Castlevania: Harmony of Despair
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| Developer(s) | Konami |
| Publisher(s) | Konami |
| Director(s) | Shutaro Iida |
| Producer(s) | Koji Igarashi |
| Artist(s) | Ayami Kojima |
| Composer(s) | Yasuhiro Ichihashi Tomoaki Hirono |
| Series | Castlevania |
| Platform(s) | Xbox 360 PlayStation 3 |
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Xbox 360
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| Genre(s) | Platform-adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| Metacritic | 67/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| Edge | 8/10 |
| Eurogamer | 4/10 |
| GameSpot | 7.5 |
| GameTrailers | 7.8/10 |
| IGN | 7.5/10 |
| OXM (UK) | 7/10 |
Castlevania: Harmony of Despair, known in Japan as Akumajō Dracula: Harmony of Despair (悪魔城ドラキュラ ハーモニー オブ ディスペアー?, officially translated Devil's Castle Dracula: Harmony of Despair), is a crossover platform-adventure game that is part of the Castlevania series. The game was first leaked as an OFLCA Rating on May 27, 2010, then officially announced for Xbox Live Summer of Gaming 2010. Later in the year, the game was unveiled as a playable demo in the Konami booth at the E3 Convention of 2010. It was released worldwide on August 4, 2010 for the Xbox Live Arcade and September 27, 2011 for the PlayStation Network.
Gameplay includes a co-op mode (The Xbox 360 release only allows for internet co-op, while the PlayStation 3 release supports local multiplayer) which plays like the "Boss Rush Mode" of previous 2D Castlevania games, but with several rooms and items to find, culminating in a boss to fight. It also includes a versus mode, with battle occurring between players. Some bosses are able to attack players on their way to the fight. The game features playable characters such as Alucard, Soma Cruz, Jonathan Morris, Shanoa and Charlotte Aulin, all from previous 2D Castlevania games.
All of the characters include eight palette swaps to accommodate players that wish to be the same character. Through downloadable content, additional characters were released, including an 8-bit version of Simon Belmont. The characters have their own signature attacks and skills to use in battle. An all-new map system allows real-time zooming in and out of the current stage, which will not stop gameplay and even allow players to play with the map zoomed out.
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