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

[Laina]

What about the ones that were born in the 90's but started off with the classics?

Then you can be in our club. 1984 babies rule! WOOH!

[Lelygax]

Im from 1991.

[Flame]

Im from 1991.

Represent, wooo

My first CV game was Aria though. On an Emulator. Round 09 or so.

[Zetheraxza]

If you think the IGN review was bad, check out the extra discussion by the reviewers

Dissecting the Many Faults of Castlevania: Mirror of Fate

[GuyStarwind]

I don't why people are listing off years they're born in but I'm born in 88. For reviews I normally don't trust them good or bad. I trust the opinions of fellow gamers like you guys here.

[Kingshango]

Jesus, they did not like this game at all, at least Gamespot gave it a fair shot. At this point they're probably gonna eviscerate LOS2 even if it's legitimately good. Then again, it's IGN.

Oh and 88 baby here.

[Lelygax]

If you think the IGN review was bad, check out the extra discussion by the reviewers

Dissecting the Many Faults of Castlevania: Mirror of Fate

0:44 - This guy doesnt even knows why its named "Castlevania Lords of Shadow: Mirror of Fate" instead of "Castlevania: Mirror of Fate", he doesnt deserves to make a review about this game.

[crisis]

The only thing that kinda sucks about this game thus far is the music; there's a few catchy jingles here n there, but for the most part, it's just not memorable at all. There's some sections where there is complete silence, and that drives me crazy! They really missed the mark on the soundtrack, again. That's just sad.

Otherwise I'm really having fun with it so far. No framerate issues have been bothering me, and I'm enjoying the combat (i can see that many people have been exaggerating about the 10-hit to kill skeletons, they're really not that bad, lol). I'm playing with the 3D on and despite what everyone says it doesn't bother my eyes or the gameplay at all. I love the graphics, there's a lot of creepy touches in the stage layout, the subtle nuances are there, and it all blends in with the gothic atmosphere. Only gripes are the [short] QTE's, but they only take a few seconds so it's not as bad as it was in LoS. The boss fights are mildly challenging unfortunately, and the game does tend to "hold your hand" through a lot of the portions. And, dare I say it, I kinda wish this graphical style would continue in future 3DS CV games. If IGA ever comes back to make another game, I think he could learn a lot from this game and how it could improve his next metroidvania(s). As much as I love sprites (I would love a sprite-based game with 3D-parallax backgrounds), there's just so much more that can be done with this style of 2.5D, and I hope IGA considers it IF he chooses to return (although that choice may not be up to him anymore).

Overall, I'm enjoying it thus far ^_^

[Akuma]

I love the boss fights.  I'm loving this game.  I'm on Act 3 now.

[Shiroi Koumori]

IGN really hates the game. sigh. They made it worse by adding that video discussion.
I wonder what is their point in doing this?

Meh, who cares about the reviews. I am looking forward to enjoying this game.
Music and 3D problems will not bother me, if they are bad, I'll just turn them off.

Anyway, since everyone started listing their birth years. I'm from 86, a few months before the first Castlevania game was released in Japan.

[crisis]

I was born in 1959

[Neobelmont]

Nobody from 92' huh?  I feel so alone 

Anyways I'm going to watch the gamespot review I pray.....

[Kingshango]

IGN really hates the game. sigh. They made it worse by adding that video discussion.
I wonder what is their point in doing this?

I dunno but they managed to piss off the often silent Enric Alvarez on Twitter. Oddly enough Cox hasn't made a peep about the whole thing.

[Ahasverus]

I was born in 1959

for realz???

Nobody from 92' huh?  I feel so alone 

Anyways I'm going to watch the gamespot review I pray.....

92 here :brofist:

[Neobelmont]

for realz???92 here :brofist:

Awww  yeah!!! 

Also if anyone has not seen the gamespot review score you will be surprised.

http://www.gamespot.com/castlevania-lords-of-shadow-mirror-of-fate/reviews/castlevania-lords-of-shadow-mirror-of-fate-review-6404797/