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Here we have a trailer for Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia which seems to have a heavy emphasis on the powers the new heroine, Shanoa, will acquire in the game. And, as can be expected, we get to see her do battle with several very large boss enemies. Plus, she's kind of a fox.
I'm quite curious to see how this one pans out. Nick's impressions of it seemed largely positive, which is a good sign, and I'm very rarely disappointed by the 2D Castlevania titles. The idea of the glyphs, powers that can be applied to Shanoa's body with varying effects based on location, sounds really intruiging and could help to put a different spin on the familiar format.
Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia comes out in just under a month, on October 21st.
I'll be buying it, but I buy all of them. I'm wondering how long they can continue to put out these "Metroid-vania" games before the formula becomes stale and turns off gamers. Are any of you tired of 2D Castlevania games yet?
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6:47 PM on 09.26.2008
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Good stuff, way better than PoR.
And it's not just going through to play the alternate modes...I'll play them, and then go back to the start of the main game and play it through all over again.
God, I love these games.
Also, I like to take this comment to once again comment that SotN >>>>>> Super Metroid.
Of course, SoTN will always be greater the Super Metroid!
Well, to me.
I want this game to do many things and go very far in a lot of players minds, so lets hope the hype is deserving.
rawr
If other companies did that type of game and the market was flooded with them, then maybe, but at one metroid-vania game per year, I cant say I will ever get tired of it. Even if som are clearly better than others...
I want to touch Shanoa... with my stylus.
And, no, not tired of 2D CV. 2D is winrar.
sadly, I think Konami is going to work in three or four more less memorable characters before we get to see Julius end Drac once and for all.