IGA stagnated the CV series! Let's correct that in CV:LORDS OF SHADOW (VLP)

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Discendo Vox: Mar 21, 2013; We don't need to have that dialogue because it's obvious, trivial, and has already been had a thousand times.

Neruz posted:

So where's the link BMS?

# ? Feb 22, 2015 08:58

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# ? May 25, 2024 20:11

BMS: Mar 11, 2009; by FactsAreUseless

Zain posted:

It might have taken too long to notice this, but holy poo poo they use the word evil a lot in these dialogs. Like there was 10 evils in that opening.

Kacie posted:

Patrick Stewart works so hard to sell that last super cheesy line - that whole thing about "Olrox, meet Gabriel Belmont and his Vampire Killer!"

Might be the worst line yet he's had to read.

Patrick "Evil Ghouls!" Stewart gives 110% in all he reads.

Neruz posted:

So where's the link BMS?

I hate you guys so much for making me remember that little conversation piece

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/672716-castlevania-lords-of-shadow-2/68702626

Highlights for the thread

GameFAQ's Users posted:

larsona: "I can't think of a hotter video game character. She is just a woman from my most sultry dreams.

Also, who else dies in such a hot way? Phallic object to the mouth man, can't beat that."

monsterslayer10: "dude, it looked like she had a D in her mouth
perfect!"

larsona: "I'm not a butt guy at all, I like the boobs. Her boobs are a very nice size. HUGE boobs are a turnoff for me, hers are big enough to be considered sultry, but not hideous and fake-looking.

Her skinny, well-toned body complements it, and then that beautiful face.

Hands down the hottest/prettiest rendered character I've ever seen. Lightning is OK looking, nowhere close to Carmilla. Bonus points for Lightning having the personality of a wet fart."

larsona again: "She's not fat at all really.

Her boobs are plump, and the bottom of her dress has a large girth, so it can give that false impression. She's actually quite curvy"

# ? Feb 22, 2015 09:49

RSCNyx: Mar 6, 2013; It's okay, little guy. I would be scared too.

Zain posted:

It might have taken too long to notice this, but holy poo poo they use the word evil a lot in these dialogs. Like there was 10 evils in that opening.

Well, you know, they're the LORDS OF SHADOW. It's important that we remember that "shadows" usually means evil things. That's what they teach at the Brotherhood.

Kacie posted:

Patrick Stewart works so hard to sell that last super cheesy line - that whole thing about "Olrox, meet Gabriel Belmont and his Vampire Killer!"

Might be the worst line yet he's had to read.

He's trying -really- hard. This script isn't great, and talent alone isn't gonna cover that up. Especially when the rest of the characters are emotionless robots, such as our favorite Gabriel Bot.

OldManMarsh posted:

At some parts this game actually has pretty alright ideas. Then fucks up the execution so badly it hurts.

That's what kills me. There's really good ideas! I just feel they could be done a lot better, given more time. Time seemed like the main issue, as it tends to be in AAA games. Also there's this.

# ? Feb 22, 2015 14:46

BMS: Mar 11, 2009; by FactsAreUseless

RSCNyx posted:

Jesus, the GameFAQ forums are a strange and weird place.

# ? Feb 22, 2015 20:49

Pizdec: Dec 10, 2012

Gamefaqs creep posted:

larsona: "I can't think of a hotter video game character. She is just a woman from my most sultry dreams.

Also, who else dies in such a hot way? Phallic object to the mouth man, can't beat that."

When I got to the scene this guy references, all I could think of was "Reeeeeaaaaalllly?! Who is this even FOR?!"

This is one of the more depressing "And know you know!" moments I've had lately. Thanks, BMS! :sigh:

# ? Feb 22, 2015 22:49

Neruz: Jul 23, 2012; A paragon of manliness

Pizdec posted:

When I got to the scene this guy references, all I could think of was "Reeeeeaaaaalllly?! Who is this even FOR?!"

If you look around the internet in certain areas you will find large quantities of pornographic imagery related to impaling and beheading women. I think this is some kind of horrific fetish because there seems to be a hell of a lot of people who get really turned on by the idea of a woman dying via phallic impalement :catstare:

I remember when GameFAQs was a really good place to go to find fairly high quality FAQs for almost every game on the market, dear god how they have fallen.

# ? Feb 23, 2015 03:17

Arcade Rabbit: Nov 11, 2013

Neruz posted:

I remember when GameFAQs was a really good place to go to find fairly high quality FAQs for almost every game on the market, dear god how they have fallen.

Its still good for that, you just have to make sure you're going for only that and don't stray from the line. Ever. But then, the same could be said for a lot of places online.

# ? Feb 24, 2015 12:52

BMS: Mar 11, 2009; by FactsAreUseless

Neruz posted:

If you look around the internet in certain areas you will find large quantities of pornographic imagery related to impaling and beheading women. I think this is some kind of horrific fetish because there seems to be a hell of a lot of people who get really turned on by the idea of a woman dying via phallic impalement

Well, the internet is filled with weird poo poo in general. Video games seem a bit more focused, but still attract the same amount of deranged groups/fetishes, only it's generally applied to VG characters instead of...well, actual people. Is this better? Is this SAFER? Social dilemma question of the thread: Are people that picture video game characters in weird phallic impalement fetishes any less creepfucks than those that picture them to real people? YOU be the judge! _{Don't do this, rather let's just agree that the GameFAQ forums are weird and creepy.}

Neruz posted:

I remember when GameFAQs was a really good place to go to find fairly high quality FAQs for almost every game on the market, dear god how they have fallen.

Arcade Rabbit posted:

Its still good for that, you just have to make sure you're going for only that and don't stray from the line. Ever. But then, the same could be said for a lot of places online.

Yeah, a lot of the FAQ's are still really well done and serve their purpose just right. Don't you dare go into the message boards or for the most part (just on a lesser scale), the review sections, or you'll be quickly shocked and awe'd.

# ? Feb 26, 2015 01:41

BMS: Mar 11, 2009; by FactsAreUseless

Update! :siren:

Chapter 8

The Dark Lord of the Vampires! Carmilla is trying to seduce Gabriel to her side, for what reason we can only guess, because like RSCNyx says, why the gently caress would she want someone like him on her side? THe fight isn't too bad, just dealing with her human form force lightning spam, and then her true form. Once we stab her through the heart with the Vampire Killer and break it off, we collect the Seraph Shoulders (double jump) and collect our second piece of the Go...OH HEY PAN, THANKS FOR POPPING OUT OF THAT MIRROR TO SAY HI.

We've got wings of our own now goat boy, so take your eagle form and piss off back to wherever please.

I'll try and upload the trailer for the game, now that we've made it far enough that it won't spoil MUCH for us! It only took us to Chapter 9 ! hahaha

# ? Mar 10, 2015 18:21

placid saviour: Apr 6, 2009

Wow, that was... that was something. :stonk:

There seems to be quite some lag between your commentary and the visuals, this episode. Loving the steadily rising amount of craziness in Lords of Shadow. I've been a huge fan of the Castlevania series since the SNES era, so this doesn't really register as a Castlevania for me. But holy poo poo am I enjoying the ride! Really hope you guys do LOS2 and the handheld one as well.

# ? Mar 10, 2015 19:28

RSCNyx: Mar 6, 2013; It's okay, little guy. I would be scared too.

I'd like to expand on this idea: Who would want to seduce Gabriel, period? What do women see in him?

I've seen Gabriel up close (multiple times). I've seen his face. I've seen his emotions. I've witnessed the true essence of Gabriel, and the only thing I can say is: "MOVE AWAY NOW!"

# ? Mar 10, 2015 20:10

Inferior: Oct 19, 2012

RSCNyx posted:

I'd like to expand on this idea: Who would want to seduce Gabriel, period? What do women see in him?

a) handsome face
b) nice hair
c) buff body
d) will go on psychotic revenge rampage across continent if you die
e) good career

# ? Mar 10, 2015 20:23

AnotherGamer: Jan 12, 2007; Please change my name to "The Guff Machine"

In case you don't remember to point it out, from this point onwards the cross in the loading screens also loses its stake since he broke it off on Carmilla's chest.

# ? Mar 10, 2015 20:45

Zain: Dec 6, 2009; It's only forever, not long at all

All I really want now is for Gabriel using the Holy Jump to chaos dunk a basketball into a hoop.

# ? Mar 10, 2015 20:51

Neruz: Jul 23, 2012; A paragon of manliness

It looks like the commentary is about 4 - 5 seconds late, I'm guessing that was an accidental sync mishap.

# ? Mar 11, 2015 01:58

BMS: Mar 11, 2009; by FactsAreUseless

placid saviour posted:

There seems to be quite some lag between your commentary and the visuals, this episode.

Neruz posted:

It looks like the commentary is about 4 - 5 seconds late, I'm guessing that was an accidental sync mishap.

I went back and watched the video again, and you're absolutely right. I ran into something similar in the last video for Chapter 7. I THINK it has something to do with ElGato doing something to the source file in some way. The source file will sometimes have a tad bit of desynch in it (happened twice now, Chapter 7, and now this video), but will play fine in ElGato itself. I have to cut parts of the audio and re-arrange it in Vegas at certain points to make it synch properly. The commentary track seems to be slightly delayed because of this. The catch is, is that with no editing, the raw video was desynched by approx. 2 seconds about half way through. After just purely rendering it in Vegas, with no editing, the desynch happens 5 minutes earlier, and is about 4 seconds. So I'm not sure what the hell is going on. :confused:

The only way I know for SURE to correct this, is to go back and re-record the entire video from scratch, and hope ElGato processes it correctly. If it's a huge deal I can always do a re-record of this video, which will take a bit of time, but if it needs to be done, it needs to be done if you guys think it's worth it.

Essentially, what I'm trying to say is that I am basically the Gabriel of LP Editing, and I need to just come out and admit that I actually use the ElGabriel to record my stuff. All is now explained. poo poo breaks randomly on me, and I'm oblivious to it until somebody points it out to me. So thanks thread, for being the Zobek to my Gabriel!

placid saviour posted:

Wow, that was... that was something.

Loving the steadily rising amount of craziness in Lords of Shadow. I've been a huge fan of the Castlevania series since the SNES era, so this doesn't really register as a Castlevania for me. But holy poo poo am I enjoying the ride! Really hope you guys do LOS2 and the handheld one as well.

Well of course it was something! It had Carmilla in it! And in case you've forgotten, she WAS voted the "Hottest Video Game Char Ever!", by GameFAQs!

But I'm with you man. I've been a fan of this series since the original, and I've played nearly all of the titles save for some of the more obscure ones, such as Rebirth, and Judgement, (although, IGA says that Judgement is a 3rd Person Adventure game that just happens to have fighting elements in it, :tinfoil:

, so maybe I should give it a try!). Love the CV series, and while LoS breaks the mold in a lot of aspects, _{it loving SHATTERS it}, I still enjoy tinkering around in it, and just watching how deep the rabbit hole really goes, and pondering if it was all intentionally done to be this way, or if the good people at MercurySteam were really taking this seriously.

Either way, I'm glad you're enjoying it! And yes, we plan on doing a run of both MoF and LoS2 afterwards, because I mean hell, we're a third of the way through the series now, why the hell not.

RSCNyx posted:

I've witnessed the true essence of Gabriel, and the only thing I can say is: "MOVE AWAY NOW!"

So, just how cozy ARE padded rooms?

Inferior posted:

a) handsome face
b) nice hair
c) buff body
d) will go on psychotic revenge rampage across continent if you die
e) good career

a) just wait until the epilogue
b) once again, epilogue
c) see above
d) true, on the surface, but wait for the big climactic reveal in the last stage to completely destroy this
e) he gets fired....kinda/sorta/maybe/MercurySteam never really makes it clear

AnotherGamer posted:

In case you don't remember to point it out, from this point onwards the cross in the loading screens also loses its stake since he broke it off on Carmilla's chest.

This is true! You see, it's little details like this that make me want to really, REALLY like this game, because that, while simple, is pretty spiffy. But man how could they gently caress up on most of the rest

Zain posted:

All I really want now is for Gabriel using the Holy Jump to chaos dunk a basketball into a hoop.

This is actually........somewhat possible. If the basketball were a lycan. (not bullshitting). I'll try and record a snip-it of this in action.

BMS fucked around with this message at 06:40 on Mar 11, 2015

# ? Mar 11, 2015 05:14

Neruz: Jul 23, 2012; A paragon of manliness

I don't know if you'd call what happens to Gabriel in the end being fired or being promoted, it's kind of a bit of both considering what happens with Patrick Stewart.

# ? Mar 11, 2015 07:13

chiasaur11: Oct 22, 2012

Neruz posted:

I don't know if you'd call what happens to Gabriel in the end being fired or being promoted, it's kind of a bit of both considering what happens with Patrick Stewart.

Does he do other stuff?

For example, does he go riding his bike in the park, when a policewoman says "Oi! You can't ride your bike on the grass!" so he goes "Oh no?" And her uniform falls off, and she goes "Ahh!" and she's trying to cover up, but he's seen everything anyway?

(I'd assume if he did the next scene would show him getting on his bike and riding off. On the grass.)

# ? Mar 11, 2015 07:39

Neruz: Jul 23, 2012; A paragon of manliness

chiasaur11 posted:

Does he do other stuff?

For example, does he go riding his bike in the park, when a policewoman says "Oi! You can't ride your bike on the grass!" so he goes "Oh no?" And her uniform falls off, and she goes "Ahh!" and she's trying to cover up, but he's seen everything anyway?

(I'd assume if he did the next scene would show him getting on his bike and riding off. On the grass.)

Just wait and see, there are two big 'reveals' in this game and both of them are actually surprisingly well foreshadowed and explain a bunch of previously strange things. They're one of the few parts of the story that is done competently.

# ? Mar 11, 2015 07:47

mkwong98: Feb 8, 2013

The last part of the fight looks like Gabriel is fishing.

# ? Mar 11, 2015 16:16

Zain: Dec 6, 2009; It's only forever, not long at all

BMS posted:

This is actually........somewhat possible. If the basketball were a lycan. (not bullshitting). I'll try and record a snip-it of this in action.

I hope it's glorious then!

# ? Mar 11, 2015 17:36

Ryushikaze: Mar 5, 2013

Neruz posted:

Just wait and see, there are two big 'reveals' in this game and both of them are actually surprisingly well foreshadowed and explain a bunch of previously strange things. They're one of the few parts of the story that is done competently.

I might go so far as to say they retroactively make the rest of the story a bit more competent, explaining a lot of the poo poo Gabriel does and why Carmilla wants someone like him in her court.

# ? Mar 12, 2015 01:19

BMS: Mar 11, 2009; by FactsAreUseless

So now that we're a full 9 chapters into the game, we can finally show the trailer without anything getting spoiled! (It still spoils a character, at least in name). But hey, enjoy the tantalizing teaser that plays when you boot up the game!

Trailer Without Commentary
Trailer With Commentary

So also, in regards to the last actual update. Leave it as is, or re-record it and upload it again with the commentary track synched better, which would you guys prefer?

Neruz posted:

Just wait and see, there are two big 'reveals' in this game and both of them are actually surprisingly well foreshadowed and explain a bunch of previously strange things. They're one of the few parts of the story that is done competently.

In a way it does, but in that same moment it makes me wonder why they kept the plot so disjointed up to that point for.....that.

Zain posted:

I hope it's glorious then!

Depending on what your definition of the word "glorious" is, it just may be! Watch out Magic Johnson!

# ? Mar 13, 2015 01:29

DeliciousCookie: Mar 4, 2011

Pretty sure Lords of Shadow was the most successful because it was not only on a major console, but also had some advertising and a lot of hype backing it up. I genuinely can't remember any of the Castlevanias prior having much in the way of advertising at all.

# ? Mar 13, 2015 09:02

Glazius: Jul 22, 2007; Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.; Clapping Larry

Goddammit, Pan! You could just have showed us the blood mirror spell and we'd have skipped that entire castle!

# ? Apr 2, 2015 17:09

FeyerbrandX: Oct 9, 2012

Sorry for the necromancy, but hopefully you're still alive to see IGA make everyone (myself included) go apeshit over a 2D game again.

Also, the madness isn't done here is it? We need a proper ending to that which you'v----

CHAPTER COMPLETE

# ? May 19, 2015 02:43

BMS: Mar 11, 2009; by FactsAreUseless

FeyerbrandX posted:

Also, the madness isn't done here is it? We need a proper ending to that which you'v----

CHAPTER COMPLETE

I need to update this.

Guys I'm terribly sorry for the long damned delay here. Have started a new job (Call center manager), and they've been shuffling me between 3 different centers across the state until we can get some more supervisors hired. So my time has been...limited to say the least.

ON THE OTHER HAND. RSCNyx and I have recorded up through Chapter..11 I believe, and I just need to throw them together and upload them, which I will try to do sometime this weekend! The Chapter isn't complete yet!

FeyerbrandX posted:

Sorry for the necromancy, but hopefully you're still alive to see IGA make everyone (myself included) go apeshit over a 2D game again.

What? I've been away for quite a bit...THIS I must hear about....because I'm going to play the hell out of it if it ever becomes a thing.

# ? May 28, 2015 03:22

FeyerbrandX: Oct 9, 2012

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iga/bloodstained-ritual-of-the-night

I can only describe it in short words. Holy loving poo poo. David Hayter. David loving Hayter.

# ? May 28, 2015 03:43

BMS: Mar 11, 2009; by FactsAreUseless

FeyerbrandX posted:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iga/bloodstained-ritual-of-the-night

I can only describe it in short words. Holy loving poo poo. David Hayter. David loving Hayter.

That looks...pretty snazzy. Yamane for the music as well, cool stuff. Will definitely be picking this up when it comes out. Looks like Igga doin' well.

But I do have one question from what I've seen on that Kickstarter page..............