Topic: LOS2: Revelations - Alucard DLC releases March 25th - First Screenshots

[Kingshango]

Surprise it hasn't been mentioned yet but the DLC will cost $8.

http://www.relyonhorror.com/latest-news/castlevania-lords-of-shadow-2s-revelations-dlc-gets-an-official-price/

And since Cox says that it will take up to 5/6 hours to complete, that means the actual length of the DLC is a hour and a half.



Which is still longer than Ground Zeroes.

[Mike Belmont]

I'm totally expecting something like that

I mentioned since the beginning of this thread, and I coincide with you, guys... I expect that the name of the guard will be Gaibon or Slogra. And the so mentioned Slogra artwork will stay like that: just an easter egg in form of an artwork

[EstebanT]

I expected the demon from the toymaker story to be gaibon.

[Dremn]

8 dollars sounds like a fair price. How much was Reverie and Resurrection for LoS1?

[Foffy]

8 dollars sounds like a fair price. How much was Reverie and Resurrection for LoS1?

$10 each. Overpriced, so they learned.

[EstebanT]

$10 each. Overpriced, so they learned.

Liked the LoS series, Still have not bought those expensive ass things.

[EstebanT]

I wonder if alucard will be limited to his own areas like Laura in Los. (Obviously bigger area) Or if he will be able to explore the same areas dracula can like the old CV games.

[Somacula]

It looks like we're getting bigger Alucard-exclusive areas like the Toy Maker/ballroom arena in the screens but still get some overlap between areas Gabe has been to, such as the Void Sword/Chaos Claws areas.

My question is regarding why Alucard's design was slightly altered and he can suddenly summon Crissaegrim out of hammer-space. Also, screenshots like this are really making me start to wonder how much of Dracul's moveset will carry over:

http://cdn3.sbnation.com/entry_photo_images/10060981/Shot00012.jpg

[flyingchai]

My question is regarding why Alucard's design was slightly altered and he can suddenly summon Crissaegrim out of hammer-space.

Alucard's sword is an actual physical sword, not a summoned one like Drac's Void Sword.

[Somacula]

Alucard's sword is an actual physical sword, not a summoned one like Drac's Void Sword.

Yes, and we see that in the cutscene where the entire plan is unveiled--Alucard keeps it in the holster. However, the end of the Revelations trailer shows that apparently Alucard can randomly summon it now. I hope there's at least a lore book entry that makes sense of it. The Masamune's summoning quality at least made sense since the Lieutenant's entry says that it can bypass the physical realm or something like that. Crissaegrim popping out of nowhere however, is a little mind-boggling as it is right now. I just really miss those belts in Al's old design and was hoping to fight with Alucard's holster since the Lieutenant's moveset is vaguely Japanese.

[DarkPrinceAlucard]

Yes, and we see that in the cutscene where the entire plan is unveiled--Alucard keeps it in the holster. However, the end of the Revelations trailer shows that apparently Alucard can randomly summon it now. I hope there's at least a lore book entry that makes sense of it. The Masamune's summoning quality at least made sense since the Lieutenant's entry says that it can bypass the physical realm or something like that. Crissaegrim popping out of nowhere however, is a little mind-boggling as it is right now. I just really miss those belts in Al's old design and was hoping to fight with Alucard's holster since the Lieutenant's moveset is vaguely Japanese.

My guess is obviously they wanted to reuse some of the void sword's mechanics here.

To have him keep it in his holster and unsheathed it in battle would have required more effort on their part and I don't think they really where up to it.

So lets just use the summon sword thing from Gabriel/Dracul's maingame!

[Somacula]

If they're in the business of reusing assets, then why not just re-use the animation in the first game where Gabriel would put the CC in his belt if left idle enough? I always liked small details like those.

[DarkPrinceAlucard]

If they're in the business of reusing assets, then why not just re-use the animation in the first game where Gabriel would put the CC in his belt if left idle enough? I always liked small details like those.

Well I guess putting a small cross on your hip would be much different than putting a long as sword in a sheath.
And also, didn't Lords of Shadow 2 use a different engine than Lords of Shadow 1?

[Somacula]

That's true. Perhaps they were also going for a homage for SotN Alucard as well, since that Alucard can also summon his swords from nowhere. Aside from certain artwork from Harmony of Despair, I've never seen a use for classic Alucard's sheath either.

[SSBBfan666]

I guess they are trying to reference SOTN with Alucard's ability to bring out the Crissaegrim through hammer-space, also the Void Sword is a Physical sword, it is basically Dracula's Void power condensed into a long sword that only he can use (though I am curious how Alucard is shown wielding it in the trailer).