Topic: Lords of Shadow, anyone?

[A n t r a x x]

In Reply To #72

blame the original x68k spriters. the chronicles simon is just a sprite edit of him.

the poses in the sprites match perfectly (just try overlaying them), and you can still see the remains of the bandana on the new sprites sometimes.

Yeah I meant the x68k one too. I don't like either.

[Dark Nemesis]

This artwork, reminds me Vagrant Story instead of Castlevania. If it is like Vagrant Story, then i'll buy right away a PS3!!

[VEP]

this suit in LOS seems to remind me abit of CV Simons quest or maybe thats a long shot.

[DoctaMario]

It occurred to me that maybe this Lords Of Shadow is something to appeal to fans of the more action-oriented CV games, while the games that have the "Castlevania" stamp on them will continue to be more like the ones we've gotten recently.

Damn it all if this game looks good. Here I was saying I wasn't going to buy a next gen system and I'm already thinking that a PS3 might be in my future. 

[A-Yty]

Damn, even that guy's armor looks like Simon's SQ armor..

Makes me wish I owned a XB360 or PeeAssThree. Oh well.

[Reinhart77]

one theory that i have is maybe the game takes place before Lament of Innocence, and therefore, would be before Dracula's time and would need a new title in Japan, which might as well have a new title here.  maybe the whip sword was made the same way the Vampire Killer was using the Cronqvist family knowledge?

i doubt that's what's going on, but it's a theory.

[Aridale]

In Reply To #81

Man if this actually DOES have anything to do with Castlevania I hope it has absolutely nothin to do with any of IGAs creations or games.

[Taeaekkae]

That gauntlet at 00:25 looks just like Leons in LoI.

[paletteswapmonster]

In Reply To #81

That would be very stupid. There would be absolutely no point in having a game taking place before Lament.

[Dark Nemesis]

In Reply To #84

Can you explain the why?

[paletteswapmonster]

In Reply To #85

It would do nothing to the story and have no purpose.

[outofthegamer]

"Set in Southern Europe during the middle ages, Lords of Shadow has beautifully-realised blah, blah, blah."*

The middle sages is from 1100 to 1500, so it couldn't take place before LoI...that was the dark ages.

*from the press release

[Dark Nemesis]

The middle sages ???release

[semianonymous]

Trevor was in the 1400's, though, so it could very well be Trevor though, bowing before the cross. Of course, if we are looking at a potential CV3 remake, I doubt IGA wouldn't be involved.

Of course, it could also just be a completely unrelated but inspired by game with a CV fan as the producer, who knows?

[shelverton.]

In Reply To #89

Yeah, the spanish development studio maybe said to Konami: "Hey, we're making a Castlevania-inspired nextgen action game, care to publish?".
Well, maybe not exactly like that, but it's possible they're Castlevania fans. And maybe Konami wants to see how their game turns out, and then we may see some major Castlevania outsourcing in the future. It happens all the time.