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tenshinoakuma) wrote2010-11-05 08:28 pm
tenshinoakuma) wrote2010-11-05 08:28 pm
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Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
Okay so it occurs to me that I haven't really actually put down my thoughts on Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow yet. I'm sure some of you chat denizens have heard me spam you while I've been playing, though there's also a lot more that I've played while no one's been in. So, from the beginning:
Firstly, THAT IS NOT CASUAL CLOTHING.
The reason I started playing in the first place was because I noticed that TST's Soma is really pretty and has a really pimping coat. Even Mr. Druid acknowledges Soma's prettiness * A*
You've already heard my laments that I am horrible at the game. I did manage to get through a significant portion of the game with only two deaths. One to... well. Death. And the second in that room of platform hell in the Arena. WHY WOULD YOU SPAWN MULTIPLE RESPAWNING FLYING DEMONIC SPIDERS THAT TURN YOU INTO STONE WHEN YOU TOUCH THEM IN A ROOM FULL OF SPIKES, CONVEYOR BELTS AND OTHER FLYING ENEMIES. Oh, and you take double damage from spikes if you land on them while you're turned to stone. Every platform hell element in this room has synergy with the other platform hell elements resulting in a spiralling nightmare of platform hell that only gets worse as you progress through the room.
OTHER THINGS OF NOTE:
- Graham is hilarious and I can't take him seriously at all. There's a scene early on where he gets all mad at you, and when he leaves, his walking sprite animation looks like he's storming off in a hissy fit. There's a later scene where he's holding a knife, but with the way it's held, if you move the knife's position slightly lower, it looks like he's holding his cock.
- Claimh Solais is the best weapon ever. No exceptions.
- You destroy Dracula's lighting for cash.
- I'm seriously fond of Giant Bat just for being able to zoom through rooms fantastically quick, as well as bypass some tricky/tedious guardian enemies just to get to the loot they're guarding.
- Hippogryph is HILARIOUS. Basically, it allows you to jump super high. What the game doesn't tell you is that if you end up hitting the ceiling or something, it makes a crunch sound and rocks fall. Slamming Soma's head into the ceiling amuses me far more than it should. Also, it can be used in conjunction with Malphas (double jump) to jump indefinitely, making it a mana efficient alternative to Giant Bat to get up to those high locations when there aren't, like, a million golden Medusa heads flying at you.
- A Red Minotaur, which uses a great big axe, tossed it away to engage me in fisticuffs. THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED IN ALL THE PREVIOUS ENCOUNTERS WITH THEM. But since I'm a cheater, I just pew pew pewed with lightning.
- I GOT THE NORMAL (BORING) ENDING 8( The boss for that was stupidly easy I don't even :|
THAT SAID, the game is amazingly fun homg I cannot stop playing.
TIME TO GRIND FOR CASH :|
Firstly, THAT IS NOT CASUAL CLOTHING.
The reason I started playing in the first place was because I noticed that TST's Soma is really pretty and has a really pimping coat. Even Mr. Druid acknowledges Soma's prettiness * A*
You've already heard my laments that I am horrible at the game. I did manage to get through a significant portion of the game with only two deaths. One to... well. Death. And the second in that room of platform hell in the Arena. WHY WOULD YOU SPAWN MULTIPLE RESPAWNING FLYING DEMONIC SPIDERS THAT TURN YOU INTO STONE WHEN YOU TOUCH THEM IN A ROOM FULL OF SPIKES, CONVEYOR BELTS AND OTHER FLYING ENEMIES. Oh, and you take double damage from spikes if you land on them while you're turned to stone. Every platform hell element in this room has synergy with the other platform hell elements resulting in a spiralling nightmare of platform hell that only gets worse as you progress through the room.
OTHER THINGS OF NOTE:
- Graham is hilarious and I can't take him seriously at all. There's a scene early on where he gets all mad at you, and when he leaves, his walking sprite animation looks like he's storming off in a hissy fit. There's a later scene where he's holding a knife, but with the way it's held, if you move the knife's position slightly lower, it looks like he's holding his cock.
- Claimh Solais is the best weapon ever. No exceptions.
- You destroy Dracula's lighting for cash.
- I'm seriously fond of Giant Bat just for being able to zoom through rooms fantastically quick, as well as bypass some tricky/tedious guardian enemies just to get to the loot they're guarding.
- Hippogryph is HILARIOUS. Basically, it allows you to jump super high. What the game doesn't tell you is that if you end up hitting the ceiling or something, it makes a crunch sound and rocks fall. Slamming Soma's head into the ceiling amuses me far more than it should. Also, it can be used in conjunction with Malphas (double jump) to jump indefinitely, making it a mana efficient alternative to Giant Bat to get up to those high locations when there aren't, like, a million golden Medusa heads flying at you.
- A Red Minotaur, which uses a great big axe, tossed it away to engage me in fisticuffs. THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED IN ALL THE PREVIOUS ENCOUNTERS WITH THEM. But since I'm a cheater, I just pew pew pewed with lightning.
- I GOT THE NORMAL (BORING) ENDING 8( The boss for that was stupidly easy I don't even :|
THAT SAID, the game is amazingly fun homg I cannot stop playing.
TIME TO GRIND FOR CASH :|