Comments on: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Screens Are Surprisingly Bright

By: Cm8000

Cm8000 — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:56:53 +0000

Hopefully Dracula and his castle show up in this game. It just isnt Castlevania without Dracula!

By: Jerseykid

Jerseykid — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:58:20 +0000

i think the gameplay looks awsome and i like the storyline too. one thing that bothers me is that “there isn't a trace of Dracula!!!!!!!!!!!” Dracula has been the main focal point around every Castlevania game!!! he is wat makes the game intresting and fun and exzillerating. if he is not in lords of shadow, it just wont be the same. Dracula needs to live on until the final game u guys make where you destroy him for good. When that time is, i have no idea but you cant just leave Dracula out of the equation. Since i was little i hav always been a die hard Dracula and vampire fan and to this day i still like anything that has to do with them. wether its games or movies or shows, i still enjoy Dracula and vampire stuff. hope u read this and understand where im coming from because im sure that im not the only one who feels this way and if i am, than i dont care. i strongly belive in my oppinions and i strongly believe in this one. Dont just kill him off, LET DRACULA LIVE ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 14:21:42 +0000

can you say God of War rip off?

By: Gaston

Gaston — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 15:47:55 +0000

After seeing the trailer, I have the feeling this character will transform into Dracula in the end!!!

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:08:20 +0000

this is Castlevania about as much as DMC is, I didnt hear or see anything even relating to Castlevania. In fact this looks exactly the same as it did a year ago just now it has the Castlevania logo slapped on it. No Belmonts, no Dracula, no Items or Item Crashes. Most importantly no Igarashi, how the heck do you make a Castlevania without the man who gave us Symphony of the Night? Also the music for the trailer sucks something fierce, where is the beautiful and haunting music of Michiru Yamane? This may end up being the best 3D game called Castlevania but its no real Castlevania, not to me. Personally I hope this game like its spiritual predecessor (Castlevania on Dreamcast) just gets canceled.

By: Aoshi00

Aoshi00 — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:51:18 +0000

It may look GOW-esque and as a result a bit generic, but if it's what it takes to finally make a good 3-D Castlevania, I guess it's such a bad thing right.. Many people said Heavenly Sword was GoW was a woman, but I thought its narrative made it very distinct, I'm pretty confident if Kojima takes part in this project.

I would miss Kojima Ayami's gothic char design of course, but I suppose her elegant art style is hard to be fully realized in 3D, like Amano or Obata Takeshi's arts (that's why Dissidia is based on Nomura design).

And you get Sir Patrick Stewart too, so it's quite an ensemble.

By: Chow

Chow — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:39:45 +0000

This is pretty exciting. XD

By: Rorg

Rorg — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:57:46 +0000

Wow… that trailer actually has me really excited to see how the game turns out. The change in graphic style from the sort of anime look its had for the past, what, 10 years or so (even the 3-D ones still had a sort-of anime look to them to me) is surprising, in a good way to me. I look forward to seeing what the final result is…
And however much I may have liked the anime voice actors in the past games, the clips in that trailer were really well done…

By: Scypher

Scypher — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:53:10 +0000

I love Castlevania but I don't mind the change of gameplay or atmosphere. What I do want is for the game to still deserve that Castlevania name, meaning that it has to be more than simply shoehorned into the long Castlevania history.

And although there's no mention of Dracula or his castle, I think it's pretty likely they'll appear. A "pure hearted-warrior" being able to control the evil beasts? Somebody "becoming" the Lord of Shadows? People inheriting the role of Dracula is a pretty common Castlevania plot.

This game definitely piqued my interest, at least.

By: MadMirko

MadMirko — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:08:50 +0000

Bleh. That looks more Van Helsing than Castlevania, and gameplay seems like every other “epic” 3rd person brawler. Reserving judgement until it's finished, but I have no hope whatsoever that I finally might enjoy a 3d Castlevania (or “Castlevania”).

I can understand the strategy to apply a well-known brand name to a game to improve its chances in the market, but if you happen to be a fan of the brand its kinda bitter.