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

[Dremn]

I can't even watch this game night footage on 1up, the commentary is incredibly annoying to deal with.

[Alutwon]

Based on the demo, my impression of the combat is this: Thank god it feels like a whip.Also im glad that neither the single or area attacks cause too much stun to enemies. You SHOULD be punished for trying to get multiple hits off in one assault. Finally, they included sub weapons, a whip, and jumping and for that they will have my hard earned money.

[Julius]

That was actually going to be a question of mine about the demo since people have played it extensively I'm sure. From the videos the whip definately has a "whip" feel to it, but I've intentionally only watched a few gameplay trailers so I don't think I've seen the full extent of it. Does it have the same whip type feeling from say...LoI? I know it's going to have a bit of weight behind it, being chain and all, but I was hoping for it to be fluid as well.

Dunno if it's possible to pull off fluid and weighty with one weapon though. 

[crisis]

Just completed the demo on "Knight" difficulty (it goes Squire>Warrior>Knight>Paladin), and it's pretty much what Jorge said. I think I can look past the framerate issues & whatnot, I just wanna get my moneys worth and enjoy the game for what it is.

Yeah, it's definately awesome as everyone says. Already got the combat & controls down. It's gonna be one helluva ride playing this game guys.


I wish I could say it'll take me several days to beat it, but.. prolly not gonna happen. Gonna be hard to put down.

@Julius: Gabriel attacks similar to Leon, but with more "oomph." It's not exactly the same as in LoI because they're different games, but LoS works just as well.

[Julius]

Awesome! That's definately the best news I've heard today so far, hehe. That was one of the things I really enjoyed about LoI - glad it's coming back with more muscle and flair. I really feel like I should just make a EU PSN account and try it out.

[e105beta]

60 fps is overrated.
30 fps is a perfectly fine frame rate as long as there isn't too much of a fluctuation.

[Rugal]

Why are people so ass ragged about the FPS so much? Seriously I want to know. Not once during my time playing the demo did I think to myself "Why is the fps so low, how come it isn't at 60?" Someone fuckin tell me.

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

Again, the 'alleged' drop in framerate, visually (not talking about the analysis on that video that got put up, talking about what my eye perceives) seems intentional, something to do with the way the way wants to present itself.

You can tell because when you pause the game and go into the 'book' menu, THAT part is running very very silky (the pages turn very smoothly and whatnot).  But when you pause and return to the game, the game resumes its movie-like presentation.  This is true even if there is only one enemy to fight and if Gabriel is just 'walking' about... and I can assume that it's the same if there's no one around to fight... not that I got a chance to do that very much, since the demo pretty much forces you to 'keep moving' in both of those stages.  There was no point during the demo in which I got to just 'stop' and stand still.

Again, I'll draw the parallels of watching a film like Inception, and comparing it to watching a live Football Sports event.  Two different types of presentations, with drastically different look&feel to them.

[crisis]

There was no point during the demo in which I got to just 'stop' and stand still.

Well.. what about after you kill the wolves & it tells you to refill your life at that altar? I was standing still there & walking around smashing boxes.

There was a point in one of those video interviews that the reviewer complains how Gabriel runs too fast, so you won't be able to enjoy the beautiful backdrops. Well it seems Gabe has 3 speeds, so if you could easily slow down to look at the environments. That guy was an idiot.

Another thing, it seems a lot of the stuff in the environments will be breakable, so don't leave no stone un-turned guys!


Today I bought Metroid II & a Super Game Boy, and am playing that next. Technology is crazy!

[LoneChild]

60 fps is overrated.
30 fps is a perfectly fine frame rate as long as there isn't too much of a fluctuation.

Right. In fact, games like Halo3 are locked in 30fps. They sacrifice high fps peaks for the sake of a stable rate, and it works perfectly. (Well I guess in that particular case, the 30fps locking might be related with the on-line performance of the game, but still...)

[Kale]

60 fps is overrated.
30 fps is a perfectly fine frame rate as long as there isn't too much of a fluctuation.

Why are people so ass ragged about the FPS so much? Seriously I want to know. Not once during my time playing the demo did I think to myself "Why is the fps so low, how come it isn't at 60?" Someone fuckin tell me.

Probably talking about me. >.>

I don't care that much at all. But I prefer the higher rate because it's better. And I'll get as much of that as I can.

[Reinhart77]

well, tried the demo.  i guess a minor irritation of mine is that i'm forced to play at the pace the game wants me to.  my usual style of play for a 3D Castlevania is kill everything in site, then walk around the place for a few minutes and soak up the environment.  well, not only can i not aim the camera around to see what i want to see, but i can't even stop and admire the backgrounds peacefully without an enemy disturbing me.  as soon as you kill the last enemy, a cut scene sweeps you off to your next encounter.  i respect what they did to keep the pace of the game going, but i do look forward to the next game that is made that allows me to do these things.  

something else along those lines is the fact that there's only one time in the demo where i could practice the moves in peace - just before the first health fountain.  and i didn't have many moves at that point. 

maybe this is all just peculiar to the tutorial section?

[LoneChild]

maybe this is all just peculiar to the tutorial section?

It clearly is, just take a look at any gameplay video apart from the demo ones.

[thernz]

60 fps usually means better controls too because of the heightened responsiveness like more accurate reaction times, and usually more of an emphasis on efficiency in its development. imo, more fluidity is better for visuals than pretty locales as well. but yeah, opinion.

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

Well.. what about after you kill the wolves & it tells you to refill your life at that altar? I was standing still there & walking around smashing boxes.

I went for the fountain right away.  Like, during the wolves battle.
Thus, there was no fountain after defeating the baddies.
Or, do you mean that when you go for the fountain there are no enemies?  Again, I grabbed it mid-battle so I didn't notice.