Topic: Curse Of Darkness Vs. Lament of Innocence

[The Clark]

I loved LOI and hated COD. All advances made in LOI (like axing leveling up, not having an abundance of items, simple gameplay, a nice hub structure) were all reversed in COD, along with a useless Innocent Devils feature, the same damn combos for every weapon, and larger, more boring, rooms.

LOI is worlds better, being one of my favorite games of all time (Nanobreaker also is a sweet game with the same engine, BTW), and COD is brutal. Quite possibly my least favorite Castlevania.

This is exactly how I feel. Wow. I thought I was the only one left here that actually liked Nano Breaker.

[DoctaMario]

In Reply To #16

Playing CoD is like taking a test. It's long, slightly dull, and you do it as little as you possibly can. That makes me sad because I'd NEVER felt that way about a CV game and haven't since. That game just has the absolute WORST level design in the history of games. I TRIED to go thru it again, multiple times, but I just couldn't do it. The bosses are pretty cool for the most part, and I even kinda liked the ID's, but playing thru that game is worse than a trip to the dentist. 

LoI wasn't tons better, but at least you had a cool combat system and the graphics and sound were pretty flashy.

[Stigma Black]

Hector in CoD was voiced by Freeman.

Mathias in LoI also.

[AlucardTheEternal]

LOI seemed to have more detailed polished graphics but overall the graphics weren't as varied as CoD, I got tired of going through almost identical looking rooms in LoI. CoD had more variety in terms of location. And the innocent devil's aren't useless you need them to do certain things and they make life alot easier especially in the Isaac fight, sure if you want a challenge you don't have to use them but I thought they were a cool fun feature.

The ID(Innocent Devils) werent useless.
A. You needed them to get to certain areas to 100% beat the game.
B.SOme of them were pretty kick ass, and their moves.

BUT I did like playing as Leon in LOI too. Just a Classic

[SymboliC]

LoI.

It's more beautiful, it was done in 3D in a good way. I


But CoD offered more options for me, of course. I'd play it more than LoI, but I like LoI more. That's that.

[ibanezdropd]

ya know people hate on LoI story, but then again... most castlevania games don't have very strong stories...  they have incredible backgrounds and interwoven timelines and histories through mythology... the actual games themselves don't have very strong stories though,   but they are way fun to play.  Ok.. i guess weak stories is not the right terminology...  minimalist story is probably better

[AlucardTheEternal]

ya know people hate on LoI story, but then again... most castlevania games don't have very strong stories...

[AlucardTheEternal]

So far the Tally is:

COD: 8

LOI: 7

close, whos gonna win in the end?

[CVfan13]

In Reply To #23

CoD!! Woohoo!

[Marto]

Lament of Innocence. By far.

I've been a rabid supporter of that game since the second my hands laid upon the cover of it in 2003, and when I heard about it in January months before its release.

[Munchy]

In Reply To #25

Agreed. LoI was shorter and easier to pick up and play again. In CoD, the hallways are so damned long and featureless that I  scarcely want to touch it once I've started a new game. I only really have fun when I'm just goofing off and power-leveling some familiars.

[Sonic_Reaper]

I'm going to have to give it to LoI.  It seriously felt like a more polished product.  CoD was going too much in the way of the DS games, where it was marketed towards "monster-breeding" fans of pokemon et al fame.  LoI actually had that gothic Castlevania feel in its graphics and music.

[Clara E. Leet]

While I didn't like both, I'd have to say LoI is the lesser of two evils.

[victor_cardigan]

Personally I prefer LoI.

Both games I think are far from perfect, but LoI has for me contained more replay value.

CoD was, for me, a chore to finish (including Trevor's game). I found the Innocent Devils, while an interesting idea, poorly executed.

While both games suffer from monotony in the gameplay, I found LoI's easier to bear. I think it helps that LoI's whip combat system has some depth to it, some variety. LoI's short length is ironically another plus.

[olroxshade]

I prefer CoD...only for music, areas and Eneomaos Machine Tower....in gameplay question...LoI owns Curse...