Looks pretty awesome.
And it sounds like the main character is voiced by Jennifer Hale, but I'm not sure.
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Looks pretty awesome.
And it sounds like the main character is voiced by Jennifer Hale, but I'm not sure.
Looks really great. I'm glad to see that the art style hinted at by the early screenshots is indeed a departure from the last couple games. It's much better, and with some new gameplay mechanics and enemies as seen in that trailer, it's going to be one addictive game.
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Sounds like her to me as well. I guess Konami likes her, she's played multiple roles in the MGS series too.
That does look really good. It makes me want to play SoTN.
Very excited, of course.
Man, they're putting Balthier in everything now days!
New cutscene style is nice but the in-game footage makes it look like every other handheld Castlevania game.
It looks like it might be re-using things from the earlier two games, like the Skeleton enemies. It seems like they're using the same technology to make this game, too. It's a shame they hold such confidence in the engine introduced with Dawn of Sorrow, but as long as they're trying to advance the series with original game design, I've no problem.
The areas seem to be incredibly varied in this game. It shows the main character finding herself at Dracula's Castle, but I doubt that's going to be the only place in the game she goes. She's shown to go to a town, a forest, as well as in what looks like a shipwreck. I'm betting that the first area will be the shipwreck, then it'll go to town, then it'll go the forest, and then Dracula's Castle. There was an area shown in the trailer that looked like the main character was trying to break in to someplace. The areas besides that all could very well be in Dracula's Castle itself. We saw variety like that in the other Castlevania games. Then there's another thing. Where that huge crab boss is (that gets Elevator Faced), the outside world looks purple. When the outside looks purple, it normally means you're in another world, like in Harmony of Dissonance. That orange cave area also reminds me of Harmony of Dissonance.
I dont see a big difference in the artstyle between this game and the previous DS games. It definately looks like it'll be the best Castlevania on the DS so far. I havent really been interested in the series since SoTN. I'd be much more interested in an old school style Castlevania game but im sure no one else would really care for those.
It would be a bit tough to sell a Classic-Style Castlevania game unless it was to be an extra.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dreddz
Awww, why did I have to look?
I want it now. D:
I think the art style change is better reflected in the character art rather than the in-game sprites:
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And it would be 'difficult' to sell a 'Classic Style' Castlevania until IGA leaves the company, or he gets convinced otherwise :P The PSP got Rondo of Blood, which is a classic game, but I think most people got that in order to play SotN off of it.
I just watched a trailer on GameTrailers.com for this involving an interview with Iga. Where he was all pissed off that his 3D games didn't go over so well so he wants to figure out a formula for getting it right. He's determined to succeed. So eventually there'll be another 3D Castlevania (just fyi lol)
Unfortunately I've sorta fallen out of the whole Castlevania thing. I got Portrait. Enjoyed it. But have no yearning for more. Maybe in a year or so
Yeah but as an extra it would only be a port of a previous Castlevania game. I'd like to see them make a brand new old school Castlevania game. I dont see no problem in having the series go in two seperate directions. Maybe they could continue the series on the PSP as well. I really enjoyed Dracula X Chronicles (and I still havent unlocked SoTN).Quote:
Originally Posted by Kentarou
Yeah, as an extra it probably would be an older Castlevania game. It would be nice if two versions of the same game came with each Castlevania, but I doubt it'll ever happen.
Personally I prefer the Metrovania style games than the classic ones and I can't get enough of them. So it's no surprise that I'm very much looking forward to Order of Ecclesia. The artwork style is a big improvement, too.
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Where did you find that picture? Are there more? I didn't have any luck when I looked for artworks :(