Topic: New Castlevania!!!???!!! (DS)

[shelverton.]

In Reply To #60

I want dark and gloomy and gritty too, but I understand why Konami would want the art direction of the third DS game to fit with the other two games, to make it more visually cohesive, and "trilogy"-esque or something.

I doubt we're gonna see a darker Castlevania on the DS ever, but if there's ever a fourth DS CV, I think it would make more sense to competely change the graphical style in that one.

[Persona]

In Reply To #61

I think a lot of us want it dark and gloomy. And if those screenshots are actually real, I'm sure that's a safe way to say that IGA isn't going to be upgrading his CV games anytime soon (I'm pretty sure alot of people have seen it by now from PoR). Looks like they took DoS (and maybe PoR) apart and rearranged the stuff to make yet again another CV game. Wonder how many more years IGA is going to keep up with the same old stuff. I guess IGA learned alot from legos. Take apart a castle and rebuild it using the same pieces.

Not saying what IGA is doing is BAD, but it's seriously getting old. It's like he's milking CV for whatever it's worth now. I'll still like Castlevania for what it is but for the recent games I'll admit that I've been playing it 'mainly' because it's a Castlevania. Not exactly having buttloads of fun anymore.

[Dark Nemesis]

i'll agree with serio at some things and that i want a castlevania that it will surprise me the way Symphony and aria did. Not just another copy paste situation!

  The female leading character is a good change that i like very much. I just hope for a major change at the others sectors and everything will be fine(i hope)!

[Marty Belmont]

In Reply To #48

I like the Winged Cross. it's a nice representation of What Castlevania's core theme is: A Holy Bloodline Vs. the forces of Hell, and it's all blended right there in a simple image.

[Marty Belmont]

In Reply To #60

she does have hair, you know.
and it's still better than Annette's rediculously long neck
(which she didn't have in her full body shot art, how could Kojima make a mistake like that??)

[PFG9000]

It's about time for the new CV to be officially announced, as it seems the last few have been revealed early in the year and released in the fall.  So we should know if these are real soon enough.

I don't care how ugly the initial screens look.  I'm hoping they pull a AoS and release a third CV for the DS that trounces the first two.

[Sindra]

Which means, they'd have to drastically change up the fighting/magic/weapons system.

They'd best change something up. I will agree some parts are getting a bit stale. (reusing of sprites being one of them)

[Xain]

Hmm...interesting...hopefully that crab battle looks better in motion. you know, to to avoid staring at the plain tower. (with an odd Darius like background)

hopefully this means the game will have more dynamic features.

[Long John Silver]

she does have hair, you know.

And unnaturally huge forehead under it. The image looks better when I resize it to 100x90%.

[Soma Cruz]

Assuming those are legit screens,

art style looks good! If Kojima is busy on something else, I think this style is a perfectly good substitute. 

Mostly, I am praying for 2 things:

MORE difficult game!
Longer game!

If they meet those 2 demands, I will be happy as a clown.

BTW, can anyone translate Japanese? Mostly interested to know the title of the game.

Soma

[thernz]

In Reply To #43

If only this game did look like Vampiria. Vampiria's art owns both DoS and PoRk.

[crisis]

In Reply To #70
I think the title was translated to The Stolen Seal or something like that.

[Mathias Hyperion]

Following up on some people's longing for a more Simon's Quest-esque game, then I agree. I'm probably just in that sort of a mood at the moment, but I would like to see more of the Transylvanian, or Wallachian, or wherever it's supposed to be set, countryside and towns.

CV2 meets COD would be awesome. But 2D or 3D...?

[Dark Nemesis]

Did you guys noticed that the game has a life bar, a magic bar a heart counter and some kind of sub weapon? Does this mean new game play elements?

 

[fiendman666]

well fuck me