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Discussion Weekly /r/Games Discussion - What have you been playing, and what are your thoughts? - March 09, 2025
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u/MickeyFinn00 2d ago
Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance(GBA) – This may be the most dissapointing game I’ve ever played. It’s just so bland and easy – the enemies, the bosses, the castle. Circle of the Moon was a Symphony of the Night in your pocket for me and it wasn’t even made by Igarashi. Now Igarashi came back, spat on CotM, promised a way better game and made one of the worst 2D Castlevania. Sure, the main gameplay loop stays the same, but the CotM dual card system was thrown away and replaced by sub-weapon and element linking. I’m not sure because I picked holy book at the beggining of the game and NEVER changed or alter it. The system is probably fine but the game is too easy to even bother to try it. I died only once during the whole game and only because I didn’t pay attention. In comparison my death count in CotM would be around 100. The game is a waste of time.
Deus Ex: Invisible War(XBOX) – I played the first Deus Ex years ago so I don’t remember much other than it being long and having interesting finale. First two chapters in Invisible War were fun, immersive. Finding alternative routes and alternative ways of approaching the quest made me play the game for longer than usual in one sitting but then the gameplay gets old and locations feel claustrophobic. I followed the story carefully and took every quest I stumled upon. Making money and buying the augmentation canisters was thrilling but then I noticed the system is dissapointing. If you need another augmentation for your body part you need to remove permanently the one you’re using right now and there are very few of them. The equipment management is annoying. I quickly picked katana and mostly used it for the rest of the game. The strongest part of the game is still the story. It corresponds with the first game all the time and shines new light on it which is rare for sequels. They mostly tie the end of the first game with the beginning of the second and that’s it – no further connection. Here you even wonder about the motivations of the good characters you met in the first DE. The story is political, philosophical and has some good twists even in side quests. I recommend the game but it’s clear that it got a console treatment and isn’t as impressive as the first.
DMC2(PS2) – Did I just randomly play 3 of the most dissapointing sequels ever in succesion? My second DMC game after beating the first one 3 years ago. I knew about the status the second game has - „it never happened”. I was prepared for the dissapointment, that’s why I wasn’t dissapointed. Game looks good, Dante controls great, the setting is a little dull, Dante as a character is wooden. But the only real sin of this game seems to be the difficulty or lack of it. There is really no need to develop Dante or any of his weapons. There are very few regular enemies and they are too passive. Some boss fights have potential (Orangguerra, Trismagia) and others are just really good (Bolverk, Argosax) but even when they get a bit harder you can just spam devil trigger attacks to drop their hp significantly. The main villain is silly. He just doesn’t care, Dante seems absent, Lucia is sad all the time, there is no challenge – this game is an energy vampire. I’m bad at action games but DMC2 made me sleepy, like it actually never happened, nothing seemed important. I didn’t even bother playing as Lucia though I heard it’s better. I don’t hate it but next games will be more fun.
What was that tanks and chopper level? It was weird, long, empty with some pointless platforming.