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Nintendo Power Cover - Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow - Mirror Of Fate (3DS)
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InfiniDragon
Member
Don't waste your time listening to this. Play them all except maybe Portrait of Ruin.
Just saw the scans, MercurySteam strikes again on the graphical front it would seem. Game looks visually amazing. I like the new Trevor's outfit a lot too. Here's hoping it's got a better plot than LoS. XD
AlphaDragoon
Member
This guy's trying to get you not to play good games.
I actually say play them all, from Symphony of the Night on down.
EDIT: LOL that my brother who is at work still posted this literally right before I did.
EmCeeGramr
Member
why the long face trevor
brandonh83
Banned
holy shit, is this real life?
Hahahahah Exactly, that's the point, buy their mag!
EmCeeGramr
Member
There are full scans out.Ehm, that's Simon
This is Trevor
My joke about facial proportions and mood remains intact.
It's 3D..
InfiniDragon
Member
My GoogleFu must be getting rusty, could only find the blurred one. But if it's out there I'll keep on looking.
Ehm, that's Simon
This is Trevor
wtf is this shit
EmCeeGramr
Member
nintendo power censored their online preview pic because of embargoes i guess
I'm pretty excited for this. I wasn't a huge fan of LoS by any means (except the soundtrack), but I'm interested to see how they do with a 2D gameplay environment. I'm totally cool with 2.5D graphics.
I'm not totally sure how I like them rewriting Castlevania history, but I guess they already did that with LoS.
I'm not totally sure how I like them rewriting Castlevania history, but I guess they already did that with LoS.
oh well, i just saw dem scans. It looks really good, some decidedly 2.5D levels, and it says it's 3DS exclusive so it may not be coming to the Vita at all, for those that were theorizing a port there.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
EmCeeGramr
Member
Also it's confirmed that Trevor is Gabriel's unknown son.
Gabriel turned out to be a playa
encephalon
Member
Thanks for all of the advice guys. I'll get Order of Ecclesia next and then go back from there.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
They are some very nice scans out there
not that I support that kind of thing or anything
But yeah, looks pretty cool, actually.
not that I support that kind of thing or anything
But yeah, looks pretty cool, actually.
saw the article, should clarify it's Gabriel's son concieved before the events of the end of LoS. which is kinda stupid.
okay I fucking hate simon's armor design. belmonts should at least have the decency to cover their tits. other than that, the in game screens look nice. trevor looks awesome, though a specific piece of artwork takes kojima's tiny head big body design philosophy to a new level hahah
Article mentions the game takes place in the castle primarily.
okay I fucking hate simon's armor design. belmonts should at least have the decency to cover their tits. other than that, the in game screens look nice. trevor looks awesome, though a specific piece of artwork takes kojima's tiny head big body design philosophy to a new level hahah
Article mentions the game takes place in the castle primarily.
Father_Brain
Banned
Man, everything about this sounds fantastic, aside from a few concerns NP mentioned about the combat pacing. Please don't let me down, Mercury Steam.
GrotesqueBeauty
Banned
A westernized 2.5D Castlevania? I can't "meh" softly enough.
It doesn't explain why he's using the Combat Cross, though. Are they disregarding the DLC?
Your answer made me curious if other people had already commented on LoS soundtrack, so I went back to read the rest of the thread.
As I was never a Castlevania fan I can't really comment on previous soundtracks, but saying LoS didn't have a good OST is flat out wrong. It is both expertly orchestrated and very fitting to the game setting.
It's one of my favorite soundtracks of this generation, along side Super Mario Galaxy, Journey, and Kid Icarus.
Everytime I heard Final Confrontation:
I can't help it.
PrinceOfApathy
Banned
So true, because Gabe
Rendered his into peices
B-b-but it looks so good.
Robot Pants
Member
So thedragonreturs.com whatever teaser site is for this? A 3DS game? There won't be a console game?
Tallshortman
Member
I really enjoyed LoS so this is pretty disappointing. Don't and will not ever have a 3DS so looks like I won't get to play this thing.
Neuromancer
Member
Ah shit
Don't forget about those rainy forests and dark caves.
It's for Lords II.
the writer pulled Gabriel's son out of his ass, i'm sure there's a combat cross sitting inside there too
abstract alien
Member
Not sure how I feel about their being "combos". I would rather have few attacks that are important for surviving than just having a variation of the same things. I'll hold out on that though, since we still know very little about how this actually plays.
You speak craziness.
SoTN and Dawn of Sorrow, in my opinion, are simply the best. Portraits and Order have nothing on them.
Dawn of Sorrow is the start of 2D Castlevania games getting incredibly lazy and had massive asset theft. At least on the GBA they had to emulate monsters from other games, not steal sprites. The game feels like a hollow expansion pack, too. The areas are boring, the music is basic, and the gameplay "changes" to changes that it feels like Aria but without any of the fanciness. I had more fun with Julius Mode than the main game, and even that wasn't very good.
PrinceOfApathy
Banned
Yeah seriously. Outside of a few vocal minorities the combat system was highly accepted, because it was diverse, and combined with the Light and Dark magic system, in tandem with keeping your combat flawless for orb drops, it was surprisingly flexible and full filling. It had this awesome, ebb and flow. I personally commended Dave and his team for that in my review, which he enjoyed.
I dunno, I loved it. I am not a Castlevania guru who can compare them all. I only played SoTN, the DS ones, and no more than 45 minutes of any of the 3D ones.
I really doubt it was "universally praised".
I hope it doesn't sucks. It can work in games like GoW and LoS, but in games like Bloodrayne, it was really boring.
It wasn't a necessary game. The Sorrow series could end with Aria, which was very nice for it's time. (I prefer CoTM though).