No CG cutscenes in Castlevania:LordOfShadow

Remember the debut trailer for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow? Impressive, right? You might be more impressed to learn that all the footage in that trailer were taken in-game. No CG cutscenes here, says producer David Cox.

"All cut scenes are done using the game's engine," said Cox on the game's official Twitter page. He further added, "Castlevania LOS is a CG free zone. Everything we have shown including the trailers is in game and rendered using the game engine. Official!"

Okay, Mercury Steam, color me impressed. Castlevania: Lords of Shadow will be released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 sometime this year. In the meantime, let's have a look at that E3 trailer again.

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I'm surprised...the e3 09 trailer looked GREAT and I was convinced that there was some CG scenes in there. Ofcourse we shouldn't get overhyped, but I think the game isn't getting enough attention. Kojima and his team is helping out so there is a bit of hope that it'll turn out great.

and the game gets better!

:lol:

That doesn't surprise me at all.
Kojima uses in game assets a lot in his games. In fact, I thought that would be the case with Kojima producing this game.

I really loved Castlevania Lament of Innocence, and I would think this will be in that same vein. Lament, SOTN, and Castlevania 2-3 are my tops in the series, but I own them all.

:o This game will be epic! And gorgeous!

good, i'm not a fan of cgi atleast this gen

:o This game will be epic! And gorgeous!

Phoenix534

Probably Kojima isnt letting them use CGI :P thats good seems this is going to be the best 3D Castlevania game till this day.

LOS looks awesome, I feel just as much excitement for this game as I do for GOW3.

I have been saying all along they are on the right track with this one. It had my attention the first time I ever saw it.

I cant freaking wait, looks amazing.

This is rapidly becoming a day one buy for me.

This is rapidly becoming a day one buy for me.

jimkabrhel

That doesn't surprise me at all.
Kojima uses in game assets a lot in his games. In fact, I thought that would be the case with Kojima producing this game.

SolidTy

Damn it!! Why did you have to beat me to it??? :evil:

But yeah, this.

Well, at least we know it will look good. Too bad it's a 3D castlevania game...

Well, at least we know it will look good. Too bad it's a 3D castlevania game...

goblaa

Have faith my good man, Kojima always delivers.

A dangerous gamble with a 3D Castlevania, I reckon... but have faith.

1 thing bothers me, how faithful this game is to the Castlevania universe. Its already been confirmed that candles and sub weapons are gone, if traditional Castlevania enemies dont make it aswell (Skeletons, Minataurs, Axe Armors) then Im going to be beyond dissapointed.

Man that looks awesome, im glad to see the action adventure genre making a great comeback .

So glad Castlevania is finally gonna get a proper console iteration. Kojima's influence is what will push this game into AAA territory.

1 thing bothers me, how faithful this game is to the Castlevania universe. Its already been confirmed that candles and sub weapons are gone, if traditional Castlevania enemies dont make it aswell (Skeletons, Minataurs, Axe Armors) then Im going to be beyond dissapointed.

Shirokishi_

Now that you mention this... I wonder if Kojima is even planning on having Dracula as the bad guy. That dude is so overused that Kojima could just dump him in the back alley.

I'm a fan of Castlevania but not really looking forward to this game as I have serious doubts it'll feel at all like a castlevania game in both story and gameplay.

1 thing bothers me, how faithful this game is to the Castlevania universe. Its already been confirmed that candles and sub weapons are gone, if traditional Castlevania enemies dont make it aswell (Skeletons, Minataurs, Axe Armors) then Im going to be beyond dissapointed.

Shirokishi_

Well I've read that Konami didn't even give it the castlevania name until after they showed the trailer and people liked it, which basically tells me it's different enough from Castlevania that you wouldn't know it was Castlevania without the name.

Plus (and I could be incorrect) I read the game takes place in the 1040's? Which would mean no Dracula, no vampire killer whip (maybe a generic whip but not THE whip).

Does the game use MGS4's engine? Looks to good to be true ლ ( ｡◕‿◕｡ლ )Couth_

I think people are giving Kojima too much credit for this. He's only the producer after all (not to mention that his studio aren't even the main development team) and he seems to have his hands full with Peace Walker and Rising. Most of the kudos should be going to Mercury.

I think people are giving Kojima too much credit for this. He's only the producer after all (not to mention that his studio aren't even the main development team) and he seems to have his hands full with Peace Walker and Rising. Most of the kudos should be going to Mercury.

Silent-Hal

I hope he doesn't have much to do with the game. I'm not a huge fan of Kojima as it is.

1 thing bothers me, how faithful this game is to the Castlevania universe. Its already been confirmed that candles and sub weapons are gone, if traditional Castlevania enemies dont make it aswell (Skeletons, Minataurs, Axe Armors) then Im going to be beyond dissapointed.

Shirokishi_

My hype for this game is 100x more then any GoW game could achieve. tbone802

Have you actually played a GoW game? Or are you just saying that because this game looks amazing and the first in the 3d series rather than GoW having three games. I think I'm like the only person who thought of this game while watching the god of war trailer that just recently came out thinking: wow, did the makers behind the Castlevania game make that all in-game too? While, it might not have the scale and brutality of God of War 3, it could pull off some amazing things in other areas in comparison. The only problem is that I don't know how skilled the developers are!

[QUOTE="tbone802"]My hype for this game is 100x more then any GoW game could achieve. mD-

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1 thing bothers me, how faithful this game is to the Castlevania universe. Its already been confirmed that candles and sub weapons are gone, if traditional Castlevania enemies dont make it aswell (Skeletons, Minataurs, Axe Armors) then Im going to be beyond dissapointed.

Sollet

With none of the normal Castlevania accoutrements, it could be similar to the NA Super Mario 2. Originally another game, with the name and main characters slapped on it.

so theyll all be live action then?

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1 thing bothers me, how faithful this game is to the Castlevania universe. Its already been confirmed that candles and sub weapons are gone, if traditional Castlevania enemies dont make it aswell (Skeletons, Minataurs, Axe Armors) then Im going to be beyond dissapointed.

Pixel-Pirate

Well I've read that Konami didn't even give it the castlevania name until after they showed the trailer and people liked it, which basically tells me it's different enough from Castlevania that you wouldn't know it was Castlevania without the name.

Plus (and I could be incorrect) I read the game takes place in the 1040's? Which would mean no Dracula, no vampire killer whip (maybe a generic whip but not THE whip).

If this game was infact just given the Castlevania nam simply because of the reception and similar theme then I can totally accept what it has and lacks. Its not like its one of Igas projects anyway, looks great either way.

*yawn* It looks so dull....

A Castlevania game hyping its graphics? What hasn't this generation corrupted? When I played Castlevania on the PS1 it wasn't about the graphics, it had no issue being a 2D side scroller on a platform with 3D games.

A high focus on graphics means they won't be able to produce as much content.

The reason is because the 360 would have to be 2 Dvd if had CG.

Having no CG is not a plus.

The reason is because the 360 would have to be 2 Dvd if had CG.

Having no CG is not a plus.

ropumar

I hate CG, nothing more immersion breaking that suddenly being ripped out of the game to watch a pre-rendered video. I particularly hate bink video, if you are going to use in game graphics for the love of God; don't use 720p with no AA.

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1 thing bothers me, how faithful this game is to the Castlevania universe. Its already been confirmed that candles and sub weapons are gone, if traditional Castlevania enemies dont make it aswell (Skeletons, Minataurs, Axe Armors) then Im going to be beyond dissapointed.

Shirokishi_

Well I've read that Konami didn't even give it the castlevania name until after they showed the trailer and people liked it, which basically tells me it's different enough from Castlevania that you wouldn't know it was Castlevania without the name.

Plus (and I could be incorrect) I read the game takes place in the 1040's? Which would mean no Dracula, no vampire killer whip (maybe a generic whip but not THE whip).

If this game was infact just given the Castlevania nam simply because of the reception and similar theme then I can totally accept what it has and lacks. Its not like its one of Igas projects anyway, looks great either way.

Basically what I have heard is that Konami was worried to put the castlevania name on the game because of Judgements luke warm reception, so they introduced it as just Lord of Shadows and then added the castlevania name after everyone seemed to like it. I could be wrong, that's just what I heard.

I also really don't know what it can have to do with the series because it takes place before Lament of Innocence and before Dracula came to be, or the vampire killer whip was forged.

A Castlevania game hyping its graphics? What hasn't this generation corrupted? When I played Castlevania on the PS1 it wasn't about the graphics, it had no issue being a 2D side scroller on a platform with 3D games.

A high focus on graphics means they won't be able to produce as much content.

AnnoyedDragon

At the very least the castlevania series seems untouched by graphics on the portables. The only place you can make a 2D sidescroller and not get laughed at, basically.