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

[DarkPrinceAlucard]

No. I'm getting exhausted because you keep missing my point!

How did I miss your point?

All I have really be doing is reiterating mine for the most part.

I get that LOS score should be judged by what it set out to do, which is why I pointed out earlier I thought they did a good job in that respect.

They wanted to create a soundtrack based on the mood of the player, they sought to differentiate this score from the previous entries and make it more mainstream which is ok for them since this was a reboot and a fresh start.

The only thing for the most part I have been saying is that I just do not agree with such a score being in a CV game.

If it was its on IP I could easily judge it by its own merits, but since its a CV game I have to look back and see how it stacks up to previous entries.

But even then I know what kind of score it set out to be and accomplish.

[Belmontoya]

Could it be that you are one of the "I think LOS should not be a Castlevania" CV fans?

If so, that would make the last couple of hours make a whole lot more sense to me.

[Maedhros]

Eh, LoS music is boring for me because I found it boring.

That's about it.

[DarkPrinceAlucard]

Could it be that you are one of the "I think LOS should not be a Castlevania" CV fans?

I used to be, but lately I have become a lot more tolerate of it and see it as a CV game now, although obviously different and rebooted.

I still however hold the notion that it would have been much better under its own IP rather than the CV series, but still I have grown more interested in it than before, especially with Mirror of Fate and CVLOS2 although the former did let me down, but at least it got the CV vibe to it (minus the soundtrack) and so far I could say the same of CVLOS2.

[Ahasverus]

Eh, LoS music is boring for me because I found it boring.

That's about it.

I can get behind this I for one hate the Lamment of Innocence score, bores me to tears, but I know it also won its fair share of awards.

[Dremn]

Castlevania III, IV, Bloodlines, Rondo, Belmont's Revenge, and SotN have the best soundtracks in the series in my opinion.

Rebirth gets honorable mention because I am forever the Rebirth guy around here.

The LoS universe's music is meant to fit the mood more than anything else, and at this point I get that message. I still wish it had some more melody in it though, nothing will ever beat that sweet Konami sound of old. One of Castlevania's defining features has always been it's music, I like the LoS series but the music is not it's strong suit when compared to what I'm familiar with when it comes to the series score.

I hope the next attempt at the series brings back that familiar sound.

[Ahasverus]

Castlevania III, IV, Bloodlines, Rondo, and SotN have the best soundtracks in the series in my opinion.

Rebirth gets honorable mention because I am forever the Rebirth guy around here.

How did you dare to forget Belmont's Revenge *youarealreadydead.jpg*

[Maedhros]

It's strange for me to say that I accept LoS a lot more now because I know it's ending with this game? I can respect a developer wanting to finish a story. LoS is a very different take on Castlevania. Besides the music, I'll remember some good things that came from it.

But what I'm much more interested is to see where the series goes from here.

[Dremn]

How did you dare to forget Belmont's Revenge *youarealreadydead.jpg*

AAAAAAAAh IM SORRY D8

It's strange for me to say that I accept LoS a lot more now because I know it's ending with this game?

Nah, that's where I'm at now too. LoS is a mixed bag among the fans, you either think its a Castlevania game or you don't. I honestly did not become a real fan of this new series until that hype LoS2 CG trailer and Mirror of Fate establishing the Belmont clan/Dracula into it's canon.

When I think Castlevania, I think Dracula, not Satan.

[Maedhros]

Satan was a complete asspull. Yeah, having Dracula (or Dracul, as he call himself for no reason at all) as playable character won me for LoS2. And making the battle system faster and apparently less use the same combo over and over again will be great too.

[DarkPrinceAlucard]

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I hated when i read the spoilers how it appears that the final villian will once again be Satan.

I was so looking forward to the theory that gabriel split himself in 2 somehow at the end of the game and thus we had a Belmont vs Dracula for the final battle.

But sadly that does not look to be the case, at least not for the final battle anyway.

[Maedhros]

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I hated when i read the spoilers how it appears that the final villian will once again be Satan.

I was so looking forward to the theory that gabriel split himself in 2 somehow at the end of the game and thus we had a Belmont vs Dracula for the final battle.

But sadly that does not look to be the case, at least not for the final battle anyway.

I understand that spoiler differently. If you read it carefully, it leaves on the air that maybe there's another battle after Satan.

[DarkPrinceAlucard]

I understand that spoiler differently. If you read it carefully, it leaves on the air that maybe there's another battle after Satan.

Really?

Because the final achievement which says

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"The End - 30
Annihilate Satan and save the world, again"

Seems to imply that Satan will be the boss at the end of the game.

[Maedhros]

Really?

Because the final achievement which says

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"The End - 30
Annihilate Satan and save the world, again"

Seems to imply that Satan will be the boss at the end of the game.

"And save the world, again." That part makes me think there's something after it. The chapter structure hints at that too.

The only problem I'm having right now is having Gabriel coming back/spliting from Dracula. That's bullshit IMO.

[Ahasverus]

Really?

Because the final achievement which says

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"The End - 30
Annihilate Satan and save the world, again"

Seems to imply that Satan will be the boss at the end of the game.

I don't think so, by this point the leaked level list is pretty legit and we know there is something that comes after that. Probably

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