GR: "I could swear that Alucard is there. Since I didn't finish the first Lords of Shadow, I have no idea why Gabriel Belmont has these demonic powers, and this whip-hand thingy that lets him decimate entire crowds of mortals in mere seconds. And since they don't show his face, only a glimpse of the ghostly white hair and black, gold-trimmed garb, I can't say for sure if my favorite Castlevania character of all-time is in the game. But it sure as shit looks to be him, and it's enough to make me purchase Lords of Shadow and pick up where I left off. Because now, I've got to see what the hells is going on."
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Neither was Dracula a belmont.
So what is your point?
It's a complete reboot.
Nah, if it is a reboot, and they want to tell a different story, why bring in Trevor, Simon (Who are almost 200 years apart in the original cannon) and possibly Alucard, all the while changing their designs?
And Gabby is not actually a Belmont, but he adopted the name of 'Belmont' cause he likes mountains.
Do what they did with LoS, make up thier own characters.
Since it's a reboot of the series and not a completely new IP they are going to use the same characters as the other games. It's just going to tell the story in a slightly different way to keep things interesting and relevant again.
If only DMC had a reboot as good as this one.
Look, Lords of Shadow was a game that was thrown around as Castlevania, Not Castlevania, a reboot, a Kojima game, a foreign non-Kojima game... that's over now. Now they can hopefully... hopefully, hopefully, hopefully... take that engine and make a huge, SOTN-influenced game. Canon or no canon, I couldn't stand the non-Castlevanianess of LoS, and I hope the team wouldn't accept anything less than greatness the second time around.
Here's hoping...
BTW, I always thought that Alucard's hair was grey because of the in-game character sprites.
Here: http://www.youtube.com/watc...
And some character art in some cases show his hair grey with a little bit of highlights of blonde.
Shanoa has black hair, but for the sprite she was given brown hair, because black blended into the environment to much, can't go off of in game sprites.
Also, it can't be Soma, as he WAS Dracula.
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So they would probably not even introduce him in such an early stage ( If they kept some of the times relevant to this one...but I guess not)
Soma only becomes Dracula if you take the bad ending.
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Soma is Dracula reincarnated, he CAN become Dracula in one ending, but he is STILL Dracula's essence reborn no matter what.
So no matter what ending you take, Soma IS in fact Dracula.
That is my response to that.
I'm being playful, not bashing you for your opinion. I just personally do not find it to be an issue.
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This is the real Alucard:
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
"The art that shows Aludard is Ayami Kojima, she uses less color in the hair but it still is tinted towards being gold or blonde, she doesn't color the hair all the way.
Shanoa has black hair, but for the sprite she was given brown hair, because black blended into the environment to much, can't go off of in game sprites. "
There now, you can also see above where I already posted this, where it also has the SAME image attached of the artist rendition Ayami Kojima did of Alucard.
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It was fantastic.
That is an opinion, and a rather dumb 1. I've played Lords of Shadow and I still think they're awful devs! The game was clunky and the story was shite! I love Castlevania. I have since the 80s and I cannot stand Lords of Shadow. Too much like God of War, too many pointless story sections, annoying load screens, Chupacabra, and I can't jump over the lowest of attacks in the game.
Do you think your opinion is better than mine? I feel pretty bad for you if that's honestly what you think. Calling someone else's opinion "a rather dumb 1" really shows your maturity level. My opinion is dumb because I think MercurySteam delivered on Lords of Shadow? No, I think not.
The game wasn't clunky. It played fine for me. Maybe you just couldn't get the hang of it? Loved the story as well. It was a refreshing take on the Castlevania lore.
I've been playing Castlevania since the NES as well, so my opinion holds just as much water as your own. Do you want another 2D Castlevania? There are plenty of those. Go and play one and pretend that Lords of Shadow doesn't exist. But don't go around saying that MercurySteam is a bad developer just because you don't like what they're doing with the franchise. I do believe that you're in the minority on this one. Most people seem to like what MercurySteam is doing.
Can't wait for Lords of Shadow 2. :)
(Also, I didn't disagree with you. Just Saiyan.)
Being a reboot, it's designed not to confuse people who never played the past ones.
My money's on Aria of Sorrow, but I can't be sure. Other than that, I agree, there isn't much of a "lore" per se, since most Castlevania games take place like a century after another.
http://i.imgur.com/xQ1nS.jp...
Does this really look like it could be Alucard?
All I know is I will be picking it up. The first Lord of Shadow is still one of my favorite games
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
edit: or it could be a game about how he become dracula, lol well find out soon enough i guess.
Look up the end video of LoS. That's all I'm going to say.
And yeah, it could be Alucard I suppose, but I think it would be too early in the series for him to show. But this is a new CV so anything is possible.
you confuse me what end video are you talking about ? the link i posted? or the lovey dovey stuff after you defeat
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Satan?