This thread is in response to a review for Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow on the Game Boy Advance. You are encouraged to view the review in a new window before reading this thread.
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Author: overdrive (Mod)
Posted: October 18, 2018 (07:46 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I really agree with this review. I liked the game a lot, but after playing through SotN a dozen or so times and beating CotM and HoD, when I started this one, I struggled to maintain interest and stopped playing somewhere around Death. Konami really had a good formula initially, but when you consider that the three GBA games were just pale imitations of SotN on a less powerful handheld system, it just got to the point where I got tired of doing the same thing in a different game.
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Author: Masters (Mod)
Posted: October 18, 2018 (11:35 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
This is a great review that makes me look back fondly on the game. I had that double pack that included Harmony with Aria -- what a deal. Anyway, the write-up successfully upholds its thesis throughout of 'great, but not amazing.'
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Author: JoeTheDestroyer (Mod)
Posted: October 19, 2018 (01:42 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Thank you, both. I will look at revising that line. I was a little hasty at that point, so maybe with some added love I can smooth it over.
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Author: honestgamer
Posted: October 19, 2018 (04:23 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
And yet Mirror of Fate was likely the one game that got the developer its gig remaking Metroid II, which seems to have been well received by critics (unlike Mirror of Fate, which was indeed uninspiring in general).
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Author: Masters (Mod)
Posted: October 19, 2018 (05:00 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I remember Circle of the Moon being kind of hard for this time of game, but boring, at the same time -- a difficult combination to pull off.
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Author: JoeTheDestroyer (Mod)
Posted: October 20, 2018 (09:52 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I kinda liked Circle, but I thought it was too farmy. If you needed new armor, healing items or the special cards the game offered, then you had to kill enemies for ages until they dropped something. I think I've gone through the thing three times now, and I gave up on trying to get all of the armor and cards the first couple of times through.
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