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

[RichterB]

In Reply To #638

No, those "anime vs. serious" comments were made by the podcast host. But that host did confirm the roles of Kojima and Cox on LoS, as noted before.

[Munchy]

In Reply To #634

You thought of the CDi Zeldas when Zobek said "it is written" in the trailer, too, huh?

[Oralox]

In Reply To #644

exactly! 

[Thunderbrand]

I'm curious to find out exactly what year this game will take place in. It's been said it's in the Middle Ages, which lasted from 500-1400 A.D. That's a wide gap to place this game in. If the game has ANYTHING to do with Dracula at all, then it would logically take place somewhere between Lament and CV3.

Truthfully, I think that would be cool cuz sooner or later we're gonna have to have a story about Matthias becoming Dracula.

[RichterB]

I'm curious to find out exactly what year this game will take place in. It's been said it's in the Middle Ages, which lasted from 500-1400 A.D.

Actually, I think we're all going in the wrong direction thinking this is set in the Middle Ages. Konami's Press Release (http://www.konami.com/news/article52.php) and previous materials state the following: "Castlevania: Lords of Shadow takes place at the end of days."

LoS is likely a completely fictional timeline/universe; or at the very least (if you want to try to link it to CV), takes place in a timeline where Soma Cruz had gone nuts and destroyed everything. But the former seems more accurate given the "end of days" timing and the Konami Press Headline: "Kojima Productions and Mercury Steam take the Castlevania series in a bold, new direction delivering an epic fantasy adventure!"

[Reinhart77]

The press release says that it takes place in both the end of days and the Middle Ages.

[RichterB]

The press release says that it takes place in both the end of days and the Middle Ages.

You're right, it mentioned Middle Ages, as well: "a devastated Southern Europe during the Middle Ages." I guess the two could be reconciled...

[Reinhart77]

I'm gonna start considering all this talk about "Castlevania Reborn" and "Forget what you think you know about Castlevania" stuff as a bunch of hype done for dramatic effect.  Once I've played it, I'll make a judgment about if it really is a reboot or incompatible with the rest of the series storyline-wise. 

As far as the lack of Vampires go, I'm fine with it.  If takes place in southern Europe, not Transylvania, so it's okay if the evil beasts roaming around there are different than those in Transylvania.  The further it's removed from Transylvania, the better chance it has of not rubbing elbows with the rest of the Castlevania series and it can do its own thing more easily.  I wouldn't mind seeing a truly Japanese Castlevania game with Samurais and Japanese mythological creatures for that matter.  At least that way, they wouldn't recycle Rondo of Blood sprites.  I would love to see Maxim Kischine go to Japan for some training under a Japanese ninja master and run up against some local demon problems.

I don't mind Castlevania "expanding" into other territory like this, but would mind if it completely "became" this something else.  Which is why I'm really hoping this isn't a true reboot.  I'm sure other Castlevania games will still be produced over the years the old gothic style, so I'm not worried.  If three games like this are made with nothing more familiar in between, then I might become concerned.

[A n t r a x x]

I just want more info in general before I make any sort of serious speculation.

[James Belmont]

I've got a feeling that the only reason Iga isn't doing this game is because he wants to concentrate on a new handheld title of some sort. Which is great, really, because that way, if he takes his time with it, we might get a better game, as opposed to a rushed game that was one of a bunch of CV games to be released at once.

[GrantDaMummy]

In Reply To #652
That is if he is allowed to make a new handheld title... Going by some of his interviews it seems he has to go through hurdles to convince Konami to allow him to make new portable/2-d games. :p... His whip might help.

The complete failure of Castlevania Judgment will likely hurt his chances as well. That game might be Iga's Virtual Boy.

[Thunderbrand]

I've got a feeling that the only reason Iga isn't doing this game is because he wants to concentrate on a new handheld title of some sort.

Like Bloodlines Chronicles for instance? Has that been officially confirmed yet? Forgive me if I missed it but I'm really hoping it gets released and in a similar package that Dracula X was, with an arranged mode as well as the original. I think that would be very cool.

And also, what's up with the new Alucard game? All we got was that little teaser a couple months back and not a peep since. Maybe Iga is working on that too...but I would've expected some info on that during E3 and we never got any.

[crisis]

In Reply To #654

That Alucard game was probably cancelled in favor for this new take on cv (look at cv:resurrection for example). I find it very odd that IGA isn't involved whatsoever in LoS, not even as a consultant..

That Bloodlines remake was misinterpreted from Assassin's Creed Bloodlines, I think.

[shelverton.]

I don't think the Alucard game was cancelled. I think LoS was always gonna be a Castlevania, and IGA knew it all along. He's probably been given more time to finish the SotN sequel, and LoS will be released in the meantime. That's just what I think anyway.

[jimmay17]

Like Bloodlines Chronicles for instance? Has that been officially confirmed yet? Forgive me if I missed it but I'm really hoping it gets released and in a similar package that Dracula X was, with an arranged mode as well as the original. I think that would be very cool.

All evidence suggests that 'Bloodlines Chronicles' was a simple mistake by a game journalist/website that spread through the inter-web-o-sphere-a-net before it was reasonably debunked.