Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance

Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance

Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance is an action adventure video game developed and published by Konami for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance System. It is also abbreviated as HoD and known as Castlevania Byakuya no Concerto (Castlevania: Concerto of midnight Sun). The game was released on June 6, 2002 in Japan; September 16, 2002 in North America and October 11, 2002 in Europe. It only enables single player mode. It is rated as T (Teen) by ESRB, 12+ by CERO, 11+ by ELSPA and 12+ by PEGI.

Features

Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance is another instalment of Castlevania series. The game is set in 1748 and features Juste Belmont, the playable main character of the game, who is the grandson of Simon Belmont, and also a member of the Belmont family of vampire hunters. The game play requires the player to collect new equipments and skills by exploring the game’s castle setting and fighting increasingly powerful enemies and bosses, leading up to a climactic encounter with the castle’s master. As minor enemies and bosses are defeated, it will increase experience points for Juste, levelling up as the statistical requirements are met and also gained items left by those enemies. These items can also be found scattered in corners of the castle. Items collected contribute to the Juste’s attack power and magic power. The Harmony of Dissonance also features wide range of weapons and items. Besides that, Juste would also gain Relics through-out the exploration that enables him to reach previous inaccessible areas and also gain new moves for his repertoire.