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[Castlevania] - BITCH, I EAT PEOPLE!

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  • SteevLSteevL What can I do for you? Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Looking forward to beating the game this weekend so I can finally click on all these spoilers. I definitely have my suspicions about certain characters, though.

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  • Hotlead JunkieHotlead Junkie Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Oh, as for finishing the game on Paladin, does the% meter for each level include beating that level on paladin? Is paladin mode set up to be challening even if you have all your powers from your last run or is it a better idea to start a fresh paladin run? Also, how would i start a fresh paladun run?

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  • SteevLSteevL What can I do for you? Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    From what I understand, doing everything in a level and beating it in Paladin mode gets you 110% completion.

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  • Hotlead JunkieHotlead Junkie Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    SteevL wrote: »
    From what I understand, doing everything in a level and beating it in Paladin mode gets you 110% completion.

    awesome, thanks

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  • LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Been working on the challenge to beat the Ice Titan in 90 seconds. This is a bit irritating. I keep missing by <10 seconds.

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  • LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Is there a fast way to refill my Crystal supply and return to the world map?

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  • CantidoCantido Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Lucascraft wrote: »
    Is there a fast way to refill my Crystal supply and return to the world map?

    Huh. Using Dark Crystals hasn't been a concern of mine for the first playthrough. Good question.

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  • CherrnCherrn Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    You can do the stage where you originally get the crystal. It doesn't take more than a couple of minutes if you run by all the monsters (you can even completely bypass the three greater lycanthropes).

    Otherwise, something like the Library is a good bet, due to the immense amount of destroyable objects. It also isn't very long.

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  • Hotlead JunkieHotlead Junkie Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Kill 50 trolls in the bog? I only found like 30

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  • LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Kill 50 trolls in the bog? I only found like 30

    I found a spot with seemingly infinite trolls. After I got to 70 kills I decided I should probably just leave.
    Its in the spot where you have to use a grenade to knock the tree down. If you never destroy the tree, they never stop spawning.

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  • Hotlead JunkieHotlead Junkie Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Thanks

    What the hell kind of voodoo are you guys pulling to kill the titan in 90 seconds? I can just about get halfway through the nipple stabbing at 90 seconds

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  • LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Thanks

    What the hell kind of voodoo are you guys pulling to kill the titan in 90 seconds? I can just about get halfway through the nipple stabbing at 90 seconds

    I actually just completed this trial with 5 seconds to spare.
    The reason I was asking for a location to quickly gather Crystals is that you need a Crystal to complete this challenge.

    At the start of the fight, run up to the front of the Titan and use your Crystal right away. That will knock his health down to about 20% and each rune will only require a single hit. After that its just a matter of perfecting the platforming. Use jump as much as you can when moving around on the titan.

    If you fail, try not to complete the stage. If you beat the level, your Crystal will be consumed. If you instead go to World Map and reselect the level from the start, you will retain your Crystal.

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  • TurboGuardTurboGuard Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    So I just want to confirm something regarding Zobek...
    He never seperated his good/evil halves like the others did, right? At least that's what I got from his big spiel...

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  • CantidoCantido Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    If I had know CV was going to be this awesome, I would have gotten the collector's edition.

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  • KlykaKlyka DO you have any SPARE BATTERIES?Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    TurboGuard wrote: »
    So I just want to confirm something regarding Zobek...
    He never seperated his good/evil halves like the others did, right? At least that's what I got from his big spiel...
    he did. If you read his "main characters" entry it is said he did.

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  • LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    End boss Trial completed and also end boss completed on Paladin difficulty. (Not at the same time. I did the trial on Squire).

    I'm actually on chapter 2 for going back through on Paladin. Anyone have any tips for how to complete the 2-1 trial? Kill 30 Goblins with their own grenades? I can kill a few but I'm constantly running into 2 problems:

    a) They don't throw enough grenades and I'm literally just running around in a circle waiting for them to throw.

    b) When they do throw a grenade, sometimes when I press the R Trigger, Gabriel will use his chain grab on a nearby Goblin rather than bending down and picking up the 'nade.

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  • JameswaysJamesways Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Grab them and push the L stick a direction, hit the button once on the QTE, you'll arm the grenade on their belt and throw them aside. They run around a bit and boom.

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  • LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Melee grab? And does the L Stick direction matter?

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  • CantidoCantido Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I had this exact problem a page ago. Don't move in any direction for the grab, and a grenade will drop. Pushing a direction causes Gabriel to activate one on the Goblin's belt and then kick him to watch him scurry away and blow up.

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  • TurboGuardTurboGuard Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Grabbing a goblin and throwing them while pushing a direction (so that they explode a few seconds later) DOES count as "killing them with their own grenades" which makes the trial extremely easy.

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  • SteevLSteevL What can I do for you? Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    TurboGuard wrote: »
    Grabbing a goblin and throwing them while pushing a direction (so that they explode a few seconds later) DOES count as "killing them with their own grenades" which makes the trial extremely easy.

    I had no idea that you were arming their grenades when grabbing them. Wow.

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  • The Dude With HerpesThe Dude With Herpes Lehi, UTRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    only when you hold a direction. If you just grab em and kill em they'll die and just drop a grenade.

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  • NightslyrNightslyr Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I'm actually stuck on a part....
    Chapter V, either the last stage or second-to-last. The hall with the floor spikes. No matter what I try (double-tap run, shoulder charge), I can't get across the room before the gate closes on the other side.

    Am I missing something obvious?

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  • John ZoidbergJohn Zoidberg Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Nightslyr wrote: »
    I'm actually stuck on a part....
    Chapter V, either the last stage or second-to-last. The hall with the floor spikes. No matter what I try (double-tap run, shoulder charge), I can't get across the room before the gate closes on the other side.

    Am I missing something obvious?

    This stumped me for a bit.
    There is a bag of daggers on the ground.
    Get magical with them.

    If it's the bit I am thinking of.

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  • Hotlead JunkieHotlead Junkie Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Oh man, I just realised how much I want to battle skeletons and vampries to this. It would be perfect for a very fast/intense battle in LoS

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3RMCVriCR0

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  • CenoCeno pizza time Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Just finished Chapter IV. I have to stop rolling around like a maniac and pace my battles better. I'm getting through relatively unscathed (with a few notable exceptions), but it's a clumsy and ineffective way to fight.

    Really digging the variety of things to do in the game. Early on, it seems like all you're going to be doing is riding big animals (and there's been a bit more of that than I would like), but now I'm whipping stuff back at enemies and breaking out titty demons and tossing daggers and naked fairies at trolls. This is definitely a slow burn of a game.

    It's Super Castlevania in 3D, and I'm digging it. Feels like a return to form.

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  • AbsoluteZeroAbsoluteZero The new film by Quentin Koopantino Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    TurboGuard wrote: »
    Grabbing a goblin and throwing them while pushing a direction (so that they explode a few seconds later) DOES count as "killing them with their own grenades" which makes the trial extremely easy.

    How exactly do you do this throw? Whenever I grab a goblin all Gabriel does is punch him to death.

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  • The Dude With HerpesThe Dude With Herpes Lehi, UTRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    TurboGuard wrote: »
    Grabbing a goblin and throwing them while pushing a direction (so that they explode a few seconds later) DOES count as "killing them with their own grenades" which makes the trial extremely easy.

    How exactly do you do this throw? Whenever I grab a goblin all Gabriel does is punch him to death.

    Hit RT to grab them and then when the QTE starts hold the left stick in any direction while you hit a button when the circles meet. When you are holding the left stick it'll arm their grenade and you'll drop them and they'll wander around a sec and explode.

    You have to be holding a direction on the movement stick when you hit the button that would normally trigger a kill in a QTE.

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  • AbsoluteZeroAbsoluteZero The new film by Quentin Koopantino Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    TurboGuard wrote: »
    Grabbing a goblin and throwing them while pushing a direction (so that they explode a few seconds later) DOES count as "killing them with their own grenades" which makes the trial extremely easy.

    How exactly do you do this throw? Whenever I grab a goblin all Gabriel does is punch him to death.

    Hit RT to grab them and then when the QTE starts hold the left stick in any direction while you hit a button when the circles meet. When you are holding the left stick it'll arm their grenade and you'll drop them and they'll wander around a sec and explode.

    You have to be holding a direction on the movement stick when you hit the button that would normally trigger a kill in a QTE.

    Awesome, thanks! I'm gonna go give that trial a shot.

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  • SteevLSteevL What can I do for you? Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    While playing Lords of Shadow, I was inspired to look back at some of the cutscenes from Curse of Darkness. It's been a while since I played it and I don't exactly remember the details of the story.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUSVUA9-sdw&NR=1

    I like Hector's startling observation at the end.

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  • EspantaPajaroEspantaPajaro Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Picked this game up , having fun so far it really reminds me of the old castlevanias and everything looks beautiful.

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  • Hotlead JunkieHotlead Junkie Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    SteevL wrote: »
    While playing Lords of Shadow, I was inspired to look back at some of the cutscenes from Curse of Darkness. It's been a while since I played it and I don't exactly remember the details of the story.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUSVUA9-sdw&NR=1

    I like Hector's startling observation at the end.

    DUN DUN DUUUUUUUUNNNNN!!!!!

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  • TurkeyTurkey So, Usoop. TampaRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    The only line I remember from that game is
    I will destroy the night!

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  • CantidoCantido Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Brocas Helm

    Custom soundtracks make all things possible.

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  • Sangheili91Sangheili91 Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    goddamn that ice titan

    pissed me off pretty good
    and i didn't even get to kill it! patrick stewart had to come in and deus ex machina my ass

    lame

    other than that this game's pretty tight, glad i picked it up

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  • SteevLSteevL What can I do for you? Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Just beat the game an hour or two ago.

    (real spoilers! Don't click if you haven't beaten it!)
    I can't say I was surprised at the Gabriel-is-Dracula reveal in the epilogue, but when Zobek threw him through the window and revealed a modern city, I was like WHAAAAAAA?! So it was nice to be surprised there.

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  • AbsoluteZeroAbsoluteZero The new film by Quentin Koopantino Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    How necessary is it to backtrack and pick up shit I missed? Will I get my ass reamed later on in the game if I don't?

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  • SteevLSteevL What can I do for you? Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    How necessary is it to backtrack and pick up shit I missed? Will I get my ass reamed later on in the game if I don't?

    Doesn't seem very necessary at all, actually. I probably went back for about 1/3rd of the stuff I missed before beating the game.

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  • DeaderinredDeaderinred Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    How necessary is it to backtrack and pick up shit I missed? Will I get my ass reamed later on in the game if I don't?

    i didnt go back for anything i might of missed but i got all the easily findable stuff.

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  • Orochi_RockmanOrochi_Rockman __BANNED USERS regular
    edited October 2010
    Playing Castlevania 3 off of the VC on the Wii. It looks great but I had forgotten just how hard this game is. I mean, this game is really freaking hard.

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