Topic: Mirror of Fate's plot makes no sense

[Super Waffle]

I've just got to say I really enjoyed MoF for its gameplay, but my god that ending was some mindnumbing Days of Our Lives bullshit.  "Oh noes, what a tragic misunderstanding!  I had no idea a guy who openly refers to himself as TREVOR BELMONT could possibly be closely related to me, another guy named GABRIEL BELMONT!  How could fate be so cruel as to trick me into killing my own son?"

How the hell does that even happen?  How can Gabriel not possibly be aware of this information ahead of time when he's clearly watching Trevor from the moment he enters the castle and he has his magical all-knowing fortune telling mirror to investigate that shit?  Does this idiot know anything?  Does someone need to tell him Elvis is dead?

And yeah, I know there was something about how the Brotherhood tried to hide Trevor for his own safety when he was born, but that doesn't stop him from still calling himself TREVOR BELMONT and constantly proclaiming how he wants to defend the BELMONT NAME.  At no point do you see him using any kind of pseudonym to hide his real identity.  If he'd been using a different name throughout the game, then at least the ending would have made some sense.

[BLOOD MONKEY]

blablablabla

*nods head up and down*

[Belmontoya]

I've just got to say I really enjoyed MoF for its gameplay

You actaully enjoyed that floaty shitty slow and non responsive mess of gameplay mechanics? MOF had to be some of the worst 2.5D platformer controls I've ever experienced. The gameplay is what cursed the game in my opinion.

Story wise it was mediocre like most Castlevania games IMO.

You need to check out Muramasa (rebirth). It blows MOF out of the water in every way.

Now I'm depressed about MOF again...

[Super Waffle]

Well okay the grappling mechanics were kind of weird and inconsistent.  But I thought it was a pretty decent Metroidvania despite that.

[BLOOD MONKEY]

You need to check out Muramasa (rebirth). It blows MOF out of the water in every way.

I remember that amazing game i still have my pirated copy for the wii somewhere

[Super Waffle]

I don't have a Wii.  But speaking of Vanilleware games, MoF's story structure kind of reminded me of Odin Sphere, except every character was Velvet.

[Belmontoya]

It's also on ps vita. It was even free on there for ps+ members for a while. After I had already bought it of course.

[Super Waffle]

what's a PS Vita

[AxeLord]

I - I actually loved MoF. I probably just lost all credibility whatsoever, LOL. I ignored it's many flaws and just had fun with it. I knew it'd probably be the last platforming CV for a long while. I enjoyed it for what it was.

[e105beta]

I - I actually loved MoF. I probably just lost all credibility whatsoever, LOL. I ignored it's many flaws and just had fun with it. I knew it'd probably be the last platforming CV for a long while. I enjoyed it for what it was.

It's ok, credibility is overrated.

[EstebanT]

I have finished Odin Sphere and Dragons crown. I love me some vanillaware. Still have not finished Muramasa. I don't know what it is, but I just couldn't get into it. Yet I've finished Mirror of Fate 3 separate times. It might just be a matter of taste?

[Dracula9]

I don't have a Wii.  But speaking of Vanilleware games, MoF's story structure kind of reminded me of Odin Sphere, except every character was Velvet.

[Belmontoya]

I have finished Odin Sphere and Dragons crown. I love me some vanillaware. Still have not finished Muramasa. I don't know what it is, but I just couldn't get into it. Yet I've finished Mirror of Fate 3 separate times. It might just be a matter of taste?

Everything is a matter of taste...I mean, some people would rather eat hot dogs than filet mignon.

Not to tease you.. But 3 times through MOF and not once through Muramasa!? That's a pallet I'll never understand.

[flyingchai]

  had no idea a guy who openly refers to himself as TREVOR BELMONT could possibly be closely related to me, another guy named GABRIEL BELMONT!  How could fate be so cruel as to trick me into killing my own son?"

Before the final battle, Dracula asked for Trevor's name, and Trevor withheld it.
He didn't learn his name until after he buried him.

[Super Waffle]

Why the hell would he suddenly decide to do that?  He didn't have any problems constantly mumbling about who he was and what his motives were at every point prior to that scene.  And even if he doesn't specifically say that he's Trevor, he straight up tells Gabriel he's there to avenge the family name that Gabriel tarnished.  Does Gabriel honestly not have the slightest clue who this guy who single-handedly infiltrated his castle and uses the exact same skill set as him might be?  Isn't he just a teensy bit suspicious when he's shown watching Trevor from far away and scheming to himself?  Doesn't his omnipresent magic mirror thingie make him aware of who Trevor is by default?

Ok, so the whole misunderstanding hinges on every character acting like inconceivable morons for no reason.  I was a little off in my initial reaction.  I seriosuly went through Trevor's story mode on assumption Gabriel was fully aware of who Trevor was (or could easily figure it out) and was such an evil family-destroying bastard that he just didn't care he was going to kill his own son.  At the beginning of the game (which chronologically takes place after everything else, but whatever), we see Gabriel has absolutely no qualms with trying to murder the shit out of Sypha (his daughter-in-law) and Simon (his grandson) to punish Trevor.  Then that ending cutscene in Trevor's story happened and I was just like "Wait, how?"