Dude you weren't kidding, it really works. SO much less of a crapshoot. Thanks a million!
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Castlevania Lords Of Shadow Ultimate Edition |OT| Now at 60 FPS!
- Thread starter hlhbk
- Start date
Dude you weren't kidding, it really works. SO much less of a crapshoot. Thanks a million!
Now I'm even more confused. A modern city? He was killing knights in the initial cg trailer. Oh well open world is nice to hear at least.
It gets more interesting with better bosses, areas, tougher puzzles and the combat gets a little deeper as you get more tools but the basic formula is going to be the same. There's no more on rails segments like that horse in the 2nd section thankfully. By swamp boss I'm assuming you're still on chapter 1, which is pretty awful. That chapter's going to end even worse I'm afraid to say.
After Chapter 3 all the way until the end of the DLC... it was pretty good. Not my favorite Castlevania, but definitely better than the past 3D ones on PS2 and some of SOTN knock offs. Played it on Knight difficulty and I feel it really helped the combat shine a little more since with lower difficulty you can just mash your way to victory instead of getting into the combat system and timing your blocks correctly.
Only thing I hated, like I said before, was that you had to offset your blocks since hit detection from enemies were screwed up. You would take damage AT the start up of an attack. I really hope they fix their hitboxes in the next game.
Only thing I hated, like I said before, was that you had to offset your blocks since hit detection from enemies were screwed up. You would take damage AT the start up of an attack. I really hope they fix their hitboxes in the next game.
doniewhalberg
Member
Spoilers
David Cox claims msot of what they've shown so far is one area very early in the game that's a flashback and acts as most of your tutorial stuff. Apparently the bulk of the game will occur present day in the aftermath of the ending cliffhanger in the last game. They've said it'll be open world, but since we haven't seen anything yet, it'll still kind of an open question.
TheThunder
Member
I'm not sure about the whole modern setting either in LOS 2, would've loved to stay in medieval Europe fighting monsters and beasts from old myths and folklore, but the promise of using different weapons instead of one, more open level design and free roaming camera are really great changes to look forward to.
One of the first things I do when playing any PC game is to use mklink to junction the game's save directory to a Dropbox folder (in addition to turning off Steam cloud) so that in case something ever goes wrong with a save I can always use Dropbox's Restore Previous Version feature. I think that GameSave Manager does something very similar, but I've never used it.
I know this doesn't help you now, but it's something to consider going forward.
Edge had an article about how it's going to look, I'll spoiler it just in case.
http://www.edge-online.com/news/castlevania-lords-of-shadow-2-mercury-steam-castlevania-wasnt-going-anywhere/
Samir Sedlar
Member
Okay beware of SPOILERS, A site posted 280 Screenshots (3200x1800p), for those interested http://www.gameblog.fr/blogs/wandan...enshots-en-3k-3200x1800p#.Ui2ggOswODw.twitter
Some samples
Some samples
doniewhalberg
Member
That's really interesting. I'm worried about losing that european folklore look to the game too, but from what you quote'd, it sounds pretty cool. As long as it still maintains its roots within this's worlds
*future*
Chapter 14 spoilers:
Pretty fun.
Swimming in laval is dangerous. Swimming in laval is dangerous. Swimming in laval is dangerous. Swimming in laval is dangerous. Swimming in laval is dangerous. Swimming in laval is dangerous. Swimming in laval is dangerous. Swimming in laval is dangerous. Swimming in laval is dangerous. Swimming in laval is dangerous. Swimming in laval is dangerous. Swimming in laval is dangerous. Swimming in laval is dangerous. Swimming in laval is dangerous. Swimming in laval is dangerous. Swimming in laval is dangerous. Swimming in laval is dangerous. Swimming in laval is dangerous. Swimming in laval is dangerous. Swimming in laval is dangerous. Swimming in laval is dangerous. Swimming in laval is dangerous. Swimming in laval is dangerous.
Pretty fun.
I'm also still playing it. Just finished the giant crow boss. I had remembered it much harder than it is. Or maybe I still have my skills from my original playthrough.
I also experimented a little with the supersampling AA fix for AMD cards given in the Steam forums. Looks much nicer this way, although unfortunately there is sometimes a very slight white outline around characters.
I also experimented a little with the supersampling AA fix for AMD cards given in the Steam forums. Looks much nicer this way, although unfortunately there is sometimes a very slight white outline around characters.
Chapter 14 Stage 2, I think the last part/fight, is the devil's butthole. Who in their right mind thought this was good or fair or balanced. Can anyone give me any tips? The attacks come too fast to prepare, the camera is working against me, I have 50% health, very little light magic, and 3/4 shadow magic.
I'm ready to give up completely.
EDIT:
I even got to the second part of the fight with the igniting rocks that turn into lava but I cant even get to all of the rocks in time to stop them from melting and I'm struggling enough in the fight as it is.
It was hard enough when I had to hit his leg, now I have to hit his arm which means I have to jump to attack and Gabriel doesn't have any air escape moves so unless I'm lucky enough to be in the right position to avoid his next attack I'm screwed.
It was hard enough when I had to hit his leg, now I have to hit his arm which means I have to jump to attack and Gabriel doesn't have any air escape moves so unless I'm lucky enough to be in the right position to avoid his next attack I'm screwed.
I'm ready to give up completely.
EDIT:
Holy crap, you're supposed to hit the rocks back at him? There's no indication at all. Grrr..
Oh wow, cool. Thanks again Vitet, I'll give it a shot. I could go to another stage and fill up my life and stuff, but I don't think I have the skill to do the stage flawlessly anyway and I'm at the end so :-/
TheThunder
Member
The whole fight is horrible and by far the worst part of the entire game. The titan battles and the slow ass early chapters with their swamps look like mastery in design compared to that garbage.
I only had 1/4th health, 1/4th shadow magic and 0 holy magic when I fought him in his second phase. After trying over and over and over, I finally gave up and knocked the difficultly down from hard to easy to be done with that crap and see the final cutscene.
I didn't know at the time that I could go back to older levels, heal up and finish the level and come back to the boss fight with full everything, always thought it was a linear experience, would've probably been able to beat him with that since I came so close many times.
I'm not that far in but I nearly twisted my controller apart with the
Lycan boss fight
Are all the boss fights unnecessarily tedious and drawn out?
Black Knight
The
lycan
TheThunder
Member
Yes, I would say bosses in this game lean towards the damage sponges variant, however they are not that bad or difficult imo, I found some enemies to be much harder to deal with.
As for the
Lycan boss fight, just save everything for the second phase (your crystal, both magics) and just go all out then and he should be much easier. Dodging his regular attacks is pretty easy, his aoe ground stomp is a little tricky since you need to jump over it.
I love how for this next part (post
molten rocks
Edit: Oh god, it's not over yet, there's another part after this barffffffffff
EDIT2: WTF NO INVERT LOOK and only 1 second to aim
the swords
Yup I wrote much of the same thing in the Steam thread. It was my first time playing the DLC and I was so frustrated by that fight because of what they were asking me to do, most of it with so little health and magic too. In fact it's the only chapter of the game I didn't complete on Hard.
This isn't even the last part! Even if I manage this part of the QTE shit fest, he's got enough health, I guarantee there's yet another part! I'll be completely out of all magic! They already completely overdid it with the
flame skeletons
At least in the original game you didn't need to complete the DLCs to get the achievements to pop. I've still technically not beaten the game thanks to the way the Ultimate Edition works.
Who thought this shit was fair?
TheThunder
Member
You don't need to beat them, just run past them.
I wish I knew that last night, I would have had a full blue bar. I don't want to do the stage again, like at all. That's good to know though, thanks man.
Let's say you do this fight perfect, the fights between the two chapters amount to like a solid hour. Between last night and today I've been fighting this guy for four hours. My focus is completely withered. I do well for a part of the fight, and halfway through I can't even pay attention to what's going on anymore because it's far too long, takes perfect timing, and is totally exhausting. I've never been so angry with a stupid section of a game before. I'm gonna take a break until tonight, this is so tiring. Goddamn.
Edit: Wait a minute this stage is super short! I was on the phone for a couple hours last night drinking wine and talking to a friend that I forgot where it cut off! Starting stage over!
Been quite a while since I finished this but I remember having similar feelings.
I do remember though that at some point something just clicks and it becomes much easier. After finishing it first on normal, finishing it on Paladin difficulty (that was the hardest one?) took merely a fraction of the time.
Been quite a while since I finished this but I remember having similar feelings.
I do remember though that at some point something just clicks and it becomes much easier. After finishing it first on normal, finishing it on Paladin difficulty (that was the hardest one?) took merely a fraction of the time.
Well, I'm all stocked up, and now that I know that I don't have to fight anyone before him, I can go in with full health and magic.
Does the purple crystal work at all?
That sounds fucking awesome O_O
FINALLY!!!
My strategy was to dodge until taunt, hit and repeat. Since each part is a checkpoint, after getting through each part without getting hit much, I'd stop and take a 15 minute break. If I took too much damage, I'd restart the checkpoint. I also treated each attack as a reason to run and jump since a lot of the time there isn't time to figure out which move is coming next, and if you get hit the dodge/taunt count starts over again.
Paladin and trials the only thing left. And I can see how Chapter 14 would be almost identical on Paladin, not much extra difficulty.
Most exhausting boss ever!
My strategy was to dodge until taunt, hit and repeat. Since each part is a checkpoint, after getting through each part without getting hit much, I'd stop and take a 15 minute break. If I took too much damage, I'd restart the checkpoint. I also treated each attack as a reason to run and jump since a lot of the time there isn't time to figure out which move is coming next, and if you get hit the dodge/taunt count starts over again.
Paladin and trials the only thing left. And I can see how Chapter 14 would be almost identical on Paladin, not much extra difficulty.
Most exhausting boss ever!
Congrats.
It's an exercise in patience more than anything. Taking breaks would have probably been wise for me as well when I played it.
Dunkelgrau
Member
I am playing this on knight right now and I have to say: Holy shit, this is really hard. I often have only a little of my energy left, when it comes to the bigger fights, like the spiders or trolls for example. And I am only in the second chapter ... Any hints?
I hope the level design will be better in the later chapters, because currently it is very linear and the static camera is really annoying sometimes.
I hope the level design will be better in the later chapters, because currently it is very linear and the static camera is really annoying sometimes.
I got pretty good at timing my blocks for that deflection effect, to try and quickly get some white magic in order to keep my health up. It worked for me most of the time, but some of the group fights like the lycans in Agartha were just better for me to dodge as much as possible.
Or even skip the fight entirely.
Or even skip the fight entirely.
Krusenstern
Banned
Anyone else here who isn't satisfied with the sound in this game? Is it possible that sound effects are lacking? The game feels empty in the audio departement somehow. I barely notice ambient sound or such. Don't know how it compares to the console versions.
Or is the problem on my end?
Or is the problem on my end?
The second DLC is amongst the very worst things ever.
Instant fail stealth platform sections and an absolutely god awful boss fight. It's so so sooooo bad.
Jibbajabbawockky
Member
Just finished this for the first time last night. What an awesome game. I don't usually play these kinds of character action games but really enjoyed this. Also have next to no history with Castlevania, so I kind of just took this game for what it was.
Really though, I was playing it for the visuals. God damn is the art design outstanding in this game. The pacing is definitely messed up in the beginning several levels which are just so much longer and drawn out than anything that follows. They're not inherently bad but just compared to everything that follows, I don't know why they're so lengthy.
I only just started the first DLC and already the motion comic stuff seems a little like a obvious cost saving measure.
Really excited for Lords of Shadow 2.
Really though, I was playing it for the visuals. God damn is the art design outstanding in this game. The pacing is definitely messed up in the beginning several levels which are just so much longer and drawn out than anything that follows. They're not inherently bad but just compared to everything that follows, I don't know why they're so lengthy.
I only just started the first DLC and already the motion comic stuff seems a little like a obvious cost saving measure.
Really excited for Lords of Shadow 2.
Dunkelgrau
Member
I am at the library right now and „a bit“ disappointed.
I play on hard and because the camera is shit the game becomes really unfair sometimes. Level-Design is extremely linear and climbing is not a lot of fun, too. Because the controls are not very good I often do not know what to press while hanging on a wall or something.
As I mentioned above, combat works not very well because of the bad camera. But there is another problem: Castlevania has too much moves and so every button is used for dozens of actions. I am too old to remember all those combos. Story is okay, but nothing to remember. Puzzles are really bad. First time I see such puzzles was in 1980 ...
6/10 so far. Don’t know if I ever will finish the game.
I play on hard and because the camera is shit the game becomes really unfair sometimes. Level-Design is extremely linear and climbing is not a lot of fun, too. Because the controls are not very good I often do not know what to press while hanging on a wall or something.
As I mentioned above, combat works not very well because of the bad camera. But there is another problem: Castlevania has too much moves and so every button is used for dozens of actions. I am too old to remember all those combos. Story is okay, but nothing to remember. Puzzles are really bad. First time I see such puzzles was in 1980 ...
6/10 so far. Don’t know if I ever will finish the game.
There's an invincibility trick on PC. I don't know how I did it, but I did try to record it to no avail. I couldn't ctrl alt del or alt tab or ctrl shift escape to get to stream to Twitch with OBS.
After beating the butcher in the refectory, I ran away from the guys in the dining room and towards the end of the stage and somehow at that point, while fighting multiple skeletons and the Knight I was totally invincible. I could kill them but I took no damage.
Probably pointless info, but really cool nonetheless.
Would be awesome for Chapter 14.
After beating the butcher in the refectory, I ran away from the guys in the dining room and towards the end of the stage and somehow at that point, while fighting multiple skeletons and the Knight I was totally invincible. I could kill them but I took no damage.
Probably pointless info, but really cool nonetheless.
Would be awesome for Chapter 14.
DracoBlade
Member
I'm glad I put the time into 110% this game. Some of the trials are fucking incredulously annoying/difficult especially the dlc ones.
mikespit1200
Member
I just started this game on PC and I remember why the demo completely turned me off. The titan fights are boring, unfair and frustrating. Is there a save file or mod or something to skip the first two chapters? I cannot for the life of me beat the second titan even on easy.
Head's up for all you potential buyers. Amazon DD has this on sale for $15 right now. I just got it and played up to the first titan
. Runs smooth as butter and looks great, but my god the pre-rendered cutscenes are awful with low resolution, framerate, and jaggies everywhere.
god that was so boring up to this point
Have a Nice Day
Member
Does anyone knows the name of the OSTs that plays in the Electric Lab level in chapter 7? I never had an orchestrated score get stuck in my head like those tracks did.
The level starts with Castle Hall I believe. If there's more than just that track, I don't remember. But it's a start.