Topic: What if they rebooted Lords of Shadow?

[KaZudra]

Reboot or nah, As long as the games are fun I don't care if the game centers around Tin Curry slowly becoming a Transvestite... but a Time warp plotline would be interesting.
LOS1 was the only game worth revisiting. MoF is literally Padding - The Game. and LoS2... fuck that game.

[Flame]

Secondly, and I'm sure many people will disagree with me on this, but the reason why Gabriel doesn't really work for me as Dracula is that he is too different from how Dracula is portrayed in the previous. His look is too different and Dracula always been more of a magic user instead of using actual weapons. Of course, many people will argue LoS is a reboot, so it doesn't matter what Dracula was like before. However, I think there are some elements that should remain more or less consistent in a CV game, even if you're dealing with a reboot. Other games set in alternative universe, like for example CotM, got this right since Dracula's look is different enough but still recognizable.

I dont think you'll find much argument here.

while I didnt mind what they did with him, and can see the thought process behind it, that was definitely something there. in the post credits scene you had him sitting on a throne with long white hair, and that evoked a certain image, which was then just gabriel with a slightly altered outfit and slightly longer hair.

oh and a villain goatee because of course

[Lumi Kløvstad]

I dont think you'll find much argument here.

while I didnt mind what they did with him, and can see the thought process behind it, that was definitely something there. in the post credits scene you had him sitting on a throne with long white hair, and that evoked a certain image, which was then just gabriel with a slightly altered outfit and slightly longer hair.

oh and a villain goatee because of course

I found the Lords 2 DLCs totally worth it just to get my pale, white haired villainous goatee sportin' Drac back. It really makes Gabriel look like what SOTN Dracula would look like in the Lords Universe, just shirtless still. For some reason.

[Chernabogue]

As far as I recall, vampires in the LoS universe can absorbe some blood through their skin, hence why most of them are shirtless (but not Carmilla, eh).

[X]

As far as I recall, vampires in the LoS universe can absorbe some blood through their skin, hence why most of them are shirtless (but not Carmilla, eh).

Carmilla too since she has her upper body exposed to a point. Just enough to keep it PG13 anyways.

[Dracula9]

I'd be fine with a reboot if it handled its storytelling elements a bit better (and by that I mean less cliched-as-fuck).

I'd be more fine if they retained what is arguably the greatest line in the entire Lords trilogy:



Satan making a fucking evolution joke. Satan.

[Jop]

I didnt read all that you say but i dont think its good to do a reboot, if they want to use LoS again they can expand more the world, i prefer that.

[TatteredSeraph]

I'd be fine with a reboot if it handled its storytelling elements a bit better (and by that I mean less cliched-as-fuck).

I'd be more fine if they retained what is arguably the greatest line in the entire Lords trilogy:



Satan making a fucking evolution joke. Satan.

That was brilliantly delivered.  Jason Isaacs plays villains just so well.  Tbh, I could see him making quite a good choice VA for a more classic timeline Dracula.  I loved how he spat out 'I'll destroy the name of Belmont forever!', especially with the framing used in the original trailer.  I can see why some people believed he would be Drac rather than RC.

[affinity]

waste of money, better to reboot Sonia's Castlevania Legends, with redone story so it fits the timeline.   she could be retconned as the granddaughter of Trevor

or make a direct sequel to Castlevania Harmony of Despair, with triple the chapters, playable characters, hunter skills, loot and more.

[Dracula9]

>HD sequel with even more stuff to make it an even bigger clusterfuck

plsno

[chainsawmidget]

Random crazy idea that I haven't pout much thought into:

Suppose in the reboot, they still made Gabe have his fall from grace, become evil, turn into the king of vampires and all that,  but NOT be Dracula. 

Have Gabriel dismiss "Dracula" as some old folk legend they use to scare children early on in the game.  Later at some point, he saves some old shriveled looking man that's been held captive or bricked behind a wall or whatever.  Maybe you could even have him strapped down and brutally tortured for ages with some character mentioning how nothing they do can actually kill the guy. 

The guy helps Gabriel out, gives him some info, powerful weapon, or  something along those lines and during the ending sequence after Gabriel receives his evil powers, you get the reveal that the old guy was the real Dracula, and now he's just biding his time, waiting for a chance to claim the title and power he feels is rightfully his. 

[zangetsu468]

Random crazy idea that I haven't pout much thought into:

Suppose in the reboot, they still made Gabe have his fall from grace, become evil, turn into the king of vampires and all that,  but NOT be Dracula. 

Have Gabriel dismiss "Dracula" as some old folk legend they use to scare children early on in the game.  Later at some point, he saves some old shriveled looking man that's been held captive or bricked behind a wall or whatever.  Maybe you could even have him strapped down and brutally tortured for ages with some character mentioning how nothing they do can actually kill the guy. 

The guy helps Gabriel out, gives him some info, powerful weapon, or  something along those lines and during the ending sequence after Gabriel receives his evil powers, you get the reveal that the old guy was the real Dracula, and now he's just biding his time, waiting for a chance to claim the title and power he feels is rightfully his.

Did you watch Dracula Untold before writing this post?

[TatteredSeraph]

Did you watch Dracula Untold before writing this post?

I must admit that I was thinking the same thing.  The being locked up beind a brick wall also makes me think of a scene in Interview with the Vampire, in the Theatre of the Vampires.

[Dracula9]

Random crazy idea that I haven't pout much thought into:

Suppose in the reboot, they still made Gabe have his fall from grace, become evil, turn into the king of vampires and all that,  but NOT be Dracula. 

Have Gabriel dismiss "Dracula" as some old folk legend they use to scare children early on in the game.  Later at some point, he saves some old shriveled looking man that's been held captive or bricked behind a wall or whatever.  Maybe you could even have him strapped down and brutally tortured for ages with some character mentioning how nothing they do can actually kill the guy. 

The guy helps Gabriel out, gives him some info, powerful weapon, or  something along those lines and during the ending sequence after Gabriel receives his evil powers, you get the reveal that the old guy was the real Dracula, and now he's just biding his time, waiting for a chance to claim the title and power he feels is rightfully his.

But then plot twist the guy in the wall was actually Fortunato all along.

[TheFallenAlchemist]

As far as I'm concerned, they can throw it in the well. Mirror Of Fate was the only half-dozen game that we got out of that series. I almost want to say that the last good Castlevania game we got was Castlevania The Adventure Rebirth.