And how do you know it is directed at it?  The interview doesn't make any mention of Castlevania whatsoever.  So there's your hint. 

Nope, you just chose to have yet an other unreasonable jab at a game you didn't even play. 

As far as the interview is concerned, I don't think the problem lies in how to approach the rendition of the game's look.  It has more to do with how those character archetypes look like.  More often than not, Japanese heroes are effeminate males, or some generic anime style characters that all look the same.  I know there's a market for that kind of "look", but most people prefer something a little more unique, or at the very least, bad ass.  That's from my personal observation at least, not my own personal taste (although I'm a bit sick of the effiminate anime looking characters found in JRPGs).

Well Lords of shadow does look much better, sound much better and cost probably 10 times as much to make. But take the flash and expensive production away and you are left with a game that is just as mediocre in gameplay.

Worst of all, it has nothing to do with Calstevania universe or any previous games, nor is the gameplay associated with the franchise. Titan fight in Castlevania? Really?

They should have made a full blown horror game, if they really wanted to make a "seriouz" castlevania game...otherwise they should have left the series doing what it does best. Parodying the B grade horror movies from the 40s and 50s with kickass combat, platforming and lots of over the top dialoge and music.

In any case...lets not go deeper in to the castlevania here and lets discuss the vauge comments that mrj Kojima made.

Hey they could have been trying to recapture the classic feel of Castlevania II (it was bad if you never played it) 

OT: Kojima is just wrong the best looking games both from the west and east are a mix of great art direction and a great world with nice effects. Look at Final Fantasy SNES, PS1 and PS2 era, open maps, nice lighting and effects (not SNES of course), and just a living world.  Uncharted 2 nice effects the world looks alive but boy do those hand drawn and artistic textures/models make the game look head and shoulders better than most games this gen.

If my PS3 wasn't frozen on 3.41 firmware, I'd love to show you how far I played...I played plenty to realize the game isn't fun for Castlevania fans.

People that like button mashing combat games with same set pieces can go nuts...

Keep following me aorund the boards, I will be bitching about how the game sucks for many months to come.

Oh I'm not following you around.  As difficult as it may be for you to realize this, the world doesn't revolve around you.  Don't give yourself so much credit, you're not worth much to me. ^_-

So now you talk in the name of all Castlevania fans.  I'm one such fans, played just about every single game in the series and strangely enough I liked Lords of Shadow just a tiny bit less than Symphony of the Night but more than Casltevania IV, my 2 favorite "classic" games in the franchise.   You may talk for yourself, but you certainly need to shut up when it comes to other fans of the series.  You're certainly not an authority on the matter.

Kojima did not crate Caslevania LOS he only helped with some advaice.  

I have absolutely no clue what Kojima is rambling on about; plus he's the de facto guy who lacks substance what with the metric tons of redundant dialog and cutscene set pieces that take away from the game instead of adding to it.

Hey disolitude. Cheer up mate. Read this: http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2010/10/castlevania-lords-of-shadow-feels-like-homework-not-a-game.ars :P

haha...that was some funny stuff. Thanks...