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The Castlevania Dungeon Forums => Hardcore Gaming 101 => Topic started by: Ahasverus on March 20, 2012, 08:50:51 AM
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From the same sources that leaked the Tomb Raider reboot like 1 year before its unveiling, we get this!
Details are anorexic, but our source has claimed the game is a full reworking of the vampire action classic, and includes a new art direction.
We have been previously told the project was aiming for a reveal this year – possibly at E3 – but new information has warned this may not be accurate.
It’s unclear where the new game will lie in the IP, and whether or not Raziel or Kain will lead. The series itself is Legacy of Kain; Kain is a noble murdered and revived as a vampire who embarks on a crusade to kill his assassins and be restored to human form.
The protagonist of Soul Reaver – the sequel to the series’s first title, Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, which released in 1996 for PlayStation – is vampire-turned-wraith Raziel.
Soul Reaver – released in 1999 for PlayStation and PC, with a Dreamcast version following in 2000 – was a much-loved action adventure, and spawned a direct sequel in Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2 for PS2 and PC in 2001.
Two more games followed: Blood Omen 2: Legacy of Kain in 2002 and Legacy of Kain: Defiance for PS2, Xbox and PC in 2003.
Aside from some PSN releases, the series has been dormant ever since.
Crystal Dynamics is currently working on Square’s Tomb Raider reboot for release later this year. The studio has also confirmed it’s readying to announced a new IP in 2012. We’ve been told today this is an XBLA game.
We’ve reached out to Square Enix for comment, but no reply had been received at the time of writing.
http://www.vg247.com/2012/03/20/rumour-crystal-dynamics-working-on-soul-reaver-reboot/ (http://www.vg247.com/2012/03/20/rumour-crystal-dynamics-working-on-soul-reaver-reboot/)
While I'm concerned about the art direction, which I found un matchable (just hoping it's not cel shaded or cartoony.. please)
I couldn't be happier. With Castlevania's permission, LoK is THE Vampiric Series of gaming, with probably the best story ever told in the medium. I'm all for this.
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about time LoK got back in the game... especially with the vampire craze again.
it's time to educate these Twilight Fags what REAL vampires are
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The real question is... do you want it back? I believe all of the original creators are no longer there. The last to leave was Amy Hennig and she's doing Jak and Daxter and Uncharted.
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Thanks for the info, hopefully this rumor will be true
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Even though it will most likely fall into the tropes of modern action games, I cannot allow myself to not be hyped about this.
Hope it's true.
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The real question is... do you want it back? I believe all of the original creators are no longer there. The last to leave was Amy Hennig and she's doing Jak and Daxter and Uncharted.
Oh yes, they could use the old screenplay and then it'll be fine, it only needs a serious graphical and mechanical ujpgrade, but have you seen the Tomb Rider Reboot? Those guys are F-A-N-T-A-S-T-I-C. If it's Crystal Dynamics, I'm all for it.
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Oh yes, they could use the old screenplay and then it'll be fine, it only needs a serious graphical and mechanical ujpgrade, but have you seen the Tomb Rider Reboot? Those guys are F-A-N-T-A-S-T-I-C. If it's Crystal Dynamics, I'm all for it.
I'm still waiting for new news on the new tomb raider game. It's been over a year since we discussed it on this forum and I've not heard nor seen anything new on it.
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it's time to educate these Twilight Fags what REAL vampires are
Oh they know. They just choose to not care. More's the pity.
I care, which is how I manage to sleep at night.
In any case, never played the original games, so the reboot might be just what the doctor ordered for me.
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Oh yes, they could use the old screenplay and then it'll be fine, it only needs a serious graphical and mechanical ujpgrade, but have you seen the Tomb Rider Reboot? Those guys are F-A-N-T-A-S-T-I-C. If it's Crystal Dynamics, I'm all for it.
Never played it... and haven't looked it up for a good long time. Is it out? It does "look" fantastic.. but then I noticed QTEs left and right, so it doesn't seem fantastic. >:(
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I'm probably alone here, but I think LoK overused the platforming elements and didn't have enough action. The games kinda felt like a dark version of Tomb Raider sometimes.
Also, What's with the instant-death for Kain in Defiance every time he falls into water? Goddamnit he's supposed to be the most powerful vampire in the universe why the f**k is he so hydrophobic?
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Never played it... and haven't looked it up for a good long time. Is it out? It does "look" fantastic.. but then I noticed QTEs left and right, so it doesn't seem fantastic. >:(
Not the new one (that looks fantastic) but the old one! The Legends one. it was a reboot, retained everything that was good in the first place and made the series relevant again, these guys know how to make a good reboot ;D
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I'm probably alone here, but I think LoK overused the platforming elements and didn't have enough action. The games kinda felt like a dark version of Tomb Raider sometimes.
Also, What's with the instant-death for Kain in Defiance every time he falls into water? Goddamnit he's supposed to be the most powerful vampire in the universe why the f**k is he so hydrophobic?
Which one are you talking about? there are five games with the title "Legacy of Kain" and not all of them are plataform games. Is not strange SR to be similar to Tomb Raider, Crystal Dynamics never hid that fact.
The water thing is explained in the second game, Soul Reaver. Raziel dies because he's thrown into water, the same with Kain. Vampires are vulnerable to water, it's like acid for them. However is from Soul Reaver on that it becomes more deadly since in the first Blood Omen Kain was pretty resistant to water being able to enter lakes and walk under rain, he suffered damage but he didn't die instantly and with the mist form he was invulnerable. Unfortunately Crystal Dynamics pretty much discarded most of his abilites and forms in later games. Kain is not the strongest vampire in the universe, he was the sole survivor of his race which puts him in the position of the strongest being in Nosgoth but when Vorador still lived Kain was second to him due to his youth. The strongest vampire that ever lived was Janos, according to his reputation.
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Kain is part of the lesser vampire race, the high vampires are all dead (they ended their own lives) except for Janos.. who is dead too hahah
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yeah, the transformed humans are inferior and eventually devolve but there are some exceptions like Vorador, because he was converted by an ancient vampire so he received the unaltered gift and Kain because he was converted through necromancy, plus he's the scion of balance which grants him certain features like the rest of the guardians. Kain is, mmm different, he's not like Vorador but is not like the lesser vampires either.
The first converted vampires were like Vorador but with the vampire purges of the human circle and the suicide of most ancients, the vampire's bloodline decayed until they lost their human form entirely becoming the monsters from Soul Reaver
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What is not to love about that storyline eh? :P
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I'm probably alone here, but I think LoK overused the platforming elements and didn't have enough action. The games kinda felt like a dark version of Tomb Raider sometimes.
Also, What's with the instant-death for Kain in Defiance every time he falls into water? Goddamnit he's supposed to be the most powerful vampire in the universe why the f**k is he so hydrophobic?
This holy water, in LoK's continuity, there is no holy water, but that aspect of it applies to all water vs vampires. With the exception of the older vampires, like mentioned and Zephon, I believe, because he adapted to it... a bit like Raziel adapted to grow wings.
Not the new one (that looks fantastic) but the old one! The Legends one. it was a reboot, retained everything that was good in the first place and made the series relevant again, these guys know how to make a good reboot ;D
Ah... are you talking about the remake of teh first game with the first new Lara Croft replacement? I think I have it somewhere, never played it either.
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This holy water, in LoK's continuity, there is no holy water, but that aspect of it applies to all water vs vampires. With the exception of the older vampires, like mentioned and Zephon, I believe, because he adapted to it... a bit like Raziel adapted to grow wings.
Ah... are you talking about the remake of teh first game with the first new Lara Croft replacement? I think I have it somewhere, never played it either.
Wasn't Rahab?I think it was.
Edit:Took a look at the wiki.It was Rahab.
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Yea... I can't remember which is which... maybe Zephon was the bat one that was very sensitive to sound.
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Zephon was the insect-like dude who resided in the cathedral.I remember because it took me three hours to figure how to beat him. ;D
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Zephon was technically impressive, it's big, like BIG. Loved his voice (and its dialogue), could be my favorite "brother".
Ah... are you talking about the remake of teh first game with the first new Lara Croft replacement? I think I have it somewhere, never played it either.
Kind of! The remake you are talking about was the second game in the trilogy, called Annyversary, an adaptation nof the first game to the new continuity (but pretty much a remake, that was great), the first one was Legend (that gave a whole new origin and backstory) and the last one was Underworld.
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Yeah, see, while everyone else was joygasming over The Hunger Games premiering (which I still wanna see), I was busy joygasming over a possible Soul Reaver reboot.
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Oh crap Zephon, the cathedral area is awesome but also very annoying with those damn zephonims falling from the walls, they usually outnumber Raziel and always have to throw the first hit, making the Soul Reaver useless unless you're super fast to dodge their attacks. I hate them ha ha
The ones that took me the longest to figure out were Melchia and Dumah, who literally chased me for like two hours before I was able to set him up lol good times ;D
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Oh crap Zephon, the cathedral area is awesome but also very annoying with those damn zephonims falling from the walls, they usually outnumber Raziel and always have to throw the first hit, making the Soul Reaver useless unless you're super fast to dodge their attacks. I hate them ha ha
The ones that took me the longest to figure out were Melchia and Dumah, who literally chased me for like two hours before I was able to set him up lol good times ;D
Yeah,the zephonims scared the shit out of me when they fell from the walls ;D.With Dumah,i asked my older bro for help because i
couldn't figure out where to take him.
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Was Melchaia the first one, that you get Phasing from? Was easy enough.
Dumah was easy when I fought him. Took a while for me to give up and run around to look for things to do.
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Melchiah and Dumah are easy when you figure out what action you must do to defeat them, until then you gotta run. Is not a big deal with Melchiah because you run in circles but with Dumah you have to run across the entire stronghold with a vampire twice Raziel's size behind you, you can't see him most of the time plus he can paralize you :x
It took me a long time to defeat him, mostly because at first I was focused in running away from him ha ha
Later I found out I had to ignite him but is not always so easy to lure and keep him there
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Dumah was annoying to me because sometimes,he would just dissapear from my sight.When i looked,he was all the way back to the throne room.
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Dumah was annoying to me because sometimes,he would just dissapear from my sight.When i looked,he was all the way back to the throne room.
I had that same problem, it appears to be some kind of resetting, if you don't stay close enough to him while running you'll have to start all over again