Portrait of Ruin: Refined Edition

Original game : Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin

Platform : NDS

Author : Aceearly1993

Release date : 28 September 2023

Category : Improvement

Patch version : 1.0.0.1

Modifications : G, P, O

Downloads : 2370

ROM Information

Database match: Castlevania - Portrait of Ruin (USA)
Database: No-Intro: DS (all) (v. 20210227-111036)
File/ROM SHA-1: 382602E3615B2282EEAD584014125E71B5B0F033
File/ROM CRC32: 96DF4C4D

Hack description

Portrait of Ruin: Refined Edition provided vast rebalance of Sub-Weapons/Spells, Weapon Critical Art/Command Moves, adjusts parameter stats and animations of Extra mode characters, aims for a more refined rendition of vanilla Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin as the hack name suggests.

Further change list in the readme.

If you encountered problems/errors upon patching, try using the online ROM patcher. If your ROM file is the US version that DSVania editor supported, it's OK.

Special thanks Masked Dedede for
- troubleshooting of hitbox properties and inspiration of Old Axe Armor custom crouch animations.
- Custom Charlotte air dive kick.

Contributions

Contributor	Type of contribution	Description
Aceearly1993	Hacking
Masked Dedede	Graphics	Troubleshooting on Hitbox properties; Custom Old Axe Armor animation; Custom Charlotte air dive kick
Fat T-800 Albert "Edvard"	Design	Author of "Rondo of Ruin" hack which gave the main inspiration of Richter animation adjust

Reviews

Balanced towards the player	Supergamerguy	2024-01-01	Version 1.0.0.1
Not much to say about this one, at least nothing that you can't read the README file to find out. The changes made in this hack allow for greater attack and defense customization in-game, with the lower MP costs and larger variety of defensive items for both characters. Refined Edition is a must use for any Portrait of Ruin playthrough, and pairs quite well with the Portraits of Elegance hack.

Many small fuxes	IndianaRoy	2023-03-12	Version 1.0.0.0
Can played from start to finish. Overall a great experience without altering the base game too much - and the fixes for the crashes are very welcome.

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