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. Single player. Online multiplayer ×6 (, ). Local co-op ×4 ( only)Castlevania: Harmony of Despair (a play on ') is a multiplayer and game featuring characters, sprites, and locations from several different titles.The story, such as it is, involves a cursed book called the, in which the story of the evil citadel Castlevania is recorded. However, the castle comes to life within the pages of the book, taking various forms from previous incarnations, and the heroes of the past, also recorded in the book and coming to life within its pages, must once again fight to put an end to the curse. This story allows characters from eras ranging from to to come together in the same castle to fight evil.There is up to six-player online co-operative play, and while it is beneficial to stick together, as characters can perform powerful combo attacks together, players have the ability to wander the castle freely, regardless of the location of the other players.
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow - Definitive Edition combines various improvement/bugfix patches and QoL. This hack makes the Alucard Sword obtainable without the player having to resort to the use of glitches.
There is no local co-op for the 360 version, but the PS3 version does have 4-player local co-op. Downloadable content includes new characters and stages.In December 2012, Harmony of Despair won the in Japan.
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On March 2019, the game has been added to the Backward Compatibility program, therefore, allowing it to be playable on Xbox One.
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