Topic: Anyone Playing still playing or recently bought Castlevania Order of Ecclesia?

[Battler Ushiromiya]

Just beat it the other day. I'm doing a Death Ring run now for the fun of it.

[Nazrath]

I'm still playing through, and I've noticed something like a bolt from the blue...does this game feel a little too slow to anyone? Not in terms of plot or leveling, more the actual speed of movement...

[bad_syw]

I wouldn't say it's the worse IGA I like this new variance of CV, Although I serverly miss the light hearted humour in all previous games

[Successor The Cruel]

I'm still playing through, and I've noticed something like a bolt from the blue...does this game feel a little too slow to anyone? Not in terms of plot or leveling, more the actual speed of movement...

It doesn't bother me, but Shanoa's initial running speed is a tad slow, but I got used to it.

[Battler Ushiromiya]

Trying out Albus mode within the last few days. Man, Optical Shot and Teleport are broken...

[cecil-kain]

In Reply To #20

Albus mode is broken, but I think his teleport ability is pretty slick.

[2D]

I've been playing Castlevania since Simon's Quest about 20 years ago, and for the first time since then I simply could not get into a Castlevania game (referring to Order of Ecclesia). I wish I could, and I've tried, but damn...

[DoctaMario]

In Reply To #22

I liked it the first time I played it, but after that, I realized that it has the same problems CV games have had since CoTM. The community has bitched about level design and the ridiculous amounts of copypasta for YEARS and it's still there. Shanoa's a boring character too. At least if the game's going to have some crummy story, try to make the characters interesting. 

[Mobius]

In Reply To #17

Most CV games are slow initially to me. I just seek out the speed-booster attribute (Black Panther soul in DoS, Speed Up spell in PoR, Accleration Glyph now in OoE) then tear through the side-quests/backtacking/remainder of the game at my leisure. Tends to spoil me, but hey wading through tar afterwards feels like an additional part of the challenge. Ecclesia gets instant ups from me for allowing you to keep the speed-up attribute after you start a new game with an existing file.

On this note, I would just like to point out that Richter Mode in Portrait was the first time I felt my character was moving at my pace gameplay-wise. More speedy protagonists, Konami!

[DoctaMario]

In Reply To #24

I really liked Richter's speed in PoR too. It made him more fun to play IMO