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

[crisis]

Araujo music

Hooray!

[Chernabogue]

If that's just to fight a boss or escape a situation, I don't mind QTEs.

Also, ARAUJO.

[knightmere]

I guess we can't expect MS to change things up too much... I mean they did cash in the first time around.

[Chernabogue]

For French speakers: http://www.jeuxvideo.com/articles/0001/00017094-castlevania-mirrors-of-fate-e3-2012-preview.htm

I can translate some parts if you want or sum it up.

EDIT: New pic of the boss/big enemy.

[MKKhanzo]

If that's just to fight a boss or escape a situation, I don't mind QTEs.

Also, ARAUJO.

Ugh 

[cecil-kain]

Also, ARAUJO.

Araujo...  ... 

I love John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, James Horner, Hans Zimmer, --and many other Hollywood composers...

These men are the Mozarts of our time, and infinitely qualified for most projects --but I wouldn't trust a single one of them with Castlevania.

Maybe...  Danny Elfman...

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

Guys, I just translated the entire article.
Scroll back a page to read it in its entirety.

[e105beta]

Don't be too sure...  Check out the action at 0:09-0:12....  QTEs are definitely in the mix.

Nintendo 3DS 3rd Party Games Trailer - E3 2012

Yes, but Cox said on his twitter that it's optional. If you want to, you can just keep smacking it.

Personally, I choose the QTE, but to each their own.

EDIT:

"For us it was very important that the player feel emotionally implicated by the story" says Alvarez "even though this is not going to be necessarily what they have known in the past with this Saga, whic is more recommended since they will not know exactly out take on this."

I've been waiting for this. I've always loved Belmonts vs Dracula, but I've always missed a bit of the more personal aspect of the conflict. From what we've seen, both Trevor and Simon have a personal stake in defeating Dracula, and not just the usual heroic role.

Looking forward to it.

[Sindra]

"Because of this, our game is not inspired in other Castlevania titles, but rather inspired by our own Lords of Shadow".

Boo.....

"The sound effects are very high quality as is the music, done by Oscar Araujo, the same composer responsible for the score of Lords of shadow."

I don't see how people are excited about him being back, other than him hopefully learning how to do captivating and memorable music right and stop doing the whole damn soundtrack as bland, theatrical background noise. If there are any musical gods on high, they will hopefully have inspired him to at least TRY to look back at what Japanese composers have done in past CV games and get some clues.

Yes, I'm sorry I'm getting down on the game before it's even released and I'm sure some of the people who liked LoS are giving me the stink-eye for it, but considering how I didn't feel the last game was compelling enough to even finish (the first and only Castlevania game I've ever done that with, even goddamn Judgment), I'm not exactly jumping for joy that they plan on revisiting alot of the same with Mirror of Fate.

I honestly hope they surprise me.

[kingu]

Araujo...  ... 

I love John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, James Horner, Hans Zimmer, --and many other Hollywood composers...

These men are the Mozarts of our time, and infinitely qualified for most projects --but I wouldn't trust a single one of them with Castlevania.

Maybe...  Danny Elfman...

this post didn't go as expected. that's quite a shortsighted and biased view. araujo himself simply churns out indistinct "cinematic" pieces. it shouldn't speak for others.

[crisis]

but considering how I didn't feel the last game was compelling enough to even finish (the first and only Castlevania game I've ever done that with, even goddamn Judgment),

how about Haunted Castle?? 

[Sindra]

how about Haunted Castle?? 

Haunted Castle I at least felt that burning frustration of dying and getting back up and dying and getting back up until I had no more lives before I gave up. That I at least wanted to finish. LoS, well, I put down for a bit and never felt the desire to pick it back up. Haunted Castle I still will try my damnedest at.

What does that say?

[Dremn]

Is this guy a fleaman?


Looks like the staircase right before Dracula?

[A-Yty]

That hunchbacked creature better not be Chupacabra.

Or if it is, there better be an option to brutally snuff out its life. Maybe have a hide-and-seek game with the hapless critter running around, trying to make a hopeless escape.

Ugh..more Araujo music. Double Ugh..being inspired by the game that was barely inspired by the series it belongs to.

And titans. More goddamn titans.

[Chernabogue]

Looks like a hunchback indeed.

The second artwork is niiice!