Castlevania: Harmony of Despair

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Title: Castlevania: Harmony of Despair
Alternative Title: Castlevania HD
Description: Castlevania: Harmony of Despair brings together a cast of protagonists from previous games in the series with the classic 2D platformer gameplay. The focus is on cooperative gameplay with up to six vampire hunters workings towards the same goal of eventually destroying the citadel Castlevania. This is similar to the Boss Rush mode from previous games, but there is also a Versus mode to play against each other, based on points. Additionally the game can be played alone, in a singleplayer story mode. It consists of six large maps that can be browsed while playing. There are three different zoom levels (not pausing the game) and even though the closest one is the only suited to play, the others allow you to view the entire level layout in a single screen to plan a path and find out where the treasure is. At the end of each level is a boss that needs to be defeated and familiar villains such as Gergoth, Dullahan, Puppet Master, Death, and Menace make a return. Bosses are sometimes able to attack players before reaching the end area. Multiple players start in different parts of the level and act independently, but since each character has a different set of skills, it is possible to help each other by dousing fire to clear a passage, or pulling a lever to raise a platform for another player.
Date Issued: 2010-08-04
Creator: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
Publisher: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
Identifier: ark:/78322/9407
Language: Japanese
Spatial Coverage: BOS-1

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