Topic: Castlevania in 2015

[angevil]

For me this is better than a new CV game:
Requiem for the Gods - Castlevania The Concert
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjZ-i9KQE18

I wish we would see the whole concert in such amazing quality!

[X]

Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. applied to the Japanese Patent Office for a trademark of Lords of Shadow on December 19, 2014.
https://twitter.com/trademark_bot/status/558874350255095808

Lords of Shadow 2 Japanese version was sold on September 4, 2014. It may be one by which this trademark application means a new game.

Ugh... Fuckkady fuck. Does anyone wish to voluntarily go back in time and Shang-hai Mercurysteam so they could never produce LoS? Or at least never go back on their word about what we were expecting LoS to originally be?

[Kingshango]

Ugh... Fuckkady fuck. Does anyone wish to voluntarily go back in time and Shang-hai Mercurysteam so they could never produce LoS? Or at least never go back on their word about what we were expecting LoS to originally be?

Frankly, I would go back in time and burn Konami HQ to the ground for killing Bomberman, but that's another story.

However, instead I'd go to Mercurysteam and tell them to not bother with Castlevania, or Lords of Shadow and just make a sequel to Severance Blade of Darkness.

[Nagumo]

I don't want to get anyone's hopes up up, but I just remembered something. A while ago there was a leak of several pachislots/panchiko's Konami was going to release. Several of them already did end up getting released, so the list is definitely legitimate. One of the IPs one the list was Castlevania. Revently, there has been a rumor they are going to announce this Castlevania pachinko in the spring. Which got me thinking, could it be a LoS pachinko? The Pachislots recycled assets from the PS2 games, and since the LoS games have been the only 3D games released in the last couple of years, it would make sense if they would recycle assets from those games for that. I'm going to laugh if that turns out to be true.   

[Shinobi]

Ugh... Fuckkady fuck. Does anyone wish to voluntarily go back in time and Shang-hai Mercurysteam so they could never produce LoS? Or at least never go back on their word about what we were expecting LoS to originally be?

I'll be more happy to volunteer if it's IGA in place of Mercurysteam, then Bloodletting came true instead of Symphony of the Night.

[Anglachel]

Summoning Bergaron.

[Shiroi Koumori]

Which got me thinking, could it be a LoS pachinko? The Pachislots recycled assets from the PS2 games, and since the LoS games have been the only 3D games released in the last couple of years, it would make sense if they would recycle assets from those games for that. I'm going to laugh if that turns out to be true.   

ROTFLOL!
Your theory seems very likely to happen.

[Chernabogue]

If there's something that could bring any more hate than LoS games here, that's Pachislot LOL

[Flame]

I really dont want another LoS game as long as Alvarez is involved. He fucked up bad with what was a perfectly good thing. LoS was a good game and a fresh take. He fucking ruined it with his ego.

Hell, half the people who worked on LoS aren't even there anymore, having packed up and left during 2's development, including the artist.

Fuck, just let it end already. He's done enough damage to LoS. All those years of hype for LoS2, and what a letdown it fucking was.

That said, maybe this time we'll get an ACTUAL fucking conclusion?

One can only hope, but with Alvarez heading the script? yeah, nah. Shit's gonna blow.

or better yet, give LoS to Kojima. If anyone can salvage that trainwrecked story it's him.

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Victor Belmont is cloned and we get to play as his clone son, Solid Belmont

[X]

LOL! Nice one Flame 

[Rugal]

I really dont want another LoS game as long as Alvarez is involved. He fucked up bad with what was a perfectly good thing. LoS was a good game and a fresh take. He fucking ruined it with his ego.

Hell, half the people who worked on LoS aren't even there anymore, having packed up and left during 2's development, including the artist.

Fuck, just let it end already. He's done enough damage to LoS. All those years of hype for LoS2, and what a letdown it fucking was.

That said, maybe this time we'll get an ACTUAL fucking conclusion?

One can only hope, but with Alvarez heading the script? yeah, nah. Shit's gonna blow.

or better yet, give LoS to Kojima. If anyone can salvage that trainwrecked story it's him.

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Victor Belmont is cloned and we get to play as his clone son, Solid Belmont

Man, your tune sure changed, hasn't it?

[Flame]

Man, your tune sure changed, hasn't it?

Not really.

I liked LoS.

I enjoyed MoF.

I still defend the idea behind it, and the initial story ideas.

What i don't defend, is Alvarez fucking all that up.

I was let down by LoS2, because it was such a hack job. It had a lot of good stuff, and loads of potential- the castle bits, are fantastic. The intro with the modern city, is pretty good. the gameplay, is amazing, and ridiculously fluid and responsive.

but it's bogged down by all the shit, including the modern city maps, the modern city enemies, and unfortunately, the modern city story. Zobek was a great Death fight, but he can't make up for the shitty ending.

Which is the worst part. i could forgive everything else if not for the ending being so fucking bad.

thing is, I wouldn't mind another LoS game, if 2 had actually been great. Instead, we saw that loS went to Alvarez's head, and he single handedly fucked up 2 because it had to be "his vision", while the last 2 were labors of love and respect from the devs, who obviously had nostalgia for classicvanias.

if a new LoS game would come out, it would be Alvarez's LoS. And that's not a LoS I want to see more of.

[Claimh Solais]

Not really.

I liked LoS.

I enjoyed MoF.

I still defend the idea behind it, and the initial story ideas.

What i don't defend, is Alvarez fucking all that up.

I was let down by LoS2, because it was such a hack job. It had a lot of good stuff, and loads of potential- the castle bits, are fantastic. The intro with the modern city, is pretty good. the gameplay, is amazing, and ridiculously fluid and responsive.

but it's bogged down by all the shit, including the modern city maps, the modern city enemies, and unfortunately, the modern city story. Zobek was a great Death fight, but he can't make up for the shitty ending.

Which is the worst part. i could forgive everything else if not for the ending being so fucking bad.

thing is, I wouldn't mind another LoS game, if 2 had actually been great. Instead, we saw that loS went to Alvarez's head, and he single handedly fucked up 2 because it had to be "his vision", while the last 2 were labors of love and respect from the devs, who obviously had nostalgia for classicvanias.

if a new LoS game would come out, it would be Alvarez's LoS. And that's not a LoS I want to see more of.

Holy crap, that's exactly how I feel about the LoS trilogy.

LoS1 was damn fantastic. I was still in school and I didn't have money when it came out, so I didn't get to play it right away. I think it was until 2012 that I actually got a copy of LoS and finally played it, and I loved it. It's definitely one of my favorite games I've played.

MoF was a bit disappointing, but it was still a very enjoyable experience. Again, I didn't get to play it when it came out, because I didn't own a 3DS. I didn't play it until later that year, when I nabbed the HD version for $15 on PS3. I got to play it with all the big changes that it made to the original version, and it really felt like Castlevania to me. It was just really short.

LoS2... damn, the trailers and that demo had me hyped. And when I played it, it was off to such a good start.

...And then the first stealth segment happened. And shit just snowballed from there. In the end, it was a good game. Just good. Not great, not even a really memorable experience.

The Revelations DLC was far better than the actual game itself.

I'd be all over an LoS3, if they just got rid of Alvarez. LoS2 could have been incredible, but it was bogged down because of that douche at the helm.

[Anglachel]

Spoiler alert: Lords of Shadow 2 was all a dream in Gabriel's head while he was in his coffin. Satan will return for real in Lords of Shadow 3.

[Chernabogue]

Spoiler alert: Lords of Shadow 2 was all a dream in Gabriel's head while he was in his coffin. Satan will return for real in Lords of Shadow 3.

That'd be something Kojima would do.