Castlevania General

Indeed. I guess I'll start getting all the stages first then the last few chars. Probably go for Maria first.

Hellfire just dropped. Thank fuck for that. Course, I'll have to go back to chapter 3 to power it up as no enemies drop it and the only other boss that has it is hard mode Dracula. But at least I now have enough spells to fill all four slots.

Actually, from what I recall Alucard's spells power up the more you kill enemies with them.

His information in the game says you power them up by collecting more scrolls. This bears out because I picked up a couple of Dark Metamorphosis scrolls and instantly went up 2 levels. That and Summon Spirit isn't increasing in power despite it being at level 1 and me using it as my main projectile.

Goddamn, Shanoa is just a better character. Aside from having to collect her other weapon glyphs she just gets stronger the more you use her. Plus she's way better for speedrunning a level to get to the boss. The only reason I'm levelling Alucard is because I've kind of hit the wall in terms of levelling Shanoa's magic. That and Symphony is my favourite Castlevania.

Confirmed: Moon rod is extremely effective at bitchslapping Astarte. And I got another Soul Steal off her as well.

So whats next on the list... Tetra Spirit. So lets see where I get that... Brauner. Fuck. Chapter 4 is not one of my favourite stages.

Guys, good news, I just got the Origins stage and Maria. I'll go train up with her a bit before I jump back online. Tried Origins twice, first with Soma and then with Richter. Its hard. Soma got iced by the Giant Bats in Stage 6 and Richter got all the way up to Retro Dracula before getting burned up.

Well, definitely going to try and give Symphony of the Night a shot tonight.

Go for it. You won't regret it plus its not too hard, if at all, so you'll have a fun time.

Whch version?

PSX.

Okay guys. I got up to and beat Karasuman (rather easily, I might add), and... I'm kinda stuck. I've been pretty much everywhere I can find/reach. Only thing I can figure is the room with the giant clock in it and three passages up. I've learned that the passage on the left opens when the game clock is on an even minute, but I've already gone through there (because that's how you get to Karasuman). I don't have any kind of wall-jump AFAIK, so that rules out going straight up. And the path to the upper-right, I don't know how to open.

Have you figured out a way to open the blue doors yet?

Yes. I have the relic that lets you do that, and I've already gone through all the blue doors I can find.

I also have the thing that lets me turn into mist, and I've gone through what I could find among those as well.

Have you found a dark room yet?

"Dark" as in, "it exists but when you buy the map from that guy library the room doesn't show up on it"? That kind of dark?

Yeah, I've found a fair number of those.

Hrm, maybe I can find a way to take a screenshot of my map and upload a link to it...

Dark as in the room is nearly pitch black. Better question, have you discovered a bridge in the underground/cavernous/waterways section that has an area beneath it?

edited 13th Aug '14 10:00:21 PM by Ryuhza

Have you got the Bat Form and the echo ability with it?

I've gone though the waterways, but don't think I've found a pitch black room.

No.

This is my current map progress.◊ Incidentally I did figure out the other passage way in the clock room (just got the few things in there), needed to use ZA WARUDO to make it open up.

edited 14th Aug '14 10:59:37 AM by EvaUnit01

You've got the double jump, right? Head to the Library again, there should be a place you couldn't get to before. Or it seems you did but you didn't check it out for some reason

I do have the double jump. There were some places I could get to with it, but there were also some areas I still haven't been able to. Like I need a triple jump or something.

I believe there were similar ledges off of the giant staircase in the upper-left corner of the map.

.... But since I think turning into mist can give me a little extra hang time, let me try that again.

If you do a double jump then press down and jump (or down-forward) you do a dive kick. If you do tha ton an enemy in midair you can do another midair double jump which is really useful. Give that a shot in the Library.

I see the location on your map. The save chamber inside the library is open on both sides. Go back there and go through it to the left. That should lead you further.

, Thanks for the advice. I'll give it a shot later this evening.

Yeah. Past that big dark room is some really useful armour that'll help you move on throughout the game

According to his map, he hasn't discovered the underground beneath the underground yet, so the dark room is still a ways away.