Topic: Lords of shadow 2 is on it's way

[Neobelmont]

its my opinion and for the 4th time i tell you , i don't hate los but it makes me miss many things from castlevania so i even prefer iga than MS and yes MS studio created 4 games not only 3 but they created 1 castlevania until now

the first los game has insanely went so far from the castlevania games the designs are just enough to talk about

especially when i went inside the castle i said yes ! now i'm inside the castle and all what i saw is boobs !

Do not complain about boobs man it's not like it was a bad thing right

[Dengo vlad tepes]

Do not complain about boobs man it's not like it was a bad thing right

But you must know that we need something more than that like whipping the candles , gaining hearts , epic soundtracks "not movies soundtracks" real zombies and vampires

[Flame]

LoS goes for more of a realism feel to it- gaining hearts just wouldnt make much sense in that light. It never really made sense at all IMO, and I always wondered what the hearts are supposed to be. Do belmonts weapons literally run fueled by red dripping hearts? They like some voodoo weapons or some shit?

Also, there were candles in the castle. everywhere. And they were very whippable, and dropped sub weapons.

but to each their own.

[Kingshango]

Copy and paste? What makes you believe that? MS is the studio I've seen copying and pasting LESS ever. They didn't do that  even with textures (The Castle ones are amazing, such variety). If anything, they'll only get better.

When I meant by copy and paste I didn't mean reused enviroment's, what I meant is that I worry that they will take both the good and the bad gameplay aspects from LOS1 and put them in LOS2 with no improvements. Don't get me wrong, I don't think Mercurysteam would be THAT lazy but something deeeep in the back of my mind is telling me that's what gonna happen.

Now what keep's my doubt's in check is that Cox and Alverez are fully aware of what's needed and what's not needed for the sequel (remember they both lurk the forums). Plus the new engine improvements and the rumor that the game will be more open is more than enough to get me hyped, now they just gotta show it and put my doubt's to rest.

[Dengo vlad tepes]

LoS goes for more of a realism feel to it- gaining hearts just wouldnt make much sense in that light. It never really made sense at all IMO, and I always wondered what the hearts are supposed to be. Do belmonts weapons literally run fueled by red dripping hearts? They like some voodoo weapons or some shit?

Also, there were candles in the castle. everywhere. And they were very whippable, and dropped sub weapons.

but to each their own.

lol those red hearts was in the game since "vampire killer" and they have changed it to crystals in bloodlines guess what ? they brought it back again to the series cuz its castlevania it has its own elements and ways to gain things , ok then where is the money bag in los ? the breakable walls ? and howah ?! wait i heard mgs main theme in castlevania ?? god dammit its castlevania ! not only that they brought us the solid eye and snake's bandana

ok for castlevania fans lets see what have they brought to us :

- Vampire killer theme want to hear it ? please you must get chibby to go inside that music box so cute ha ?

and unnoticeable remixes from SC4 they have totally ruined the original soundtracks , go and compare it to the original ones "you have your own opinion" i'm saying i never liked the remixes !!

- fans , we heard that you want to go inside the castle right ? ok we brought you an ancient castle filled with ice

- vampires , you want vampires ? ok have them naked !! baraka from mortal kombat is the main leader of the vampires ... no comment dude

and finally this :

http://i872.photobucket.com/albums/ab290/DENGO-ZERO/Untitled-2.png

[VladCT]

Okay Dengo, I may not be a big fan of LoS, but you're dangerously close to being as much of a douche as Sinful was here.

[Gecko]

I hope it turns out a lot like the first one, but with less puzzles, and more emphasis on action. That's something I felt they did really well in LoS. Though maybe they could make certain enemies less of a tank. I really like the direction overall, and LoS is a vast improvement compared to ALL the 3D 'vanias in the past.

I thought the vampires were an awesome callout to the N64 games, so I really enjoyed fighting them. I was only kind of disappointed that when you got bitten you didn't need a "purifying" to recover.  That would have been priceless.

I've talked about how I appreciate the atmosphere of the game and the feel of wilderness areas, as well as the castle locations. Honestly I kind of liked their take on making the castle more realistic overall in design, but I'm expecting that this sequel will have seen it grow a lot under Gabula's command.

I imagine that since Gabriel took the powers of the lords of shadow and became THE lord of shadow, we'll see more variety of enemies in the same location, such as fighting werewolves AND vampires, etc. I really liked the variety in bosses in the first one, but hopefully there will be less colossi to climb and hit the weak points of this time around. That got annoying.

In the end though, none of us has a clue how this will turn out, so here's hoping for the best! I'll be putting money down the second it's available for preorder.

[Dengo vlad tepes]

Okay Dengo, I may not be a big fan of LoS, but you're dangerously close to being as much of a douche as Sinful was here.

who are they ? if i'm doing something wrong then tell me bro , i will gladly listen to it

[VladCT]

Well, for one that was quite the immature outburst there, you might wanna calm down first so you can post a proper rebuttal next time. And I might have used the wrong comparison here since Sinful was more of an abrasive, condescending smartass. Just read the threads he made and you'll find out how bad he is to land a spot on my ignore list.

[Dengo vlad tepes]

Well, for one that was quite the immature outburst there, you might wanna calm down first so you can post a proper rebuttal next time. And I might have used the wrong comparison here since Sinful was more of an abrasive, condescending smartass. Just read the threads he made and you'll find out how bad he is to land a spot on my ignore list.

lol thanks for informing me bro , i'll do my best to be more respectful next time , my apologize

[kingu]

i hope the city is plastered with rage faces and gabriel spouts "u mad?" for the epic and hip win

[uzo]

LoS goes for more of a realism feel to it- gaining hearts just wouldnt make much sense in that light. It never really made sense at all IMO, and I always wondered what the hearts are supposed to be. Do belmonts weapons literally run fueled by red dripping hearts? They like some voodoo weapons or some shit?

Also, there were candles in the castle. everywhere. And they were very whippable, and dropped sub weapons.

but to each their own.

No different than hearts in current Zelda games. Or are we going to bitch how Zelda now needs to to change, since it's gotten more realistic over the years?

I don't understand the problem with keeping game iconography, especially in long running franchises.

[Dremn]

As much as I would like to see hearts, more candle whipping, and pot roast, I've accepted we're just not going to see any of it in the series anymore. I don't see why Castlevania can't have things like that though when MGS can have floating boxes of rations and cardboard boxes to sneak around in, they're just as campy as finding pot roast in the walls and using hearts for ammunition for sub weapons.

[Kaori]

Will be watching videos online first. Simple as that. If it looks better than LoS, then I might try it. No more Titans. Please no more Titans! That was the main thing I hated about the game other than that it didn't feel like Castlevania enough too me. 

[Munchy]

No different than hearts in current Zelda games. Or are we going to bitch how Zelda now needs to to change, since it's gotten more realistic over the years?

I don't understand the problem with keeping game iconography, especially in long running franchises.

Since Gabriel is a vampire now, the hearts fueling your weapons should return. Actual hearts. He pulls them still beating from enemies and eats them to get power. That'd be hardcore and mature enough for the game right?

And they should still make the cute "Konami" sounds when he devours them.