Was this really the hardest of the "portable" castlevania?

I vaguely remember the giant skeleton in the 1st area being a pain before you figure out it's weak to blunt weapons

>>714837698 (OP)
On the first run it's probably between this and CotM, though neither of them are particularly hard outside of a boss or two that might give you issues the first few tries, just that the others are all pretty easy games on the whole.

In general though it'd be either PoR or OoE because they introduced those Level 1 modes.

>>714837698 (OP)
the forest stage and the lighthouse boss (mr crabs) I know have filtered people early on
but yeah this game is chill once you get some useful glyphs

>>714837968
In the main game it's definitely Ecclesia because PoR had the Ancient Armor. All around it's Lv.1 PoR Old Axe Armor mode.

I played through hard mode once and it's hard as balls. Lots of new enemies, including infinitely respawning bats or medusa heads added to some rooms. Even the bats hit like a truck. All the bosses have new attacks and animations.

>>714837698 (OP)
It was definitely the best of the three. If Portrait of Ruin didn't have Richter mode I don't know if I would have liked it as much as I did. Dawn is just fucking boring and a huge downgrade compared to Aria of Sorrow.

Bumping for interest

>>714839034
>Dawn is just fucking boring and a huge downgrade compared to Aria of Sorrow
yeah they really fucked up, all they had to do was make the game feel better to play and they failed

>>714837698 (OP)
It's the only one where bosses and some enemies can deplete your whole HP in a blink.
And at the beginning you can run out of attack capacity for some seconds and damage resistances actually matter.

>>714837698 (OP)
normal's reasonably challenging; it's just that typical metroidvania fans aren't used to those types of games posing a challenge so it gets elevated more than it really is. the common opinion of brachyura being seen as a "roadblock" says it all, really. level 1 hard's legitimately pretty brutal on a new game though

>>714837698 (OP)
Honestly I like the glyph system and every attack using MP was neat. It meant you could actually play around with projectiles and magic more, but it also meant you had the drawback with that reducing your firepower and leaving you helpless without melee attacks if you completely drained it. And it still allowed the player to use expendable weapon points with the glyph unions. Three presets is still too low to really use the variety of the glyphs.

Also I do wish they used the magnet mechanic more for platforming challenges. Like the training hall platform hell level was a neat challenge that I felt could have been more present in the normal level design but then that'd would make the game even more of a platformer where it seems more of the challenge lies in the combat.

Funny you posted this O just started playing it for the first time yesterday
Got up to the 2nd boss, the big skelly and got bodied
Haven't been back since, any tips?

>>714837698 (OP)
It's the hardest out of the igavanias for sure.

>>714846350
hit it until it dies
don't get hit
glyph union OP

>>714837698 (OP)
Reminds me i need to sell my ds copy. I bought the dominus collection on switch. and ds version goes for $80ish last i checked

>>714846350
His kick attack is the best opportunity to wail as much attacks on him on his leg. You can actually also dodge his attacks when he comes at you from the right side with ducking under his kick when you're at the corner, forcing him to do a dive attack, next, to the ground where you swoop under him or use the magnet to fly pass him, leaving vulnerable for more attacks when he's on the ground. Always have the magnet glyph ready and just use the magnet glyph when he's coming at you from the left side.

>Shaw!
Why did Team Cherry make Hornet reference the crab boss in the lighthouse?

>>714846350
Big skeleton?

That's more of an mini boss isn't it?

>>714845438
Is it wrong to ogle at women when they're dressed like that? Found a girl at the airport who exposed her back like that and I kept glancing at her when we moved through terminals and I was scared people might notice and call me a creep.

>>714847090
The first you encounter (in the prison island) is a legitimate boss fight, later you encounter a couple as normal enemies (the only boss in the game to do that, actually).

>>714846017
>blocks your path

Good god the ring & item farming was batshit crazy for this entry

>>714846584
you bought the limited run special edition didn't you anon

midnight bump

>>714846017
Yeah it's just an crying shame she didn't get to really appear in more games like Richter & Alcrude

>>714837698 (OP)
The gam is soul crushing hard when you play on hard and with no inventory, starting Lv1.