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

[Lumas]

In Reply To #404

Excellent work!

[Reinhart77]

heh, i wonder if they were trying to keep it a secret from Iga.

[Oralox]

In Reply To #406

Well thats great...still need an answer to what happened.

Just need to wait for an interview or at least wait for that email lumas sent out.

Or umm we get a fake answer...

[Lumas]

In Reply To #407

Well Ive been staying on top of my email but I haven't had anything new. I honestly doubt they will respond if they do respond Im assuming that they will just say "At this time we cannot comment on that subject." they will probably wait till they get bombarded by questions from gaming news (like gameinformer, IGN etc) and finally break the silence........or something like that..

[DingusBelmondo]

 I have a question. When developing the game, who originally comes up with the idea. Was it Konami? or Kojima? or who. I just find it so strange that Konami would allow a game to be developed with so many strong resemblances to one of their oldest and most well received series. The basic concept of a monster slayer who uses a whip would be like if Nintendo made a new series about a plumber who jumps on enemies. I just can't see those similarities going unnoticed for so long. Especially because we can see those elements were present since the original trailer.

[Reinhart77]

you can download the promo at higher quality at Konami's web page if anyone's interested.

http://www.konami-data.com/pr/castlevania_lordsofshadow.php

heh, i enjoyed watching it in slow motion.

[Profbeanburrito]

I just want to know if this game is going to feel like Castlevania. I know its supposed to be the "rebirth" of the series, but are we going to see anything that makes Castlevania, Castlevania?
Will there be Belmont's? Will it keep classic music? Dracula? Medusa Heads!?

Or is there a whip and castle and the name?

[Saner]

So far it's knee deep with Castlevania nostalgia,  but probably not waist deep. 


it would need classic CV music here and there,  it would
need Dracula.  the main character's last name has to be Belmont. 

you know the name itself will really determine if this is a true Castlevania. 

you can't have a rebirth of the series without a Belmont.

you know LoS has one big similarity with LoI,  both main
characters are from an order of knights, so LoS's main character might in fact be a Belmont, but his full name
probably won't be revealed until the plot twist.   

[Thunderbrand]

It dosen't necessarily have to have a Belmont in order to be a rebirth/re-tooling of the series. In fact, if this really is going in a new direction, I'm not expecting a Belmont at all. You don't have to have Dracula either in that regard, though it would be nice.

In order to have the CV name on it however, it has to be tied into the series SOMEHOW. If Gabriel turns out to be a Belmont, then great. If Dracula is in it, thats great too. As long as it's set in Europe and there's a big castle (or multiple castles maybe?) to explore, then I'm OK with it.

[The Silverlord]

As long as it's set in Europe and there's a big castle (or multiple castles maybe?) to explore, then I'm OK with it.

Me too.

[Ralph]

- Double-jump and abilities

Rondo of Blood did those originally, with Richter's backflip, and Maria's double jump and slide, etc.

[Dr. Mario]

As cool as it look I just hope that it's not too much of a rebirth of the series. To me Castlevania will always be a 2D platformer first and a next gen 3D eyegasm on the side.

[Saner]

SOTN made many changes but remember it still stuck with the timeline and it didn't remove the Belmonts from the series.

It's an outrage Konami would allow such a foreign and distant developer team who seem very oblivious to what makes castlevania games great, take charge.   Kojima is just there to make it presentable,  but in the long run ,this could really ruin the Castlevania legacy and cause newbies to misinterpret what CV is all about. 

at least IGA stuck with the timeline,  the only game he removed from teh timeline was CV Legends and Sonia's history, which is a shame but it's not as bad as what mercurysteam/whatever is doing to the franchise.

IGA is quiet all this time because Konami betrayed his plans.   He no longer has a say in this.   the 1999 games between Julius and Dracula will not happen.   
Konami is selling out and losing their place in knowing
what's best for their games. 

These are dark times, indeed, Stewart. 

[A-Yty]

Belmonts have to be involved in the overall story IMO. They don't have to be an invincible family with inexplicaply one male heir to inherit the whip and save the day, but, to quote a past CV game have "a long history of battling evil". I would rewrite them as experts of fighting vampires and such, but not the only group to do so. They don't have to be the center of the story, but a significant element.

There has to be a "Dracula", too. Since the Stoker/real life Drac/pop culture icon and his Dr. Wily Syndrome have eventually caused problems, I would not necessarily call him Dracula and I would seriously rewrite him. But I would keep his best attributes: a tragic character. A flawed antihero turned villain. An intelligent and sophisticated, yet cruel man. He would be a schemer. Intimidating and ruthless and boiling hatred under his regal appearance and manners. Not someone who lets things get to point all he can do is lose to someone not even a match for his powers.

He would not wait in his castle to be cornered. He would make bitter enemies out of those who challenge him, using psychology and brutal means against them. He would succeed in killing Belmonts and other major characters. I'm not sure he should have a blood feud with the Belmonts again. And he would come very close to wiping out the humans he hates.

He would not begin another die-reborn-cycle. He might die a couple of times, but eventually he would either somehow change or be out of the picture completely. He would be a major villain, but not the main one. In fact, my version would not have any single central big baddie.

I would also keep at least the big six of Belmonts; Simon, Trevor, Leon, Julius, Richter and Christopher.

[Oralox]

You know where the real mess comes from?

Belmonts still fighting evil in the modern day era.

Its soo stupid to me that some long time family still fights with a whip and not some other weapon.

As for dracula, Oh come on wtf.