September 2nd, 2010 • Stephen Munn
Amazon’s long-running deal of offering $20 in store credit for preordering some of the most popular games is one of my favorites. I used this for Metroid Other M, and I find myself tempted to use it to grab Lords of Shadow, even though I’m expecting a review copy from the publisher. As a collector of these games, I’m going to have to eventually grab every version.
This is all but guaranteed to be the cheapest way to grab a copy at launch, so get your order in in before it comes out.
Source: Amazon.com
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August 28th, 2010 • Stephen Munn
IGN’s David Clayman played the first eight hours of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow and was impressed with the game’s scope, something I didn’t really expect. I mean, Cox told us maybe 12 hours, didn’t he? Check out these three significant sections of the preview, and let me know if this doesn’t give you some really positive feelings about Lords of Shadow.
Lords of Shadow is not a game you’re going to plow through in a single sitting. On the map screen there are 12 chapters, each with multiple stages and some seriously long boss battles. After playing for nearly eight hours, I was slashing my way through Chapter 3. The story, as told through detailed in-game cutscenes, seemed to be just getting started.
In my time with the game I was able to mount and ride a Spider, Warg, Warthog, and a Troll. There’s even a sequence where Gabriel does battle from the back of a dashing horse, trading blows with attacking Werg riders. Each has their own special abilities that include smashing through barriers, creating bridges, and climbing walls.
The environments I played were lush, detailed, and mostly outdoors. They were detailed down to wildlife like birds and frogs that scatter in Gabriel’s path. In the first three chapters players travel through swamps, jungles, ancient ruins, and snow fields. There were scenes of raking sunlight and classic ruins; beautiful scenery for brutal combat.
Source: IGN, thanks Paul.
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August 28th, 2010 • Stephen Munn
Check out this pile of seventeen Lords of Shadow images from Konami’s New York Gamers Day and let me know what you think. I see what appears to be a beautiful game. I hope that by the time I get my copy they’ve polished up the animations a bit… they still look just a little bit off in the videos that are coming out.
See the rest below.
Continue reading Lords of Shadow preview screens are a sight to behold
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August 28th, 2010 • Stephen Munn
Konami just released a batch of images, in case you couldn’t tell, that show more of the characters and monsters from Castlevania: Lords of Shadow. Among them are returning names like Malphas (above) and Brauner! Of course, like Cornell and Carmilla, these shouldn’t be connected to seriously to their earlier incarnations in the franchise, but it’s still exciting to see the names.
See the rest below.
Continue reading New character and enemy renders for Lords of Shadow show Malphas, Brauner, more
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August 28th, 2010 • Stephen Munn
This latest batch of images from Konami’s New York Gamers Day shows us just what the beautiful box art for Lords of Shadow is going to look like. It also humbly confirms the earlier leak of the Collector’s Edition of Lords of Shadow. These images show 360 and PS3 versions of the Collector’s Edition, as well as the standard edition. Nice work on the art, Konami! See the rest below.
Continue reading Official packaging art from Konami confirms Collector’s Edition Lords of Shadow
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