Topic: I liked Portrait of Ruin

[paletteswapmonster]

In Reply To #30

What's so bad about HoD?

[Kale]

The music. Not a whole lot of harmony in that. The game just felt blah too... can't say too much since its been a good while since I've played.

[justin312]

In Reply To #31

I didn't really like HoD either.  I thought the game was way too easy, the music was terrible for a CV, and the story was kind of hokey.  Of the Metroidvanias I've played (still haven't played PoR or OoE), that was my least favorite so far.

[Long John Silver]

In Reply To #29
Seems like the middle game out of the portables was always the worst, HoD and PoR.

that's not always the case. see gb and belmont's revenge which was easily the best out of the three gb titles.

[paletteswapmonster]

In Reply To #32

The music can't be the sole reason. It's not even that bad.


In Reply To #33

What's bad about the music? Saying it's terrible for a CV game means you're just missing the point badly. I also don't get why the weird story should count against it. You don't seem to get the point of the game. Those also shouldn't be reasons to dislike it that much.

[justin312]

In Reply To #35

The songs in the game are very bland.  None of them stand out.  What point am I "badly missing" about the music?

Also, I like the games to be a little challenging, and HoD definitely is not, at least not compared to most other Castlevanias.  I just think that compared to Symphony, the Sorrow games and even CotM, HoD just doesn't measure up to those games.

[paletteswapmonster]

In Reply To #36

The songs are strange and bizarre and help the atmosphere of the game. The atmosphere and story of the game center around the bizarre castle.

HoD is the most difficult CV game when it comes to exploration. Most people still get lost in the game(including myself) no matter how many times the game is played. I also don't see how you can complain about difficulty since I'm assuming you don't care about the difficulty in SotN.

[Marty Belmont]

In Reply To #36

I loved the Music.

Iron Blue Intention's remix(and Extention) may be my favorite video game tune ever.

not only does it fit Victorian London, but it also invokes a great feeling of heroism, like these characters are on a serious mission to defend everything good and wholesome.
("Gaze up at the Darkness" gave off a very similar vibe as well.)

despite the cartoonish dialogue, the game still gave off a very epic feel and the story drew me in.

and the character drawings where nowhere NEAR as Bad as DOS, you can't say Jonathan's angry face was as bad as the ones in DOS, Charlotte's was the only unrealistic one, and I really liked the sisters animation.

[justin312]

In Reply To #37

I'm not complaining about the difficulty, I just think the game is easy, which is one of the reasons I didn't like it as much as the others.

[Kale]

In Reply To #32

The music can't be the sole reason. It's not even that bad.

I never said it was the sole reason.

[paletteswapmonster]

I never said it was the sole reason.

Well, it's the only reason you gave.

[Kale]

In Reply To #41

Doesn't mean it was the sole reason. I have to admit, though, as much as I like music in video games, it would have to be utterly bad/ or good (depends on the people) Indian music to stop me from playing it. (if that's what you call it, anyway)

And I also said I haven't played it for a good while, so obviously I wouldn't remember much from it. Especially when I didn't like it in the first place. It just felt blah. (as said before)

EDIT: you know what? I'll add some more for you. I thought the sprite sucked. I didn't like the level design ( I can safely say this since I don't like many level designs in the port games ), and the two button for dashing just seems like the laziest thing evar. They oculd've easily added something and made one button for dashing.

EDIT 2: Happy?

[justin312]

"HoD is the most difficult CV game when it comes to exploration. Most people still get lost in the game(including myself) no matter how many times the game is played."

I also don't think that is a good thing, either.

[sonicabid]

In Reply To #42

I like double tapping to run. I like it in CotM, when playing as Richter, in 3rd Strike..but anyway, nice to see I sparked a little discussion. Someday I'm gonna go through HoD again, mostly so I can play as Maxim and old Simon. I also never really played the old GB games that much, Serio. I emulated them a bit, mess around for a little while, and I guess I just wasn't really feeling them.

[Battler Ushiromiya]

In Reply To #25

I meant Jonathan got more develo0pment than his daddy, too.