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

[Vampire Killer]

Capcom beat-em-up version of LotR?

If they made it like the old school D&D: Shadow of Mystaria, tell me that wouldn't rule!

[Dark Nemesis]

Music has no gender. Please stop talking about this.

We are not the ones talking about it, Konami is the one.........

[Puwexil]

I can see that. It is a statement so ludicrously stupid that it shouldn't even be noted, is what I'm saying.

[Dark Nemesis]

I want the new LoS to have music, like this one!!!

Gothic Atmosphere-Usnech

[crisis]

Oh yes, forget about castlevania nes and it's childish sprites, forget Symphony of The Night who you could play it with one hand and your eyes closed, without dying and all those other metroid vanias with their ridiculous anime style. We are bringing you Lords of Shadow the only one and real Castlevania game. It doesn't matter that it is a mix from all the other famous hack and slash games, doesn't have at all any music to remind Castlevania and levels designs LoR. Like it or not, this is the only Castlevania for Konami....

You damn right boy. Like it or not Castlevania has evolved, and it should no longer appeal to us "small niche of fans" that have been keeping the series afloat for 10 years. Cox said it himself, "you can either hop on board or be left behind," and he makes no apologies for his team buttraping our favorite aspects of the series.

Cox is a strong, kind man, and we should all treat him with respect and gratitude for bringing Castlevania back in the spotlight again! And if not then keep playing silly IGAvania with confusing timeline, reused sprites & feminine girlyman design!!

[Renonsgoods]

Do you guys have an avatar award for excessive use of hyperbole? 

[Nagumo]

And if not then keep playing silly IGAvania with confusing timeline, reused sprites & feminine girlyman design!!

I concur, I'm tired of those faggots that Kojima draws.

[beingthehero]

I only want to play as muscular, hardcore men for hardcore gamers such as myself. Or ninjas.

[Tanatra]

.....

...WHAT??


Please link me to whatever article or thread that has them saying that, because that is probably the STUPIDEST thing I have ever heard come out of Konami pretty much ever. How in the high holy hell does anything Yamane did sound "too feminine"? In fact, what the bloody hell is "too feminine" when it comes to any music at all? Even though I am a big proponent of her work and I'm trying to be objective here, if you simply look at her work on SotN's soundtrack alone (as well as several pieces from Aria, Dawn, Lament, and Curse), I can't exactly see how her stuff not only sounds "too feminine", but it could end up being a BAD thing!

EXPLAIN, KONAMI! EXPLAIN!!!!!

http://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/index.php?topic=2165.msg64159#msg64159

Didn't Araujo say that Konami told him to make the music more epic and move away from the "efeminate" style of the older Castlevania music?

Unfortunately, all I could find on this matter was hearsay such as this, but I haven't found anything contradicting it, either (be it online articles or the actual freaking game) and I am inclined to believe it for two reasons:

1) Be it the music, movie, video game or even literature industry, whoever is paying the bills for production (in this case, Konami) is almost inevitably going to make some retarded decision for the sake of money that compromises the art direction of the project. For some reason Konami felt that the current style of CV music was detrimental to sales. Stupid, I know, but this is what happens when business interests become entangled in art design.

2) I think that Cox & co. have a lot more respect for the older games in the series than we realize. Hell, given how many derivative elements there are in this game already, how can they not be?! I'll admit that a few of the things I'm about to say are a stretch (and strawmen, to boot) but here are some of the nods to older games that don't seem to get much attention:

• I got a strong CV2 vibe in the "Dead Bog" level.
• The "Waterfalls of Agartha" track started playing in a level that might as well have been the 3D version of "The Waterfall" in SCVIV.
• Cox openly admitted that the Combat Cross was based on the whip-swinging platforming in SCVIV, and the fact that it is a chain is a nod to the older games in the series.
• The Clock Tower was located just before Carmilla's Keep in this game; the same location as in many games past.
• I felt that the "Abandoned Wing" in the DLC was an interpretation of the sunken, merman-infested area of the castle halls that has appeared in so many games. In fact, the entrance to the Abandoned Wing was in the "Castle Hall" level!
• In the epilogue, did anyone notice how similar the inner sanctum of that church was to the "Room of Close Associates" in SCVIV? Complete with Slogra and Gaibon! I'll need to play through it again to confirm, but despite being all but in the ruins, I think I even noticed the holders for the line of candles that light up as one approaches Dracula!

Due to all of these reasons, I certainly believe that MS would have incorporated a lot more classic CV music in this game if they were allowed. Remember, the entire studio (not just Cox) are huge fans of the CV series and probably collectively orgasmed when they were approved to make this game. Of course, even if the soundtrack passed muster, it wouldn't be enough, would it? LoS could have been a level-by-level 3d remake of CV3 or SCVIV, and people would still find some reason or another to claim that since IGA didn't make it, it's "not CV enough."

[Nagumo]

LoS could have been a level-by-level 3d remake of CV3 or SCVIV, and people would still find some reason or another to claim that since IGA didn't make it, it's "not CV enough."

I doubt it. Nobody complained Akumajou Dracula: The Arcade wasn't anything like Castlevania when it got released. Hell, even Order of Shadows at least got it right, despite being what it is. IGA having his name mentioned in the credits hasn't anything to do with this.     

[X]

IGA having his name mentioned in the credits hasn't anything to do with this.

I concur. IGA didn't invent Cvastlevania as some of the newer fans out there believe, or IGA himself believing it for that matter.

-X

[Dark Nemesis]

IGA might have not made a great work with the series, after Symphony, but neither Cox has done...........there is no future without past........all the names he's using on LoS, are names from older Castlevanias and IGA vanias


So, if i take a 911 porshe car engine and put it on a golf, does that make the golf, a porshe car?

When you are using the word reboot, you are starting something from the scratch and not from something that others have come up.

[jestercolony]

I only want to play as muscular, hardcore men for hardcore gamers such as myself. Or ninjas.

Sounds like a personal problem

[beingthehero]

Yeah, paulstanley has been telling me for some time that nobody has liked ninjas since 1996.

[crisis]

Yeah, paulstanley has been telling me for some time that nobody has liked ninjas since 1996.

e-excuse me? I fucking love ninjas. My family loves ninjas.
I'm gonna troll the shit out of you from now on just for saying that.