On nights that I get home late I’ve mainly been using my desktop for working on AV projects, then during my wind down time I’ve either been reading about Nazi Amerikkka, and playing a random game on my Steam Deck. Last night I conquered the Second Boss in Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia. Shanoa has a special ability that allows her to utilize magnetic fixtures to fling herself in different directions, which can be handy for getting up into hard reach areas, or in this case evading a large fucking skeleton. Like with many boss battles, this one took a lot of retries. Again, I’m happy that they allow you to save whenever you like. In the original I wouldn’t have had far to walk to get to the boss battle, but it would get irritating after the first 20 deaths.
The design choice for Ecclesia is an interesting one. Most of the Castlevania games have a somewhat anime look to them. Whereas they went with less of an anime look and more of a gothic one, and it works really well. It definitely stands out in the Dominus Collection, which have more of an anime look. Of course, I like all the variations. 🙂