The PS2 Backlog Committee Game Club #1 - Castlevania: Aria Of Sorrow

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Seeing how we all found different abilities to be most fun/useful is part of what makes Igavanias so fun imho. There's plenty of flexibility and it's just fun to play around with all the permutations. Personally I used Lightning Doll the most probably, even though I got it later in the game. I kept is as my primary even after beating it. It just looked so cool and had a big area of effect and a nice power to cost ratio.

And like cane mentioned, I really love that it's essentially a 2D action rpg, with a bigger rpg emphasis than might be expected.

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I haven't had time to go back and play in a bit, but I'm still going to try and solve the last bit without a guide for a least a little while.

Oh: and I really enjoyed the Popeye arcade game back in the day. Memories...
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isthatallyougot wrote: Tue Apr 25, 2023 1:48 pm Image
Ya gotta love Waiter Skeleton. :lol:
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I had to go out of town so didn't have time to play until I got back, but I finally finished up Aria. I did eventually look up what I was missing. (I needed the Succubus drop.) I also thought the books were usable items rather than hints on soul equips. (Doh!) I ended up with 77.1% soul completion and I think it was 95% castle completion. I had a great time with it overall. I was seriously over-leveled/equipped though. Even the true final boss fell like a chump, lol. I'm glad we all played it together. Hopefully we'll do it again sometime.
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Agreed. This was the perfect choice for a game club game... cheap, available everywhere, short and accessible.
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So apparently Saturday was Aria's 20th anniversary, and I found this interesting article about it:

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/how-c ... 0-6513882/
"When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed
if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty I read them openly. When I
became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the
desire to be very grown up.” ― C.S. Lewis

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argyle wrote: Mon May 08, 2023 3:01 pm So apparently Saturday was Aria's 20th anniversary, and I found this interesting article about it:

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/how-c ... 0-6513882/
Who knew our club was so timely? :P
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