Re: Nightmare Sphere is out...
Sorry for the mini necro, but I have three questions:
1) Can anyone give some more tips on how to get the "true" ending? I've read around and found some theories that 'work 100% of the time', but I either understood them wrong or they aren't actually 100%.
In my playthrough, I stayed as pure as possible: Whenever my purity dropped to II due to metroid attacks or random tentacle monsters popping out from the ground, I always immediately went to make it back full again. The only time I drained a human was early in the game, where I thought "Yay, I can give out some of my energy to heal him" until I noticed that my HP bar was actually going up instead of down; I stopped before he was completely drained. I used the dark orb minimally, and I always used the light orb after I got it.
Needless to say, I got the "Eternal Rest" ending, with 94% item gathered.
I read around, and saw that if you "start the first phase of the last boss fight at normal purity and you are at Brute before the 2nd phase, you get the true ending 100% of the time". So I dropped myself near purity IV, got to fully unpure during the first phase (Purity V), beat the dragon, and I still got the "Eternal Rest" ending.
So I tried getting myself very slightly in Brute status (Literally 1 dark orb shot in), and I got the "Queen of Darkness" ending even though I killed none of the humans and wasn't in brute mode by the end. I then decided to drop myself a bit in Brute status, get back to regular barely and stay in Kill mode (without killing anyone), go down to brute during boss fight, but I still got the "Eternal Rest" ending...
Anyone have any tips on what I'm doing wrong for getting the 'real' ending? I'd really love to see it! I know there's also a fourth ending for killing lots of people but being pure: I'm not interested in that one though.
2) Did anyone else always use the hammer? I've read of people using the hammer for certain monsters, but everyone seems to be using the sword the majority of the time. I personally found the hammer to be much better than the sword since it's nearly as fast but hit for a whole lot more damage and a possibly better attack pattern; I tried the sword again but found myself quickly returning to my good old hammer. I'm wondering if anyone else feels the same way, or if I'm simply missing something neat with the sword. Either way, I'll be starting a new playthrough with the spear as main weapon; we'll see how that goes!
3) Do you guys have any recommendation about other games similar to this? I found the game to be an absolute blast to play, more fun than some of the shiny new platformer games that came out on consoles lately. Fun combat, exploration, different weapons and strategies to implement... It's just awesome!
I know there's nothing comparable to this in the hentai world, but I'm completely fine with non-hentai game (I actively avoided it in this game actually). I know this game is sorta based on Castlevania Simphony of the Night, but I'd love if you guys got other same-ish games to recommend.
Thanks in advance!