Re: Hate Thread
Thing is, if Lords of Shadow had dropped the Castlevania title (so if it was simply called Lords of Shadow), and given Gabriel a different last name, it still would have gotten picked on for stealing things from the Castlevania series.
I mean, saying giving the guy the last name Fisher and changing it to Splinter Cell: Lords of Shadow is a bit of a stretch. Castlevania is dark fantasy based on mythos within history. Splinter Cell is a spy game... that's an even bigger difference there, because at the least the new title keeps it in the same genre. I know what point you were trying to make, but didn't help you any as I find that point was actually wrong.
Wait... people would bash on Lords of Shadow for being like Castlevania? I could have sworn most people would immediately complain that 90% of Action games are rip offs of God of War, just like how everyone complained that any military-based first person shooter game is a rip off of Call of Duty games. Hell, I've heard my fair share of how Lords of Shadow was completely ripped off of God of War 3 - which I strongly disagree. I fucking hate God of War's dumbass and biased fanbase. That's like saying how every platformer genre game is a rip off of Mario. Actually, speaking of God of War... I did find Lords of Shadow to have a very similar atmosphere to that of God of War's, which is something that was absent from previous Castlevania games. The Castlevania series always had a very gothic style.
But that point aside, I compared Lords of Shadow with Lament of Innocence (another Castlevania game - A 3D Game too) and really I could honestly say the two games felt like they belong in different franchises. Again, Lords of Shadow just lacked too many elements from previous Castlevania games - what I mean is that nearly all the enemies felt too foreign and new, as if exclusive just to Lords of Shadow but not to the Castlevania series overall. I still want to stay by that point. I'm stating that Lords of Shadow just feels too distant, even for a reboot.
You know what? A very good comparison to this would be Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight. Never mind the fact that Streetfighter 2010 is a futuristic action platformer, not a fighting arcade game. Just basing it on both style and story, what does Street Fighter 2010 have to do with Street Fighter? Calling it Street Fighter and renaming the protagonist's name to Ken doesn't make it Street Fighter and all it does is forces me to question how the game connects to previous Street Fighter games. It was implied that it was given the Street Fighter title so that it wouldn't be ignored.
So is that why Lords of Shadow was titled Castlevania? I mean I know I'm just complaing the shit out of a GODDAMN title but it really confuses me and fucks up my head. I just find it really bothersome to just simply ignore and if it's bothersome it's harder to enjoy the actual game. I wouldn't have mind if they just called it Lords of Shadow - Believe me, neither me and or anyone who has ever played Castlevania even stated that Lords of Shadow had anything to do with Castlevania. Even James Rolfes stated the game felt like it had nothing to do with Castlevania.
And why the reboot anyway? What's wrong with a remake? I could have earnestly enjoyed Lords of Shadow if it were following the very first Castlevania game's plot. At least, even if the atmosphere didn't really feel all Castlevania-ish... it would have had some relevance to the series plot-wise.
I was fucking around with the Slinter Cell thing by the way. I'm basically just saying how much an oddball LOS really is for me.
Yeah, I have to say that zombies are getting a little old now, too. And don't get me started on the people who discuss them.
The major problem with zombies nowadays is that they aren't zombies. Weren't zombies literally the dead walking the earth? What's this infected bullshit now?
Since when could zombies run like olympic mad men? Don't their joints get locked up after death so they go around limping like retards? I personally always enjoyed having zombies move and behave slowly. It just makes it so ghastly horrifying and hauntingly depressive as opposed to watching frantic savages tear the crap out of people.
