Topic: I liked Portrait of Ruin

[Battler Ushiromiya]

There. I said it. Lynch me if you want now.

Also, I'm being serious. The wanton, often uncalled for bashing of PoR is getting kinda ridiculous around here. Give it a rest.

[Akuma]

In Reply To #1

good for you(I liked it only because I liked Death's Design)

[DoctaMario]

I liked it too. IT's not my favorite game in the series, but it's a fun little action game with plenty of replay value.

[gravekeeper]

To be completely honest.. I never got to finishing PoR. I'm not saying it's a bad game. I'm not the one to judge since I haven't even played it myself. All I know is that I HATE the artwork for it. Castlevania suits better with a gothic, serious kind of art, imo. The artwork for OoE is amazing. Does anyone know the name of the illustrator? I hardly believe it's the same person who illustrated for DoS and PoR.

[darkwzrd4]

I'm not a bit fan of the art work, but it was a decent game.  It wasn't the best, but it wasn't the worst either.

[jimmay17]

I've made my affinity for Portrait of Ruin made clear on this forum on several occasions. All I'm going to add here is that for a game so roundly criticized around here as everything wrong with the franchise, we've spent more time talking about it than any other Castlevania in recent memory. Two years later and it still gets more analysis and discussion than most of its peers.

Love it of hate it, at least it wasn't so mediocre that you don't have an opinion on it.

[Long John Silver]

In Reply To #6

it's easier to bash something than praise it, and it's usually more fun to do that. especially if it deserves the bashing like the game in the topic.

[Battler Ushiromiya]

No, it really doesn't. You're just trolling now.

[paletteswapmonster]

What exactly is the point of this topic? Is this a bad attempt at flamebaiting?

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

In Reply To #7

I don't know if it's deserving of it as much as it gets.

[Battler Ushiromiya]

@psm:
If some'ne's flamebaiting, then they're not serious. This is me seriously telling you people to lay off. I'm sick of people acting like PoR is worse than Superman 64.

@Jorge:
Yep, that about sums it up. Good analysis!

[paletteswapmonster]

@psm:
If some'ne's flamebaiting, then they're not serious. This is me seriously telling you people to lay off. I'm sick of people acting like PoR is worse than Superman 64.

And I'm sick of people at gamefaqs praising PoR as if it was the greatest thing in the world and labeling anyone who says one subtle bad thing about it as a troll, but I don't go there and get angry at them for it.

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

In Reply To #11

I wish the hating would stop, but some people just cannot help but beat you over the head with their opinions every single time.

I've had thoughts about making that part of the 'ass-behavior' unspoken/understood Rule that we have here at the forums (y'know, the "Don't be an ass" rule) that way I can actually give people warnings about it.

This exists everywhere though.

[Battler Ushiromiya]

Eh, I found it to be more fun than DoS. Although to be fair, DoS and PoR are the only Castlevanias I've been able to play so far.

That said, I did prefer DoS's story, and Yoko>Charlotte. However, DoS also got VERY boring, VERY fast. PoR had more variety to offer, making it in my opinion more enjoyable. Hell, I loved Sisters mode, despite all the whining I hear about it.

EDIT: GameFAQs is designed for trolling. Dead serious.

[paletteswapmonster]

Although to be fair, DoS and PoR are the only Castlevanias I've been able to play so far.

If they're the only games you've played, then you probably wouldn't understand the hate for PoR. It's hated for very good reason.