October 2015 Recap

On 11/03/2015 at 09:02 AM by daftman

Games Beaten

-Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (original version) (PSP)

This game has just about everything you could want from a classic Castlevania. The sprite work looks great, the music is awesome, and the levels are varied and challenging. There are often multiple exits to the levels, sometimes with completely different bosses, and there are two playable characters (though I haven't touched the Maria side of things yet). I finished with 62% complete, so there is certainly more I could do. A great game for Halloween!

Games Bought

October was a very light month for purchases (never a bad thing!). We bought two copies of The Legend of Zelda: TriForce Heroes (3DS) so we could play multiplayer with my brother and so far it's been really fun. I also picked up a couple games from one of the PSN sales, Castlevania: Harmony of Despair (PSN) chief among them. I've wanted to play this one for a long time. I also nabbed BloodRayne and BloodRayne 2 (PS2 Classics). I'd always heard they weren't very good but I've recently come across some dissenting opinions about that and decided to try them for myself since they were so cheap.

PS+ had some interesting games in October, like Broken Age and Super Meat Boy (both PS4/Vita). There was also Chariot (PS3), which sounds like a fun co-op game, Kung Fu Rabbit (PS3/Vita) (great title!), Unmechanical: Extended (PS4/Vita), and KickBeat (PS3/Vita).

Now Playing

-The Legend of Zelda: TriForce Heroes (3DS)

Four Sword Adventures is the natural comparison for this game but they're really quite different. The levels are smaller and there is a greater emphasis on working together. It's a lot of fun and I can't wait to play some more.

-Destiny: The Taken King (PS4)

Still been playing a lot of this. I haven't completed the new raid, despite a couple of attempts (it's hard!) but there is no shortage of cool things to do. They had a neat in-game Halloween-like festival this last week that let you get masks of various characters, including some of the big bosses :)

-Kirby's Return to Dream Land (Wii)

My wife and didn't play this for a couple of weeks but we recently picked it back up and are on world 5. Not much longer now!

-Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call (3DS)

There are so many songs in this game! I still haven't played a lot of them but I did recently unlock a cool series medley written specifically for this game

-The Walking Dead: Season One (Vita)

Started playing this for Halloween but haven't been able to put much time to it. Have only made it through episode 1. It's really good though. Very tense! I've already had to make several life or death decisions.

-Monster Hunter Freedom Unite (PSP)

The old standby! Progress has been slow lately because the game refuses to give us the crafting materials we need But we're not far from the endgame and postgame content...if we ever start moving forward again...

Ranger1

11/03/2015 at 11:06 AM

I really need to try a Castlevania game at some point. Ditto Kirby games. And Triforce Heroes looks like a lot of fun.

daftman

11/03/2015 at 08:55 PM

Egads, Rangergirl, you haven't tried a Castlevania game?!? I would suggest starting with Symphony of the Night (which is on a gob of different platforms at this point) or Dawn of Sorrow on the DS. Those are both of the Metroidvania style and are quite good Pretty much any Kirby game is good fun lol.

As for TriForce Heroes, do not wait to jump on that if you can get two other people in the same room with you to play it. The online stuff works very well (never had to wait more than a few seconds to get paired up) but you can't beat that couch co-op communication.

KnightDriver

11/04/2015 at 03:14 AM

Oh Broken Age. I've been wanting to play that for a long time now.

11/04/2015 at 08:42 PM

There's no time like the present! (Like I'm one to talk )

Matt Snee Staff Writer

11/04/2015 at 04:47 AM

yeah Walking Dead is VERY intense. The second season is so fucked up. I've never watched the show, but the games are so good. Have fun!

11/04/2015 at 08:45 PM

I'm having trouble fitting it into my schedule—as you can see, I have a lot of games going right now—but I've really enjoyed it so far. Hoping to play more soon.

The Last Ninja

11/04/2015 at 12:43 PM

Tri Force Heroes is really fun! I'm into the game more than I thought I'd be (it's addicting). It's good to have another great Zelda spin-off game.

11/04/2015 at 08:47 PM

Multiplayer Zelda has been nothing but gold so far

Super Step Contributing Writer

11/04/2015 at 07:41 PM

I kinda want a new classic-style Castlevania, without the Metroid influence. What is Harmony of Despair again? One of the PS2 ones?

I've always heard Bloodrayne games are B-movie equivalents, dumb and fun.

I have Super Meat Boy on Steam as well, need to get playing more Broken Age ... which I also have on Steam. PSN has talked me out of a lot of indie PC purchases because I expect them to be free later. lol Once again though, I'm most interested in PS3 offerings (Kung Fu Rabbit/Kickbeat). Well, at least I have them in case I buy a PS3.

11/04/2015 at 09:33 PM

Harmony of Despair is where they took all the 2D assets from the previous 10 years of Castlevanias and made a big co-op action game out of them. Up to six people can play simultaneously, though I think my little group is going to max out at three and at this point that is probably pretty good lol. The last classic-style Castlevania was The Adventure ReBirth on WiiWare back in 2009. It was pretty good too (as was its Contra counterpart). Too bad Konami isn't interested in making cool games anymore

Yeah, I have a great collection of indie games now thanks to PS+. Snapping up everything is a good idea, I think. I hope you can play them at some point!

11/04/2015 at 09:38 PM

I plan on buying a PS3 somewhere down the line. Just not ye. Want a 3DS as well. Probably don't have the money for either unless a lot falls into place or I throw caution to the wind.

Halochief90

11/08/2015 at 03:01 AM

I love Castlevania, but the original Rondo of Blood was a little too old-school for me. I guess I just prefer the Metroidvanias. I actually recently beat Dawn of Sorrow. I also played a ton of Theatrhythm a month ago.

11/09/2015 at 05:27 PM

The post-Symphony of the Night Castlevanias are my favorite too (I've played them all) but I do enjoy the older ones too. Dawn of Sorrow is excellent though

PixlBit