Thanks for the run. Just got into this one and seeing a lot of hate for it graphically and in terms of sound quality but I’m digging it. Been lost 3 times now and realized I need a guide and this is perfect.
Man it took me at least 5 hours to 200% the castle and not without some stumbles and here you are making it look like child's play, mad props! Hope you do the other 2 games on the gba as well!
Wow comment is a year old and I was JUST explaining to my wife how this amazed me as a kid and how it stuck with me so vividly I even use the music for this level as a ringtone
For some reason, I always come back to this game a bit more than the other Metroidvania style titles. I mean, I love Circle of The Moon and Portrait of Ruin but this one has a little bit of subtle charm to it that makes me want to play it again and again.
I don't know about this and CotM, they don't flow as well as Symphony, Aria, Dawn or Portrait in level design. CotM got the better music and HoD got the better art design, but finally Konami got their shit together and created Aria of Sorrow, Dawn and finally Portrait of Ruin, a great set of Metroidvanias before slipping downward somewhat with Order of Ecclesia.
@@pafoneto1275 More of a personal ranking with comments on their glaring issues, SoTN setting the bar at the top, CoTM and HoD at the bottom. If this is 'complicated' to you, I don't know what to tell you.
@@pafoneto1275 Then you can disregard what I said, I've been on YT a long time, but I rarely comment. All I saw was a notification popup and assumed you were directing at me.
It kinda deserves to be a little underrated. The jumping controls are wonky, abilities are pretty limited, and the music is really shrill at times. I'd say Circle Of The Moon is more unfairly underrated than this one (though Circle definitely has problems of its own).
A lot of people tend to not like this title because of it's style of music (which is very 8-bit like) and sort of overlook the idea that it's an overall pleasurable experience with great visuals and a lot of attention to detail.
@@ASteelWheel Some of the best Castlevania songs were birthed in the 8 bit era - Bloody Tears, Vampire Killer, Tower Of Dolls - I love it all. But something was weird about Harmony's music. It gave me headaches at times, in fact. The Gameboy Advance was capable of way better. Just look at what the Mega Man Zero series put out.
@@ASteelWheel I love 8-bit music but HoD have something that give me headaches and in my opinion the music is not memorable, also I find the map design weird, I tryied to finish this game many times but I can't, In the other hand CoM and AoS are more enjoyable for me.
Agreed. I have much more fun playing this game than Circle of the Moon, especially on repeated playthroughs. The DSS system in CotM was very badly implemented, and without a guide you will never know which enemy drops which card. The elemental books in this game are such a big improvement.
My gosh, it took a solid 1:51:00 of steady crushing the game just to get to the Wind Book!! The best book! And you have to go through Sooooo much of the game! Ugh, this game is excellent!!! Nothing beats that Wind/Cross shield!! ❤️👍🏻👍🏻💤🎉🍺
Maxim* - The mad lad who brought about another castlevania game because he wanted to one-up his friend in something. Honestly speaking, the GBA castlevania games were my favourite in the series. Mostly Aria of Sorrow, but this, that, and Circle of the Moon made for a lot of dead batteries in my childhood. *Gotta get my characters right. Durr.
Wow, I like your editing that looks like the game has navigating system (Which the first objective just skip the Bat and go straight to Living Armor, it's hilarious that the game let you skip some certain bosses btw XD)
That's true. It's quite funny and ironic to think that the castle's level design allows that for some bosses given the idea that most of the enemies here are even easier to deal with than those in SoTN.
Everything about this game just puts it on par with with Simons Quest/Lords of Shadow for me as part of my favorite games of the series, and Ive been with Castlevania literally since VHSs were still the main medium. Since the very, very beginning. Crazy.
I played this game for ten hours trying to figure out where to go and only got to half the progress, I think I give up, time to move on to rondo. Thank you letting me see the rest of the game.
Anyone else like this more than Aria of Sorrow? Going from a whip to a dagger is just ridiculous…. Maybe it’s cause Harmony was my first 2D Castlevania but that’s just what I think. I truthfully despise the map in HoD though…
Aria of Sorrow came after this game, so it's the other way around; but yea there's a bunch of reused sounds. A lot of sprites and sounds get reused between the Iga-vanias.
10:23:How to switch spellbook no open menu? Now I know up+L/up+R switch spellbook,but how to close spellbook? faxxxxx! I know!! [down+L+R] close/open spellbook! Why so important hotkeys in game no tell player? I am so angry Now faxxxxxxx!!!
Começa pelos antigos e vai progredindo pegue alguns tricks nos sites de gamefaq vão ajudar na sua run tipo shield dash que é superior a andar ou correr bat dash e etc
![[TAS] Castlevania - Aria of Sorrow "100% souls" by Kriole in 24:56](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/DfkJpzBoJ-M/mqdefault.jpg)
My man just did a no hit run in a game where medusa heads exist.
Yeah. Whenever I get into a Medusa Head filled room I always use the Cross + Wind book combo. This guy just makes it seem easy. Lol.
They aren't random though... Mostly.
You understand the struggle 😂
@@OmniscientWarriorp0lplplp ppl ppl lol lpp😊lllll😊😊
Legendary
Thanks for the run. Just got into this one and seeing a lot of hate for it graphically and in terms of sound quality but I’m digging it. Been lost 3 times now and realized I need a guide and this is perfect.
Man it took me at least 5 hours to 200% the castle and not without some stumbles and here you are making it look like child's play, mad props! Hope you do the other 2 games on the gba as well!
Took me like 9 hours to get 190% lmao... that was my first time playing last year though.
Absolutely loving the Castlevania runs.
33:00 This is when I really liked the game, those backgrounds of the sky moving at ludicrous speeds plus that BGM, simply wonderful
I love this game but that chapel segment was pretty much a repeat from Symphony of the Night
Wow comment is a year old and I was JUST explaining to my wife how this amazed me as a kid and how it stuck with me so vividly I even use the music for this level as a ringtone
@@BoBoSexyVerse I had something similar happen with mana khemia, the battle theme hit me so hard it has been my ringtone for 15 years so far lol
Don’t know why but I felt so mesmerized and impressed by that as a kid; even now it seems really well done
For some reason, I always come back to this game a bit more than the other Metroidvania style titles. I mean, I love Circle of The Moon and Portrait of Ruin but this one has a little bit of subtle charm to it that makes me want to play it again and again.
I don't know about this and CotM, they don't flow as well as Symphony, Aria, Dawn or Portrait in level design.
CotM got the better music and HoD got the better art design, but finally Konami got their shit together and created Aria of Sorrow, Dawn and finally Portrait of Ruin, a great set of Metroidvanias before slipping downward somewhat with Order of Ecclesia.
What an overcomplicated way to say “I like this game better”...
@@pafoneto1275 More of a personal ranking with comments on their glaring issues, SoTN setting the bar at the top, CoTM and HoD at the bottom. If this is 'complicated' to you, I don't know what to tell you.
@@Mr.Slam87327
? My comments weren't directed to you.
@@pafoneto1275 Then you can disregard what I said, I've been on YT a long time, but I rarely comment. All I saw was a notification popup and assumed you were directing at me.
a very underrated Castlevania game
with one of the best and most fun combat system
and also a very Overlooked Belmont
It kinda deserves to be a little underrated. The jumping controls are wonky, abilities are pretty limited, and the music is really shrill at times. I'd say Circle Of The Moon is more unfairly underrated than this one (though Circle definitely has problems of its own).
A lot of people tend to not like this title because of it's style of music (which is very 8-bit like) and sort of overlook the idea that it's an overall pleasurable experience with great visuals and a lot of attention to detail.
@@ASteelWheel Some of the best Castlevania songs were birthed in the 8 bit era - Bloody Tears, Vampire Killer, Tower Of Dolls - I love it all. But something was weird about Harmony's music. It gave me headaches at times, in fact. The Gameboy Advance was capable of way better. Just look at what the Mega Man Zero series put out.
@@ASteelWheel I love 8-bit music but HoD have something that give me headaches and in my opinion the music is not memorable, also I find the map design weird, I tryied to finish this game many times but I can't, In the other hand CoM and AoS are more enjoyable for me.
Agreed. I have much more fun playing this game than Circle of the Moon, especially on repeated playthroughs. The DSS system in CotM was very badly implemented, and without a guide you will never know which enemy drops which card. The elemental books in this game are such a big improvement.
My gosh, it took a solid 1:51:00 of steady crushing the game just to get to the Wind Book!! The best book! And you have to go through Sooooo much of the game! Ugh, this game is excellent!!! Nothing beats that Wind/Cross shield!! ❤️👍🏻👍🏻💤🎉🍺
Use fist and Wind Book, the attack is really strong.
What a fantastic run. Thank you for all of your insight.
Maxim* - The mad lad who brought about another castlevania game because he wanted to one-up his friend in something.
Honestly speaking, the GBA castlevania games were my favourite in the series. Mostly Aria of Sorrow, but this, that, and Circle of the Moon made for a lot of dead batteries in my childhood.
*Gotta get my characters right. Durr.
This man is the human form of gameFAQs
Ikr
Hahahahahha
You can change books or turn them off in real time. Just press up+L/R to change book or down+L+R to deactivate it.
Thanks 😉
I been living in a question all this time dude ty for the info
Thank you so much... damn
Wait wut?
@@franciscoguzman9802 ikr
Love the editing you did for the map.
I love watching people play castlevania :D!
Wow, I like your editing that looks like the game has navigating system (Which the first objective just skip the Bat and go straight to Living Armor, it's hilarious that the game let you skip some certain bosses btw XD)
That's true. It's quite funny and ironic to think that the castle's level design allows that for some bosses given the idea that most of the enemies here are even easier to deal with than those in SoTN.
28:02 I like how those skeletons are throwing croissants at you.
I'm still impressed that he pulled off the same pose after killing every boss
Amazing job man, I recently done this process much slower. It was very fun to watch indeed.
I STILL love the Clock Tower Theme in game!!! Brings me back the good ol' days.
Your a legend btw you 100% all of my favorite castlevania games and do it without taking dmg mind blown.
Talos: Death by getting hit in the ankle enough times. 🤣
Thanks. I learned so much how to play this game but I still can't play the way you do. Way to go! Thank you.
I remember that I played this as a child I’d say from my really good long term memory that 10 year old me got around 47% of the map done and got stuck
Nice challenge. Great run.
Thank you for doing castlevania games very cozy :3
22:20このスケルトンエイプの声好きだったわw
the legend did it again
Thank you for the castlevania runs 😌😌
15:07 this is the first boss I killed when I play for the first time, I can't describe in words how proud of myself I became when this happen :)
Everything about this game just puts it on par with with Simons Quest/Lords of Shadow for me as part of my favorite games of the series, and Ive been with Castlevania literally since VHSs were still the main medium. Since the very, very beginning. Crazy.
Love that holy cross with green book.
Yeahhh..finally I'm waiting for this game.. thankssssss ... More gameplay castlevania👍👍
We need more Castlevania games like this one
This kinda makes me want to just put my copy of this game. It's been a few yrs since I played it.
awesome, like every run you do. how much time did you spend to complete this? maybe a few weeks?
thnxs, it took about 2 weeks to beat the game over and over to plain the route, and other 2 recording the footage
Underrated game. Very enjoyable igavania experience.
I played this game for ten hours trying to figure out where to go and only got to half the progress, I think I give up, time to move on to rondo. Thank you letting me see the rest of the game.
I noticed that in the first encounter with death, that death laughs a little like emperor Palpatine lol
What the fuck man I just started playing this game yesterday and then you uploaded
Your runs are so dope. Glad you're doing Castlevania too. Moarr
Nice. I learn new skill from this video.
fuck yeah! i love your runs! i say keep em coming!
Man i hate how these runs can end to a random bat or a freaking medusa head RNG
the only uploader that we need
But not the one we deserve...
Goodlord, now what left is Portrait of Ruin hard mode level 1
With or without ancient armor though?
@@Sanodi21 it's no damage run, ancient armor would be pointless
I'm playing it in HARDGAME mode without books, without armor and without whips.
I wish a Netflix adaptation of Juste Belmont
Your wish has been granted, kinda
And now Nocturne has just destroyed the ending
How much Adderall is required to beat the game like this? I feel like it's probably a metric fuck-ton.
Excellent gameplay bro 😏👉👉
Great gameplay
Can't wait for Circle of the Moon.
A great one. I play this & the other greats once a year
EXCELLENT !! !
You have to do Aria of Sorrow, and Circle of the Moon toon dude love these runs
He did Aria of Sorrow, check his channel.
@@MaskedGuyCh yeah I did find it after I made that comment lol
....what is the purpose of the furniture room? I never understood what getting it all did.
Привет из России,ты супер жду curse of darkness
HIDEO!
(2:27:42) Skip the bad ending.
Anyone else like this more than Aria of Sorrow? Going from a whip to a dagger is just ridiculous…. Maybe it’s cause Harmony was my first 2D Castlevania but that’s just what I think. I truthfully despise the map in HoD though…
What's ridiculous about a dagger? Better than playing with whip for the millionth time
@@wallacesousuke1433 i guess its different since HoD was the first castlevania i've played and missed the whip pretty much immediately
Meanwhile I'm stuck as hell at 60.8% LOL
Never liked the blue afterimage of the char.
Me too. There are patches and other hacks which remove it.
Are some of these sounds from Castlevania Aria of Sorrow?
Aria of Sorrow came after this game, so it's the other way around; but yea there's a bunch of reused sounds. A lot of sprites and sounds get reused between the Iga-vanias.
This was my very first castlevania game good memories
Lol the gba games feel like budget versions of SOTN. And the soundtrack sounds like something from a game boy color game
Awesome game, awesome run.
Would you do "Circle of the Moon" next? That was my first Gameboy castlevania.
Castlevania HoD o relíquia do GBA também
This was a very trippy castlevania game
So true.
4:46 jojo refference lmao
Lol I was playing this game this week
This game was fantastic
Why is he not equipping armor? Oh yeah, he's not going to get hit.
Of course. Of COURSE the punch weapon is a jojo reference.
Remember play this on gba 🥰childhood
Me too
this games soundtrack kinda slaps, chiptune style
1:42:51 The developers must hate that character so much. What a pain!
I always get lost when i play harmony of dissonance😂
Playing it for the first time now and yeah, it’s a little bit frustrating.
best castlevania dash ever
And hes now on netflixxxxx
Very Goód!!!! 🙆
Wow the audio quality is pretty rough. I didn't realize this before.
Only now after beating this game a lot of times I discovered this game have a hard mode
Muito obrigado você me ajudou muito
No damage, literally running from all enemies
I wonder when you will do Sotn…
We made this character a reality x maverick hunter
I actually jst started playing castle vania but still it felt great
Master XM.Hunter playing megaman x commander speed run please
I haven't played this since middle school 😮
I Ask for a Replay. At 23.32 the skeleton touch him no ? It's weird.
good gameplay but bad graphic, but i like this
Did this came out before SOTN?
after
10:23:How to switch spellbook no open menu?
Now I know up+L/up+R switch spellbook,but how to close spellbook?
faxxxxx! I know!! [down+L+R] close/open spellbook! Why so important hotkeys in game no tell player? I am so angry Now faxxxxxxx!!!
2:07:17. How did you do that? Does anyone know how he did that upside down kick?
懐かしいですね
Quando veja essa run penso que jogo Castlevania errado a minha vida inteira. E até hoje não zerei nenhum jogo por me sentir decepcionado comigo mesmo.
Começa pelos antigos e vai progredindo pegue alguns tricks nos sites de gamefaq vão ajudar na sua run tipo shield dash que é superior a andar ou correr bat dash e etc
Sério?
@@wallacesousuke1433 Sim.
22:00 jump and in the air use Ice Fist to cross.
does putting hardgame in the name file really activate hard mode?