Castlevania Lords of Shadow 2 thread

[ORDER_66]

Dont listen to the reviews... they're just mad the game aint a 2d game anymore. fukk em. they knew the way the game was heading ebver since they seen a taste at the old e3. not all the changes was bad.

 

[Crakface]

Reviewers are not fans of this genre of action. They want the game to be Dark Souls or 2nd Castlevania. Purist fukkboys. All they talk about what the game isnt instead of what they've got. What these white boys do these days is mention a another game they want a game to be like then give it a bad review hoping they can influence the dev team to make the next version based on their suggestion.

 

[Crakface]

Doing reviews after playing 6 hours of a game. White boys are embarrassing with their reviews.

 

[daze23]

Doing reviews after playing 6 hours of a game. White boys are embarrassing with their reviews.

he doesn't claim to do "reviews". they're more "first impressions"

 

[Crakface]

he doesn't claim to do "reviews". they're more "first impressions"

Perception is reality and the perception is this is a review. Lazy reviewer. Probably just does a quick gloss over a game so he can move onto the next one to fulfill obligations to get youtube hits. fakkit even disables comments.

 

[daze23]

Perception is reality and the perception is this is a review. Lazy reviewer. Probably just does a quick gloss over a game so he can move onto the next one to fulfill obligations to get youtube hits. fakkit even disables comments.

yeah, clearly he's lazy and in a hurry. that's why his vid is 40 minutes long

 

[Crakface]

yeah, clearly he's lazy and in a hurry. that's why his vid is 40 minutes long

For 6 hours of gameplay. Lame.

 

[QuintessentialBM]

Game is dope, but anti-climatic..... Good game in all but not like the ending LOS had.

 

[GetInTheTruck]

damn dudes is beating this shyt already? should I cop? I loved the first one and the light/dark power mechanic.

Dont wanna dop 60 bucks on some medicore shyt when that heat drops next month though...

 

[QuintessentialBM]

damn dudes is beating this shyt already? should I cop? I loved the first one and the light/dark power mechanic.

Dont wanna dop 60 bucks on some medicore shyt when that heat drops next month though...

If you're not a fan of the series, then I wouldn't advise you to drop bread on it. It's a good game if you like God of War hack and slash with puzzle type games. If you're curious about the game buy the original LOS game for the low to bring you up to speed. That is an epic game that is still worth 60.00 that you can get for cheap now. If you finish that game then the second game will make a little more sense. The only thing you'll miss is the DLC content that ties the first and second games together.

 

[Crakface]

Welp this series is officially dead now. Cacs gonna be like *wheres LOS 3*. Asians like You didnt buy it.

*buht buht we were trying to tell you how to make your game*

White Supremacy really ruins everything doesnt it.

 

[Crakface]

Wow, the reason this game is trash. An egotistical spaniard.

Well, I would like to shed some light over the development of this game... Working with Mercury Steam -and I would like to tell this anonymously- is about an everyday frustration. Here's to every guy that has experienced hell during the development of this game, but especially to those who have led this to the mess that Lords of Shadows 2 is:

- Kojima had little to nothing to do with the development of the first game, he came by, set a seal, visited the studio, signed some things and that was it. He had even less to do with Mirror of Fate and LoS2.

The vast majority of this team is aware that the game we've done is a real piece of shyt that has nothing to do with the first one's quality and production values... Nobody is surprised by the low reviews we've got.

- If there's someone to blame here, that's Enric Álvarez. He is the person who has led a broken development based on his personal criteria, completely overlooking programmers, designers and artists. Despite his nice look to the press, often considered as some sort of creative "visionary" in the looks of David Cage and Molyneux, this guy has serious problems. He is a mean and naughty guy, and since the "success Lords of Shadows 1" his ego has grown to the point of not even daring to say 'hello' when you meet him in the hallway.

His distrust to his own workers is enormous. Most of the development team often found out features of the game through press news, rather than from the studio's head - unbelievable. And there is no corporate culture here at all... this is just a handful of people working blindly and at the disposal of an alleged visionary.

- The studio's internal structure is archaic, still based on the old partners of the Scrapland days. I'll give you an example so you can see the full picture: the studio's signature engine (one with many flaws) was solely coded by two guys, one of them being a founder of the company and Enric's confident. Access for the new programmers to the source code to update or refurbish the engine is denied, so things are still done in a 10-year-old fashion.

- Many of the studio founders are people with zero abilities for running a studio. Often here newbie developers know more than their own bosses. This structure only leads to a slow, messy and absurd development process, with the end result of Lords of Shadows 2 being a perfect example of what happens due to that.

- Absolutely every design idea has to be monitored, taken away and mutilated by Enric Álvarez. Several game designers have grown tired of this and have abandoned the studio.

- The art direction for this project has been erratic and beheaded. After Enric dismissed every idea and core decission from our main art director for the previous projects, he decided to just leave. It was a battle of egos unleashed by Enric (something that he has carried over with since his times in Rebel Act). Our now former art director is still working in Madrid, now with the Tequila guys making RIME.

- Many others have just turned to other studios offers, sick of the situation here. Almost every month we see fellow devs packing up and getting out of here looking for a new job abroad -that's sad-. It's amazing how the biggest AAA game developer in Spain is not even willing to make its workers a counteroffer. This company does not think highly of its talented workers and their good work. There has never been any kind of salary bonus or anything that remotely resembles it. Not even a single "Good job team!" acknowledgement.

- The production management for this project has been terrible, way often the heads of each department dismissed every production deadline and imposed their own criteria. As a result, the development was delayed for six months, and that investment only came out of MercurySteam's pockets.

Many can't help comparing this situation to something similar that already happened in a company in which many of us worked: Pyro Studios (the team behind the Commandos saga). The QA department is treated like cattle, with shameful wages and almost everyday bullying.

- Expectations for our future are quite bad... with a publisher like Konami really upset after the mediocre game we've made.

- After completing Lords of Shadows 2 MercurySteam has fired 35 workers, and it's embarrasing that no website or journalist is talking about that. More firings are expected to come in the following days.

- And finally, because not everything is bad in here, I wanted to say that the real team behind this company is an incredible bunch of people. If all those guys who are not allowed to be promoted due to our Jurassic studio leads had the chance to set the course of the company, our future would be so bright. There's just so much passion and talent here, more than I've ever seen anywhere else, but it's completely held back. I really hope that those who read this understand what we've lived here. Someone has to say this so it is not lost in time after the game's launch.

Thank you for reading me.

 

[Kodie]

Wow, the reason this game is trash. An egotistical spaniard.


Thank you for reading me.

You quickly went from "reviewers are wrong they don't like action games" to "this game is trash"

 

[ORDER_66]

I'm playing the game, loving the story, exploring the castle elements. my only big fukking gripe is the stealth sneaking parts. is equally frustrating and was not needed in the game. I mean you have the prince of darkness when he's at full strength but cannot fight these guys in undestructible armor. these sneaking set pieces should not have been put in the game. Also they should have had a bat transformation for easier transportation in the game or use it as an offensive weapon...

 

[Crakface]

You quickly went from "reviewers are wrong they don't like action games" to "this game is trash"

Sensationalist language. I havnt even beat it. I fukked up and chose, restart mission because i went somewhere i didnt want to go, and THE fukkIN GAME TOOK ME BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF THE MISSION WITH ZERO UPGRADES>