I feel like I want to keep playing this Castlevania game until I've beaten it

glennmagusharvey

...and it feels very uncomfortably similar to the way characters in the game (and the series) are drawn (often quite tragically) to the desire for power or eternal life that Dracula tempts them with.

Vorpy

I almost bought a Castlevania game. the one with the pretty girl on the front.

ninjaclown

HAAAAA that's the hardest one. Try beating the game on hardest.

With level 1 only.

And earn every medal from every boss (which requires never getting hit once)

Schitzo

Which Castlevania are you playing, Glenn?

glennmagusharvey

...I didn't think that what I wrote could positively identify the game I was playing, but apparently ninjaclown guessed it correctly.

Vorpy, do you happen to be talking about the same one as this?  Or the other one with the pretty girl and a pretty boy on the front?

Vorpy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castlevania:_Order_of_Ecclesia

It was this one but only the girl was on the front and the game was abnormally thick.

Vorpy

GLORIOUSLeader

I heard it's good. 85 Metacritic means something. 

ninjaclown

You didn't answer my question, Vorpy. Where you thinking of completing the game on hardest, with level 1 cap, AND earn every boss medal?

Vorpy

Yes

glennmagusharvey

I think I'd be too bored with that.

On the other hand, I'm more likely to go for 100% exploration, item drops, item encyclopedia, and boss medals.

glennmagusharvey

Also holy shit I love being a catwoman.

Also, Wallman is the fuck.  If you don't know who Wallman is, don't spoil it for yourself.

ninjaclown

His health is unlimited, but you can force him to be hoisted by his own petard. Too bad it sounds like he dies painfully and horrifically.

glennmagusharvey

In reply to spoilered text above:

Well he's sort of a jackass anyway.

And yes, I know that.  Video footage courtesy of ZeromusX tells me this.  (SPOILERS WITHIN LINK, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED)

glennmagusharvey

A**** is a fun boss fight.  I really like those boss fights that involve smaller, more mobile targets.

Also, apparently, one of his attacks gets way faster in hard mode.

glennmagusharvey

Oh, as for the other Castlevania game with a pretty girl on the front, it's this one:

CommandoDude

Play Simon's Quest.

LOL

glennmagusharvey

You should be telling me to play Haunted Castle.  No graveyard ducks, just blue-haired Simon.

Nyktos

@glennmagusharvey: So, I just realized that that's her hair. The whole time you had her as an avatar, I thought she was wearing a hood.

glennmagusharvey

LOL

Yeah, Charlotte Aulin has roughly the same hairstyle as Ritz Malheur (Final Fantasy Tactics Advance) and Kuga Natsuki (Mai-HiME).