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

[Koutei]

Even the "worst" here looks far better than:

LOL

[Thunderbrand]

If anything, this game reminds me more of Simon's Quest.

Yea, I was kinda thinking the same thing. But then again, Cox has said he was heavily influenced by CV2 and SCV4, so it would make sense that LoS has a smiliar feel to those games. If that's the case that's fine with me cuz I think 2 & 4 are fantastic games, even to this day.

[Inccubus]

Are those monster names official?

[crisis]

In Reply To #3578,

Cox may want us to believe it started off as a remake, but he's on record saying otherwise:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE4YxIYIkJM
at 3:55, he clearly says it's a new, original game, a brand new IP for Konami. But none of that matters now.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gronF6QG2Ow
at 3:15, he says the game doesn't take inspiration from "the SotN's & the CotM's"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf8wPliz2rM&feature=player_embedded
At 3:00 he's asked if LoS is a "metroidvania," he says YES, then proceeds to say what elements they're using.


I still can't wait to play it already, though!

[Inccubus]

In Reply To #3578,

Cox may want us to believe it started off as a remake, but he's on record saying otherwise:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE4YxIYIkJM
at 3:55, he clearly says it's a new, original game, a brand new IP for Konami. But none of that matters now.

Yeah, but in 2008 Konami supposedly wanted to keep the game's nature as a CV title a secret, so when asked about it he would have been forced to lie about it. Or maybe Konami told Cox that it was going to be a new IP and changed their minds later. We don't really know.

[GummiCandyful]

Yea, I was kinda thinking the same thing. But then again, Cox has said he was heavily influenced by CV2 and SCV4, so it would make sense that LoS has a smiliar feel to those games. If that's the case that's fine with me cuz I think 2 & 4 are fantastic games, even to this day.

Yeah, same here. Despite what some people may think, CV2 was a good game, and SCV4 was beyond awesome.

In Reply To #3578,

Cox may want us to believe it started off as a remake, but he's on record saying otherwise:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE4YxIYIkJM
at 3:55, he clearly says it's a new, original game, a brand new IP for Konami. But none of that matters now.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gronF6QG2Ow
at 3:15, he says the game doesn't take inspiration from "the SotN's & the CotM's"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf8wPliz2rM&feature=player_embedded
At 3:00 he's asked if LoS is a "metroidvania," he says YES, then proceeds to say what elements they're using.


I still can't wait to play it already, though!

I see, but like Inccubus said, Cox may have lied on purpose, though, we may never really know for sure. Anyway, I really can't wait to play this game, too. Just two more months!

[Ahasverus]

Does it matter?--- I don't care anyway, it's a very good looking and refreshing CV game now, that's all that matters IMO.

[crisis]

Your god is not infallible, Ahasverus. 

[Ahasverus]

No he's not, at all, but I don't have my expectations in the 9-10's, with a 8-8,5 I will be the happiest fan in the world 

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

It looks like it'll be a fine game.  It'll probably score above 7.5, but I'll be pleasantly surprised if it gets like an 8.5.
It doesn't look like anything below that.

[Kingshango]

Im sure this game won't get a score lower than lower than a 8.0 unless it has gamebreaking bug's, repetitive game design or if someone from the Chapel is reviewing it.

My score prediction is 8.0/9.5 tops

[Ahasverus]

Im sure this game won't get a score lower than lower than a 8.0 unless it has gamebreaking bug's, repetitive game design or if someone from the Chapel is reviewing it.

My score prediction is 8.0/9.5 tops

This. I certainly doubt it's a -8, I expect an overal metascore of 84-91   It has everything to shine this time! And don't come and say "But it's gonna be a GOW clone" oh rly? tell me a big difference between COD4, CODMW, CODMW2, Halo3 and KillZone2, and all of them are in the 90+ metascore. If that will be the excuse to lower LOS score (like: "It's a better game but a innecessary sequel" was to Bioshock 2) I will lose my faith in Game Journalism.

[GummiCandyful]

or if someone from the Chapel is reviewing it.

My score prediction is 8.0/9.5 tops

Knowing how much they loathe this game, I bet they'll give it a score of 1.0. Needless to say, I believe it will score in the 8.5-9.0 range, or hopefully, even better.  

(like: "It's a better game but a innecessary sequel" was to Bioshock 2)

Wait, a game journalist said that about Bioshock 2? Wow. Just, wow.

[Kale]

This. I certainly doubt it's a -8, I expect an overal metascore of 84-91   It has everything to shine this time! And don't come and say "But it's gonna be a GOW clone" oh rly? tell me a big difference between COD4, CODMW, CODMW2, Halo3 and KillZone2, and all of them are in the 90+ metascore. If that will be the excuse to lower LOS score (like: "It's a better game but a innecessary sequel" was to Bioshock 2) I will lose my faith in Game Journalism.

but we all know shooters aren't the same!

[thernz]

Knowing how much they loathe this game, I bet they'll give it a score of 1.0. Needless to say, I believe it will score in the 8.5-9.0 range, or hopefully, even better.  

No, I bet they'll give a 0.0. Man, those guys, especially that GizmonicGamer.
The way I'm looking at it, I'm predicting a 6-8.