The Game Club II: Back in the Habit [Castlemania: Lords of Shadow, Symphony of the Night, etc.] - The Bear and Badger

IanHamlett

I think it's worth it but it's exactly up my street. I would recommend playing an early section, 1-3, a few times to get into the swing of it. Playing it like Gears is as dull as dishwater.

JonB

So I'm not sure how this game club thing is going, but I'm going to play Castlevania: Lords of Shadow next, if anyone fancies it.

Nina

I should be able to do Castlevania. Have the PC version, and it says it's an ultimate version, but I guess the main game will be the same.

Bollockoff

Sorry I got shit with the challenges. Doubt i'd beat your guy's ones anyway. Anywho, yeah, Vanquish. I'm glad at least more people have got stuck into the unique action game/cover shooter mashup and come out slightly gutted it's a failed franchise.

I only played LoS for the first time last year.....

IanHamlett

If I see this game for cheap I'm in.

JonB

Does anyone dare try the sequel just to see if it really is that bad?

Bollockoff

Every reviewer was pretty unanimous on that front. Even caused a rift in the dev studio over blame being flung about.

IanHamlett

I watched an hour vid and it looked bad. Couldn't go a minute without asking "why is that like that?"

acemuzzy

I bought LoS PC recently. May be in.

Except I'm out nearly every week this week, and on hols next. Hmmmm.

JonB

Right, I have started. Seems I'd finished it on Normal before but hadn't really done the optional challenges it gives you on each level or found all of the extra stuff hidden about. So I went back to the beginning on the save I already had and started trying to get 100% on the earlier levels.

Took a while to work out how the combat worked again, and I've forgotten the better combos, but I was getting into the swing of things after a while. Can't work out how the time challenge on the first major boss is possible, but will have another crack at it.

acemuzzy

FWIW, the sequel is half price (£12.49) on Steam at the mo

hylian_elf

@Jon: the colossus? Use summon at the start then you'll need to do fast and perfect climbing to be able to do it in time. Obviously if you don't have a full crystal shard thing, you'll have to farm pieces somewhere. I forget where. I remember some level with some big werewolves having pieces.

I've done quiet a few levels on hardest setting, and still have a lot of challenges left to do. Was trying to get 1000G on the game at one point. The challenge on Frankenstein machine or whatever it was pissed me off though and I gave up.

JonB

I used that summon thing accidentally on an earlier level when I was still trying to work out what was what. I'll have to build it back up again now.

I assume it causes damage to everything then?

hylian_elf

Yep, canes much of the boss's health.

JonB

Seems to be a few people starting SotN at the moment. Perhaps we could make this a general Castlevania month, for any in the series that you've been meaning to play.

I might switch to SotN too. Be good to hear how people playing for the first time are getting on.

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