Topic: I knew it! Castlevania: Lords of Shadow!(SPOILERS HERE, PLZ USE THE SPOILER TAG)

[DragonSlayr81]

That's basically what Square did with FF13.

I can't say I'm anticipating ANY FF game in the near future. They are going to have to do something really big to gain my interest. I'm actually more interested in Sakaguchi's new Mist Walker game, "The Last Story" for Wii. The artwork released so far is beautiful, and the music(most definitely Nobuo Uematsu's work) is stunning. Seemingly, from what I heard, the idea for this game was something Sakaguchi had in his mind around the time of FFVII(it was something he wanted to do as an original IP, but never got the chance).

slogra is basically confirmed did you not see that concept art a page back?
but i also hope gaibon will return

I hope Gaibon's design is just as "true to form" as Slogra's design. Like I said, the little attention to details, keeping Slogra's basic design by using the SCV4/SotN sprite as basis is tops. It makes me smile, so much that it's starting to hurt!

[Ahasverus]

Can you Imagine Death? Or Dracula/*INsert new vampire lord here*'s second form? I simply can't, they will be as epic as it gets, I mean, that was "just" slogra O.O

[Inccubus]

Anything tied to a more modern setting like Frankenstein's Monster is probably out.
Thankfully, most of our classic CV monsters are either generic horror or mythological things.

[DragonSlayr81]

Anything tied to a more modern setting like Frankenstein's Monster is probably out.
Thankfully, most of our classic CV monsters are either generic horror or mythological things.

It would be interesting to see, if LoS does well, Cox's team make a CV game that takes place in the Victorian period.

[Nagumo]

That's basically what Square did with FF13.

XIII is more Final Fantasy then Lords of Shadow is Castlevania.

  

[Ahasverus]

XIII is more Final Fantasy then Lords of Shadow is Castlevania.

   

GTFO
Seriously, get over it, almost one year has passed and still with that sillyness?, Even, why do you keep entering this thread instead of just ignoring anything related to this game? That's what I did/do for Judgment (doesn't exist for me   )

Rejoice! Cox confirmed me in twitter that Alucard won't be included-referenced-insunuated on LOS!   Best-news-ever.
I really want to hear the yells of IGA fans (Not here, but in the game blogs like kotaku or Gamespot or pages like that).

So, no Alucard in any way, then who could be in there? O.o

[Nagumo]

GTFO
Seriously, get over it, almost one year has passed and still with that sillyness?, Even, why do you keep entering this thread instead of just ignoring anything related to this game? 

Way to miss the point bro.

I implied that XIII has more overall connection to its respective series then Lords of Shadow does. Not that it hasn't any connection. It seems LoS fanboys are jumping on anything these days.     

[DarkPrinceAlucard]

Way to miss the point bro.

I implied that XIII has more overall connection to its respective series then Lords of Shadow does. Not that it hasn't any connection. It seems LoS fanboys are jumping on anything these days.     

yea LOS fanboys seem to be incredibly mad when ever you don't agree with every aspect of Lords of Shadow
trust me i know

[Harrycombs]

Way to miss the point bro.

I implied that XIII has more overall connection to its respective series then Lords of Shadow does. Not that it hasn't any connection. It seems LoS fanboys are jumping on anything these days.     

Oh please. A guy named Belmont traveling through eastern Europe killing stuff with a whip and exploring Castles sounds like Castlevania to me. FF13 had Eidolons (a reference to 9, classic names retained), and a gunblade (dumbest weapon ever, I hate 8 with a burning passion), and then the staple spells (which are in practically all rpgs now anyway). The game didn't feel at all like a Final Fantasy game, on top of that it sucked, and the story was completely illogical (its a fantasy game isn't an excuse for the character motivations being retarded).


Plus, there's Slogra and Death which are confirmed, and Medusa heads seem to be confirmed (since he didn't mention them in his list of enemies that won't be returning), so it has plenty of series staples.

And if that voice at the end of the trailer isn't Dracula, I would be shocked.

[Nagumo]

Oh please. A guy named Belmont traveling through eastern Europe killing stuff with a whip and exploring Castles sounds like Castlevania to me. FF13 had Eidolons (a reference to 9, classic names retained), and a gunblade (dumbest weapon ever, I hate 8 with a burning passion), and then the staple spells (which are in practically all rpgs now anyway). The game didn't feel at all like a Final Fantasy game, on top of that it sucked, and the story was completely illogical (its a fantasy game isn't an excuse for the character motivations being retarded).

Man your hilarious.

Your just being biased here. Just because you don't like a specific entry to a game series you whine about how they are not true to that series. Please just stop.                         

[Harrycombs]

Man your hilarious.

Your just being biased here. Just because you don't like a specific entry to a game series you whine about how they are not true to that series. Please just stop.                         

An important staple of the Final Fantasy series is that they are good games. FF13 failed miserably at that point.

Final Fantasy 8 and 10, which I dislike just as much as 13, I do accept as entries of the Final Fantasy series. They had plenty of the famous spells, summons, weapons, airships, and the usual famous monsters (which FF13 did, mostly), but most importantly successfully created the usual Final Fantasy atmosphere that gives the player the illusion of freedom and non-linearity, and also also created a world you could get lost in and believe in. FF13 did not feel at all like a Final Fantasy game at all despite recurring names, never before as an FF game felt like a straight line, and the battle system was hardly like previous games. Where the hell are simple things like ladders, and piece of the environment to climb on or interact with? Lost Odyssey felt much more like a Final Fantasy and didn't even have the series staples. I would be able to much more readily accept it as FF13 than the real FF13.


Lords of Shadow may yet be a great game, plus we know it has Slogra, Armors, Death, possibly medusa heads, a whip, sub weapons (including the fan of knives from CoD and Rondo of Blood), holy water, magic, classic Castlevania songs, and so on. That is plenty of staples for the series, and from the looks of it, it seems to be successfully capturing the essence of what makes Castlevania fun.

[corneliab]

Man your hilarious.

Your just being biased here. Just because you don't like a specific entry to a game series you whine about how they are not true to that series. Please just stop.                         

Funny how you ignored all the relevant things the other poster stated about Lords of Shadow in relation to the Castlevania series so you could bitch about his bitching over your precious Final Fantasy.

Fucking idiot.

[Nagumo]

Ok just listen. Having some guy with a whip going to a castle is Castlevania for you. I'm not going to argue about that but the points that define Castlevania for you are minimal at best. Then you say that XIII is not a true FF game because of this, this, this and this. That has to be the most unfair comparison ever.    

Funny how you ignored all the relevant things the other poster stated about Lords of Shadow in relation to the Castlevania series so you could bitch about his bitching over your precious Final Fantasy.

Yeah funny story, I don't care whatever he said about Lords of Shadow because I didn't want to talk about that in the first place.

also

hi nice to meet you too    

[Nagumo]

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Fucking idiot.

[DarkPrinceAlucard]

Funny how you ignored all the relevant things the other poster stated about Lords of Shadow in relation to the Castlevania series so you could bitch about his bitching over your precious Final Fantasy.

Fucking idiot.

wow i never knew this site allowed blatant flameing and bashing
fucking idiot?
you really should grow up dude seriously