I decided to play all the good Castlevanias

[arcadifvid]

who is "STONE" ?

or is that just supposed to be some label that its a stone, instead of a grave stone ?
chick looks hot.

anyway that game... i could never ever get past medusa. that game was just brutal.

[Exhuminator]

release a retro Metroidvania that isn't "Oh, we're in some massive castle/complex of caves" and instead has long outdoor stretches leading to distinct structures.

Have you played Order of Ecclesia yet?

[isiolia]

I liked Lords of Shadow [both of them] just fine.

Not everything can be a metroidvania.

Both of them really kind of are, just not 2D. The first game is Order of Ecclesia style with a map and stages to visit/revisit to get all the upgrades and such. The second is all connected, but both utilize the core mechanic of getting upgrades to access more stuff.

I've played through both, but I'd say the first is a decidedly better game - albeit one that takes -forever- to get going. I can understand why people might give up on it early though. Some of the stuff you need to do, like weaken enemies to ride them/etc becomes very tedious...but is also something that gets left behind as more powers and such are unlocked.

[Anapan]

The only thing I'm fairly certain of in HARDGAME is that all enemies take about 25% less damage. There's no mention of it in the manual, and back in the year or so after it first came out nobody had mentioned anything specific and none of the FAQs had any mention of solid details or stats.
I already played it to death, so I probably won't be finding out the details with a debugger.
The next time I play I'll be playing one of the new characters in the Revenge on the Findesiecle hack. Read the .TXT - it's pretty cool. I had a lot of fun with Mario when I tried it.

[samsonlonghair]

The young lady in that arcade flier has a mullet.

[Ack]

The young lady in that arcade flier has a mullet.

It was the '80s, man. Even the chicks had mullets. It was rad.

[BoneSnapDeez]

Anyone got dat PS2 version?

[Ziggy]

Anyone got dat PS2 version?

I grabbed an ISO of it so I could check it out. It'd be neat to have from a collectible stand point, but I wouldn't pay any real money for it. $10 tops. I bet it goes for more than that on eBay.

edit: Cheapest on eBay right now is this.

[nightrnr]

Anyone got dat PS2 version?

Nope. Thought about it, but then I found out about finalburn on Xbox. Emulates it well enough... I think.
Any reason someone would want the PS2 version in particular? (I mean assuming you actually CHOSE to play the game and besides owning the only physical copy/home version).

[Xeogred]

Got Circle of the Moon on the WiiU, as expected, holds up flawlessly. God tier.