Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 + Mirror of Fate

[REmaster]

So far Robert Carlyle has been confirmed, no word on Sir Patrick Stewart yet but I have a feeling he will be. The white hair character in the LOS2 trailer is in fact rumored to be Trevor Belmont from the upcoming Mirror of Fate, if you look closesly at Trevor's outfit looks identical.

He is Gabriel's long lost son, gets defeated, turned, faces Gabriel once again in LOS2 as his vampiric son, giving him the Alucard angle without it actually being alucard. Hopefully this isn't true as Alucard was half human and Gab was obviously human when he unknowingly impregnated Marie before heading off to battle.

Also, it's a little too predictable. Gabriel = Dracula/Trevor = Alucard. Where Simon and the other two playable characters of MOF come into play I don't know. I'll update the thread on tuesday when they release the first real trailer and most likely the floor demo the following day.

Didnt play Lord of Shadow, was Dracula even in that game as a character?

In some ways, yes lol.

[Wrathborne]

Wow, a Belmont who has become a vampire, thats a first for the series history isnt it?

[REmaster]

Wow, a Belmont who has become a vampire, thats a first for the series history isnt it?

Yep, it's a pretty cool twist of irony.

Belmont descendants are doomed to fight Dracula repeatedly throughout the centuries, when Dracula was a Belmont himself and actually started this family of vampire slayers, whose sole purpose in life is to banish him from the face of the earth(or train/prepare their children to do so in case he rises again during their lifetime).

Of course this is a stand alone trilogy and is not a part of the original Castlevania timeline. It's basically a dark reboot of the series, but concluded within three games. They will most likely continue the original storyline after this.

[Dracarys]

I can see them continuing the reboot only with a new subtitle for a new story arc. Especially if they making money, hard to sell "We know this series makes millions, but the story was finished" to shareholders.

[REmaster]

I can see them continuing the reboot only with a new subtitle for a new story arc. Especially if they making money, hard to sell "We know this series makes millions, but the story was finished" to shareholders.

It's possible, I've actually been tweeting David Cox (producer) on this matter. If LOS 2 doesn't at some point pick up where the epilogue of LOS left off, I could see a whole new series of titles playing out with = Insert Dracula, Belmonts in to modern day city, stop Satan from returning to devour the world...as crazy as it sounds.

See the epilogue (obvious spoilers)

I'm curious if Kojima will be linked to the sequels?

[Carnivol]

One issue I have with the whole supposed "Alucard" thing regarding the second person in that trailer is;

Why does he have a mirror image when lifting up the sword (and they pretty much make a point of this too, since it's the only way to somewhat see his face), while Gabriel does not have a mirror image when walking past the mirrors inside the castle/church?

[REmaster]

One issue I have with the whole supposed "Alucard" thing regarding the second person in that trailer is;

Why does he have a mirror image when lifting up the sword (and they pretty much make a point of this too, since it's the only way to somewhat see his face), while Gabriel does not have a mirror image when walking past the mirrors inside the castle/church?

Nice catch, I didn't even notice that. Interesting indeed...

[Dracarys]

@REmaster I've not played the DLC, but wasn't one of those set after the games epilogue?

[REmaster]

@REmaster I've not played the DLC, but wasn't one of those set after the games epilogue?

Nope. That's how they mostly hyped it to gain interest but the first DLC chapter takes place moments after Gabriel defeats Satan and the second DLC chapter takes place right after the first one.

If you're interested as to how the DLC turned out, read below.

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DLC 1: Reverie

He hears Laura in his mind, pleading for him to return to the castle. He travels back to the castle and meets Laura, who tells him that by destroying the Lords of Shadow, he has weakened the source of energy that is keeping an ancient evil sealed away deep within the castle. Ages ago an evil creature known as "The Forgotten One" was defeated by the three founders of the brotherhood of light (the good sides of Cornell, Carmilla and Zobek), however they could not kill it, so they imprisoned it.

After finding the portal in which The Forgotten one is being held, Laura begs Gabriel to kill her. Only Dark beings can enter the world inside the portal, and The Forgotten One is extremely powerful. Only by absorbing her vampiric power, would he even survive entering the demon realm. So, he drinks her blood, finishes her off and enters the portal. All of this would have been awesome to watch through real cutscenes, but I suppose they didn't have the time and/or budget so all the scenes in the DLC are just animated drawings (with the exception of one, in which a monster eats you if you fall in the water below the castle).


DLC 2: Ressurection (Which people thought would surely take place after the epilogue)

Gabriel enters the demon realm, has a long battle with The Forgotten One. Gabriel absorbs all of The Forgotten One's power as he is trying to break the weakened seal and enter the real world. Gabriel, with his new power, teleports and slices the Forgotten One in half as he begs for mercy. He then crushes the combat cross into pieces, and disappears.

I think most people were pissed because after seeing the epilogue, we expected to see Gabriel as Dracula in at least one of the two DLC chapters. I at least expected Gabriel to have some type of new ability after Spoiler:

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absorbing Laura's power and basically becoming a vampire

but in the second DLC pack he's exactly the same. Seeing the most exciting parts of the DLC through animated drawings was also disappointing. On top of all this, the months and months of delays and poor communication with the fans did not help.

So far the timeline goes: LOS>LOS DLC>MOF>LOS2>LOS Epilogue.

[Dracarys]

Thanks for info, glad I resistance buying the game cheap to play the DLC.

[REmaster]

Thanks for info, glad I resistance buying the game cheap to play the DLC.

No problem, the DLC was quite a letdown for many people, myself included. Such an awesome game though.

On a side note: I never thought about it until a moment ago, but another reason why the trailer for LOS2 got me so excited was because it was CG. Sure, I'd love to see actual gameplay, but LOS1 didn't have a single CG cutscene in the entire game, they just used character models and the games engine which was really a testament to the graphics...though Gabriel's neck beard texture did look a little off sometimes lol. As impressive as that was, CGI looks awesome and always catches your eye.

It also shows that they probably have a bigger budget this time around. I feel like some of that budget should go in to a bigger media push, the first game had very little build up and I think that's one of the reasons why it flew under the radar. I can't even begin to tell you how many people have asked me, "I've heard of Castlevania, but what's Lords of Shadow?" > Facepalm.

[Carnivol]

The only real issue with the DLC I had was how short each segment was.

The boss fights in them have some really tight mechanics (sans the spear throwing in DLC 2, which I thought was kinda wonky). Figuring out how to read the The Forgotten One's attacks was really neat whilst playing on Paladin. (All his moves can be "read," just like with most of the other bosses in the game.)

[Wrathborne]

So...Gabriel is Dracula?

[aris13]

I wonder what IGA is doing in Konami these days.

[REmaster]

So...Gabriel is Dracula?

Yes.

Many Castlevania fans thought the game was more of a dark fairy tale and that the atmosphere was lacking the Castlevania feel. I agree to a certain degree, but it makes sense if you think about it. You can't even say Castlevania without thinking about Dracula. This is not the typical CV tale of a man trying to destroy Dracula- it's a tale of the man who would become Dracula.

Obviously the overall atmosphere is different since "Dracula" and all the familiar creatures associated with him(see the dead Slogra) is only in the epilogue. LOS is more like the prelude to the Castlevania we all know and love, which I hope comes full circle in MOF and LOS2.