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HOLY SHIT
http://www.gamestop.com/product.asp?product_id=160703
Castlevania: Aria & Harmony 2-Pack
FTW
http://www.gamestop.com/product.asp?product_id=160703
Castlevania: Aria & Harmony 2-Pack
FTW
Dragona Akehi
Retired
Yay Aria of Sorrow. Boo fucking hiss to fucking Harmony of Dissapointment. Talk about pairing polar opposites.
Dragona Akehi said:
:lol
Well almost everybody's going to buy it for Aria most likely, so anything else is icing on the cake. Circle of the Moon is readily available. It would've been nice to have maybe another CV game, but they probably didn't want to match up a GBA game with a NES/SNES game I suppose. I didn't think Harmony was THAT bad.
Dragona Akehi
Retired
Hey, Aria of Sorrow rocks entire city blocks. It's worth paying twice that for Aria alone, so I think it's great it's getting a reprint (finally!). It's just that my god, Harmony of CRAPULENCE is so bad (for the formula) that it makes me sick.
Aria is Brill.
Harmony is not.
Aria is Brill.
Harmony is not.
Dragona Akehi
Retired
It'd be better to have Aria of Sorrow and Castlevania III together, rather than that crap. If you ask me.
OH YES I WENT THERE.
OH YES I WENT THERE.
Dragona Akehi
Retired
Y2Kevbug11 said:
For the record, I didn't love it. I only gave it that rating because, as I said in the review it isn't a bad game. However, it's a terrible Castlevania and made me lose faith in the Metroidvania formula entirely. Until, of course redemption.
StarscreamLSU
Member
Well, this is a bit of a disappointment only becuase I just bought both for like $20 each. Doesn't matter though since both were well worth the price.
Farore said:Konami should have included CotM instead of HoD... but I'm happy for the AoS reprint so I wont complain...
Already got cirlce of the moon, and see it around in stores fairly often.
Never see either of the other two, and want both, despite the crappy sound in harmony. (and inexplicably low-colour sprites).
demi said:
Since Aria and Harmony are both nearly impossible to find.....
I agree with those that say Harmony is getting an unfair rep. When it came out it was a well reviewed game, by compairson to Aria it looks less than stellar which is only naturla considering that both game were developed side by side, and Aria benefitted from a longer development cycle which allowed for the tweaking of the sound engine. Grpahically the games are one a par.
Y2Kevbug11 said:
That's the problem with people who review gameboy advance games. I feel people inflate the scores with every big name release that comes out and a lot of people buy into that crap. *I* personally never said HoD was good and always stated it was horrible . But the ridiculous inflating of bad/mediocre gba games has got to stop. The unanimous praise made me get HoD and Tactics Ogre: Knight of Lodis. Awful awful games.
Eh. You had subweapons, relics, equipment that actually made sense, and magic spells. I don't think that's a mess, personally.Tony HoTT said:
I have a lot of fun with the soul system, but I'd like to see a, you know, gameplay-based way to cast spells in the future. What we know of the next game suggests that it will be another soul game though. Can't say I won't eagerly buy it, but, you know.
Here's how I'd rank the SotN-and-after Metroidvania games' ability systems:
1) SotN - most sensible and most satisfying, gameplay-wise.
2) AoS - The souls were really cool the first time around
3) CotM - Getting the cards was rewarding, but figuring out how to use them moreso.
4) DoS - Souls getting a little old, but they still rock. Some really cool new ones, as well.
5) HoD - This was the killer flaw of the game for me. The "spellbook" system was kludgy, boring, and really unsatisfying.
Oh, on-topic: I was really hoping for a Castlevania II/III pack. Dammit.
Alcibiades
Member
It would be funny if people Ebay'ed their GBA Castlevania games and it turned out to be just ports of the old GB black and white games except with color...
Hilarious but true: I check my local Gamestop/EB almost daily for Aria and Harmony along with a couple other games, have been either in-store or online for about 6 months now, never seen it. Then I happen to be in Gamestop today, they had TWO copies of Harmony and Aria used in. Guess word got out pretty fast. :lol
Heh, I called it. HoD and AoS double pack. As many have said before me, the pack is worth it for AoS alone. HoD is a bit of a shame when you put it up against CotM and AoS. I still have the original copies complete of the GBA Castlevania games, but I will pick this up as well.
A different compilation would have been better though.
A different compilation would have been better though.
If you still own the originals, why buy this compilation? Is that really the best use of your money?Ironclad_Ninja said:
AoS is awesome, but you couldn't pay me to go back to HoD. I never even finished it. The level design just pissed me off so much.
Drinky Crow
Banned
Outside of the music, what was wrong with HoD? I liked it better than Aria -- it was quite a bit bigger, it had a WHIP, the special effects were better, and the boss fights were much more interesting (albeit ridiculously easy). I liked the spellbook system better than Aria souls.
Parallax Scroll
Banned
Personally, I prefer having a larger variety of swords, spears, etc. to choose from.Drinky Crow said:
Drinky Crow
Banned
I don't, because it doesn't encourage the development of deeper play technique, and plus in the case of AoS (as opposed to SotN and DoS), the animation sucks.
Parallax Scroll
Banned
There were parts of Aria where I had 4 or 5 weapons I was switching between depending on the room I was in. I enjoyed that, but to each his own.
Kumiko Nikaido
Vindication...sweet.
Lay off the HoD hate, people. CotM should get all the hate since IGA had no part of it, was developed by KCE Nagoya, had crap character animations, and had castle level designs that Dracula himself would bulldoze over.
CotM = GENERIC BROWNIE MIX.
Harmony of Dissonance had interiors that approached Symphony of the Night, had BRIGHT and COLORFUL levels, a boost in character/enemy animations, and was just more fun. It had the IGA touch.
HoD = BETTY CROCKER BROWNIE MIX.
Aria of Sorrow was more refined to SotN levels: castle-structure, amalgam of weapons/souls, and better music. BUT, some level graphics were BLAND (yeah, all I see is brown and a ceiling...whoopee), boring, and just dark. But since the gameplay was king, those trade-offs are understandable. But still.....
AoS = GHIRARDELLI BROWNIE MIX.
Mmmm....I'm getting the brownie munchies. I go get some... ^_^
CotM = GENERIC BROWNIE MIX.
Harmony of Dissonance had interiors that approached Symphony of the Night, had BRIGHT and COLORFUL levels, a boost in character/enemy animations, and was just more fun. It had the IGA touch.
HoD = BETTY CROCKER BROWNIE MIX.
Aria of Sorrow was more refined to SotN levels: castle-structure, amalgam of weapons/souls, and better music. BUT, some level graphics were BLAND (yeah, all I see is brown and a ceiling...whoopee), boring, and just dark. But since the gameplay was king, those trade-offs are understandable. But still.....
AoS = GHIRARDELLI BROWNIE MIX.
Mmmm....I'm getting the brownie munchies. I go get some... ^_^
Sapiens
Member
Yes, stop the HOD hate. It's a fine game. Fine game. What's so bad about the music? It sounds fine to me. Sure, the fidelity isnt there, but some of the compositions are great.
I dont think Ive heard a better composition than Juste's theme out of the GBA castles. Serious.
Games got is problems. Doesnt have the love and care that Aria, Sotn, or DoS got, but it was still worth the money.
I was SO HAPPY to play HOD after the horrible Cotm.
I dont think Ive heard a better composition than Juste's theme out of the GBA castles. Serious.
Games got is problems. Doesnt have the love and care that Aria, Sotn, or DoS got, but it was still worth the money.
I was SO HAPPY to play HOD after the horrible Cotm.