the meter reaches a certain point.c2morg said:Bought this last week. Totally disappointed, i love the ds games, why could they just not stick to the proven formula? No levelling is insane. I know you guys will jump on me for this but it's just boring. If it was a physical game i would of returned it
Every character has a system which is roughly the same as levelling.c2morg said:Bought this last week. Totally disappointed, i love the ds games, why could they just not stick to the proven formula? No levelling is insane. I know you guys will jump on me for this but it's just boring. If it was a physical game i would of returned it
Jonathan becomes more powerful every time you attack an enemy with sub weapons. Shanoa gets better weapons and spells by using them. Charlotte becomes more powerful by absorbing spells. Soma gets more and better souls by killing enemies. Alucard becomes more powerful by picking up spells (from enemies and treasure chests).
It may not be identical to a traditional levelling system, but it's certainly similar.
I ******* hate that ****** ******* Charmed achievement, i fail it everytime.
This time Charlotte had roughly 80 hp, but my melee attacks did her 1 hp damage per attack for some reason, you have to be lucky, and if you fail you have to do the whole level again.
Dunno guys, i need help on this one...
This time Charlotte had roughly 80 hp, but my melee attacks did her 1 hp damage per attack for some reason, you have to be lucky, and if you fail you have to do the whole level again.
Dunno guys, i need help on this one...
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c2morg said:Bought this last week. Totally disappointed, i love the ds games, why could they just not stick to the proven formula? No levelling is insane. I know you guys will jump on me for this but it's just boring. If it was a physical game i would of returned it
No you wouldn't, because "would of returned it" doesn't mean anything.
BMX Bandit
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Have you gotten Boned? Trying to get a group together to pull that off tonight. Maybe someone that has gotten Poetic Justice can jump in and help with that too.Wizpig said:
BMX Bandit
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Ah, nice. Trying to set it up for 7pm EST(which is GMT -5 I believe).Wizpig said:
You know of the alternate way of getting that achievement? The Imp enemies can take control over a player for a short time, and if you kill the player while he's controlled you'll get the achievement. It's really easy to setup in chapter 3 since imps respawn all over the place. Just make sure the player who's being controlled has very little health.Wizpig said:
This has to be set up with a friend though. No way you can do that in a normal game by chance.
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It's almost 3pm now, but yeah completely understandable. Thanks for offering.Wizpig said:
If people hasn't done so already, I recommend going through the leaderboards and downloading random top replays, they're kinda nuts to watch! I particularly recommend the replays with Charlotte as they tend to be more varied and original. Most of the replays are with Alucard and Soma spamming the ultra super weapon, so they're less exiciting, still fun to watch though.
BMX Bandit
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No other takers for Boned? Oh well. Looks like we should maybe plan on another time? Anyone still interested in this feel free to send me a PM or post here.
Even harder? It was fairly straightforward for me when I set it up.Wizpig said:Tried this, it's even harder
-Find a long flat area.
-Lure imp.
-Make sure other player has so low health he'll die in one hit.
-Have your friend dodge the Imp until he does the little laugh animation and then let him grab your friend.
-Shout "What is a man? A miserable little pile of secrets! But enough talk, have at you!" and then murder your friend. Preferably with a weapon which doesn't have much vertical reach, just to make sure you don't hit the imp instead.
It should be much easier than doing it during the dracula fight at least. I've heard someone say that succubus can control male characters too, but I've never seen that happen.
BMX Bandit
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Nice. Looks like we'll only need one more person at 9 if anyone is interested.robot said:
TheFLYINGManga_Ka
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Is Maria one of the rumored DLC characters?
Did Iga ever make a sprite of her that would work in this game?
And anyone post this yet?
It's supposed to be the new pyramid level. From 1up.
Did Iga ever make a sprite of her that would work in this game?
And anyone post this yet?
It's supposed to be the new pyramid level. From 1up.
AndyMoogle
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You also have to consider that there are people who only play it in single player. And like other people have said, this game didn't cost much to make. I would be surprised if they haven't gotten their money back already.Wizpig said:
Maria and Julius are coming as DLC. They have ripped the Rondo of Blood sprite for Maria.TheFLYINGManga_Ka said:
IGA doesn't do these games alone you know...