I'm trying Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

[ThePortalGuru]

never enter a boss room until you've done an extensive search for a savepoint nearby

also, take a few times after looking an enemy up @ the library to see if it drops anything. some of the drops you can get early really help.

i have a savepoint with literally everything discovered, obtained, exploted, faceraped and otherwise in symphony

I still haven't gotten to the library yet, so I'll just do that "extensive savepoint search" part for now.