See also the Chunky Salsa Rule and Overdrawn At the Blood Bank. Has nothing to do with a certain NCIS agent behaving in an amusing manner.

Castlevania was pretty light on the gore for a horror series-until Symphony of the Night, that is.

Alucard's ability to heal by absorbing blood made it necessary for lots of enemies to bleed. (Kill an Evil Butcher with a sword if you want to see some real gushworks.) Since then, probably because Symphony became the new model for CV games, enemies have bled profusely.

It gets even better in Order of Ecclesia, where the fight with Brachyura ends with you dropping a spiked elevator on the git, shoving him down fifteen screens of lighthouse and splattering him into a great many bits when you reach bottom.

Improvised Weapon: Bricks, rocks, really big rocks and a torch.The bits are still there if you come back later. You start off with just one (the dagger) in the first game and must find the rest to win.Īn Axe to Grind: The axe is a slow but devastating weapon, while the hatchet is a Precision-Guided Boomerang.Īdvertisement: Animate Dead: One of the more useful weapons is Necromancy, the ability to turn dead bodies into skeleton warriors.Īutomatic Crossbows: The crossbow shoots as fast as Caligula can stab someone and doesnt need to reload.īlade on a Stick: Among the available weapons are a javelin and a xyston.Įverythings Louder with Bagpipes: The Zampogna (an Italian bagpipe) turns enemies against each other and makes you immune to their weapons (except rats and gladiators).Įven better, they tend to cluster and take out tougher enemies first, letting you use area-hit weapons or the torch with greater efficiency.

Multi-Melee Master: The games feature a total of 26 weapons. Hyperactive Metabolism: Caligula heals by downing big chunks of meat. Heroic Mime: Caligulas only sound is a crazy laugh when he goes on a rampage. Gratuitous Foreign Language: Flambeau is an old-fashioned French word for torch. You can also throw wasp nests around (where they act like mines), but they attack you as well if you get too close.Ĭycle of Hurting: Its possible to stunlock enemies by hitting them faster than they can recover.Īdvertisement: The Caligula: Caligula has taken it upon himself to slaughter every living thing in Rome (and some skeletons), and then to conquer Hell.Įnemy Civil War: The zampogna produces this effect (see Everythings Louder with Bagpipes ).Įxotic Weapon Supremacy: The Flambeau, Necromancy and Zampogna weapons are among the best in the game ( and only one of those does any damage ).

The Beastmaster: An eagle and a lion are two of the available weapons, while playing the ocarina makes rats fight for you.

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