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

[thernz]

It can not only be done, but done very well. Try playing Bloodrayne Betrayal. Deep combat system, with plenty of old school platforming.

Oh, I don't like that game and disagree that it combined them well.

I never said they had to stick to the original mechanics either lol. I like Shinobi for PS2 since it pulls off a vastly different combat from older titles in its series, and combines it gracefully with platforming and flow.

ofc that type of gameplay wouldnt even fit castlevania but i am just sayin
i like things

[CastleDan]

i mean it's cool that some wanted more and more rinse and repeat copy and paste adventures by IGA but some of us don't.

Mercury Steam while not the most popular talking point actually made a competent Castlevania in 3d and that's more than you can say for Iga's 3D adventures. ( sure it had nice music and it followed the original story but man did it look lazy)....

For fans that praise classic castlevania games a lot of people sure like hating on a game that brings a whip back to the main character and has you trek your way to the castle instead of starting in it.

It's not perfect, and sure no one loves rebooted storylines but the problem was IGA's games weren't selling anymore, and sure this team could have finished off where he left off but I'm sure they felt making their take on a franchise that is already way crowded would be a more fulfilling experience. I'm sure as hell much more excited now because i have no idea what to expect.

I mean for shits sake Mirror of Fate looks more creative than any of Iga's 2d castlevanias. 4 characters and they go through different time periods ( different appearances of the castle).... Sounds like a pretty hardworking team.

Don't get me wrong, while I think Iga's games got more ridiculous as time went on I was still interested to see what the 1999 game would be like. However, now I'm interested to see what the future holds for this series, and the ending scene of LOS definitely had me excited for its future....

[Odile Kuronuma]

As did those of us who participating in the polls they arranged, the feedback of which I'm sure they considered in the new games.
This is a bad thing, why?

I didn't say that.I'm glad they're taking into consideration our opinions, but that idea he came up with is bad, and considering how bad it is,  i was trying  to be funny. i guess i didn't know how to express it well in my comment.

[CastleDan]

I didn't say that.I'm glad they're taking into consideration our opinions, but that idea he came up with is bad, and considering how bad it is,  i was trying to to be funny. i guess i didn't know how to express it well in my comment.

Btw do we have the questions they asked in those polls? I'm kinda curious ..

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

Trevor's coat reminds me of Alucard's frock coat.
Loving the emerald green scheme, but not digging the hilariously chiseled warrior faces (though they do look realistic/accurate).

It looks like:


WINTER IS COMING!

[Omegasigma]

the original timeline, if you take judgment as canon for a moment, it would establish the original timeline went till the year 9999 at least, since gala wanted drac gone for good it seemed, anyways the reboot is growing on me and now I just hope its not the belmonts vs Satan, it has to be the belmonts VS dracula

as long as MS doesnt pull a dumb move and have Dracula Die at said time *cough 1999* the series doesnt have to limit itself to a certain time peroid, that was the original series downfall, that Dracula died in 1999, and since then, the series basicly went downhill, mind you IGA did do the best he could as the director for the series, but as some others have pointed out, He never really took risks, he stuck toa  formula that eventually got old, I cant bad mouth him, the games were all good in their own ways

which is why when I started my own castlevania fan project, it was different compared to the usual series, it was kinda like CV64 and  LoI/Cod hybred in mind, but with a linear plaforming in 3d in mind

[thernz]

I'd love a Castlevania with more subtle, naturalistic, and historical accurate outfits, but maybe Castlevania's essence is the total anti-thesis of that considering it started with Conan clones and then evolved into fashion god-lords.

make castlevania not castlevania, guys. we can take it further.

[Mr.Bushido]

I really hope the combat system don't screw up the pace of the game. Man that shit is important if they want to make a good exploration based game

[uzo]

I'm not sure that being more like Game of Thrones is such a bad thing Jorge.

Game of Thrones has better character designs and writing than all Castlevania games will ever have, combined.

[Chernabogue]

Funny thing we're talking about GoT, as one of the actors of the series may voice one of the new characters.

[Odile Kuronuma]

Btw do we have the questions they asked in those polls? I'm kinda curious ..

i have no idea. i don't like browsing into a lot of pages to look for something. But it's still somewhere on the forums.

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

I'm not sure that being more like Game of Thrones is such a bad thing Jorge.

Game of Thrones has better character designs and writing than all Castlevania games will ever have, combined.

Oh I love "Game of Thrones".  No complaints here.

[Fofa]

Trevor's coat reminds me of Alucard's frock coat.
Loving the emerald green scheme, but not digging the hilariously chiseled warrior faces (though they do look realistic/accurate).

I'm actually not fond the green coloured coat, but then again green isn't my favourite colour to begin with (that'd be purple).

[beingthehero]

I still don't get why people are still trying to make this Cox vs IGA.

Am I just one of those rare types of people that, I dunno, actually like both without feeling the need to say which one is more pure or how IGA just rehashes EVERYTHING EVER or that Cox is arrogant and is TURNING EVERYTHING INTO A GOW CLONE?

I mean damn guys, most people just want a good game and actually don't want to turn this into a dumb pissing contest about whose guy is the best guy.

I highly doubt Cox or IGA think of each other as any more than coworkers, and certainly don't hate each other.

Also Ahaseverus-sama, that comparison picture between CoD Trevor and Lor3ds Trevor is kind of whoa. I had no idea they were basing Trev off of his CoD appearance. Having a callback to that game is a nice touch, just as nice as seeing Simon's design reference Chronicles and a little bit of Julius.

[DragonSlayr81]

I still don't get why people are still trying to make this Cox vs IGA.

Am I just one of those rare types of people that, I dunno, actually like both without feeling the need to say which one is more pure or how IGA just rehashes EVERYTHING EVER or that Cox is arrogant and is TURNING EVERYTHING INTO A GOW CLONE?

You are not alone, but you ARE an awesome person for thinking like that!