Topic: Lords of shadow 2 is on it's way

[Gecko]

I'd be way WAY more excited if they announced a 3DS/Vita game, produced by IGA with artwork from Kojima/Masaki & music from Yamane/Koshiro. Like the good 'ol days. Not to say I'm not looking forward to LoS-2, though.


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Sounds boring. I want something new to play, not SotN reskinned again. That style got pretty stale after a while, with the exception of OoE IMO.

[DragonSlayr81]

granted, though I think it's more due to making them look more realistic(?) and demonic/monster looking. Sort of yknow, breaking the romanticism behind vampires and saying "yeah, these are some scary ass motherfuckers."
entirely different.

I don't know. They could've made them look more scary if they went with the "gaunt, undead corpse" look with long clawed fingers, black veins you can see through their white skin, sunken in eye sockets and such. I always thought the more classic representation of vampires(creepier looking zombies) was a cooler depiction than the suave romantic version, as well as the bat-human hybrid type. There could always be transformations into a bat-like demon, of course, but the initial form, to me, should be human(or human-like). That's just my own preference, though.

[crisis]

Sounds boring. I want something new to play, not SotN reskinned again. That style got pretty stale after a while, with the exception of OoE IMO.

Who said it had to be "sotn reskinned"

I don't think it's stale at all. Been browsing several message boards over the past few years, and it seems there's still a demand for another 2D game. It's obvious a lot of people didn't have a huge problem with the metroidvanias, except for a vocal minority. OoE was a step in the right direction.

[Dremn]

One thing that was great about IGA being in charge were the leaks. If IGA was making anything, it would have leaked in some form by now. Konami and Mercury Steam are being too damn quiet/secretive about Castlevania.

[crisis]

I remember when this one Konami employee leaked a screenshot of OoE(on GAMEFAQS of all forums), asking for advice on what he should name one of the creatures. His account was deleted soon after, though. I also remember years ago either another Konami employee, or I think it was just some PR guy from the press (actually I think he was a she), that leaked info prior to PoR's release. Everyone here was skeptical but all the info turned out to be accurate.

That same person also came back a lil bit after the fiasco & made a single bold statement, "TWO 1999 games." as expected everyone went crazy, she disappeared without saying anything else, and that was it. turned out to be bullshit 

[Nagumo]

We may already have a leak: that rumor about the 3ds game. The person who came with up with that rumor still insists that it's true.

[Dremn]

Two 1999 games would have been absolutely crazy. If it was the same person who leaked it, then it was probably real at some point and then ultimately canned.

I want to believe all of the rumors I've heard recently, they sound way too good to be true though.

[Munchy]

We may already have a leak: that rumor about the 3ds game. The person who came with up with that rumor still insists that it's true.

Has it been said whether they've had accurate leaks in the past?

[Nagumo]

Not yet I think.

[Dremn]

The source was anonymous.

[A-Yty]

a Name is a name, and when you deal with satan and similar things, it seems to be a popular trope to name the protagonist Gabriel or another angel name..

I never said they're completely word-for-word (that's called plagiarism). But there are so many similarities it's unlikely to be a coincidence.

[Successor The Cruel]

Going down this course is pretty much one of the worst things Konami can do with the franchise, which is discouraging beyond words to me. I honestly don't think Mercury Steam has it in them to deliver a Castlevania that I would like to see, so I have little, little faith they will successfully address the issues with Lords of Shadow. And besides, I dislike what Lords did with its plot so much that any continuation of it is already a lost cause in my mind. To turn that whole situation around into something that is great would take a mind of utter brilliance, and I'm not sure if there is one on the planet who can pull that off, so I definitely feel there isn't one at Mercury Steam.

Soooo... count me out of this one.

I'm only hanging onto the faint hope that I cool handheld Castlevania will come out, which is very far from Mercury Steam's touch. Other than that, I've come to the realization that my favorite game series has majorly crashed and burned.

[uzo]

Sounds boring. I want something new to play, not SotN reskinned again. That style got pretty stale after a while, with the exception of OoE IMO.

THAT is exactly the point. A bunch of you are so short sighted with this and fail to realize the important things exemplified by OoE.

IGA started reacting to the fan concerns. Too low difficulty, no female protagonist, lack of outside the castle areas, combos in the 2D titles, etc. He was CORRECTING things. To drop him at this point is a terrible idea. I want to see his next 2D Castlevania title. I believe it was only going to get better from here. OoE really turned heads, and gave the fans a lot of what they have been clamoring for.

He was doing us right, and people still shit on him. I don't understand it at all. IGA gets way too much hate, for no reaosn at all. If you're going to fault the man, at least make a decent point, not some bullshit. At the end of the day IGA's titles were great games, even if they all didn't make the insanely high Castlevania standards of old. You all forget how lucky you are to have a producer who gave enough shits not to churn out some slopped out unplayable garbage.

[Dremn]

There's nothing we can do at this point, IGA probably won't be making anymore Castlevanias ever again.

[Rugal]

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