family_guy
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For those getting this game just be aware that the first 3-4 hours are a bit of a drag. It's about a 15-20 hr game though.
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow PC DEMO THREAD - 07/30/2013
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brandonh83
Banned
The PC screenshots thread will be awesome once this game is out, demo even.
Samir Sedlar
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polyh3dron
Banned
E3 spoiled the ending of this game for me and thanks for that, but I'm still looking forward to it.
It's crazy. The few people left that use dollars as currency experience winter in July. Funny money like yens and euros are all the rage.
Shit, i forgot the game uses a lot of pre-rendered video. Those are clearly images of compressed footage.
brandonh83
Banned
The ending is overrated. There's a cool twist but it is far from the best thing about the game.
polyh3dron
Banned
in some parts of the world it already is 7/30
I hope the demo isn't the console demo, as it was the worst part of the game
brandonh83
Banned
Seriously. But we know it will be.
Darksiders 1 had the best demo ever. One entire dungeon with tons of fighting and puzzles.
anatomyhorror
Banned
This so much.
Smushroomed
Banned
SRP?
But people was vocally about it.. hope they are not stupid!
You know which part of the game would make an AWESOME demo? The Witch's Tower. Both levels of it. It condenses all good about the game.
Don't worry, you do know the ending, but you still probably don't know anything about the first game's story. Knowing what you know will not spoil the journey at all, but if I try to talk more about it I will spoil you, so yeah, you're fine.
brandonh83
Banned
I agree, that's one of the best parts of the game and where it starts to feel closer to the sort of atmosphere and gothic tone you expect from the series.
Anyways, for those of you who haven't played it and are open to a new take on Castlevania you're in for a treat. Its got whips and QTEs that as close to GoW as it gets. If GoW wasn't shit it would probably be like LoS. Hell, GoW is a fucking Rygar clone. It all comes down to a non-Japanese studio rebooting a Japanese I.P. and not being the Metroidvania rehash the fanbase wants though; that's where the majority of the hate comes from.
Krappadizzle
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I want this demo now. I have this game for the 360, but was constantly annoyed by the performance. I was in love with the art and aesthetics.
brandonh83
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This post has both things I agree completely with and things I disagree completely with. I'm utterly conflicted.
What, so you can complain about the game @ 60fps now?
There was never not an instance of people bitching endlessly about Blighttown in Dark Souls.
Not just Blightown. I experienced massive frame-rate drops early in the game. I didn't even get to Blighttown before I stopped playing it.
Samir Sedlar
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I have to disagree a bit, sure the game is awesome, and the story was cool, but it was the epilogue that threw me off balance, it was totally unexpected.
well this is indeed troublesome, I noticed how most hack n slash // action adventure titles demos suck, it is due to being the beginning of the game where it lacks the depth it offers later on, then again I am not sure one could really explore the combat without starting from square one.
The DmC demo was pretty good about that actually. Gave you enough to play around with the game's mechanics, but not enough to spoil everything.
Too bad it ran like absolute shit and made me decide to wait for the PC version, no matter how long I had to wait.
legacyzero
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Sadly, I dont think I gave this game a fair chance on consoles. only played till the forest area. Looking forward to a second shot.
Samir Sedlar
Member
I have to agree, DmC demo comes to mind in terms of a good demo, probably Lords of Shadow 2 will have a good demo as well, assuming we get the E3 demo so we will have all of Dracul's powers.
SirIgbyCeaser
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Has anybody mentioned that this could totally pass as next gen ? Just retitle the thread and see all the fools praise it.
I'm just pointing out that Dark Souls did very much get blasted for at least one area of the game where the framerate was well below subpar. I played it on the PC, so it's not like I ever noticed.
brandonh83
Banned
It was a surprise, but it did nothing for me.
Gabriel being Dracula was great -- the scene taking place in modern times was just kind of like, whatever IMO
I NEED SCISSORS
Banned
I have read that this game is about ten billion hours too long. Demo better be fucking fantastic to make me invest time into it.
Worth every single hour.
legacyzero
Banned
Lets not get ahead of ourselves. Let's let the PC screenshot threads be the judge.
brandonh83
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Not in my opinion. Some people think the beginning is too slow and that the final third is drawn out for too long, but I thought the final third was amazing with terrific atmosphere and was crucial to providing the game with a three act structure and it also heavily related to Gabriel's character development. To me, the last hours of the game are the best. It feels like an epic, yet desolate and moody character journey. It does contain the worst section of the game though, but it's not too long.
Hell if there's one thing that concerns me about Lords 2, it's that it's not going to touch that long hero's journey from the original. It's good that it'll be different, but that's what I liked the most about the first one.
Samir Sedlar
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oh I know how some people have reservation when it comes to modern times, I was skeptical but pushed it away due to faith in MercurySteam.
brandonh83
Banned
It's not that I was skeptical about it, but rather that I just felt like it was there for the sole reason of being a surprise. However, the sequel may justify it, we'll see.
As someone said, the ending minutes of LoS (pre-final battle and onwards) has probably the highest density of plot twists ever in all media.
Samir Sedlar
Member
yup, and I hope we spend some considerable time in old ages as well.
Indeed, it got my head spinning
from Zobak, to Satan, to the god mask, to Dracul
Maklershed
Member
When will then be now?
brandonh83
Banned
That's... a stretch. The only real shockers were
Gabriel being Dracula, and then the modern setting
Eaten By A Grue
Member
Why can I not pre-order this on Steam yet? No one wants my money.
Soon!
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
FML I thought it was live now.
I'm VERY EXCITED.
I'm VERY EXCITED.
What, so you can complain about the game @ 60fps now?
You can expect that.
I'll complain, and nothing can stop me!
(It has Castlevania on it's name, of course I'll get, no matter how bad the game is)