Topic: Lords of Shadow, anyone?

[Reinhart77]

I figured we'd be playing Lord of Shadows before the PS360 Castlevania came out.  Maybe not for very long...

[Xadion]

This may not be a CV game, as it may not be centered around Castlevania itself and Dracula- but we have leared from SOTN, LoI and PoR- there are other vampires- and other monsters.

This game could very well be in the same /world/ as CV- as we are learning more from OOE etc- the time the belmonts are gone/missing can lead to some intiresting things...

I want a game where the main villan is a succubus-- full AO raiting and everything....Castleitavania! Great oppourtunity to cast a female lead whos lover has been seduced by a succubus or something.

[belmontsrock]

Lords Of Shadow should become a Castlevania game, heck it's just like it!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIu0ywRazGg

[shelverton.]

In Reply To #108

Yeah, this thread is about that video, so...
But the Castlevania music was put there by someone who clearly wants to confuse people and spread rumors. The original trailer has different music. Or background sounds.

[paletteswapmonster]

There is no way Lords of Shadow is a CV game. There was already a PS3/360 game announced.

[belmontsrock]

Well it should become a CV game, it looks just like it!!

[Kaneco]

My theory is that it might be connected with the games, but after Soma Cruz story (I doubt it...too much into the future), because the castle was certainly destroyed along with "chaos" (the essence of the castle)....

It could be before LoI and before the creation of Castlevania, making the reason of not naming the game "Castlevania" logical...but then again...it goes against the whole rinaldo's story about creating the whip with alchemy with the purpose to destroy Walter...

I guess time will tell... :

[justin312]

In Reply To #112

I think it is a Western dev team's take on the classic Castlevania games.  Maybe they are making it a new IP instead of an actual CV because it would be too difficult to tell the story they want to while adhering to the complex continuity that has been established in the CV games. 

Take the whip, for example.  The whip we see in the Lords of Shadow trailer is much more reminiscent of the morning star whip from classic CV games than the "Vampire Killer" leather whip we see in games like Lament, Judgment and CV64.  But how can they tell a story that includes this mystical chain-whip weapon, when the other modern 3D games have clearly established the "Vampire Killer" whip to be a standard leather whip and not a morning star chain whip?

Another possibility is that Konami wants to keep Iga and company happy with pumping out DS games, so they don't want to risk offending him and having him leave the series by giving "his baby" away to another team.

We'll just have to wait for more news, but from what I have seen I am guessing that this is a new team's take on CV, whether it ends up being included in the series or not.  And thats a good thing, I think its about time we had a new team have a try at a 3D Castlevania.

[Belmont-confidant]

This is probably gonna turn into a rick'roll almost as big as when Mr. Astley showed up @ the Macy's Day Parade. It being Castlevania still feels like a long-shot, but some concept art suggests otherwise. The ice castle makes me think of CV: Adventure/Belmont's Revenge.

[paletteswapmonster]

It doesn't have to be Castlevania. It can still be very similar.