MercurySteam(devs behind Castlevania: Lords of Shadow) Has Been Working On A Metroid Game For Wii U And 3DS

[MikeRox]

DivinePaladin said:

MikeRox said:

So 80-85 on every format is a bad meta now? Wow.

I'd say your opinion is out of line with general consensus on this one.

The question is whether he thinks it's a bad game or a bad Castlevania game. Because it wasn't exactly Castlevania. If it's the latter, in the same breath I can argue that neither was SotN, which is what most people who hate LoS consider the "true" Castlevania. 

Indeed, SotN was a Metroid knock off shoe-horned into the CastleVania asthetic. Didn't stop it being a fantastic game in it's own right. But from people expecting a tradition action platformer it was a huge shock.

Personally I really enjoyed Lords of Shadow. Most other people also enjoyed it. Guess it's just hipster to overly bash it to sound cool.

I'm not really sure what a "CastleVania" game actually is as a game type. I mean the second was completely different to the first one. Then we got a couple of straight forward action platformers. Then it started branching out with Rondo of Blood on PC Engine, but then Dracula X was a port of that to SNES that went back to the more traditional set up. Then it copied Metroid. Then it became more like God of War with RPG elements and Metroid exploration on the 6th generation titles. Then closer to God of War as a more action oriented game.

It's a pretty fluid "game" as far as mechanics go though, always has been.