![]() ![]() Fortunately, since the heroes who have defeated Dracula repeatedly between the years 16 are also recorded in said grimoire, they’re able to come to life and tackle every possible incarnation of said castle, put it back to sleep in the book and keep the world safe for another evening. Unfortunately, being magic, it has a habit of coming to life and manifesting the various incarnations of Castlevania, which is obviously a bit bad for humanity. There’s this magic grimoire, right, and it records the history of Dracula’s castle Castlevania throughout the ages. This is unfortunate, because while Castlevania: Harmony of Despair is a very different experience to many of its contemporaries in a lot of ways, it is a damn good game in its own right - whether you’re playing solo, with comrades online or with some friends in couch co-op on the PlayStation 3 version. ![]() And, as such, there was a lot of assumption that Castlevania: Harmony of Despair, by eschewing what people thought had made Castlevania great, would be a pile of old toss. People still want more of it today, which explains its prevalence in the indie space today - as well as the success of Koji Igarashi’s Kickstarter campaign for Castlevania spiritual successor Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. On top of that, the open-structure format had been so well-established by this point that people wanted more of it. Leaving aside the lore issues - Castlevania heroes come from a broad range of centuries and thus most of them would never be able to meet under normal circumstances - many people felt that that “lonely” aspect was a core part of the Castlevania experience. But it unfortunately didn’t get off to the best start when it was revealed that it was not simply a new open-structure exploration-centric game, but rather a game based around discrete stages - and a game with a multiplayer mode.įor many people, the idea of multiplayer simply didn’t mix with the concept of Castlevania many of the previous games were about being a lone hero up against unimaginable challenges, and successfully overcoming those challenges through your own hard work and stubbornness. I’d like to tell you a bit about why I like this game so much - and why it deserves a new release on modern platforms.Ĭastlevania: Harmony of Despair’s title is intended to be a reference to the fact that it was the first Castlevania game on HD platforms. And that game is Castlevania: Harmony of Despair (not to be confused with Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance), a download-only title for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. There’s one game from the series that, over the years, hasn’t had the love it deserves.
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