FUNKe Study : Castlevania Lords of Shadow
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- Curious what a 3D metroidvania would look like? I still am! Anyway, here's Devil May Cry 3.
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a few words for description checkers:
This is a much more 'conventionally structured' review than I normally do, I just wanted to give this video a different approach from my usual concise style (the whole point of funke studies and f2nke is to let me stretch my legs/experiment with scripted videos). Hopefully it doesn't come off as too unfocused because of that. I understand some people think these should just go on the main channel, and to some degree I concur but as of right now i'm most comfortable rolling these out here while I figure out how I want to structure them and whether I want to move the series later.
Usually I end up making reviews for stuff after I stream them, but this was just a game I played on my own time offline. Streaming random niche stuff like this isn't as much fun for me, since I get anxious about chat inactivity; so generally don't assume there's an archive on the vods channel unless it's the sort of game i'd play live. If people would like me to stream more niche stuff, let me know. bit.ly/funkevods
The lack of music in this video was by choice; copyright laws aside I felt backing the script (especially a longer one like this) with music would be a little cliche review-wise so hopefully I articulated things well enough you didn't need auditory keys to be jingled to maintain attention. Also I kinda just wanted to be done so I can go play doom eternal. thanks - เกม
I'm loving these videos. The Funke Study on World of Horror inspired me to make a horror themed DND game. These videos are amazingly made and incredibly fun and educational to watch. Keep it up!
Spooks :D
Deadass why aren’t these on the main channel
BRO tell me about this campaign cuz i'm trying to do some horror shit in my homebrews
@@jemmykanga2311 Oh, well I just suggest reading horror books. That's what I'm doing. I'm still in the process of writing the story, but focus on atmosphere and what makes things inherently scary. It also depends what you're kind of trying to make the horror like. So like, Lovecraftian and Gothic. Two genres that blend really well.
What type of genre or themes do you wanna put it?
@@pinkmann8399 BTW the reason why this isnt on the main channel is because these type of videos apparently takes up less time and the main channel is top tier editing.
Funke is officially moving to his second channel.
never thought id see the day
The 2nd channel is less risky and lets him be more creative and do what he wants.
I think i donno
Sean Kang pretty much
much like Vsauce
@@rapid7939 When this channel gets popular he'll move to a third channel.
2 funke studies in less than a month of each other? You’re spoiling me
"We might have a Lords of Shadow trilogy right now."
I guess we're ignoring the other two, then. Okay.
bit of a joke because the second is criticized and the other one isnt really a LoS outside of namesake it looked like
You mean, the other two terrible and forgettable games, right?
@@F2NKe Mirror of Fate has a lot plot-wise to do with the other 2 LoS games though. So if you care about the terrible lore these reboots have you would have to play that game too lol.
@Gopher The Gopher Sure thing, kiddo.
@Gopher The Gopher I sold my farts? Interesting.
"are you studying?"
yes'nt
15:30
The light shafts shining from the window point directly towards that chandelier. I don't blame you.
Metabloxer that and the railing towards the chandelier is absent there
It would honestly be a waste not to play the DLC. I thought it was the highlight of the game and was actually angry it wasn't part of the main game. It helps bridge the gap between the sequel.
agreed. The final boss haunts me to this day 😪
@@will5739 jesus christ we do not speak of that boss
18:16 a vampire-like creature gets impaled in the stomach
Dio: THAT'S RELATABLE!
The dlc does connect the 2 games and it actually reveals a very important thing.
18:11 ever since sonic went live action he was never the same
Maybe the dude with an axe in his back wrote that way before he died, think he would have mentioned the axe in the text otherwise
So many people say Castlevania should take after Bloodborne but I think that's only because of the theme Bloodborne has is similar.
For gameplay, Castlevania should look to Sekiro. Single weapon, so we can focus just on the whip and it's complexity. Sub weapons, literally have been in Castlevania from the start and Sekiro dies them perfectly in 3D. Mobility, I WILL SWING WITH MY WHIP AGAIN ONE DAY GOD DAMN IT.
What it should do better than either Sekiro or Bloodborne: higher variety of mook enemies, both in design and fighting tactics, as well as making them more deadly. Castlevania is notorious for its huge bestiary, and I want every game to try and live up to that. Platforming, Sekiro is close, but it's mobility is better for combat and getting around, not for jumping challenges, just imo.
That depends on the main character honestly, if it’s a Belmont then Sekiro’s singular weapon stuff works great. However if it’s literally anyone else would play around switching weapons constantly
@@bomblessdodongo3093 like a 3D Symphony of The Night, Alucard would always be best with a large variety of weapons and customizability.
@@xXLunatikxXlul Yeah exactly, I think a weapon variety more akin to DS1 would work best
Considering the upgrade mechanics, I wouldn't really consider _Bloodborne_ to have more than whatever weapon you start with. The rest of the weapons you find are spread out a fair amount, and the materials to upgrade them tends to make them not worth changing until you get towards the end of the game or on to NG+. Granted _Sekiro_ doesn't even offer an illusion of weapon choice, but let's not fool ourselves into thinking that _Castlevania_ only ever sticks to a single weapon, there certainly are some titles which limit things to the whip, but later titles introduced a variety of weapons types, along with upgrades/replacements for most of them and some with fairly unique passive effects. Not at all dissimilar to _Dark Souls_ whereas _Bloodborne_ only had a single weapon of any type which had to be physically upgraded.
Overall, _Lords of Shadow_ was a perfectly fine _Castlevania_ themed _God of War_ title that could have been much better if designed to lean into more of an open world, as widely known with the "Metroidvania" genre. There were a few minor points of the game that played into this, but the level select process made if feel far less organic to use a newly found ability in a previous area in order to reach a previously unreachable item.
@@ArtumTsumia it's very easy to start using a new weapon in bloodborne, especially since blood gems matter more than upgrades and those can be swapped at will. And if they're bringing back Castlevania they should focus on making an amazing map and monsters and not weapons or extraneous gameplay elements, which is why Sekiro is a better game to learn on.
Hey Funke!
As a long time Castlevania fan I can assure you, this game has absolutely NOTHING to do with Castlevania.
If you want to play a real 3D Castlevania game, I’d recommend Lament of Innocence & Curse of Darkness
Ehh, it's a good game but I'd give half points to curse if darkness. Very much Castlevania in style and story, not much in gameplay imo. Then again it's been a long ass time since I've played it.
Nothing to do with Castlevania, but it's still good fun in its own right.
CoD is one of my favorite games of all time, it’s also stupid as hell. ISSSSAAAAAAAAAAAC HECCCCTOOOOOOOR
Oh God not those
No. Lament sucked. Boring game. Lame protagonist (especially for a guy thats supposed to be the Belmonts progenitor).
CoD doesn't give you a Belmont to play with, and its a shameless Igavania panderer, but its 10 times more enjoyable
If you want to experience the only TRUE 3Dvania, you're gonna have to dig out the N64 games. Technically limited as they were, they are the only games to date that got the classic Cv formula right in 3D.
I love this game. The second one is ok and the third one goes back to 2D is a pretty good game as well.
DUDE, trust me, you are going to want to play the DLC. Konami pulled an Asura's Wrath and hid the TRUE ending behind a pay wall, which sucks since LoS2 follows up on said TRUE ending.
Finally, an in-depth LoS video that focuses on ~both~ good and bad, instead of just throwing a "this isn't like a mainline Castlevania ree" tantrum.
...and yes, also guilty of nerding out about littlest details like animations and sweeping camera pans. These give me life. A very brief one, but still.
Actualy the post game dlc was something that I really enjoyed and made me feel like I fully mastered this game.
Hey funke, i actually enjoyed the lack of background music. I didnt even notice it wasnt there until i read the description
yo you should totally play the DLC, it's the highlight of the game's story and is something that got me REALLY interested in the lore.
Also the final boss is an absolute pain in the goddamn ass I went through him SO MANY TIMES before I could manage to beat him
I thought this was for “when you’re bored with 3-8 minutes to kill” not 22 minutes
This was a pleasant change of pace. Loved how you went into the camera work and framing devices just as much as you did the combat. I hope you make more like this in the future. Keep up the good work and don't falter.
Love your FUNKe study videos! They're genuinely interesting to watch. Can't believe you gave the anime a 10/10
The editing on these videos are amazing, keep up the good work justyn!
Honestly, you're probly the best analysis video maker on TH-cam. You don't spend too much time on any given point, you show more than you tell, your transitions and flow is superb, and you have an innate sense of humor that breaks up the serious discussions. Fuckin' props, dude, you clearly spend a lot of time and effort on these, and I appreciate every one you make.
I love your content alot, it's well written and edited and I can tell you really care about what you're talking about in your videos. Heck, your jojo video got me to watch the show.
Keep up the good work funke
this was a fun game, frustrating at times, my favourite part is the frankenstein robot parts. very clever.
These are great videos, very well made, funny, and interesting.
That said I think FUNKe Study would be a better fit for your main channel, seeing as how you seem to put these out *somewhat* consistently, and put so much effort into them.
Ur channel randomly popped into my recommended by ur study series. U earned a sub and i def would love to see more study vids
I adore these videos, can't wait to see what other obscure games you will pull up!
God I love these videos. Long analyses of video games bring great joy to my otherwise meaningless life, wandering the plains of existence in search of reason behind my endless torment of being alive. Keep up the good work!
Please keep making videos FUNKe they seriously make my day.
This feels like a sparknotes playthrough of the game and i love it.
i love these funk studys so much dude, i hope u make more of then
Amazing video as always, and I just rediscovered your channel today, too!
about the camera movements: the weird camera angles are the Konami Classic. Silent Hill loves it, and I don't doubt Kojima had some sort of hand in that lmao
I actually had just finished watching the Netflix series with my friends, watched some LoS2 gameplay that was hype, and then you dropped this FUNKe.
Funke study is the only entertainment I have in quarantine, more pls
Man I was hoping someone did a video on this game thanks funke
Awesome, just started this game on PS Now and I'm amazed at how little it is brought up. This game has some incredible scenery and art direction. And plays wonderfully.
I like how he shows clips of himself dying every time an enemy's attack doesn't come close to connecting after he tries to compliment the combat mechanics.
Thanks for this vid, I loved the DS castlevania games and had heard all sorts of things about the lord of shadow games; but never wanted to try them myself. Thanks for pre-congesting content for me so that I may *consume* with minimal input
I downloaded lords of shadow 2 for free, being a huge fan of the series I was kinda skeptical going into it. It wasn’t all that fun and crashed an hour in.
Pajamapants Jack i see you everywhere
I played the second one without the first one too. It felt like I was constantly switching between a legitimately decent game and one of the worst games I've ever played.
Aight but who tf asked?
@@fv2977 The part with Agreas was fucking torture. I'm going through a second playthrough and I'm legitimately wondering if I will just quit there.
@@twinzzlers hey are you still struggling? I hope I can help a bit: Don't pay attention to the red lanterns. They're a red herring and not needed to sneak past agreus. Agreus cant see you if youre in mist form. And he can't charge and kill you either if you're in mist form. Use that knowledge to your advantage.
That double twist villain ending sounds exactly like something Terrible Writing Advice would put in his sponsorship bits.
Another FUNKe video?? Finally something to watch under lockdown
Yo Funke I funkin' love FUNKe Study it's so funkey. I am Huge Funketeer and welp I just want to you to know I love your music and your videos your editing is funkey as all funk am just glad your back man keep up the Funkey work.
Although I know the game has its faults, this has gotta be one of my favorite titles ever. The combat is so fucking satisfying, the visuals are breathtaking to this day and the campaign is lengthy and diverse.
EDIT: Shit dude, you didn't mention the "true" ending with Dracula. That's one of the best moments in the game lol
Finally, I can say that I'm keeping up with my studies.
_Lords of Shadows_ is one of those titles, like _Resident Evil 6_ or _Final Fantasy XIII_ where they make for relatively terrible entries into their franchise but are actually pretty solid games if you can separate them from expectations. There are more than a few parts of this game where I had a complete blast, and scenes like that castle approach still stand out in my mind along side the Anor Londo reveal. It's just a strikingly well done set piece that does so much right.
22:40 that’s the reference to his video class of 3000 I knew it was a good idea to watch that
We need FUNKe to make videos more regularly. Specifically some funny videos, because I love your jokes.
iv had this game in my steam library for so long, this review made me install it.
You monster
7:03 really got me because i'm literally farming nightfalls in D2 while watching this video and have been playing only this game for the last month
The DLCs are story based and are a prologue to Lords of Shadow 2, I would explain but dont want to spoil it. Watch them on TH-cam if you can. It helps with the story of Lords of Shadow 2.
I would've liked to hear his opinion on the Resurrection boss fight, but I also can see it being frustrating to get through. I had fun with it after I finally died a ton of times and learned the pattern and turned the tide, but it took a couple of hours to get there (on Paladin).
We got Music, Games, Animations, homour. Literally everything I love. My new fav TH-camr EVER!
Man gotta love those Funke videos
Hey Funke happy to see you again : )
Love you mann
2 F2NKe videos in a year? What's happening FUNKe?
Jokes aside, I heard that you had some issues about coming back and I want to tell you that I'm so stoked about seeing new content from you again, no matter the topic
I lowkey want a 999 / virtue's last reward FUNKe study now.
as someone who lives in Rochester I came my pants when you said Kodak Camera like we still have some shred of relevance
I know this is an older video and it may have been said already but in lords of shadow mirror of fate it states that the knights of the brotherhood carry magic scrolls that records their last thoughts just in case another brotherhood knight finds it. That way they can help even after death.
The second one fits more in line with dracula in general and I never looked at it critically but it was fun and made sense
And now we wait for the sequel
Informative entertaining and engaging as always!
This whole last 'Mastermind' plottwist bit in the end, reminded me of that one Vine 'professor layton and the eternal diva in a nutshell' by ProZD
I didn't play other Castlevania games, but I played this at its release 6-ish years ago and loved it. It was one of my first experience with hack n slash and made me fond of the genre.
Last week I bought it from a sale on steam to check how well it aged and I must say it exceeded my expectations. It's still a beautiful game and still fun, even with those cons you pointed that I completely agree with.
When I played this like 5 years ago I got stuck on the last colossus, I think because of a bug and never finished the game. I can't believe I was that close to the end and didn't know it. Great video btw I'm glad I didn't skip over it.
Watching this awakened my memory of the Dante's Inferno game. which I forgot existed but always looked really cool.
It’s odd to me how I’ll probably never play this game or World of Horror simply because they aren’t my cup of tea, but hearing you talk about them is incredibly interesting and entertaining. Good stuff man.
These videos are quality. They are well put together and thought out completely. Why are they on Funke’s main page? Why on Ftwonke
I can see why they would consider the DLC a mistake but it also somewhat explains or fills a slight part of the massive gap between the end of the satan boss fight and the very ending cutscene which is the beginning of the 2nd game
WARNING LONG AF TEXT BELOW DON'T COMPLAIN ABOUT IT'S SIZE I HAVE MANY POINTS.
the Titan Graveyard is like that for a reason, and if you had read the logs barely to no man has had reached that far and they knew that it would need sacrifice to go further.
that place is pure despair and loneliness to show even better what the character will feel and or is already feeling after reaching the end of that level, from there through out it will only be a journey of pure revenge and loneliness instead of one where there is an happy ending.
the ENTIRETY of the end game art and world/level building is based on Zdislav Beksinski art, just 1 glimpse on his art and you get why of that, you are a lonely person walking on the valley of death itself there's no one else in sight and whatever you find has long been corrupted or had been reanimated without their consent nor will, and what do you hear when you get close to them? yes screams of pain.(see the final "zombie" enemy in the game, in the codex itself it says that they were forcefully smashed together by necromancers and not in a right way, some even has 2 heads or 5 arms, they do barely to no damage to you and their atk animation is pitiful it shows that they are suffering and weak).
i agree with many points of this video, and this video was the reason why i even cared on trying to play the first game for the first time ever on my pc, i endured the shitty hitboxes, the shitty balancing on hard. and the horrible animations windups.
and the sheer despair of the final "world" or location you travel through shows how much your char has suffered and now he wants nothing but death to finally end his journey.
yes the game is a GoW clone but a great one on that, i haven't seen as much variety of locations from a 360 gen title that wasn't an exclusive since ever. and even on the file size of the game it shows that (15gb on ultimate edition on pc, meanwhile the second game weights literal 7) it has a *LOT* of props and different locations for another GoW clone the devs put their soul on the game and the concept art inclusion shows such a thing for both games, they are an real talented and unique studio which got an opportunity and grabbed it as hard as they could but the poor hitboxes and horrible wind up animations shows that they needed to cut corners to get a game of this sheer scope and world size to be even published in the time which was set in stone.
about the part showing his idle animation and framing on 13:03 that sort of thing gets repeated through out the whole game if you haven't even noticed it, there's a reason as to why the game also uses fixed cameras, the scenery isnt big af because *wow big stuff cool* no gabriel is an savage in disguise and the world complements that. just look at his executions, does those animations convey an "sane" man? (no seriously dude the way he killed the werewolf lord and the vampire lord is pretty overkill) and yourself pointed that out that kojima fucked up the character and i couldn't agree more with that he shited on the game, it could've had got the same character as Dantes inferno had some dude trying to save his waifu while keeping his head sane at the same time while going through hell itself and *metaphorically*.
and talking about the "recaps" from 2:10 they are there to flesh out more the character because lets be real, its faster and less money consuming to just do text with a dude voicing over it for under a minute instead of animating it all, and the last chapters passages saying that he had barely slept and ate,while his anger just grows bigger and bigger before going up the valley of death shows that his journey was too long, he didn't expected that, he didn't wanted that, but now he has no choice but to continue because there's no turning back anymore.
and just like on dantes inferno, the discovery of his wife committing suicide because of her dad abusing her (and again world design goes a LONG FUCKING WAY to set the tone of what the character is and will feel and that scene on the game is a prime example of that) and gabriel discovering that his rage made he get controlled by the darkness and his wife LYING to his face because she KNEW the moment she said the truth he would go down to his knees knowing everything was lost and that he wouldn't have the willpower to complete his journey anymore after realizing the monster that he had become.
Nice, Love Your Videos Man Keep It Up!
Read the description. Liking this new series. Structure is good. Keep it up 👍 (and enjoy Doom Eternal)
Oh dang he's back
I'm gonna tell you right now dude, after doing the same demo, you'd do yourself a discourtesy by not playing through all of SoTN, and then diving deep into the rabbit hole. That was my entire year.
More Funke content?
Thanks COVID, never let him outside again.
Creators were speaking about the sequels in the end and the whole seriie.
A good and fun review.
The reference to the alleged (now fake) leak about Sony and Konami makes this, I believe, the fastest made FUNKe video to date. New record baby
We have a new world record for the FUNKe video making speedrun category
13:07 he's just standing their menacingly!
My first and only Castlevania game
It'd be an interesting risk vs reward situation if your attacks landed way faster when you're right up in the enemy's face (but you can get hit easily) and your attacks have a longer start up animation from the whip's maximum length so you have to plan around that delay more (but you're less likely to get hit).
Wheeyyyy another funke study
Hell yeah more funke study
I was having good memories of this game until you reminded me of the chupacabra sections
No mention of the post-credit Gabriel-becomes-Dracula scene? Or was that DLC and i'm misremembering?
I really liked this game. Thought it was well-paced enough to keep me going, didn't overstay it's welcome and playing around with combat and mobility was pretty cool. It's also extremely beautiful and while not much like the other Castlevania games, i feel it has earned it's place.
finally a new video. i'm really tired of waiting.
Dante yelling at me in Sonic's voice is some cursed shit dude.
Castlevania Lords of Shadow was the original strand type game
12:58 : super hero landing
The graphics in this game were pretty awesome for their time
"And it doesn't require 5 hours of Destiny 2 to get dopamine" alright, can you not call me out so hard?
I love funke study! Half for the song lol and the other half for the funke
this games holds a special place in my heart! played it when I was a kid and looking back at it now especially in this video made me think about how so many of the things I love about games were first found in this game. sooooo much nostalgia came form this video, thanks:) also just realised I was 10 when I play it...is that a bad thing?
i give it a pinkerton and green out of a blue
9.5/10, great review, a little unfocused and ranty at times but i just love the video so i cant complain!keep it up men
I bought this game days before my country decided to close all shops because of corona, I was lucky. As the game is pretty long I'm having a great time home alone
"...and Claudia's dead!"
You should play the DLC! The real final boss is guaranteed to kick ass ten times over
I was given this game along with many others by a friend and had never touched it. I am trying to see if I want to keep playing it or not because I didn't necessarily get too enticed by the beginning portion of it. I also have never played a Castlevania game before, and out of all the games my friend gave me he said this was one of his favorites
I agree with the going the blood-borne route as far as 3D Castlevania go provided there's a difficulty setting. Heads up on the last of the Lords of Shadow trilogy. Lords of Shadow 2 has a whole lot of rough spots but you need to make it through and play the DLC. I stand by this the DLC needs to be made into its own game. I enjoyed your review.