Topic: Give it to me straight: is Mirror of Fate a system seller?

[Inccubus]

Not to fan any flames, but I'm a VERY old-school CV fan and honestly LoS has had nothing much for me. Well, the artwork was good. The music has pretty much all been forgettable Hollywood tripe. Also, the game play was too derivative for it's own good. The story has been no better than the original timeline's regardless of the over abundance of melodrama. MoF was a half-asses attempt to infuse the LoS with some classic series style game play. It might have worked if they hadn't completely separated combat from platforming. This had the unfortunate effect making the exploration aspect of the game  incredibly boring. Also, why the hell do bad-ass Vampire Hunters have to take 3 swings at a barrel for it to break? That's just a lousy design choice. The added ability to swim was nice, though. The plot twists that were easier to see coming than a flaming truckload of manure barreling down the highway at midnight were not. And for god's sake when are they going to learn that locking me in a room full of waves of enemies that absorb damage like a tank with ablative armor is not fun. Still, there were a few cool things here and there. That said, I have absolutely no hope for the final game in the trilogy. I expect nothing but vaguely veiled retelling of big-bad turned anti-hero that I already played through years ago in Legacy of Kain only less original and with the "Extreme, Epic" turned up as high as the hardware will allow.

I posted this on another site. I realized that this is a pretty concise summary of what I really think about LoS, MoF, and LoS2.

[Eric Roman]

[Pfil]

It happens so that part of a fanbase is constituted by girls, who happen to like mapquest starring girls.
Many of them present on this forums.

[Gaawa-chan]

I've had little hands-on experience with the Lords of Shadow, but from the outside looking in, I think it's just great that CV's got its testosterone back after all those mapquests starring girls.

Yeah, how dare girls and effeminate men play lead roles in video games?!  GTF back into the kitchen girls, and the effeminate male characters are only allowed to be comic relief characters or villains, damn it!

[Skycaptain Steampunk]

[uzo]

Because you can't be a warrior and female or feminine in any sort of way?

What a load of shit.

[Phoenix7786]

Nice.

I've had little hands-on experience with the Lords of Shadow, but from the outside looking in, I think it's just great that CV's got its testosterone back after all those mapquests starring girls.

What's got more testosterone than a Belmont in his FIFTIES Grand-crossing hard enough to RIP CHUNKS OF CASTLEVANIA ITSELF apart, nevermind the pieces are actually in the background?

Soma vs Julius

'bout 1:20 in.

[Gaawa-chan]

Dat Julius. And I bet he was feminine when he beat the daylights out of Dracula in 1999. 

'bout 1:20 in.

Kind of irritating that you can't link to videos with time-mark thingies on this forum.

[Neobelmont]

What's got more testosterone than a Belmont in his FIFTIES Grand-crossing hard enough to RIP CHUNKS OF CASTLEVANIA ITSELF apart, nevermind the pieces are actually in the background?

Soma vs Julius

'bout 1:20 in.

Can't beat that you just can't...

Dat Julius. And I bet he was feminine when he beat the daylights out of Dracula in 1999. 

Kind of irritating that you can't link to videos with time-mark thingies on this forum.

And all the ladies were probably on or after him lucky guy.

[Pfil]

Yeah, I said it more than once...
I'd be totally into him, being the mature handsome and elegant man he is.

[Neobelmont]

Yeah, I said it more than once...
I'd be totally into him, being the mature handsome and elegant man he is.

Man has style cannot deny that now can I?

[Pfil]

Nope 

[Shiroi Koumori]

Man has style cannot deny that now can I?

Yeah. He would have been so handsome at that time.
Sad to say he had amnesia and did not leave an heir. /boo...

[uzo]

Theres still time ladies. He may be older but I bet he can still take you around the world unlike many others. He's still a Belmont after all.

[Nagumo]

I've had little hands-on experience with the Lords of Shadow, but from the outside looking in, I think it's just great that CV's got its testosterone back after all those mapquests starring girls.

Good one, Roman-kun.