And Order of Ecclesia practically has everything that Classicvania fans asked for. And during the DS era, there were a lot of discussions from Classicvania fans wanting a Castlevania game that plays like a Classicvania title. I mean one reason why Shanoa is the main character in OoE and not another guy, is because fans told him that they want play as a female main character ( I have the interview for that). But just think about, Koji Igarashi is quite known for listening to fans and trying to please them. I remember Koji talking about trying to brings fans of both classic and metroidvania genre together, but I am having difficulties finding the interview. But Order of Ecclesia really had a lot of things that were clearly inspired from the Classicvania titles. It doesn't play EXACTLY like a NES game, if it did, it would terrible for a DS game to play like an NES game. I'm not saying I've hit a hurdle or I'm stuck, or find it unfair - I'm just a little surprised - is it just me?

It might be that I'm just bad at this title in particular, but I'd like to gauge a few opinions on how Ecclesia compares in difficulty against the rest of the entries. and hearts are hard to acquire than usual. Is it just me, or is this game really quite difficult compared to the other Igavania games? There are some difficult to hit floating enemies, little to no healing, no whip/ranged attacks, having to combo enemies (which isn't really required), enemy placement can be a tad fiddly. I've only got 1 potion and of course, a good stock of rotten meat(!) I thought I'd level up a bit before reattempting the first boss, but I am having to limp back to a save point after gaining a level! I'm in the first area of Ecclesia, and I am getting worn down really quickly - at least compared to the previous Igavanias. The thing is, the hand cramps haven't kicked in yet, so I can't blame that on the difficulty. I have always found handheld gaming difficult: my hands start cramping after a while, my neck will hurt after that, I've always had those reasons as an excuse to be bad, but. I'm just trying to claim I'm not a beginner with these games/games in general. I've beat all of the Classicvanias, the latter 2 GBA titles, SotN, Ritual of the Night, Curse of the Moon 1+2.

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