Topic: What Characters/Bosses Should Appear in LOS2 (spoilers)

[Reinhart77]

Assuming that the Lords of Shadow sequel does happen, what characters and bosses would you like to see in the game?  Any ideas on how they could be portrayed so that they fit with the LoS mythology?  Any aspects about the original versions that must be present?

In my scenarios, I'm assuming that LoS2 has Dracula be the "hero" vs. Satan and that it takes place after the epilogue of LoS in the modern day.  I haven't defeated the Forgotten One yet, so forgive me if a speculation is out of place.

For a couple of starters, I'd be happy if Stella and Loretta could make an appearance.  Since they're vampires, I'd assume they wouldn't be Dracula's enemies (unless they come up with something) and are not fought.  But I wouldn't mind seeing them as NPCs, perhaps among Dracula's top lieutenants in the Vampire sect.  I'd throw out the whole Brauner and Eric Lecarde thing and say that they were Dracula's first "victims" and consider him their father, in the same way Laura considered Carmilla her "mother".  Having the "Rosen Maiden" eyes would be a nice nod to the original designs, but not absolutely necessary.

For a boss, I'd like to see Dario.  Put him in a biker jacket or something, with flames on the back.  This could be his human form as he acts as an agent for Satan, but when you fight him (perhaps a second form), he'd morph into a full fledge Aguni fire demon.  Dmitrii could also appear as an agent of Satan.

[A-Yty]

Max Slimer.

[darkwzrd4]

Assuming that the Lords of Shadow sequel does happen, what characters and bosses would you like to see in the game?  Any requests on how they could be portrayed so that they fit with the LoS mythology?  Any aspects about them that shall not be dismissed?

In my scenarios, I'm assuming that LoS2 has Dracula be the "hero" vs. Satan and that it takes place after the epilogue of LoS.  I haven't defeated the Forgotten One yet, so forgive me if a speculation is out of place.

For a couple of starters, I'd be happy if Stella and Loretta could make an appearance.  Since they're vampires, I'd assume they wouldn't be Dracula's enemies (unless they come up with something) and are not fought.  But I wouldn't mind seeing them as NPCs, perhaps among Dracula's top lieutenants in the Vampire sect.  I'd throw out the whole Brauner and Eric Lecarde thing and say that they were Dracula's first "victims" and consider him their father, in the same way Laura considered Carmilla her "mother".  Having the "Rosen Maiden" eyes would be a nice nod to the original designs, but not absolutely necessary.

For a boss, I'd like to see Dario.  Put him in a biker jacket or something, with flames on the back.  This could be his human form as he acts as an agent for Satan, but when you fight him (perhaps a second form), he'd morph into a full fledge Aguni fire demon.

That Dario idea is awesome.  However, I have a feeling that LoS2 won't be directly after the epilogue.  I get the feeling that it will take place after the Ressurection DLC (the one with the forgotten one) and that the epilogue cutscene is where they intend to take this storyline.  I think that LoS2 will be something like what happens in between.  That being said, I would like to see Slogra as a boss.  After all, in the epilogue scene, we see Slogra's corpse at the bottom of the tower.  It's possible that Gabula killed it.

Also, I do remember reading on this forum that a sequel is in the making and is planned to come out in 3 years.

[crisis]

I think Legion would be an excellent boss, and I expect The One Who Is Many to appear sooner or later. Also, Frankenstein's Creature is pretty much a given at some point. I'd also like to see HoD's Pazuzu (he predates Satan mythology-wise). Lets not forget Medusa, and mmmaybe Galamoth.

I think I can handle 1 more "Titan" fight, only if it's Beelzebub. Anything else would be overkill, stop paying homage to SotC it has nothing to do with CV.

LoS2 has Dracula be the "hero" vs. Satan

i'll never get used to this

[Reinhart77]

speaking of Titan fights, Legion would make an incredibly gross Titan fight.  Imagine having to scale layers of dead bodies in order to get to the core.

Also, considering that the same bosses keep recurring over and over again in Castlevania games despite being killed, there's no reason for dead characters not to return in a sequel.

[Kingshango]

Like Darkwzrd, I dont think LOS2 will take place after the epilouge but after the Resurrection DLC, maybe a couple hundred years or so. I would like to see Dracula at the hight of his reign instead of the nerfed prince of darkness we saw in the epilouge. With that said here's the enemies I would like to see:


Love to see Legion in the sequel, it would look down right gruesome with Mercurysteam's art direction, hell it should have been the boss at the land of the dead instead of the Dracolith Titan, especially considering how many zombies they tried to fit onscreen, I was half expecting Legion to show up.

Ax armors are a must and not the shockwave club armors but the ax tossing kind.

Frankensteines creature is a possibility since he was apparently a busy guy in LOS, he may have created one more secret experiment locked away in the castle somewhere.

There are many more I wanna list down but dont have the time but I hope Mercurysteam study's the large numbers of monsters in Castlevania's bestiary and try to impliment them into their world without giving them a radical facelift (looking at you TFO)

[Reinhart77]

If I thought that they were planning on making many sequels for Lords of Shadow, I would think LoS2 would take place after Resurrection.  Right now, I'm only expecting them to be considering one sequel, so I'm expecting it to be after the prologue in the modern day.  Maybe I'll change my mind after finishing Resurrection or hear more about MS's plans for the franchise.  That's not to say I'm "hoping" it to be in the modern era and fought by Dracula.  It seems to make it more difficult for traditional Castlevania enemies to appear, as Werewolves, Vampires, and Undead wouldn't likely be fighting for Satan.  I could imagine all kinds of demonic beasties that appeared in previous CV games that you could fight, but it'd be missing a major part of the formula.  Not to mention the modern setting makes it feel even less like a Castlevania game.  But I wouldn't mind that setting just this once if they were done after that and then returned to creating games in the normal timeline again.

Yeah, if it took place after Resurrection, Slogra is a must.  It would be a shame if Frankenstein's monster didn't make an appearance given all the references to the good doctor. 

[KaZudra]

2 titan/collosus battles...
Galamoth and Beezlebub

Slogra and Gaibon!

[darkwzrd4]

While I like the idea of Legion being a boss, I don't think that a titan battle would work.  At least not if it was like the three titan battles of LoS.  Now then, if it was similar to the ogre battle, it would be a different story.  I think a battle against Legion should be a platforming one.    It would require jumping from platform to platform to attack each section while dodging the free corpses that were a part of the shell.  Some could be exploding like the ones in the CoD battle.  The style of the battle would also depend on what Gabula's combat system is like.  It's just to me, the way of the titan battles were in LoS were annoying and shouldn't be used anymore.  Besides, Gabula's new skill set (whatever it may be) might not be conducive for that kind of battle.  This also assumes that we will be playing as him in the sequel, which I'm hoping for.  Regardless of who we will be playing as, titan battles that involve crawling all over the boss and smashing magic seals should not be used ever again and forgotten.

[Munchy]

Not Titan battles.

Real answers: Death (none of this regular enemy "reaper" shit), Paula Abghoul/ Fred Askare (with those names), Dracula (yeah I know, fat chance)... Some big knight guys (as there are a lot of them, but preferably good ol' Axe Knights)... Carmilla (in her big crying mask/skull form), Zapf Bat (recent Castlevania games have always had fucking pathetic excuses for Treasury areas, hope LoS2 rectifies this), Galamoth (no Titan shit plz), those awesome guys riding on half of a horse, Angel Mummy (those long-spined wall-bound skeleton dudes from Belmont's Revenge), Behemoth (would be awesome if he came apart like in CV64), FLEA MEN, Slogra and Gaibon (preferably under Death/Zobek's service), but most of all, more Undead or otherwise ghostly shit.

They killed off the NPCs I liked in the first one, so there isn't anywhere to go really, unless they haphazardly resurrect a few. (Except Claudia, fuck that bitch and her incessant nagging.)

[Profbeanburrito]

I want to see Slogra and Gaibon, but I really want to see Medusa and the Medusa heads

[Neobelmont]

They killed off the NPCs I liked in the first one, so there isn't anywhere to go really, unless they haphazardly resurrect a few. (Except Claudia, fuck that bitch and her incessant nagging.)

If we are talking about npcs I want Renon back he could be very interesting (hell fighting a merchant from hell is an awesome concept why not do it again).

[Munchy]

If we are talking about npcs I want Renon back he could be very interesting (hell fighting a merchant from hell is an awesome concept why not do it again).

Oh yeah! He'd be pretty cool.

Sort of off topic but I realized that his demon form looks a hell of a lot like Cumulo and Nimbar from Belmont's Revenge... just unstuck from a wall and with wings.

[Thunderbrand]

Definately Medusa! She was great in LoI and I'm sure MS could do some great stuff with her design. I really hope she's back in the next game.

Death and Galamoth would be good too obviously. Also...I may be alone here but I think the Dancing Ghosts from CV4 could be pretty cool. I always thought the idea of them was creepy and unique and again I bet MS could really do some neat things with them.

[jestercolony]

Not enough Succubi in LoS imo. I need some eye candy.