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

[Maedhros]

Something different? You mean the graphics?It's a demo and a game in-development yet some hate it like it have the worst graphic ever in a 3DS game.Graphic hounds oh my god.

LoS final build wasn't that different from the final product at all. Also people have different expectations, meaning different feedback will be heard.

[Ahasverus]

LoS final build wasn't that different from the final product at all. Also people have different expectations, meaning different feedback will be heard.

Demo was released 2 weeks before release

:sigh:

[Maedhros]

Demo was released 2 weeks before release

:sigh:

Yeah, for people to download on their homes... but it was available before that in events/conferences for much longer than that.

[Ahasverus]

Yeah, for people to download on their homes... but it was available before that in events/conferences for much longer than that.

And it was very different

[Kingshango]

New spanish article here give more details
http://www.revogamers.net/articulos/bajamos-al-infierno-castlevania-mirror-of-fate-1032/1.html

Not much new regarding what's already been known but here's some interesting tidbits

Mirror of Fate is not a spinoff but the second game in the trilogy
two years in development, 40 people on the team
Around 12 hours of playtime without looking for secrets and %100
Four playable characters with different abilities
The game takes place entirely in the castle
The touchscreen is used for selecting the inventory, beastiary, map etc.
The game's story can be played in chronological order
Game uses spotpass but nothing was explained
The final playable character is

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Gabriel

[crisis]

Prunyuu. The interview says a lot of what we already know (the difficulties of translating the LoS-world onto the 3DS, combat, "metroidvania" elements, comparisons to CVIII, etc.). Scenario lasts about 12 hours. With magic, Trevor uses both light & shadow, while Gabriel only uses the latter. Simon invokes spirits (ala Maria). Alucard's abilities aren't mentioned. You can play with the characters "according to the moment in history in which you are, but in turn, is not necessary that you play to the history in chronological order." Also, there will be "SpotPass," although they wouldn't elaborate further.


Now for the most important part, music:

Oscar Araujo says that "Classical music of the saga did not hit with the epic twist that gave Mercury Steam and chose to give a different touch and redo it."
Oscar, with a cinematic past, explained it thus: the activity of the player causes the problem of de-sync with action. The music has to convey the emotion that requires depending on the time that the player takes to solve the problems.

The games seeks background music, in the Mercury Steam Castlevania opted for melodic music. Enric Álvarez explained it thus: "we wanted the player to think in the character and how it feels, not in the environment in which it moves." That the music spoke of character and mood. "We told Oscar and he composed this extraordinary music that gets exactly that."

So.. expect more of the same Hollywood-esque style. There might be 1 or 2 classic tunes, maybe 3, but that's it. Blah.

[DarkPrinceAlucard]

The final playable character is...

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Gabriel

Well that is a complete letdown.

Nothing against him, but I honestly was hoping to play as a NEW character since

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We already get to play as Gabriel in LOS2.

[Chernabogue]

Kinda good news in general.

[Dremn]

The final playable character was a huge given. I wonder who the true final boss is then.

[crisis]

Dracolich pt. 2

[Munchy]

"we wanted the player to think in the character and how it feels, not in the environment in which it moves."

l:/ We already have the damn story for "knowing how the character feels". Does this mean we're going to get another two hours of the same music looped and reused like in LoS? C'mon guys, at least make the music area specific.

And since I've gotten no answer from Cox regarding constant on-screen tutorials, I'm going to assume it's like the first one and there's no way to turn them off.

[Kingshango]

The final playable character was a huge given. I wonder who the true final boss is then.

Probably that "Lost soul" creature that's suppose to play a part in the story.

Also it seems that

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Gabriel's segment will be a short one, probably a flashback after Resurrection, so he can still end up being the final boss

[Maedhros]

And it was very different

Yeah, they changed Gabriel's model... that's it.

[Akuma]

I think you know the answer to that.

Death?

[DarkPrinceAlucard]

l:/ We already have the damn story for "knowing how the character feels". Does this mean we're going to get another two hours of the same music looped and reused like in LoS? C'mon guys, at least make the music area specific.

And since I've gotten no answer from Cox regarding constant on-screen tutorials, I'm going to assume it's like the first one and there's no way to turn them off.

I know right.

Like I said earlier, Cox and his team just so to stuck in their ways to even consider the possibility of making the soundtrack more CV themed and area specific.

I can totally picture Cox and Alvarez hearing fans complaints about the reused music going something like this


Just tune us out MS lol.

But seriously, can someone ask them specifically will there be area specific music?