Topic: Castlevania Lords of Shadow Mirror Of Fate HD

[Chernabogue]

MoF soundtrack's tracklist: http://vgmdb.net/album/42436

[Gamermeister]

Im really digging this game. It makes me sad how many people are so busy hating the game for what it isn't to see the game for what it is. I actually really love the gameplay. The jumps are a bit floaty, but the platforming is still addictive and fun. Especially Alucard and Trevor with the double jumps and floating.

The atmosphere is great as well. Really nice use of light. And there's a really interesting painting-like quality to the textures. It just has a really nice mood and character.

And I actually like the music as well. A bit repetitive at times but what's there is good. Especially the themes and the ambient tracks.

Overall I'd give it a 7.5 or 8 out of 10. Fun times, but would have liked more exploration and hidden goodies.

[e105beta]

Im really digging this game. It makes me sad how many people are so busy hating the game for what it isn't to see the game for what it is. I actually really love the gameplay. The jumps are a bit floaty, but the platforming is still addictive and fun. Especially Alucard and Trevor with the double jumps and floating.

The atmosphere is great as well. Really nice use of light. And there's a really interesting painting-like quality to the textures. It just has a really nice mood and character.

And I actually like the music as well. A bit repetitive at times but what's there is good. Especially the themes and the ambient tracks.

Overall I'd give it a 7.5 or 8 out of 10. Fun times, but would have liked more exploration and hidden goodies.

I'm enjoying your let's play. Just wanted to let you know.

[DoctaMario]

I agree with Jeffrey Montoya RE Simon's redesign. I don't know what's up with that belt, though I find the rest of his outfit fine. I don't really like what they did with his face or personality though. They turned him into a dick which kinda works in this game considering he was raised by a bunch of mountain-based yahoos. But I'd have liked to have seen them make him more like Gabriel was in LoS, though maybe without the brooding side.

I guess that's one thing about the older games and the characters not really talking. You can draw your own inference as to what their personalities are like.

[Trevorcard]

I know this might invite "OMG LORDS OF SHADOW RIP OFF GOD OF WAR" But Simon Belmont in this game is Kratos without his villany and douchebaggery. I still like his character and I think he is welcome contrast to all the most of nobler holier then thou Belmont heroes in all the series. I laughed at Succubus scene where Simon was like yeah like "Yeah I am totally going with this."

[Gamermeister]

I'm enjoying your let's play. Just wanted to let you know.

Holy crap, thanks man!

I can Simon as being similar to Kratos in MoF. He's definately angry and vengeful. But, as mentioned, he was raised by mountain men or whatever. He's pretty much just driven by instincts and rage. Personally, I like that one of the Belmonts is like that. I"m curious to see how they'll handle Victor Belmont. I wonder who Simon bedded to continue the bloodline. Succubus? Succubus.

[kadosho]

Just been doing some research on how many things they wanted to do with MoF. Its amazing it could have been a spinoff if it does really well. I think this new CV chapter is really pushing things to new levels we weren't capable of before. I love it!

[Gamermeister]

Just been doing some research on how many things they wanted to do with MoF. Its amazing it could have been a spinoff if it does really well. I think this new CV chapter is really pushing things to new levels we weren't capable of before. I love it!

Source? I'd love to read some of that info!

[DoctaMario]

I know this might invite "OMG LORDS OF SHADOW RIP OFF GOD OF WAR" But Simon Belmont in this game is Kratos without his villany and douchebaggery. I still like his character and I think he is welcome contrast to all the most of nobler holier then thou Belmont heroes in all the series. I laughed at Succubus scene where Simon was like yeah like "Yeah I am totally going with this."

He IS kind of a douchebag though. I mean, I think he's supposed to be pretty young in MoF, but still....I don't like my Simon as a douchebag lol!

[Lashen]

So, in case anyone happened to be curious, somebody paid enough attention to the Mario reference to change it:



Snagged a photo from my phone the other day.

(Man, they won't even allow Luigi's corpse dignity.)

Edit: Found a picture of the original floating around the interwebs.

[Gamermeister]

Wow. I guess they thought the Mario joke was only appropriate on a Nintendo system. Too bad they couldn't have swapped it for like Master Chief and Uncharted jokes. hahaha

BTW, the UI in MoF HD is gorgeous! It's completely redone from the 3DS version.

[Maedhros]

I find these jokes really terrible. I think that in the first LoS, the only one taht actually leaved a smile on my mouth was from the DLC chapters.

[Intersection]

I was very disappointed by Simon's Mirror of Fate redesign. I had expected MercurySteam to truly flesh out his character, giving him purpose, bringing him to life -- it was the first time Simon had appeared in a fully narrative-driven CV game, and I had relatively high hopes after what LoS brought us in terms of character development.
But, of course, they simply couldn't pull it off. No -- it might actually have made some of MoF's story interesting. No, MS thought, that would be absolutely criminal. So, instead, Simon is portrayed as a mindless, brutish, impulsive barbarian, who can barely seem to put a sentence together without sounding utterly idiotic. I cringed when he suddenly began shouting "Show me more! Show me more, dammit!" like an spoiled child, barely a minute into his first meeting with the lost soul. I simply stared when he picked up the stone containing's Sypha's soul, grunted "Bah!", and threw it away.

And his new look is simply mediocre. Simon somehow looks flattened, and his garment is completely uninspired.

[e105beta]

I love Simon's personality. He's rough, brutish, and single-minded, which makes sense for the character given his current backstory. He's understandably ignorant of the greater goings on, growing up in the wilderness from a young age, and he hasn't been trained from birth by elite warriors, but that doesn't keep him from being determined enough to march right into Dracula's castle and give him the finger.

It was a nice change from the "noble" Belmont trope, which Trevor filled just fine. Adds a little personality.

[Asgardwolf]

I love Simon's personality. He's rough, brutish, and single-minded, which makes sense for the character given his current backstory. He's understandably ignorant of the greater goings on, growing up in the wilderness from a young age, and he hasn't been trained from birth by elite warriors, but that doesn't keep him from being determined enough to march right into Dracula's castle and give him the finger.

It was a nice change from the "noble" Belmont trope, which Trevor filled just fine. Adds a little personality.

Absolutlly agree with this...