Castlevania: Harmony of Despair

Is this game too easy with say 4 people or more - or does the difficulty scale up with more players?

Diablo's minions do strenthen.

Also, see above about bosses. When you die, you turn into a skeleton. Die as a skelly and it knocks 3 minutes off your time limit. Cue people dying incessantly. It's an artificial difficulty booster mostly, because players are often trapped in the boss room when they die.

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Originally Posted by TrialSword

Yeah I saw the reviewers queefing over the game; gotta know what you're getting into. Single player sucks, it's easy to get into a multiplayer match even if it's not with friends, proceed to steamroll.

OH, and people are fucking stupid at Dracula. We'll get there with a party of 5, they'll all die by phase 3 and KEEP LUNGING at him with skeletons. Then they wonder why they run out of time.

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but players don't collect any loot as a skeleton. So, assuming all Waters of Life have been used, there's no reason, outside of politeness towards the other players, for a skeleton to be invested in whether or not a boss is defeated.

Like I said, oftentimes you're stuck in the boss room as a skeleton, ready to soak up Megiddo flames and death scythes.

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Originally Posted by Chux

Reviewers were looking for SoTN, but couldn't accept a XBLA Multiplayer diablo style game.

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I believe this - saw my friend play and looks fun as all hell. Haters who hate on Metroidvania continue to hate because its not NES 'vania. Haters who hate on recycled graphics ignore and overlook that the whole map is active at all times, and clunkiness aside, at least all the visuals 'fit' with each other. Simply - haters gonna hate.

Had some fun games with friends and Hero, hope my douchebag friends weren't too douchebaggy for you. I forgot to mention to farm for Pneuma, Shanoa's second weapon, by killing Death.

Is anyone else worried about their luck stat? I have it up to 18, and with the exception of two or three drops I've been getting crap.

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Originally Posted by Hero

I believe this - saw my friend play and looks fun as all hell. Haters who hate on Metroidvania continue to hate because its not NES 'vania. Haters who hate on recycled graphics ignore and overlook that the whole map is active at all times, and clunkiness aside, at least all the visuals 'fit' with each other. Simply - haters gonna hate.

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Real Castlevania still kicks the shit out of all Metroidvanias, including this one, but that doesn't change the fact that this is a good game.

Demo was alright, $15 feels like a lot though...

There is so much shit to do, $15 is a bargain if you play online. If not, don't buy it.

I'ma be on this soon if peoples wanna play, be warned I am not very good (surprise!)