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

[Ahasverus]

They actually made a reference to

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AVGN.

I'm actually mildly amused by it.

Huehuehuehuehuehue

[EstebanT]

Alucard dlc was the last straw for me... I know... I know it too late now... Make fun of me for defending the series in the past... I just have one question... Have I been playing as the exact same character for four years? I mean, What was the real difference between Simon, Trevor, Mof Alucard, Dracula, And DLC Alucard? Looking back they all feel so similar with the exception of a few subweapons or others.

[Kingshango]

Well at least it's all over, the LOS saga can finally be put to rest and Castlevania can finally go back to being (relatively) normal.





Then Konami turns it's head to you and announces Lords of Shadow 3 developed by Sparks Unlimited!

Thriller End Laugh

[e105beta]

Alucard dlc was the last straw for me... I know... I know it too late now... Make fun of me for defending the series in the past... I just have one question... Have I been playing as the exact same character for four years? I mean, What was the real difference between Simon, Trevor, Mof Alucard, Dracula, And DLC Alucard? Looking back they all feel so similar with the exception of a few subweapons or others.

To be completely fair, aside from the whip moves, Gabriel doesn't play like Dracula, and Simon, Alucard, and Trevor all played the same in MoF because the game basically cycled through characters for story purposes only. In turn, they didn't really play like their 3D counterparts other than the fact that the combat system was similar. But with that logic, all the old-school Belmonts played almost exactly the same as well.

purify it first, cause it stinks up the place.

I've smelt and dealt with far, far worse.

And for all it's story flaws, I still enjoyed it more than any of Castlevania's pre-LoS 3D outings.

[Dremn]

Blue Light magic recovers health. Red Shadow magic deals heavy damage.
Blue Sypha protects from damage. Red Spirit of Schneider deals extra damage.
Blue mist form gives health. Wolf form extra damage.
Blue void sword gives health. Red Chaos extra damage.
Blue Glaciem gives health. Red Igneas deals damage.

IM FUCKING SICK OF IT.

The LoS series in a nutshell.

[Flame]

So by looking at the artwork, you can tell that pretty much all of Alucard's campaign, is

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cut content from the main game. the artwork shows Dracula using the time reverse ability, on those weird blocked doors with the hands- and think about it- Alucard's description for the ability doesn't make that much sense- He decided to go on a tour of the castle because it "might be" useful? It's MUCH more logical to think that originally, it would have been a Dracula power. After all, it's HIS castle, so HE would be the one with it memorized, not Alucard. It also ties in nicely with the time machine in the LoS1 DLC chapters. Same for the ballroom with the circular saw- it shows Dracula there.

All this is the shit that got cut out of the game because of it's shitty development hell. Think- instead of those stealth segments we love so much? we could have had more castle. And I'm willing to bet that at least some of these new areas are actually already there in the main game, even if they were unfinished.

Fuck you Alvarez. Fuck you and your ego. You ruined what could have been a truly epic game.

[Somacula]

Why couldn't this have been the main campaign?! I loved the abilities, the combat, and the locales (Forbidden Wing especially). This could have been an entire game by itself. I could actually picture Alucard using a combination of his Revelations skill set mixed in with his MoF abilities, which could easily have just been palette swaps of some of Drac's abilities. This is just such a tease for what could have been and it is so unbelievably tortuous. Ugh...

[Viskod]

The LoS series in a nutshell.

Now list all of the other Castlevania games where the subweapons all behave in the same way and complain about how that is lazy developer shit.

Also, reused sprites. God, so lazy right?

The combat in the DLC is fun, but its the exact same combat you get in the main game, just with less variety.

[Ahasverus]

Unless Igarashi's game is super succesful I seriously doubt a return to traditional Castlevania. If it continues the LoS /vibes/ at least I hope it gets better and focused.

[crisis]

while i dislike the decisions that were made, Alvarez didnt burn your house down, he didnt make any threats towards your family or anything. hate his ideas, dont hate him. cursing him out over a videogame is very immature & says more about you than what anybody says about him (also applies to Cox/IGA haters)

[Ahasverus]

Interesting, the director of the DLC was Jose Luis Marquez (director of MoF) not Alvarez.... Yeah.

[Gamermeister]

Why is this STILL not available on Xbox Live???

[e105beta]

while i dislike the decisions that were made, Alvarez didnt burn your house down, he didnt make any threats towards your family or anything. hate his ideas, dont hate him. cursing him out over a videogame is very immature & says more about you than what anybody says about him (also applies to Cox/IGA haters)

I don't hate the man. I'm sure he's a reasonably nice guy with friends and a family that love him.

I just can't get over his writing, and the ego that keeps him from recognizing any flaws in that writing. He pulls LoS2 into a thematic about-face then justifies it with this "Well, like, duh!" attitude. It smacks of Mass Effect 3, where the lead writers all left after Casey Hudson pulled the plug on their story after it leaked.

In Lords of Shadow, the story was supposedly thought up by Alvarez and his lead game designer, but Alvarez was only one of three writers, the other three not even being MercurySteam employees. Mirror of Fate, which I would argue is the best written Lords of Shadow game at the very least, didn't have Alvarez on as a writer at all. He's not listed as such in any form in the credits. On the other hand, Lords of Shadow 2 proudly proclaims the game as being "Written & Directed by Enric Alvarez". Maybe the game went through development hell, maybe someone with a better idea left, maybe Alvarez was given too much creative freedom, I don't know, but the ending to Lords of Shadow 2 as we recieved it was handcrafted by Alvarez and no-one else. That, and his defense of it is enough for me to dislike him.

On the other hand, Dave Cox was a writer for both LoS and Mirror of Fate. Hmm... #darkknight

Interesting, the director of the DLC was Jose Luis Marquez (director of MoF) not Alvarez.... Yeah.

I noticed that. I think I'm finding his work more enjoyable than Alvarez's as a whole.

[Anglachel]

I really enjoy this DLC. Playing as Alucard feels great. Bat and wolf form are awesome to use, especially with the puzzles which gave me a good challenge (the knight scrolls were actually helpful too.) I appreciate that the castle is the majority of the setting and even when you're in the present you can explore the chapel and throne room from the epilogue. Marie and Alucard scenes were also touching. 

Also, thank you Jose Luis Marquez. Loved Mirror of Fate and I can definitely see the influence in this DLC.

I do have some questions though.

1. What is this AVGN joke? (Wonder if he'll see it.)
2. Where are the hunchbacks?
3. Is this really the only DLC they're doing? Dave tweeted "Maybe.." in response to someone asking if Victor was going to be in anything else.
I could only hope it's the "ret-con" DLC lol where Victor doesn't die and there's an awesome three on one battle with Satan.

[Ahasverus]

I think we all should tweet Cox and Marquez (and Alvarez, heh) expressing our please with the DLC direction OPPOSSED to the main game's.