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(Msg. 1) Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 10:58 pm
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Good lord. Portrait of Ruin has to be one of the best games I've played
on the DS. And with all the aces DS games available, that's no mean feat.
Without spoiling anything, I love how this game links in with
Castlevania Bloodlines, finally explains why the Morris family ended up
with the Belmont's whip, and foreshadows the events of 1999 that are
mentioned in Aria of Sorrow (which is set in 2035).
Clearly Konami need to make this 1999 game. For the DS, preferably.
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 11:36 pm
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In article <7584b4-if8.ln1.DeleteThis@dekay.dynu.com>, andyk.DeleteThis@spamnota.lofi-
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> Clearly Konami need to make this 1999 game. For the DS, preferably.
Apparently Igarashi has absolutely no idea how to actually go about
doing the battle of 1999, despite the fact that he knows the story. I
suspect the problem is that, now that these events have been hyped up in
several games now - as well as it being Draculas last stand - he needs
to make it really spectacular.
The thing is, Castlevania has sod all of a budget. Even as of Portrait
of Ruin, some of the sprites they are using are going all the way back
to Rondo of Blood. Its unfortunate, but the only reason we really get
all the Castlevania games we do get is because they can recycle so much
from one game to the next. Its also the reason why the PS2 games aren't
half as good as they should be (though I still like them, personally).
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 2:33 am
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On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 23:36:14 +0000, Paul Tomlin wrote
(in article <MPG.20498ac26d66bf7c9896d5.DeleteThis@news.individual.net>):
> The thing is, Castlevania has sod all of a budget. Even as of Portrait
> of Ruin, some of the sprites they are using are going all the way back
> to Rondo of Blood. Its unfortunate, but the only reason we really get
> all the Castlevania games we do get is because they can recycle so much
> from one game to the next. Its also the reason why the PS2 games aren't
> half as good as they should be (though I still like them, personally).
>
> Personally, I'll just be happy if we get another decent DS game.
So is PoR just so much warmed up potato then?
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 10:24 pm
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Gary wrote:
>> Personally, I'll just be happy if we get another decent DS game.
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> So is PoR just so much warmed up potato then?
Is being warmed up potato good or bad?
I'm loving it. It's Castlevania, but the paintings allow it to deviate
a bit from the standard castle exploration with some different locales,
without resorting to the bizarre areas of Harmony of Dissonance which
seemed to exist for no reason.
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 5:06 pm
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deKay wrote:
> I'm loving it. It's Castlevania, but the paintings allow it to deviate
> a bit from the standard castle exploration with some different locales,
> without resorting to the bizarre areas of Harmony of Dissonance which
> seemed to exist for no reason.
And I'm 895.5% complete!
Yes, really!
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 10:33 pm
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deKay wrote:
> deKay wrote:
>
>> I'm loving it. It's Castlevania, but the paintings allow it to
>> deviate a bit from the standard castle exploration with some different
>> locales, without resorting to the bizarre areas of Harmony of
>> Dissonance which seemed to exist for no reason.
>
> And I'm 895.5% complete!
>
> Yes, really!
Aaaaaaaand WIN!
7 Castlevania games completed in just four weeks? YEAH BABY.
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 10:47 pm
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On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 22:33:48 +0000, deKay
<andyk.DeleteThis@spamnota.lofi-gaming.org.spammage.uk> wrote:
>deKay wrote:
>> deKay wrote:
>>
>>> I'm loving it. It's Castlevania, but the paintings allow it to
>>> deviate a bit from the standard castle exploration with some different
>>> locales, without resorting to the bizarre areas of Harmony of
>>> Dissonance which seemed to exist for no reason.
>>
>> And I'm 895.5% complete!
>>
>> Yes, really!
>
>Aaaaaaaand WIN!
>
>7 Castlevania games completed in just four weeks? YEAH BABY.
Blimey. I never saw any attraction in them to be honest.
Did 895.5% really mean you'd found almost eight times as much map as
required to win the game?
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(Msg. 8) Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 10:59 pm
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In article <ke44u29v07uu9sno6dj418d6p0nf3hndsb RemoveThis @newsposting.sessile.org>,
jaimie RemoveThis @sometimes.sessile.org says...
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> Did 895.5% really mean you'd found almost eight times as much map as
> required to win the game?
Nah. PoR is split into several different areas, and the game adds up the
percentages for each area into a total.
Still, unless he has finished Sisters and Richter mode he hasn't
finished the game properly, because some of the paintings in the ending
credits are still blank. At 895.5% he probably hasn't done much, if any,
of the bonus dungeon either. |
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(Msg. 9) Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 5:11 am
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> Harrumph. Technically, I should have played Aria of Sorrow before
> finishing Dawn of Sorrow. Either way, I'm going to have to play it
> before Portrait of Ruin because I've no idea what on earth you're
> talking about. What's all this about bloodlines? Is that the Quincy
> Morris thing (of Bram Stoker fame)?
Well, I played DoS before *any* of the other Castlevania games (well,
aside from the NES and SNES ones when they first came out), and my
brane coped 
I assume you've bumped into Julius in DoS? If so, he explains a bit
about 1999, although he says more in AoS. Playing DoS first does
cause two minor spoilers in AoS though, one regarding Julius, and
another regarding Arikado.
Bloodlines is the Megadrive game (called "A New Generation" over here,
I think). It's set just after the Dracula book, and stars John Morris
(son of Quincy Morris from the book) and Eric Lecarde. Jonathan
Morris in PoR is John Morris' son. But there's more that links it to
Bloodlines *and* The Event of 1999 in the PoR "story".
Konami had better come up with some bloody ACE game to tell *that*
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(Msg. 10) Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 7:41 am
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Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Sun, 25 Feb
2007 22:59:35 -0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk Paul Tomlin
<kerochan.RemoveThis@btinternet.com> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>> Did 895.5% really mean you'd found almost eight times as much map as
>> required to win the game?
>
>Nah. PoR is split into several different areas, and the game adds up the
>percentages for each area into a total.
>
>Still, unless he has finished Sisters and Richter mode he hasn't
>finished the game properly, because some of the paintings in the ending
>credits are still blank. At 895.5% he probably hasn't done much, if any,
>of the bonus dungeon either.
Oh, and I haven't tried Old Axe Armour Mode either.
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(Msg. 11) Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 10:02 am
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deKay the Monkey was never naughty:
> Good lord. Portrait of Ruin has to be one of the best games I've played
> on the DS. And with all the aces DS games available, that's no mean feat.
>
> Without spoiling anything, I love how this game links in with
> Castlevania Bloodlines, finally explains why the Morris family ended up
> with the Belmont's whip, and foreshadows the events of 1999 that are
> mentioned in Aria of Sorrow (which is set in 2035).
Harrumph. Technically, I should have played Aria of Sorrow before
finishing Dawn of Sorrow. Either way, I'm going to have to play it
before Portrait of Ruin because I've no idea what on earth you're
talking about. What's all this about bloodlines? Is that the Quincy
Morris thing (of Bram Stoker fame)?
Choobs
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(Msg. 12) Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 1:39 pm
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deKay the Monkey was never naughty:
>> Harrumph. Technically, I should have played Aria of Sorrow before
>> finishing Dawn of Sorrow. Either way, I'm going to have to play it
>> before Portrait of Ruin because I've no idea what on earth you're
>> talking about. What's all this about bloodlines? Is that the Quincy
>> Morris thing (of Bram Stoker fame)?
>
> Well, I played DoS before *any* of the other Castlevania games (well,
> aside from the NES and SNES ones when they first came out), and my
> brane coped
>
> I assume you've bumped into Julius in DoS? If so, he explains a bit
> about 1999, although he says more in AoS. Playing DoS first does
> cause two minor spoilers in AoS though, one regarding Julius, and
> another regarding Arikado.
>
> Bloodlines is the Megadrive game (called "A New Generation" over here,
> I think). It's set just after the Dracula book, and stars John Morris
> (son of Quincy Morris from the book) and Eric Lecarde. Jonathan
> Morris in PoR is John Morris' son. But there's more that links it to
> Bloodlines *and* The Event of 1999 in the PoR "story".
>
> Konami had better come up with some bloody ACE game to tell *that*
> episode...
Ahhhhh - that little snippet combined with the in-game encyclopaedia
have filled in the blanks Interestingly, there's rather a nice plot
summary over on wikipedia.
Choobs
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