Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
 

Why hasn't anyone commented on this game yet? Normally, there's at least one thread on the board about the latest Castlevania game up at least a month before it's released.

Anyway, I haven't even heard much in the way of news about this one. What's the deal?

konami is starting to fuck with castlevania a bit much for my taste.

1. this castlevania is in the future, i know that it was an inevitability, but i still don't have to like it.

2. the main character isn't a Belmont and there is NO excuse for that at all.

3. they did away with sub-weapons, although i am a bit curious about this ability absorption idea...

Megaman vs. Dracula

I'll admit, the idea of it being set in the future is a bit troubling, but I'm still curious to see how that will pan out.

As for the character not being a Belmont, what about in Castlevania: Bloodlines? Neither of those two were Belmonts.

[quote="Dr. Boogie"]I said that last night. He said he liked it but that was before he was a "gaming perfectionist".

Anyway, the game itself looks alright but I get the feeling it won't have the classic style :(

I'm looking forward to it. One of those that you'll have to wait and see how it turns out.

I still have faith.

As long as the character has a sword and neato stuff, I'm happy :)

I gots faith in the game.

well. the rom was dumped either last nite or this morning. so i'll play it for a while and offer my thoughts. maybe. o.o

I didn't realize it was in my newest NP. It looks pretty damn cool and it came with a nice poster :)

Aria has indeed been dumped, and i'm playing it now. :D

I'll wait for the cart.

Very honorable, and i'd do the same, but i don't have a gba, or money to buy one, so it looks like i'm the cheap bastard route. It's an awesome game though, way better than the other two for gba. The soul collecting system is fun, and you'll use souls far more often than sub-weapons in SOTN, which may be a blessing for some and a curse for others. The graphics are totally sweet, and the animation is very well done. I'm fighting Death right now, and he is god damned hard, as always.

death was easy as fuck in SotN. two crissaegrims and two rings of varda and i killed him in under 10 seconds.

The hell do you need two Crissaegrims for? Isn't one enough?

i like to alternate. most of the time i keep a crissaegrim and a mourneblade, but not for the bosses. hell, i killed galamoth somewhere in the neighborhood of 15-20 seconds with them.

I got tired of the criss, so now it's Holy Sword and Combat Knife, baby.

i suppose the criss can get a bit old, but you should try the badelaire instead.

i think that is the right one...

You had better be playing this fucking rom, wop. >:

i don't know if i want to now...a fucking 9 mm? are you serious?

Been playing this rom for a little while now, damned fun game so far... though I'm always finding I wish I could jump higher. Must find more items!

the 9mm is funny :( way too weak to use normally.

anyhow. i jus beat it. and i must say, this is the best cv since sotn. very fun to play around with. i meant to see what the 'fake' ending was but i accidently got the good ending. o.o whoops. ah well. i'll play it again in hard mode :O

what other futuristic bullshit did those heathens include?

The cart's out so I'll have to find it.

The only other really futuristic things i can think of are military-uniform zombies, hand grenades, and the character Hammer, who wears fatigues. The castle itself ages, but the monsters don't, so there's still a ton of old enemies, and some weird new ones, like a lion's head in a ring of fire that rolls around.

Damnit I want my flash cart so I can play it on my gba >: damn hong kong companies >: