Topic: "The Dragon Returns" - Castlevania Lords of Shadow Sequel (HERE BE SPOILER INFO)

[darkmanx_429]

How does it fuck up ANYTHING in the old canon?

The thing is, this is not part of the old canon (obviously) which means that it has no bearing whatsoever on whats been established in the old canon.

That being said, I still do not want Trevor to become Alucard.

ummm, that's why I mentioned it probably doesn't...and Trevor is my favorite Belmont over Simon and Richter (others). I think if I had a choice of who would make the coolest Alucard, I would choose him. He was badass in Curse of Darkness. I think him being Alucard in the reboot adds to the character...

[Dremn]

I just took a closer look at than, and those match right down to the way his shirt splits below his belt.

Trevorcard confirmed for Brawl.

An important thing to note is that his attire is flipped, check out his hair and the belt on Trevor and then Alucard's.

As if it was his own reflection when looking through a mirror.

...oh shit.

[DarkPrinceAlucard]

ummm, that's why I mentioned it probably doesn't...

But there is no "probably" to it, that was the point of my post is to tell you that it DEFINITELY does not.

@Maedhros

It depends really, If the flashback part of the game is during the time of Simon Belmont than yes he could be in it.

But if its in the future than obviously he can not, unless he somehow become immortal or something.

I would rather Julius Belmont be introduced for the "final battle" in the modern time settings of the game.

[e105beta]

Can't the Belmont in the game be Simon?

He just might be. Cox did says Mirror of Fate sets up right into LoS2, and if Trevor really is Alucard (which I'm not entirely sold on yet but we'll see) then that would leave Simon to clean up Gabriel's mess.

Hopefully you'll be able to play as all three (Simon, Alucard, Dracula) in LoS2. I've always like playing through one game as multiple people

[darkmanx_429]

An important thing to note is that his attire is flipped, check out his hair and the belt on Trevor and then Alucard's.

As if it was his own reflection when looking through a mirror.

...oh shit.

Good Catch! Someone +1 him!

[Dremn]

Hopefully you'll be able to play as all three (Simon, Alucard, Dracula) in LoS2. I've always like playing through one game as multiple people

If Simon is in LoS2 I definitely want to play as him, it would be a massive tease to make him unplayable.

[e105beta]

Completely unrelated, but I just realized something.

Mirror of Fate has a time jump in it, with Trevor's story taking place only 24 years after LoS and Simons apparently leading into LoS2. If LoS2 takes place in 1400-1500 at the earliest (not including the inevitable future timeline), then it's allowed to be the last game, because that still leaves 400-500 years for in-between titles in the Lords of Shadow timeline.

Yay!

[Reinhart77]

If it took place in modern times, there would be planes bombing his castle, the soldiers would be carrying grenades and machine guns, and I'd expect a tank or two. There was none of that in the trailer. Sure, one has every right to wonder if this trailer was just a sort of prologue to the new game, but then why tease Alucard like that? It doesn't make much sense.

I think it'll be in modern times because the epilogue of LOS1 seemed to mark the beginning of a new quest, and if they're not going to make any more games, I don't know when they would ever get to this.  For a brief moment after watching the trailer, I thought maybe it'd take place in an earlier time period.  But when I read the story on the website:

"In this shocking conclusion to the Lords of Shadow saga, Dracula returns once again, weakened and yearning for release from his immortal bonds. Facing a new and powerful threat, the vampire lord must reacquire his old powers – and only his castle holds the key. However, the famed Belmont clan also seek his ultimate destruction."

I went quickly back to thinking it'd be modern.  Weakened and yearning for release of his immortal bonds sounds exactly like what we saw in the LOS epilogue.  He starts out weak, just like in the epilogue.  "Satan" doesn't strike me as a "new" threat, but it's probably what's meant anyways (unless he's gonna take on Galamoth?) 

I surmise the trailer we saw was the epilogue to the game.  Perhaps it leads in to a small tutorial so you can get a taste of what Dracula's fully capable of when he's not all decrepit and understand what you need to aspire to be.  Or perhaps you'll actually fight as Alucard for a brief moment, and afterwards a SotN inspired crawl screen that will say "It was Alucard who destroyed Dracula hundreds of years ago..." and then it drops you into the epilogue time period as Dracula.  Maybe the prologue is a recap of what happened at the end of Mirror of Fate.

Of course, if I'm wrong, it wouldn't be the first time my hunches were completely off.  I kinda hope they are.

[Profbeanburrito]

That trailer was amazing, and Alucard looks pretty awesome, so I can't wait to see what happens.

The only thing that disappointed me is this:

"In Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, the origin of Dracula and his legendary connection with the Belmonts was revealed. In Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2, fans can expect thrilling new twists and challenges. In this shocking conclusion to the Lords of Shadow saga, Dracula returns once again, weakened and yearning for release from his immortal bonds. Facing a new and powerful threat, the vampire lord must reacquire his old powers – and only his castle holds the key. However, the famed Belmont clan also seek his ultimate destruction."

"shocking conclusion to the Lords of Shadow saga"! Im so glad MercurySteam has taken over Castlevania, I just want them to keep doing it! But who knows. I'm so excited for both of tHe games to come out

[Ascension]

is that SATAN strung up on the ceiling at the beginning?

I think you're right.  I first thought it was just a plain statue, but since you mentioned it, it does look like him!

[Flame]

Isnt it a statue of Satan?

Like, because he defeated Satan he has a crucified satan or some shit, IDFK.

[Kingshango]

Man when Dracula dropped onto the battlefield I bet the soldiers were like "Ok who's bright idea was it to siege Dracula's castle, at night?!"

[Vampire Killer]

Oh please,

Lets not turn this topic into a another "IGA fucking storys suck Cox is better" type of thread shall we?

Oh please yourself,

My quote was in response to someone basically sh*tting on the LoS story arch en mass, by comparing it to piss poor Hollywood writing. Granted, the story in LoS left a lot to be desired, but it certainly wasn't any worse than anything that came before it in the series.

Also, where did I specifically point out Iga? I didn't.  All I did was say that the series overall has never had great writing. Yeah, we as fans enjoy it for what it's worth, but that's because we're gamers who specifically enjoy gothic settings, as well as many of us growing up with Cv (to a kid Pokemon seems deep).

[DarkPrinceAlucard]

Oh please yourself,

wow, what a good comeback and mature response you just made sir! *sarcasm*.

Lets not act like children here.

The reason why I quoted YOU is because you where going to continue the whole "LOS is better than the old story" debate that has derailed many topics.

And the reason I mentioned IGA is because that is who a see a lot of LOS fans shitting on around here when it comes to the "problems" with the old canon.

If you did not mean him my apologies.

But there was a better way at going about posting other than being so hostile.

Like I said, it brings the mood down.

[Vampire Killer]

wow, what a good comeback and mature response you just made sir! *sarcasm*.

Lets not act like children here.

The reason why I quoted YOU is because you where going to continue the whole "LOS is better than the old story" debate that has derailed many topics.

And the reason I mentioned IGA is because that is who a see a lot of LOS fans shitting on around here when it comes to the "problems" with the old canon.

If you did not mean him my apologies.

But there was a better way at going about posting other than being so hostile.

Like I said, it brings the mood down.

My response was no more antagonistic than yours. At least be honest and own up to it.