Topic: BOO! Castlevania: Symphony of the Night looks AWFUL

[DingusBelmondo]

 So much for Castlevania! This game looks like a total ripoff of Super Metroid! Might as well call it Metroidvania hahahah! Plus, you don't even play as a Belmont! You play as Dracula's prissy son! Lame!!!! I hate things that are different! This new style of Castlevania is a complete betrayal of everything the series has ever stood for! Also, you level up like an RPG! So now it's copying Metroid AND Final Fantasy VII!?!?!  The only format Castlevania has ever worked in is a linear platformer, and that's the only way it should be! I don't even want to play this when it comes out. GAAAAAAYYYYYYYY.

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

**checks watch**
Either this is a joke, of you're mad late, yo! XD

[Rugal]

What's all this shouting? We'll have no shouting here!

[jimmay17]

So much for Castlevania! This game looks like a total ripoff of Super Metroid! Might as well call it Metroidvania hahahah! Plus, you don't even play as a Belmont! You play as Dracula's prissy son! Lame!!!! I hate things that are different! This new style of Castlevania is a complete betrayal of everything the series has ever stood for! Also, you level up like an RPG! So now it's copying Metroid AND Final Fantasy VII!?!?!  The only format Castlevania has ever worked in is a linear platformer, and that's the only way it should be! I don't even want to play this when it comes out. GAAAAAAYYYYYYYY.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I get it. Anyone who doesn't salivate all over Lords of Shadow is a Castlevania reactionary; a whining, sniveling purist who refuses to give a bunch of newcomers that thus far have done nothing but wave away the franchises roots as quaint and outmoded full and unquestioning support.

Your hyperbole here is completely unfounded, and if dissenting opinions really bother you that much, you should probably stay off the internet for a while.

[Sindra]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I get it. Anyone who doesn't salivate all over Lords of Shadow is a Castlevania reactionary; a whining, sniveling purist who refuses to give a bunch of newcomers that thus far have done nothing but wave away the franchises roots as quaint and outmoded full and unquestioning support.

Your hyperbole here is completely unfounded, and if dissenting opinions really bother you that much, you should probably stay off the internet for a while.

Very nice dissection there.

I have to say that I have likened the current dissent about Lords of Shadow to the splitting of the fanbase when Symphony came out. After that game, you had your "oldschool" Castlevania fans who only ever liked the games up until Rondo and Bloodlines, and the "newschool" Castlevania fans who came in during Symphony's reign and have retroactively played older games but praise SotN as the high-point. Lords of Shadow could easily create a new age/level for the fanbase as well.

But lets face it.....there will always be dissent in the fandom. We're all very opinionated about our game series. At least we can agree on that much.

[darkwzrd4]

Are you insane!?  SotN is one of the most loved CV games.  Ok, you may like the linear type, but there is nothing wrong with the metroidvania style.  You don't have to like every format, but please to bash and wine about what you don't like.  It's childish.  If you don't like a particular type of CV, then don't play it.  If you have nothing good to say about something, don't keep it to yourself unless someone asks for your opinion.

[Lumas]

Obviously this is a joke.

[darkwzrd4]

Obviously this is a joke.

If it is, I'm not laughing.

[Lumas]

If it is, I'm not laughing.

Hey not everyone can be george carlin.

[Sindra]

Hey not everyone can be george carlin.

Yeah. Somebody would fuck it up.

[Lumas]

Yeah. Somebody would fuck it up.

Most def.

Though I'm sure there was some sort of point to this.

[thernz]

To be more Castlevania, I suggest that MercurySteam steal assets from Curse of Darkness and maybe even Castlevania 64 if they're really trying to make this a Castlevania. It's kinda become Castlevania's defining feature to reuse stuff, right? Look at Castlevania: The Adventure Rebirth. It harkens to the older titles, and utilizes the reuse business quite nicely.

[DingusBelmondo]

Ok ok, so maybe it was an awfully stupid reason to make a topic, and maybe there is no subtlety (yes... it's a joke...for the few who are confused) to my poor excuse for satire. But it really wasn't directed at any one person, so there is no need to get testy. This is NOT meant to seem like I'm telling you to salivate over LoS. But if we had this forum before Symphony came out, there is no DOUBT we would get a post like that. All I'm saying is that we may want to hold our tongues when it comes to assumptions about a game that is not out, and very different.

[Lumas]

Ok ok, so maybe it was an awfully stupid reason to make a topic, and maybe there is no subtlety (yes... it's a joke...for the few who are confused) to my poor excuse for satire. But it really wasn't directed at any one person, so there is no need to get testy. This is NOT meant to seem like I'm telling you to salivate over LoS. But if we had this forum before Symphony came out, there is no DOUBT we would get a post like that. All I'm saying is that we may want to hold our tongues when it comes to assumptions about a game that is not out, and very different.

Kinda figured that was your motive and it is true.

[shelverton.]

This topic has a point.
And when you think about it, Lords of Shadow is actually closer to the series roots than Symphony of the Night ever was.
My concern about LoS isn't so much the lack of certain CV elements, or how it reboots the timeline.. I'm more concerned that the game will be the usual "Eliminate all enemies in room in order to open the door to the next room where you eliminate all enemies in order to open the...". Though early screenshots suggest that there will be some PoP style platforming and wallclimbing and stuff, which is good.