The Castlevania Thread

[BladeOfJustice]

Lords of Shadow on its own is a good game (not great but good). At first glance it looks like a God of War facsimile, and there some similarities. The combat, however, plays out very differently on a fundamental level: you’re not a god. Gabriel is much more fragile than Kratos, and the enemies are fairly good at smacking you around for doing dumb shit. You have to be a lot more precise with your block/dodge timing and more careful about how much you commit to an attack. The brass tacks of the combat may or may not be as interesting to you as it is to me, but it works well.

There were some issues with it, like some odd camera stuff here or there and some less than stellar level design and exploration, nothing to ruin it but it mires the game a bit.

I’m not sure if you’ll need to have played LoS to comprehend the sequels, but the ending was kind of cool. The game is certainly worth $20.

Thanks, yea the ending really threw me off. I actually kept up with the game and even played the demo, but I caved in due to the reviews and lack of funds at the time. But this new one looks really sick.

I’ll pick it up next time I see it for $20 again.

[Rugalitarian]

Thanks, yea the ending really threw me off. I actually kept up with the game and even played the demo, but I caved in due to the reviews and lack of funds at the time. But this new one looks really sick.

I’ll pick it up next time I see it for $20 again.

If you don’t imagine it as a Castlevania game while you’re playing, you’ll be a lot better off.

[Radiantsilvergun3]

Christ.

[toddler316]

If you do imagine it as a Castlevania game while you’re playing, With a amazing soundtrack and the best narration in any game ever you’ll be a lot better off.

Fixed np.

[Rugalitarian]

So easy to piss you guys off. The narration is spectacular. The music… Would be good in a generic adventure/action film.

:)))))))))))

[BladeOfJustice]

I’m convinced to buy it now. Now that I remember it, the narration was pretty dope in the demo.

[Rugalitarian]

Make sure you try to find all the dead soldiers and read their books. Those are entertaining in themselves.

[Radiantsilvergun3]

Make sure you try to find all the dead soldiers and read their books. Those are entertaining in themselves.

This is pretty true some of those little snippets are pretty entertaining.

[BladeOfJustice]

lol noted.

[SlayerofBodom]

Lords of Shadow is just a generic, mediocre, 3D hack-and-slash. Why would you spend money on it instead of GoW or Bayonetta is beyond me.

[specs]

Lords of Shadow is just a generic, mediocre, 3D hack-and-slash. Why would you spend money on it instead of GoW or Bayonetta is beyond me.

I got bored of God of War partway through the first game, and of Bayonetta during the first ten minutes.

I think gamers throw around “generic” too often. Yes, Lords of Shadow is a flawed game, but “generic” is too lazy a descriptor. Elaborate.

[toddler316]

Lords of Shadow is just a generic, mediocre, 3D hack-and-slash. Why would you spend money on it instead of GoW or Bayonetta is beyond me.

Bayo was a weeaboo fanboy wet dream and boring fucking game to match.

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[SlayerofBodom]

Bayo was a weeaboo fanboy wet dream and boring fucking game to match.

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Honestly, it wasn’t my cup of tea either, but at least it had some imagination and originality to it. Lords of Shadow was just boring and stale.

I think gamers throw around “generic” too often. Yes, Lords of Shadow is a flawed game, but “generic” is too lazy a descriptor. Elaborate.

Generic in this context means did nothing new or particularly well. Seriously, something like Lament of Innocence (which isn’t even that good) was a freaking masterpiece compared to LoS.

[Radiantsilvergun3]

I love Bayonetta…that shits fun.

[specs]

Generic in this context means did nothing new or particularly well. Seriously, something like Lament of Innocence (which isn’t even that good) was a freaking masterpiece compared to LoS.

Understood. I’m fine with generic. I’m hoping for MM11 after all. But I do get the “not particularly well” part.

[Duck_Strong]

LoS was far more atmospheric than anything before it. You guys are way too hard on it.

Maybe I’m weird, but it really clicked with me.

[Rugalitarian]

Someone told me Bayonetta is just DMC with tits.

On another note: I wish I was in charge of LoS2.

[donu7]

I got bored of God of War partway through the first game, and of Bayonetta during the first ten minutes.

I think gamers throw around “generic” too often. Yes, Lords of Shadow is a flawed game, but “generic” is too lazy a descriptor. Elaborate.

voted for post of the fuckin’ decade. Just the bold part is worth golds and internets.

[Optimus_Cack]

Really not sure why so many people are so hard on Lords of Shadow. The nature of their criticism often looks more as though they’re stretching for some reason to not like it, as if by not being the Second Coming on a Blu-ray it somehow failed miserably.

Bayo was a weeaboo fanboy wet dream and boring fucking game to match.

…but very fun to play, as it was basically the next logical evolutionary step up from Devil May Cry’s gameplay. It dealt with many of the issues I had with even the stellar DMC3. It’s also over-the-top and bawdy very much to style of DMC, and I’m not sure how someone can so love one while despising the other except for maybe the bizarre kind of tongue-in-cheek cheesecake.

[SlayerofBodom]

Really not sure why so many people are so hard on Lords of Shadow. The nature of their criticism often looks more as though they’re stretching for some reason to not like it, as if by not being the Second Coming on a Blu-ray it somehow failed miserably.

I don’t think I’m being “hard” on Lords of Shadow. It’s just a dull, mediocre game, and there are much better examples of that 3D action genre readily available. It’s not a Castlevania game, really; it’s a lousy version of DMC crossed with GoW.