Castlevania:Lords of shadow

timetogetfit · 22-09-2010 12:28am #1

I have to say I can't wait for this game, its looking very promising indeed, does anyone know when it will be reviewed, its out oct 7th

http://ie.xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/14275421/lords-of-shadow/videos/gc10_castlevania_trl_trailer_81910.html

tman · 22-09-2010 7:46am

Can't wait for this one either, already have it on my rental list but might treat myself to a preorder after pay day...
Not a clue about review dates I'm afraid - could be anywhere between now and release date depending on whether they've got an embargo in place

bugs · 22-09-2010 8:19am

Had been following this until i saw footage from E3. Looks like another god of war clone. May not be a bad thing but i won't be rushing out to buy it based on what i've seen so far.

Zapp Brannigan · 22-09-2010 8:41am

I think it looks good, and let's not forget Castlevania has gone this way before. Long before God of War was on the scene.

the only trepidation I have is that Kojima is (slightly) involved so I expect to be watcing a lot of cutscenes.

tman · 22-09-2010 8:54am

Zapp Brannigan wrote: »

the only trepidation I have is that Kojima is (slightly) involved so I expect to be watcing a lot of cutscenes.

That's what prompted me to rent rather than buying in the first place!
Then again, given the calibre of the cast, lengthy cut-scenes could be interesting if they're handled well...

Retr0gamer · 22-09-2010 10:51am

Zapp Brannigan wrote: »

the only trepidation I have is that Kojima is (slightly) involved so I expect to be watcing a lot of cutscenes.

Kojima's not involved at all. According to the developer he's seen the project about 3 times and given some advice and that's it. He's just slapping his name on the cover like tarantino does with the 'presented by' films that come out. It's being made entirely in Spain.

bugs · 22-09-2010 10:56am

Zapp Brannigan wrote: »

I think it looks good, and let's not forget Castlevania has gone this way before. Long before God of War was on the scene.

Hes using a cross attached by a chain (?) using combo's that look identical to god of war. The evade looks the same, the QTE's look the same.
I've played the previous games, they were nothing like this.

That said, i'm still somewhat interested, but if its another dantes inferno, i'm giving it a miss.

Star Lord · 22-09-2010 11:47am

To me it looks like a it could be a good middle ground between God of War and Devil May Cry... I know this is one that I'll most likely be picking up!!!*

*unless it gets panned...

tman · 22-09-2010 1:23pm

Apparently the demo is out today if you're a PSN+ user and next week for the rest of us...

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-09-22-castlevania-los-demo-a-psn-exclusive

The Freeman · 22-09-2010 3:02pm

tman wrote: »

Apparently the demo is out today if you're a PSN+ user and next week for the rest of us...

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-09-22-castlevania-los-demo-a-psn-exclusive

Getting kinda sick of PS+ getting demos before us regular folk tbh. greedy sony.

tman · 22-09-2010 6:40pm

Not too fussed about it myself tbh, so long as they release the demo to free users with enough time left to try it out properly before the release date

Platform exclusivity for demos on the other hand is a load of ****e!!!

Mr. K · 22-09-2010 8:28pm

This is the Plus Exclusive that's most tempted me to upgrade...but no, I can wait. Anyone get it?

ShaneU · 22-09-2010 8:36pm

I've played it, the gameplay is basically god of war, seems to have a pretty good story too.

eddhorse · 23-09-2010 1:56pm

Got the demo last night thanks to PS+ , didnt know it was available until i turned on the PS3 today. Handy the way it downloads stuff during the middle of the night.

Played it today, as mentioned , God of War like, Ed's thumbs up !

CombatCow · 23-09-2010 8:10pm

Played it last night too, really nice gfx and combat system, very like god of war as the others are saying. Think im gonna pick this one up

eddhorse · 23-09-2010 9:20pm

Played this again, abit repetitive. Looks fantastic and the voices are good too, Patrick Stewart and Robert Carylse to name a couple.

I might hold judgement until a few boardsies play it.
The camera system is static as well, couldnt move it to see where enemies were coming from.

timetogetfit · 24-09-2010 1:43am

its looking good lads

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=266241

Gunmonkey · 24-09-2010 9:58am

Hrm, interesting. Demo next week so will give it a spin. Judging from the link its a level based game like the original Castlevanias, as opposed to a sprawling world to explore like SoTN.

eddhorse · 24-09-2010 10:44am

Gunmonkey wrote: »

Hrm, interesting. Demo next week so will give it a spin. Judging from the link its a level based game like the original Castlevanias, as opposed to a sprawling world to explore like SoTN.

The demo on the PS was quite linear alright. No sprawling world as the story was pushing you the direction you needed to go. No choice really.

GothPunk · 24-09-2010 11:41am

The art direction is phenomenal, as is the lighting. It's games like this that look so good that make you think - 'Whoa'. I'm very tempted to get this but there are just too many games coming out over the next few months (like Vanquish!). I could listen to Patrick Stewart read the story of this game all day, the voice acting is that good.

Retr0gamer · 24-09-2010 11:50am

I just can't accept it as a true castlevania game but if it'sgood I'll play it.

Whats the music like out of curiosity? The castlevania soundtracks have always been amazing.

eddhorse · 24-09-2010 2:27pm

Cant remember the music TBH Retr0, might listen again later.

Gothpunk, Patrick Stewart is brilliant for narration alright.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EN7W3-_uTQY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXV6oWKMcSU

Banjo Fella · 24-09-2010 4:04pm

Hopefully this'll manage to avoid the curse that seems to befall most 3D Castlevania games. I've loved what I've seen of the art, so that's a good sign... but they had better have an awesome rendition of Bloody Tears in there somewhere.

eddhorse wrote: »

I might hold judgement until a few boardsies play it.

What, this?

Mr. K · 24-09-2010 4:56pm

I'd prefer exploration and a free camera and GoW linearity. I'm still looking forward to this though. Seems we're not getting a Special Edition though, boo. I wanted the soundtrack!

tman · 24-09-2010 7:29pm

Mr. K wrote: »

I'd prefer exploration and a free camera and GoW linearity.

Apparently it's a 20 hour game, I can't really picture them managing that without some Metroid style exploration!

Retr0gamer · 28-09-2010 2:44pm

Review reads a lot better than

8

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-09-28-castlevania-lords-of-shadow-review

Can't wait for this now.

timetogetfit · 28-09-2010 5:36pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Review reads a lot better than
8

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-09-28-castlevania-lords-of-shadow-review

Can't wait for this now.

more positives review, im getting this reserved

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=267010

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=266613

http://www.videogamer.com/xbox360/lords_of_shadow/review.html

Mr. K · 29-09-2010 6:50pm

I'm starting to get seriously excited about LoS. I think the demo is now available generally on PSN, I'll download it when I get home!

johnny_ultimate · 29-09-2010 8:06pm

Huh, got a fairly glowing review in Edge too. Hadn't high hopes for this, but well definitely give the demo a whirl tonight. I only have the time and money for either this or Enslaved though at the moment.

Zapp Brannigan · 30-09-2010 5:33pm

Wasn't impressed by the demo really, but I'm hoping it's just a bad demo.

WolfForager · 30-09-2010 10:34pm

Playing the demo now, i just cant click with the controls... I'm all over the place, dying every 2 mins.

EDIT: For a 1.5GB download, that was a ridiculously short demo.

Castlevania:Lords of shadow

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