Topic: What are your all's opinions of Circle of the Moon?

[darkwzrd4]

It's a great game.  Great music.  Great atmosphere.  It's actually difficult.  There are different modes to play with differing stats forcing u to change how u play.  U can actually run (u move to slow in the other games).  The enemies actually change the farther in the game u get, which adds to the difficulty.  Most of the bosses are hard as Hell to beat even for experienced players.  Even with the DSS glitch which allows u to use effects without having the necessary cards, most of the boss battles still require effort.

There are only three issues I had with the game:

• Way too short (only 10 boss battles including Dracula's 2 forms)
• U don't get to play as Hugh (big let down despite the different modes with Nathan)
• UR locked into using a whip the whole game (I prefer a sword, which I was not able to play as Hugh was such a disappointment for me)

[X]

UR locked into using a whip the whole game (I prefer a sword, which I was not able to play as Hugh was such a disappointment for me)

Not true. You can use swords in CotM but they are only activated by the DSS system. You can also use a gun too but once more it is activated via DSS.

[Sumac]

One of the best "metroidvanias". And the best fusion of two different styles - old one and new one.

[DarkPrinceAlucard]

Not true. You can use swords in CotM but they are only activated by the DSS system. You can also use a gun too but once more it is activated via DSS.

True^^^

You can use swords,hammers, and even guns in this game.

My favorite is the flame sword which is swung overhead instead of the typical swinging style that was introduced in Symphony.

I found that style of swinging "refreshing" at the time and was happy to see it return in AOS for the great swords.

[darkwzrd4]

Not true. You can use swords in CotM but they are only activated by the DSS system. You can also use a gun too but once more it is activated via DSS.

Forgot about that.  My bad.

[Sonic_Reaper]

And the Holy Sword is just huge and bad-ass.

[Corpsecrank]

To be honest, I pretty much hate it. It's not the worst Cv game ever to be made, but it's pretty close.

Pretty far from it actually. You should brush up on what makes a cv good and what makes it bad.

When it came out it was amazing simply because it was similar to sotn only portable and that kicked ass. But the audio is awful and so is the lighting because the hardware was poor. The GBA was really dark and that made it really hard to see the game without a light directly on the screen the whole time. I remember hunching over under a lamp playing it which was uncomfortable. The game played fairly well at the time but in comparison to the more recent portables it's pretty awful. They have really polished the controls for the newer ones. I couldn't finish it a second time because of that. It just felt clunky and awkward to play. The story was alright and the music would have been great had the hardware not sucked balls. The GBA sounded like crap I think a phonograph had better audio quality.

Hardware limitations aside I would say it was a good game and I liked playing it.

[crisis]

And the Holy Sword is just huge and bad-ass.

that's what she said (couldn't resist) :3

[Ed Oscuro]

hey guys, lets made a ton of high contrast textures that will blur and ghost terribly on our handheld screen

Awesome art design never happens without reference to the target system.  Lucky me, I can play on the Game Boy Player, at least.

Other than that...uh...even though it was the first one of its type I played, it never seemed too memorable or interesting.

[Dark Nemesis]

Wow The forum is haunted, ghosts have started to post here.........

[beingthehero]

Ed was never gone. He was always inside our hearts.

[knightmere]

Its a descent game with a good challenge, but the reused enemies are kind of annoying.  There are way to many stupid ass armors in that game.  Also the main character Nathan kinda sucks but the gameplay is good.

[Dark Nemesis]

Ed was never gone. He was always inside our hearts.

I know, it's just that i miss him..........

[Kale]

Loved it. It was just well done all around, I didn't like the double tap run though.

There are a good number of challenges in the game until you realize how OP the summons are.

[Ed Oscuro]

To be fair to COTM - I didn't hate it.  It's just one of those "eh what am I doin' - wasting time" things.  At various times I've felt various things about it - but I never really loved it.  Love is reserved for games that I actually feel close to, and COTM just has this layer of blandness that keeps it at a distance.

HoD, though, I actually did love for a while because of how whacked-out the design was, probably in part due to the recycled enemies and the cut-down nature of it (if it had been originally designed for a larger console).  Beyond that, though, it had character (odd, but still) and some areas were pretty memorable.  COTM has...waiting for blocks to rearrange the sewer paths.

The extra modes (magician etc.) are for people who are REALLY desperate to find something to play.  Come on, I haven't found all the times in Vagrant Story yet, didn't get all the parts in Armored Core, haven't played Shadow Tower Abyss, haven't beaten Operation Wolf 3 on one credit yet, and I'm not going to play it again anytime soon when there is new and fresh (at least for me) stuff out there.  In the grand scheme of things, CotM was memorable enough as a GBA launch title but shouldn't be on my top games list, no matter what brand it is.