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Castlevania Lords of Shadow 2 - |OT| - Dead and Loving It!
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SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
Just finished, that final boss fight was intense as fuck, but that ending is horrible WTF Konami? Should had let MS use the original one.
Overall i enjoyed the game, i think in terms of combat , this is a much better game than LoS 1, the modern settings were okay at best but the game would be much better IMO if the majority of it would take place inside Dracula's Castle.
Graphically the game is superb, the soundtrack is Oscar Araujo's best work yet but the story is pretty 'meh'. I loved the feeling of an epic adventure in LoS 1, that feeling is not very present in this sequel.
Stealth sections are okay-ish, but they shouldn't be there, at all. I get the feeling they were implemented only to add more to the game's length.
So yes, despite its flaws LoS 2 is a good game, not the aberration some reviews are claiming.
7.5/10
Overall i enjoyed the game, i think in terms of combat , this is a much better game than LoS 1, the modern settings were okay at best but the game would be much better IMO if the majority of it would take place inside Dracula's Castle.
Graphically the game is superb, the soundtrack is Oscar Araujo's best work yet but the story is pretty 'meh'. I loved the feeling of an epic adventure in LoS 1, that feeling is not very present in this sequel.
Stealth sections are okay-ish, but they shouldn't be there, at all. I get the feeling they were implemented only to add more to the game's length.
So yes, despite its flaws LoS 2 is a good game, not the aberration some reviews are claiming.
7.5/10
Ah, I realized what I was supposed to be looking for right after I made the choice because of that.
Pretty fun boss fight too.
brandonh83
Banned
Every single boss fight in this game is just something else. I haven't fought one boss where I said to myself "this one is cool but not as cool as the last one." I just fought
and the boss' moveset, environment, score, and design was off the damned charts.
Death in the church
I agree. Thay bossfight gave me life.
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
Go to the right, you should see a passage
I see another way on the map but I don't see how to get to it.
brandonh83
Banned
"
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When I put my hand on your shoulder
Under the billboard you enter from.
The ending is ok, the final act is great, but the resolution is lacking.
The throne room/church
TheGravemind
Banned
Gaf pls help, i am stuck in a room with 3 golgothian guards, right after the cutscene with belmont
JakOfTheShadows
Member
Bat one of the lower two guards so you can cross to the other side of the room. From the other side of the room you can bat the guard at the door and then mist form through him/the gate while he is distracted.
Well, THAT section is over. So like ten minutes. I think I died maybe 6 times, and 2 were really fast as I was just getting situated.
To be honest, I made it about halfway to the switch, and then just made a mad dash for it, died, and then similar for the exit. And if I had not read to use mist form, and did not realize to use mist form, I could see it taking a lot longer. But not 4 hours -__-
I feel like the game pushed
mist form
Yeah, I like to think that an un-hinted me would be smart enough to try it out, but I can't be sure!
Man, it has some really messy pacing so far and the modern environment feels so disjointed.
It looks really pretty and I dig the combat, but everything else feels like a total clusterfuck so far. It's still early, though. Hopefully it will get better.
I am infiltrating this pharmaceutical plant trying to avoid these guys that look like the Strogg out of Quake and then all of the sudden I am following what appears to be Trevor as a child through a light and now I am in the old castle (which is gorgeous) fighting some stone golem after getting the void sword.
It looks really pretty and I dig the combat, but everything else feels like a total clusterfuck so far. It's still early, though. Hopefully it will get better.
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
I'm confused by the timeline of this game. The big battle at the beginning with the knights storming the castle, did that take place before or after Simon and Alucard defeated Dracula? I assume after given the fact that Alucard is standing there afterward, but I thought Dracula was asleep from the time Simon defeated him until modern times.
Also, random early game prediction,
Obviously I don't want to be told if I'm right or not.
I'm not much further than you, and yeah disjointed is exactly how I'd describe it. Not bad so far, but nothing special either.
The stealth sections aren't as bad as I expected, but they are pretty dumb.
Also, random early game prediction,
Zobek's knight buddy is Alucard.
I'm not much further than you, and yeah disjointed is exactly how I'd describe it. Not bad so far, but nothing special either.
The stealth sections aren't as bad as I expected, but they are pretty dumb.
dreamer3kx
Member
This whole industry looking level design really clashes with the whole Dracula thing...
I don't think I like it.
Yea Im not liking this, it just doesn't feel right, something is off with this game, I cant put my finger on it, level design?
I actually have the same prediction. Waiting to see what happens there.
I was also wondering the timeline thing. MoF has it so Alucard wakes up, teams up with Simon and defeats dracula so it doesn't fit in until after, which seems weird.
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
I also had the same prediction..
that's why Dracula seeks inmortality. The beginnig of the game is after Mirror of Fate, you can't kill Dracula, he just wakes up again in no time. Alucard just faces him again.
Yep. I am enjoying it far more than the first game though I thought that
Argeus
brandonh83
Banned
Done.
In the end I really enjoyed it. I still think the first game is better, despite this one having a slightly refined combat system, but my main issue here was that it felt like it didn't really build up to a huge finale. The final boss kind of came out of nowhere, and it wrapped things up very quickly. It didn't feel like the end of the story to me and I hope that there's at least one more.
Still, really fun game, great at times, meh at times, but a good time overall.
In the end I really enjoyed it. I still think the first game is better, despite this one having a slightly refined combat system, but my main issue here was that it felt like it didn't really build up to a huge finale. The final boss kind of came out of nowhere, and it wrapped things up very quickly. It didn't feel like the end of the story to me and I hope that there's at least one more.
Still, really fun game, great at times, meh at times, but a good time overall.
TGO
Hype Train conductor. Works harder than it steams.
:-( shame, I know some didn't like it but I did
Some of the stuff in the cutscenes was fantastic
AmethystEnd
Member
Just beat
and got
.
Holy shit, this fucking game. That fight was fun after the first phase.
Carmilla
mist form
Holy shit, this fucking game. That fight was fun after the first phase.
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
Yeah, they are the dumbest looking thing in the game so far. A lot of the other monsters look pretty cool.
I just beat the
and I need either a refresher on the first game or a question answered about MoF (I have not played).
Toymaker
He mentions noting that a Lord of Shadow (or did he say lord of the castle) was defeated by his son in a battle which broke the Mirror of Fate. I assume this refers to the end of MoF? He also mentioned knowing a little boy back when the Castle was owned by Bernhard, who is heavily implied to be a young Gabriel
I might need to go to the wiki or something, but I'm just not sure I've got the timeline put together. Does that mean Gabriel was raised in this castle, left when he joined the brotherhood, and then the castle was taken over by the girl vampire in LoS (Laura?) and then Gabriel->Dracula took it as his own? How was the toymaker arrond for both Gabriel as a young boy and also to see the mirror break?
I might need to go to the wiki or something, but I'm just not sure I've got the timeline put together. Does that mean Gabriel was raised in this castle, left when he joined the brotherhood, and then the castle was taken over by the girl vampire in LoS (Laura?) and then Gabriel->Dracula took it as his own? How was the toymaker arrond for both Gabriel as a young boy and also to see the mirror break?
The art and sound direction (everything sounded so perfectly wooden) during that fight was AWESOME btw, it really fit well for the puppets and the theater. Too bad the fight was really really easy..
Oh, so the skip to LoS's ending basically covers a time where Dracula gets tired of that shit and just kinda gives up and weakens in the process, but there's actually a lot more to his ruling before that point? Makes sense.
I noticed that too. I also liked that they took a line from Silverado.
LOL, exactly. That is what I said above. They look like the fucking Strogg. So awkward.
Yeah exactly. As you can see from the prologue recap theee is no retcon.
Doublesith
Member
I was confused by the timeline as well at first, but if you pay attention they mention a few times in the city markers (and some of the dialogue as well) that the prologue battle with the big explosion was about 500 years before present. We know from the first game that it takes place in the 11th century, and Mirror of Fate a few decades after that. Therefore, after Simon and Alucard defeat Dracula and the castle crumbles, 500 years later Dracula and the castle are back, the big explosion occurs and 500 years after that, LOS2.
Got past that infamous section a bit ago. Took about fifteen minutes or so and at first it was frustrating but you can really abuse the 'distraction' stuff and run a good part of the ways.
The boss fight after was great. That was some real slick shit
I really liked the look of the boss as well. MS has some god tier art design when they are in full on fantasy mode.. The whole idea of
Also, is Gabe/Dracula not the most bad ass dude to appear in a video game in some time? The last two boss take downs have been brutal.
The boss fight after was great. That was some real slick shit
dodging Argo's spears.
him being a brother to Pan was cool and that he was a living tree.
Also, is Gabe/Dracula not the most bad ass dude to appear in a video game in some time? The last two boss take downs have been brutal.
I did that too against one of the bosses. Took out half a health bar. Dat animation though.