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

[Nagumo]

MoF's art is a lot better in capturing Castlevania's atmosphere than LoS by far. Although I do appreciate that Trevor and Simon's designs pay homage to Kojima's designs, I'm not too fond of how they look. The only design I think is actually good so far, is Alucard's, which is a pretty cool take on his SotN appearance.       

[Maedhros]

That artwork is amazing! Hopefully LoS haters can see it looks like Castlevania, in fact, better than most CV artwork as of late. I really hope a demo gets released on the 3DS in a month or so, I'm itching to play it. I saw a 27 minute demo of it on YouTube and it looks fantastic. It looks exactly like what I've wanted in a "Metroid- Vania" game for some time.

I'm not playing a cover, you know. The hate for the things I hate don't include the graphics or art.

[Dremn]

Man that new artwork has me hyped again, I'm so easily impressionable. I hope we get a demo before launch, but before that I want to see some more footage of the current build if the one at E3 was an older one.

[DragonSlayr81]

Man that new artwork has me hyped again, I'm so easily impressionable. I hope we get a demo before launch, but before that I want to see some more footage of the current build if the one at E3 was an older one.

I wish I could get hyped again, but knowing the gameplay will be a 2D tweak of LoS, I just can't get it up(LOL, that sounds wrong). Game's pretty, artwork's pretty. Visually, they've captured MORE of what "Castlevania" is in MoF than in LoS(IMO), but I just can't see myself playing it now. For those who like that sort of stuff(monsters that take forever to kill, needless QTEs, awkward ledge gripping), by all means, go at it.

[Gecko]

I'm extremely hyped! Then again, I love playing LoS, so pre-ordering this game is a no-brainer to me. It's looked fantastic to me from the moment official footage was available. The great artwork backing it up is just a bonus to what looks like a game that I will really enjoy.

[James Belmont]

I gotta say, that artwork looks fantastic.

[whitedragon_nall]

I wish I could get hyped again, but knowing the gameplay will be a 2D tweak of LoS, I just can't get it up(LOL, that sounds wrong). Games pretty, artwork's pretty. Visually, they've captured MORE of what "Castlevania" is in MoF than in LoS(IMO), but I just can't see myself playing it now.  For those who like that sort of stuff, by all means, go at it.

This pretty much sums up how I feel too. I'm just not excited about the game.

[GuyStarwind]

I just saw the art and to  be honest it looks great. However, pretty art doesn't make a good game. So, I'm still fence sittin.

[e105beta]

I just saw the art and to  be honest it looks great. However, pretty art doesn't make a good game. So, I'm still fence sittin.

Does it hurt?

I feel like picket would do nasty things to a behind.

[GuyStarwind]

Worse, it's a barbwire fence.

[Inccubus]

This pretty much sums up how I feel too. I'm just not excited about the game.

Yeap. Me too. I'm more curious about how they're going to execute the story, and I don't have to buy or even play the game to get that.

[DragonSlayr81]

Yeap. Me too. I'm more curious about how they're going to execute the story, and I don't have to buy or even play the game to get that.

Yup. Thank god for YouTube. Experience the story of a game without having to actually PLAY the game!

[Kingshango]

New screenshots here: http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2012/07/10/exclusive-castlevania-lords-of-shadow-mirror-of-fate-screens-show-off-magic-and-menus.aspx

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Is that level progression I see or is it for something else?

[Dark Nemesis]

Interesting information through these screenshots, it's looking more like the metroidvania style with a touch of the old school classicvania style. I will deffinetly buy it when it comes out.

[Dremn]

AXES! GLORIOUS AXES!

What's with the "Levels" tag on the subscreens? Is there actually leveling up through EXP now?