Aria of Sorrow "Plus" | Fangame Playthrough

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[@Team_Orchid]

You know it's a romhack when 2 bosses share a room.

[@adoggo121gaming]

Calling Portrait a rom hack?

[@Team_Orchid]

@@adoggo121gaming I mean it is a bit romhacky at times, especially in the arena.

[@altreon3608]

@AnalfabeticGramarNazi werewolf and minotaur in SOTN:

[@DoublemanFM]

I love how the hack creator said "I peaked at Double Death, nothing I do from here is going to match that high so let's put buttons everywhere"

[@humam5000]

im convinced this hack was actually made by dedede just to spite you

[@MaiiUnhallowed]

Canon

[@ElenStar3343]

Hi tam

[@humam5000]

@@ElenStar3343 hi

[@bobosmith101]

I'm almost positive it is.

[@AceDoubleguy1993]

In fact the hack is made by a highschooler in China called "carefreeX6" . Rumor says that he can do MIDI rearrangement technic for GBA and he translated several fire emblem GBA hacks to China.

[@TheAdventGamer]

The color palette used here is absolutely beautiful.

[@RedSpade37]

It makes me feel similar feelings to when I first played Link's Awakening DX on the GBC. Flavourful, to say the least.

[@1dayago843]

The hack started so well just to lull you into a false sense of security just so it can troll you in the 2nd half

[@MudFan]

Not a single Aria hack without an Arena death gauntlet that takes an hour

[@fettel1988]

The peak of the mountain for this maker was assuredly the color gates in Metroid Fusion.

[@benackermann6328]

Far worse: Circle of the Moon progression gating

[@barrothontherocks3325]

idk i feel like trying to "fix" a metroidvania by removing skips and making it harder is always going to be less fun than just putting new wacky things in

[@krullachief669]

Honestly removing some skips that make it so that while the map is more open it's absolutely not intended, but not all of them, is perfectly fine. It's all about finding that balance between actual skips and such and more "intended" progression. Also making it harder is more of a "depends on how you balance it" kind of thing. Some things being harder like the double Death fight? Good, that's actually a fun challenge.

[@OrochiCr]

Really love how you say "Pulus". I cant stop imagining Dr. Evil saying "Pulus" while using his hands to denote quotation marks!

[@ConfusedandFrustated]

It's a shame. Early on they had some good ideas on changing progression and player power but threw it all out the window in Arena and then ran out of ideas on how to change the formula so they threw switches everywhere. Guaranteed Claimh is a mistake in Aria, always. It's just too powerful and getting it before you get access to bat-locked items just makes all of those completely pointless. Like, what are you going to do with Vjaya at that point? I liked the dive kick puzzle to get it, but it needed to be somewhere out of the way alongside the double death fight

[@theflashfan3234]

Tbh even in the base game, I get the Claimh just to 100% the map, but I always use the Vjaya for the endgame stretch because it's my favorite weapon.

[@Razonia1]

So APPARENTLY you can do the Claimh/Galamoth candle parkour part too early and run into a button-required wall AFTER DOING THE WHOLE JUMPING PUZZLE. All that work, and nothing to show for it.

[@Wrulfy]

the hack is more interesting if you skip the battle arena by getting hippogriph by using tiny devil to break the canister

[@AndrewMooreMar]

You just saved me a lot of hussle, as I was just uncapable to make the candle kick climb to get Galamoth. I just went and checked, and I got Hippogryph, so now I can advance. I wanted to make a full clear anyway, so the rest of the exploration won't be so bad, I hope. Thanks! Definitely a huge amount of questionable decissions on this hack.

[@xanthus1]

If you have cockatrice, you can get the grey soul container at 1:42:20 . For some reason it hits the top of the screen at the end of the beam.

[@NichtcrawlerX]

Watched the first few minutes and then decided to play it myself first. Kicker Skeleton as progression is just sheer evil if that is the intended route. It led me finally to backdash, so lets hope one of the backdash gates is actual progression, otherwise I will be out of ideas. Edit: especially some of these candle jumps that lead to dead-ends, as they are basically the other side to a barrier shortcut. I hope no-one did that jump to the Claimh legitimately, such a troll.

[@DemoniteBL]

Where can this hack be found?

[@ryozaki96]

Fighting 2 Deaths at once is so cool

[@JupiterClimb]

Definitely one of my favorite parts of the hack!

[@MastaGambit]

Making a half-hour long battle arena REQUIRED to fight Balor just makes me think that people only make these hacks for streamers to gawk at nowadays. No normal person in current year would waste all that time on such a monotonous grind. I'd have quit if I found that out. Very, very easy way to lose my respect.

[@dusk3612]

buttons of sorrow

[@destructorthedestroyer7651]

Yo, how's it going Jupiter. I wanted to know what was in the clock tower long hallway boss door. Did you ever look to see what that was. There was also another long hallway that led to Top Floor as well. By the way, you had the chance to buy weapons from Hammer. Did you end up checking some of the stuff that he had before you did the Arena Boss Rush? I know you didn't want to check out graham but I was curious to know if there was another button by him or anything interesting in Chaos that you could show us. Maybe something like a Bonus content video or something of the sort. I definitely agree with you though that this hack is pretty bad. But honestly the double death boss fight was EPIC as hell. I also liked the double Shadow Knight room. Some of those rooms were absolutely insanely good. I just wish the balancing near the end was buffed up to the extreme.

[@AxeDatcm]

Glad i watch till the end before downloading and playing myself

[@paulcummins4134]

That balore fight was lackluster for all the work you had to do to unlock the door

[@pizzacatiscute3658]

This hack did look great for a while, but yeah don’t blame ya for clipping to the ending. I’m guessing the switch was bat locked somewhere and maybe the other required souls were also?

[@OmegaSaurus]

A super potion, coffee, meat and a melon Sounds like a bussin dinner fr fr

[@doomdimensiondweller5627]

I love the recolor. a lot of Aria recolors look to much like SOTN and it doesn't look right because Aria clearly wasn't drawn with that in mind. This maintains the original pallet but with more lush colors.

[@mauwhir]

58:55 "Gargoyles are just consistently so bad" Gargoyle at 59:38 : "and I took that personally" XD

[@SomeCanine]

Started out strong but made some really questionable choices. Would not have put buttons in places that had nothing to do with the wall locations. Would not have done dive kick mandatory candle section. Would have redesigned the arena ending so people didn't accidentally skip the button. Basically just the entire middle and end game needs a rework.

[@mattparkent440]

I see the theme of this hack as trying to make you explore the castle. But it's not really made for a speed runner.

[@ShadowSaberBaroxio]

If it's not made for a speed runner then it's not made for anyone, cuz forced jumpkick puzzles, forced arena, switches that don't tell you what they unlock or where, and required souls that aren't where they're supposed to be nor gated behind bosses weeds out a ton of people. Maybe it's meant for masochists.

[@ClexYoshi]

this gives me big Nocturne in the Moonlight for Saturn vibes. EDIT: This no longer gives me Nocturne in the Moonlight vibes. you soured on this REALLY quick, damn. :(

[@Eruoso]

makes me wonder if there are new secret rooms, maybe farming peeping eye early is the strat

[@DanRamirez]

Aria of Buttons, that study part is insane.

[@TridoS]

What exacly would be the plus in this game? I don't wanna get spoiled if it actually changes the game by more than just randomizer stuff.

[@progamerhennessey9483]

Different map, Different soul routes, unique movement for progression using kicker skeleton.

[@Bramhallthefifth]

they added some kaizo crap

[@RedSpade37]

@@Bramhallthefifth Can I get just the color palette, hold the kaizo, please?

[@itsBlackburn_B2]

Great start for a hack, but fell off at the end. Pepehands

[@Rainbopagn]

This hack is the Winchester mansion of CV castles.

[@ingvarsuigin609]

Did they try to rename Bastard sword and messed up?

[@bobosmith101]

Does anyone have a description of the endgame stuff he skipped over, if anything was changed or notable? Shame that dumb candle room and the Battle Arena made him snap.

[@somacruz1912]

I finished it, got all the souls but the progress says 99.1% hence I can't get the chaos ring, what a bummer. you can get the flame demon's soul in the place where you need that giant bat soul to get through, this is near the teleporter in the dance hall, you'll have to fight a really buffed great armor. while the succubus' soul also in a different place, this is in the part of the church where the ceiling is really high. I recommend getting hippogryph soul before getting the 2 souls, using the tiny devil soul can get you this very easily. EDIT: looks like I just forgot to take the undine soul, it is there but easily left behind. but yeah you can still get the chaos ring.

[@ericbob5360]

Not gonna lie, they had me in the first half. GGs

[@Gensolink]

i think what they did with the long clock tower corridor might have been the long one you see in the Death arena, but maybe I'm just imagining things

[@styxxiii]

The Plus stands for the fact that it adds needless tedium.

[@kutemo3715]

1:52:41 "nice pudding" Yeah succubus has a nice pudding right there 😏

[@keneor4468]

Every single devil farm since this nickelback day you make the reference, I imagine people butting in to the challenge and just, not understanding. Why Nickelback, is Nickelback the devil?

[@BenjaminGlatt]

The Dept. Heaven games are all so fucking good.

[@sigmaklim2532]

Wait when did they get mentioned?

[@Geheimnis-c2e]

I agree but how is it relevant here? Also I wish they'd translate Blaze Union.

[@CCYami]

@@sigmaklim2532 Early in the Video, someone says Knights in the Nightmare, a Dept Heaven game, will be ported to the switch and Jupiter says he doesnt believe it but he will totally shill if it is real.

[@Geheimnis-c2e]

@@CCYami KitN is still one of my nausea games. It's really great but man is it so confusing.

[@CCYami]

@@Geheimnis-c2e Pretty much all the Dept Heaven games are confusing and/or frustrating to some degree.

[@MultiConchiglia]

Aluminothermic sword? Wtf?

[@maxwiedt.1867]

"It is look like how aria of sorrow minus, not aria of sorrow plus" XDDD

[@luizricardo4165]

That battle arena is the most frustrating experience i ever had with this game

[@Steele47]

Aria of shump +?

[@SullySadface]

27:05 Thats a nice room Man, those shadow knights! Rough arena, but you got stronk af and those Knuckles are insane. This hack has some cool ideas. Overall, looks neat.

[@pinballforlife7948]

I really want to know what that tech is with the sleep jump.

[@Zephhi]

Soma's sprite looks so much better

[@minimina1872]

It started so cool 😩

[@gagejoseph91]

And it remained so cool lol I love this because it feels like the hack is saying "Slow down and play the goddamned game, boy! Search, explore, discover, LEARN!" Jup's criticisms of the hack just come down to wanting to play the game quickly. The fact that this hack feels like an almost entirely new game means it shouldn't be treated like the vanilla game. You don't go into a new game just EXPECTING to know everything and have perfect routing.

[@SomeCanine]

That arena difficulty spike

[@wesleywanderley8975]

@JupterClimb Do you still have the D3 Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow "Plus" Hack? If you have, how can you send it to me? if it's not a nuisance.

[@samuelalejandropenate6726]

Where i can download this hack patched if is posible?

[@Haassan1]

Thanks for the upload, enjoyed wathcing it, can you do more fangames of Aria of Sorrow?

[@ingvarsuigin609]

Also, I would watch you speedrun this.

[@Man_Person_Best_Hero]

this rom hack was cool until that battle arena entrance showed up goddayum

[@mateuszmateja4550]

Where is Kaladbolg, Cestus, Silver Gun and Death Robe? I have 135,5% map and beat Boss Rush Mod under 3 minuts.

[@eloquent2200]

1:11:38 - that's too much

[@o_sagui6583]

I am about to finish this hack 100% and I got to say, whish I found out about the hyppo skip, by the time you grind in order to take on the death twins in the arena, the rest of the game will be such a pushover, Also, also, the hack does feature some interesting cuts and alternate routes, the other 2 dracula souls lend right near a big ""hallway"" that connects 5 locations of the castle at once

[@ittybittyshinystar]

Alternate Title: Man too based and "don't care lmao" to bother finding new breakable walls or routes, more at 11.

[@tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32]

...the pendant is missing

[@Supergamerclub2]

where do i get it

[@DonLenzo]

Oh my god where is the succubus soul

[@somacruz1912]

in the church, where the ceiling is very high and you need giant bat or hippogryph.

[@DonLenzo]

@@somacruz1912 it was that one pixel in my map that wasn't discovered. Holy shit thanks dude

[@King_Firebrand]

If only the battle arena gave you bat, the author toned down the massive amount of stone gates, and give panther earlier so the endgame backtracking is way more bearable. And maybe cap the max level at 30 or something so you don't steamroll everything at the end. (Also maybe remove Claimh and put it into another challenge during Chaos realm, sort of like ultra challenge for the sweaty gamers). Still I wanna play it at some point, I enjoy grinding and exploring every bit of map. Curious where flame demon and succubus is hidden (plz dont spoil, thanks).

[@otaldozack7594]

Theres another download link? I dont use discord

[@luis-sophus-8227]

Yes, he just uploaded it here at the top of the comment section

[@miltonterciorochadeoliveir1314]

por favor qual e o link para baixar esta hack nesta versão que esta no video.

[@jaydenwebster7510]

Ouch. This hack seems like it has the start of some interesting ideas, but the overall design and difficulty curve is poor and arbitrary. All the connective paths and such don't even look like they're relevant until the end of the game, and the biggest challenges the mod has to offer are all required to beat the game. What a shame.

[@TheGachaGourmand]

Honestly, the Manticore design in Dawn of Sorrow is a downgrade to that of Aria's.

[@blackhogarth4049]

This was really educational for a normie like me. Excellent example of poor game design.

[@Blastimal]

I actually kinda like it. Just might give it a shot if I can.

[@DemoniteBL]

Did you end up doing so?

[@miltonterciorochadeoliveir1314]

Estou jogando CV Aria of Sorrow a pouco tempo e assistir vc jogando e e gostei e queria jogar esta versão que vc esta jogando se for possivel me manda o link desta hack aria of sorrow Plus, valeu.

[@valdeliabrito5397]

Boa tarde 😳

[@dusk3612]

Boa tarde amigos

[@Zacapisco3]

😳

[@matheusmedrado4430]

boa tarde

[@marinaaaa2735]

Boa tarde!

[@PauloVitor-rv5dc]

wow, ill give it a try

[@DemoniteBL]

Where can you find this rom hack?

[@hadizaqwankasman2836]

Can i play at gba emulator?

[@Hunter-lt3bl]

The worst romhack I've played easily.

[@TactlessC]

So when you were doing the arena the second time...did it ever occur to just slide through and get to the other side faster?

[@TactlessC]

"red minotaur for sure" >have to jump on red minotaur to get up there without bat to begin with [curb your enthusiasm.mp3]

[@TactlessC]

Reason it's bad according to Speedrunner: doesn't utilize the actual shortcuts, you have to backtrack a lot, Chaos is normal. I mean I didn't make this but you just sound salty captain "How dare you make me fight a final boss over level 25".

[@JupiterClimb]

You can't slide while standing on a platform.

[@YoshiDrare]

complain about backtracking in a metroidvania game is kinda goofy

[@ShadowSaberBaroxio]

Nah, backtracking is fine when it's obvious where you have to go and what you have to do. But this hack is far too confusing and tedious. Like seriously, the switch at the end of the FORCED Battle Arena being off to the side and not directly in your path when you're done is retardedly bad game design. Moreover, I couldn't even tell you what door it affects, since the most obvious structure of the switches prior were that it would affect the Balor door. The door closest to the goddamn switch. Without a guide, how are you meant to proceed? And locking progression behind incredibly difficult challenges is stupid. Challenges should always give you extra rewards but never be required to progress. Especially when it completely throws the difficulty curve of the game out of wack. Games are designed so that things progress at a reasonable pace, getting harder as you go further in the game. But challenges like these are massive difficulty spikes where afterwards, the rest of the game is basically child's play. Regular Balore (an already easy boss) being gated by a Double Death Battle Arena is freaking retarded.