Magus`The fun has been DOUBLED!Registered Userregular
edited October 2010
Being made in Spain actually really explains the motif, yeah.
I just remember going through, let's say, Symphony of the Night and not recalling any of the characters doing monologues about their faith(s). Then again, the voices in SotN tend to induce temporary deafness, so maybe they did.
Magus`The fun has been DOUBLED!Registered Userregular
edited October 2010
*twitch*
Sadly this was a Gamefly rental for me so I probably won't get to experience none of this high-falutin' DLC, but I'm glad for those of you who bought the game.
Hopefully the DLC is free. Would be semi-dickish if it wasn't.
I finished this tonight. The ending was satisfying while also being totally bonkers, in a good way. As a fan of character action games, this was a fantastic ride. Also, count me in as a person who thinks this is, in fact, a Castlevania game.
I wish it had a time stat so I could see how long my playthrough took. If I'm being a silly goose and missing it, feel free to correct me!
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EDIT: Also mostly unrelated, it seems that beating stages on Paladin and finishing up an act 110% doesn't unlock any art in the gallery for "free", so yeah. You'll have to spend those XP's eventually no matter what, assuming you care and/or want the achievement/trophy.
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edited October 2010
If I have to read "This is/is not a Castlevania game" one more time,I'm going to fucking snap.
It says Castlevania in the title thereby it is a Castlevania game. That fighting game on the Wii was a Castlevania game too. Hell,if this was a Super Mario Kart style racer it would still be a frikkin' Castlevania game cause it says so on the box!
Oh man, that DLC is so bought day one. I hope this sells well enough to ensure more in this series, because I am in love. It is enough to make me forget about Jericho.
Being made in Spain actually really explains the motif, yeah.
I just remember going through, let's say, Symphony of the Night and not recalling any of the characters doing monologues about their faith(s). Then again, the voices in SotN tend to induce temporary deafness, so maybe they did.
Bram Stoker, no, the movie of Bram Stoker's Dracula make the god-hate synonymous with vampires. Before it was "ahh, cross! I'm on fire!" Now it's "Christians lynch everybody therefore God sucks raaah"
I finished this tonight. The ending was satisfying while also being totally bonkers, in a good way. As a fan of character action games, this was a fantastic ride. Also, count me in as a person who thinks this is, in fact, a Castlevania game.
I wish it had a time stat so I could see how long my playthrough took. If I'm being a silly goose and missing it, feel free to correct me!
You can highlight your save game on the dashboard by going into your save folder, and it will tell you the full percentage along with time spent.
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Beat the game last night on Hard (Knight) Loved it. Need DLC to live.
Final battle/Ending stuff
DracoLich was awesome. Totally nerve wracking in the best way.
How could you not know that Zobek was going to do ye olde double-cross. I just kept waiting for him to go all MWAHAHAAHAHAHA!......I'm evil. When he did, Patrick Stewart did not disappoint with his over the top ham-induced monologue.
I didn't have a problem with Satan as the final boss, lots of videogames use lots of characters and references to many different religions, why should God and Satan be any different?
Post credits scene was awesome. I really hope the DLC gives us a Dracula skin for Gabriel to use in the main game.
We were talking about movies and Dracula and the Coen Brothers and I just came out of Barnes and Noble with No Country For Old Men and the original Dracula novel.
I can't stop reading! Fuck you! Stop looking at me!
CotM had my favorite Dracula: He looked like Rob Zombie. It worked.
Please spoiler tag anything at all regarding the ending, even your opinion about it.
It will probably take a lot of people, like me, a long time to finish this. It took me 4 or 5 nights to finish chapter 2.
Yeah I am just now on Chapter 5 because I am going back to every old level to do the trials and get gems and soforth. I want to make sure I am at 100% so that my Paladin playthrough can be a straight dash to the finish line.
On the plus side I have like, an insane amount of combos and gems for this point in the game. And also
I *love* the Cyclone Boots and Black Knight Gauntlet. Here Sword Masters, have some GIANT FLAME CLAWS and a punch in the FACE.
Bram Stoker's Dracula is such an amazing movie. It was so far ahead of its time. I totally prefer the Anne Rice "what's God got to do with it?" take on the legend, however.
Ok, so HOPEFULLY my fucking Gamefly copy will be in the mail today. Jesus, it shouldn't take this long for something to get mailed to me in MA from PA. In fact, when I first started with the service, if a game shipped on a Monday, I had it on Wednesday. The past two games, it's taken 5-7 days. WTF?
If you go straight through each area taking what you find and not backtracking for missed items or items you need later upgrades to get then you'll finish it in 15-20 hours depending. As games like this go these days, it's really long and that length isn't doing new things in old areas, each level is new and different from the last.
Bram Stoker's Dracula is such an amazing movie. It was so far ahead of its time. I totally prefer the Anne Rice "what's God got to do with it?" take on the legend, however.
Ok, so HOPEFULLY my fucking Gamefly copy will be in the mail today. Jesus, it shouldn't take this long for something to get mailed to me in MA from PA. In fact, when I first started with the service, if a game shipped on a Monday, I had it on Wednesday. The past two games, it's taken 5-7 days. WTF?
I got my copy on Wednesday and they sent it on Monday - did the email from them say they shipped it from a different distribution center?
Actually in playing this, I find it incredibly like an attempt to recreate Castlevania 1-4 in a modern game. The references are blatant, the platforming similar, and the hordes of enemies in a linear environment. It just feels like an evolution of the original games. Just doesn't have the gothic feel of the metroidvanias.
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Being made in Spain actually really explains the motif, yeah.
I just remember going through, let's say, Symphony of the Night and not recalling any of the characters doing monologues about their faith(s). Then again, the voices in SotN tend to induce temporary deafness, so maybe they did.
Actually, in SotN's ending...
Dracula directly quotes the Bible, even citing the verse and such.
Also in Lament of Innocent...
They rip the whole Bram Stoker Dracula thing where the whole reason for Mathias going bad is he's pissed at God for losing his wife. So Dracula himself has never had a problem talking about Christianity, though I can't recall any other characters bringing it up.
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Olivawgood name, isn't it?the foot of mt fujiRegistered Userregular
edited October 2010
I don't really understand why people would have a problem with religion being a significant factor in a gothic horror setting
I don't really understand why people would have a problem with religion being a significant factor in a gothic horror setting
That's practically what the setting is
Religion BAAAAADDD! Or some such something or another. People were bitching about all the Angel stuff in Ace Combat, and that was just using the word Angels.
This actually talks about religion! Hargleblargleblargle!!!
I don't really understand why people would have a problem with religion being a significant factor in a gothic horror setting
That's practically what the setting is
Religion BAAAAADDD! Or some such something or another. People were bitching about all the Angel stuff in Ace Combat, and that was just using the word Angels.
This actually talks about religion! Hargleblargleblargle!!!
Hey now, people were bitching about the Angel stuff in Ace Combat because it was a stupid phrase which had no actual meaning
So I bought this on a whim today . I'm about 2 hours in and haven't seen a castle or heard the name 'Dracula'.
So far I'm dissapointed.
Playing on the third difficulty and am up to the titan boss. So far it just feels pretty dull and railroaded, mostly feels like a God of War clone that has nothing to do with Castlevania, so, yeah.... Gonna give it a few moure hours and see if I start enjoying it more. And christ, some acting/emotion would be nice in the character voices (Patrick Stewart excluded).
What exactly did Kojima have to do with this game anyway?
I finished this tonight. The ending was satisfying while also being totally bonkers, in a good way. As a fan of character action games, this was a fantastic ride. Also, count me in as a person who thinks this is, in fact, a Castlevania game.
I wish it had a time stat so I could see how long my playthrough took. If I'm being a silly goose and missing it, feel free to correct me!
You can highlight your save game on the dashboard by going into your save folder, and it will tell you the full percentage along with time spent.
Thanks very much, that's good to know!
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I don't really understand why people would have a problem with religion being a significant factor in a gothic horror setting
That's practically what the setting is
Religion BAAAAADDD! Or some such something or another. People were bitching about all the Angel stuff in Ace Combat, and that was just using the word Angels.
This actually talks about religion! Hargleblargleblargle!!!
Hey now, people were bitching about the Angel stuff in Ace Combat because it was a stupid phrase which had no actual meaning
At least that was why I was bitching
Dance with the angels has a meaning. And plenty 'o folk were pissed about religous nonsense in their fictional nonsense world. :P
Anyway, who cares. This game is awesome and if you're bitching about religion being discussed in it, then that just means you're reaching for something to complain about. *The game is that damn good*
So I bought this on a whim today . I'm about 2 hours in and haven't seen a castle or heard the name 'Dracula'.
So far I'm dissapointed.
Playing on the third difficulty and am up to the titan boss. So far it just feels pretty dull and railroaded, mostly feels like a God of War clone that has nothing to do with Castlevania, so, yeah.... Gonna give it a few moure hours and see if I start enjoying it more. And christ, some acting/emotion would be nice in the character voices (Patrick Stewart excluded).
What exactly did Kojima have to do with this game anyway?
Kojima advised every stage of the game's development and his influence is more or less what defined the character's personalities.
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So I bought this on a whim today . I'm about 2 hours in and haven't seen a castle or heard the name 'Dracula'.
So far I'm dissapointed.
Playing on the third difficulty and am up to the titan boss. So far it just feels pretty dull and railroaded, mostly feels like a God of War clone that has nothing to do with Castlevania, so, yeah.... Gonna give it a few moure hours and see if I start enjoying it more. And christ, some acting/emotion would be nice in the character voices (Patrick Stewart excluded).
What exactly did Kojima have to do with this game anyway?
Just wait until you get access to the (weapon spoilers, not story/character spoilers)
Gauntlet and the Boots. Both of those reminded me somewhat of the Beowulf gauntlets in DMC3. I don't want to oversell them, because the whip is always going to be your main weapon, but the gauntlet and boots add some much-needed variety. You get them at the end of
Chapter 2 and 3, respectively. Chapter 3 is very short.
Still, this game is more God of War than DMC. It's not as technical as DMC or Bayonetta, but I also wouldn't say it's as free as God of War. It's somewhere in between.
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I just remember going through, let's say, Symphony of the Night and not recalling any of the characters doing monologues about their faith(s). Then again, the voices in SotN tend to induce temporary deafness, so maybe they did.
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Sadly this was a Gamefly rental for me so I probably won't get to experience none of this high-falutin' DLC, but I'm glad for those of you who bought the game.
Hopefully the DLC is free. Would be semi-dickish if it wasn't.
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It'd be nice to know though.
EDIT: Also mostly unrelated, it seems that beating stages on Paladin and finishing up an act 110% doesn't unlock any art in the gallery for "free", so yeah. You'll have to spend those XP's eventually no matter what, assuming you care and/or want the achievement/trophy.
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It says Castlevania in the title thereby it is a Castlevania game. That fighting game on the Wii was a Castlevania game too. Hell,if this was a Super Mario Kart style racer it would still be a frikkin' Castlevania game cause it says so on the box!
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Bram Stoker, no, the movie of Bram Stoker's Dracula make the god-hate synonymous with vampires. Before it was "ahh, cross! I'm on fire!" Now it's "Christians lynch everybody therefore God sucks raaah"
You can highlight your save game on the dashboard by going into your save folder, and it will tell you the full percentage along with time spent.
It will probably take a lot of people, like me, a long time to finish this. It took me 4 or 5 nights to finish chapter 2.
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Ah! You mean like how Spider-Man does everything a spider can,but Spiderman is just a dude in a costume!
Ok,we agree then.
Also, I'm pretty sure I'll be playing this game in 480i this weekend. This will be...interesting.
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Saving up points to unlock more attack modes is killing me. I think it might be time to double back and start collecting all the off limits items.
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Final battle/Ending stuff
How could you not know that Zobek was going to do ye olde double-cross. I just kept waiting for him to go all MWAHAHAAHAHAHA!......I'm evil. When he did, Patrick Stewart did not disappoint with his over the top ham-induced monologue.
I didn't have a problem with Satan as the final boss, lots of videogames use lots of characters and references to many different religions, why should God and Satan be any different?
Post credits scene was awesome. I really hope the DLC gives us a Dracula skin for Gabriel to use in the main game.
We were talking about movies and Dracula and the Coen Brothers and I just came out of Barnes and Noble with No Country For Old Men and the original Dracula novel.
I can't stop reading! Fuck you! Stop looking at me!
CotM had my favorite Dracula: He looked like Rob Zombie. It worked.
Yeah I am just now on Chapter 5 because I am going back to every old level to do the trials and get gems and soforth. I want to make sure I am at 100% so that my Paladin playthrough can be a straight dash to the finish line.
On the plus side I have like, an insane amount of combos and gems for this point in the game. And also
Ok, so HOPEFULLY my fucking Gamefly copy will be in the mail today. Jesus, it shouldn't take this long for something to get mailed to me in MA from PA. In fact, when I first started with the service, if a game shipped on a Monday, I had it on Wednesday. The past two games, it's taken 5-7 days. WTF?
I got my copy on Wednesday and they sent it on Monday - did the email from them say they shipped it from a different distribution center?
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Actually, in SotN's ending...
Also in Lament of Innocent...
That's practically what the setting is
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Killing God in a videogame is so Ninties.
I'm not that far ahead but I'm confident the writing will be a little better than a typical JRPG.
Religion BAAAAADDD! Or some such something or another. People were bitching about all the Angel stuff in Ace Combat, and that was just using the word Angels.
This actually talks about religion! Hargleblargleblargle!!!
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Hey now, people were bitching about the Angel stuff in Ace Combat because it was a stupid phrase which had no actual meaning
At least that was why I was bitching
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So far I'm dissapointed.
Playing on the third difficulty and am up to the titan boss. So far it just feels pretty dull and railroaded, mostly feels like a God of War clone that has nothing to do with Castlevania, so, yeah.... Gonna give it a few moure hours and see if I start enjoying it more. And christ, some acting/emotion would be nice in the character voices (Patrick Stewart excluded).
What exactly did Kojima have to do with this game anyway?
Thanks very much, that's good to know!
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Dance with the angels has a meaning. And plenty 'o folk were pissed about religous nonsense in their fictional nonsense world. :P
Anyway, who cares. This game is awesome and if you're bitching about religion being discussed in it, then that just means you're reaching for something to complain about. *The game is that damn good*
*opinion on game's goodness may vary*
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relics. crosses and holy water and the like.
It fits really well with the mythos.
Tell me what it is
I dare you
I fucking double dog dare you to tell me what that shit means
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Just wait until you get access to the (weapon spoilers, not story/character spoilers)
Still, this game is more God of War than DMC. It's not as technical as DMC or Bayonetta, but I also wouldn't say it's as free as God of War. It's somewhere in between.