Keveh Kins
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^True, I'm just being overly impatient
Castlevania Lords of Shadow (Series)
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I spend all my time in this thread watchig the videos and reading up on all the news and almost never contributing to the discussion. Whoops. Anyways, thanks for posting up all the news n' shit. I don't even have to go anywhere else for Castlevania'ish news...I just click on this thread!
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Keveh Kins
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^It did, still does on my copy of it, or at least it did last time I played it. If it's gone it's probably because Kojima's involvement was minimal, at best. He pretty much said "Make it Castlevania and change the hero's face" or something to that effect if memory serves me correctly.
Also, new gameplay footage!
Also, new gameplay footage!
Tetsujin
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So, Dave Cox posted this on twitter, but it doesn't seem to be available in any online stores yet...
https://twitter.com/CastlevaniaLOS/status/431446004953776128/photo/1/large
https://twitter.com/CastlevaniaLOS/status/431446004953776128/photo/1/large
Tetsujin
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Also, if you're anything like me, you will want this:
Lords of Shadow 2 soundtrack
The special edition is now also available: Amazon.co.uk
Lords of Shadow 2 soundtrack
The special edition is now also available: Amazon.co.uk
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Tetsujin
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Downloading the LOS2 demo from the US Store now. 
Edit: Of course they end the demo before the boss fight.
Hmm. The platforming bits seem silly to do as fully empowered Dracula in the tutorial.
It's nice having light and shadow magic represented as different weapons altogether, makes combat feel more varied.
Oscar Araujo's music is still boss.
Hope Gabriel gets more lines in this one than in LOS1. Looking forward to Robert Carlyle hamming it up.
Still in the process of finishing LOS1 again. I have a bone to pick with The Forgotten One on Paladin difficulty. The DLC has set me back from 100% trophy completion for far too long. D:<
Then on to Mirror of Fate HD.
I hope I can complete it in time for LOS2.
Edit: Of course they end the demo before the boss fight.
Hmm. The platforming bits seem silly to do as fully empowered Dracula in the tutorial.
It's nice having light and shadow magic represented as different weapons altogether, makes combat feel more varied.
Oscar Araujo's music is still boss.
Hope Gabriel gets more lines in this one than in LOS1. Looking forward to Robert Carlyle hamming it up.
Still in the process of finishing LOS1 again. I have a bone to pick with The Forgotten One on Paladin difficulty. The DLC has set me back from 100% trophy completion for far too long. D:<
Then on to Mirror of Fate HD.
I hope I can complete it in time for LOS2.
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Keveh Kins
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Reviews have started pouring out, so far the consensus has been the game is so-so. Ambitious but trying to do too much. Still hasn't put me off getting it but mayhaps going in with tempered expectations will make me enjoy it more.
Tetsujin
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Yeah, it doesn't look too encouraging on the review side...
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=102212165&postcount=1
On the other hand, there seemed to be lots of European magazines that gave it a high score. Have to judge for myself. I'm still getting it at release.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=102212165&postcount=1
On the other hand, there seemed to be lots of European magazines that gave it a high score. Have to judge for myself. I'm still getting it at release.
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Keveh Kins
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Edge Magazine absolutely slated it, it's been getting flack for being overly harsh though
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I picked up my copy today. Hopefully I'll get some time to dig into it tonight. I generally place very small value in reviews - especially because I largely play games for immersing in the art & story content over mechanics.
Also, so far Metacritic shows that user reviews are about the same as the first game and generally disagree with the critic reviews, so I'm generally of the opinion that I'll enjoy it.
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Also, so far Metacritic shows that user reviews are about the same as the first game and generally disagree with the critic reviews, so I'm generally of the opinion that I'll enjoy it.
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Tetsujin
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So, did you play it yet?
Edit: Saw this at neogaf:
http://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6801.0;attach=3614;image
Edit: Saw this at neogaf:
http://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6801.0;attach=3614;image
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I'm home sick today, so I sunk a gripload of time into LoS2 while I'm lying here, and I'm quite enjoying it. If you want a review that matches my opinion (even though I'm not to the stealth boss yet), this one sums it up rather nicely: http://joystiq.com/2014/02/25/castlevania-lords-of-shadow-2-review-walk-the-line/
Suffice to say that everything's great, the stealth is a bit meh (because it feels like you should have other options being the ultimate badass, but the ideas are way cool), and it's all been a lot of awesome so far.
I'm just starting The Blood Curse right now.
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Suffice to say that everything's great, the stealth is a bit meh (because it feels like you should have other options being the ultimate badass, but the ideas are way cool), and it's all been a lot of awesome so far.
I'm just starting The Blood Curse right now.
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I hate it when they have a section with a really obtuse, specific solution. This happens in some of the stealth bits - where you have to execute things in a VERY specific way, which basically means trial & error by dying to immortal enemies a lot, or accidentally messing up and restarting WAY back at the start of a sequence because there aren't any checkpoints.
The bit boarding the train did that tried distracting guards because it looked like the area across had a portal, but didn't realize til later that I needed to just run BACK and then go all the way forward again as rats.
The hanging on giant minecarts bit was that way - I'd get right up to the end and had to start over because of tedious little errors.
The first part of Carmilla's battle is really obnoxious (chaining a bunch of Chaos hits) because she runs away all the time and if you don't hit her almost non-stop (get knocked down, or hit by a vampire, or can't close back in on her fast enough, or miss a swing or two) NOTHING happens, because the damn shield just resets. I lost that battle almost 3 times before I got past her last stupid ring - although it may be because I haven't put anything into Chaos magic at all. (EDIT: YEAH... probably that, but still)
The sneaking section with Agreus made me want to fucking murder myself. I ended up looking up a run through method, because I got to the switch once, and then proceeded to get caught like 30 times, die, and had to restart. The worst part is that he actually paths towards you, rather than wandering, so you can just sit and hang on a ledge, and he'll never fucking move to an area to allow you to keep sneaking by. If you distract him with the bells and move too early, he'll actually path directly into you most of the time, completely defeating the purpose of using them - not to mention the bell over the starting position means that I brough him right on top of me about half the time I even tried using it. Whoever set up that section should be kicked repeatedly in the nuts until they pass out.
Oh, and this glitch makes it even better, because even USING the ledges, you can agro him just after you jump on (sorry about the shit quality, I recorded it on my phone).
Here's the run through if you need it:
Fuckin' god knows I did.
The bit boarding the train did that tried distracting guards because it looked like the area across had a portal, but didn't realize til later that I needed to just run BACK and then go all the way forward again as rats.
The hanging on giant minecarts bit was that way - I'd get right up to the end and had to start over because of tedious little errors.
The first part of Carmilla's battle is really obnoxious (chaining a bunch of Chaos hits) because she runs away all the time and if you don't hit her almost non-stop (get knocked down, or hit by a vampire, or can't close back in on her fast enough, or miss a swing or two) NOTHING happens, because the damn shield just resets. I lost that battle almost 3 times before I got past her last stupid ring - although it may be because I haven't put anything into Chaos magic at all. (EDIT: YEAH... probably that, but still)
The sneaking section with Agreus made me want to fucking murder myself. I ended up looking up a run through method, because I got to the switch once, and then proceeded to get caught like 30 times, die, and had to restart. The worst part is that he actually paths towards you, rather than wandering, so you can just sit and hang on a ledge, and he'll never fucking move to an area to allow you to keep sneaking by. If you distract him with the bells and move too early, he'll actually path directly into you most of the time, completely defeating the purpose of using them - not to mention the bell over the starting position means that I brough him right on top of me about half the time I even tried using it. Whoever set up that section should be kicked repeatedly in the nuts until they pass out.
Oh, and this glitch makes it even better, because even USING the ledges, you can agro him just after you jump on (sorry about the shit quality, I recorded it on my phone).
Here's the run through if you need it:
Fuckin' god knows I did.
That ALL being said, I'm still really loving it for the most part, but that stealth bit makes me not want to do a New Game+ unless they patch the everliving hell out of it to make it about 1000x less obnoxious.
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Harbinger O Great Justice
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Weird glitch:
So, spoiler-free version is when you're starting the fight against a giant hulking blood monster boss in a big puddle of blood, don't use freezing attacks (specifically happened to me with the Void Sword upgraded projectile attack and then hitting it with said Void Sword) - its health suddenly reset and it became unkillable. :/
Dunno if it's a reproducible thing, but I figured I'd toss this out as a warning just in case.
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So, spoiler-free version is when you're starting the fight against a giant hulking blood monster boss in a big puddle of blood, don't use freezing attacks (specifically happened to me with the Void Sword upgraded projectile attack and then hitting it with said Void Sword) - its health suddenly reset and it became unkillable. :/
Dunno if it's a reproducible thing, but I figured I'd toss this out as a warning just in case.
It's right when you start the fight against Inner Dracula
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