Scuba Steve
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Segata Sanshiro said:
That was SO bad
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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow |OT| The MercurySteam has Vanquished the Horrible Night
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That was SO bad
Segata Sanshiro
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The actual mechanics of the game are pretty good. Like Lament, though, the level design is shit, and it brings down the whole game hard.Himuro said:
TheJollyCorner
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Segata Sanshiro said:
brandonh83
Banned
Despera said:
I just wonder how else an action game with a chain whip style weapon in 3D could really be handled well and I don't think they should have risked a possibly lackluster direction just because they were afraid of it being compared to something else.
JumpJeff84
Member
Why do I all of a sudden care about this game? I haven't even seen a gameplay video yet, but I've been hearing some stuff.
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
The appeal of CoD for me was finding all of the neat stuff and the solid combat. I pretty much gave up on Igavania's having good level design during the GBA releases.
brandonh83
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PepsimanVsJoe said:
It's weird, something I haven't been able to put my finger on is... I find that the PS2 and maybe to a lesser extent the Metroidvanias are both guilty of the copy/paste level design, yet I absolutely do not mind it or notice it that much at all on the handheld games. I caught myself once or twice while playing, I think it was Portrait of Ruin, thinking wow this level design is just as repetitive as the PS2 games, but then just went back to playing comfortably. I'm not sure if it has anything to do with the 2D vs 3D style or that there may be a bit less of it in the Metroidvanias, but when I tried to play Lament a few days ago, I just got so incredibly bored of the copied level design from room to room.
Ranger X said:
Again, I think it's fine to compare the combat to God of War because it is very comparable but I find myself disagreeing with those who label it a God of War clone and just pass that off as a negative because there is more to this game than just the combat, and GOW has excellent combat (IMO). Not sure what all the fuss is about.
Segata Sanshiro
Member
A boring hallway lasts three seconds in 2D, but lasts three minutes in 3D.brandonh83 said:
Fimbulvetr
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Segata Sanshiro said:
But with blander colors, and everything is hideous because it isn't sprites.
itsnervedamage
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Everything that's been shown so far looks pretty phenomenal. Yeah, it looks a lot like GOW from the trailers and stuff but frankly, most fps look pretty similar in trailers, most racing games look pretty similar in trailers etc. Certain things work for certain types of games, and it will make a lot of them look really similar from the 2 min. clips. The devil is in the details though.
Also, creature design is so what I imagine is Spanish, all Guillem del Toro style. Which is also awesome, pretty different from a lot of what we've been seeing lately.
I've got room between GOW3 and Darksiders, HYYYYPE!
It definitely isn't just the combat though, the way the camera pulls way back for the platforming, the
and even the atmosphere are all really reminiscent. That's what I get from a lot of the media anyway, it just feels very GOW. Especially since I haven't had too much exposure to Castlevania in the first place, mostly SOTN and in vague memory some SNES iteration or something. Too far back and I don't think I owned it.
Also, creature design is so what I imagine is Spanish, all Guillem del Toro style. Which is also awesome, pretty different from a lot of what we've been seeing lately.
I've got room between GOW3 and Darksiders, HYYYYPE!
It definitely isn't just the combat though, the way the camera pulls way back for the platforming, the
titan bosses that were in the G4 trailer
brandonh83
Banned
Segata Sanshiro said:
Yeah, maybe you're right. The PS2 installment levels felt unnecessarily huge and long-winded with horrible direction and layout; it was truly rancid how you could choose a path but it just ends up in the same exact area, but you have to slog through the "other" path even though it's identical just to complete the map coverage.
PepsimanVsJoe
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Psh the long hallways give me a better excuse to listen to the glorious music.
beelzebozo
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Segata Sanshiro said:
it's also because repetitive geometry is not as evident in 2d dimensions because it's easier to accept that the depth and complexity of an area extends into the background, a background which you don't interact with. so if the background is just rows and rows of multicolored books on a golden bookshelf background, and there are flying evil books around, or something, you just sort of say to yourself, "oh, this is the library area, i am in a library," and you jump around on the 2d plane on these flat little floors and maybe there's some variation in the slope or variety of flat little floor you're on but for the most part you're doing the same sort of things everywhere you go. in 3d, that same situation is totally different, because now room after room of multicolored rows of books have to be real things and not just this painting you run around in front of that has little bearing on the activities you perform in that space.
i don't know, maybe i'm grasping at straws, but i think there's something to that idea, in addition to what you say here.
To Far Away Times
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Vrakanox said:
This is exactly what I want in a 3D Castlevania. A game that looks and plays like this. And we're actually getting it. Fuck yes!!
brandonh83
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PepsimanVsJoe said:
Lament had a soundtrack that... I'm convinced that Jesus used voodoo on it.
AgentOtaku
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brandonh83 said:
Fuckin' A!
had a huge grin on my face the whole time
brandonh83
Banned
Ridley327 said:
Now that is a pre-order bonus.
To Far Away Times
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Damn, that's awesome. You should add that to the OP.brandonh83 said:
brandonh83
Banned
To Far Away Times said:
OP is getting some renovations tomorrow (though nothing major) when some of the media and reviews hit so I may try to work this in.
TheKaeptain
Banned
Would be down for that but I already have SOTN.Ridley327 said:
i just dunno guys.
i want it to be GREAT. but i dont want to get burned buying it right away and have it be underwhelming.
i am a huge CV fan. the first CV on NES is easily in my top 5 games of all time. so all of this talk about using it as inspiration sounds great, but im just not sold.
ive really been ignoring almost all media about this game so far as well. i didnt realize it was coming out so soon. i guess i really need a demo to help me decide. ugh. that could also backfire on me as well.
i hope it turns out brilliant. maybe ill just wait for a price drop though. :/
me too. never did play the PS2 game actually. the original was so great though.
i want it to be GREAT. but i dont want to get burned buying it right away and have it be underwhelming.
i am a huge CV fan. the first CV on NES is easily in my top 5 games of all time. so all of this talk about using it as inspiration sounds great, but im just not sold.
ive really been ignoring almost all media about this game so far as well. i didnt realize it was coming out so soon. i guess i really need a demo to help me decide. ugh. that could also backfire on me as well.
i hope it turns out brilliant. maybe ill just wait for a price drop though. :/
Teknoman said:
me too. never did play the PS2 game actually. the original was so great though.
beelzebozo
Jealous Bastard
CaptYamato said:
if you already own sotn the code unlocks a sideways castle
brandonh83
Banned
Teknoman said:
Demo is going up on the PSN tomorrow in NA and Europe for sure, not sure about other countries or whatever.
brandonh83
Banned
thetrin said:
At the beginning is Super Castlevania IV music. Then later it plays original music from the game.
brandonh83
Banned
brandonh83
Banned
Simo said:Just checking out the Jason Isaacs gameplay trailer now...ZOMG! Definitely needs to go in the OP, if it isn't already.
Tomorrow probably along with hopefully some new screenshots and reviews.
spiderman123
Member
just watchin the gameplay and some idiots are comparing this game to god of war saying how it's a rip off. Jesus did these kids just popped out of the vagina.
brandonh83
Banned
Simo said:
Actually, tomorrow when I add some things I'm also going to be taking some things away, but nothing no one will miss. I don't want to keep adding stuff and making it bigger and bigger so I'll just have to consolidate. It'll be better though, more informative.
brandonh83
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Simo said:
Doesn't XBL update on Wednesdays? I think PSN gets it Tuesday, XBL on Wed. but I could be wrong.
Segata Sanshiro
Member
Curse of Darkness has, in my opinion, the best soundtrack of the series. It's a real pity the game it's stuck with.brandonh83 said:
Zomba13
Member
So yeah... I played the demo. It was alright. Nothing wrong but the demo only showed off combat. It was competent and smooth. Looked really nice too. Not too impressed though. I'll wait for reviews. Demos should be more exciting and get you more interested, like the Vanquish demo or the AC:Brotherhood multiplayer beta.
Segata Sanshiro
Member
Lots of reviews in already. Scores ranging from 80% all the way up to 95%, with the bulk of them hanging closer to 9 than 8.Zomba13 said:
Sevket-Erhat
Member
I simply cannot wait for it to come out
Augemitbutter
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Segata Sanshiro said:
CoD OST is amazing and just another hard challenge this game has to overcome.
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