GameTopius Writes: There is a fairly significant amount of skepticism surrounding Mercury Steam's working title, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow. The Belmont clan (among others) have literally defined a genre of side scrolling adventuring along with Ms. Samus Aran. These titles blend a subtle mixture of platforming, adventuring, and modest RPG elements to form what many refer to as 'Metroidvania'; an enshrined category of games that many won't protest if it is simply re-skinned (no offense intended, Shadow Complex).
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Edgar writes: "To celebrate the game's 10th anniversary, let's take a look at the gothic world of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow."
Although being linear, which I wish it wasn't, the first game was absolutely incredible. A mix of old school God of War meets Date's Inferno; I was highly impressed by this title. I heard the sequel was trash so I ever played it but I think LoS was a good example of how a 3D CV game could be.
I was very happy the game was Linear as I hate exploring. The first game was one of my all time favorites and the 2nd game was a total letdown with the lame hub system and stealth sections. Playing in current times sucked too. I wish they would make a remaster of part 1.
It is a great game, but just like DMC is not a Devil May Cry..this one was not a Castlevania :-)
Give Castlevania to Igarashi team, and they will nail it as they did with Lament of Innocence and Curse of Darkness.
If you decide to play a Castlevania game, make sure it's in 2D. Unfortunately, the series has never been able to make the jump from 2D to 3D successfully. Publisher Konami has tried. Six times in fact, but whether trying to build it in-house or with a third party developer, they never captured the essence of the series or make a good game for that matter. So just to be sure you know what to look out for, here are the six 3D Castlevania games that have been made.
I loved the hell out of lords of shadow, lords if shadow 2 had its moments but just didnt leave as much of an impact on me as the first did, still loved it though. They are both great games IMO, maybe not the best "Castlevania" games but great games in their own right.
Yeah that first game was legit good. Really wish they hadn't taken a step back for the second, this series really looked great in 3D.
According to one of the former devs of Mercury Steam the higher ups kept interfering with the sequel to the point where the game was nothing like what the dev team had envisioned for the sequel so we got the mess that was Lords of Shadows 2.
I enjoyed Lament of Innocence and Lords of Shadow. They were entertaining titles and I wouldn’t mind trying Lords of Shadow 2 on PS Now.
Just because a game isn’t GOTY worthy does not mean it’s not worth playing. You could do a lot worse than those exceptional titles.
I really liked lament of innocence and Lords of shadow! Havent tried the other 3d games. But ive played most of the 2d games!
I don't know why Castlevania: Lament of Innocence gets a bad rap. It was one of the best in the series at that time and really was a compliment to the Devil May Cry 3rd person style of action that was getting popular at that time.
I rented it on a fluke and was seriously surprised on how good it was. So much so I went out and bought a used copy of Curse of Darkness and instantly returned that trash.
The problem with Nintendo 64 games is they all tried to mimic the Mario/Zelda 64 style of gameplay and how could they not with that whacky ass N64 controller. Almost every game outside of Nintendo's own felt horrible and incomplete.
I still think that there is a chance we will see something from Iga at the TGC. The Castlevania teaser featuring Alucard last year has not had a mention since but I think there would be room in the market for a classic 2.5D HD Metroidvania released on PSN/XBL. Lack of mainstream demand has always been the excuse for not doing a next gen 2D Castlevania, but with the current trend for old skool HD remakes there has never been a better time for Konami to take the plunge.
This is a new developer. And Konami didn't want to f**k this up again, so they put Kojima in there, too. Castlevania, Metal Gear, and Silent Hill are Konami's big franchises, and they don't want Castlevania to die.
The decision to not make this a side-scroller was smart as far as sales go. If they made a side-scroller, it would mainly appeal to the Castlevania fanbase. But making this more of an action title will appeal to a much larger group, and the Castlevania fanbase.
I think Konami knows what they're doing, and they know that 3D Castlevania games don't have the best reputation. It's up to them to make this epic!