Corsual's EXP writes: "I first picked up Castlevania: Lords of Shadow on the Xbox 360 shortly after its release in 2010. I'd heard that Hideo Kojima himself had a hand in the title, and as a dedicated Metal Gear fanboy of two decades this really wasn't a choice for me. It was an automatic purchase, and one that I stand by today. Even so, I returned it to the store within days of that purchase and rarely thought about it again.
Why? I've pondered that thought a lot these past days. From what I can gather, it was mostly an issue of platform. I've been told that the 360 version, as opposed to the version released on the PlayStation 3, was riddled with frame-rate issues and long loading times that, combined then with the already clunky controls, irritable camera and less-than-impressive textures and visuals, created an altogether negative experience. And for the most part, I agree.
Though, to be fair, those issues, while damaging to my experience, wasn't the reason I returned Castlevania after purchase. I had an issue with the story and design..."
This week A Pixelated View discusses the history of the Castlevania series, and whether or not it should be resurrected again.
I'd kill for some more 2D Castlevania titles.
More entries with huge maps to explore and combat/collectible systems similar to Order of Ecclesia, Portrait of Ruin, and Aria/Dawn of Sorrow would be most welcome indeed!
And the music...oh LORD, the MUSIC...
I know a lot of people want all the flashy 3D realism and stuff these days, but for Castlevania, nothing has yet to top the 2D Metroid-vania outings.
They're just quite frankly superior in quality and replay value, IMO.
If Rocksteady's Batman series could get the large scale Metroidvania formula down, I can't see why a 3d Castlevania can't work. But I would love to see a new 2d Castlevania but with Igarshi gone I don't think Konami will do anything with Castlevania for a long time.
I don't know how you all feel about this but if they decide to go 3D again, I personally feel that From Software or Platinum Games would do an amazing job.
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It would be interesting if Konami took Castlevania in the direction that Simon's Quest took.
Think...An open world Transylvania with towns and villages tasked with resurrecting Dracula to destroy him.
The issue would be with the gameplay of course, but in theory, it could be very cool.
A new big sale is now available on GameStop in North America, discounting the PC digital versions of several Konami published titles.
Join Hardlydan and Amras89 for game talk and fun! This time, The Gamesmen talk all about news that came out of PAX East this year including the Guild Wars 2 feature pack, WildStar, Star Citizen, Guns of Icarus, Hearthstone: Curse of Naxxramas, and The Repopulation. Games discussed are Castlevania Lords of Shadow, Dragon Age Origins, Back to the Future, Putt-Putt, The Island of Dr. Brain, The Witcher, Law and Order Legacies, and Assasin’s Creed Liberation.