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Re: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate 3DS (Discussion Thread)
« Reply #4740 on: February 21, 2013, 07:43:40 AM »
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You can only play it 30 times?  Are they kidding me?

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Re: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate 3DS (Discussion Thread)
« Reply #4741 on: February 21, 2013, 07:49:12 AM »
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I've just played the demo.
The graphics... WOW. No vídeo can show this, guys. They are truly beautiful, and the 3d effects easily surpasses the ones from any other 3ds game, included both Mario games, And feel very comfortable for the eyes (i'm not truly that much into stereoscopics, in fact i ussually keep the effects off most of the time in other games).
Not a single frame drop in the entire demo. More than decent and stable fps's.
I was afraid of the infamous 3ds antialias (or lack of it moreso), but in this case it doesn't damage the graphics at all.
Pretty solid controls and plenty of intuitive movements and combos , just like in LoS.
Backgrounds are exquisitely detailed and every Design element is very artistically crafted.
About gameplay... well, is far better than I expected. Is not really LoS all over again. Maybe its me, but it reminds me DxC more than anything else, really. With combos and all, that is.
Far better platforming than LoS, by the way.
The camera movement and zooming adds a lot to the experience, too.
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Re: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate 3DS (Discussion Thread)
« Reply #4742 on: February 21, 2013, 07:54:22 AM »
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Well, I was already convinced buy alright then.  ;D


I suppose you CAN take Dave Cox seriously, like in this picture...

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Re: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate 3DS (Discussion Thread)
« Reply #4743 on: February 21, 2013, 07:57:00 AM »
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Been hearing some surprisingly moderately good impressions so far.

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Re: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate 3DS (Discussion Thread)
« Reply #4744 on: February 21, 2013, 09:13:11 AM »
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It's not on the e-shop for me. Is the demo for North America coming out later?

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« Reply #4745 on: February 21, 2013, 09:21:14 AM »
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Yes, on 28th

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Re: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate 3DS (Discussion Thread)
« Reply #4746 on: February 21, 2013, 09:48:27 AM »
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Maaaan, I really wanna play this. I wish the demo was out in North America too.


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Re: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate 3DS (Discussion Thread)
« Reply #4747 on: February 21, 2013, 10:33:32 AM »
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I've just played the demo.
The graphics... WOW. No vídeo can show this, guys. They are truly beautiful, and the 3d effects easily surpasses the ones from any other 3ds game, included both Mario games,
How does it compare to Kid Icarus: Uprising in the graphics department. I was blown away when I played Uprising, especially the aerial segments where everything was just SUPER beautiful and crisp.

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Re: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate 3DS (Discussion Thread)
« Reply #4749 on: February 21, 2013, 11:41:27 AM »
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From my point of view, the backgrounds are more realistic, more about architecture and baroque detail than Kid Icarus'. The transition between the great room with the chandelier and the underground zone is so smartly done, so detailed... so are the broken segments of the same room´s vault, which let you look outside the building, for example. You know, things like those.
The 3d effects are less about "fireworks" and more about atmosphere which I feel it's the right approach in Castlevania (well, aside flea-men thrown at your face, that is).

The fixed camera angular movements and zooming is a plus because, like in LoS, it looks very theatrical, giving you moments of architectural awe mixed with the dramatic zooming during the encounters. Needless to say, it work far far better in a side scroller than in a full 3d title, becuse you dont miss controlling the camera. I always loved those SotN litle sections without enemies, just for you to enjoy the suroundings, well it's reminiscent of that.

The menus and interfaces are detailed and polished. It feels like a very well finished product, as LoS was.

Oh, by the way, the music is far from the heavy melodic tunes we all miss, but I´m enjoying it more than LoS'. Anyway, It was just 10-15 minutes of demo, we will see.
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Re: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate 3DS (Discussion Thread)
« Reply #4750 on: February 21, 2013, 11:50:14 AM »
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Simon has a pottymouth  :o


I kinda wish they had given Dracula different outfits for the different eras you fight him in. It seems like he's just gonna be wearing that same red coat for centuries, lol

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Re: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate 3DS (Discussion Thread)
« Reply #4751 on: February 21, 2013, 11:59:09 AM »
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Simon has a pottymouth  :o


I kinda wish they had given Dracula different outfits for the different eras you fight him in. It seems like he's just gonna be wearing that same red coat for centuries, lol
Isn't Simon's story like 15 years after trevor's? perhaps he couldn't defeat Dracula.

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Re: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate 3DS (Discussion Thread)
« Reply #4752 on: February 21, 2013, 12:02:45 PM »
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Isn't Simon's story like 15 years after trevor's? perhaps he couldn't defeat Dracula.

30 years.

Simon is 36.

Trevor likely failed when he went, and Dracula sought Trevor's family for murder at Simon's age of 6.

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Re: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate 3DS (Discussion Thread)
« Reply #4753 on: February 21, 2013, 12:22:33 PM »
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I am the only you thinks the piece of mirror comes from the head of The Lost Soul?

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Re: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate 3DS (Discussion Thread)
« Reply #4754 on: February 21, 2013, 12:30:16 PM »
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I am the only you thinks the piece of mirror comes from the head of The Lost Soul?

Possible.  Since it seems to be able to manipulate it.

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