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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow |OT| The MercurySteam has Vanquished the Horrible Night

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Kodiak

Not an asshole.
God Damn... in so many ways this game seems to be the realization of a dream I've had ever since I played Mario 64 for the first time and thought "OMG WHAT IF THEY DID THIS WITH CASTLEVANIA"

If I had seen these trailers when I was 12 I would have literally shit myself.
 
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Shurs

Member
Phloxy said:
This thread just proves that their is too much emphasis on review scores still. Shit will never change.
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It's fun to watch people lose their shit over 7.5's and 7.9's.
 
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Kodiak

Not an asshole.
also it seems fitting:

I always loved Devil May Cry since it felt like the 3D Castlevania that I always wanted.


Now as DMC falls into the hands of fucking Ninja Theory, Castlevania rises from the ashes like fucking Aragorn returning to fucking Gondor.

Fuck.
 
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brandonh83

Banned
Shurs said:
It's fun to watch people lose their shit over 7.5's and 7.9's.
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nothing tops a good 8.8 though.


Kodiak said:
also it seems fitting:

I always loved Devil May Cry since it felt like the 3D Castlevania that I always wanted.


Now as DMC falls into the hands of fucking Ninja Theory, Castlevania rises from the ashes like fucking Aragorn returning to fucking Gondor.

Fuck.
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This is going into the OP when I add some more stuff to it.
 
RedAssedApe

RedAssedApe

Banned
Be weird if Enslaved ended up getting meta-critiqued higher than LOS since there's such a flip-flop of opinions on that one after the demo. o_0
 
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Feindflug

Member
Very good scores and reviews in general thus far, I'm definitely getting the game day one but I still haven't decided which version to get...most of the reviewers say that there is no difference between the two versions but suddenly GS says that the 360 version has frame-rate problems - I guess I'll have to wait for the Digital Foundry Face-off and then decide.

Reviews/scores are better than Darksiders which I loved so I'm sure I'll love this one too, we need more action/adventure games this gen. :)
 
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glaurung

Member
The more I think about it, the more I like the idea of punishing difficulty and challenging combat. The recent games have either been a pushover on the hardest difficulty (Dante's Inferno, Darksiders, Bioshock 2 spring to mind) or completely broken on the hardest difficulty (Mafia II damn you).

I don't care about the scores dropping below 9.0, I've pre-ordered the game and cannot wait.

Paladin Difficulty, I choose you!
 
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Augemitbutter

Member
MadOdorMachine said:
Hopefully he'll make a game for 3DS that won't suck. It could go either way.
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if this game is successful better get ready for GoW PSP style castlevania on handhelds. i can't see them reusing the same old sprites, or redraw them in higher resolution :lol

IGA wouldn't fit into this concept.
 
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Gr1mLock

Passing metallic gas
meh...none of the criticism in the reviews so far bothers me. The fact that the game is 20 hours long is a pleasant surprise.
 
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infinityBCRT

Member
I think the GameTrailers criticism is fair in some respects. It seems like they wanted more God of War and less Tomb Raider/Uncharted. They also sounded like they liked the linearity of the game world. For me, I'd rather have a Metroidvania/Arkham Asylum like world though.

Nonetheless the game looks good. I'm looking forward to it.
 
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infinityBCRT

Member
neojubei said:
Sucks there is no demo tonight, sigh not even on 360. hopefully it will be up in the UK store tomorrow.
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Is the demo the same as the E3/GC/PAX/TGS demo/exclusive PSN demo? I think thats a bad move if it is. People have seen that stuff over and over and I think other areas of the game would probably demo better based on what I saw in the GT video review. Its a good thing Konami is allowing everyone to review this game early, because the reviews are probably showing the game in a better light than the demo. In fact, they are probably better off not releasing the demo until after the game comes out.
 
manzo

manzo

Member
Kagari said:
360 got the port this time, not surprising.
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Never ever trust Gamespot when it comes to comparing games. They actually said that GTA IV was better on PS3 when the game run at a lower framerate AND lower resolution.

I'm waiting for the digital foundry comparison. Then I'll pull the trigger on the better version.
 
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truly101

I got grudge sucked!
I preordered the PS3 version for the fact that my other recent purchases (Reach, Fable 3 and Fallout NV) are 360 games. I like to mix them up so one console doesn't outweigh the other.
 
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Kaldea

Member
Gr1mLock said:
meh...none of the criticism in the reviews so far bothers me. The fact that the game is 20 hours long is a pleasant surprise.
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Same. More playtime is a GOOD thing to me, especially when I pay full price. If it starts feeling drawn out, I'll take a break or something.
 
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brandonh83

Banned
Kaldea said:
Same. More playtime is a GOOD thing to me, especially when I pay full price. If it starts feeling drawn out, I'll take a break or something.
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Yeah. It is a rare occasion when I'm playing a game that I really like but feel that it's too long or padded.
 
Joei

Joei

Member
I've been wanting this game for a while but I'm going to have to hold off. With Alan Wake sitting here virtually unplayed and Metroid suffering the same thing as well, and the fact that I can't put Demon's Souls down, I can't afford to get another game I'm not going to play, lol. I look forward to reading everyone's reviews and opinions of the game though. :) I also think I'll have to give the demo a try when I see it.
 
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DSmalls84

Member
Glad I decided to preorder the ps3 version this time. From some of the reviews I watched the game looked pretty awesome, even if it did lose some points for being derivative.
 
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Prime crotch

Banned
Watching the GT review something came up that I never understood; why is it MetroidVania? It's just Metroid what people usually reffer to when saying MetroidVania.
 
depths20XX

depths20XX

Member
Definetly not buying it unless I get to try the combat out in a demo.

What's the reasoning behind a European only demo release? Seems real fucking stupid.

Prime crotch said:
Watching the GT review something came up that I never understood; why is it MetroidVania? It's just Metroid what people usually reffer to when saying MetroidVania.
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Because they are Castlevania games in the style of Metroid? It's also to distinguish between the classic Castlevanias and the SotN and onward games.
 
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linkboy

Member
Prime crotch said:
Watching the GT review something came up that I never understood; why is it MetroidVania? It's just Metroid what people usually reffer to when saying MetroidVania.
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The older Castlevania games (the NES, SNES and TG-16) games were level based. Reach the end of a level, fight a boss, go to the next level (except for Castlevania 2 on the NES). When Symphony of the Night came out, the game resembled a Metroid game. You had a huge map and had to backtrack a lot to fully complete the game. The later games in the series (the GBA\DS games) follow this setup.

As for this game, I've got it pre-ordered for the 360, can't wait to play it.
 
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Denzar

Member
Mt Heart Attack said:
Hasn't it already been updated?

edit: apparently yes, and without the demo:p Well just download it using an European account.
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FUCK

I couldn't find it like 5 minutes ago. :D
 
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