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

[Wallachia]

Wow, Robert Carlyle is the voice of Gabriel?? Love him. GO RENT RAVENOUS (DVD):http://www.moviesonline.ca/film1727.htm

[A n t r a x x]

Yeah the voice acting sounds amazing.

[Reinhart77]

why do i get the feeling that this is yet another alternate origins game and that Gabriel becomes Dracula?  (gosh i hope not)

[A n t r a x x]

In Reply To #177

If it doesn't have anything to do with the current timeline, it could very well serve as the origin story to set up a whole other one.

And yeah it does imply that Gabriel will become the "Lord" of shadow. Or least someone in the story will.

I'm hoping Dracula is or will still be a part of this new timeline.

[bobby digital]

God this looks amazing.

I have faith that the developers will work some castlevania magic into this to differentiate it from god of war, bayonetta, and the like.

Seriously this is beyond words. Amazing voice acting, action and graphics.

[A n t r a x x]

Those're some gorgeous screens.

Thanks.

(that ogre the one from the other trailer?)

[Wallachia]

ones thing is for sure, IGA would NOT be able to do that (see screens above) though I do miss Iga/Ayami's main character designs..

[Archdemon]

wOOt, awesome.

multiplatform, yay, don't have to go buy me a ps3 anymore, save some bucks haha.

[Dino_Dan]

This looks really good - I may have to get a 360 for this (and other games). Amazing voice actors (love Patrick Stewart's voice), and beautiful settings.

Interesting that they're going in a new direction. Seeing Dracula kept in the series would be nice, but then it'd still bring back ties to the old series, which seems like something they'll avoid if they really want a new image (it could end up with Dracula renamed but otherwise the same character). Plus I don't see them completely ditching the Vampire Killer track, though it has had many, many versions (it could be in the credits perhaps).

It might have been nice if they had given us 1999 in some form, a manga perhaps, to bring closure to the old canon, but is it worth adding a final touch to a series that's so unnecessarily confused? Maybe IGA will go home and write his own manga...

If they're separating from the established canon completely though, does that mean that the arcade game will also be adapted to deviate? The pachi-slot game can't because it has established characters. That's not an important game though, it could be canceled or something. The revamp is probably why the movie was scrapped, stopping IGA's world from randomly branching too far.

Overall I'm really happy with the new move. As long as Lords of Shadow has a killer soundtrack to go with its superb voice actors.

[Reinhart77]

ack, rebooting is painful.

[Munchy]

Trailer looks good. I can't shake the feeling, though, that it's just a generic fantasy world with the Castlevania title slapped on to help it sell more. Even so, the whip stuff looks damned sweet, and hey! It actually has a budget this time around.

[A n t r a x x]

I know it feels that this is the case, but there's no confirmation that IGA has been replaced as gneral Producer of Castlvania.

[Oralox]

In memory of IGA's Castlevania timeline
Your symphony of the night repeats will always be in our hearts...

[UnManuel]

People, I'm STUNNED. This is the very thing I wanted but never expected to get. No complains; the days before HoD are back, when any Konami employee could try his hand with the franchise and improve it in some way or going unnoticed. The only two things I humbly ask as a hardcore Castlevania fan are plenty of platforming and the occasional remix.

[Kamirine]

...So...beautiful...No words.

It looks amazing, the VA is great...man.