Board 8 > I finally completed the Item Compendium in Castlevania: Harmony of Despair (PS3)

(+) Yeah! (+)

Last item obtained: Retro Cloak
It took me 7 years.

I'm very happy about it.

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I was wondering why you were playing it everyday
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Great now I feel like playing again
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One of my PSN friends contacted me also owned the game and he found out I also owned it.
I ended up helping him farm for the good stuff for a month.
I became addicted all over again!
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Harmony of Despair, great game
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You're saying it took 7 years but how much of it daily did you play during those 7 years
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I played it for a good 2 years since release.
Then I gave it a good long rest and haven't touched the game during that time period.
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What an amazing game

I couldn't imagine completing the item compendium though. Good lord I remember the horror of getting those Sonic Boots. To do that literally dozens of times for items with similarly low drop rates. Yeesh.
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Random Castlevania Fact:

You can complete Circle of the Moon without fighting Death, entering his area, or entering the area before his.
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Thanks to using local play, I was able to even the odds a little when getting the drops I desired.
I even ended up playing Chapter 10 and 11 with a full screen with the camera zoomed out while I let my idle characters sit there.I had to move them around a little so I can see exactly what item they received so the other text boxes did not get in the way.

I was that insane and determined.
I still have my eyesight intact after going through that ordeal. lol...

I'm taking it a step further now: I'm attempting to max out all of Soma's Souls.
So glad I finally max out R. The Count Souls. 298 Kills according to my Monster Compendium (not counting my non-Soma kills with other characters)
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That soul was such a pain to get cause R. The Count also happens to drop Dracula's Soul.

All I need are 3 more R. The Creature Souls.

Then I'll probably just level up the rest of my characters.
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I did it...all the Souls are mine yesss.

That is all.
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time to get 9 of every item
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I might do that for at least the Philosopher's Stone.
I did not know that having 9 of them increases their healing potential. I was lucky enough to get at least one years ago!
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How many valmanways do you have?
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7 Valmanways and 2 Valmanway +1's
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I got 9 Philosopher's Stones. That's actually not too difficult to manage. Drop rate is semi reasonable.
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oh god why am i playing again
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Because its good
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