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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow |OT| The MercurySteam has Vanquished the Horrible Night
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Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
Tizoc said:
It runs at something like ~25 fps on PS3, and the 360 version is supposedly even worse.
CadetMahoney
Member
pretty much lol.Ledsen said:
MadOdorMachine
No additional functions
Honestly, I'd rather deal with the framerate issues any day than have to deal with that damn shaky camera. Never before has a game made me motion sick like this one.
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
Neither the camera nor the fps bothered me much (I have the PS3 version), but I just didn't find the game to be all that fun, so I just gave up on it at chapter 4 or something. I should go back to it to see if it gets better further into the game.
Edit: The only time the camera annoyed me was during the fight with the ice titan.
Edit: The only time the camera annoyed me was during the fight with the ice titan.
MadOdorMachine
No additional functions
That's about the part that it started picking up IIRC. Once you get past the marsh level, your abilities start to level up more. The framerate was all over the place on PS3, but most of the time it was good. The camera never stops moving though. Even if you stop and just stand there, it still shakes. I wish there was a way to turn that off, it's just nauseating to me and completely unnecessary imo especially considering it's in a fixed position.Combichristoffersen said:
Thrakier said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SQlHmjxg5s- Hunting Path
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZsWiIvWeD0&feature=related- The Warg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmUZ8B2pgAc&feature=related- Waterfall of Agharta
Castlevania had some good tunes.
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
Just got a copy on the cheap.
Will see how it goes.
Will see how it goes.
brandonh83
Banned
Thrakier said:
now fix my faith in the human race.
Grisby said:
Not the tracks per se. The problem was a) they weren't fitting CV at all an b) they were basically on repeat all the time which was highly annoying and destroyed a good chunk of the atmosphere. It wasn't like the music was part of the game, more like it was custom soundtrack playing along.
LQX
Member
Odd question but how do you end a game? Also how do you know its saving outside of the level completing? There is no quitting and save feature and I only see go tow world map. Just turn off my PS3?
Just not very apparent and want to make sure before getting deep into a game.
THANKS Henchmen21.
Just not very apparent and want to make sure before getting deep into a game.
THANKS Henchmen21.
Henchmen21
Banned
Just turn off your PS3. It auto saves after each level and/or you change settings in options.LQX said:
A little late to the party, I know, but I just finished this thing. Art-direction, music and voice work were incredible in my opinion.
Game design and story though...I'm still not sure what to think of it and I don't even know where to start.
I liked the fighting mechanics, there was a certain feel of depth to it and fighting was fun. But the platforming parts were mostly absolutely atrocious and horrible. Some of the fucking patterns were just silly. Also the stupid magic circles or whatever you had to pass in order to grab
wtf I almost destroyed my gamepad. Maybe I'm just too dumb, I don't know.
Plot-wise...also not quite sure. Overall I liked the story - the voice actors helped and did an incredibly good job - but the end had a whole lot of "wtf...wat?" moments including
and his speech followed by
.
Overall I'm not sure about this game but would appreciate a sequel
Game design and story though...I'm still not sure what to think of it and I don't even know where to start.
I liked the fighting mechanics, there was a certain feel of depth to it and fighting was fun. But the platforming parts were mostly absolutely atrocious and horrible. Some of the fucking patterns were just silly. Also the stupid magic circles or whatever you had to pass in order to grab
Satan
Plot-wise...also not quite sure. Overall I liked the story - the voice actors helped and did an incredibly good job - but the end had a whole lot of "wtf...wat?" moments including
Zobek
his death (lol)
Overall I'm not sure about this game but would appreciate a sequel
Just started this game after buying it a few weeks back after seeing some exceptional images in the "awe inspiring moments in video games" thread or one of the other similar threads that popped up around that time.
Got to the mid point of Chapter Two and so far i'm loving the sound track and art direction. I really would love a nice hard cover artbook for this game.
Got to the mid point of Chapter Two and so far i'm loving the sound track and art direction. I really would love a nice hard cover artbook for this game.
Finally beat it on Paladin, did a few trials. But thats it for me, not going to bother trying to do the titan trails etc.
Paladin was pretty frustrating, really brought the flaws of the game to the front.
I like it alot, i just think there is a lot they could have done to make it awesome.
Paladin was pretty frustrating, really brought the flaws of the game to the front.
I like it alot, i just think there is a lot they could have done to make it awesome.
LQX
Member
Just finished it today. Awesome game. Great voice work, graphics and controls. Game just felt right though I wished they had implemented a level system rather than points to buy moves which were too many to learn and often worthless.
Also all those puzzles at the end were annoying. That chess like game you play with the girl though was great outside of her seemingly having many more turns.
Overall it has some Castlevania throwbacks but Konami really could have had another IP unrelated to Castlevania that stood on its own. Great game and I hope it gets a sequel that actually picks up from what we saw at the end.
Also all those puzzles at the end were annoying. That chess like game you play with the girl though was great outside of her seemingly having many more turns.
Overall it has some Castlevania throwbacks but Konami really could have had another IP unrelated to Castlevania that stood on its own. Great game and I hope it gets a sequel that actually picks up from what we saw at the end.
SabinFigaro
Member
Going for the trials now; completed through Chapter 4.
Nothing too hard yet. The Titan battles were more frustrating than challenging, and I beat the Stone Titan on my second try. Some of the later trials look pretty annoying though, so I'll take it easy for now and play in spurts.
Nothing too hard yet. The Titan battles were more frustrating than challenging, and I beat the Stone Titan on my second try. Some of the later trials look pretty annoying though, so I'll take it easy for now and play in spurts.
As someone who bought the collectors edition and thoroughly enjoyed every bit of the game, I have to say that both of the DLCs were an incredibly poor value and not at all worth $20. There wasn't anything wrong with Reverie length-wise but the lack of new enemies or a boss fight is pretty disappointing. Resurrection seemed absolutely terrible for the price, literally just 2 different boss fights and some climbing. No new abilities also sucked.
I honestly don't know if I'd even grab them on an XBL sale. Serious misstep by the team.
I honestly don't know if I'd even grab them on an XBL sale. Serious misstep by the team.
SabinFigaro
Member
Well, all trials completed; that certainly didn't take long.
Really, nothing was overly difficult or truly frustrating. If I had to rank the most time-consuming, I would say:
#1: Oblivion Lake - Ice Titan
#2: Castle Hall - Vampire Wargame
Otherwise, the other trials took no more than 5 tries at the most. All I have left until the Platinum is to beat 80% of the levels on Paladin, and find the rest of the gems (~8). I should probably have this done by sometime next week. Great game!
Really, nothing was overly difficult or truly frustrating. If I had to rank the most time-consuming, I would say:
#1: Oblivion Lake - Ice Titan
#2: Castle Hall - Vampire Wargame
Otherwise, the other trials took no more than 5 tries at the most. All I have left until the Platinum is to beat 80% of the levels on Paladin, and find the rest of the gems (~8). I should probably have this done by sometime next week. Great game!
SabinFigaro
Member
...talking to myself here (LTTP, I know).
Platinum-get!
I really had fun with Castlevania, and it's the shake-up that the series needed. The battle system was loads of fun, and I surprised myself by using about 60-70% of the move-set regularly. Granted, the game became a joke once Ultimate Light/Shadow were obtained, so my Paladin run was actually easier than lower difficulties.
I thought the game had a great story, undermined by some of the worst dialogue I have ever listened to. For example, before fighting Olrox, Patrick Stewart's narration was something along the lines of "blah blah blah, his name is Olrox". The dialogue was so unnatural and forced I had to laugh, and that's not the only time. What a waste of talent.
Oh well, I could look past it. Too bad I hear that the DLC is pretty much worthless. I'd pick them both up for $10 in the future, but $10 each seems like a crime. I really wonder how they're going to follow this one up, if they choose to do so at all.
Platinum-get!
I really had fun with Castlevania, and it's the shake-up that the series needed. The battle system was loads of fun, and I surprised myself by using about 60-70% of the move-set regularly. Granted, the game became a joke once Ultimate Light/Shadow were obtained, so my Paladin run was actually easier than lower difficulties.
I thought the game had a great story, undermined by some of the worst dialogue I have ever listened to. For example, before fighting Olrox, Patrick Stewart's narration was something along the lines of "blah blah blah, his name is Olrox". The dialogue was so unnatural and forced I had to laugh, and that's not the only time. What a waste of talent.
Oh well, I could look past it. Too bad I hear that the DLC is pretty much worthless. I'd pick them both up for $10 in the future, but $10 each seems like a crime. I really wonder how they're going to follow this one up, if they choose to do so at all.
Henchmen21
Banned
Not sure where you can find concept art outside of maybe fan pages.Victrix said:
As for OST, it was only sold with the LE, so no single release.
8.45 and 6.45 or something over here, thats what their half price values are.
I guess i will skip then.
Definitely a great game! Next to the game itself I also really like the voiceacting and the soundtrack which feels really epic. I just wish they would release the music track that's playing in the announcement trailer. The overall theme of that song is recurring throughout the soundtrack of the game but the particular version of the song in the announcement trailer isn't on the soundtrack
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtOSJjdIgyk he's got both DLCs recorded in HD.
There really isn't much new, though it's an interesting watch at least. First DLC is a lot of platforming that takes place underneath the castle, only 1 new enemy. The second DLC is a single horribly difficult boss fight spread across 2 incredibly short chapters with small platforming bits inbetween. I would've at least expected some new enemies to fight along with new abilities that relate to what happens to Gabriel. There's probably less than 3 hours of content in both including all the times you will die against the final boss.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
The more I watch the first DLC video the more I actually think it's cool and worth it. I'm way too far gone now to go back to the game, but it was GOTY calibur to me. Now I wish I tried the DLC. Oh well. I wonder why they haven't shown the sequel yet?
I don't know. I imagine it takes a long time to put something like this out. I mean, it was a long game and it had a ton of art. I was constantly amazed at seeing all of the new scenery.
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