Kojima's 'Castlevania: Lords of Shadow' unmasked

Castlevania and Metal Gear is what I've been playing since diapers, I'm getting sick of the same damn games, give us a new IP!

Never played a castlevania game, this might be the first

So God of War is now a genre...

I do wonder how strongly reminescent of God of War this will be.

Normally I'm wary of console castlevanias, but with Kojima overseeing things I'm at ease. Hopefully it's open world like G4 said, that would be instant win.

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i thought the mask would be part of MGS, but still looking forward to both MGS and Castlevanias

I hope they put some of the same production value into Castlevania as they do Metal Gear games.

The last 2 console outtings were seriously lacking. (Although, I did enjoy Lament of Innocence)

my theory was true :D

but yeah, this is awesome! ever since i played dracula x chronicles (my first castlevania game), i've been hoping for a new PS3 or PSP castlevania. kojima is icing on the sweet cake. woo!

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I don't even know what to say about this. Aside from asking where the fourth Castlevania DS game is at.

Maybe they should have called it, "Hideo Kojima's Castlevania," to match the pattern with their previous games. ;)

http://www.konami.jp/kojima_pro/e3_2009/castlevania/

Trailer's up.

Ok so this game is being developed by the same people who brought us Crapland (Oh I mean) "Scrapland" and Clive Barker's Jericho? Both of those games were terrible and this same developer is now handling the development of a beloved long time running franchise like Castlevania? Don't get me wrong I think there needs to be a Castlevania game for a next generation console that actually does the series justice but handing it to a lackluster developer like MercurySteam? C'mon! WTF?! There needs to be a Castlevania on the next gen consoles that will bring back the high marks the series deserves. It should be done by the people at Konami who can actually craft high quality work. Why not get some of the folks who worked on MGS4 to craft the game? As long as they don't turn it into a MGS game set in Transylvania it would be interesting to see their take on the series. Kojima simply "producing" the game doesn't give me very high hopes. Back in the day just before Castlevania on PS1 every Castlevania was different and offered new challenges while upping the quality (barring the versions on the N64). The last Castlevania game that was truly awesome was Symphony of the NIght. Unfortunately Koji Igarashi has run that style of gameplay into the ground releasing one DS Castlevania after another with the same borrowed gameplay and only one or two new features and characters to introduce. While I enjoyed those games I'm personally sick of the same style over and over again. Castlevania has the potential to be an incredible 3-D third person game if it's done right. I could see a Castlevania that emulates Devil May Cry and God of War with incredible graphics and a well drawn out story line. Why has nobody tried to do this series justice in 3D in that style? The Castlevanias on PS2/Xbox were HUGE disappointments. I was so tired of running around a really bland landscape only to play a fetch and backtracking type of quest that was SO 2 generations back. The control, gameplay and graphics were uninspired and we all know that towards the later life of both the PS2 and Xbox there were quite a few developers who were really pushing the limits of those consoles and got some pretty incredible stuff on them.

If a third rate developer like MercurySteam is handling this game I already have very low expectations for a true Castlevania experience based off the titles they've already released and I've played. I'll have to revisit the past games to remember when the series was outstanding. I hope these people prove me wrong. If they can pull it off I will take back everything I just said.

That trailer game me some goose bumps. Looking very forward to this game. Im sure these 2 developers will do the franchise justice!

OK! Just saw the trailer..............I'm going to STFU now..........I take back everything I just said.........It looks AMAZING!!! This is the Castlevania the fans have been waiting for! I hope it's every bit as epic as it is in the trailer when it finally comes out! Just one more thing to look forward to in 2010!!!

Is this the one from a few months back that had a teaser of a guy in a church with a flaming chain or something like that?

I'm just worried about the developers and how heavy Kojima is involved.

MercurySteam's most recent game is the awful Clive Barker's Jericho :(

Am I alone in thinking this is the best news to come out of E3 this year, period? That trailer looks absolutely great. If the game delivers on even half of that, it'll still be the best 3D Castlevania out there.

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This needs to be said; this year is the best E3 Microsoft has EVER had. I won't even begin to list the 21 games I now really very much want, 16 of those brand new to me as of Monday, and one piece of tech that is totally revolutionary.

Insane goodness has been had, and will BE had.

(But where are my demos on Live?)

I'm cautiously optimistic. I've seen plenty of good trailers. I've yet to see a good 3D Castlevania final product.

So no Castlevania for Nintendo?.....*sad face*

Calling it now: Patrick Stewart as Dracula. And that would be amazing.

After the abomination that was Jericho MercurySteam seems to need all the support it can handle.

Wow, trailer looks awesome. One things for sure--they didn't skimp on the voice talent.

This trailer proves it: anything that can be said sounds 1000x cooler if said by Patric Stewart

looks like pretty standard stuff, but there's probably surprises in store.

I have to say, this is a pleasant surprise for me. For the first time ever I can actually say I'm looking forward to a Castlevania game. I wish they would stop ripping off of the Hans Zimmer's Batman soundtrack, though.

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow = Best Game coming in 2010. This is from a Castlevania fanatic. I own (in one way or another) every Castlevania game ever made.

I want a 360 Suikoden, but Castlevania will do just nicely.

Kojima's Castlevania huh? So Igarashi got the boot? I wonder...

Best news of the show in my opinion, during the Kojima countdown I thought to myself, "wouldn't this be cool if it were a Castlevania game?" And then figured that probably wouldn't happen... glad I was wrong.