Topic: Lords of Shadow sequel is coming out this year, hinted by David Cox over twitter

[Pedrith]

Well I for one am really looking forward to a sequel to Lords of Shadow.  Having only played four previous Castlevania games (Super Castlevania IV, SOTN, LOI and COD) I felt the first game was a nice natural progression, despite it's few flaws.  I really hope the new game shows how Gabriel becomes Dracula and resolves Laura's plotline, while also giving us the chance to see Dracula's point of view over several centuries.  I would also be really happy if we got to see more of the castle and the inclusion of of a few more monsters from SOTN (especially the Succubus--perhaps a concubine for old Drac - and that weird monster with the woman tail from the underground).

While I like the music, I think they need to have more chapter specific themes (instead of a few themes used as leitmotif), and some baroque would be nice, but I like baroque. 

Cheers,

David

[Kingshango]

The real question is:

Do you want the announcement to come at all?

*Raises hand*

Lets be honest here, the bar for 3D Castlevania isn't exactly high, If the highest is the CV64/PS2 games and the lowest being Judgement, then Lords of Shadow 2 has nowhere to go but up. If the rumored info about it being a non linear 3D adventure game like Darksiders is true, then it's already a step up.

And some non shoehorned Castlevania elements wouldn't hurt either.

[Dremn]

The real question is:

Do you want the announcement to come at all?

Lords of Shadow wasn't the worst thing ever, and I'm willing to give the sequel a shot.

Honestly if it wasn't for the epilogue and Dracul I wouldn't even bother to give this new direction another chance. I want to hope the sequel will improve on a lot of things but I'm also just hungry for any kind of Castlevania news at this point.

[Vrakanox]

If the rumored info about it being a non linear 3D adventure game like Darksiders is true, then it's already a step up.

And some non shoehorned Castlevania elements wouldn't hurt either.

I haven't heard this rumor yet but that would be awesome. It needs to go more non-linear, especially since it's Castlevania, they could really pull in some fans if the budget is the same as Lords. Also like you said it just needs to be more like Castlevania in general.

[crisis]

I gotta feeling the marketing for this game is gonna suck

[Nagumo]

Kind of off-topic, but according to Cox, the reason why Gabriel calls himself "Dracul", is because he defeated Satan, so he thinks of himself as the real devil/Satan.

Thoughts?
 

[Chernabogue]

Kind of off-topic, but according to Cox, the reason why Gabriel calls himself "Dracul", is because he defeated Satan, so he thinks of himself as the real devil/Satan.

Thoughts?

Sounds kinda right to me.

[Kingshango]

Kind of off-topic, but according to Cox, the reason why Gabriel calls himself "Dracul", is because he defeated Satan, so he thinks of himself as the real devil/Satan.

Thoughts?
 

So Gabriel beats Satan, gets uber dark powers and thinks he's the real devil.

Sounds narcissistic but it's totally something Dracula/Dracul would do. So Im gonna guess it's the people who only refer to him as "Dracula"?

[Koutei]

https://twitter.com/#!/CastlevaniaLOS/status/191440644609277952

TV Game Show Vault ‏ @gameshowvault
@CastlevaniaLOS So Dracula calls himself Dracul because in HIS
mind he IS The Dragon since he whipped Satan's ass. Did I get that
right? ;-D

David Cox‏ @CastlevaniaLOS
@gameshowvault - Yes.

[Flame]

Well, It IS called "Devil's Castle Dracula"... so... I guess the thought about fits.

[thernz]

Maybe Dracul is the father of Dracula who is then the father of Alucard.
Dracul, Zobek, and Alucard high-fiving each other over Satan and Dracula's beaten pulps.

That'd be zany.

[flyingchai]

So Gabriel beats Satan, gets uber dark powers and thinks he's the real devil.

Sounds narcissistic but it's totally something Dracula/Dracul would do. So Im gonna guess it's the people who only refer to him as "Dracula"?

To the rest of the world, Satan is the most terrible being with 'Dracula' being terrible enough to be considered Satan's son. However in Dracula's own mind, he's the top dog, so he should get the title of The Dragon. Hence why he calls himself Dracul....

[Flame]

To the rest of the world, Satan is the most terrible being with 'Dracula' being terrible enough to be considered Satan's son. However in Dracula's own mind, he's the top dog, so he should get the title of The Dragon. Hence why he calls himself Dracul....

Sounds about right.

[Reinhart77]

that's pretty cool. 

[Kingshango]

To the rest of the world, Satan is the most terrible being with 'Dracula' being terrible enough to be considered Satan's son. However in Dracula's own mind, he's the top dog, so he should get the title of The Dragon. Hence why he calls himself Dracul....

That and the fact that he actually beat Satan in combat, fuelling his dark ego. That's pretty cool, also:

Well, It IS called "Devil's Castle Dracula"... so... I guess the thought about fits.