Topic: On the LoS series

[Flame]

The series has been rebooted to the point that it barely resembles what they know and love.

I disagree. I recognize plenty Castlevania in the LoS series. But in the end, it boils down to "what makes a Castlevania to you", so it's all subjective.

If the Iga team never returns, I don't believe japanese will never try to make a new game again.

The double negative here implies you think that they will still make CV games beyond IGA, which I agree with,

-unless it's just a misplaced negative and you mean they WON'T make any CV games unless he comes back, at which i have to say: IGA is not the Castlevania Franchise. Castlevania was just fine before he took over, and will be just fine beyond him. In fact, without him, we may get more variety.

Also, many old entries in the saga could use a remake like DXC.

Dracula X Chronicles WAS a remake. Of Rondo of Blood/Dracula X

I would personally love to se a Simon's Quest or Dracula's Curse remake.

[Rudolph LagnaGaisaer]

If the Iga team never returns, I don't believe japanese will never try to make a new game again.

absolutely wrong. jun furano have done a great Castlevania Game even without touching castlevania before and in his time (1994 i supose) IGA was in the University. i believe that japaneses could make a great game even without IGA , Ayami or Michiruon the team.

[Pfil]

Yeah, my words were misunderstood again.
Shall we all speak in italian or spanish? That way I won't be misunderstood again. Just joking, anyway.

What I mean is that if Iga never returns, japanese will anyway make new Castlevanias eventually. They won't stop doing japanese CV forever just because Iga isn't there. I love Iga games more than anything in the VG industry, but above all, I love Castlevania more than anything in my life, and I don't want it to die just because Iga felt like trying something else.

Of course CV was perfectly fine before Iga stepped in. It was perfect also while he was.
And here I'm hoping that in the future it will be the same, being Iga involved or not.

And of course DXC was a remake, that's why I used it as an example.
Lots of old CV games could use a remake... like DXC was.

We have so, so many possibilities for the future...
I like to dream about them.

[Lelygax]

I love Iga games more than anything in the VG industry

Did you play Tokimeki Memorial then?

[Pfil]

Yes, Tokimeki Memorial, the one with a Maria Renard keychain if I recall it correctly.
And Otomedius Excellent.

But I was talking about Castlevania Iga games

[Lelygax]

Im only testing you milady, you exceeded my expectatives.

[Pfil]

Haha! Not a problem at all!

[uzo]

Let's be honest, if the LoS series didn't have Castlevania in its name, there wouldn't be any whining. The only people who are whining are the people who liked the old cannon and can't except the fact that the series has been rebooted to the point that it barely resembles what they know and love. Jeez, move on already!!! You guys are acting like Mathias was when his first wife died in LoI. You whine and refuse move on. The old cannon is dead. Period. You're free to have to your opinions, but stop whining on the forums. We all know you don't like LoS. We don't need to constantly hear it.

That being said, if this was its own stand alone series, no one would be whining. It's all because you idiots consider it a blasphemy and act like all this complaining is going to get Konami to go back to the old cannon and continue it (IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!!!).

As for why the Combat Cross is effective against monsters, I believe it is said somewhere that the during the construction, holy water was poured over the chain.

The story was the least of my concerns with a reboot. In fact, I've been wanting them to do the 1999 game and start over for a while now. Don't get me wrong, LoS's story was disappointing even by old canon standards, but the true problem here is that the uniqueness of Castlevania has been sucked away in an attempt to clone the success of other fantasy action games. No longer do we have a whole roster interesting enemy designs, or music worthy of the gaming hall of fame.

Perhaps it worked, as Lords of Shadow sold a bunch. But as far as living up to the Castlevania legacy? It's more than a stone's throw to reach that benchmark.

[Shiroi Koumori]

Perhaps it worked, as Lords of Shadow sold a bunch.

Perhaps there are not much games for the consoles right now as compared to before. Plus console games are competing with casual games on the tablets and social sites.

[Dark Nemesis]

I disagree. I recognize plenty Castlevania in the LoS series. But in the end, it boils down to "what makes a Castlevania to you", so it's all subjective.

Well, for me the only time that it felt like Castlevania, was Wygol abbey.

[Lelygax]

They added bats and medusa heads in MoF?

[Nagumo]

That being said, if this was its own stand alone series, no one would be whining. It's all because you idiots consider it a blasphemy and act like all this complaining is going to get Konami to go back to the old cannon and continue it (IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!!!).

Except Cox said returning to the old continuity is possible. 

[Flame]

I think I recall Cox saying that it was an AU and not a replacement for the old timeline.

[X]

AS exaggerated as SuperHunter makes his post out to be, I'd still have to agree with it. LoS was a struggle to get through on so many levels for me, and there were many elements about it that I did not like. I still haven't even finished it so much as I was more/less 'finished by it'. And after seeing several videos of the MoF play-throughs I don't see any real changes in it except that it plays as a 2.5D as opposed to full-on 3D.

Yeah, my words were misunderstood again.
Shall we all speak in italian or spanish? That way I won't be misunderstood again. Just joking, anyway.

Don't worry too much. I fully understood what you meant to say here as I also have a similar sentence structure myself. Thus it's easy to translate for me. Even if no-one else understands you there will always be that one person who does. 

[Successor The Cruel]

The only people who are whining are the people who liked the old cannon and can't except the fact that the series has been rebooted to the point that it barely resembles what they know and love.

Heh! You make it sound like the series being rebooted and no longer resembling Castlevania is, like, not a big deal or anything. As if we should just shrug about it and say, "oh well," even if it was something we knew and loved :p

That's not likely to happen. Even you admit that many of us have made a large emotional investment to the series. Us actually caring about the series going down the toilet actually shows that.

EDIT:
Actually, in my opinion, the series has already gone down the toilet. You'd have to use a seriously hardcore plunger to bring it back :p