Topic: LoS has locked a sequel, but WILL YOU BUY IT?

[Munchy]

I enjoyed LoS, but it was a lie. No QTE? what bull, there WERE PLENTY of QTEs.

What's with all these people reading my mind? I'm getting a little freaked out here.

I'm willing to give these guys the benefit of the doubt though, as LoS was not at all a bad first try at 3rd person action. They could really use more help from Konami of Japan, though, like what Capcom did with Dead Rising 2.

[Super Waffle]

Only if it has a female playable character.

I don't play Castlevania games that don't have at least one.

Simon was totally a chick in Super Castlevania.

[Dark Nemesis]

I don't konw, i haven't finish the first one, because i felt that i have been left with a black hole from what i have been promissed before the first game came out. If the sequel has a more Castlevania design feeling and some real Castlevania music, then maybe i might change my mind, but until then i'll have some serious doubts.

[Kingshango]

Well LoS had a rocky development cycle with most people assuming it was another game before being titled "Castlevania" and shoe horning and name dropping characters/minor elements at the last minute so that it would increase sales(and it worked for the most part weather we like it or not.) let's not forget that this game was shuffled on weather it was gonna be a new IP or be a legit Castlevania game.

Now that Mercurysteam have build the foundation, they have the opportunity to create a Castlevania game from the ground up now, like LoS was originally intended to be and hopefully they will at least look for the fans(the sane ones) for improvement's to make the next game feel like a Castlevania game.




Or they will totally ignore the fans entirely and develop the game the way they want it.

[Puwexil]

I'll get it so I can complain about it.

[Nagumo]

I thought they partially got it right with the interior levels of Carmilla's castle, but then came the Land of the Necromancers, and it was just
ugh
   

[Codebreak1337]

I probably won't buy it... I never buy a sequel of a sequel... Reminds me yo
Much of ffx-2

[Dark Nemesis]

I'll get it so I can complain about it.

I like the way you are thinking!!!

[whitedragon_nall]

I don't know. It all depends on how I feel about the game when we get to see it.

[beingthehero]

It's pretty much the same for me. I'm not excited for it, but I'm not dreading it either. I'm indifferent at the moment.

[Mr.Bushido]

They have to change pretty much everything to make me buy the game. If I see arena combat, shitty platforming and LOS music when they show a gameplay vid then I'm not gonna have any interest in it.

[DarkPrinceAlucard]

They will have to make ALOT of changes for me to buy this game such as

1. Add ALOT more classic CV tunes to this game. I was really disapointed at the lack of old CV music in this game which only further made me not consider this the CV title I have been waiting for. I would like for this sequel to posibly include old tracks such as Bloody Tears,Simon's Theme, or Dance of a Holy Man.

2.NO MORE SHIMMERING! I want so good old non fancy platforming please.

3.No more lame story twist.

- SPOILER ALERT  -

I just hated that Gabriel had to become Dracula in this new rebirth of Castlevania. It just felt really forced and so lame that they would do such a thing. And having Death once being human was also a pretty stupid thing to do also.


4.Less Daytime stages. I really like my CV dark and gothic and it was sad that the only time I got that feeling was in Carmilla's castle.

[Renonsgoods]

I don't envy the task that MS has on their shoulders.  Making a 3d CV game is sure to piss off legions of hardcore Vania fans....no matter how the game turns out.  There's literally no way they are going to please everyone that adores this franchise.  As a fanbase we are VERY high strung...myself included (at times).

I'll give them the benefit of the doubt.  While LoS had its shortcomings, I found it a far better exercise in creating a proper 3D Vania than either of Iga's attempts.  That man needs to stick to the 2D series; as it is what he does best.  As someone that really enjoyed LoD, I found myself royally disappointed with LoI and CoD when they arrived.  While the action and graphics had improved, the level design had taken a BIG step backwards.  I always said that LoI got all the things right that LoD had gotten wrong, and it simultaneously got all the things wrong that LoD had gotten right.  LoS may not have gotten totally back to that template that worked so well for LoD, but it came much closer than LoI or CoD ever did.

IMO...if they give us a new Belmont to play with, a big showdown at the Dark Keep with Drac, and a score thick with new arrangements of classic CV tunes.....then they are golden, regardless of what changes they make to the action.  Giving us more "analog" platforming and lots of traditional creatures/bosses would be even sweeter icing on the cake.

Storywise?  Well I have plenty of thoughts on how this new continuity could work moving forward, but I don't work for MS.  Story has never been this series strong point (as many here have pointed out in the past), so I fail to understand how LoS' story made the game so unworthy to some people.  To me, if the action is compelling...then I'm in. 

[uzo]

I'm really pissed at the deceptive marketing, outright lies, and other bullshit they pulled for the first one. I might boycott it out right just based on that to be honest. Perhaps I'll play it by other means, but I don't think I'll be BUYING it and I even got the collectors this last time.

[The Silverlord]

Lords' was a funny old game, all over the place at times like a shambling corpse.  But it still came at you with a sense of purpose, unshakable in its duty to tell its story, no matter how long it took to shuffle forward.  It had character.

Didn't think I'd say this, but I'll miss the shimmying if it goes.  It gave time to marvel and appreciate the backgrounds and at times draw in the weight of the task at hand.  Moments of solitude on a near-level par with the likes of Metroid Prime I'd even be so bold to say.  Not all button mashing and jump here-and-thither.  Mind, the framerate didn't help when moving about from a control point-of-view, and there were the obvious camera issues.  Not perfect, but damn close. Get rid of that and you get rid of a bit of Lords' character.  However, when all's said and done they may want to try and shoehorn the game better, upgrade the shambling corpse to a death knight or something . . .

MS and Cox will be reading these forums, they might not like what they read at times (!) but they'll appreciate they can raise the bar a bit next time around.  I'm sure they'll want to!