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

[whitedragon_nall]

  The Chupacabra......why did it have to be The Chupacabra.....

[Kingshango]

cool shot. What's in the upper right screen?? looks like a cool hooded character?

I see a picture of Zobek above those screens, his Death form?

[X]

Sad The Chupacabra......why did it have to be The Chupacabra.....

I agree. That 'thing!' did not serve any real purpose except to 'annoy you' by stealing your stuff and interfearing with the flow of the game. The Chupacabra (and it doesn't even look like one) is one of those elements that brought down LoS for me.

-X

[Ahasverus]

his Death form?

MFG it is!! 

[Dremn]

I do see a picture of Zobek on one of those monitors.

I guess this is the DLC they're working on?

[Ahasverus]

Lords of Shadow, 35/40 by Famitsu!!! 
I thought it was going to be bashed for it being not japanease but it was not! :O
http://nintendoeverything.com/56851/

[shelverton.]

Lords of Shadow, 35/40 by Famitsu!!! 

I wonder how that's gonna affect the sales in Japan. It's a very good score indeed. I'm under the impression that many japanese gamers (and western gamers too) read Famitsu like it's the Holy Bible. I predict the PS3 version to do rather well because of this, not so much the 360 one though. Japan was never really interested in neither Castlevania nor Xbox, at least not compared to the US. Speaking of which; Does anyone know it it's called Castlevania in Japan, or are they going with Akumajo Dracula?

[Ahasverus]

Castlevania Lords of Shadow, Akumajou Dracula no more

[thernz]

They keep switching between Castlevania and Akumajou Dracula in Japan. hghghg. I guess it makes more sense to use Castlevania for Lords though considering there is no Demon Castle Dracula in the game.

[Munchy]

Castlevania Lords of Shadow, Akumajou Dracula no more

I wouldn't be so sure of that. Cox has said he doesn't want to be the only guy making Castlevania, and I'd be very sad not to see any more games from Japan.

Then again, nobody in Japan makes anything themselves anymore so what do I know?

[shelverton.]

Then again, nobody in Japan makes anything themselves anymore so what do I know?

Yeah, what is up with that? What do they do at work? Konami outsourced Castlevania, Contra, Silent Hill... they're hardly making any new games in such franchises as Gradius and Suikoden anymore, and Metal Gear comes out once every 100000th year. So what do they do? I mean, really. Dance Dance Revolution? Pachi-slots?

[crisis]

Not to mention Keiji Inafune's recent departure from Capcom (although stuff like that happens in the industry all the time, I guess it was more "surprising" with Inafune). He did openly express his dislike of Japanese gaming in recent years.. I'm sure many others in his position agree with him.

I even recall seeing IGA yawn during that Konami press conference at E3 lol

[whitedragon_nall]

Maybe we'll get Akumajou Dracula Dance Revolution. Killing Monsters with our sweet dance moves!  I better keep my mouth shut....don't want to give them any ideas. 

Konami really is doing an awful lot of outsourcing lately. We never seem to hear anything from them either, unless it's time for Konami Gamer's Night/ Day or E3. Isn't Capcom doing a lot of outsourcing too? I believe Both Bionic Commando Rearmed and the new PS3/360 game were and now Ninja Theory is doing a new DMC. Still not as much as Konami though.

I guess we'll have to wait and see what E3 has in store for us from Japan....

[shelverton.]

Isn't Capcom doing a lot of outsourcing too? I believe Both Bionic Commando Rearmed and the new PS3/360 game were and now Ninja Theory is doing a new DMC. Still not as much as Konami though.

Capcom sent the Bionic Commando license to tiny swedish game studio GRIN. Then GRIN went bankrupt. I hear there were "problems" or "delays" with payment on Capcoms part. I sometimes think that Capcom is evil, for real. Maybe they're gonna force Ninja Theory into bankruptcy too, lol. I wouldn't collaborate with them.

[Munchy]

Capcom sent the Bionic Commando license to tiny swedish game studio GRIN. Then GRIN went bankrupt. I hear there were "problems" or "delays" with payment on Capcoms part. I sometimes think that Capcom is evil, for real. Maybe they're gonna force Ninja Theory into bankruptcy too, lol. I wouldn't collaborate with them.

Well, it didn't help that the new 3D BC sold like shit compared to Rearmed, which made me very sad; I loved both games and a 3D sequel with problems addressed would be game of the forever. They're still on good terms though. Despite its sales a lot of the higher ups at Capcom loved what they did with the 3D one. A lot of GRIN guys including Simon Viklund moved to Fat Shark, the team Capcom is having make BCR2.

Ninja Theory, though... I'm expecting their DMC to only sell about as much as the earlier ones simply because it has Devil May Cry on the box, like DMC2. The only thing I'm expecting it to accomplish is being the first game in the series more universally despised than DMC2 (and undoubtedly be the first entry with the scourge of modern action gaming, aka QTEs. You know they'll do it). I've backpedaled on my hate for their leader, the Tameem guy, due to the circumstances of Dante's retarded redesign (apparently it WAS Capcom of Japan's idea after all), but I swear to God, the second I see a button icon pop up on any gameplay trailer, the game is going from "eventually buy" status to "rent only" status. I'm sick of this QTE shit.