Topic: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate 3DS (Discussion Thread)

[Sindra]

I'm now looking forward to the end of LoS for one thing only: the end of the debate of "what is Castlevania".

 

Silly boy.

It will simply move onto the next iteration of Castlevania, whatever it is after LoS.

[Ahasverus]

Talking about them being playable. Stop being stupid. Making every game with Belmonts being the only playable characters would be stupid as fuck. Good thing they made other characters and actually gave new playstyles for them.

Suuuuuuuuure man....


Is this really neccessary? *shaking my head*

[MelancholySpork12]

Talking about them being playable. Stop being stupid. Making every game with Belmonts being the only playable characters would be stupid as fuck. Good thing they made other characters and actually gave new playstyles for them.

I wasn't aware that I was on the Blizzard forums. Or are the trolls from there just leaking now?

[Flame]

Belmonts being the only playable characters would be stupid as fuck.

Credibility -1

Also, I don't recall people complaining about the 13 or so Whip/Belmont centric games that came before SoTN. (Except Simon's Quest, but people complain for other reasons there)

[BushidoViking]

I really dont understand all this hate that LoS gets. It is unwarranted IMO. I had A lot of fun in that game and the difficulty gave me hours of enjoyment.(a bit of frustration as well) Gabriel Belmont's look and character may be perhaps my favorite character in all of Castlevania. That is not an easy task to pull off. So why all this hate? Im just curious now.

[Neobelmont]

Credibility -1

Also, I don't recall people complaining about the 13 or so Whip/Belmont centric games that came before SoTN. (Except Simon's Quest, but people complain for other reasons there)

Credibility +1 

[Neobelmont]

I really dont understand all this hate that LoS gets. It is unwarranted IMO. I had A lot of fun in that game and the difficulty gave me hours of enjoyment.(a bit of frustration as well) Gabriel Belmont's look and character may be perhaps my favorite character in all of Castlevania. That is not an easy task to pull off. So why all this hate? Im just curious now.

In a nutshell for some

Conservative stewie "i don't like change"

[DoctaMario]

I really dont understand all this hate that LoS gets. It is unwarranted IMO. I had A lot of fun in that game and the difficulty gave me hours of enjoyment.(a bit of frustration as well) Gabriel Belmont's look and character may be perhaps my favorite character in all of Castlevania. That is not an easy task to pull off. So why all this hate? Im just curious now.

It depends on the argument. I can understand people hating it because aspects of it remind one of God Of War.

But the "it's not Castlevania" arguments smack of people who don't know thr history of the series.

[Flame]

In a nutshell for some

Conservative stewie "i don't like change"

-1? looks like you touched a nerve on someone, lol. Some truths are hard to admit.

Have a +1 for pretty much nailing the common argument against the game.

[Shiroi Koumori]

Silly boy.

It will simply move onto the next iteration of Castlevania, whatever it is after LoS.

That will then lead to another set of arguments once the studio who will make the game is announced.
Ahem the "I don't like change" argument.

It depends on the argument. I can understand people hating it because aspects of it remind one of God Of War.

But the "it's not Castlevania" arguments smack of people who don't know thr history of the series.

Quite a number of games get aspects from God of War. I think it is the norm now.

The LoS series is still Castlevania just told from a different point of view.

[Nagumo]

You know, being against something new doesn't automatically make you conversative. There also exists things like "bad ideas".       

[Shiroi Koumori]

You know, being against something new doesn't automatically make you conversative. There also exists things like "bad ideas".       

It does not make one conservative, but some people on this category are really conservative. But some people are just slow to adopt, or would never adopt the new. I think I saw that one in a marketing textbook about adopting new ideas....

Starting with those with the highest readiness to try, they are (1) Innovators: venturesome people and risk takers who are the very first users; comprising about 2.5 percent of the target market, (2) Early adopters: prestige oriented opinion leaders, about 13.5 percent of the target market, (3) Early majority: the leading segment of the mass market, about 34 percent of the target market, (4) Late majority: followers of the early majority, also about 36 percent of the target market, (5) Laggards: conservative, price conscious segment, about 14 percent of the target market.

[Zuljaras]

I do not own PS3 or Xbox 360 and I have only watched LPs of Lords of Shadow and I think it is very good. I do not know why people are complaining ... the only think that bothered me was the interpretation of Vincent Dorin ... why he was given such a bad name when Portrait of Ruin came before LoS. That for me a little insulting because the creators of LoS should've think of some other name of the stupid priest not the helpful/greedy guy that lived in the 19th century. I also thought that Wygol Village was founded by father Nikolay(I loved that there is a character in the game with the same name as mine ) was before Gabriel became dracula ... I know that there are different timelines or smth like that but just taking stuff and remaking them like that is stupid.

However those are just minor things that do not make the LoS saga bad for me. I also hope they really bring the LoS games on PC so I could enjoy those new interpretations of Castlevania

I also think that Mirror of Fate will be more than a good game!!!

[BushidoViking]

I can accept not liking change. But that's what A series needs to continue to grow. Change. I hope most people on here dont want to sit on there butt and beg konami for A Castlevania: Symphony of the night..IN HD!!!!..Puh-lease..That is what most people complain about LoS that I have talked too..Which dosent even make sense IMO. Ah well at least I got A bit of closure lmao.

[Nagumo]

I don't consider myself to be a very cynical person so I don't think Castlevania fans are unwilling to try new things. Of course it's easy to dismiss all criticism of Lords's direction because people are not willing to adapt. It makes the opposition look bad and makes oneself seem like a connoisseur who recognizes quality. In reality it's of course a lot more nuanced.