Can't wait

I want to know why Iga isn't at the helm. It's disquieting to me, he's since SOTN (as Asst. Director), and has produced most (all?) Castlevania games since. So I hope he's involved.

"I want to know why Iga isn't at the helm. It's disquieting to me, he's since SOTN (as Asst. Director), and has produced most (all?) Castlevania games since. So I hope he's involved."

His 2d games are great, but the 3d games made during his tenure were TERRIBLE!

My head exploded, awesome, so fucking awesome

I don't mind Kojima talking the helm, just to mix it up a little. I do worry about him taking it way out to left field and completely unraveling the story from all of the older titles. As long as they keep the common elements like the Belmonts and VK, then I am cool with them designing new enemies, boss, environments, etc.

YES!

After playing OoE, I think I'm done with Castlevania. All they every make me want to do is play Metroid, and I have a lot more fun with Metroid anyway.

I'm glad IGA is gone. That guy sucks at making games. He is great at making you a big sandbox to play in except he locks away portions of the sandbox for no real reason and also the sandbox is empty.

The only exception is Order of Ecclesia where he actually made it fun to play (possibly spurred by Nobuya Nakazato (director of several Contra games) rather than just fun to experience.

On another note, I saw a trailer on Youtube (I don't think it's the trailer mentioned in the post) and I like that the hero actually looks like a man again rather than the Final Fantasy Bishoshen boys the series has been using for the last couple installments.

Also glad to see the return of the whip. I'm not a fan of the games without that whip (except for OOE) since I always felt the mid-range of the combat was a staple of Castlevania and I like the whip as an original weapon for the series.

Finally, PATRICK STEWART IN A CASTLEVANIA GAME!! How did they get him!? With him we are guaranteed at least one good performance.

Actually, I just checked the other actors on Wikipedia and apparently they are all fantastic. Seems like Konami is really trying on the voice work for this one (It'll make me sad not to hear the classic bad acting/dialogue of SOTN).

@Garison

It got left behind.

Times change dude, a 2D Castlevania on the current consoles is just never gonna happen now matter how much you might want one. An arcade release maybe sorta like that Shadow whatever game that Epic announced but a full blown 60 dollar 2D Castlevania on the 360 or PS3? Never gonna happen.

I for one am looking forward to this cause Patrick Stewart is involved in some capacity.

This looks fucking incredible. I love it. . .

Kojima+Castlevania+Patrick Stewart=Recipe for Success.

I hope Patrick Stewart doesn't die in the first ten minutes of the game.

The gameplay in the trailer looks damn promising, plus you got Picard AND Bigby doing voice work? Hell yeah.

I'm still curious what this means for IGA and that game that was teased at TGS called Castlevania NEXT? did it get scrapped? did Konami hand over the reins to Kojima and leave IGA to work on handheld stuff?

Hmmm, very intriguing

Rich, open game world sounds fine. Considering Castlevania has been one of my favorite series' ever, I'm a little worried about "radical re-imagining".

IGA should stick to 2D Castlevania, those games you don't have to change a god damn thing and I'll still play them cus they're awesome.

Lord of Shadows though, looks like a 3D castlevania game I will buy for sure. Looks awesome.

I don't know, I still like the 2d gameplay of Castlevania.

Also, I'll strongly, STRONGLY second Lovemana23 - They need to take the soundtrack seriously, its such a key part of the experience and franchise.

And don't make the whole castle a ruin of old broken stone, it always has its mix of ruins and riches.

I liked the "Metroidvania" style SOTN and the GBA/DS titles, but one of my favorite series is Devil May Cry. If this game is a merger of the two, I think we'll have a new standard.