Topic: Platinum for Castlevania yay or nay?

[X]

Are you saying that The Demon Castle Wars could allow players to create their own character, while Julius and others are NPCs?  If so, that could also allow for [optional] cooperative multiplayer on top of a choice-driven solo campaign.

I can see this for a multiplayer gimmick. But story-wise Julius is the hero whom defeats Dracula from the last time.

[RichterB]

Nay. Lords of Shadow is already halfway to Platinum with all the combos and power-ups. If you removed all platforming and sped up the combat, you'd be even closer to Platinum. If anything, Castlevania in 3D needs to SLOW DOWN and get back to strategic action-platforming. Really, Castlevania 64 is the more the logical future direction.

[Hypocrates]

Nay. Lords of Shadow is already halfway to Platinum with all the combos and power-ups. If you removed all platforming and sped up the combat, you'd be even closer to Platinum. If anything, Castlevania in 3D needs to SLOW DOWN and get back to strategic action-platforming. Really, Castlevania 64 is the more the logical future direction.

I have to agree with this.  I have no doubts that if Platinum made the game it would be fun.  But I don't know if it would be Castlevania.

Honestly, I would love a new game like the 64 ones.  I always see people say they don't feel like Castlevania, but I still think they're the best 3D translation of the series thus far (Perhaps not the best games, but the best 2D->3D conversion).  The fact that developers are now capable of making 3rd person camera views that aren't complete crap should really help out, too.

[Munchy]

I'd be fine with Platinum making entries in pretty much any game series I like; as long as Konami has joined the "We don't develop games internally anymore" fad they might as well farm the series out to a good company. I'm sure they'd have the wherewithal not to make it completely batshit insane like Bayonetta. Also a Masami Ueda composed Castlevania OST would be twelve eargasms at once.

Even more than Castlevania I want them to make Contra though. There can be a good 3D version, dammit.