Wait Simon and Julius have the same VA? If that's true that sounds lazy.
Torture for you. LOS is the best game for me in this console generation. I wish I could use Alucard in LOS2?? Yess, clearly. Somewhat disappointed, but I thought that both MoF and LOS2 going to be the best of 2013. Day one!! sure.
So... no played Alucard in LOS2?? :rollseyes: someone will be angry.... :P
Julius Belmont?Wouldn't say 1999, but it could be LoS's version of those events.
1999 Demon Castle War
Cant say Julius surprises me. He's THE go to "Modern Day Belmont", and fan favorite due to his badass facial hair. (Though Simon has got some competition for him now!)
Of course, again, it is yet to be seen if any of this holds up.
Not for nothin' but isn't Julius also thechnically THE only "Modern Day Belmont"? Just sayin'.I've always thought Johnattan would be alive by 199 if too old. He probably gave the VK to Julius too.
I've always thought Johnattan would be alive by 199 if too old. He probably gave the VK to Julius too.
So my question is, who will the Belmont be during the flashback period?I think the Belmont will be ... Alucard !!?
Would you call that a closure of not just LoS trilogy, but of the original timeline as well?
Johnatthan was pretty young in POR, so I would say he would be somewhere in his late to mid 70s by 1999.I always figured Jonathan was the one who eventually sought out and found young Julius and trained him(naturally, many years before 1999).
It would be nice to have "Non-Belmont Belmont" as a combat character, not something exactly like Johnathan Morris but, you get the idea. Something like this guy...This concept was realized once to the "T", though, not with Belmonts - in COTM with Nathan and Hue. Ressurection could have provided in this regard.
because it would never live up to expectations and lore hype, especially with IGA's flaws as far as game designer
I dont know why anyone would want to think of it as a substitute for the real deal. What it would be however, is more or less MS own version of the "climactic final battle" between the Belmonts and Dracula. And it would be funny that they delivered while IGA never did with the old timeline. (and never will, because it would never live up to expectations and lore hype, especially with IGA's flaws as far as game design)
HO HO HO so people think upon the conclusion of LoS2 the Dragon will be redeemed? that's poppycock!
I don't like the idea of Dracula being forgiven of his sins "you defeated Satan, all is OK now u can come to Heaven," like some new-age Darth Vader figure. Seeing the LoS saga as the "rise, fall and redemption of GabrielSkywalkerBelmont," an "epic tragedy" leaves a bad taste in my mouth (http://devotions4misfits.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/michael-scott.jpg). The "sympathetic war-hero-turned badass" schtick has been used sooo many times in multiple games, I really hope they don't make it happen yet again
Just have Dracula be forever killed in a spectacular & gruesome manner & be done with it. I don't wanna see him revert to his good side the last 5 minutes as Marie's ghost appears by his side. Bleh. That'll be so fucking cheesy and not in a good way. But who am I kidding, that's prolly how it's gonna happen :rollseyes:
::awaits impending posts like IN CLASSIC CANON DRACULA WAS REDEEMED THRU SOMA SO WHY CAN'T DRACUL BE REDEEMED or DRACULA WAS SEMI-REDEEMED IN FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA DRACULA WHY CAN'T DRACUL DO THE SAME::
The "sympathetic war-hero-turned badass" schtick has been used sooo many times in multiple games, I really hope they don't make it happen yet againCastlevania was never pinnacle of originality, when it comes to the storyline, so LOS didn't do worse in that regard.
Well in that case Alucard has to be playable then. I mean they have too make him playable in some (DLC or otherwise). They have the sword gameplay mechanics and it'll sort of make up for teasing us with Alucard and his sword in MoF and then give him a whip instead.
Well that was from Francis Ford Coppola's version. In the original book Dracula was just a regular ol' rapey dick.Very true but I always thought Francis Ford Coppola's take on that really helps it come full circle.
HO HO HO so people think upon the conclusion of LoS2 the Dragon will be redeemed? that's poppycock!
I don't like the idea of Dracula being forgiven of his sins "you defeated Satan, all is OK now u can come to Heaven," like some new-age Darth Vader figure. Seeing the LoS saga as the "rise, fall and redemption of GabrielSkywalkerBelmont," an "epic tragedy" leaves a bad taste in my mouth (http://devotions4misfits.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/michael-scott.jpg). The "sympathetic war-hero-turned badass" schtick has been used sooo many times in multiple games, I really hope they don't make it happen yet again
Just have Dracula be forever killed in a spectacular & gruesome manner & be done with it. I don't wanna see him revert to his good side the last 5 minutes as Marie's ghost appears by his side. Bleh. That'll be so fucking cheesy and not in a good way. But who am I kidding, that's prolly how it's gonna happen :rollseyes:
::awaits impending posts like IN CLASSIC CANON DRACULA WAS REDEEMED THRU SOMA SO WHY CAN'T DRACUL BE REDEEMED or DRACULA WAS SEMI-REDEEMED IN FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA DRACULA WHY CAN'T DRACUL DO THE SAME::
I always thought they should have used the Julius ending as the canon ending.Yep, it is in my mind. And Dawn of Sorrow never existed, and if it did, the real game wa the Julius game with julius ending.
I thought it ended just fine with Dracula being ended once and for all, reincarnated as a Human again, to live his life out with his current loved one.Besides, Alucard hinted that there is always possibility of another Dark Lord. Dracula was holding this position for almost millenium, but that doesn't mean, that he always should be the Dark Lord.
Yep, it is in my mind. And Dawn of Sorrow never existed, and if it did, the real game wa the Julius game with julius ending.I still think it would've been interesting if Aria was the beginning and end of the Soma story, and DoS(or, considering my idea, could've been called something else entirely) should've been a full game based on the novel follow-up with Julius training his successor, Curtis Lang, the appearance of Michelle Danasty and Olrox(Orlock) seeking to take the mantle of Dracula and become the new "Dark Lord"(as well as taking hold over Graham Jone's ex-cultists). Leave Soma and co. behind, let Drac rest in peace and continue on with a new main vampire villain. It would also be an interesting nod to Nosferatu being the unofficial Dracula.
HOHOHO I keep reading people say "1999 will never live up to expectations," well what exactly are people expecting? Some AAA Game of the Year title, for it to be 100x better than Symphony with controls like SCIV & extreme difficulty like CVIII? Or the ultimate 3D experience with DMC3-like stage design & top-notch fluid controls with little to no glitches? Or a game only WayForward can do? Some people will never be satisfied unless they release another 2D CV on a home console [that's not downloadable].Since it's crucial turning point in the Castlevania storyline, obviously people expecting the game based on those events to be the best Castlevania experience ever created, no matter, 2D or 3D.
I know what to expect from IGA/Konami by now, and imo IGA was on the right track with OoE, so perhaps by now he might have delivered an excellent 1999 game (it may not have been an instant classic like Symphony or CVIII, but neither was AoS but that didn't stop me from enjoying it regardless). Unless of course you were expecting "the king of all metroivanias/2D games.
Take Just Cause 2. Place it, instead of a topical island, inside much of Transylvania. Replace the grappling hook with the whip (because really now), and make it so the user can collect multiple weapons. Ideally there'd be more of a focus on melee combat, so something like DMC+JC2 is probably the sort of idea of where we want to take it.I always envisioned my DCW starting with an airplane headed to Transylvania, filled with soldiers being briefed regarding the situation, and Julius accompanying them. Talk like, "England, Japan, among other nations' forces are already there..." and soldier talk like, "A little late to the barbeque" and "THIS kid is the fuckin savior? He's just a snot nosed teenaged brat!!", jokes regarding the situation and Julius. Then, a swarm of giant bats(Phantom Bats) attack the plane, the soldiers that aren't killed start parachuting down(one notices Julius isn't following, and Julius tells him he'll be right behind him). Julius makes his way to the cockpit as a phantom bat slams head first into it(basically ripping off the top, and taking out his whip, Julius latches onto the bat and starts fucking it up. The the bat carries him away from the falling plane as other phantom bats head towards them, setting their sights on Julius, he leaps from the dying bat to another and starts wailing on them. Meanwhle, outside of a Romanian village(maybe modern Jova), where all the surviving soldiers have gathered, they see the plane go down and think the worst("Well, looks like the savior's dead. We're fucked, aren't we?!"). Then, "Incoming!!", the bodies of the giant bats fall, crashing into the surrounding forest, and last, Julius via parachute, letting it go before touching down and falling into crouching position. That's just the intro, LOL! ;D
Adapting the sort of open-world nature of something like JC2 strikes me as the best idea given the nature of the series as a whole, and the JC2 scenario certainly means it would be well-suited to conveying a wartime scenario.
I've always thought that the DCW should be played on the more classic style of game play rather then going the Metridvania route. And that the opening scene along with the first few stages should be more hard, fast-paced action oriented to let the player know that they are in the middle of a full-scale war, kinda like Contra. But once inside the confides of Castlevania then the game can slow down a notch and take it's time. And if it had to be done in 3D then do it in the style of CV64/LoD except without the exploration and puzzles. In essence like the cancelled Dreamcast CV game was to be like.He's 19, last of the teens, a few years shy of being 21. It's that age where you are(at least in America), old enough but not "old enough". It would be an interesting aspect of Julius to go into, especially if he was to eventually start having doubts that he COULD do what others are expecting him to do. Of course, with my intro, in my idea, he CAN do phenomenal things, but even people who can do phenomenal things can have doubts about their own abilities. It would also be an interesting side comparison with the whole thing regarding a DCW game having high expectations. Julius would come to points where he asks himself, "Can I really live up to my ancestors?". Of course, we know he does live up to them, and defeats Dracula once and for all! ;)
Nice intro DragonSlayr81! But was Julius a teen in 1999 or a young man?
I always envisioned my DCW starting with an airplane headed to Transylvania, filled with soldiers being briefed regarding the situation, and Julius accompanying them. Talk like, "England, Japan, among other nations' forces are already there..." and soldier talk like, "A little late to the barbeque" and "THIS kid is the fuckin savior? He's just a snot nosed teenaged brat!!", jokes regarding the situation and Julius. Then, a swarm of giant bats(Phantom Bats) attack the plane, the soldiers that aren't killed start parachuting down(one notices Julius isn't following, and Julius tells him he'll be right behind him). Julius makes his way to the cockpit as a phantom bat slams head first into it(basically ripping off the top, and taking out his whip, Julius latches onto the bat and starts fucking it up. The the bat carries him away from the falling plane as other phantom bats head towards them, setting their sights on Julius, he leaps from the dying bat to another and starts wailing on them. Meanwhle, outside of a Romanian village(maybe modern Jova), where all the surviving soldiers have gathered, they see the plane go down and think the worst("Well, looks like the savior's dead. We're fucked, aren't we?!"). Then, "Incoming!!", the bodies of the giant bats fall, crashing into the surrounding forest, and last, Julius via parachute, letting it go before touching down and falling into crouching position. That's just the intro, LOL! ;DThat all sounds pretty exciting, but where would Alucard be in all this? We all know that with a battle this gigantic, he would have to be involved. Hell, it's the final battle against Dracula. And, I assume the idea to seal the castle inside the darkness of the eclipse was his idea. While, Alcuard could have gone back to sleep after the events of SotN, we don't know that he did. He could have been traveling the world and researching a way to put an end to Dracula for good.
That all sounds pretty exciting, but where would Alucard be in all this? We all know that with a battle this gigantic, he would have to be involved. Hell, it's the final battle against Dracula. And, I assume the idea to seal the castle inside the darkness of the eclipse was his idea. While, Alcuard could have gone back to sleep after the events of SotN, we don't know that he did. He could have been traveling the world and researching a way to put an end to Dracula for good.I think that's what he did too. Alucard would very much be a part of it. My guess is that he has somehow made the threat known and has reached out to various other "mystical" organizations of the world. That he's the one who hears of the Hakuba priests, and, becoming an ally to the Japanese government as the mysterious Genya Arikado, enlists them to help combat the evil. Meanwhile, I'm guessing a Belnades(who becomes mother or father of Yoko, perhaps meeting and falling in love with one of the Japanese agents sent with Arikado and Hakuba) is allied with the church, and is also sent to heart of the fray. My idea is it IS going to be a World War type scenario, and various countries sending troops are also sending some of their holy warriors too to aid Julius, Alucard/Arikado and the others. Of course, not all prove their mettle(some might even fall under the influence of Dracula and turn against Julius and co.).
onimusha 3 kinda gives me an idea of how dcw could turn out
Onimusha 3 Demon siege Intro (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShMAu4WBLO8#)
Onimusha 3 - Demon Siege [PC] walkthrough part 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9Q95ioylK4#ws)
minus the time traveling theme
D- War part 7 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWI5uL_NevA#)I think Neobelmont meant a DCW game set in the original timeline, in which it would be Dracula.
The question is.... Who will command the supernatural forces? Dracul or Satan?