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Re: LOS2: Revelations - Alucard DLC releases March 25th - First Screenshots
« Reply #225 on: March 26, 2014, 10:07:56 AM »
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"Journey of redemption".

5 minutes later: family killing scene.   

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Re: LOS2: Revelations - Alucard DLC releases March 25th - First Screenshots
« Reply #226 on: March 26, 2014, 10:17:28 AM »
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"Journey of redemption".
5 minutes later: family killing scene.
That worked well. Dracul wasn't really good, his redemption should have consisted into defeating his dark side, not into becoming Batman since being a vampire. At this point you are nitpicking.

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Re: LOS2: Revelations - Alucard DLC releases March 25th - First Screenshots
« Reply #227 on: March 26, 2014, 10:27:25 AM »
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"Journey of redemption".

5 minutes later: family killing scene.

What is being referenced here?

EDIT: Never mind, figured it out.

Yeah, I don't see any issue with that. The idea was to show that Dracula was evil. I mean, how can you be redeemed if you've never fallen?

Magus joining you in Chrono Trigger wouldn't have been as cool if Magus wasn't a mass murderer and a warlord.
« Last Edit: March 26, 2014, 10:42:43 AM by e105beta »

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Re: LOS2: Revelations - Alucard DLC releases March 25th - First Screenshots
« Reply #228 on: March 26, 2014, 10:29:37 AM »
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Playing as Alucard was fun, but this whole DLC just felt kind of pointless and dumb. So Marie drags Alucard to the castle to get the Void Sword and Chaos power and put them in safe places for Dracula, but... not to get rid of the ghost of Carmilla? Or try to subdue the corrupt blood causing all of the problems in the first place?

Why couldn't she just tell Dracula where they were once he woke up? Why did it take Alucard to get them? It certainly felt like, your first time through in the main game that getting your powers back from the corrupting blood of the castle was exactly what you were doing anyway.

It just all seems like such a damn mess.

I looked forward to this game so much for so long, and its got its good parts but damn if the bad parts are just absolutely bottom of the barrel terrible.

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Re: LOS2: Revelations - Alucard DLC releases March 25th - First Screenshots
« Reply #229 on: March 26, 2014, 10:40:51 AM »
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The DLC is very neat. Loving it! :)

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Re: LOS2: Revelations - Alucard DLC releases March 25th - First Screenshots
« Reply #230 on: March 26, 2014, 11:17:13 AM »
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I was just light heartedly poking fun at he story. We're all friends here. At least, I hope so.

Anyway, I just think it was a funny contrast. The family scene is not something I would personally put in a redemption story, because I think there's also something like a moral event horizon.

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Re: LOS2: Revelations - Alucard DLC releases March 25th - First Screenshots
« Reply #231 on: March 26, 2014, 12:08:55 PM »
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I was just light heartedly poking fun at he story. We're all friends here. At least, I hope so.

Anyway, I just think it was a funny contrast. The family scene is not something I would personally put in a redemption story, because I think there's also something like a moral event horizon.

I can see that. It would be goofy if someone like Satan got a redemption story.

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Re: LOS2: Revelations - Alucard DLC releases March 25th - First Screenshots
« Reply #232 on: March 26, 2014, 01:27:33 PM »
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"Journey of redemption".
5 minutes later: family killing scene.

Incarnation of evil plans a return to Earth.
Could've been killed on the first game with the VK. (Bonus points as Gabriel seems to have known this all along).

Alvarez justifies Satan's death by the VK. No answer when someone asks why this is not clarified ingame.
"Dracula now rules planet Earth" aw gimme a break.

Among other trainwrecks on the plot. Absolutelly hated LoS' story and it's extremelly underwhelming closure.
This may have been a playful poke at the story. But it darn is a real one.
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Re: LOS2: Revelations - Alucard DLC releases March 25th - First Screenshots
« Reply #233 on: March 26, 2014, 01:39:13 PM »
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Interesting, the director of the DLC was Jose Luis Marquez (director of MoF) not Alvarez.... Yeah.

If it was the him and MoF team that did this dlc, then it's a shame they can't do more/a sequel now because of MS's refusual.  I really enjoy how it plays.  It's funny how much cooler it feels to have the Bat ability, rather than having to shimmy around every time.

I could imagine a sequel where Dracul tries to take over the world like Cox says and Alucard has to stop him once and for all, although it wouldn't make sense with the whole redemption thing. 

In light of no Victor in this, Cox 'maybe' is interesting..

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Re: LOS2: Revelations - Alucard DLC releases March 25th - First Screenshots
« Reply #234 on: March 26, 2014, 01:47:46 PM »
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Any pics of Slogra on the DLC?  ;D
I guess that all IGA haters are rejoicing now. Have fun with your fancy Belmont Dracula and rat stealth.

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Re: LOS2: Revelations - Alucard DLC releases March 25th - First Screenshots
« Reply #235 on: March 26, 2014, 01:53:30 PM »
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Any pics of Slogra on the DLC?  ;D
There is no Slogra.

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Re: LOS2: Revelations - Alucard DLC releases March 25th - First Screenshots
« Reply #236 on: March 26, 2014, 01:58:35 PM »
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There is no Slogra.

I know, just being sarcasting (sad at the same time) and echoing this thread:

http://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/index.php/topic,7068.0.html
I guess that all IGA haters are rejoicing now. Have fun with your fancy Belmont Dracula and rat stealth.

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Re: LOS2: Revelations - Alucard DLC releases March 25th - First Screenshots
« Reply #237 on: March 26, 2014, 02:00:28 PM »
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Any pics of Slogra on the DLC?  ;D
Recuerdas el epilogo? eso es lo mismo q vas a ver cuando Alucard pasa por ese mismo cuarto antes del ultimo combate.

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Re: LOS2: Revelations - Alucard DLC releases March 25th - First Screenshots
« Reply #238 on: March 26, 2014, 02:09:05 PM »
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As for a "posibility" of a Victor´s DLC, if it came to light, I think that MS will follow the same way of the Alucard one, being a prologue of the main story, or a parallel plot.

I feel after a few years of LoS, a little weird. I like LoS 2 (for what I see) more than LoS 1. I sense some hate against LoS here in the forum, when in the past years they were more positive reactions. With the time, my hate againts LoS were reduced. Maybe I need to play the game for myself. So, anyone who doesn´t want his LoS 2 game anymore care to "borrow" to me, please :)?
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Re: LOS2: Revelations - Alucard DLC releases March 25th - First Screenshots
« Reply #239 on: March 26, 2014, 02:28:12 PM »
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a Victor DLC could work, but it would require more effort to make it good given the modern city.

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