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

[Apolake]

I'm done seeing video reviews of the game, the X-Play review was the last straw, it made me rage, too much spoilers already.  I'll patiently wait for the game to come.

[Oralox]

Rumors on the internets
that the demo for xbox 360 will be out tomorrow and on the psn eu as well.

[Lumas]

in response to that game spot video

I liked it i thought being able to see a little more of what lords of shadows was awesome, really makes me wanna play it even more.

However having some guy attempting to give a review while trying to give a bj was an odd way of presenting a review for a video game. Perhaps next time he shouldnt try to give a bj while trying to record a review I couldnt really make out what he was saying other than a gargling noise.

[Munchy]

I find Gamespot's review funny because their review of Legacy of Darkness was actually pretty positive.

But it seems like their complaints boil down to "I don't know how to do the platforming" and "It borrows too much from other games". Did Arkham Asylum not borrow from beat-em-ups of yesteryear like Final Fight? Did Gears of War not borrow from Resident Evil 4? He complains about the combat being too much like God of War, but that game borrows heavily from Rygar and - gasp! - Lament of Innocence. The elements LoS draws from other games are very much evolutions of things started by older Castlevanias - the whip combat, platforming, screen filling bosses (though many games had those). If it does these things well, what's the problem?

And to me, Lords' combat looks very distinct. It seems much more organized and strategic than God of War's; I can start to see Cox's inspiration from Street Fighter. It looks like you have to judge how your whip connects and from what distance to not get yourself swarmed by undead jerks. Again, a common element started by old Castlevania.

[Ahasverus]

I'm done seeing video reviews of the game, the X-Play review was the last straw, it made me rage, too much spoilers already.  I'll patiently wait for the game to come.

^ Oh God that "scene" with the altar, oh God 

[Kingshango]

^ Oh God that "scene" with the altar, oh God  

Yeah I literally yelled "What the fuck man!?" when I saw it.

Speaking of reviews here's Gametrailers

Review - Castlevania: Lords of Shadow

[Ahasverus]

Here we go again "Excelent game, not exploration, no CV enough".
IDK, what did take that decimal point out?, I mean, ,,, sigh... however it's a 10 in my heart already
(Oh, and preorders can't be cancelled now so, sales assured! heheh)

[crisis]

IDK, what did take that decimal point out?, I mean, ,,, sigh... however it's a 10 in my heart already

exactly, that's why reviews shouldn't matter to you!

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

Will the both of you quit bickering with each other?  I'm about to start erasing irrelevant posts from you guys.
That's Crisis and Ashaverus, but more Crisis.

[Ahasverus]

exactly, that's why reviews shouldn't matter to you!

They don't matter to me... but i'm afraid of "casual hardcore" ... I mean, much of this game success depends on them, a lot of hardcore CV fans don't have a machine to play it and, let's face it, we're not that much, we need casual-hardcore (non-CV fans) to get excited about this game, to buy this game, amd, sadly, it's very important for them how GS and GT score it.
However, I just saw Metacritic, with the whole 75 review it dropped to 86, I think that with this 79 i will drop a little to 84 minimum, I expect (hope) a total 85 metascore, and I'll be sure better... I'm sure Enslaved won't get better heh

Edit: Great! Other of the "Big 4" just talked! http://gameinformer.com/games/castlevania_lords_of_shadow/b/xbox360/archive/2010/09/28/castlevania-lords-of-shadow-review.aspx

[RichterB]

Here we go again "Excelent game, not exploration, no CV enough".
IDK, what did take that decimal point out?, I mean, ,,, sigh... however it's a 10 in my heart already
(Oh, and preorders can't be cancelled now so, sales assured! heheh)

Well, I should hope there wouldn't be "cancellations" from the reviews of the gaming media. That irked me so much the way people freaked and jumped ship on "Metroid: Other M" instead of giving it a try and finding out it was a pretty darn good game. Metroid: Other M had every review score under the sun (low to high)--that's going to happen with a long-running series when it makes a bold move. I'm not going to let myself get over-hyped about LoS, but I'm not going to totally pass on it forever because of reviewers.

[crisis]

They don't matter to me... but i'm afraid of "casual hardcore" ... I mean, much of this game success depends on them, a lot of hardcore CV fans don't have a machine to play it and, let's face it, we're not that much, we need casual-hardcore (non-CV fans) to get excited about this game, to buy this game, amd, sadly, it's very important for them how GS and GT score it.
However, I just saw Metacritic, with the whole 75 review it dropped to 86, I think that with this 79 i will drop a little to 84 minimum, I expect (hope) a total 85 metascore, and I'll be sure better... I'm sure Enslaved won't get better heh

Honestly, around my way it seems a lot of people aren't even aware that a new CV is about to be released. Like I said earlier I blame Konami for not advertising it the way I thought it would. I mean come on, I see all these badass commercials for Metroid M, Halo, etc. with expensive live-action feats. LoS deserves something like that, I thought I'd see one of those Gamestop commercials that parody the game it's advertising, with like a code to unlock a costume if you preorder or some shit.

They wanna push this game so badly, but press interviews aren't cutting it anymore. Them being STINGY AS HELL with the demo, teasing us with a "sometime" release date for CE's.. It's SEVEN days away, & the media is barely noticing it.

[Kingshango]

I see Gameinformer gave it a 9, this game is getting very mixed reviews.

[RichterB]

Um, why do all the reviews come from the XBOX360 side? Is this supposed to appeal to the every-gamer? Because I think a lot of Castlevania's core fans, historically speaking, are probably from the Sony [or Nintendo] crowd (particularly in where they've noticed Castlevania). Shouldn't this game be reviewed equally as a PS3 title? (it even comes on one disc instead of two for PS3).

Honestly, around my way it seems a lot of people aren't even aware that a new CV is about to be released. Like I said earlier I blame Konami for not advertising it the way I thought it would. I mean come on, I see all these badass commercials for Metroid M, Halo, etc. with expensive live-action feats. LoS deserves something like that, I thought I'd see one of those Gamestop commercials that parody the game it's advertising, with like a code to unlock a costume if you preorder or some shit.

They wanna push this game so badly, but press interviews aren't cutting it anymore. Them being STINGY AS HELL with the demo, teasing us with a "sometime" release date for CE's.. It's SEVEN days away, & the media is barely noticing it.

Well, if it's any help, articles state that pre-orders are up a great deal (94%) after the demo was released. Yet, as of the time of the article a few days ago, it said Amazon.com listed it at #18 for video games, which isn't the greatest for such a top-tier franchise title. http://news.punchjump.com/blog/2010/09/24/castlevania-lords-of-shadow-ps3-pre-order-sales-up-post-demo/

I see Gameinformer gave it a 9, this game is getting very mixed reviews.

Yeah, again, just like Metroid Other M did.

[crisis]

Um, why do all the reviews come from the XBOX360 side? Is this supposed to appeal to the every-gamer? Because I think a lot of Castlevania's core fans, historically speaking, are probably from the Sony [or Nintendo] crowd (particularly in where they've noticed Castlevania). Shouldn't this game be reviewed equally as a PS3 title? (it even comes on one disc instead of two for PS3).

Yeah that's odd, especially since one of those video reviews Gamespot I believe said LoS on 360 lags slightly during battles, whereas ps3 version runs smoothly