Topic: why there's still hope

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

Oh yes, wow I can't believe I forgot that game, whose daylight/nighttime mechanic is even more important than in Simon's Quest.  Wow sorry.

[Dengo vlad tepes]

what makes Los is not a castlevania game , there are 3 things actually :

- The background music ... i really dunno if they will bring hanz zimmer next ?

- the monsters and the characters design is awful , the vampires design looks really weird the wings and their fishy body is just really bad ... never knew that the vampires have a wings not before they transform into a bat

- the story ... gabriel became the count dracula what next ? so they never managed to have a son his wife is died before they do it ... playing as dracula to fight satan ?

or maybe we're going to play as satan to beat dracula so all what can i say is , gabriel is the first and last belmont .... they killed it !

[Kingshango]

Big ass spoiler

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Gabriel doesn't call himself Dracula, instead he refers to himself as Dracul, as in "the Dragon."

If he happen to have a son down the line, he would technically be Dracula as in "the son of the Dragon."

In fact, this way Mercurysteam can ease in Alucard in a way that makes sense. Dracula opposes Dracul and turns against his father for some reason(maybe Dracul started assaulting innocent humans and since he's half human he disapproves of it) and then disowns his title as "Dracula" and refers to himself as the opposite, "Alucard" and fights along side the hunters.

As for the fate of the Belmonts? My theory is that the Brotherhood of Light renames themselves "The Belmont Clan" in memory of Gabriel, who they presumed had perished after his fight with Satan (remember, he never went back to the order after beating Satan). Then the Brotherood/Belmont Clan get's wiped out by Dracul's forces, except for a few survivors who would take up arms against the forces of the night.

I could be wrong though but it would be more plausable.

[thernz]

So is Lords Reverse-Legends?

[crisis]

Gabriel doesn't call himself Dracula, instead he refers to himself as Dracul, as in "the Dragon."

So why in the in-game concept art of him, he's labeled as "Dracula?"

[Dengo vlad tepes]

So is Lords Reverse-Legends?

mmm...it will get confusing if we compared lords of shadow to the other castlevanias , los has its own way to reboot the whole series from its origins and thats what i'm afraid of , i'm afraid that Lords of shadow will replace the old story ... to live another 26 years with los style


wait a dragon ?! bro ... you went so so faaar , he tried to suck zobek's blood .. since the 18 years i lived i never heard the dragons are able to suck bloods

oh i got your point now ... i'm pretty sure gabriel haven't got any child not even in the underlined tales

[uzo]

The Sumberged City has one segment with a red background that may have some believe it's during sunrise. However, afterwards the background becomes purple, indicating night, so I think the red was just used to give the area a scary and surreal atmosphere.       

Sunset. The water falls have a sunset, and that carries into the submerged city, then later shows how the sunset turns into a darker phase. Thus displaying the passage of time, and the sun setting before you hit the castle.

[X]

Someone forgot to mention Curse of Darkness. It too, has day and night cycles though it can be really hard to tell unless you look carefully...or you can just look at the clock in the game menu.

[Kingshango]

So why in the in-game concept art of him, he's labeled as "Dracula?"

To be absolutly perfectly honest to you...... no idea. Maybe I don't know whay he calls himself

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"Dracul" and the concept art labels him "Dracula"

all I do know is (and you can agree with me on this one) that this just another clusterfuck that Mercurysteam could have easily fixed if they had a better screenwriter.

[Flame]

So why in the in-game concept art of him, he's labeled as "Dracula?"

Because his character, that is, the character he is, is "Dracula" He is this continuity's Dracula.

But because he is the first one, it makes no sense to call him "Son of the Dragon". He fucked up Satan's shit,He considers himself the top dog round the underworld, so he is Dracul, the Dragon.

Unlike Mathias Cronqvist, whose title as Dracula is a bit more vague since the character was ever only named Dracula because he was supposed to be Dracula like the movies. The infamous vampire count. He even has the Lugosi look in the early games. But when it came time for an origin story, and his name was Dracula, one is left to simply assume that he considers himself Satan's son, and Satan in this case, would be "the Dragon". (We had an interesting conversation on the Dracul/Dracula namings in one of the other topics I think, probably the LOS one) Thus he is Dracula, Son of the Dragon.

EG in the new Universe, the Dracula family's naming scheme makes far more sense.

like this:

In fact, this way Mercurysteam can ease in Alucard in a way that makes sense. Dracula opposes Dracul and turns against his father for some reason(maybe Dracul started assaulting innocent humans and since he's half human he disapproves of it) and then disowns his title as "Dracula" and refers to himself as the opposite, "Alucard" and fights along side the hunters.

This makes so much sense.

And actually makes more sense in it's origins, with the original 1943 Film "Son of Dracula" with Lon Chaney Jr. portraying 'Alucard' the Son of Dracula, as actually Dracula himself in disguise.

So if they introduced an Alucard character, he would actually be Dracula.

Only difference here is that in this universe, the "Dracula" of the story would not be a villain, but then again, the original "Alucard" wasnt either, and his name comes from the same origin.

As for the fate of the Belmonts? My theory is that the Brotherhood of Light renames themselves "The Belmont Clan" in memory of Gabriel, who they presumed had perished after his fight with Satan (remember, he never went back to the order after beating Satan). Then the Brotherood/Belmont Clan get's wiped out by Dracul's forces, except for a few survivors who would take up arms against the forces of the night.

That sounds definitely plausible...

Maybe all but one gets wiped out, and that one survivor thus establishes the Belmont Bloodline of the series.

Flame, it's official - you are awesome.

Aww shucks. Im blushing. >///w///<

[Dengo vlad tepes]

and don't forget in rondo of blood stage 2 ( secret path ) "breaking through the front" which the song cross fear is playing

there are many , times doesn't matter day or night , the matter is we want castlevania !!!

[crisis]

The thing is, I don't think the writers are as clever as you may assume. The more likely situation is in the next game, Gabriel will be walking around calling himself Dracula despite what he said in the epilogue. Y'know, just because.

We have more clever ideas than they do.

[Abnormal Freak]

you motherfuckers D:

Spoiler tags exist. Use 'em.

[Flame]

you motherfuckers D:

Spoiler tags exist. Use 'em.

Oh please. we've been discussing these things ever since it came out. (which was a long while ago)

That said, I apologize, since I totally forgot you were still playing through it.

[Neobelmont]

you motherfuckers D:

Spoiler tags exist. Use 'em.

Sorry freak I have not fornicated with a women who has children so I refuse to use the power of tags