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

[Gaawa-chan]

PSP emulation is clunky at its best. Really, not woth the hassle. Hope it improves though.

You wanted Castlevania? HERE COMES CASTLEVANIA

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I recently played LoI on my PC, and I stopped and looked at every picture hanging on the walls. Couldn't get CoD to work, though.  Weird graphics spaz going on.  No idea how to fix it.

My computer res is 1440x900.  If someone wants, I can take screens of something from LoI, but I'll be using cheats this time around; I wanna see if I can reach any places you can't normally reach with an infinite jump code.  In any case, I plan on getting pics of the credits since I've yet to find good pics of the endings:

[Lelygax]

Please do it, I want see more of this awesomeness. :p

[Gaawa-chan]

Please do it, I want see more of this awesomeness. :p

Right.  I can do the credits of Normal and Joachim Mode tonight if you give me a little while; I'm kind of OCD so it will probably take me a bit longer than it would if someone else was doing it. XD  I've already got post-game saves of those two run-throughs.  I can probably get through Pumpkin or Crazy Mode this weekend, but I dunno if I'll have time to do both. X_X

[Lelygax]

Take your time and try to have some fun while at that. I've never beaten LoI or CoD so almost any screenshot will be new to me. xD

[Shiroi Koumori]

Wow, I'd like to see those too.
I played LoI on the PS2 for both Leon and Joachim and I never stopped to look at the pictures.

Anyway, back to topic.

New info from spanish interview: LoS2 will have 3 HOURS of cutscenes.

I hope those 3 hours will be meaningful.

[Lelygax]

I hope those 3 hours doesnt mean less 3 hours of gameplay or 1 hour of these 3 being QTEs.

[Gaawa-chan]

Did Joachim's credits first.  The first pic was right after I opened my save in the save room and the rest are from the credits.  I took three images of the second credits pic; in the first pic, you can see him in the background, and I pasted the other two together so you get a clear view of his face because text is always over some part of his face in that pic. >_>

Tell me if they came out okay; I'm not very familiar with the program I'm using.  First pic looks rather pixel-ish to me:

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I'll do Leon's next.

[Shiroi Koumori]

I hope those 3 hours doesnt mean less 3 hours of gameplay or 1 hour of these 3 being QTEs.

OUCH! QTEs!
Good Lord please no more QTEs....

[Lelygax]

OUCH! QTEs!
Good Lord please no more QTEs....

Heh Good "Lord", I see what you didn't do there xD

These screens are good, a little grainy to me (it can be my eyes though), but still good.

[Gaawa-chan]

These screens are good, a little grainy to me (it can be my eyes though), but still good.

I'll have to fiddle with it.

*Beats up the grim reaper with squeaky shoes and whip* Here are some random cut-scene screens and the credit pics from Leon's credits.  Disappointing compared to the alternate character mode pics (Pumpkin has an awesome credit pic in particular), but someone might like them:

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Durr:

There's a special pic at the end of Crazy Mode, so I'll nab that one when I do it.

[Maedhros]

I hope those 3 hours doesnt mean less 3 hours of gameplay or 1 hour of these 3 being QTEs.

Dammit! I came here to post exactly this...

But seriously... fuck QTEs. There's 0 excuses for this, it's never well implemented and never will be well implemented. Next gen should make them extinct.

[Kingshango]

Next gen have already found their replacements for QTE's.

They're called STE's (slow time events) in which the button prompts don't appear but time slows down for you to do a certain action during a cutscene. See Beyond Two Souls for more examples.

[VladCT]

So kinda like MGR's Blade Mode?

[Maedhros]

Next gen have already found their replacements for QTE's.

They're called STE's (slow time events) in which the button prompts don't appear but time slows down for you to do a certain action during a cutscene. See Beyond Two Souls for more examples.

If the control is on the hand of the player and they aren't abused, GREAT.

Button prompt's only? NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE.

[DragonSlayr81]

Next gen have already found their replacements for QTE's.

They're called STE's (slow time events) in which the button prompts don't appear but time slows down for you to do a certain action during a cutscene. See Beyond Two Souls for more examples.

Okay, is this TRUE? Remember, this is an idea I proposed a bit ago? I said, if there are QTE, I want freedom to be in the hands of the player, and THEY get to choose what to do in situations and how they want to play. If they want to kick someone in the face, they can do that, but if they want to headbutt instead, they can do that too. I remember I mentioned how I want a CV with "free blade" esque whip swinging (inspired by the limp whip of SCV4). If this type of thing becomes popular, and QTE DIES a horrible death, I just might have a new perspective of the industry and new hopes for the future.