Castlevania: Lords of Shadow (Play Enslaved instead)

[Himu]

11 minute trailer. Actually looks good. Shock and awe. Who is buying this so you can give us impressions?

http://g4tv.com/videos/48935/Castlevania-Lords-of-Shadow-Gameplay-Trailer/?quality=hd

[MMaRsu]

Might buy this. Might.

[Brehvolution]

can't pass on this hard enough

 

[Himu]

give impressions mmrasu

[Beezy]

GoW clones

[Howard Alan Treesong]

DAY NONE

[Third]

Looks better than Vanquish. Finally a 3D Castlevania worth my bandwith.

[bork]

Demos should be up on XBL and PSN tomorrow.  Will play and decide then.

[Beezy]

Looks better than Vanquish.

[Mr. Gundam]

Demos should be up on XBL and PSN tomorrow.  Will play and decide then.

PSN updates today. If we get it, it will be today.

[G The Resurrected]

DAY UNO!

can not wait for this damn game. Too much October is getting on my nerves, I'm not gonna have any time to play any of these games.

[Robo]

Looks better than Vanquish. Finally a 3D Castlevania worth my bandwith.

 

[Trent Dole]

   
 

[Diunx]

Can't wait for this

[Don Flamenco]

Jesus christ, watched the gameplay vid that everyone on gaf is cumming about. 

IT'S FUCKING GOD OF WAR.  Like 100%, aside from the music and setting.  That's not entirely a bad thing-- it might be solid enough for a $20 purchase. 

[SantaC]

Jesus christ, watched the gameplay vid that everyone on gaf is cumming about. 

IT'S FUCKING GOD OF WAR.  Like 100%, aside from the music and setting.  That's not entirely a bad thing-- it might be solid enough for a $20 purchase. 

the fact that gaf is drooling over this is enough reason for me to pass on it. I love how they bash IGA's installations and then praise a mindless GOW clone made by a shit dev.

lol at the part where it says puzzles and he brings out a zelda sunbeam puzzle. yay old puzzles with beams and blockpushing.
 

[WrikaWrek]

Looks like a Van Helsing the movie the videogame

[WrikaWrek]

I believe you.

[Himu]

It really doesn't look like God of War in that video, combat aside. And even then, the combat similarities are small.

[Don Flamenco]

--The whip swings just like kratos' blades
--Magic moves that use up a meter
--Same shitty invincible frames on enemies with no AI
--QTE shit on "epic" bosses
--Swinging, ballet type moves like Kratos
--Same puzzling/platforming with swinging, balancing, shit like that
--He used wings for a double jump for christ's sake

Face it, Konami said "take GOW and make it a Castlevania game"

I'd like to know the ways in which this won't play out like a GoW game. 

[demi]

I think it originally was "Make a GOW game"

Then it changed to

"Castlevania: GOW Game"

[naff]

I like God of War, so this sounds like a solid rental.

[cool breeze]

I was considering it.  I was holding off on ordering from Amazon since they had $20 credit for it, but I was waiting to try the demo.  Now that reviews are coming out Amazon dropped that deal and the only way to play the demo is still to be a European Playstation Plus member.  Will probably pass on it.

 

[Bebpo]

I was considering it.  I was holding off on ordering from Amazon since they had $20 credit for it, but I was waiting to try the demo.  Now that reviews are coming out Amazon dropped that deal and the only way to play the demo is still to be a European Playstation Plus member.  Will probably pass on it.

 

Wait, Amazon dropped the $20?

ffffuuuu

should have pre-ordered

now will wait for price-drop.

[bork]

That's such bullshit.  They shouldn't have dropped it so quickly.     But if I get the game it will still be through them.  Free release date shippng+no tax+$10 off from credit I got from buying DR2.

[cool breeze]

apparently they've done it for Call of Duty Black Oops too

[Hitler Stole My Potato]

I'm not a big Castlevania whore so forgive me here.  What song is playing at the beginning of that trailer?  Sounds very familiar.  Is that from Super Castlevania IV?


Anyway, I'll wait for this to drop to 20 before I bite.

[Beezy]

apparently they've done it for Call of Duty Black Oops too

Get it from Kmart.

[demi]

maxy will give us unbiased impressions when it leaks.

[Don Flamenco]

I like God of War, so this sounds like a solid rental.

That's what I'm saying.  Even if unoriginal, it does look solid.

[maxy]

Edge 8/10
Eurogamer 8/10
Game Informer 9/10

Looks good.

maxy will give us unbiased impressions when it leaks.

Of course.

[SantaC]

the wait continues for a 3D Castlevania that truly matches the elegance, complexity and spatial intelligence of the 2D games

passsss

here comes the bad scores:

gamespot - 7.5
gametrailers 7.9

[maxy]

Gamespot is a joke and GT is 

[SantaC]

bah bring IGA back for a proper 3DS game

[cool breeze]

apparently they've done it for Call of Duty Black Oops too

Get it from Kmart.

I need to find a good Kmart near here first.  I went to one for the ps move bundle ($25 credit back) and it was awful.  The video game section was like a third world country.  There was broken glass all over the place and screaming children (who might have been on fire) running between aisles.

[Diunx]

Is this out at the torrent sites yet? I wanna kill me some vampires.

[demi]

> he thinks castlevania features a single vampire that isnt Dracula

[Diunx]

I believe there are Succubus in this game

[cool breeze]

Demo is out on Euro PSN for everyone

It is alright.  Combat is God of War with a bad camera.  It seems like they are using a lot of blurring and effects to cover up the bad frame rate and it is still noticeable both visually and how the game feels.  Apparently the PS3 version is the better one too    Maybe just an old demo.

[SantaC]

lawl IGN gives it a 7.5

a 7.5 from IGN is like 3/10 elsewhere

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Better or worse than Dante's Inferno?

[maxy]

Nobody is complaining about platforming...much better

IGN review sounds like it has been written by some old bitter outdated Castlevania fan.

[The Sceneman]

lawl IGN gives it a 7.5

a 7.5 from IGN is like 3/10 elsewhere

are you fucking joking?

[SantaC]

lawl IGN gives it a 7.5

a 7.5 from IGN is like 3/10 elsewhere

are you fucking joking?

eh no, IGN usually gives out high score like candy.

[cool breeze]

Better or worse than Dante's Inferno?

The demo doesn't give you enough time to find out.  The first bit is a tutorial and they lock most of your moves.  The only time when you can test out the full combat is in a 30 second fight at the end of the demo after a boring magical horse sequence.

But I'd still say better, probably.  Even on hard enemies would go down quick and I liked that.  God of War, and it was worse in the Dante Inferno Demo, is sometimes you just constantly doing power moves that didn't seem to do that much.

[bork]

The demo struck me as "God Of War: Werewolf Killer Edition."  Nice n' framey, too.  Where is the CASTLEVANIA in this Castlevania game?  Pass for now.

[Third]

It's out
2 discs 

[Raban]

Now that we know a Metroidvania-style game can work in 3D (ex. Arkham Asylum), why don't we have a good 3D Castlevania?

[Junpei the Tracer!]

I liked the demo. Very pretty/shiny, plays like faster GoW which is good. The menu/book with illustrations is very cool. I laughed when the magic horse jumped out of a magic portal and told you to get on him.

[The Sceneman]

Now that we know a Metroidvania-style game can work in 3D (ex. Arkham Asylum), why don't we have a good 3D Castlevania?

....we've known that since Metroid Prime....

[SantaC]

Now that we know a Metroidvania-style game can work in 3D (ex. Arkham Asylum), why don't we have a good 3D Castlevania?

....we've known that since Metroid Prime....

prime isn't 3rd person

[Third]

But it's in 3D.

[demi]

Prime isnt Metroidvania

[WrikaWrek]

It's cool, has amazing graphics holy shit. But i'm gonna keep playing Enslaved.

[Raban]

But it's in 3D.

I meant third-person as well. Also this:

Prime isnt Metroidvania

[Third]

The graphics in this game   

[demi]

demo on XBL now

Gamefly hooked it up though... so I'll save my bandwidth

[SantaC]

demo on XBL now

Gamefly hooked it up though... so I'll save my bandwidth

impressions?

[Third]

The game is pretty good. I like that you can replay each chapter to 100% it.
The only things I don't like are the overdramatic voice acting and music. So epic. 

[maxy]

demo on XBL now

Gamefly hooked it up though... so I'll save my bandwidth

impressions?

Enslaved is much better designed game,but this is good also.

Enslaved