Ecclesia, etcetera

[shininghalf]

CV: OoE update: I am through the big plot point and storming the castle, w00t! I also got roughed up pretty good by the easiest boss in the game, but wth, what else is food for, right? (I guess I'm a klutz or something, because I get grabbed by stuff that isn't supposed to grab you. Nobody told me Gravediggers could do that, and now I swear

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[kumpania]

Hey, don't be embarrassed by having trouble with some of the bosses in OoE... It took me a while to figure out how to properly take on that one giant skeleton at the beginning of the prison-island (the actual name of which escapes me), and it took me a grand moment of "Oh, DUH!" to finally take out the crab in the lighthouse.

Case in point, this comic I found in the Castlevania Dungeon makes me laugh every time I see it, because it is *exactly* what I did for a while during that fight:

http://www.castlevaniadungeon.net/Images/Scans/OoE/4kom_10.gif

But anyway, yes, Nitesco is pretty. x^^

(And I just noticed the bit about PG. Congrats! Which book was it? I keep meaning to go back there and see if there are any more Lupin books to read, but I keep forgetting... x^^;; )

[shininghalf]

It's called "Giant Skeleton." ^_~

I've taken to posting about Ecclesia at GameSpot mostly, but I'm pretty close to fighting Death now. He actually doesn't look so bad, but I'll probably freak out when I get there anyway. I think my favorite glyph might be Melio Ascia; I've always loved the Axes since SotN...

The Lupin book is "The Secret of Sarek." It wasn't immediately obvious that it was him (you know how he is), but I came upon a page like "Yup, that's the author; this even sounds like Lupin putting the smack down on the defeated villain. ::blinkblink; search concatenated text:: There's a reason for that...."

[kumpania]

Well, I... uh... um..... shu'up. =P x^^; It's been a while since I actually sat down and played OoE, and lately it seems I have to play through a game more than once before I can really remember a lot of the names for everything. I think I'm getting old enough to the point where parts of my memory are finally starting to become less capable. x^^;;;

But I heartily agree with you about the Axe in general as a sub-weapon in Castlevania games. I think it was probably Super Castlevania 4 for me when I caught on to the advantages of the Axe (hey, no more having to try and jump and flail about in an attempt to hit something overhead! What a concept!), but from then on I almost unfailingly have the Axe as the default sub-weapon, unless of course a situation comes along where I know using something else would be more effective.