Don’t Despair! ‘Castlevania: Harmony of Despair’ Coming To PlayStation Network This September 27th

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Vampire hunting is in season with the September 27th PlayStation Network release of Castlevania: Harmony of Despair, featuring ...
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Vampire hunting is in season with the September 27th PlayStation Network release of Castlevania: Harmony of Despair, featuring a new local 4 player co-op mode.

The core of the Castlevania series from Konami has always been about side-scrolling 2D action-adventure ever since its introduction on the Family Computer Disk System in Japan (the floppy disk add-on for the NES.) A long tradition and trusty formula that has continued till today; mostly because its gameplay is quick to pick up but deeper than meets the eye.

And as an old proverb says, yet is super dead-on in many of these instances — if something anything broke, don’t fix it. …Well, okay, maybe just add online multiplayer, but that’s it! Thus brings us to Castlevania: Harmony of Despair, finally making it’s way to the realm of the PlayStation Network on September 27th. Having legendary producer of the Castlevania series, Koji Igarashi, at it’s helm is a big plus for this digital title, but certainly what beats all is the inclusion of an online co-op mode in Harmony of Despair.

Picking any of the familiar vampire slayers from past Castlevania games, players participate in sort of a boss-rush mode though-out a rather expansive castle with the help from other users, finding rooms, locating items, and putting out the evil forces of Dracula with the strong snap of a whip or what have you. And for the PlayStation Network release of Harmony of Despair, Konami has added the new feature of couch co-op for up to four players (up to six players online.)

What else will your $15 PSN bucks get you with Harmony of Despair? I’m glad you asked. You also get two additional characters in Julius Belmont & Yoko Belnades along with an extra map, Pyramid of Ruin. Both of which were originally paid downloadable content on Xbox Live, but are yours for the wonderful price of free. Oh you like free, don’t ya? Well, you get a good portion of free content every time the PlayStation Network updates its releases in fact, bearing you’re a PlayStation Plus member, of course.

Via: Shacknews

Castlevania Harmony of Despair coming to PSN

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Castlevania: Harmony of Despair will soon be making its way to the PSN. Announced by several sites, PlayStation owners will soon be able to ...
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Castlevania: Harmony of Despair will soon be making its way to the PSN. Announced by several sites, PlayStation owners will soon be able to suck their teeth, pardon the pun, into an incredibly successful cooperative vampire slaying romp.

While Harmony of Despair will not be the first Castlevania game released on PS3, it will be a welcome addition. Originally released as an exclusive downloadable title for Xbox 360 owners last year, the title was well received by gamers and critics alike, leading it to sell hundreds of thousands of copies. Additional content and expansions have since been released on the Xbox 360, though no word yet on whether they will be available for download on the PSN or become included in a bundle, much like the PlayStation 3 version of Castle Crashers.

Part of the title’s success was its ability to tie in different gameplay aspects and characters from the franchise into a single game. Fan favourites such as Alucard, Soma and Charlotte all appear as playable characters, and with the the ability to play cooperatively with up to 5 other players, this marks the first time that the franchise ever allowed so many characters to fight alongside each other.

The title has also appealed to hardcore gamers, due to its throwback 2D graphics and presentation. The game plays more or less as a traditional action / adventure side scroller would, save for the addition of several RPG elements. While there is no experience and leveling up per se, there is nevertheless tons of grinding for items and abilities which, once unlocked, remain with the character.

One thing that fans did complain about was the lack of local multiplayer. While there is no news as to whether Konami will remedy this for the PSN version of the game, it would at the very least be a welcome addition for PlayStation owners who were forced to wait a year longer for the game.