CASTLEVANIA: LORDS OF SHADOW Thread

BLackHawkodst
BLackHawkodst
Since 6464 Days
Posted by fabreezwait
Gamespot have also given it 7.5
just read it all, still getting it but it will be a rental now.

http://uk.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/castlevanial...
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Sath - Missed the<br>hay
Sath
Since 7443 Days
Why not read this one?
http://gameinformer.com/games/castlevania_lords_of...

Its funny how you guys are hunting the bad scores but avoiding the good ones.
Im just saying.
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BLackHawkodst
BLackHawkodst
Since 6464 Days
Sath stop being so fucking paranoid, i have read all the reviews you guys have posted in this thread, along with all the comments, You can add Merstation also to that list i hear they gave it a 9, but the more i hear and read it sounds like it will be a blast to play through once and thats it, so i'll give this game a rental, 'Simples'.
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Sath - Missed the<br>hay
Sath
Since 7443 Days
I didnt know you read all the reviews, maybe I missed it in one of your posts.
Sorry.
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blmbox
blmbox
Since 6908 Days
Posted by BLackHawkodst
but the more i hear and read it sounds like it will be a blast to play through once and thats it, so i'll give this game a rental, 'Simples'.
Are you fucking kidding me? Like, have you even read the reviews? Out of the ones I've actually read, none of them have said that it'll only be a blast to play through once and 'that's it' - in fact it's pretty much the opposite, as the game's replay value has been more or less praised by everyone. IGN gave it a 7.5 for no real reason whatsoever, other than the reviewer's bitterness because it isn't like the Castlevania games of 10-15 years ago; Gamespot gave it the same score for pretty much the same reason, but also cited difficulty with regards to the platforming; and Gametrailers spent about 3/4 of the time talking about God of War III. Of course I'm not going to tell you how to spend your hard earned cash, but I agree with Sath: it looks like you've been thrown off by a couple of average scores by the big boys, despite the substantial number of great scores from other sites.

'Simples'.
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BLackHawkodst
BLackHawkodst
Since 6464 Days
Bollocks! i have read all the reviews and taken onboard the good and bad points, this game is a rental.
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IRAIPT0IR
IRAIPT0IR
Since 6285 Days
What seems funny to me is this:

Couple of (bad)reviews from the stupidest sites ever = Rental

But tons af awesome reviews like 9,8.5 and so = I dont care for those?

If you care about reviews ahy not make a balance then and follow Metacritic that is currently sitting in 8.5 http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-3/castl... that is an awesme aggregate.
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BLackHawkodst
BLackHawkodst
Since 6464 Days
Please do you think i just look at review numbers!, i READ all reviews.. and all i have read sounds good to me, so i'll rent it, play it, and give it back, is that so hard to fucking understand???
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IRAIPT0IR
IRAIPT0IR
Since 6285 Days
But the negatives they said are stupid as hell,I just dont understanc maybe this is not your type of game afterall so why bother.
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BLackHawkodst
BLackHawkodst
Since 6464 Days
Just because i dont cum in my pants about every little thing about this game does not mean its not my type of game, i like what i see and hear, but not enough to shell out £40 on it, so i'll rent it instead.
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IRAIPT0IR
IRAIPT0IR
Since 6285 Days
Posted by BLackHawkodst
Just because i dont cum in my pants about every little thing about this game does not mean its not my type of game, i like what i see and hear, but not enough to shell out £40 on it, so i'll rent it instead.
This is where I dont understand why? because the negatives you found in the reviews makes you think that,considering what are they:

Not Castlevania enough?
Some deaths because player stupidity in platforming?
Game is long?
Not original enough?

I say those are pretty stupid reasons to be honest but hey its your money after all.
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BLackHawkodst
BLackHawkodst
Since 6464 Days
What you guys think, really means fuck-all to me, i'll rent the game and i'm sure i'll enjoy it allot.
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fabreezwait
Since 5757 Days
Where is this bloody demo?, i'm still on the fence, but i'm with blackhawk looks like a good rental to me also so far.
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IRAIPT0IR
IRAIPT0IR
Since 6285 Days
Posted by BLackHawkodst
What you guys think, really means fuck-all to me, i'll rent the game and i'm sure i'll enjoy it allot.
Are you mad or something?

lol
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fabreezwait
Since 5757 Days
Hey man as a neutral, you and Sath are ones that sound mad :)
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IRAIPT0IR
IRAIPT0IR
Since 6285 Days
Posted by fabreezwait
Hey man as a neutral, you and Sath are ones that sound mad :)
If we sound mad is because it seems unfair what is happening really,we all should know that reviews means shit at the end of the day.

Like I said the other day Im playing WET at the moment and I think its very fun and if you look at reviews you can pretty much by reading them not want to come near the game at all.

At least they are giving it a rent and see for themselves what about the game.
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fabreezwait
Since 5757 Days
Well i think its 50/50 i read reviews and gamer comments, i check out as much footage as possible then make my choice, and thats what blackhawk has also done, so for that i agree with him. But people that just see a few bad reviews then say "ahh man i'm not getting it now", are to me people that where never going to get the game anyway.

But you and sath have to stop taking it so personal :)
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Sath - Missed the<br>hay
Sath
Since 7443 Days
Fabreeze

I am mad at sites like GT, IGN and Gamespot gives its such bad scores because they say its not Castlevania enough, they die during platforming because its poorly made, music is not Castlevania enough...nitpicks like that.

But then they go on with games like MW2 and gives it such as 8, 8.5 and for what?
A game so buggy, a game that plays worse than COD4 and with so much hype and is pretty much a revamp of COD4...a game that had so much ad on their site, but not one single ad is from LoS.

I am not taking it so personal I am just laughing at the joke reviews that nitpicks because Castlevania is a famous franchise but yet they missed the "reboot" part.

Maybe you got the wrong impression here.

Me and raptor love this genre, but even we can disagree on many things which has happened, Bayonetta is a very fine example LOL
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dcdelgado
dcdelgado
Since 7437 Days
just downloaded the demo on my ps3, finally i get to play it and get a feel for myself.
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Sath - Missed the<br>hay
Sath
Since 7443 Days
Posted by dcdelgado
just downloaded the demo on my ps3, finally i get to play it and get a feel for myself.
Don't forget...its a combat tutorial demo.

Just sayin'
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dcdelgado
dcdelgado
Since 7437 Days
pretty basic combat demo but i still enjoyed it, the fixed camera on the other hand really began to jar me and i can see why reviewers slammed it, but all in all its still a buy for me.
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IRAIPT0IR
IRAIPT0IR
Since 6285 Days
Posted by dcdelgado
pretty basic combat demo but i still enjoyed it, the fixed camera on the other hand really began to jar me and i can see why reviewers slammed it, but all in all its still a buy for me.
Gotta give some more impression man for us that have not played not even the demo?

What did you think about the combat?

Graphics?

gameplay?
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dcdelgado
dcdelgado
Since 7437 Days
The combat is a bit jittery, there was a few times whilst trying to pull off jump attacks that the jittery combat transitions hindered me, but its not a show stopper for me, also it seems that the combos and magic attacks will get much better and complex as you progress, at least i hope they will from the videos i've seen.

Graphics look great, but the demo is very short so i could not tell someone to go buy it off this demo alone.
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IRAIPT0IR
IRAIPT0IR
Since 6285 Days
Oh nice.

Thanks
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Sath - Missed the<br>hay
Sath
Since 7443 Days
The only way of pulling the enemies up is SQUARE X, once in air you can keep doing the attacks.

Its not in the demo, however, later on you will unlock a grab move that when you are in the air you can use the whip to take a hold of someone and pull them up and continue your combos...like Nero from DMC4.

The light and dark magic seems to take a big role in the game, adds more strategy to the game.
Light magic will regenerate your health when you kill enemies, but dark magic will increase your attack.

Each version of the magic usage has their own sets of move, very nice.
There are basic attacks, advanced attacks but then both Dark and Light magic has their own set of attacks that you can unlock and upgrade.

I agree with you, the demo is unfortunetly short and doesnt give you a proper way of how the combat and gameplay truly is.

But atleast you get a sense of feel how it feels when you play the game, and when you watch the 11 minutes of gameplay with Jason Isaac's voice in the background explaining and all, it gives you more stuff of knowing if it truly appeals to you or not.
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