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    Castlevania: Harmony of Despair

    Game » consists of 3 releases. Released Aug 04, 2010

    Take control of various protagonists from the series's history in this downloadable 2D platformer featuring both online co-operative mulitplayer (for up to six players at a time) and extremely large levels.

    kta's Castlevania: Harmony of Despair (Xbox 360 Games Store) review

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    • kta has written a total of 2 reviews. The last one was for Tales of Vesperia

    Give it a few hours and you get hooked

    I feel like this game didn't get a fair shake by reviewers due to it's learning curve and investment time needed to really enjoy it.
     
    But once you "get it" it comes together pretty well, and it's a blast to play with friends once it comes together.  Sort of reminds me of Demon's Souls in that way.  I'd say it's a 4/5 but i'm giving it a 5/5 just because we seem to be condemning unforgiving games these days.  I hope this changes as it's nice to throw a wrench in things and really challenge the players with no remorse... which this game does.

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      Castlevania: HD. The Good the Bad and the Undead. 0

      Castlevania: Harmony of Despair(Xbox 360 Games Store) by jessicaboo on August 04, 2010

            Castlevania: HD. Sitting down to play Castlevania: Harmony of Dispair, I was excited to play a new side-scrolling Castlevania in the style of Metriod. All the way back to Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Konami has been delivering  ways to keep fans interested, and intrigued when playing each new interaction of this style of gameplay.  After a while however, with this installment, I feel confused. I want to like it, but there are so many drawbacks to it as well.    Graphics   Visually, ...

      20 out of 23 found this review helpful.

      Co-op can't save everything 0

      Castlevania: Harmony of Despair(Xbox 360 Games Store) by majormitch on September 12, 2010

      The Castlevania franchise has been incredibly stubborn when it comes to trying new things, but I thought that with a new-found focus on cooperative play that all might change with Harmony of Despair. And it kind of does- but unfortunately the changes are all for the worst. Harmony of Despair can be an okay time waster when played with a few friends, but the low quality of the game itself makes it one that is very hard to recommend otherwise.  First and foremost, all of the traditional strengths ...

      5 out of 5 found this review helpful.
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