Castlevania:  Harmony of Despair

Developed by:  Konami

Published by:  Konami

Platform: Xbox 360 (XBLA)

Players: 1 (2-6 players online)

Rated T (Teen) by the ESRB

The Breakdown

Castlevania is a traditionally single player only franchise, not known for having any multiplayer.  Will Konami’s first truly multiplayer focused Castlevania title please fans, or is it a disappointment?  Read on to find out.

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Nice review, Kevin. It's too bad the single player is so difficult. I would have taken half a point for that, if I scored reviews. If anyone picks this game up well after the release date, they'll pretty much be playing solo. Maybe they'll patch the single player.

Thanks PK. Yeah, on retrospect I could score it down a little for that, but it would be unethical to change it when I've already posted the review. I scored it an 8 because I had a lot of fun playing it while it lasted. I did add a little snippet about no offline co-op though.

Honestly, it was kind of a hard game to review, with no cutscenes, tutorials, or story. It's just like "Here it is, now go play." I'm happier with the way the Case Zero review turned out.

I wasn't saying you should change your review. Just that I would have knocked it back a tad, if I reviewed it. At the very least, they could have thrown in some AI bots or scaled back the difficulty for solo players.

I wasn't saying you should change your review. Just that I would have knocked it back a tad, if I reviewed it. At the very least, they could have thrown in some AI bots or scaled back the difficulty for solo players.

Well honestly I'm not that satisfied with the CV review. Took me forever to make as I kept playing other games lol. Didn't know where to start until I just got into it one day.

I gotta be my own critic, cuz I'm all OCD and stuff. lol

Everyone is of the stuff they create. There's about 50 things I'd change in my Mafia II review, but it's already let loose into the ether... and Google cache. lol