Artboard 6 Copy 4. Other features in the game include a grimoire placed in certain parts of levels, which is the only way to change items and equipment mid-game. Supported Functions Number Of Players: Rise of the Tomb Raider. Ruined Castle Corridor Aria of Sorrow. Navigation menu Personal tools Not logged in Talk Contributions Create account Log in. Yasuhiro IchihashiTomoaki Hirono principal composers.
The story, such as it is, involves a cursed book called the Grimoirein which the story of the evil citadel Castlevania is recorded. Encore of the Night Harmony of Despair. There is up to six-player online co-operative play, and while it is beneficial to stick together, as characters can perform powerful combo attacks together, players have the ability to wander the castle freely, regardless of the location of the other players.
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Harmony of Despair [a] is a crossover platform-adventure game that is part of the Castlevania series. The game was first leaked as an OFLCA Rating on May 27,[4] then officially announced for Xbox Live Summer of Gaming Gameplay includes a co-op mode The Xbox release only allows for internet co-op, while the PlayStation 3 release supports local multiplayer [9] which plays like the "Boss Rush Mode" of previous 2D Castlevania games, but with several rooms and items to find, culminating in a boss to fight.
It also includes a versus mode, with battle occurring between players. Some bosses are able to attack players on their way to the fight. All of the characters include eight palette swaps to accommodate players that wish to be the same character. The characters have their own signature attacks and skills to use in battle.
An all-new map system allows real-time zooming in and out of the current stage, which will not stop gameplay and even allow players to play with the map zoomed out. Other features in the game include a grimoire placed in certain parts of levels, which is the only way to change items and equipment mid-game. Only one type of consumable item such as a potion can be equipped at a time, but it can be consumed at will. Some healing items have an area effect, so they can also be used to heal other players as well.
Also, the experience point system from most newer 2D Castlevania games was replaced by a character-specific leveling system. Additional stages were added to the game as downloadable content DLC. Chapter 7, entitled Beauty, Desire, Situation Direfeatures an Ancient Egyptian pyramid theme with Astarte as the end-level boss and was released early October Chapter 8, The One Who is Manywas released on January 12, and is based on the underground area of Symphony of the Night featuring Legion as the end-level boss.
Chapter 9, entitled "Lord of Flies" and featuring Beelzebub as the end-level boss, was released on January 19, Chapter 10, Originsis a reworking of the original 8-bit Castlevaniaand was released on January 26, It features all of the original sub-bosses of the first Castlevania, ending with R. Konami also released extra playable characterswith Yoko Belnades and Julius Belmont released in Octoberand Maria Renard and Richter Belmont released on November 30, The PlayStation Network release also contains Chapter 7, Julius Belmont and Yoko Belnades included with the full game, along with the exclusive feature that allows local multiplayer for up to four players.
Konami released two music packs featuring alternative stage music as well as character picture packs and Xbox Live dashboard themes. Harmony of Despair was met with mixed reception.
Oddly enough, it works, and it can actually be a lot of fun with friends. Resolution Magazine was disappointed with its "somewhat fiddly gameplay" and for only having six different stages.
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There is up to six-player online co-operative play, and while it is beneficial to stick together, as characters can perform powerful combo attacks together, players have the ability to wander the castle freely, regardless of the location of the other players. The game contains arrangements from various games of the series and a few new original tracks.
Featuring detailed 2D art and follow-up downloadable content for new characters and levels, Castlevania Harmony of Despair will provide players with a thrilling, next generation gaming experience coupled with the classic Castlevania aesthetic.
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