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Castlevania Lords of Shadow 2 - |OT| - Dead and Loving It!
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stump sock
Member
even still, LoS 1 was like 25gb on PC.
Bloodworth
Member
Seriously, am I the only one seeing this here? This looks ridiculous. Is it because of some weird perspective effect? Does it look like this to those playing the game as well? (pic is screenshots I took from TB's WTF Is video)
Chance Hale
Member
Anyone having their PS4 controller(pc version) randomly stop accepting imputs from Square/Triangle? Same issue with the demo and no other game has issues.
brandonh83
Banned
Well, I have it... stealth and rape ahoy!
Most of it was videos, same reason the 360 version had to ship on two discs. Video quality was on par with the ps3 version.
Played for a few hours. They really dun goofed with this one, didn't they? It looks brilliant, just fantastic. But modern sections are an abomination and completely kill the whole game for me. Why the hell do they exist? "Oh, players loved playing as a bad-ass dude who kills a lot of enemies. Sure they will love boring stealth/rat crawling sections in boring and bland repetitive environments. It will be so much fun, much better than epic gothic castles and monsters, hurr durr". Fuck that, i'm out.
All i wanted from this game is to traverse through the castle and kill dudes and find secrets. I never asked for this shit. It would be okay if these sections are like two in the whole game, but they are constantly interrupt castle stuff. Also, what's up with so much special effects during combat that i can't see shit, it's impossible to judge who's attacking you to properly counter or block. And the block/evade on the same button is stupid.
All i wanted from this game is to traverse through the castle and kill dudes and find secrets. I never asked for this shit. It would be okay if these sections are like two in the whole game, but they are constantly interrupt castle stuff. Also, what's up with so much special effects during combat that i can't see shit, it's impossible to judge who's attacking you to properly counter or block. And the block/evade on the same button is stupid.
swazzyswess
Member
hahahaa, that looks hilarious. Maybe interiors and cars were built for giants in this city before it went to shit?
Kind of surprised no one else has pointed that out. It looks... pretty stupid.
SlasherJPC
Banned
You know I'm waiting to hear your impressions. I will dive into it later tonight!
People are busy looking for things to praise the game.
Finished the first fight agains the Paladin, playing this on the hard difficult.
Seriously, am I the only one seeing this here? This looks ridiculous. Is it because of some weird perspective effect? Does it look like this to those playing the game as well? (pic is screenshots I took from TB's WTF Is video)
I noticed this while watching the Giantbomb QL earlier. In some modern levels they REALLY messed up the scaling. The player is not even half as high as a doorframe.
This is really a pet peeve of mine. MG Rising had some bad instances of this problem as well. It creates a really shoddy and cheap visual impression. I really wonder why that kind of stuff happens with a studio that is otherwise known for its excellent art design. This is amateur stuff really.
edit: from the GB QL:
The brick texture makes the whole thing stand out even more. The level was obviously not made with that kind of scaling in mind. In general this is such a far cry from the first game's excellent art design. Something must have happened within MS. Have some lead designers left the studio maybe?
Chance Hale
Member
This game is so fucking weird, would love to see what the development process was like. Enjoying it quite a bit but it is a shame so far that the city environments don't seem to have the same amount of artistic care put to them. Does that ever change? You can clearly see their amazing artists at work in places though.
Did the developers forget to include High Definition Textures?
Can't see any difference with the setting ON or OFF.
http://steamcommunity.com/app/239250/discussions/0/558748822814505477/
Can't see any difference with the setting ON or OFF.
http://steamcommunity.com/app/239250/discussions/0/558748822814505477/
flaxknuckles
Member
It works wonderfully in Ninja Gaiden Black. The implementation in this game is just nads.
brandonh83
Banned
Dracula's castle 3D exploration porn
So far the modern setting has been fine for me, definitely bizarre but I warmed up to it really fast and the first "level" I guess has some killer music and then took a very unexpected turn. The music there sort of reminded me of those old NES action games of the 80's.
Feeling very good about this one so far. The 3D camera makes such a huge difference and along with Oscar's music and the art direction, the castle really comes alive and shows off its gothic brilliance.
So far the modern setting has been fine for me, definitely bizarre but I warmed up to it really fast and the first "level" I guess has some killer music and then took a very unexpected turn. The music there sort of reminded me of those old NES action games of the 80's.
Feeling very good about this one so far. The 3D camera makes such a huge difference and along with Oscar's music and the art direction, the castle really comes alive and shows off its gothic brilliance.
I just ran into an old tiny friend. That scene was priceless, omg.
This game is so silly. I love it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTkgvf-1F98
This game is so silly. I love it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTkgvf-1F98
Bloodworth
Member
Seriously, am I the only one seeing this here? This looks ridiculous. Is it because of some weird perspective effect? Does it look like this to those playing the game as well? (pic is screenshots I took from TB's WTF Is video)
this... doesn't look right. I'll have to go back and check my own copy, but seems like a weirdo glitch shrinking him down.
brandonh83
Banned
It's way, way better. Also Robert is terrific.
Bloodworth
Member
huh, well the giant shower door definitely checks out for me. Although chairs and such in the next room seem perfectly fine.
Kojima Productions left, basically. KP was a big factor in LoS1 afaik.
SolidSnakex
Member
I think Kojima's involvement with the original was minimal. He suggested changes to the main character and oversaw the Japanese localization. For the most part it seems like he was just there to help people gain trust in Mercurysteam since their previous games weren't well received at all.
As i've said before, I think the biggest problem with this game is that they tried to change the formula into something that they can't pull off. The first game drew heavy comparisons to God of War, which Cox said "really pissed us off". He said that this one was structured more like a Zelda game. There's a lot more than can go wrong with a game structured like Zelda than one that's more in line with a GoW game.
They were on hand to consult, but they never 'left' the production they weren't on to begin with. Both games were developed by MercurySteam with KJP providing guidance on the first game.
Not to diminish their efforts, but rather quash misinformation.
EDIT: Beaten by SolidSnakex.
brandonh83
Banned
Oscar Araujo you SLAY ME
Nothing about LoS screams Kojima Productions. Are you sure they were heavily involved?
He only gave some tips to Mercury Steam. He was mostly used as an image to inspire trust to Mercury Steam.
Raven77
Member
I hate to break this to you in case you're thinking that they just forgot to enable the HD textures but there IS a difference. It is super slight. Most noticeable spot is the black bar thing above your red text.
There is ZERO difference.
I.. Don't even know what to say. I have an opinion and it seems its wrong, and I feel I've never seen an opinion of mine so wrong before. The thing is I try really hard to find something to hate vehemently enough to even consider a 5 or 6... I can't. I'm simply wrong and have zero shame in it.
I think Cox himself said that Kojima sent a couple of people over to MS to help with LoS1 for a while. Maybe these couple of people were indeed an integral part in ironing out some rough spots and without such guidance, the studio is lost like Silicon Knights without Nintendo, for example.
Welcome to the IGN review of God Hand fan club.
You are blind, there's a subtle but clear difference.
Highlight the differences and re-upload the shots. Would love to see what you are talking about.
My game sound has glitched hard. I'm doing a puzzle room and it's playing epic combat music. And has been for a good 15 minutes now, lol.
Yep. Everything's a little bit sharper and clearer.
Yep. Everything's a little bit sharper and clearer.
Raven77
Member
Whether you see it or not, its there.
If you can't see the difference, I don't know what to tell you.
If it's better than the first, then I will definitely be in heaven. People criticize puzzles, platforming, and stealth. That shit doesn't phase me as I have a long history with the series all the way back to cryptic-as-fuck Simon's Quest(love the game, a lot of people hate it).
Alright. The game seems European to-a-tee, so I couldn't see what was KP-inspired.