Dracula X Chronicles PSP ROM - Main Game (delete all files that are not used for Dracula X Chronicles Bonus Unlockable extra games of Rondo of Blood and Symphony of the Night) = Requiem Collection. the only detail they did put in really narrows down to the wallpaper borders and Game Selection Menu. everything else is copy paste and maybe a few features being broken in the porting process.
Maria mode is brutally difficult. Moreso than Richter mode, and way more than Alucard mode (even in a Red Rust only run. I'm dead serious.). Its a good thing then that her subweapons have good utility, but I still struggle to beat this mode. Likely because I never save as Alucard until the end of a play session, I treat Maria and Richter the same, only to find that they don't have the on demand potions, faeries, and magic spells to keep themselves from getting slaughtered.
I managed to beat almost every boss before i discovered that the Turtle Subweapon can heal you, and as i discovered it, my immediate thought was "I COULD HAVE HEALED MYSELF THIS WHOLE TIME INSTEAD OF CAREFULLY AND CHEAPLY KILLING ENEMIES FROM OUTSIDE THEIR AWARENESS ZONE!". With Richter the trick i used to survive is abusing the Item Crush skills to make myself immune to all damage while dealing tons of damage at the same time, usually using the throwing knife.
Unlike the Saturn version, where Maria was damned near unstoppable, Konami balanced her out here in this version. In Rondo she took a ton of damage from hits, more so than Richter, so it would make sense that she isn't the strongest in this game either, even when a little older. But in the Saturn version, she can mow anything down without so much as breaking a sweat.
@Uneke on mobile version of SOTN Richter is eazy. I have button to use his whip dash... And for Alucard i have button to use ALL magic i learned, without doing umput. I abuse it to het invisibility points and get throw spikes without spike breaker.
That is probably right due to how many Jojo references are in Castlevania, it is more believable for it to be Maria's stand. Zephyr from Dawn of Sorrow & Portrait of Ruin, The Sacred Fist sub-weapon from Harmony of Dissonance, and one of the Guardian Souls in Aria of Sorrow are all Jojo references.
@@GamerXDaringDoX That means lots of old martial arts movies that pre-date JoJo were making jojo references everytime a character uses a stance of some kind before attacking. Crazy how popular jojo is. Unless you can cite the exact Stands or whatever, I'm partially curious about this - I'd just be unsurprised if that stance is much older and more legit than a 1987 cartoon considering how old / deep the lore is for various things like the crissaegrim or what Granfaloon represents.
@@midinerd all i really can confirm is IGA loves JJBA and puts references to it in Castlevania. Anything beyond that scope is something I'm not aware of or not willing to look for the furthest roots of.
I like the Guardian fist move much better in this version than the Saturn version. Saturn version Maria felt like playing Yusuke from Yu Yu Hakusho. It's still cool but this version of Maria feels more in tone with her Rondo of Blood style
I played this version and tbh I felt disappointed of Maria, facing Galamoth with her... Is a real torture, while Richter has the thousand blades, and Alucard (is Alucard), this version of Maria doesn't have a very powerful item crash that can destroy Galamoth Also, the Psp version has a glitch (idk if it works with the other new versions) but as Richter you can face the final form of Dracula instead of shaft... Ah the good ol days, nice video
the Requiem version is just Dracula X Chronicles without the base game, just the 3 bonus games. Rondo of Blood, Symphony of the Night, and PEKE. odds are the glitch is in Requiem version. i only know that cause of the L2 and R2 buttons being permanently disabled to keep the PSP controls.
i never got to play the Saturn version but i really wanted to. however while she is badass in Saturn version, she is obsurdly overpowered. not quite Aulcard Shield + Shield Rod spell overpowered, but just OP enough that it's way too easy to beat the game as her cause one of her spells grants you temporary invincibility at the cost of a large ammount of MP which regenerates overtime. despite how much i seemed to have fun raping bosses with the Alucard Shield, it honestly is boring the 2nd time you do it. if i do get a chance to play the Saturn version, i will probably end up ingnoring her invincibility spell's existence.
also she was only playable in the Saturn Version which is Japan Exclusive due to lack of proper development. there are Japanese versions of the original Playstation version, the PS3 downloadable version, the XBOX360 version, and the PSP Dracula X Chronicles version, and of those i have actually played the Japanese XBOX360 version. if you do play any of them, you better get used to pressing B or the CIRCLE button to confirm in menus and A or CROSS (X) to cancel, cause it will piss you off til you do get used to it.
@@cookiechi2555 depends the percentage of map you have covered If you wanna play as Richter, you have to cover at least more than 170% For Maria idk if it's more
Thanks, but in all honesty i am horrible at playing as Maria. The only thing i was good at was figuring out all this stuff using controlled testing (attacking specific enemies to find elements and attack power)
The only thing I miss from saturn version is her bad ass spirit gun. They decided to trade it for a damn bird 🐦💨. 🤦♂️🤦♀️🤦 she reminded me of dbz or yu-yu hakusho.
When i was a kid i hate her cause i dont know how to use her but when i watched the fuckin anime i got interested and discovered she has alot of fuckin skill Set which I really dont know back then
That simple, eh? I was expecting some Richter Blade Dash inputs. Thanks for the information, Daring Do! Now go back to writing more books based on your real life adventures,
i was just as surprised when i found out her evasion move was that simple. it helped me alot. though i wish i knew that the Turtle could heal you before i beat the game as Maria.
Yeah but the trickyness of Richter's Blade Dash is half the fun of that move. Especially when you finally learn it just right and get the rhythm and do Prologue under one minute without taking damage or using sub-weapons. I've never done a Maria run though so I plan on doing that someday soon.
I hadn't thought about where the turtle would be most effective due to doing the research for the video after defeating almost every boss. Would be useful against Olrox 2nd form fire ball barrages too.
Requiem Collection version of Symphony of the Night and Rondo of Blood are the exact same as the versions found in Castlevania Dracula X Chronicles on the PSP. so i assume you atleast played 1 of the 2 on Dracula X chronicles and as far as Guardian Knuckle goes, in SOTN, it was a Sub Weapon. in Rondo of Blood, it was a button combo. odd change in my opinion.
Still not sure what to say as a proper reply, as i still surprised that you saw this video. kinda putting that "we're not worthy" chant in my brain. i don't even know if Donkey knows you saw this. Hope your project turns out well.
The requiem/psp version of maria was such a letdown. I get not making her as ridiculously broken as Saturn's version, but do all of her subweapons do so little damage. She's hopeless against a lot of later bosses, which is way worse than if she just cracked the game wide open. She's a bonus character damn it, let me actually have some fun.
I haven't really put any thought into why they went with this version of Maria until just now, and just now i realized it us likly due to having a different team working on the Saturn Version than the one that worked on DXC. I don't even know if the original team even worked on the DXC version or not, so that's just a thought and nothing more.
Thanks for letting me know by the way. I thought Maria's sub weapons corresponded to regular sub weapons in a way and I just couldn't figure it out. That and I saw you using the dragon sub so early in the castle it was driving me nuts trying to find it.
I don't know for sure what platforms she is in with this moveset, but the PS4 Requiem Collection is the version i played. The PSP version that is in Dracula X Chronicles has her as well. i have heard that the mobile version also uses this version of Maria.
beating either of their playthroughs requires skill, knowing enemy weaknesses, know the characters spells, and knowing exactly what each subweapon does wht and abuse the crap out of them.
fun til you reach the inverted castle, where everything ends up being strategy and what subweapon(s) you have. atleast being in the inverted castle doubles all damage you deal as Richter and Maria.
I had age restricted almost everything i uploaded before the changes to RUclips Creator Studio made it impossible for me to access it to change videos to be age restricted. the reason i restricted everything was to comply with COPA since nothing I owned at the time was able to set my channel as "Not for Children". I have yet to figure out where the option to set/remove restrictions on all videos at the same time is at, so til I find it, this video is restricted.
not sure what you mean by that, mainly cause there is no cheat code to unlock her. the Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles version of Symphony of the Night and the Castlevania Requiem collection version of Symphony of the Night have this version of Maria as a playable character. the only other version that has her is the Japan exclusive SEGA Saturn version 悪魔城ドラキユラＸ月下の夜想曲 (Akumajou Dracula X Gekka no Nocturne) and that version of her is way different than the one in the video. of course this is excluding any ROM Hacks anyone mad that adds her, but that's an unrelated topic.
I hated this Maria. She sucked so much. In fact, she sucked at fighting so much that the basic low level enemies (zombies, bats, medusa heads, etc) were able to kill you in several hits. And her magic? So bad, because they're no longer magic -- they're items. And they mostly suck (only the dragon is good). And the item crash uses half of her supply, meaning there's almost no point in using them against the basic enemies, which will be responsible for most of your deaths. And the worst of all, her basic attacks (owl) and special moves (such as rolling attack) suck. I'm okay with Konami replacing the magic system for crappier items, but Maria should have at least have regenerating Heart. Even then, she would suck, but she would be manageable. This is an action game, but if 90% of her playthrough is about avoiding enemies (because they'll kill you), then there are clearly flaws in the character design.
By any chance have you noticed the Turtle Item Crush can heal you? or that it's basic ability grants low cost damage immunity? not to mention her ability to carry 2 subweapons. Hate balancing a character in a way that not only fits her boss fight, but also making her not insanely easy to beat the game with? Did you ever actually look at how bad Akumajou Dracula X: Gekka no Noturne was? Giving Maria the move set they gave her in Dracula X Chronicles SOTN (which is what Requiem Collection is) was actually a good thing. I have footage that provides proof that Maria is actually quite powerful given the play knows the enemies attacks enough to dodge or just deny them the time to attack. not really that hard unless you don't utilize her base Subweapon attacks much, and just like Rondo of Blood, the best Subweapon isn't always the Dragon, and almost never is a good choice for item crush either. I assume alot of people who do try beating the game as her without quitting and decided to adapt would see the same way i do about it, even if i learned about the Turtle Item crush after i beat the game as Maria.
@@GamerXDaringDoX I'm aware that Turtle item crash can heal you. The problem is, it also uses up most of your Heart supply (which takes forever to resupply). And its basic ability DOESN'T grant you damage immunity (specifically, it only grants immunity against certain enemies/attacks, at certain angle). Having said that, Saturn Maria was too overpowered, I'll give you that. But if you decrease the time of her skills being active, then you have balanced Maria (her invincibility skill should only last ~5 seconds). And it still doesn't change the fact that PSP was too underpowered. If Maria had regenerating heart (heart containers increasing the regeneration rate), but with the PSP "items", then it would be a better balance. If not, then at least the heart cost should be WAY down (Richter's item crash cost, at most 20, and most of them cost 10~15). And Maria should have that [up, down, forward] move to have invincibility window, just as Richter did (I don't think she did, but I'm not entirely sure about that). And Maria definitely should have had that invincibility item crash, prob for Maria doll (it was in the story mode to power up Richter, so no reason not to have it, and it can be used to get past that spike room), although shortened duration, and it would use 99 hearts (to prevent abuse). That'll make Maria way more usable, and more importantly, fun to play as.
Hearts being everywhere there is a torch is plentiful but not enough to keep you full, and picking up subweapons you already have on hand turns it into a large heart. i will admit that sometimes the heart farm process is boring, and some areas lack large heart torches in areas they would be really useful in. I did learn a few times that some enemies are best killed with the owls, either because of low max HP, the owl's ability to go through walls, hit stun, weaknesses, or in the case of Rock Armors or Bomb Armors it is due to the strange behavior caused by hitting their held weapon suddenly causes the owl to insanely drain their HP. Some enemies are often best left alive but only attacked to make them back off to keep them from attacking you. and a few cases a few air dashes can keep them from reaching you. Maria's playthrough is in my own opinion a Hard Mode with a twist. it played more like i would expect from survival horror games where resources are not very common and best reserved for when you absolutely must use them, like Resident Evil does with ammo for Shotguns, Magnums, and grenade launchers. not everything needs to be killed, but also making sure you have the ammo you need for what enemy you know is ahead.
Actually i show how to do any move that required a series of inputs which was displayed in the bottom left corner. I ignored showing how to do moves that are simple inputs like using a subweapon, pressing the item crush button, or jump while crouched. The only thing i forgot to show at all was how to do was forward and back dashing which was done by pressing L1 or R1. Why i didn't show how to do the simple inputs (like slide, dive kick, using a subweapon, and using an item crush) was because they are either something the player would have already known how to do from playing as Alucard long enough to unlock the ability to play as Maria, or because it was a single button.
Игры
Still amazed the amount of details they put into this game.
Dracula X Chronicles PSP ROM - Main Game (delete all files that are not used for Dracula X Chronicles Bonus Unlockable extra games of Rondo of Blood and Symphony of the Night) = Requiem Collection. the only detail they did put in really narrows down to the wallpaper borders and Game Selection Menu. everything else is copy paste and maybe a few features being broken in the porting process.
@@GamerXDaringDoX he is talking about game itself not ports.
Maria mode is brutally difficult. Moreso than Richter mode, and way more than Alucard mode (even in a Red Rust only run. I'm dead serious.). Its a good thing then that her subweapons have good utility, but I still struggle to beat this mode. Likely because I never save as Alucard until the end of a play session, I treat Maria and Richter the same, only to find that they don't have the on demand potions, faeries, and magic spells to keep themselves from getting slaughtered.
I managed to beat almost every boss before i discovered that the Turtle Subweapon can heal you, and as i discovered it, my immediate thought was "I COULD HAVE HEALED MYSELF THIS WHOLE TIME INSTEAD OF CAREFULLY AND CHEAPLY KILLING ENEMIES FROM OUTSIDE THEIR AWARENESS ZONE!".
With Richter the trick i used to survive is abusing the Item Crush skills to make myself immune to all damage while dealing tons of damage at the same time, usually using the throwing knife.
If you don’t care about the skin on your thumbs, richter is actually an INSANE character.
I’ve seen videos of him just allowing through everything
Unlike the Saturn version, where Maria was damned near unstoppable, Konami balanced her out here in this version. In Rondo she took a ton of damage from hits, more so than Richter, so it would make sense that she isn't the strongest in this game either, even when a little older. But in the Saturn version, she can mow anything down without so much as breaking a sweat.
Life vessels actually increase health and strength
@Uneke on mobile version of SOTN Richter is eazy. I have button to use his whip dash...
And for Alucard i have button to use ALL magic i learned, without doing umput. I abuse it to het invisibility points and get throw spikes without spike breaker.
Maria of Sega Saturn is so much better than the actual version, but this video is awesome, I didn't know that she had so many skills.
describe "actual" version cuz the saturn version rocks
I like the Karate Maria from the Saturn version better lol!
Guy's this mode becomes easy the more life vessels u get (HP Max Ups)
1:07 that's a stand
That is probably right due to how many Jojo references are in Castlevania, it is more believable for it to be Maria's stand. Zephyr from Dawn of Sorrow & Portrait of Ruin, The Sacred Fist sub-weapon from Harmony of Dissonance, and one of the Guardian Souls in Aria of Sorrow are all Jojo references.
@@GamerXDaringDoX That means lots of old martial arts movies that pre-date JoJo were making jojo references everytime a character uses a stance of some kind before attacking. Crazy how popular jojo is.
Unless you can cite the exact Stands or whatever, I'm partially curious about this - I'd just be unsurprised if that stance is much older and more legit than a 1987 cartoon considering how old / deep the lore is for various things like the crissaegrim or what Granfaloon represents.
@@midinerd all i really can confirm is IGA loves JJBA and puts references to it in Castlevania. Anything beyond that scope is something I'm not aware of or not willing to look for the furthest roots of.
Who else here would love to see Maria as a smash fighter?!
with the overpowered Saturn Version Maria as her Final Smash, yes.
That or Sonia Belmont would be really cool.
Lol
It would be her younger version as always.
I like the Guardian fist move much better in this version than the Saturn version. Saturn version Maria felt like playing Yusuke from Yu Yu Hakusho. It's still cool but this version of Maria feels more in tone with her Rondo of Blood style
I played this version and tbh I felt disappointed of Maria, facing Galamoth with her... Is a real torture, while Richter has the thousand blades, and Alucard (is Alucard), this version of Maria doesn't have a very powerful item crash that can destroy Galamoth
Also, the Psp version has a glitch (idk if it works with the other new versions) but as Richter you can face the final form of Dracula instead of shaft...
Ah the good ol days, nice video
the Requiem version is just Dracula X Chronicles without the base game, just the 3 bonus games. Rondo of Blood, Symphony of the Night, and PEKE. odds are the glitch is in Requiem version. i only know that cause of the L2 and R2 buttons being permanently disabled to keep the PSP controls.
thanks!
Seems that is not the same playable Maria Renard of Saturn or the Japanese version... But thanks for share the video! :-)
i never got to play the Saturn version but i really wanted to. however while she is badass in Saturn version, she is obsurdly overpowered. not quite Aulcard Shield + Shield Rod spell overpowered, but just OP enough that it's way too easy to beat the game as her cause one of her spells grants you temporary invincibility at the cost of a large ammount of MP which regenerates overtime. despite how much i seemed to have fun raping bosses with the Alucard Shield, it honestly is boring the 2nd time you do it. if i do get a chance to play the Saturn version, i will probably end up ingnoring her invincibility spell's existence.
also she was only playable in the Saturn Version which is Japan Exclusive due to lack of proper development. there are Japanese versions of the original Playstation version, the PS3 downloadable version, the XBOX360 version, and the PSP Dracula X Chronicles version, and of those i have actually played the Japanese XBOX360 version. if you do play any of them, you better get used to pressing B or the CIRCLE button to confirm in menus and A or CROSS (X) to cancel, cause it will piss you off til you do get used to it.
GamerXDaringDoX umm I beat the xbox360 version twice and never unlocked Maria
Any idea how ti fly in the android versión?
@@cookiechi2555 depends the percentage of map you have covered
If you wanna play as Richter, you have to cover at least more than 170%
For Maria idk if it's more
badass! Maria's hot as hell, damn it!
1:10 oraoraoraora
Damn ,, you're good
Thanks, but in all honesty i am horrible at playing as Maria. The only thing i was good at was figuring out all this stuff using controlled testing (attacking specific enemies to find elements and attack power)
The only thing I miss from saturn version is her bad ass spirit gun. They decided to trade it for a damn bird 🐦💨. 🤦♂️🤦♀️🤦 she reminded me of dbz or yu-yu hakusho.
Ahhh the music was different in the first part of the castle. When playong maria renard
That last one is a very difficult trick. I have the SmartPhone version, by the way.
didn't know there was a smart phone version outside of PS1 and SEGA Saturn emulators.
Who else is here because of Castlevania Nocturne? Hehe
They really did neuter Maria in Requiem, didn't they...
I see it as making her serve as a challenge for those who thought the beating the game as Richter was easy.
When i was a kid i hate her cause i dont know how to use her but when i watched the fuckin anime i got interested and discovered she has alot of fuckin skill
Set which I really dont know back then
Not the somersault but that air dash thing you do (02:31 - 02:34), how does one go about doing it?
R1 does the dash to the right, L1 does it to the left.
That simple, eh? I was expecting some Richter Blade Dash inputs. Thanks for the information, Daring Do! Now go back to writing more books based on your real life adventures,
i was just as surprised when i found out her evasion move was that simple. it helped me alot. though i wish i knew that the Turtle could heal you before i beat the game as Maria.
forgot to mention that evade dashes in the air can only be done in the direction you are facing, on the ground though it can be done back or fowards.
Yeah but the trickyness of Richter's Blade Dash is half the fun of that move. Especially when you finally learn it just right and get the rhythm and do Prologue under one minute without taking damage or using sub-weapons. I've never done a Maria run though so I plan on doing that someday soon.
Using Turtle on Granfaloon/Legion must be fun.
I hadn't thought about where the turtle would be most effective due to doing the research for the video after defeating almost every boss. Would be useful against Olrox 2nd form fire ball barrages too.
question so the guardian knuckle is a sub weapon now? i played the psp version but did not have a playthrough with maria that much
Requiem Collection version of Symphony of the Night and Rondo of Blood are the exact same as the versions found in Castlevania Dracula X Chronicles on the PSP. so i assume you atleast played 1 of the 2 on Dracula X chronicles and as far as Guardian Knuckle goes, in SOTN, it was a Sub Weapon. in Rondo of Blood, it was a button combo. odd change in my opinion.
@@GamerXDaringDoX thanks for this one.
Useful vid!
Still not sure what to say as a proper reply, as i still surprised that you saw this video. kinda putting that "we're not worthy" chant in my brain. i don't even know if Donkey knows you saw this.
Hope your project turns out well.
@@GamerXDaringDoX Lol. Thx bruh.
hey, do you know how to get Maria's stand at CV rondo of blood, I have tried everything but nothing happens, do you know how to do it?
its a button combo. cant remember what directions were used for it though.
Up Down Downright Right Attack
This maria holds nothing to saturn maria she was a goddess literally.
This girl and her pokemons
how can I perform a HeyHup movement
HeyHup?
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its my faivorite spell
I know u can play Richter after u finished CSotN.
But idk how to play maria?
I can't remember exactly what was her unlock requirements, but i think it was defeating her to get the Holy Glasses.
O grafico eh a recompença dele
The requiem/psp version of maria was such a letdown. I get not making her as ridiculously broken as Saturn's version, but do all of her subweapons do so little damage. She's hopeless against a lot of later bosses, which is way worse than if she just cracked the game wide open. She's a bonus character damn it, let me actually have some fun.
I haven't really put any thought into why they went with this version of Maria until just now, and just now i realized it us likly due to having a different team working on the Saturn Version than the one that worked on DXC. I don't even know if the original team even worked on the DXC version or not, so that's just a thought and nothing more.
How to get item crush
O 0.1 do Aida dar mirages
Where is the dragon sub weapon? I can't seem to find one.
I don't know any locations other than the inverted castle center.
@@GamerXDaringDoX I found one in the clock tower today. It's at the bottom next to the harpies.
Thanks for letting me know by the way. I thought Maria's sub weapons corresponded to regular sub weapons in a way and I just couldn't figure it out. That and I saw you using the dragon sub so early in the castle it was driving me nuts trying to find it.
You're welcome.
i can't hear very well..... did she said " Genbu, Fuck here" ?
I think she says "Genbu, appear".
@@GamerXDaringDoX Thanks XD
Which platforms is the game with Maria on?, in english.
I don't know for sure what platforms she is in with this moveset, but the PS4 Requiem Collection is the version i played.
The PSP version that is in Dracula X Chronicles has her as well.
i have heard that the mobile version also uses this version of Maria.
Saturn and i think mobile
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Uh where is maria's ultimate move that makes her invincible, combining all her animal powers? 🤔. The game should be super easy with her 👍.
Wrong version of SOTN. that move belongs to the SEGA Saturn version which is exclusive to Japan.
@@GamerXDaringDoX oh i see, good for the japanese 😁.
This is a rebalanced properly form of Maria, she won't be mowing down anything as hardcore as she could in the Saturn version.
her moves is different from sega saturn. what console is this?
PS4, Castlevania Requiem Collection
Wait how do you kick?
Are you asking how to do the Dive Kick shown at 0:21? or something else?
lol maria like playing richter. too hard for me.
beating either of their playthroughs requires skill, knowing enemy weaknesses, know the characters spells, and knowing exactly what each subweapon does wht and abuse the crap out of them.
her damage output is pitiful and her defense is worse than richters.
2 bites from wargs and its game over for you.
she is literally hardcore SOTN
what console?
different from sega saturn
This is for PS4's Requiem Version and the PSP Dracula X Chronicles version.
Maria from SEGA Saturn is still better?
I'm starting to see the 2 Marias as power rush mode and Ender Lilies style mode.
@@GamerXDaringDoX Ok
Porque esse video tem restriçao de idade?
COPPA
I never liked maria (even toughtshe is cute) because i always think she was too op, but this version looks very cool.
fun til you reach the inverted castle, where everything ends up being strategy and what subweapon(s) you have. atleast being in the inverted castle doubles all damage you deal as Richter and Maria.
Maria is maze and perfect Hunter vampire and love alucard!
Its nothing like the saturn maria..
It's actually challenging, the Saturn version was so poorly programmed that they forgot to balance Maria properly, making her way too strong.
Age restricted?
I had age restricted almost everything i uploaded before the changes to RUclips Creator Studio made it impossible for me to access it to change videos to be age restricted. the reason i restricted everything was to comply with COPA since nothing I owned at the time was able to set my channel as "Not for Children". I have yet to figure out where the option to set/remove restrictions on all videos at the same time is at, so til I find it, this video is restricted.
GamerXDaringDoX Ah, thanks. Still trying to find a decent guide for this. :P
Can i have Her Cheat code of maria please
not sure what you mean by that, mainly cause there is no cheat code to unlock her. the Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles version of Symphony of the Night and the Castlevania Requiem collection version of Symphony of the Night have this version of Maria as a playable character. the only other version that has her is the Japan exclusive SEGA Saturn version 悪魔城ドラキユラＸ月下の夜想曲 (Akumajou Dracula X Gekka no Nocturne) and that version of her is way different than the one in the video. of course this is excluding any ROM Hacks anyone mad that adds her, but that's an unrelated topic.
Oh thankyou XD
this is saturn version... very f different from android version
no this is the PSP/PS4/mobile version
Spetsnaz Helmet, you are correct.
I hated this Maria. She sucked so much. In fact, she sucked at fighting so much that the basic low level enemies (zombies, bats, medusa heads, etc) were able to kill you in several hits. And her magic? So bad, because they're no longer magic -- they're items. And they mostly suck (only the dragon is good). And the item crash uses half of her supply, meaning there's almost no point in using them against the basic enemies, which will be responsible for most of your deaths. And the worst of all, her basic attacks (owl) and special moves (such as rolling attack) suck.
I'm okay with Konami replacing the magic system for crappier items, but Maria should have at least have regenerating Heart. Even then, she would suck, but she would be manageable.
This is an action game, but if 90% of her playthrough is about avoiding enemies (because they'll kill you), then there are clearly flaws in the character design.
By any chance have you noticed the Turtle Item Crush can heal you? or that it's basic ability grants low cost damage immunity? not to mention her ability to carry 2 subweapons.
Hate balancing a character in a way that not only fits her boss fight, but also making her not insanely easy to beat the game with? Did you ever actually look at how bad Akumajou Dracula X: Gekka no Noturne was? Giving Maria the move set they gave her in Dracula X Chronicles SOTN (which is what Requiem Collection is) was actually a good thing.
I have footage that provides proof that Maria is actually quite powerful given the play knows the enemies attacks enough to dodge or just deny them the time to attack. not really that hard unless you don't utilize her base Subweapon attacks much, and just like Rondo of Blood, the best Subweapon isn't always the Dragon, and almost never is a good choice for item crush either.
I assume alot of people who do try beating the game as her without quitting and decided to adapt would see the same way i do about it, even if i learned about the Turtle Item crush after i beat the game as Maria.
@@GamerXDaringDoX I'm aware that Turtle item crash can heal you. The problem is, it also uses up most of your Heart supply (which takes forever to resupply). And its basic ability DOESN'T grant you damage immunity (specifically, it only grants immunity against certain enemies/attacks, at certain angle).
Having said that, Saturn Maria was too overpowered, I'll give you that. But if you decrease the time of her skills being active, then you have balanced Maria (her invincibility skill should only last ~5 seconds).
And it still doesn't change the fact that PSP was too underpowered. If Maria had regenerating heart (heart containers increasing the regeneration rate), but with the PSP "items", then it would be a better balance. If not, then at least the heart cost should be WAY down (Richter's item crash cost, at most 20, and most of them cost 10~15). And Maria should have that [up, down, forward] move to have invincibility window, just as Richter did (I don't think she did, but I'm not entirely sure about that). And Maria definitely should have had that invincibility item crash, prob for Maria doll (it was in the story mode to power up Richter, so no reason not to have it, and it can be used to get past that spike room), although shortened duration, and it would use 99 hearts (to prevent abuse). That'll make Maria way more usable, and more importantly, fun to play as.
Hearts being everywhere there is a torch is plentiful but not enough to keep you full, and picking up subweapons you already have on hand turns it into a large heart. i will admit that sometimes the heart farm process is boring, and some areas lack large heart torches in areas they would be really useful in.
I did learn a few times that some enemies are best killed with the owls, either because of low max HP, the owl's ability to go through walls, hit stun, weaknesses, or in the case of Rock Armors or Bomb Armors it is due to the strange behavior caused by hitting their held weapon suddenly causes the owl to insanely drain their HP.
Some enemies are often best left alive but only attacked to make them back off to keep them from attacking you. and a few cases a few air dashes can keep them from reaching you.
Maria's playthrough is in my own opinion a Hard Mode with a twist. it played more like i would expect from survival horror games where resources are not very common and best reserved for when you absolutely must use them, like Resident Evil does with ammo for Shotguns, Magnums, and grenade launchers. not everything needs to be killed, but also making sure you have the ammo you need for what enemy you know is ahead.
@@GamerXDaringDoX Think of Richter mode without the Hydro Storm. The game suddenly becomes a lot harder. That was the perfect difficulty.
@@michaelsong5555 if by perfect difficulty you mean no difficulty lol. hydrostorm is wayyyyy to broken for me to have any fun.
Why didn’t you show how to actually do the moves? Seems like a pointless video.
Actually i show how to do any move that required a series of inputs which was displayed in the bottom left corner. I ignored showing how to do moves that are simple inputs like using a subweapon, pressing the item crush button, or jump while crouched.
The only thing i forgot to show at all was how to do was forward and back dashing which was done by pressing L1 or R1.
Why i didn't show how to do the simple inputs (like slide, dive kick, using a subweapon, and using an item crush) was because they are either something the player would have already known how to do from playing as Alucard long enough to unlock the ability to play as Maria, or because it was a single button.