Is Harmony of Dissonance REALLY all that Bad?

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Published on August 1, 2025 6:50:01 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh3ifG0Ukzg

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Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (2002)

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Well, yes...But no. Harmony is an odd one for sure. What it lacks in the audio department, it more than makes up for in its visuals. Kinda. HoD is tough to talk about because its trying to be something its not, yet at the same time it knows what it is.

This is by far the SAFEST of any Iga-Vania title. It doesn't push any mechanics to the limit and it borrows heavily from other games in the franchise for sure. See if you can count the parallels to Symphony, or any other game for that matter.

It DOES try though and in that attempt is something worth at least checking out.

00:00 - Intro
04:25 - GBA Jank
09:38 - Spells and Hearts
14:26 - Story
51:50 - Maximumer
54:33 - Ending Thoughts (Skip to here to avoid Spoilers)


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Thumbnail and character art done by myself.

Some audio and jokes where taken from the following Youtubers (gotta pay respect to them, don't want any plagiarism claims, ay know?)

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The Music used - Please give these guys a listen, yea?

   • Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance Rearranged  
Junki Sakuraba


   • Castlevania HoD OST Arrange: Symphony of t...  
Blancblack Studios


   • Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance - OST A...  
Lang

Articles and a Few Other Sources used -

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/tgs-2002-castlevania-qanda/1100-2880807/

https://web.archive.org/web/20081004211848/http://archive.gamespy.com/reviews/september02/castlevaniahodgba/index2.shtml


"Cassette Tape" (https://skfb.ly/6QU7Y) by joshtmc is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).

I hope I did that right.

Endcard music by Tommy Fullerton, check out his BandCamp
https://thelocalfortuneteller.bandcamp.com/

or go to
https://on.soundcloud.com/exgDi

#gaming #castlevania #retrospectives

Some music in the video was taken from the game as well as https://downloads.khinsider.com/.