Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin

Mirai Gen · 12-18-2006, 03:32 PM

So far it's a kick and a half. I'll miss Soma Cruz and Alucard, but this game has some shit going for it anyway. Puzzle-solving returns, along with a really great combat engine.

It feels really smooth, too; Like, you don't have to switch between Jonathan and Charlotte, but you can, and either way you can just as easily run through large sections of the game.

Definately worth the buy. Thoughts?

xravi · 12-18-2006, 03:54 PM

It's out? I must purchase! I have to go now, like the crazed american consumer I am.

Mirai Gen · 12-18-2006, 03:56 PM

It's been out since the fifth.

What kind of fan are you?

xravi · 12-18-2006, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Mirai Gen

It's been out since the fifth.

What kind of fan are you?

The kind of fan who has 5 40 hour rpgs to beat.

Edit: Now that I think about it I have nine rpgs to beat.

greed · 12-18-2006, 09:11 PM

Getting it with my birthday money, should get it in early January. DoS is still my fave DS game.

mudah.swf · 12-18-2006, 04:37 PM

I'm importing this for Christmas. Looks really awesome and there's tons of secret stuff to get. 1000% completion to reach too.

*spoiler* Looking forward to playing as/fighting Richter and the seven or so other playable characters. More games should have touches like this.*end spoiler.*

One more thing: The Japanese version had a code in which if you held the L shoulder button whilst starting game you could play the game with English voices. Does this code work in the US release? Obviously for the US version it'll switch to Japanese voices. Test it for me?

Toastburner B · 12-18-2006, 10:16 PM

Got it...been playing it since it came out. Its even keeping me away from Twilight Princess.

I already beat the primary game, and *SPOILER* just beat "Sisters" mode...a bit easy than the main game, IMHO */SPOILER*.

Oh...and hard mode really is HARD. Much more so than the other games, I've noticed.

greed · 12-18-2006, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Toastburner B

Oh...and hard mode really is HARD. Much more so than the other games, I've noticed.

Fuck yeah! That's what I want to hear.

Zombie_Punk · 12-19-2006, 03:52 AM

I'm very pleased it. Possibly more than Dawn Of Sorrow. I'm hoping hard mode will be Circle Of The Moon hard. That was the perfect difficulty.

12-18-2006, 03:32 PM	#1
Mirai Gen We are Geth. Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 14,032	Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin So far it's a kick and a half. I'll miss Soma Cruz and Alucard, but this game has some shit going for it anyway. Puzzle-solving returns, along with a really great combat engine. It feels really smooth, too; Like, you don't have to switch between Jonathan and Charlotte, but you can, and either way you can just as easily run through large sections of the game. Definately worth the buy. Thoughts? __________________

12-18-2006, 03:56 PM	#3
Mirai Gen We are Geth. Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 14,032	It's been out since the fifth. What kind of fan are you? __________________

12-18-2006, 04:37 PM	#6
mudah.swf Rocky Wrench Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: England Posts: 1,294	I'm importing this for Christmas. Looks really awesome and there's tons of secret stuff to get. 1000% completion to reach too. spoiler Looking forward to playing as/fighting Richter and the seven or so other playable characters. More games should have touches like this.end spoiler. One more thing: The Japanese version had a code in which if you held the L shoulder button whilst starting game you could play the game with English voices. Does this code work in the US release? Obviously for the US version it'll switch to Japanese voices. Test it for me? Last edited by mudah.swf; 12-18-2006 at 05:06 PM.

12-18-2006, 10:16 PM	#7
Toastburner B Toasty has left the building Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Hiding...because I don't want to die. Posts: 3,936	Got it...been playing it since it came out. Its even keeping me away from Twilight Princess. I already beat the primary game, and SPOILER just beat "Sisters" mode...a bit easy than the main game, IMHO /SPOILER. Oh...and hard mode really is HARD. Much more so than the other games, I've noticed. __________________ I came, I saw, I got team-killed. A lot.

12-18-2006, 03:54 PM	#2
xravi Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: California Posts: 568	It's out? I must purchase! I have to go now, like the crazed american consumer I am.

12-19-2006, 03:52 AM	#9
Zombie_Punk Har har har! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Wyoming. Yeah, we exist. Posts: 8	I'm very pleased it. Possibly more than Dawn Of Sorrow. I'm hoping hard mode will be Circle Of The Moon hard. That was the perfect difficulty.