Finally had a chance to play Rondo of Blood!

[Wrex]

Been wanting to play through this one for awhile!  What a fantastic game!  One of my favorite Castlevanias!  Only reason it isn't my favorite is due to nostalgic/retro memory reasons with SOTN!  I didn't figure out that you could do the back flips until the last boss battle though.  To bad this game was never released in the USA, could potential been a game changer for the Duo IMO.

[SignOfZeta]

Yeah, the backflip...does this actually have a use?

[geise]

I use it against dracula to avoid his fireball attacks.

[nodtveidt]

I use it to hop over the Minotaur's final desperation attack.

[Wrex]

I use it to hop over the Minotaur's final desperation attack.

That attack almost destoryed me, didn't see that coming.  I love those last attacks the games do actually.  Very unique for the time (and to a degree still unique today!)

[Bardoly]

Nice!  I just played this game for the first time less than a year ago myself, and yes, it is a great game!

[Tatsujin]

What a fantastic game! 

it is a great game!

[esteban]

Bhahahahahaha,  tats.  

Comrades, I'm glad you are enjoying Rondo...it is possibly the single-most popular game that pulls people into the PCE world. It has a lot of "crossover appeal" (rightfully so).

An old friend of mine, who loved the Castlevania series, especially the then-newly-released SotN, became interested in PCE only because he lusted for Rondo. LUSTED.  

[jperryss]

Definitely a top-notch game but SotN has the better music IMO.

<ducks>

[Black Tiger]

I can't remember specific spots to use the backflip so much as it was just a natural part of gameplay throughout the game, once you got used to the controls. Off the top of my head, I'd use it under the serpent, against the punch dashers, werewolf, slow big sword knight... so many enemies have attacks that are best dodged or countered by backflipping.

[esteban]

STATUS: I backflip all the time. It's fun and I do it for the hell of it. I do it for strategic reasons. I do it for glory.

[Black Tiger]

I always backflip into a unique pose at the end of each stage, catching the orb/heart thing in mid-air.

[Necromancer]

Heh, me too.  Either that or a tantrum slide with Maria.

[_joshuaTurbo]

It's a great game!

[SignOfZeta]

The recovery on the backflip is HUGE. So huge that if I do manage to use it to avoid something I probably just get hit by something else.

I basically just whip the f*ck out of everything.