Topic: The Lords of Shadow and the Great Easter Egg Hunt!!! (Spoiler Alert!)

[Dremn]

nevermind

[crisis]

One of the cemeteries is named after Wygol village from OoE, at least, it's referenced in concept artwork.

There is also Wygol Cemetary, also from OoE.

[Ahasverus]

When Gabriel asks about "the guardian of the Lake" the villager responds. "In the forest" that's what "Transylvania" means

[Nagumo]

"Land beyond the forest."

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

Guys, it doesn't have to be an exact reference.  You can submit subtle nods, things you've seen before in the series, etc.
Let's make this a fun thread.

[Oralox]

I remember Rugal saying that Gabe's whip is made by Rinaldo Gandalfi

[Munchy]

Lessee... in the few screenshots of a swamp level, there were the hands that come up from the ground to grab you like in CV4 (or Rondo?).

The goblins throw little bombs like those bag-head guys in Bloodlines.

That sorta-kinda-Egyptian level with all the beam balancing is much like the aquatic ruins stages of Dracula's Curse and CV4, what with all the waterfalls.

One video mentioned that Frankenstein made the machine tower, so maybe the Creature is in after all? (They earlier denied the old Universal monster bosses like the Mummy, but maybe they changed their minds?)

Death (or Deaths) in one shot of what appears to be a violent storm on Mars. Maybe this game puts DooM in the canon?

Necromancer not only kinda looks like Death, but also like the Necromancer bosses in CotM and SNES Drac X. Maybe Death is his demon form since he's a Lord of Shadow?

Cornell has a hammer, like the Cyclops. Yeah.

Crystal subweapon sounds like it kinda functions like the Rosary in old games.

Colossi bosses sorta reminiscent of the large golems in Haunted Castle and other games?

Maybe-Dracula (that dark-haired guy) is seen wearing a mask and black robe in Kojima's trailer, almost exactly like Drac's form in Simon's Quest.

[corneliab]

Necromancer looks extremely similar to Shaft's Ghost. He even has that orb-looking thing in the middle of his chest.

[e105beta]

where did you find that out?

There was a picture of the two buff vamps labeled Olrox and Brauner

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

Necromancer not only kinda looks like Death, but also like the Necromancer bosses in CotM and SNES Drac X. Maybe Death is his demon form since he's a Lord of Shadow?

Haha!  I just posted something about that in the LoS thread:

Quote (from me):
The necromancer design has existed in CV before, and it's usually a robed hooded figure very VERY similar to Shaft's Ghost.

It has appeared in:

Castlevania: DraculaXX (SNES) on the regular (you fell off the pillars) Caverns/Swamp Stage:

Castlevania: Circle of the Moon


I suppose I 'could' see how people could confuse him with Death, however I think at this point he looks more like what the classic Necromancer's supposed to look like, than a version of Death.  By now I expect Death to take up half the screen, haha.

END QUOTE

Hahaha.

[Kamirine]

It can't be proven until the story is told but I believe: Maria = Sarah from LoI. A poor soul caught up in a plan/conspiracy to give the Belmont the *push* to do what the antagonist needs him to do. 

The black haired guy everyone thinks may be Dracula sorta looks like Mathias.

Gabe is a knight: so was Leon, the *first* Belmont in the other CV timeline.

[Akira]

The black haired guy everyone thinks may be Dracula sorta looks like Mathias.

^ This catched my attention too, specially since in the profile, Gabriel is in some way related to the Cronqvist family... Maybe Mathias/Dracula vs. Gabriel? :O

And after reading this article, made me think how some scenes in Lords of Shadows kinda reminds me to SCV IV but in 3D
http://www.relyonhorror.com/articles/dailyvania-92410-castlevania-lords-of-shadows-a-3d-re-imagining-of-super-castlevania-iv/

[thernz]

i dont actually agree with many of their points, especially the combat one. i really think we should try to see los as standing on its own when it comes to its setting, mood, and etc. i think they're all pretty distinct from past castlevanias.

[Oralox]

Does someone have the picture of the Black Knight when that lords of shadow art box was given to kotaku and there was a hidden picture there that show this evil looking creature.
I remember seeing the full picture here and it kinda looked like dullahan.

[Vlad III]

Maybe-Dracula (that dark-haired guy) is seen wearing a mask and black robe in Kojima's trailer, almost exactly like Drac's form in Simon's Quest.

That is a very good point that I had not noticed before.
Perhaps Dracula wants the Mask(s) to fully revive himself or something, which would be somewhat similar to the story of Simon's Quest..