Zero Punctuation: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
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Pretty much, and the position of the analog sticks are symmetrical on the dualshock, so you don't have any trouble absorbing the magic orbs.
Wow. Thank you for putting in words exactly what I though about the game.Espescially gameplay wise. I have no idea why it's getting so much hate. In fact, I have to give them credit for trying to give answers to parts of castlevania that never made much sense to me. Questions like why the hell am I the only one trying to stop nightmares from taking over, why greater monsters (hell even gods) would follow and serve dracula, where did these monsters really come from,and why use a whip of all things this team tried to address. Heck most of the changes they made at least made it make a bit more sense.Turbo_ski said:
This game is only a good thing in my eyes. At least they're not just making more SOTN copies. In fact, I never really liked symphony. From the art style to the gameplay, it never did anything for me.
Spot on review,good job.
What I have noticed for "action" games on consoles is that most of them are a clone of God of War 3.The only thing different from one from another is the setting and the plot.
It can work in some cases for people who like knock-offs or the plot is deep enough to keep you going through the game without minding the gameplay.
What I have noticed for "action" games on consoles is that most of them are a clone of God of War 3.The only thing different from one from another is the setting and the plot.
It can work in some cases for people who like knock-offs or the plot is deep enough to keep you going through the game without minding the gameplay.
I hate RE4 on GC/PC/PS2 because I could only play a little bit of it before getting HORRIBLY bored and putting it down, yet at the time of it's release (and probably still now) you couldn't go around a corner without someone yammering on about how incredible it is and making you rue the day the game ever showed up on store shelves.
That was an image of Metroid Prime 2, not 3! Metroid Prime 2 had a Light and Dark beam and had a Light world and Dark world. The Light Dark thing is, in my opinion, a very lazy attempt at stretching out the game since after a bit there is really no story development for the vast bulk of the game till the end after beating the final boss.Lordofthesuplex said:
I don't really know what your talking about with Super Paper Mario having a light/dark system because it doesn't. The world flipping to the side doesn't count as one either. It's just a different perspective used to get past areas and solve puzzles. The Light/Dark world from the game from what I remember would probably have to do with the normal world and the world that those pixel creatures come from and having to switch between them at times.
So, long story short, based on your complaints about Yahtzee's opinions about games you think he's never played, I would doubt that you or the people you quoted every actually played the games either since 1. you confused Metroid Prime 2 for 3 when that's a 'GAMECUBE' game case and 3 is for Wii, and 2. you again confused the Normal/Pixel world with the change viewpoint gameplay aspect. Maybe you should actually bother looking up information on the games you think Yahtzee doesn't know anything about before you go around proclaiming knowledge about those same games when you clearly don't know nothing about them to begin with.
This game is awesome!!! I haven't finished it yet, but it's simply gorgeous, the God-of-War-robbing combat is challenging and exciting, the colossi, er...titans are huge, the camera angles add a nice sense of scale, the platforming is a fantastic rip-off of a rip-off (Uncharted, which ripped off Prince of Persia), and the hero is refreshingly not as angry as Kratos (though he does kill everything in sight). The boss fights require some lousy tactics, but they're cool and the skippable puzzles added a nice change of pace.
Although I love this game, it certainly deserved a Yahtzee tongue lashing for its derivative nature.
Yahtzee, when I visit Australia, can I buy you a beer?
Although I love this game, it certainly deserved a Yahtzee tongue lashing for its derivative nature.
Yahtzee, when I visit Australia, can I buy you a beer?
I think the problem is with a lot of people, especially reviewers, that go into a game too much pessimism in fearing that it will be like some other game, then if their is even just a very small hint that it is like another game they played, they write it off as bad a unoriginal. More people need to start playing new games with an open mind and just go with the moments and have fun. I know reviewers have to look closely at the games they review, but sometimes I think they look too close and look over the actual good and fun qualities of games.Misho- said:
Sorry, double post. It is one of those days that my internet won't register that my post went through.
I remember that what kept going through that shitty part was the music. For real.Impluse_101 said:Favorite/hated moment of that game: Going to get the Nitroglycerin and heading back >
Crappy game, but the Frankenstein maze bit I actually appreciate, at least in basic concept.
Though not an absurd answer to your own question, it is far from being the only possible one.Impluse_101 said:
A team with more free reign over the design could possibly have decided to take a differente direction with that design, unless they personally loved GoW.
But from witnessing a lot of inspiration throughout the years I have to say that, if they really did love GoW, this game might have turned out more like an inspired craft.
An old franchise that needs to blatantly copy styles from far more recently succesful games to survive has just about outstayed its welcome.Hi klaus said:
A cow shouldn't be milked forever. It will turn saggy and dry.
After all, they have everything from Dracula's origins to twenty-minutes-into-the-future.
And this is from someone who loves the series for its wild concepts.
Much like the Doom-clones from yesterday. And there was a lot of them.Amaury_games said:
Which I like to contrast with Space Invaders that had more than its fair share of clones, with the occasional inspiration which actually built upon the original gameplay instead of just painting over its unchanged structure.
I'm curious about it too. Especial because the GoW-fanboys I have run into really made me annoyed about it.Amaury_games said:
Before that, I played it for a while and got bored, that's all. Poor game, my annoyance about it is not even its' fault. =T
That was an image of Metroid Prime 2, not 3! Metroid Prime 2 had a Light and Dark beam and had a Light world and Dark world. The Light/Dark thing is, in my opinion, a very lazy attempt at stretching out the game since after a bit there is really no story development for the vast bulk of the game till the end after beating the final boss.uguito-93 said:
I don't really know what your talking about with Super Paper Mario having a light/dark system because it doesn't. The world flipping to the side doesn't count as one either. It's just a different perspective used to get past areas and solve puzzles. The Light/Dark world from the game from what I remember would probably have to do with the normal world and the world that those pixel creatures come from and having to switch between them at times.
So, long story short, based on your complaints about Yahtzee's opinions about games you think he's never played, I would doubt that you or the people you quoted every actually played the games either since 1. you confused Metroid Prime 2 for 3 when that's a 'GAMECUBE' game case and 3 is for Wii, and 2. you again confused the Normal/Pixel world with the change viewpoint gameplay aspect. Maybe you should actually bother looking up information on the games you think Yahtzee doesn't know anything about before you go around proclaiming knowledge about those same games when you clearly don't know anything about them to begin with.
Just did. So clarify what exactly is your point then about Yahtzee and Super Paper Mario and Metroid Prime 2? I saw him bringing up those two games as potential examples of either a gameplay element that is being used too much or is being done generally poorly each time it's repeated.Lordofthesuplex said:
