Ummmmm. Harmony of Despair won't be on any discs. It's an xbox live game. Also, it will certainly be better than Lords of Shadow, because we all know that 3d castlevania games suck.
JonSnow777
Past 3D games for the series have been unsuccessful, this much is true. But that doesn't necessarily condemn all future projects to failure. All it takes is a developer to learn from the past mistakes of itself or others, and to apply that towards improving the process.
And the trailers of this game show much promise of being the first Castlevania game to do 3D right, by simply making it a 3D adaption of the 2D gameplay. I don't mean it'll simply be 3D graphics in a 2D side scrolling formula, just that it expands what the old games did into a 3D space, with how it evolves the whip combat, the massive boss battles, and the exploration of huge environments that are like the 2D castles but brought to life in gorgeous fully dimensional architecture which can immerse the players in the setting in ways the 2D games never could, and of course the evolved platforming and puzzle solving in a 3D space.
Make no mistake, this is the old school castlevania gameplay with all the trademarks you expect, but done in a new visual pallette, and enhanced with the high production cinematics and voice talent. I still stand by what I said earlier, this game looks to overtake Super Castlevania and yes, even Symphony of the Night. Oh yeah, I did go there :P
And as for the disc issue, I never had problems switching discs on the PS1, I won't have any problems doing so here. I mean it's probably only going to happen once during a chapter transition, and then you're just playing the continuation of the story progression from there. Plus as pointed out, mandatory installs is simply a substitute for disc switching, so it's an advantage that's negated.
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