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

[Dremn]

So, how do you guys think this game compares to the previous 2d games?

It feels like a whole new genre of 2D Castlevania to me.

I still think it's a way better game than LoS.

I'm not surprised the game potentially did bomb in sales, the M rating and drastic change from IGAVanias probably had a lot to do with it. Not to mention LoS leaving a bad taste in people's mouths.

[Flame]

Better than LoS? I dunno... atmospherically maybe.

curious. can you return to previous acts? hows that work? if you want to go back to a simon level, can you, as simon?

[Dark Nemesis]

Better than LoS? I dunno... atmospherically maybe.

curious. can you return to previous acts? hows that work? if you want to go back to a simon level, can you, as simon?

Atmosphere, is a really big+, compared to the LoS and yes, you can choose previous acts and replay them, so that you can achieve 100% with both characters, so that you can see the secret ending......

[beingthehero]

Its metascore is currently sitting at 72, behind only Judgment and the PS2 version of Cure of Darkness (47 and and 70 respectively). 

[Ahasverus]

Its metascore is currently sitting at 72, behind only Judgment and the PS2 version of Cure of Darkness (47 and and 70 respectively).

Well that's deserving (Yay Judgment!). It bounced a lot, as it was in the 60's. Hope it goes to 75 at least. BTW how is Harmony of Despair?

[e105beta]

Well that's deserving (Yay Judgment!). It bounced a lot, as it was in the 60's. Hope it goes to 75 at least. BTW how is Harmony of Despair?

67% for Xbox, 68% for PS3

[Tanatra]

I bought a PS2 for LoI and the ability to play SotN (good purchase.)

I bought a GBA for AoS (good purchase.)

I bought a DS for PoR (bad purchase, but fortunately the DS' other games/features redeemed itself.)

I bought a PS3 for LoS (good purchase, though I was underwhelmed with LoS for reasons discussed ad nauseum here. eventually had to give away the system to cover a month's rent.)

After exercising the ability to make researched, informed purchases with MoF, I've concluded that I will NOT be buying a 3DS so that I can play this game. Gameplay looks like a 2D LoS and is probably fun, and CV was never known for its strong plots and story-telling (the N64 games are the best in that regard, IMO.) But sweet baby Jesus, the trite, stilted cinema scenes and laughably predictable plot twists I've seen on YouTube might as well have been in a fan-fiction, they were so cringe-worthy. Though in a way, isn't that what the LoS mini-series was/is all along? Just an officially-sanctioned fan fiction? For all its flaws, I at least found the story of LoS to be engaging, and it even had a decent share of quote-worthy lines - I absolutely loved the pre-Satan battle cinema.

[Pfil]

I bought a PS1 without knowing SotN existed, but that day I saw it on the shelve and bought it, and my life was never the same from that day on.
CV defined me in every possible way.
I bought a PS2 for Radiata Stories, Dragon Quest VIII and the 2 Castlevanias. Good choice. This was later the console I enjoyed the most in my life.
I bought a NDS for the 3 GBA CVs and the first 2 NDS CVs. The best I did in my entire gamer life. Then OoE arrived.
I bought a PS3 for another games, but LoS was the first game I played.

[Shiroi Koumori]

I borrowed my uncle's ps1 to play SOTN. (got a 2nd hand japanese psone)
I bought a GBA for pokemon but AoS was awesome!
I was given a PS2 and played lots of other games, then got the 2 vanias but didn't get to play CoD.
I bought a NDS for all the 3 GBA CVs and all the 3 DS CVs. Best purchase ever!
I bought a PSP just because it had the bundle at a discounted price (I miss japan...) And was glad I did when the DxC was released!
I bought a 3DS for the MoF, now looking for other games to play on that. Still waiting for Rune Factory 4.

[Kingshango]

I got a Genesis and Bloodlines was my first Castlevania and loved every bit of it.
I got an SNES and borrowed Super Castlevania from my brothers friend back in 95 (to this day I never gave it back.)
I got back into Castlevania with COTM and a GBA as a Christmas gift and fell in love with the series once again.
I bought a DS just for Dawn of Sorrow (amongst other games) with my first paycheck.
I played SOTN years later for the first time on the PS1 to see what the fuss was about. I thought it was great, vastly overrated but great.
Played Lords of Shadow on my 360 and liked it despite it's flaws.
I fully intend on getting MoF as well as a 3DS once I get the money.
Im going to build a monstrosity of a PC to play Lords of Shadow 2.
I will eventually track down and play the early 3D Castlevania's.

[Neobelmont]

Let's see my turn

My bro had a nes and once dracula's curse turned on, my destiny began.

CV 64  gave me a scare with the chainsaw man so much that I really did not get back into the series untill portrait of ruin when I got back into high school.

While my brother did have circle of the moon the battery died so that never saw it's end.

After portrait. I got scIV for the wii.

Afterwards I got simon quest along with dracula's curse for the fc twin which later got destroyed by my faxanadu cart.

I later bought the SQ and DC for the wii because well SQ never really saved my password I wonder why and DC does not work on a FC twin or a retro-bit.

Then I proceeded to get the gba and ds titles, and even judgment.

I bought a 360 all over again to play HoD when I had the gut feeling that there would be a ps3 version of course I do not follow my gut and it bites me right in the butt  .-_-'.

After all of this I bought a retro duo to also play my snes games, at this time I bought SCIV boxed with everything for only five dollars prior to this(when my fc twin was still working the nes part is done but the snes is a okay).

I bought a genesis just for bloodlines and I have not regeted it since.

I saved up to buy los and it is my second favorite 3d cv game behind cv LoD

I bugged my pops in ninth grade to get me castlevania the adventure and for the time being I thought alright.

I preordered mof and in the end I think it's okay...

I preordered DXC before I even had a psp my friend lent his to me dude eff uped my ds.

I did buy the orginal SOTN for collection and I prefer it to the psp due to it being on a larger screen, and even if I do I psp cables to an hd tv my mom says I cannot play games on there 

My first time playing the first cv was on the gba classics version.

And I'm done I got lazy toward the end I wanted to put it in order but...

I bought CoD just to play as Trevor.
I do not own LoI yet I just kind use my brothers.

[Flame]

Storytime?

I saw AoS in best buy once, the art really stood out and struck me. Years later, I emulated AoS, got me into Castlevania.

I emulated SoTN.

I emulated CV1

I emulated CV2 (with the patch that makes it make sense)

I emulated CV3

I emulated Rondo

I emulated Bloodlines

I saw LoI at my friend's place, decided to buy it

saw DoS used, bought it.

Got hyped for LoS, bought it

bought SoTN on Xbox

semi-hyped for MoF, but Legends 3 got cancelled, so I didn't buy a 3DS. Watched a playthrough on youtube.

kinda hyped for LoS2, gon' get that shit.

I would prolly get AoS on cartridge if I could find it. Love that game.

[Shiroi Koumori]

I would prolly get AoS on cartridge if I could find it. Love that game.

Get it. I loved the game and have both the Japanese and English versions (though the English version's battery at this point is dead, so farewell 100.2%)

I did buy the orginal SOTN for collection

I have the first ed Jap SOTN. I'm still waiting for my US black disc edition.

[Lelygax]

I first played the japanese Dracula X on my SNES.

Years later I played SOTN in my PSX and discovered that my memory isn't wrong and I really saw that "blue guy" before.

Found a CV fansite and discovered Rondo of Blood, started downloading it. I've heard about Jorge D. Fuentes and thought its a brazilian guy, since they have a fangame made by him in this BR site.

Emulated CV1, CV2, CV3, SCV4, Dracula X, Bloodlines and Legends.

Played Rondo of Blood via emulation.

Emulated Adventure, Belmont Revenge, 64 and LoD. (emulated 64 in a kind of Cyber Café... without café)

Played CV Chronicles in my PSX.

Emulated Haunted Castle and Vampire Killer.

Then they launched Aria of Sorrow and a good emulator that worked in my PC has been launched and I played AoS, HoD and CotM.

Found some Geoffrey Gunn and Jorge musics in a site and then discovered that Jorge isn't brazilian lol

Discovered LoI and CoD and played on my PS2.

Found this forum butdidn't joined and forgot about it, since I didn't understood english very well at this time.

Played Kid Dracula GB and NES on emulator.

Emulated DoS, PoR and OoE.

Played DXC on a PSP of my father's friend.

Saw a Judgement trailer and decided to buy a Wii. I dont have regrets about that.

Saw TGS trailer with Alucard.

Helped Serio as a bug tester, being the first person to post in his old board. But I still doubt that I will receive credits for that. Discovered that these portraits are Jorge's art and that these two have some "disagreements". At the same time I discovered Esco's project and that Esco knew Serio and appeared sometimes on the board to say hello to us.

Saw LoS trailer and thought "Wow!" only to be disapointed when I played the actual game in a friend's house.

Where is the Alucard game mentioned in TGS?

Heard the Radio Drama with the help of subtitles.

Joined the forum.

Same thing about MoF, only that this time I didn't played it but watched the gameplays.

[Belmontoya]

Love the stories guys! Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy.

My first experience with Castlevania was when I was 5 years old. We had gotten a NES a couples years before that but I was just then learning how to actually play. My mom took me to the video store and I saw a game with a barbarian looking character and Dracula's face in the sky above him. I loved Dracula because I used to watch the black and white film with Bela Lugosi (I loved monsters). I saw the artwork for the game and begged my mom to rent it for me!

I took it home and instantly fell in love with the game. It was Castelvania 1 for the NES. My older brother helped me learn how to play and I would run around the house humming the music from the game. I remember crying when we had to return it. I think I made my mom rent it for me about 6 times before I finally got my own copy of the game for my birthday later that year in 1989. Great memories. After that we got Simon's Quest (but I mostly had to watch my brother play because I didn't understand the exploration aspects of that game until I was a little older). From then on I've gotten every new Castlevania game within a few weeks of their release. I remember how awesome it was getting Castlevania 3 when it came out. I took it to my daycare center because they had a nintendo console but they wouldn't let me play it because they said it was too violent. Hahaha.

Castlevania games have pretty much determined what consoles I buy. I wouldn't have got a genesis if not for Bloodlines, and certainly not a Turbo Duo if not for Rondo. Now I have a 3DS just for Mirror of Fate. Damn I wish this game would have been on the Vita. The graphics are just plain ugly up close. I just picked up Dead or Alive 5 + for the vita yesterday and it looks incredible. The 3DS just doesn't seem like the right platform for a game like this.

Castlevania has been a way of life for me for almost as far back as I can remember!

I remember how difficult it was to get a copy of Rondo of Blood for the Turbo Duo...