nemmybun [she/her, sae/saer]

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  • nemmybun [she/her, sae/saer]@hexbear.nettogames@hexbear.net•I like SOTN more than other castlevanias I've played. It was also my first castlevania game I've played completely thru. Which one next?English
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    3 个月前

    Aria of Sorrow is undisputably the best of the GBA titles by a significant margin. Circle of the Moon is good but it’s an early GBA title and kinda rough. Harmony of Dissonance is the worst IGAvania and you’re not missing much by skipping it.

    Of the DS titles, Order of Ecclesia is my fav, though exploration is fairly limited for half the game and it’s the most challenging out of all of these imo. Also Shanoa is my fav protag of the series (and clearly the inspiration for Bloodstained’s Miriam). Portrait of Ruin is pretty close to top for me too, I think it’s a bit underrated. Dawn of Sorrow is okay, it does have some cool stuff but 1) the shoehorned touchscreen seal system is deeply unfun and by far the biggest problem, 2) the castle layout/progression is awkward and has a bad flow, and 3) going from the beautiful and unique character illustrations of Aria to the generic template anime designs of Dawn is quite jarring. But it does have my favorite bonus mode of the series so at least there’s that.

    If you have access to Bloodstained, that’s quite good too. It plays like it’s Aria of Sorrow 3.

    The Lord of Shadows series is its own thing, more akin to like God of War. Mirror of Fate is a metroidvania but it’s quite mediocre.

  • nemmybun [she/her, sae/saer]@hexbear.nettogames@hexbear.net•criticize your favorite game(s) (non-optional) (mandatory)English
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    3 个月前

    Binding of Isaac can be unfair, and while yeah that’s kinda the point and mastery can overcome most of that, some rooms are laid out in a way that it’s impossible to avoid damage. For example, a closet filled with spikes and a large troll bomb spawning and immediately homing in. This never feels good even if damage is avoided through pure luck (such as flight or explosion immunity).

    Also most bosses are fine but they do love to add at least one bullshit boss per version. Rebirth brought us the dreaded Bloat, then in AB they added Hush, a bullet hellish, tanky completion mark boss that can only be attempted if reached within 30 mins or less. That wasn’t bullshit enough, so in AB+ they added Delirium, another mark boss that is hidden somewhere on the largest map in the game among 6 other bosses (which included other end bosses). Before Rep there was only 1 way to guarantee access and that was by killing Hush (2 bs bosses in a row!) Oh and the fight itself is a disorienting chaotic nightmare and honestly never fun.

    I don’t think anything added in Rep compares to Delirium, though I’m never happy to see Scourge or Colostomia. Mother is difficult, but honestly getting to that fight is more annoying than the fight itself. Then Rep+ added the most devastating boss of all: barely functional online co-op that can delete your save.