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

[DarkPrinceAlucard]

like others, I'm not really comfortable with a minecart lava pit being in Dracula's castle.

Just seems out of place to me.

And also, like someone else said, having a CV game remind me of Donkey Kong in any way seems "wrong" to me lol.

[Kingshango]

I wouldn't be surprised of Dracula had a big underground lake with a pirate ship in it, or a indoor jungle with killer plant's everywhere.

With all the comparisons to DKC, we could call Mirror of Fate "Donkeyvania" lol

[Gecko]

I wouldn't be surprised of Dracula had a big underground lake with a pirate ship in it, or a indoor jungle with killer plant's everywhere.

With all the comparisons to DKC, we could call Mirror of Fate "Donkeyvania" lol

Actually though, all of those things have happened in Castlevania games before.
Mine carts haven't though, outside of PoR's five-second minecart moment Even then, I think that was supposed to be a train... thing... I don't know.

That said, I'm not at all opposed to seeing more diverse gameplay. Sounds fun!

[DragonSlayr81]

Actually though, all of those things have happened in Castlevania games before.
Mine carts haven't though, outside of PoR's five-second minecart moment Even then, I think that was supposed to be a train... thing... I don't know.

That said, I'm not at all opposed to seeing more diverse gameplay. Sounds fun!

It was also in a non-castle location. Weren't the mine cart locations specifically in the City in Haze/13th Street subway areas? The only other one I can consider "sorta" mine cart-ish is the section in the castle where you have to switch up and down between Jonathan and Charlotte to bust through the barrier, I think just before you battle Stella(alone). There's also, I think, a mine cart present in the area under one of the mansions in OoE(where you fight Baltheir, er, Albus). Of course, the Abandoned Mines were sorta "mines", but lacked carts. Most of the subterranean areas in CVs resemble mines, though lack carts.

[Kingshango]

Actually though, all of those things have happened in Castlevania games before.
Mine carts haven't though, outside of PoR's five-second minecart moment Even then, I think that was supposed to be a train... thing... I don't know.

That said, I'm not at all opposed to seeing more diverse gameplay. Sounds fun!

I don't mind it either, I mean no one says anything when Dracula has had a replica of Atlantis under his castle. But a lava filled cave with a mine cart is wayyyyy out of place.

Eh, Dracula's castle is always full of unsuspecting, oddly out of place things that I don't even think he knows about, so it shouldn't be a surprise to anyone. Now what would be out of place is a underground  nightclub with a DDR style minigame with ghost dancers.

[Dremn]

I actually like the idea of minecarts in Castlevania. If done right it could prove to be an interesting level design for the sake of having good platforming again.

[DragonSlayr81]

I don't mind it either, I mean no one says anything when Dracula has had a replica of Atlantis under his castle. But a lava filled cave with a mine cart is wayyyyy out of place.

Eh, Dracula's castle is always full of unsuspecting, oddly out of place things that I don't even think he knows about, so it shouldn't be a surprise to anyone. Now what would be out of place is a underground  nightclub with a DDR style minigame with ghost dancers.

Is it scary that I could actually imagine that? Oddly enough, I had a dream that if Dracula's Castle appears in modern times, soem of it's interior contemporaizes itself to match the era. Not completely modern, but with some modern traces. It was a strange dream, too. I was in some art gallery with other people, and pushing this lever, a giant statue rose and revealed a pathway under it, leading to a hallway(with floor panel lights) and a doorway that lead to some sort of mausoleam that looked straight out of the Phantasm movies. That's justa theory.

Considering the whole mine thing, though, anybody wonder if they plan on touching up on the nature of the castle in this game? I heard they are still calling it a "creature of chaos", and it still changes depending on it's master. We know it's nature in the original canon, but I wonder it's power's extent in this one. And if there was any game in the LoS to address this, MoF would be it(you experience the castle in different parts of time, and witness the changes of the castle in each era).

[Neobelmont]

Castlevania Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate ~ [Simon Belmont Info.]

A new image of Simon in the vid

Is that the same castle area from LoS with the Vampires coming out of the ground? Looks like it to me.

[Chernabogue]

In AoS, there's a ship in the drown basement of the castle. In DoS, there's the Garden of Madness.

[CastleToastM]

It was also in a non-castle location. Weren't the mine cart locations specifically in the City in Haze/13th Street subway areas? The only other one I can consider "sorta" mine cart-ish is the section in the castle where you have to switch up and down between Jonathan and Charlotte to bust through the barrier, I think just before you battle Stella(alone).

I'm not sure if I'm remembering correctly or if I'm reading your post right, but wasn't those motorcycles?

[Chernabogue]

I'm not sure if I'm remembering correctly or if I'm reading your post right, but wasn't those motorcycles?

There was a cart in the City of Haze and a train in the 13th Street. The two motorcycles were in Death's Tower.

[CastleToastM]

There was a cart in the City of Haze and a train in the 13th Street. The two motorcycles were in Death's Tower.

Ah, yes, I remember now. It's been a while since I've played PoR.

[e105beta]

They showed that bit from the Epilogue with Gabe sitting on the throne in shadows with glowing eyes.

I must have missed it. Huh...

[Kingshango]

I must have missed it. Huh...

I'll jog your memory.
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Trailer - E3 2010

Happens right at the beginning, Im pretty sure they wanted you to think that Jason Issacs was playing Dracula.

[Flame]

Which was a missed opportunity- Jason Isaacs would have been amazing as Dracula.