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

[Flame]

I'd like to know what' Zobek's surname is then, actually.

[DragonSlayr81]

Funny how MoF was supposed to be about revealing Gabriel's ancestors. This is a pretty big spoiler if not Major. I want to see if they have their take on Mathaias. The only thing I wonder is if LoS2 will have their intepretation of Vlad III Dracula and Gabriel fights him as a Major battle or a filler boss such as Malphas's Chapter.

Doubtful, Vlad III Dracula doesn't exist in those "worlds", at least not in the sense of who he is in our history. Though, I did say, if they were ever to reboot the series again, I would love them to just go all out and have Dracula be Vlad III, no Mathias, no Gabriel, just the mythic man of history. Also, if they planned to tell his origin tale(yet again), just do it with human Vlad III taking on the dark lord persona. No sappy love story or tragic past.

[crisis]

But would it really matter if in the next game Dracula was the historical Vlad III or not? The end result will always be the same; Vampire Lord that shoots fireballs in his castle. At least the real Matthias had ties to Vlad III, they did their homework to some extent..


As for Zobek, his surname might be Zobek Cumberbatch, Zobek the Zobekian, or *ahem* Zobek Dinesti. prunyuu~

[DragonSlayr81]

But would it really matter if in the next game Dracula was the historical Vlad III or not? The end result will always be the same; Vampire Lord that shoots fireballs in his castle. At least the real Matthias had ties to Vlad III, they did their homework to some extent..

I think it would make his origin more simpler, I guess. Dracula WOULD be, well, Dracula. I mean, IF they reboot it again. I wouldn't be against returning to the classic canon, but IF they reboot it(a big "if"), I dont' think I'd want "yet another" origin story ripe with pretentiousness. If they DO touch up on "Dracula's origins", I'd want it to be as simple as possible. I'm pretty much more of the type of guy who doesn't care if they NEVER do another origin tale. Just get to the business. The early CV games were mainly just business. Any info regarding the "how" and "why" were kept rather simple and easy to swallow. You didn't need to know WHO Dracula was, he was "DRACULA"! Everybody knows who Dracula is. I doubt even today you'd find a kid who doesn't know who Dracula is. I heard Hotel Transylvania did pretty good at the box office, and Dracula's in that(based on the classic movie persona, no less).

I know someone might say, "Oh, back then, it was different. Now, you have to explain the character backgrounds so it could make sense to gamers."... yadda yadda. Do we really need a new origin to explain why Dracula became who he is everytime the reboot wheel turns? It's kinda pathetic in a way, if that's the state we are in as a society, that everybody has to be told every minute detail about every little thing just to understand what something's about.

[Sumac]

Do we really need a new origin to explain why Dracula became who he is everytime the reboot wheel turns?

Every story should have begining and the end.

[Lelygax]

Yes, but they dont need to start in "this" beggining, they can start telling about the Belmonts and ignore Dracula backstory. Its like saying that every game or movie needs to start telling how our universe and planet has been created.

What Im trying to say is that DragonSlayr81 have a point. +1 buddy.

[Kingshango]

So our favorite PR person went on a Tweeting spree recently and posted Devil Trevor's inventory


Then went on to say this

Dave Cox ‏@CastlevaniaLOS
@NabilSatsFan - It's not the combat cross, it's something else... He doesn't get his sword until LOS2

[Chernabogue]

Mmh, nice to see some screenshots.

Alucard has really the same outfit than Trevor.

[Kingshango]

Yep, only difference is that he ripped the upper part of his coat and replaced it with armor. Probably got destroyed when Dracula killed him the first time.

And look at his abilities, mist, wolf, bat projectile and a couple others. Trevor really hit the superpower lottery when he came back, if this isn't the work of something devil-ish *wink wink* I don't know what is.

[flyingchai]

Yep, only difference is that he ripped the upper part of his coat and replaced it with armor.

Actually....I think that it's his bare chest, just like his father...only Alucard turned blue. 

[DarkPrinceAlucard]

Actually....I think that it's his bare chest, just like his father...only Alucard turned blue. 

Yea whats up with that?

I know the difference in graphics between LOS2 and Mirror of fate is pretty big, but, why the hell does this Alucard look so different than the one in the LOS2 trailer?

He didn't have skin that was "dark/blue" like that, and I don't think he was bare chested either.

His coat was also obviously black in the trailer and initial artwork.

But now it looks kinda Dark green mixed with black if you ask me.

[Flame]

I wonder what those other two after bat are? it looks like a sand clock and a clawed gauntlet. Wonder what the last move is?

Also, why does it have to be "Devilish"? Gabuella has a few real nifty abilities too, most notably the ability to turn into smoke, a smokey/fiery Dragon, and the ability to make dark energy whips.

Trevorcard on the other hand has a few not quite as grand powers, which involve turning into mist, a bat, and a wolf. AKA traditional vampire powers.

Y'know, I think the way this will play out is Gabe turns him, and then you fight him as Simon, kinda like how Trevor fights Alucard in CV3, and once you beat sense into him, he joins the party. Or something. Maybe.

Also, he isn't blue. I think it's supposed to look like a pale almost grayish color. It looks all wierd probably because it's a camera photo of the screen.

As for being bare chested, Im pretty sure he was.

[Kingshango]

Alucard is the demonic form of Trevor and I am sticking to it till the game comes out, no one will change my mind otherwise. *fold's arm*

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Despite all the implications pointing to Trevor being Alucard, I still don't believe it tbh. I know there seems to be evidence that goes against Alucard and Trevor being seperate people but I just feel like there's something missing. But due to the overwhelming support of Trevorcard, Im just playing along with the theory that make the most sense in the case: Trevor became a demon after his defeat.

[kaiwai]

This weapon on the inventory screen reminds me the spear of Eric Lecarde in Bloodlines !!
And this weapon is called "the Alucard's Spear" in the japanese version of the Megadrive game !! 

Castlevania Bloodlines - Stage 1 - Eric Lecarde

[Munchy]

I think it would make his origin more simpler, I guess. Dracula WOULD be, well, Dracula. I mean, IF they reboot it again. I wouldn't be against returning to the classic canon, but IF they reboot it(a big "if"), I dont' think I'd want "yet another" origin story ripe with pretentiousness. If they DO touch up on "Dracula's origins", I'd want it to be as simple as possible. I'm pretty much more of the type of guy who doesn't care if they NEVER do another origin tale. Just get to the business. The early CV games were mainly just business. Any info regarding the "how" and "why" were kept rather simple and easy to swallow. You didn't need to know WHO Dracula was, he was "DRACULA"! Everybody knows who Dracula is.

Exactly on the same page here. This is part of why I loved the Tin Tin movie.

"Who's that?"

"He's Tin Tin! Fuck off!"