The Castlevania Thread

[FurryCurry]

interview with C:LOS head dev David Cox

nice insightful read about making C:LOS. a huge departure from the interview with the head DmC developer - Cox seems to actually respect the property.

gabriel was almost king leonidas hahaha.

Word.

Now if someone would just tell me if all the evil in this game leads back to Dracula. I need to know.

[Radiantsilvergun3]

interview with C:LOS head dev David Cox

nice insightful read about making C:LOS. a huge departure from the interview with the head DmC developer - Cox seems to actually respect the property.

gabriel was almost king leonidas hahaha.

Now thats the kind of interview that gets you hype.

[Radiantsilvergun3]

interview with C:LOS head dev David Cox

nice insightful read about making C:LOS. a huge departure from the interview with the head DmC developer - Cox seems to actually respect the property.

gabriel was almost king leonidas hahaha.

Now thats the kind of interview that gets you hype.

[AlphaDragoon]

Now thats the kind of interview that gets you hype.

Word.

This is how developers should act when handling a top franchise.

[Stuart_Hayden]

I’m aware that isn’t out yet but what is the game play like in LoS? Is it Hack n Slash/Platformer with Castlevania’s Weapon Systems or what?

I’ve never been into Castlevania really (Yes, I play SotN and blahblahblah. Didn’t care for them) so that’s why I’m asking. Cause this one seems very untraditional when it comes to Castlevania. Which is why it’s so appealing to me.

oh and regarding VA’s.

PATRICK FUCKING STEWART
That’s all you need to know. His narration alone from the Trailer at E3 last year made me want to buy the game.

ITS PATRICK FUCKING STEWART

[Mr.Bastos]

interview with C:LOS head dev David Cox

nice insightful read about making C:LOS. a huge departure from the interview with the head DmC developer - Cox seems to actually respect the property.

gabriel was almost king leonidas hahaha.

awesome, I cannot wait to play

[Ki_Shima]

remix version of CVIV music or no buy for me

[FurryCurry]

remix version of CVIV music or no buy for me

Omg seriously? Just load up a playlist of your favorite castlevania tunes and rock that shit out when you are playing hard mode after you beat it the first time. If anything, we should not buy the game because Dracula may not be in it.

Btw, I might actually have to get this at launch depending on my response to the demo. Gotta use that Halo Reach credit from Amazon for something.

[ben]

Gotta use that Halo Reach credit from Amazon for something.

but you have to get the $20 amazon credit for this game too! the cycle never ends.

[Rugalitarian]

remix version of CVIV music or no buy for me

They confirmed this months ago already.

[FurryCurry]

but you have to get the $20 amazon credit for this game too! the cycle never ends.

Yeah that won’t be too much of problem since Black Friday is coming! I’m sad that Amazon isn’t getting the Vanquish preorder bonus anymore. Damn Gamesotp.

[King9999]

PATRICK FUCKING STEWART

Someone finally got his name right.

[specs]

interview with C:LOS head dev David Cox

nice insightful read about making C:LOS. a huge departure from the interview with the head DmC developer - Cox seems to actually respect the property.

gabriel was almost king leonidas hahaha.

From that interview:

David Cox: I think there was always a desire to make the game 3D. I think people thought that in order to attract a mainstream audience, it had to be a 3D game. I personally love 2D games, but the fact is the market for 2D games is tiny. Most people want to play a 3D action adventure game with impressive visuals, etc. etc.

I think for us, one of the things we found in hindsight is that the previous games tried to emulate the 2D games – basically: turn the 2D games into 3D. We felt that wasn’t the way to go. We felt the way to go was to boil down Castlevania to its core tenets, and create a 3D game from there. Sure, it’s a brave decision, but we needed to be brave, and we needed to have the freedom to do what we wanted to make.

I think that was one of the things that worried Japan; that we wanted to keep our creative freedom, and we stuck to that throughout the pitching process. We didn’t really want anyone looking over our shoulder telling us, “You can’t do this” or whatever. We needed to brave and make decisions to do things slightly differently.

The great thing about Kojima Productions is that they gave us that freedom, and they helped advise us. But they really were clear that they weren’t going to interfere with the development. I’ve known Kojima for many years and he said, “I’m going to help you and advise you. Kojima Productions will be there to assist you whenever you want.” And that was amazing. Just having that backup. That really did help us, in many aspects – many technical aspects, design aspects.

That, and that alone, makes me want to play. I love to read the insights of thoughtful developers. Too few these days, on either side of the ocean.

When Dr. B cries oceans of manly man tears, Vancouver Island disappears.

NINJA EDIT - This too:

One thing that really stands out is Gabriel himself. I designed him very much as a barbarian, much like the original Castlevania character. I went to Tokyo and met with Kojima and he told me to look at Gabriel again. I told him that I’m really happy with the design. He told me, “No, you really need to rethink Gabriel.”

He told me that "we designed Snake, and we were tweaking Snake right until the final submission. Little things: eyebrows, eye color, anything. You need to make sure that you’re continuously looking at Gabriel as a main character. If you’re trying to tell this tragic story of love, but you have this meathead character that nobody can identify with … " So that made us go back and rethink Gabriel, and I’m so glad he did that. I don’t think the game would be the game it is now if we didn’t rethink Gabriel as a character. I think now he’s far more appealing right now, far more nuanced – he’s not a one-dimensional action hero anymore. He’s a real character, a real person.

I think Hideo Kojima is a nutjob that can’t write a story to save his life… but I like his insight on the character creation process. Good stuff.

NON-NINJA EDIT - Okay, seriously, just finished the interview. David Cox is my new hero. If Lords of Shadow ends up sucking, I think it will be, at worst, thoughtful. I’m actually excited for the game now. Pre-ordering. Don’t let me down, Cox. Cock-pun.

Crap, now I have to do another Dr. B quote. Um, let’s see:

I’m a Mac
I’m a PC
We both bow to the computer
Built by Dr. B

… yeah, good enough.

[Sano]

We got Patrick Stewart but they have Akio Ohtsuka! He’s the narrator on Street Fighter II V, Morrison in the Devil May anime, Unknown Soldier in Namco x Capcom, Seth in SF4 / SSF4, the Japanese Solid Snake and BATOU IN EVERY SINGLE INCARNATION OF GHOST IN THE SHELL! That guy’s a legend!

Even so I’m STILL going to listen to the game in English if I’m given a language option because of Patrick Stewart! :tup: Even so the voice acting is so good on both sides, arguments on one side being better than the other well… I just have the same reaction as Etna below in the second panel

NIS America, Inc. - News/Articles

:looney: Sorry that made me laugh today and I had to post it up somewhere.

Can’t wait to play Lords of Shadow! HUGE Castlevania fan.

[fistoftheryustar]

How is the demo? It looks like a great game, Im just curious as to how great it is.

[Master_Chibi]

Pre-ordered.

I want it now now now now now now now now now~

[Spirit_Juice]

I haven’t really been keeping up on the new Castlevania, but after looking up some things and doing some research, I’m really tempted to preorder this very soon. The hype is getting to me…

[Shadowcuz]

The game has received some positive reviews and they estimate its about a 20-hour playthrough, which is nice considering games nowadays are short as hell.

Pre-ordering this bad boy tomorrow.

[BadMojo]

New Gameplay trailer of LoS.

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Gameplay Trailer in High Definition ? G4tv.com

Some minor spoilers in it like puzzle solutions but nothing story related (unless you’ve never played a CV game before and have no idea who the final boss is).

[specs]

New Gameplay trailer of LoS.

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Gameplay Trailer in High Definition ? G4tv.com

Some minor spoilers in it like puzzle solutions but nothing story related (unless you’ve never played a CV game before and have no idea who the final boss is).

Awesome video. No real spoilers: the various little call-outs to past CV players are done in a way that builds intrigue, not in a way that gives away the story.

Please, Dr. B, I want this game to be good.