I think GoW 2 has better puzzles. The platforming suck, both here and GoW, Dante's... that if you can really call that platforming...
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Castlevania Lords Of Shadow Ultimate Edition |OT| Now at 60 FPS!
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I think GoW 2 has better puzzles. The platforming suck, both here and GoW, Dante's... that if you can really call that platforming...
PoweredBySoy
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Excellent.
I had played this game on 360 when it came out - but despite the amazing production and artwork, the game itself (as well as the technical issues) just didn't grab me and I put it down after a few hours. I'm hoping the PC version can respark my interest, because I could tell there was a great game in there somewhere.
Xander51
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You could just play the demo. It runs really well. Port was done by Climax.
Noooo. 3840x2160 can't hold 60 dips to 45
That's still almost double than what the consoles did!
Noooo. 3840x2160 can't hold 60 dips to 45
That's a bit.. extreme.
Krusenstern
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PoweredBySoy
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Noooo. 3840x2160 can't hold 60 dips to 45
Yeah, that's what I was afraid of. Fuck this shitty game, guys, I'm out.
Xander51
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Oh I get it, you were trying to be funny. Flew over my head till just now.
That's still almost double than what the consoles did!
Double?! That's like 6x the resolution of the console versions >.>
Ah, yeah lol the console version did indeed run pretty poorly.
I was speaking framerate. :3c
2560x1440 is exactly 4x the resolution as 1280x720. I suck at math but 3840x2160 is 6x the resolution.That's still almost double than what the consoles did!
AndrewDean84xX
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I will get this some time before the second game comes next February.
doniewhalberg
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On that note, does the game have a spanish language track? Might be fun to play this through in Espanol this time. It reminds me imagerywise of Del Toro anyway, not sure why it hadn't occurred before.
Sadly, no
Konami told us spaniards (and the spanish developer) that there was no money for a spanish localisation
EDIT: btw, Del Toro is Mexican, but the Art Direction in Pan's Labyrinth (hello Castlevania's faun) is from a spanish team
doniewhalberg
Member
Sadly, no
Konami told us spaniards (and the spanish developer) that there was no money for a spanish localisation
EDIT: btw, Del Toro is Mexican, but the Art Direction in Pan's Labyrinth (hello Castlevania's faun) is from a spanish team
Haha, not only did I know that man, I actually went and double checked before I made that last post, so I didn't make myself look stupid haha. I love Pan's Labyrinth, I remember when my bluray player was still new and snazzy, the art direction blew me away. Looknig forward to this doing the same for my PC haha. That really sucks though, you can feel the culture seep through. Would be a good way to experience it.
Third game
The second game comes this fall.LoS 2 doesn't have /spanish/ voiceoverSadly, no
Konami told us spaniards (and the spanish developer) that there was no money for a spanish localisation
LoS 2 doesn't have voiceover
What? Even MoF have voiceover.
Spanish voiceover, I mean haha
You're almost at Pan's temple *dies*
LoS beats any GoW game as far as puzzles go. Hell, even as far as combat mechanics go.
But yeah, the platforming is probably the weakest part (in any of those games).
Glass Rebel
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Finished the first Chapter. It's kinda funny replaying it and knowing what will happen
I don't think any GoW game has as bad hitboxes/hit detection as LoS. That's a pretty big part of combat right there.
hey_it's_that_dog
benevolent sexism
Yeah. Maybe if we're comparing ambition, LoS has a better combat system, but if you factor in implementation, it's not a clear victory. LoS has lots of small issues that are presumably the result of inexperience in the genre and those issues absolutely extend to combat.
Winnie the Pimp
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just noticed this, without reading the whole thread, good port yes or no?
hey_it's_that_dog
benevolent sexism
Performance-wise, good.
No extra features or anything, besides the inclusion of both DLCs.
Domstercool
Member
Great port!
Can you cite specific examples? I played through LoS five times (on all difficulties, did all trophies) and I can't remember encountering any hitbox/hit detection problems. It was all pretty spot on.
doniewhalberg
Member
Hnnng. Would of been done downloading by now, but we're rewatching all of Breaking Bad on Netflix before we watch the new episodes, had to limit the steam download to 1 mb a sec getting myself psyched though. How far have the diehards that have been waiting weeks for this got then?
getting myself psyched though. How far have the diehards that have been waiting weeks for this got then?hey_it's_that_dog
benevolent sexism
Some enemies' basic attack animations don't sync up with when their hitbox intersects with the player character. Because the timed block is so important in the game, this is especially problematic. I haven't played it in 3 years so I can't be more specific, unfortunately.
Another major complaint I had was that too many of the enemies are hard to read against the background, and their "tells" are also not very clear. I couldn't help but compare it to Bayonetta, which I think is the genre-standard for clearly communicating what the enemies are going to do.
Lords of Shadow felt as much like a test of my vision as a test of my reflexes. I don't see that complaint from others very often, but I know it's not just an issue with my vision, which is 20/20.
Pretty sure it is 9x the resolution.
Anyway, nice N64 texture on the left in the second screenshot.
All the ledge climbing in LoS is fucking terrible.
That said I'm excited to play this on PC.
Krusenstern
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I'm in the swamp.
Hehe, these guys.
Hehe, these guys.
doniewhalberg
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Random, likely unfeasable quesiton: I really like that banner the OP used, it's great. Would love a steam icon shaped version of it to set as the custom icon - anyone able to do that/would the guy who did the banner for OP be ok with this? I not only have no photo skillz at all, I also don't know the etiquette
Krusenstern
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And the last one for today.
As I said, I played through LoS five times (and on all difficulties) and I never had such issues. I thought the tells were all pretty clear, especially unblockables with the white flash. I even think the game gets even more fun on higher difficulties when you really have to block and counter stuff ... and it worked perfectly (for me).
Bayonetta is cool, too. Never grabbed as much as LoS though.
And I'm not saying LoS is perfect btw. It has flaws, just as the other brawlers out there. But there's something special about it that elevates it above those for me (narrative tone, art and combat).
It's dull, sure, because there is almost no way to mess up. But it's not terrible.
Yeah, what's up with that? One of those screenshots above almost looks like it has a cartoon filter. Weird...
edit:
http://abload.de/img/2n2sjs.png
The roots on the left look terrible.
Wow that looks stupid. I'm gonna try disabling it on my game and then enabling Nvidia's Ambient Occlusion, it might work better?
Futurevoid
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Looks like a screen captured while a depth of field effect was active which blurred the root out. Haven't played the game on PC so I can't say for sure but I remember DOF being used generously in the console game.
EDIT: Oh nevermind, you're talking about the Ambient Occlusion effect.
ViewtifulJC
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All these screenshots of the really boring opening chapters...get to the good stuff, ya'll