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.
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There’s one game from the series that, over the years, hasn’t had the love it deserves.
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