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General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: bork on November 16, 2006, 03:23:37 AM

Title: Castlevania Portrait Of Ruin!
Post by: bork on November 16, 2006, 03:23:37 AM
 :D :D :D :D

Just picked it up.  I love it when a new "Metroidvania" is released...can't stop playing them until I get everything.  :)  The store also had Elite Beat Agents, much to my surprise.  Hope it's better than Ouendan was.
Title: Re: Castlevania Portrait Of Ruin!
Post by: The Fake Shemp on November 16, 2006, 03:35:08 AM
This is out!?
Title: Re: Castlevania Portrait Of Ruin!
Post by: demi on November 16, 2006, 03:39:01 AM
In Japan, America isn't until December
Title: Re: Castlevania Portrait Of Ruin!
Post by: bork on November 16, 2006, 04:43:35 AM
Pretty nice so far, although more of the same as expected.  Not sure how much I dig the soundtrack yet (I know Yuzo Koshiro contributed to some of it), and the character animation isn't as smooth as Soma's in the previous game, but that's likely because you now control two of them at once.  You can choose to alternate between characters or summon the other onscreen and let the CPU play as him/her.  Just got the dual crush super attack, but didn't try it yet.  Jonathon uses different types of weapons (he's not limited to a whip), and Charlotte uses magic attacks from her book (the first weapon you get for her makes a sword come out of her book when you attack).  Despite the animation, the graphics are better than all previous versions, with new 3D elements, backgrounds, and even some enemies.  There's also a good amount of new enemies this time around, too, which is a welcome addition.  I hear this game is a bit short, but there's multiple endings and apparently something like seven or eight secret characters to use.  I expect to least be as long, if not longer (which is what was said earlier on) than the previous game.
Title: Re: Castlevania Portrait Of Ruin!
Post by: The Sceneman on November 16, 2006, 06:10:18 AM
Just played through the Castlevania GBA double pack pretty recently, yeah gotta love these metroidvanias. Will buy PoR immediately when the US version comes out.
Title: Re: Castlevania Portrait Of Ruin!
Post by: MrAngryFace on November 16, 2006, 01:36:35 PM
I believe this news
Title: Re: Castlevania Portrait Of Ruin!
Post by: bork on November 16, 2006, 10:19:35 PM
So I found out who the secret characters are.  They are in teams like the main characters, except for the last character, who has no story mode (and probably isn't playable in the 1P mode).  The big surprise is that you get to play as
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Richter and Maria
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.  I read that
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Richter
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is a boss in the game, too.   :o
Title: Re: Castlevania Portrait Of Ruin!
Post by: bork on November 17, 2006, 11:04:14 PM
This game keeps getting better and better.  :D  I think it's a bit more challenging than DoS, although still also a bit on the easy side.
Title: Re: Castlevania Portrait Of Ruin!
Post by: Himu on November 17, 2006, 11:29:38 PM
DoS was so disapointing. Hopefully this is good.
Title: Re: Castlevania Portrait Of Ruin!
Post by: Vizzys on November 17, 2006, 11:52:01 PM
Quote from: Himuro on November 17, 2006, 11:29:38 PM
DoS was so disapointing. Hopefully this is good.

/me scratches his head.
Title: Re: Castlevania Portrait Of Ruin!
Post by: bork on November 17, 2006, 11:53:29 PM
Quote from: Himuro on November 17, 2006, 11:29:38 PM
DoS was so disapointing. Hopefully this is good.

It's better than DoS (which was not a disappointment to me, but not as good as AoS was IMO).  I think it starts off almost a bit TOO easy and has that "been there, done that feel" in early parts of the castle, but once you go in the portraits, it all changes.  :)  There are some castle parts that are clearly taken from SOTN (not the same, but definitely inspired by it), but the new enemies in these areas help to make it better.
Title: Re: Castlevania Portrait Of Ruin!
Post by: Himu on November 17, 2006, 11:57:46 PM
Quote from: Viz on November 17, 2006, 11:52:01 PM
Quote from: Himuro on November 17, 2006, 11:29:38 PM
DoS was so disapointing. Hopefully this is good.

/me scratches his head.

It was AoS 1.5 except that AoS did almost everything better. Felt way too familiar and rehashed. It was then that I starting doubt the future of the Metroidvania formula. Hopefully PoR wows me.
Title: Re: Castlevania Portrait Of Ruin!
Post by: The Sceneman on November 20, 2006, 03:41:22 AM
I enjoyed DoS more... although I did play it before Aria...
Title: Re: Castlevania Portrait Of Ruin!
Post by: Vizzys on November 20, 2006, 03:54:06 AM
Word is the english release got pushed forward to 12/6

Good News!
Title: Re: Castlevania Portrait Of Ruin!
Post by: The Sceneman on November 20, 2006, 04:22:04 AM
Yes indeed!
Title: Re: Castlevania Portrait Of Ruin!
Post by: bork on November 22, 2006, 07:37:27 AM
I thought I was done with the game, until I beat a certain boss fight the "right way" and found FIVE MORE portraits to go through!   :o  Also I can now fight against
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RICHTER BELMONT one on one; my level is too damn low right now as he wins if he hits me like twice.  You don't die against him, but you do lose items of you use them.
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Also it plays the BGM from the first stage of Rondo of Blood.  :D