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Author: zippdementia
Posted: August 02, 2010 (01:11 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
This sounds to me like what Castlevania: Symphony of the Night should have been like. All the production quality but with actual challenge.
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Author: honestgamer
Posted: August 02, 2010 (01:24 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Symphony of the Night should have been like exactly what it was like, because it was trying to do something completely different and it did it in an exemplary manner. This game is very different and that's good too, because it's trying to do something different and it is doing that something different as well as Symphony of the Night did its something different... if that makes any sense.
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Author: JANUS2
Posted: August 02, 2010 (01:36 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Good, timely review. Much better than Eurogamer's effort, which moans about the difficulty for two pages.
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Author: honestgamer
Posted: August 02, 2010 (01:45 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
1. does Morris play and look like he does in Bloodlines?
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Author: JANUS2
Posted: August 02, 2010 (01:57 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
It sounds like Harmony of Despair returns to the spirit of the original side-scrollers only with some very modern touches (like online multiplayer). I'm looking forward to playing it.
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Author: Lewis
Posted: August 02, 2010 (03:21 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
This one's massively devisive, eh? I thought it was an absolutely dreadful game which completely misunderstood why the best Castlevania games worked. Yet I can totally see why you loved it.
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Author: Lewis
Posted: August 02, 2010 (03:38 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
You know what it is, actually (and in retrospect I wish I'd got this into my review)? Playing the game felt like trying to join in the football match with the big boys. I know that if they'd let me I could probably adapt really quickly, join in, be a decent part of the game. I like football. I'm quite good at it. We'd have fun together, I know it. But the leader of the group just keeps throwing the ball in my face and laughing every time I try to go near the pitch. It's a shame. They look to be having so much fun.
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