Harmony of Despair was flawed but fun
The full lineup, along with store links and redemption windows:
Funny enough, withCastlevania: Harmony of Dissonancein theAdvance Collection, I was just thinking aboutHarmony of Despair. Two games with the competing initials? Yep. It was the “HD” era, after all. You can count me among the folks who want Konami to bring back this “greatest hits” multiplayer oddity, or maybe even explore the co-op format again with a new game.Harmony of Despairwas and surely still is divisive, but it has supporters.
I’ve been wanting to write about the kinds of games we play every October, in the spirit of Halloween, and I probably still will whip something up later this week. But honestly, these are it.CastlevaniaandResident Evilare two series I personally like to revisit every year, doubly so during the big spooky month, and good on Games with Gold for giving ’em out.
As for those new faces,Aaerois arhythm action gamewith shooting and line tracing, whileHoveris amodern riff onJet Set Radiowith multiplayer options.
If you’ve got Xbox Live Gold or Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, be sure to nab these. There’s still time to get a few of theSeptember Games with Gold picks, too.
