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

[Julius]

So this just kind of hit me and I do apologize if it's been discussed before.

A lot of the recent entries for Castlevania allow you to play as a secondary character after completing the game for the first time through some simple means. Has it been discussed at all if that little secret "mode" would make an appearance in LoS? I know it seems a bit far-fetched since this is a new beginning and there aren't too many characters that would be fun to play as aside from Gabe. (Zobek?)

I just think it'd be kind of neat to find out there's some super secret alternate character to play as. Even one not relevant to the new story as we know. Like good ol' Simon or something equally epic.

Just a random thought! 

[thernz]

I wouldn't really care if it had one or not. The only time I was excited for one was Julius Mode on DoS. Then again, considering it's a different team now, so it might be interesting if they did. Considering how heavily story-based the game seems, I'm wondering how they'd go around with it.
Hideo Kojima directed the TGS trailer, but I'm hoping it's not all cutscenes. I just want them to show the gameplay, specifically platforming bits that aren't slow and are more traditional beyond simple gaps.

[shelverton.]

Zobek sounds likely, but it all depends on what role he really plays in this game. Also, if there's a 2nd quest with a secret characters, I wouldn't be surprised if they'd put Simon in there seeing how LoS started out as a Castlevania remake. Or at least unlockable clothes for Gabe to make him look like other, classic characters. Or Maybe Alucard could be an unlockable? In his SotN outfit. Even if he's not in the main game.

[crisis]

I just think it'd be kind of neat to find out there's some super secret alternate character to play as.

Pumpkin.

[Kale]

I wanna play as the boogeyman from King's Quest 7. It'd be all weird since he's so out of place in this cv game... hell he's probably out of place in the Itagaki CV games.

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

I think Gabriel in a Simon Outfit might be an unlockable DLC.
Just speculating, though.

[Julius]

Epic Pumpkin indeed. Imagining all of those well put together with Pumpkin in them makes them...hilariously awesome. All kidding aside, I actually like the idea of Alucard as a secret character on his own, with a Simon costume for Gabriel harking back to the early rendition of the game like you said. Best of both worlds.

And on the note of awesome secret characters. Axe Armor.

[Dremn]

Simon Belmont would be pretty awesome for an alternative character. As long as he looks like the real Simon and not his red headed incarnates.

[Oralox]

I've been looking at who's been online here since a "wild" Coxee appeared and its going crazy!

My question for Coxee is, Will crouch walking from SCV4 return for LoS?
It's been very essential to combat really if crouch walking returned because all these slide kicks keep killing me everytime I want to kill an axe armor easiliy.

Oh and what about moonwalking on stairs?

[Kale]

That isn't too surprising... since we got someone from the team around.

Though, this is how I'm normally am, though I am staying longer to post... normally I just pop in and out with a glance on the latest topics...

LOL, Crouch walking... I doubt it. The most we'll get is probably roll, so we can get under something...

[Dremn]

Moon walking Gabriel on stairs would win Game of the Year status for me.

[Gunlord]

A Richter costume might be cool

[Dremn]

Just a thought.

Gabriel probably won't be the only Belmont in this timeline if tradition continues, so do you think we could see a new Belmont in the next game or will it be ol' Gabe again? Either way, what would you prefer?

I can see the Brotherhood of Light becoming the Belmont Clan when all is said and done in LoS, and to be honest LoS is probably one of the very first games where I have all these crazy kinds of theories based around what little evidence we have. The lore scattered throughout the entire game will only make this even more tasty for me. When it comes to mythology I eat it up, I can never get enough of geeking over that kind of stuff.

[thernz]

I hope that Gabe gets to use the Vampire Killer. If you hold on the attack button, you'll be able to dangle your whip and somehow this explodes monsters when they touch it.

[shelverton.]

Gabriel probably won't be the only Belmont in this timeline if tradition continues, so do you think we could see a new Belmont in the next game or will it be ol' Gabe again?

I'm not sure there's even a planned "timeline" for this. Maybe Mercurysteam will go the Final Fantasy route and have each game stand-alone. Dave Cox said that he didn't wanna become "Mr Castlevania". He maybe wanted to do one more game after LoS and then give the torch to someone else. I don't expect LoS to start a whole new timeline.