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 Posted: Sat, 2nd Oct 2010 16:09 Post subject: |
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Well your health is quite low, so you have to fight wisely. If you fight well, you start getting Neutral Elemental Orbs for each successful hit, and if you get hit you stop getting them. These Orbs replenish your Light magic energy, that you use to enter Light magic stance, in which you gain health for each successful attack.
It's interesting mechanic, I never seen such in other game. It forces you to be careful in battle, so you can't basically button mashing for whole game.
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| Posted: Sat, 2nd Oct 2010 16:18 Post subject: |
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| tolanri wrote: | | And I can confirm there are no visible fps issues. Game looks fantastic considering it's a console game. |
Thanks a ton for the confirmation.
| tolanri wrote: | | You can swap discs, but I prefer installing to HDD. I downloaded DVD1, burnt it and played the game while DVD2 was still downloading. |
Wait, you mean both discs need to be installed? I assume the 2 DVD is for continuation disc required for game progress, correct?
So if the first DVD's progress ends, all we need to do is to load DVD2 and continue from there right?
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| Posted: Sat, 2nd Oct 2010 16:34 Post subject: |
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Each disc has two gb of raw game data, and the rest of it is four gb of .bik videos
And since the game is from Kojima Productions, its probably another fail like Metal Gear Cut Scene 4. 2 Hours of play, 20 hours of cut scenes.
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| Posted: Sat, 2nd Oct 2010 16:45 Post subject: |
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I love long cutscenes so this sounds good too me.
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| Posted: Sat, 2nd Oct 2010 17:21 Post subject: |
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| Kommando wrote: | Each disc has two gb of raw game data, and the rest of it is four gb of .bik videos
And since the game is from Kojima Productions, its probably another fail like Metal Gear Cut Scene 4. 2 Hours of play, 20 hours of cut scenes. |
Metal Gear 4 was fucking awesome I just replayed it and its even better the second time. Some of us enjoy a good story and dont care if there are long videos its during these moments I smoke a bowl or get a beer. To each their own I guess but Metal gear 4 was hardly a failure considering how well it sold and was reviewed.
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JackQ
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| Posted: Sat, 2nd Oct 2010 18:08 Post subject: |
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Still no PS3 scene Release?
"Fuck Denuvo"
Your personal opinions != the rest of the forum
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| Posted: Sat, 2nd Oct 2010 19:18 Post subject: |
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I hope the cut-scenes can be paused though.
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| Posted: Sat, 2nd Oct 2010 20:54 Post subject: |
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They can, by Start button, or Xbox home button.
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Ashmolly
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| Posted: Sat, 2nd Oct 2010 21:39 Post subject: |
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So anyone got a mini review, I finally got a nap in so now I can start getting ready to play it!
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| Posted: Sat, 2nd Oct 2010 21:48 Post subject: |
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It's great game overall. I'm having quite hard time occasionally, if you aren't into action hack'n'slash games then I advice easier difficulty, and if you change the difficulty in settings if you feel it's too easy/hard. It takes some time to get used to camera style, and sometimes camera position/angle isn't very great especially when climbing and platforming.
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| Posted: Sat, 2nd Oct 2010 22:09 Post subject: |
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Fraeking Hell!!!
I just killed the first lord of shadow.
And the game is great!
gameplay wise, combat wise, it's just one giant epic fest.
No riddiculus long cutscenen's no overdrawn gameplay, it's just one seamingly flow off movies, platforming, combat etc.
Loveing it!!
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armando99
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| Posted: Sat, 2nd Oct 2010 23:45 Post subject: |
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| Who-CareZ wrote: | | armando99 wrote: | | Who-CareZ wrote: | | Not worth wasting 2 Dual Layer Discs for a 10 hour game. Gonna wait for PS3 version, no Discs required, straight into the HDD. |
10 hour? its 20 hour idiot |
Hey idiot, people above me were saying it was a 10 hour game, I was going by what they were saying idiot.
Still not worth 2 dual layer discs. PS3 HDD FTW |
read noob
| Quote: | Castlevania: Lords of Shadow will be pulling a Final Fantasy XIII; according to producer Dave Cox, the game will ship on two discs on the Xbox 360 while the PS3 version will be getting one.
The problem, as it has always been in this scenario, is with storage, as the PS3′s Blu-ray discs are capable of holding a great deal more information than the 360′s DVDs.
Cox went on to mention that this particular problem will be one that Microsoft will be seeing “more and more” of in the future.
“Microsoft actually sent their tech guys to the studio to see the game and look at [how we're] compressing it, but they said: ‘Okay it’s good. You’re doing all you can,” Cox said.
Things don’t look all that bad, as Cox also promised that the first disc will allow players to install the game so that it can be played in full on the second disc.
The game is also slated to be 24 hours long, as Cox reports that “our longest one [cut-scene] is 14 minutes, which is the end sequence…We have so much variety and we re-use very little assets.” |
http://www.thatvideogameblog.com/2010/08/02/xbox-360-to-get-2-disc-castlevania-lords-of-shadow/
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| Posted: Sun, 3rd Oct 2010 00:21 Post subject: |
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| Asmoday wrote: | Fraeking Hell!!!
I just killed the first lord of shadow.
And the game is great!
gameplay wise, combat wise, it's just one giant epic fest.
No riddiculus long cutscenen's no overdrawn gameplay, it's just one seamingly flow off movies, platforming, combat etc.
Loveing it!! |
Yeah, just took him down as well. This game is great. Love it.
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| Posted: Sun, 3rd Oct 2010 00:37 Post subject: |
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The game must be huge.
Played for a bunch of hours now and about midway thru chapter 2. When looking at the map it looks like there is 12 chapters!?
While I do like the artistic style I´m not too sure about the setting itself. Forest was cool, but now in second chapter it´s even further away from the origins. But still some "aha" moments here and there. It´s a good looking game! Blown up on the wall some scenes are truly epic!
And yeah hard was hard. Needed to lower it, untill I have the fighting mechanics covered.
Wished there was a way to take away "shiny objects gab here!" setting.
Like tolanri said also. Cameraman drunk sometimes. For being super easy platformer, there are way too many deaths. Some of those the cameraman is to blame.
Great game still. Long time since a really good action/adventure game (Bayonetta/darksiders). Need to play some more.
edit: love it
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| Posted: Sun, 3rd Oct 2010 00:41 Post subject: |
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| Nailbiter wrote: | The game must be huge.
Played for a bunch of hours now and about midway thru chapter 2. When looking at the map it looks like there is 12 chapters!?
While I do like the artistic style I´m not too sure about the setting itself. Forest was cool, but now in second chapter it´s even further away from the origins. But still some "aha" moments here and there. It´s a good looking game! Blown up on the wall some scenes are truly epic!
And yeah hard was hard. Needed to lower it, untill I have the fighting mechanics covered.
Wished there was a way to take away "shiny objects gab here!" setting.
Like tolanri said also. Cameraman drunk sometimes. For being super easy platformer, there are way too many deaths. Some of those the cameraman is to blame.
Great game still. Long time since a really good action/adventure game (Bayonetta/darksiders). Need to play some more.
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Chapter 3 and 4 have 2 parts, but I'd say there are also other chapters as long as chapter 2.
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locke89
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| Posted: Sun, 3rd Oct 2010 01:38 Post subject: |
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I'll wait for some opinions of people who finished it. Almost every game is fun and exciting at start, problems might appear later in the game. Won't waste 2DVDs to find out that first 5h is fresh and fun, but the rest is the same old shit with stupid puzzles and losuy platforming. So, finish it, and share with us!
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| Posted: Sun, 3rd Oct 2010 01:48 Post subject: |
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Almost @ the second LoS.
This game is freaking awesome 
I'm @ disc 2 now, wich i nstalled on HDD btw, so the quote above is not accurate anymore since both discs need/can be installed.
Anyway, second disc, second LoS and still enyoing it to the max.
The combat is GREAT and as stated above, hard is HARD! i'm doing my first play trough @ normal and still i die in combat.
The platforming is seriously not bad, i died 5 times due to my own fault and not the camera's fault.
Jump, and look, that's the key it's not automated @ all, you seriously need to watch bnefore you jump.
And the glimmer is only there once, when you backtrack the glimmer is gone, since the game knows you have already been here and you must remember where to jump up.
I'm always 'exploring' to find the secrets and hidden upgrades.
So far i have my life bar upgraded twice, and my mana ( both light and dark) also twice.
I found some upgrades for the daggers, and that's it 
Still need shitloads, gonna backtrack soon to find the other stuff.
Furthermore, the cutscene's as very well done, and IF you die just after an cutscene you can skip it always when you restart.
Overall, i think i'm 40/50% in the game now, i still need 7 more chapters iirc and i know i'm gonna have a blast until the end.
@ the reviewers bitching @ the platforming, learn to freaking WATCH before you jump.
It's far from an automated platformer, watch, point, jump.
Just like it should be.
Off to bed, gonna play again tommorow 
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| Posted: Sun, 3rd Oct 2010 09:05 Post subject: |
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| Asmoday wrote: |
The platforming is seriously not bad, i died 5 times due to my own fault and not the camera's fault.
Jump, and look, that's the key it's not automated @ all, you seriously need to watch bnefore you jump.
And the glimmer is only there once, when you backtrack the glimmer is gone, since the game knows you have already been here and you must remember where to jump up.
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Yep, noticed that when I replayed a level. Nice touch, but would have been much nicer if the glimmer feature was only in the game on easiest difficulty setting.
Disagree with you about camera though. It´s rare, but it does happen that the camera is completely off. I recall one time where I couldn´t even see my character. The camera sat behind leaves covering the upper left screen, which was already hard to spot, due to it being far away.
Also some trial and error.
But, yeah it´s not as bad as some reviewers made it out.
@sabin
Buy some verbs, it needs to be played now!
Love it.
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| Posted: Sun, 3rd Oct 2010 15:55 Post subject: |
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Just finished the first chapter and i must say i enjoy this game immensely. Only thing that annoys me a fair bit is the objects and stuff you can't get/interact with in the beginning and you don't know what you are missing.
 Spoiler: | In the pan's temple level you find a scroll saying a guy feels a health crystal thing close by, but i can not find it. Same as the middle puzzle piece you need to activate for the runes, but i managed to complete it easily with only 1 missing. Bothers me though that there might be a place which i haven't found in that level. |
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| Posted: Sun, 3rd Oct 2010 16:07 Post subject: |
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| kenny64 wrote: | Just finished the first chapter and i must say i enjoy this game immensely. Only thing that annoys me a fair bit is the objects and stuff you can't get/interact with in the beginning and you don't know what you are missing.
| Spoiler: | In the pan's temple level you find a scroll saying a guy feels a health crystal thing close by, but i can not find it. Same as the middle puzzle piece you need to activate for the runes, but i managed to complete it easily with only 1 missing. Bothers me though that there might be a place which i haven't found in that level. |
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| Spoiler: | the various lords give you abilities so you can reach places you haven't been able before.
Same as your combat cross upgrades.
You can alwys vacktrack, and get the items, while doing the trials.
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| Posted: Sun, 3rd Oct 2010 16:11 Post subject: |
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| kenny64 wrote: | Just finished the first chapter and i must say i enjoy this game immensely. Only thing that annoys me a fair bit is the objects and stuff you can't get/interact with in the beginning and you don't know what you are missing.
| Spoiler: | In the pan's temple level you find a scroll saying a guy feels a health crystal thing close by, but i can not find it. Same as the middle puzzle piece you need to activate for the runes, but i managed to complete it easily with only 1 missing. Bothers me though that there might be a place which i haven't found in that level. |
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You can always revisit those places. And I think you don't have to finish them, just go back, find what you need and switch to another level via the map screen.
Btw | Spoiler: | you can find that gem in pans level, by going through a wall crack, there a "room" there with waterfalls and a knight in that "room". You can find that crack to the right while on the straight path that leads you to the magic barrier |
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BLaM!
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| Posted: Sun, 3rd Oct 2010 19:26 Post subject: |
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Just played it,I really like it...epic adventure,great music and gfx..and epic first boss fight !
Combat is challenging and smart,but camera can be a pain in the ass..but Im used to it already..
Can't stop playing...
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| Posted: Sun, 3rd Oct 2010 19:41 Post subject: |
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| kenny64 wrote: | Just finished the first chapter and i must say i enjoy this game immensely. Only thing that annoys me a fair bit is the objects and stuff you can't get/interact with in the beginning and you don't know what you are missing.
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Mi thoughts exatly.
The game is great, combat is fluid but not automated, you need quick reflexes and wise use of magic to stay alive, but it never becomes frustrating.
Platforming doesn't seem to have any of the problems some reviews mentioned, you always know where to go and camera is almost always functional.
Exploration is decent, tho as mentioned in the quote, I *hate* when games taunt you with unreachable power-ups that you have to backtrack later. DMC does this too, and it's annoying imho.
Also not a fan of the "you can't go back" checkpoints, ie: when a jump or cutscene brings you to a portion of the level where you can't backtrack. Since the path branches quite often, it's annoying realizing you have followed the "main" path and now can't go back to check out the secondary ones, which probably bring you to power-ups.
But this is really nit-picking, the game is awesome so far, so I can forgive little nuisances like these.
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