Topic: why there's still hope

[Archangel]

get rid of the flying pig orcs they call vampires

That reminds me of something.... (Spoilers for Abnormal Freak)

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I haven´t played LoS in a while, but what actually happened to the lesser Vampires after Carmillas demise? Are they all dead? If I remember correctly, there were no enemy vampires when Gabriel returns to the castle during Reverie, only ghouls. I´m really interested to see how things will turn out...

[Nagumo]

There have been some questionable arguments put forward for why LoS seems to rub a lot of Castlevania fans the wrong way, but not all of of them should be discarded as obnoxious. It seems pretty clear to me that the reason is the high fantasy aesthetic that is notably more present than in the other games, up until the point that fans don't recognise associate the game with Castlevania anymore and thus say it's not like it.

Aesthetic is what binds a series and things like gameplay styles are often inrelevant. There are plently of series that include different game genres but are still recognised as being related to each other. You could make a shooter spin-off to a RPG series and still have it be faithful to its source material. That's why saying LoS is not a true Castlevania because it is inspired a lot by a different video game is a pretty shallow reason as already pointed out.

Considering LoS not a Castlevania games on the grounds of its prominent high fantasy aesthetic is a very valid reason, however. I suppose it's subjective but the developers themselves already seem to have admitted that the ties between their game and the rest of the series is very thin (they mentioned something about borrowing the "DNA" of the series and creating something new with it). So it seems to be a case of "how much is needed for me to consider something part of the Castlevania series"? Naturally, an universal agreement on that issue is impossible.       

[Kingshango]

That reminds me of something.... (Spoilers for Abnormal Freak)

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I haven´t played LoS in a while, but what actually happened to the lesser Vampires after Carmillas demise? Are they all dead? If I remember correctly, there were no enemy vampires when Gabriel returns to the castle during Reverie, only ghouls. I´m really interested to see how things will turn out...

Good question..
 

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the same thing happens to the werewolves when Cornell died, they just disappeared and never showed up again just like the vampires so I guess the lord affiliated monsters die when their master dies. That plus the reapers are the only lord affiliated monsters that appear at the castle and there master is still somewhat alive. However I do wonder how Laura survived, maybe she was strong enough I guess.

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Or maybe Gabriel just killed them all.

[Chernabogue]

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Or maybe Gabriel just killed them all.

I agree with that.

[Archangel]

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Or maybe Gabriel just killed them all.

I have to disagree.

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For many centuries, Carmilla´s been the lord of the vampires.... and you kill like, what, 30 vampires in the whole game? But of course, I don´t know how long it takes to create a vampire in this universe. I´m interested to see how those remaining vampires would react to Gabriel/Dracul. If there are any left, that is. And if not, will he create new ones? Or will he do things like his classic counterpart and surround himself with the likes of Medusa and co.

And about the werewolves... unlike the vampire castle, you never get the chance to revisit the land of the lycans.

Woah, great idea! What if Gabe gathers the remaining members of each territory? I remember that Zobek said something about great potential if the lords would cooperate... and basically Gabe has their powers... oh, the possibilites! But oh, off-topic, sorry!

[Abnormal Freak]

y ther all theez spoiler tagz? ;)

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Fer you, bro.

[thernz]

satan kills laura

[Kingshango]

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Aries dies
Zack dies
It was his sled
Snape kills Dumbledore
The Titanic sank
John Marston dies
You are Darth Revan
It was all nanomachines
It was a lucid dream
Gwen Stacy dies
He releases hope to the world
Dom dies
The kid was the leader of the reapers

Oh and Thanos appears at the end.