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

[Flame]

I am not sure about it, it was quite a time ago, but I think Soma need to "kill" Chaos in AOS because it was turning him into his former evil-self. So, in a sense it could be said, that Chaos is Evil in Castlevania. Or at least was "corrupted" by Dracula's evil, since Soma didn't not used Chaos for any purpose after turning into Dracula's reincarnation power-wise.
As with many things in this series, it was hinted, in COD, if I am not mistaking. But it was never elaborated or clarified later.

I rewatched some AoS stuff, and the way that AoS described it was more along the lines of all the negativity and such, has created a chaotic spirit within the castle, which Dracula seems to draw power from and be influenced by. When Soma defeated Graham with the Giant Bat, Succubus and Flame Demon was it? Souls, the Castle Acknowledged him as Dracula, and the chaotic spirit of the Castle began to flow into him, "awakening" him to who he is, and slowly but surely trying to fully turn him into Dracula.

Arikado Alucard expands on the Creature of Chaos castle thing, calling Castlevania a spiritual entity made from Dracula's magic. Which furthers the idea that Soma did in fact destroy Castlevania upon killing the Chaos spirit flowing through it, which with Dracula gone, was probably the only thing keeping Castlevania alive.

[e105beta]

Im really looking forward to a more in your face combat kind of Dracula than one that just shoots fireballs. A sword or something and some kind of evil looking armor, a change of pace would be nice, a break from the usual Dracula type of the nobleman with fireballs and shizz.

too bad he broke the Combat Cross, would have been neat to see him use it all corrupted or something, against future Belmonts.

Maybe he'll use another weapon, like a sword?

I'd want him to fight like Ganondorf. I.E. He can back off and blow you away with dark magic, or he can get up in your face and rip you to shreds.

[crisis]

Arikado Alucard expands on the Creature of Chaos castle thing, calling Castlevania a spiritual entity made from Dracula's magic. Which furthers the idea that Soma did in fact destroy Castlevania upon killing the Chaos spirit flowing through it, which with Dracula gone, was probably the only thing keeping Castlevania alive.

Castlevania was never destroyed by Soma defeating Chaos. To quote from DoS' library:

Dracula's Castle
The symbol of Dracula's dark power, its appearance coincides with Dracula's resurrection. The priest of the Hakuba Shrine had sealed it in a solar eclipse in 1999. Then, during the solar eclipse of 2035, it sought a new master, but failed. Now, its dark power awaits the rise of a new dark lord...


Thus, the castle still exists, albeit inside the solar eclipse. People may not like DoS for their own reasons, but it's still "canon."


About the "Death God"/Shinigami stuff:
CoD never hinted anything about it, just Zead saying "No one escapes from me." I suppose it's similar to Thanatos being the God of Death in Greek Mythology (and in God of War); they are both beings that are the representatives of death, nothing more, nothing less.

[Flame]

God damnit DoS screwed shit up so bad. I mean maybe the castle being destroyed was never the intent, but thats how it came off in AoS, and AoS was the perfect ending for the series. Castlevania has finally been completely destroyed, and Soma rejected his destiny, finally actually ending his perpetual cycle of rebirth as Dracula, Mathias finally getting redemption and a second chance at life.

[Ahasverus]

God damnit DoS screwed shit up so bad. I mean maybe the castle being destroyed was never the intent, but thats how it came off in AoS, and AoS was the perfect ending for the series. Castlevania has finally been completely destroyed, and Soma rejected his destiny, finally actually ending his perpetual cycle of rebirth as Dracula, Mathias finally getting redemption and a second chance at life.

I strongly agree. AoS was THE ending for the old series.

[Kingshango]

I'd want him to fight like Ganondorf. I.E. He can back off and blow you away with dark magic, or he can get up in your face and rip you to shreds.

You know how The Forgotton One would summon weapons and projectiles out of darkness?

I think Gabriel would have the same power, not only weapons like a sword or a whip but spells like fireballs, meteor plus the lightning attacks from Laura.

[Archangel]

God damnit DoS screwed shit up so bad. I mean maybe the castle being destroyed was never the intent, but thats how it came off in AoS, and AoS was the perfect ending for the series. Castlevania has finally been completely destroyed, and Soma rejected his destiny, finally actually ending his perpetual cycle of rebirth as Dracula, Mathias finally getting redemption and a second chance at life.

Agreed. While I came to like DoS (especially Julius-Mode), it still feels more like a side-story that makes everything more complicated. AoS is a  good closure to the old saga.

[uzo]

Even though AoS implied the destruction of the castle, and chaos, and all of that, it wasn't explicitly said. I believe DoS was tacked on, retconning these events in a way, but not a true rewrite as it was never explicitly stated. A very bad continuation, just leaving the door open again.

I think AoS was a true and proper ending under the implied destruction of the castle, chaos, and all of that.

[A-Yty]

Or, if you stretch it, the Castle and Dracula's connection with chaos and/or the castle were sealed away, but Soma's powers still remained (and therefore the potential to lure him back to the dark side).

The way I see it, the Castle can never be truly destroyed because it is a manifestation of chaos, which will always exist. At best, it can be kept away from this plane of existence. I don't remember DoS ruining this idea, because the cult's castle was just a replica and both Dracula/Dark Lord and the Castle have been shown to be able to exist with out each other, if necessary. Either way, I agree that DoS was unncesessary when placed to the overall timeline. I didn't really have a problem with continuing Soma's story.

[Sumac]

I rewatched some AoS stuff, and the way that AoS described it was more along the lines of all the negativity and such, has created a chaotic spirit within the castle, which Dracula seems to draw power from and be influenced by

Alucard expands on the Creature of Chaos castle thing, calling Castlevania a spiritual entity made from Dracula's magic.

So, in a way it means that Dracula have created Chaos which power him up later. Hence Chaotic spirit of the Castle is evil.

DOS always gave me impression of badly thought out sequel, especially given how AOS nicely wrapped up the storyline (well, as nicely as you can have with IGA). One thing I always was interested in: how Soma saved his Dark Lord powers? I mean in AOS he was powered up by Chaos, sort of, but when he destroyed it he should have been completely cleansed from its inflention?

[Dremn]

Yep, that announcement will come any day now.



Aaaaany day now.

[Kingshango]

Patience young grasshopper, we'll be getting something soon. They will most likey start the hype train around May with a teaser site leading up to E3 and then Someone will leak info about it a few days before the official announcement of LOS2 or whatever it's gonna be subtitled.

Something will leak out eventually, nothing is leak proof in this day and age (see God of War Ascension) and since some people have reportedly seen the game in action but are not allowed hard details about it, someone will have to spill the beans sooner or later.

[Dremn]

They're dropping info on that rerererevengence of vengeance MGS game thing in a few days, maybe we'll hear something then.

[Ahasverus]

Whatever it is, LoS2  must get released BEFORE God of War: Milking the Cash Cow-6, ehm IV, ehm, Ascension.
It would be terrible to have the comparisons yet again. And there was me thinking GOW would wait for next gen...

[Dremn]

I'm expecting very little if anything to change in the sequel. Maybe at the most the protag will be called Simon Belmont, and Dracula will be the antagonist and a major threat.