Topic: Lords of Shadow, anyone?

[Reinhart77]

(wow, I'm surprised this board isn't bleeping out certain words)

Anyways, maybe they decided not to use the Castlevania name because they were tired of the ESRB and patent offices leaking their games?  Um, right.

It would certainly be cool if this did have some ties to the Castlevania universe, but it wouldn't make me go out and buy a PS3 like a game with "Castlevania" in its title would.

I still wish that we found out one day that Nanobreaker existed in the Castlevania universe, even though it's focus was completely different.  I wish they let you play with that form-changing weapon in Curse of Darkness after you beat the game.

[Aridale]

In Reply To #44

Your clearly a moron. No one in ANY of IGAs games (much less CV games) has EVER looked as manly as this Gabriel guy in this. If anything this harks back to the old NES/SNES CV days before it got all anime/girly man-ed out. He actually LOOKS like Simon from CV2 but brought more in line with next-gen (I hate that word too) systems.

[paletteswapmonster]

anime/girly man-ed out.

The Belmonts are exceptions(not Juste much, though).

[A n t r a x x]

Albus is manly.

[paletteswapmonster]

In Reply To #49

Him too. Masaki's art seems to have manlier men.

[Jago]

In Reply To #47

This is what I was thinking as well, suprized no one else thought the same.

[shelverton.]

Here's lots of artwork: http://s445.photobucket.com/albums/qq176/Huzzud/Kotaku_Announce/

I'm pretty damn convinced this is an original game and not Castlevania related.

[A n t r a x x]

I'm still not sure, but I am SO jealous I don't have that awesome envelope full of great art.

[Reinhart77]

Zobek reminded me of Morris Baldwin.  Um, but with a sword.

[Dark Nemesis]

All i can say is, that this game  is just another reason or excuse for me to buy a PS3!!

[Aridale]

In Reply To #51

Remember... Simon wasnt red headed until IGA got ahold of him for Chronicles.

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

In Reply To #56
He's right.  He's been all over the spectrum but I always pictured him as a dirty blonde (really dirty blonde, almost brown) like in his Akumajo Dracula X68000 and Akumajo Dracula/Castlevania NES artwork.

[erimocard]

Dunno, but everything that remains about Simon in my head is his CV1 NES-sprite. It's the only way I really like him. This is the legendary vampire hunter, not a red haired, leather clad bishieboy. Though I even like the chronicles-Simon. He's just not Simon IMO.

I am so sorry. Really.

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

In Reply To #58

I can understand that.
For me, Simon has two colors:
Brown (Castlevania, Akumajo Dracula X68000)
and
Reddish (Vampire Killer MSX, Castlevania: Simon's Quest)

While I do like his plate armor in Super CV4, I don't consider it his 'official' colors, heh.  And I dislike the Ayami Kojima artwork rendition of him for Chronicles (though the sprite is actually somewhat alright... 'cept the Burgundy Hair in the sprite looks glued on).

[Danial]

My favorite Simon is from CV2.  Brown Simon is ok, but I prefer the color variations. I really liked the darker colors of red and black with the white accents of his boots and gloves.  The guy in the game trailer is very Simon-esque.  Even if it's not CV, I feel this is a direction the games have ignored going towards. 

Between this and the new art style of OoE, it makes me look back at the other Iga games and even Judgement and wonder why we couldn't have a gothic manly style.