Alucard is the best Belmont.
Troll post or fuck you. Either way, we are not amusedā¦ >_>
How has this new trailer not be posted in this thread?
Guess Iāll be buying Mirror of Fate HD sooner than expected. I was going to wait on a sale like most games these days but I need my story gaps filled in!!!
But yeah this game is looking amazing and we still havenāt even seen any future stuff but based on that tease of a mech suit in the limited edition art book shown with the European limited edition Iād like to keep it that way. I think there is enough in the past to keep making trailers out of without having to even touch the present day stuff. I want that aspect to be completely fresh to me when I get this in February. Shame thereās not word on Next Gen ports yet. Iād so rather have it on my PS4 but alasā¦
Edit: Since this game marks the end of the Mercury Steam Saga Iām curious about what Konami will have up their sleeves next. I wonder if Kojima has anything in mind. I think it would be cool to tell another brand new story using the Castlevania mythos again but revolving around controlling a party of heroes instead of just one singular one ala Kingdom Hearts. One thing that always nagged me about some of these games in the series are characters splitting up for no reason. You could control 2-4 heroes in single player as you quest through some ever expanding Castle with some randomized areas/elements. Like a mix of Symphony of the Night with Capcomās new Deep Down (kind of like how every Metroidvania style Castlevania reuses the Clock Tower). We could have a dozen different map layouts for an area so not everyone has the exact same experience. It would finally give the castle a feeling of it being truly sentient. As the game goes on new areas can be downloaded and will integrate into the whole of the castle creating new shortcuts (or blocking off old ones) in the process. It could even take the (better) elements from HoD and have you doing a few runs of an area to look for rare loot. You donāt have to go back to places to beat the game but doing so might get you something rare.
If you play online you can bring in your character and their current stats and play with someone else of a similar level ala Dark Souls. Maybe you could have a party of evil characters (like Shaft, Carmilla, or Orlock for example) that could run into a party of good characters and youād be forced to fight them and gain a bigger boost of XP or other gear for winning. There could even be a special character like St. Germain seen in Curse of Darkness. There could be an online event surrounding him. In somewhat random but fair (like through a ranking system based on something) some people would get to become that character for the week and find themselves being warped around to other peopleās games providing help. Meanwhile the inverse of that is playing as Galamothās Time Reaper and causing all sorts of mischief. There would be no penalty for dying as either but for completing certain tasks you could get bonus xp or gear.
I guess flimsily the story could be about Castlevania coming back one itās own. The evil characters didnāt attempt to summon Dracula back so they are surprised by the castleās sudden return and the good guys just do their traditional good guy thing. So both sides go rushing in to figure out whatās going on.
Anyway I look forward to what Konami has next for the series.
Victor Belmont, eh ? Sorry, but I couldnāt care less about this guy. The coolest scrapped playable character in the series that really shouldnāt have been forgotten is, by far, Coller from Castlevania 64.
http://www.vgmuseum.com/mrp/2/extras-cv64.htm
Spoiler
http://www.castlevaniadungeon.net/Images/Scans/CV64/cv64-corler-1.jpg
http://www.castlevaniadungeon.net/Images/Scans/CV64/cv64-corler-2.jpg
I mean, just look at this motherfucker hereā¦ He looks like the awesome unholy lovechild of Caleb from Blood, Frankensteinās monster and Ash from Evil Dead! How could someone even dislike the mere idea of having a fucking playable undead cyborg armed with guns and a chainsaw for a hand ???
He is the one that should have been the second playable character in Castlevania 64, rather than Carrie Fernandez. But we all know Japan prefers magical lolis, soā¦ 
Playthrough of the demo.
Three posts concerning LoS in a row and no Rugaltarian to bitch about shit?!
What kind of miracle is this.
Lookin great. Really excited for it.
HEY GUYS
I played the MoF PS3 demo, and it was very, very sad. Thatās all Iāll say about that.
Also the LoS2 Demo isnāt impressing me. The Iron Giant attacking Castlevania? More stupid QTEs? More Hollywood bullshit stock Dark Knight Rises music? These are dark times indeed.
Unlike Bloody Mary it only takes saying Rugaās name once to suck him into this thread.
Here guys check out this track from the game. I donāt necessarily think the Hans Zimmerman influences are that bad. Itās not like it gets overdone. Plus the bits with the horns gives it a somber tone despite being thematically triumphant. Hell Iād say it kinda characterizes the game well.
Oscar Araujo - Castlevania - Lords Of Shadow 2 āThe Titanā by OscarAraujo
Me, @DoctaMario and @Rugalitarian all come from a very small, but dedicated, Castlevania community before we all ended up here. Now unlike Rugal, I actually enjoy the LoS games, but I do see where heās coming from, and I prefer a huge majority of CV games pre-LoS.
In a perfect world IGA would be shitting out $20 PSN/Live/Steam Metroidvaniaās every 1-3 years, and MercurySteam would be keeping CV in 3D attempting to go toe-to-toe with the heavy hitting action hack and slash games.
Iām torn on whether or not to buy the ācompleteā LoS package or just MoF off of PSN. Is MoF on disc with the complete collection, or do you buy the game and it comes as a download code? If itās the latter, Iāll just get the digital version instead.
I liked the demo. Especially the new gameplay elements. Life steal and guard crush are gonna bring some depth to the combat system this time around I think. Platforming was also fun and definitely more reminiscent of older, 2D Castlevania games than it was in the first LoS. I like that there were some Symphony of the Night references thrown in there too, though I kinda hope theyāre re-recorded by the time the final game comes out; I thought they could have been spoken with a little moreā¦ I dunno, passion, for lack of a better word. Gabriel/Draculaās voice was pretty good overall, though, I thought. I still prefer 2D Castlevania style music in general but I also donāt feel like it fits the LoS games.
Anyone thinking of downloading Mirror of Fate on PSN, beware, thereās some weird glitch with it that affects your PSN ID, trophies, and syncing. I had to actually do a quick reformat to get my stuff back to working normally. Now Iām holding off on playing it 'til they patch it.
Thatās cool and being dedicated is great but when your from a smaller isolated community itās real easy to forget there are a lot of people just as knowledgeable and passionate about the series.
Not saying you have this issue but Rugal sure as fuck does.
Which is why he has whole pages of buried comments.
I can be cool with people liking or disliking because thatās an opinion, but saying itās trash or getting on some type of nerd soapbox speaking on what qualifies as a castlevania just shows how insular his experience was.
I wonder just what the heck happened to the godlike music?
They wanted to make the Castlevania experience as much like God of War as possible. Forget 24+ years of awesome music that has been remixed by thousands of people and played in orchestrated concerts around the world man. We want that shat out hollywood style music!
Iām as big of a Castlevania fan as they come, but I also like variety. I like LoS but I love my 2D Castlevania. Iād be happy if they consistently did both.
You ever hang out at the Dungeon anymore @sonicabid ?
Honestly, I got tired of IGAās offerings and when I saw LoS, I was excited about Castlevania again.
The LoS2 demo is fantastic. The combat system got some extra depth to it thanks to being able to quick-switch weapons DMC style. I was pulling off some sweet combos against those knights. I kind of wish theyād implement a hit counter so you had some way of knowing how far into a combo you were, but I guess we canāt have everything.
As for the MoF thing, if youāve already got LoS1, Iād just get the digital version. From what they were saying at the Dungeon, LoS is the only game on disc and the rest of it is just digital downloads.
There were hardly any QTEs in the demo. Did you really play it? I thought the iron war machine was cool as hell, but Iāve been wrong before soā¦ 
Ah, sucks MoF comes as a digital download code. No point in getting the physical version, then. Iāll snag the digital version when Iām not broke at some point. I havenāt been to the dungeon in a long time, but I found it interesting that I recognized some posters there when I did decide to check it out.
PC version of LoS is the better version. I can download that whenever, but I took the time to Platinum LoS so Iām not really itching to play it again anytime soon(though I would like to experience the DLC at some point.)
Even if you fucking hated LoS, you canāt say itās a worse game than Curse of Darkness. Curse of Darkness on PS2/Xbox is one of the shittiest CV games out there. Fucking trash, so disappointing coming off of Lament of Innocence.
Dont forget that atrocity called Judgement.
LoS may not be perfect but itās a pretty solid game that will hopefully allow IGA to have a real fucking budget for a badass handheld Castlevania.
Other than the level design, Curse of Darkness was pretty fun. Trevor Belmont mode was more fun than the main game.