You thought correctly, anyone who thinks Jon is low tier doesn't know what the hell they're talking about, lol.

Just having your entire team use sub-optimal equipment to see if we could survive was so much fun too. R firebombs and Alucard's Soul Steal for example. 'Attack barriers' where certain attacks made others players invincible if you stood in the attack's animation. Soma was the best, but Jonathan and Richter had access to some unique shortcuts. The entire acceleration glitch, which allows you to phase through walls. Keeping your conversation window open while completing the level allowed you to comment on your drops. There was a sort-of 'standard way' of timing it correctly. Having multiple people get Water of Life from a single blue chest if you timed it correctly. Spamming character voices, constantly short hopping, teaching each other exploits and glitches. Still kept playing because the community was just that great. Thousands of hours, got 9 of every item and max gold.

Think this was my most played game of all time. I loved it a lot.ĭual Crush was the ability for you and another player to do a unique special move together. There's tons of weapons, armor, boots, capes, and accessories to find.there was always something to do in this game. Some people would go online to farm ability/sub weapon experience to max them out, it just took too long. The only problem is that it takes a really, really, long time to max out the abilities of certain characters. The more you used a characters abilities, the stronger they'd become. Getsu Fuma is also very strong in his own right with great standard attacks and tools. Julius and Shanoa being the only ones who can take advantage of the magnes points in some stages. Then you have all the whippers who excel at.well whipping, martial arts, and sub weapons. Charlotte in particular being a great character in multiplayer because she could heal herself and her allies. Shanoa, Charlotte, and Yoko all magic users with fun spells. You could also find gear from their respective games, and even share it with other characters if applicable.Īlucard has most of his abilities from Symphony of the Night, Soma is similar to Alucard but he is extremely versatile with his ability to command over demons. Now the characters:Įvery character had their own play style and form of progression. There are other tricks as well, like dive kicking precisely on the corner of something to boost your momentum and more. Extremely useful to learn for boss fights.Īnother trick is properly using Yorick skulls with Soma to open up shortcuts for the player on some stages, or his allies. Speaking of tricks, an important one was the back dash canceling method to increase your DPS. There were short cuts, tricks or glitches to take advantage of, and then you had great Castlevania music to back up the whole adventure. Going through the giant stages, sometimes with other players, never really got boring or stale to me. Yes it was grindy, and yes it had heavy amounts of RNG, but it was so good. I don't know how many hours I've sunk into the game on both platforms, I'm sure it's over hundreds and hundreds of hours in total.įor me, this game was a good balance between fun, difficulty, and progression. I'd be more than happy to buy this again if given the chance. I bought this game on the Xbox 360 and again on the PS3. Castlevania Harmony of Despair is a guilty pleasure of mine.some say it was an experiment into what multiplayer Castlevania would be like.

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