Picked it up used at GameStop, as I've skipped the DS titles. Thought I'd start with OoE cus its the only one retaining the gothis style, and I like the level based traveling rather than another gigantic castle once again (POR did a similar thing with the paintings as far as I know, but I hate the art in that game)
So far, I think it's a great game. I love the glyph system, and being able to equip both hands again is an awesome thing to finally bring back.
Graphics so far are nicely detailed. I'm not a DS connoisseur, so I can't really compare it to many other games, but I think it's a very nice looking game.
Digging the music. It's beautifully composed and fits, but hey, I should expect that in a CV game.
As I said above, I was looking forward to the new level based system, and I do love it! Makes playing the game a lot smoother.
I also wasn't expecting the challeneg to be too high, but I got my ass handed to me at the prison Skeleton boss until I used the hammer glyphs. I also love the grappling glyph thingy, makes fighting bosses more fun when you use the hook things to avoid them.
I consider OoE the last real CV game. Judgement was more of a spinoff, and a shitty one at that, and HOD was good but just another spinoff. Then LOS, yes, same franchise, but different universe and story, so to me this is like the last classic CV game. I'm not sure if Adventure Rebirth came out before or after, but even if it did come after, OoE is still the latest new story we get in this universe of CV, and with how shittily Konami acts now, I'm sad to say I think it will remain the last :'(
It's a beautiful game, and it's actually my favourite CV of all time :)
If you think the challenge is hard just wait... Gets better
'Magnus' is probably one of my favourite glyphs, it's incredibly creative without allowing the player to troll a superjump. Kind of reminds me of Bang Shishigami's nails in BlazBlue.
AR was released after, still a good game but not adding to the canon.
You and I are much alike in terms of our love for Castlevania (and 90's anime ;D) I've always said OOE is the last "true CV" which is fine with me, ending the series on a high.
The first time I played OOE on normal I played with English voices, the next time on the hardest setting I used Japanese (which I prefer) so not too sure about the name.
However, the Eng Dub voice actor for Ryu Soma/ Kaneshiro Takuto in ArgentoSoma also plays Richter Belmont in Castlevania COD, this I know for certain :)
His voice is great, same with Mark Hildreth who voiced Terry Bogard in the Fatal Fury anime movies, one of my favourites.
Haven't played a modern CV in Japanese, I just like the English VO charn a lot lol
And old school anime voice actors are missed today. I don't watch a lot of new stuff, but I hate new dubs that I have seen. Just no personality in it
EDIT- Just found out Macconnahie did voice Barlowe, tho uncredited
I actually like both for OOE, not being biased but they both sound solid to me. Albus especially. What I don't like is the one minor voice actor made sound like a surfy, they did the same thing to Urahara Kisuke in Bleach's ENG DUB!! Why? Just because they're blonde? haha
By the way although I think Bleach Eng dub is headless-horseshit compared to the Jap voices, Johnny Yong Bosch voices both Ichigo and Nero from DMC 4. Also that Captain with the long White hair in Eng is the same actor as Beerus from DBZ Battle of Gods/ Resurrection F, small world!! Which is also ironic as the Japanese voice of Kurotsuchi Mayuri is the same actor who voices Frieza in the Japanese dub of DBZ.... Damn full circle
Speaking of DBZ, it is one of the animes as well as Evangelion, possibly Cowboy Bebop, Raxephon, Fist of the North Star (the movie), Street Fighter II "V" and Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie, Mad Bull and a few others whose English dubs are superior imo.
Sweet, love when that happens 8)
Oh really? I love Bleach, even the filler tickles me just right.
Bebop is so random, but the last few episodes and the ending are some of the best I've seen in an anime series.
I also recommend GunxSword (definitely Japanese voices, Eng subs)
Did you ever finish OOE Freeman?
I got to the castle, but I was hit by something that happens to me too often: I get far in a game and stop playing. I need to pick it up again cus I do wanna beat it. Been playing some PC games lately but will find some time for OOE. Still excellent so far though!It gets better! Keep going!
It gets better! Keep going!
I hate the fact that there's no whip glyph. But everything else about it, especially the protagonist being a woman ('bout time too) is cool.
That would've been awesome! And out of all of the famale CV characters, Shanoa feels like the only one that was done right (Sonia had a fan-fic plot, Maria is OP, Carrie's attacks are shit and she's kinda bland, Charlet was great but not the main character)
For what it's worth I'm playing CVIII atm and although there wasn't as much of a plot back in the day, I'm liking the way Sypha was handled at that era of gaming.(despite the initial gender ambiguity) She can freeze enemies and water, in NES days, how boss is that!?
the role she plays in AoS
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