New Castlevania to Include Topless Enemies?

With Castlevania: Lords of Shadow getting ready to drop, it’s interesting to take a look at its rating: M for Blood and Gore, Nudity and Violence. Did they just say “Nudity”?

[jaredhart]

Makes it even more similiar to God of War.

/s

[Quagmire]

Topless enemies? pfft, been there done that. (giggity)

[A Cupcake for Gabe]

I'd giggity on some succubus boobies

[Gawdl3y]

Why the hell is nudity such a big deal to Americans?

EDIT: Oh wait, Puritan roots. That's why.

[A Cupcake for Gabe]

It's taboo here in everyday life. It's like how people from Amsterdam aren't potheads, cause they can do it, so they are smart about it. If we'd see boobies on the morning news, then I am sure are pornography addiction would reduce at least 25% or more.

What do you want: What you can have or what you can't?

[rodzilla486]

I had Dracula x for the Sega Saturn (same as SOTN) and the succubus were topless in the jp version. they were covered in the American release. the topless-ness of castlevania is nothing new. they had some nice artwork on the CD if ya put it in the computer. which also contained the boobies.

[bfenty]

Wow... guess games will do anything to get an M rating.

[Natsu X FairyTail]

Well the game is about Vampires and all that folklore stuff and there'S alot of topless females and demons in those. Gotta stick to the sources.

[Sandwich Bender]

Nice justification, pervert! :P

[Eamon]

LMAO ^

[dredgewalker]

I strongly agree with Natsu and they should be topless to be faithful to the original source.

[Odin777]

BOOOOOOOOOBS!!!!!

[Sarcasm]

What's wrong with boobies. At least we aren't to the point in the gaming industry of "We need penises"

[Erotic Sheep]

I'm sure Kratos has a nice package on it's own lol >.>

[CrzyFooL]

I've played the game and YES, there are boobies. Demon vampire boobies to be precise.

[jaredhart]

Demon Vampire Boobies are the BEST!

[RedPawn]

So is red milk.

[Hitman0769]

This is hot, I am gonna love this game :)

[Enigma_2099]

... even though the a**hole Kojima is involved?

Don't look at me, HE called him one.

[xYLeinen]

Nudity is a part of movies, art, etc. Why not be a part of video games?

And lol at those who think at God of War owns the hack n slash genre. Get real. God of war didn't even start this genre. It just was a really good franchise. Devil may cry was made before God of War so.

[Apotheosize]

While I agree, there is a pretty big difference between the two games. God of Wars combat is nothing compared to DMCs, where DMCs puzzles are simple and easy. I always loved GOW for its puzzles, and this game seems to have lots of puzzles and platforming.

[eggbert]

I don't think most people, aside from the obvious trolls, actually thing it created the Genre. Most people are just pointing out that ever since its induction, God of War pretty much became the Hack n Slash standard. I mean yea, Dante's Inferno was great and Bayonetta was pretty sweet as well but they aren't really on the same scale as God of War.

You do have a point that there are so many idiots these days that know nothing about video games. Seriously, I've met people that think Halo was the FIRST first-person-shooter created.

[fooltheman]

If you play god of war on easy level...you could say that it's rinse and repeat...
that doesn't work on hard...or above

this is ment to hatchimatchi

[pork_chop_express]

Most peoples problem is when did castlevania become hack and slash!?

Secondly this game makes dantes inferno look like the most original game ever made, the only people who dont think this is a gow rip off have not played god of war.

[Simon_Brezhnev]

your 100% correct and will probably get a lot of disagrees

[Chaos Striker]

You do know that Castlevania was a HacknSlash on the PS2 via Lament of Innocence and Curse of Darkness?

AND considering that Lament of Innocence preceded GoW 1, I'd say it is NOT a rip-off, but rather an evolution of the initial 3D Castlevania games.

Is that good enough?

[pork_chop_express]

@chaos
No lament of innocence wasn't a hack and slash, it was an equal share of platforming and combat which would be a push to call "slash" it was more like the 2d games but in a 3d environment had the same exploration elements from the gba games.

Listen I am not saying castlevania didn't come before GOW it did, but this is not that castlevania.

I doubt you have played gow but if u have watch this vid till the end and tell me its not a mechanical ripoff:
http://www.gametrailers.com...

genres are fine but imo devil may cry, ninja gaiden, god of war, while similar never clone. Same for dead space, gears of war, uncharted they evolve.

@Hatchi
why do you think i am posting i have no interest in scaling a titan, riding a horse on a set path, swinging a chain, balancing over wooden beams, scaling walls by shimmying, unleashing my rage mode, using qte's for every other enemy i fight. killing naked evil chicks, and smashing endless pots Twice in one year.

[hatchimatchi]

Enough with the GOW comparisons. GOW is so freaking overrated. Yes, the graphics are good and the first game was pretty fun but it's been the same thing with 2, COO & 3. It's the same rinse-repeat gameplay and Kratos is easily one of the worst characters ever. All he does is scream.

"ARES!!" "ZEUS!!" "ATHENA!!" "I WILL HAVE MY REVENGE!!"

bleh

[n to the b]

c'mon, u know u wanna say it:
"it STINKS!"

on topic - never played any god of war, just kiddin around with hatchimatchi here.

also - didn't symphony of the night technically have boobies? I'm pretty sure I remember seeing boobs on some background statue(s) or something...

[hatchimatchi]

Ha. Well, the game doesn't stink. The GOW series are fun but they are extremely over rated and not the be end all of hack and slash. I normally don't really care about things like this but it's annoying because Lords of Shadow is shaping up to be a great title and all the GOW fanboys are coming into these threads and bashing in for the sake of bashing it.

[Hudahudahuda]

Every game ever made will always have someone saying it's overrated.

[Baltis]

I hope this is better than boring god of war 3. I got like 4 hours into it and had to stop. I heard it's only like 5 or 6 hours long so I should go back and try to trudge though it just for the trophy but man is it bad. It just goes nowhere. I heard the new Castlevania is really long, though. Like 12 hours or something. I like short games. 3 hours would have been perfect for it. 3 hours should have been where God of War3 ended, actually. I just can't retain interest in doing the same thing over and over and over and over for more than 5 hours. Games, all of them, need to be cut down to about 3 to 5 to 8 hours. No more than 8 hours though. Tedious is just that Tedious. And no game has the depth and variation to sustain more than it's core gameplay mechanics. A game is comprised and built around a certain design and engine and being pounded in the face with the same mechanics for more than that period of time is just lunacy.

[Sarcasm]

lol

[CrzyFooL]

Lords of Shadow is close to 25 hours long. This is a fact.

[Oldsnake007]

http://n4g.com/news/505679/...

[Mastodon]

@Oldsnake:

15 Hours vs. GoW3's 6 hours is still more than 50% more gameplay. On top of that Castlevania has varied gameplay and a good bit of exploration.

I don't get all the GoW3 hate though - Yes it was pretty similar to part 2 but it was an incredible experience nonetheless.

[A Cupcake for Gabe]

hey hey, lets not compare a game that hasn't come out's length to a speed run of GOW3 on easy..thats a little bit to much fuel for one fanboys' fire. Taking element from a great game and using them in another great game is not a bad thing. Castlevania has all that exploration of metroid with the variety of magic and more. Well hopefully all the exploration and summons will be in this one. Almost all 3D castlevania ruin the series. I personally love the DS and PSOne versions the most. We'll see when the game comes out.

[CrzyFooL]

I played the game and spoke with the developers this week. That article you linked was submitted half a year ago.

Like I said, Lords of Shadow has close to 25 hours of gameplay. This is a fact. YOU gtfo.

:-) <--- Smiley Face

[fooltheman]

and which games do you like then?

[Apotheosize]

Why is this such an issue? Killing people is fine and dandy, but oh boy keep that shirt on girl no one wants to see your titties you whore! I'm glad games like GOW3 Heavy Rain and *hopefully* this game dont get censored. we are adults, theres an M Rating for a reason.

[Odin777]

It wont get censored...unless it depicts Mother Mary topless. You know how sensitive Americans are with their bible.

[ForceCSW]

Any reason for the unprovoked attack on Americans and Christianity. Get a life.

[Odin777]

It wasn't an attack...I brought it up because Castlevania often has religious references. Maybe the last sentence was unnecessary, but not completely unfounded. But if you can't handle criticism (very light I might add) then you get the fuck out.

[SpinalRemains138]

Actually it isn't a big deal at all. The thing is, if the media doesn't focus on things like this, which aren't important, they have to focus on things that really matter and we can't have that. We have to be kept asleep while we all argue over partisanship or who Tiger is sleeping with or what Lindsay Lohan is shoving up her nose.

[GiantJedi]

Swing low sweet chariots...

[ManofSteel3]

Is this necessary? No...

Do we mind? of course not =]

[HorriblePanda]

oh who cares if there are topless females in a games unless your christan and fox news! as i seem to remember mass effect was a sex game...sigh you didn't even see liara's blue breasts.....and as a few posts up about not seeing dongs i suggest you go play gta the lost and the damned... full frontal....it was quite a shock...to see that in a game but than again it was not ass and tittys so no need to jump the gun i guess i hope this game is good though...

[madjedi]

Wasn't the half woman/half 4 legged thing in the corridor with the giant eye outside the window in sotn topless? And people screaming the new castlevania is, a god of war rip off/clone go back and look up the nes.

If gow did influence castlevania in a positive way, can someone explain to me, exactly how is that supposed to be a bad thing? Get a couple of gaming generations under your belt then come back.

[stubbed_out]

Oh shit! Topless enemies!? Watch out for the man-eating tit. Nooooooooo not the milk spray.....urgghhhhh 250hp...gone.

[TheMutator]

lol only nerds like this post

[stragomccloud]

Last time I checked, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night for PS1 had topless enemies too.

[big_silky]

You get 1 tit on disc one. To see the other part of the pair you have to install disc 2. *ZING!*

[P_Bomb]

Dante's Inferno had a boss with boobs that filled half the screen and spawned enemies from its nipples. Castlevania has big shoes (or bra, lol) to fill.

[HorriblePanda]

good post madjedi...and speaking of hack and slash games we all know bayonetta is better than god of war devil may cry and ninja gaiden put together... and i kinda wish that this castlevania was like the 2D metroid style ones just all in HD and i know there is one on xbla but thats just like a major rehash... and why cant we have to good art from games like SOTN and LOI?