Castlevania: Whips Vs. Swords

I just finished playing Aria of Sorrow, and am now starting to play Harmony of Dissonance and I'm having to re-adjust to using a whip again. It's like when I played Symphony of the Night and then Circle of the Moon- it's not a big deal, but there's just a little something I prefer about using a sword in the Castlevania games. The reaction time seems a tad faster. I could understand if they modeled the gameplay in the newer games that use the whip to take advantage of the whip's unique features when it comes to platforming and stuff (like they did in 4, where you could use it to swing over pits), but they don't. The sword is just a better, faster, and more fun weapon to use, at least to me. Plus, it makes me feel a bit more bad-ass. :D

The fact that they use a whip in the upcoming Lament of Innocence could be cool, however, since a multi-directional whip seems more effective in a 3D fighting environment than perhaps a sword would be.

So, which do you prefer? Whip, sword, or perhaps a new weapon, like the gun Soma finds in Aria of Sorrow?

Cool topic D :) Most of the main heroes in CV series utilize whips as their weapons, with only Alucard and Soma being able to use the variety of different weapons. What whips usually have over swords it the distance of the attack, since you can attack from further away, and with swords, you get to be close to your target. But then, swords are usually much more powerful.

I personally prefer swords, and being able to use all kinds of different weapons, then to be just to rely on one whip.

Plus you can find a Ivy like chain(whip) sword for Soma in AOS to use :)

Swords because they're cooler.

I went with whip, but a Castlevania with a choice of both would be the best. Throw in a choice of a gun too.

I love using the larged sized swords in SoTN.

the Crissaegrim in SOTN owns all.

For some reason I've always had this stereotipical vision concerning the whip. I always saw it in the hands of a woman, this may be due to playing too much FFIV as a boy.

Since CastleVania usually (I don't know if any of the games differ) have a male character, I'd say swords. But I considered the question in general not just CV, so I don't care.

I guess it's how you use it, like dolemite said, if it's included in the gameplay it's cool. Whips can be used in a more varying way than a sword, so it depends on who is using it.

Whips are lame.

Is Chronicles the only Castlevania that allowed you to whip diagonally down while jumping?

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Originally Posted by johnk_

the Crissaegrim in SOTN owns all.

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Hell YEAH !!! That was one hell of a slicer :lol:

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Regus shockingly said...
Is Chronicles the only Castlevania that allowed you to whip diagonally down while jumping?

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Regus, you disappoint me.

Super Castlevania 4 let you whip in all 8 directions in the air, too.