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Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow DLC Dated

"Reverie" set to appear later this month and will segue into the next DLC.

It’s been a long time since our last news bit on Castlevania: Lords of Shadow and its impending DLC releases, so here’s a refresher. Back in 2010, Konami promised that two additional content packs would hit the game in 2011. “Reverie,” the first pack, will have you returning to the game’s world as Gabriel in an attempt to aid a vampire handmaiden named Laura. The other pack, “Resurrection,” perhaps the bigger and more meaningful of the two, takes place following the events of the original game and features a “showdown with a very notorious enemy.” The latter pack still hasn’t been dated, but the former? Oh, it’s got a date: March 30, 2011 in Europe and “near that date” (via Joystiq) elsewhere.  
 

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The cost is familiar. Reverie will debut at 800 MSP on Xbox Live and for $10 on the PSN Store. What’s unusual is its connection to the next DLC. According to Konami, this DLC will “segue into the next DLC pack’s stunning conclusion...” That means you don’t want to miss it, right? 

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow hit the Xbox 360 and PS3 back in October 2010. Here’s ye olde Quick Look in case you’re wondering what the game is all about:        

 

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Edited By master_prophet

Yeah, pretty sad that Konami has really dropped the ball on this one.

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Edited By Xealot42

I just remembered that this DLC never came out.  I guess it was delayed (again).

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@AstroCow: My work is done.
 
edit: Props for editing out "you're an idiot".
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@CptBedlam: I'm finished debating this.
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@AstroCow: It looks the same if not even better on PS3.
 
 http://www.lensoftruth.com/head2head/verdictps3/head2head-castlevania-lords-of-shadow/2/
 http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-castlevania-lords-of-shadow-face-off#
 
These are the two most trustworthy and prolific game tech comparison and analysis sites on the net and no word of overly bad jaggies on the ps3 in either of the comparisons. You just want to hate.
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@CptBedlam: Those XBOX screen shots look decent. However, as mentioned, I played it on PS3 where it had more jaggies than I could deal with. Not to mention, while I'm not a sandbox gamer, I do like to at least be able to fully control the camera angles. It bugged me in the God of War series, it bugged me on Castlevania. The PS3 is great with graphics on their exclusives (God of War 3, Uncharted series, LBP, MGS4). However, the multi-platform releases like Castlevania and even Enslaved look very jagged and washed out to me. I need a heavy dose of anti alias, so that's why most of my gaming is done on a PC rig with an Xbox controller. But for the exclusives (like previously mentioned), I'll purchase and play on the PS3.
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@AstroCow:  I only questioned your remark about the graphics which was just plain wrong.
 
 http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/111/1114474/castlevania-lords-of-shadow-20100819104435529.jpg
 http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/111/1114474/castlevania-lords-of-shadow-20100819104424154.jpg 

 ... and this doesn't even show the many great setpieces of the later game. The various castles, interior and exterior, look just gorgeous.
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@CptBedlam: You know, I'm really trying to take the high road with you, but you're making it incredibly difficult to do so. The game wasn't for me. Period. Accept it. Move on. 
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@AstroCow: You barely played the game so you are not in a position to judge. This game looks gorgeous. Period.
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@CptBedlam: I completely and wholeheartedly disagree. But to each his own.
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@AstroCow: The graphics of the game are awesome and in many places even surpass God of War 3. Unfortunately you'd only know that if you played beyond the first two levels.
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@CptBedlam: I think it was a combo of things that I couldn't get past. The lack of camera control and god awful graphics (PS3). 
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@Sin4profit: I gotta agree with you.  One of those things where it's extra good because it's extra wrong lol...
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Lords of Shadow is a decent game, but not impressive enough to really want to go back to it.

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@CptBedlam: Own it still, want it? Be happy to mail it to you. Played through it on my friends 360, presume much? Ass.
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@Clenchmask said:
"This game was about as interesting as sex with an ex-girlfriend, yeah it's alright in the heat of the moment, but it is never good. "
wait, what? ex-girlfriend sex is the best! you either get the "see what your missing" performance or you don't give a shit that yer knee is holding down her hair and do whatever ya want...this comparison seems factually inaccurate to me.
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Edited By soupbones

One of my favs last year - tho i'll have to re-buy it for the DLC.

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@AstroCow: Then you haven't seen the game. The first 3 chapters are kinda lame, after that it picks up and feels really like Castlevania - even more so than the last few DS titles.
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Can't wait for this to come out. Been sitting on my copy since I beat it a few weeks after launch.
Will probably play through it again on the harder difficulty setting.

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@steevl:  
 
I agree.  that game is 20 hours long. 
 
2 hours in, is just scratching the surface.
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Most disappointing title I've played since K&L 2. Traded it in after 2 hours of gameplay.

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It really is a shame that the game starts off kind of slow. I can understand why people don't give it a chance. It really does pick up about 2 chapters in,. I liked the game a lot and am looking forward to the DLC.

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@CptBedlam said:
" @Clenchmask: Looking at your achievements you idiot played about 5 mins of the game so stop calling people who liked the game mentally retarded. Claiming that sh*t just makes you look mentally ill. "
hahahhahahah get destroyed!
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@Clenchmask: Looking at your achievements you idiot played about 5 mins of the game so stop calling people who liked the game mentally retarded. Claiming that sh*t just makes you look mentally ill.
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I loved the game and I'll sure get this. It felt way more Castlevania-ish than the last few DS additions to the series (too much Anime in my Castlevania).
 
It's kinda hilarious how many people on GB hate the game ... it's of course - like many other times - mostly because the crew didn't like it and crapped on it in the QL. Just sad how many users are up the crew's *ss.
 
To the people who are on the fence about the game: Buy it (it's cheap now) and don't let the first 3 levels fool you - this game is pure Castlevania after that.

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I bought it for $20 new a couple months ago and haven't gotten to play much yet. :(
I just got too many games but I really want to get back to this and get the DLC

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Oh look fuckin spammers excellent.

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I wasn't a fan of the game at first but after beating the first main boss the game picked up for me. Some of the things they do in this game is flapping crazy.

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@StarvingGamer said:
" I should finish this game. "
I should buy this game.
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I should finish this game.

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Hell, I don't even know if I want to finish the base game itself.  It's so goddamn boring and un-Castlevania in the beginning that I just don't feel like dragging my sorry ass through all of it to get to the parts that are supposedly awesome.  I mean, seriously...what the FUCK is a druidic type doing in my Castlevania game?! 
 
Plus...the story totally wreaks of Kojima.  I fucking hate Kojima.

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I actually bought the thing and quit halfway through because of that forced camera perspective BS.  Never again.

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I enjoyed Lords of Shadow.  I'll probably pick up this DLC.    

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yes! i have been waiting for more news on this for awhile!
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@OllyOxenFree said:
" Haters gonna hate. I liked Lords of Shadow!  Can't wait for the DLC! "
Hey, same here.  It wasn't a great game but not a bad one either.
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One of my favorite games last year. Looking forward to these.

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@OllyOxenFree: " Haters gonna hate. I liked Lords of Shadow! " 
 
Seconded.
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I heard a bunch of negative stuff about this game around release. Yet, the more I hear from the people that liked it the more I wanna buy it. I like lengthy games so that helps.

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There goes my S rank...

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I'm really pumped for this DLC, really enjoyed Castlevania: LoS.

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after 5 min with the demo i almost did  fall asleep

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While I'm greatly anticipating this, I want the Resurrection DLC with the force of 1000 suns. 
 
 
Edit: Fixing my inability to spell.

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Here is my guess on how this first DLC will segue into the next DLC as well as how it's connected with the ending of the game itself: 


Either way I'm really interested to see where they'll take it from here. And I hope a sequel will let them adress a few of the complaints I had with the first game, so long as they recognize them as actual issues, which I'm not convinced of.
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Loved the game.  Gonna be picking up both DLC packs eventually.

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Didn't like the main game, so I doubt the DLC is going to change my mind.  Interview with the vampire can be wasted on someone else.

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@Bwast said:
" @isles said:
" isn't it a bit too soon for dlc for this? "
Too soon? It came out Oct. 5th last year. "
.... 
 
wow.
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I'm a hater --  well, more like a very disappointed dude. 
I was hoping the DLC would do something like "now you can move the camera!!!" but no. Again, disappointed. 
 
Also I would pay 10 bucks to be able move my Castlevania camera with the right analog stick.

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@isles said:
" isn't it a bit too soon for dlc for this? "
Too soon? It came out Oct. 5th last year.
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isn't it a bit too soon for dlc for this?

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Nice, Lords of Shadow was awesome. 
Just add it to my tab, PSN. I'm spending so much money on you this months its not even funny.