titan bosses are horrible

[kingart1742]

please tell me there are only 2 of these stupid fights.

[Blackwater]

Totally pain in the ass, if you are playing on a ♥♥♥♥♥♥' keyboard

[Myope]

peasant don't own pad on pc.

[Knight of the Criminally Insane]

Anyone else think those Titan fights feel ripped off from Shadow of the Collossus, and the gameplay feels like its almost cut and paste from God of War? I played the game a bit on PS3 when it came out, and just bought it here because it was on sale for so cheap and a friend of mine swears that the story is worth playing through the game for. I know this is a reboot of the Castlevania franchise, but the combat system always kind of turned me off.
I just feel like it borrows a lot of gameplay elements from other games instead of trying to do its own thing.
But, I can't argue with Robert Carlyle, Patick Stewart, and Natascha McEllone doing voice work for the game, hell of a cast for a video game!

[EbonHawk]

Yes, the boss fights feel ripped from Colossus. And the gameplay mechanics in general feel ripped off from Darksiders. At least you had horse riding in Darksiders, plus the whole Apocalypse theme was way more interesting.

Patrick Stewart was a surprise, whom I recognized instantly when the game started. Enjoyed that part of it.

[Larry]

Originally posted by seventwentyone21:

Why do you say that? They are visually sensational and give you a trigger prompt when to hold on whenever the Titan shakes. Is it the hand grab and swipes that bother you?


Since you asked, yes you will not encounter another titan until near the end of the game.

I don't think his problem is with defeating the titan bosses, but more the fact that they are poorly designed and boring encounters.
They did their best to emulate Shadows of the Colossus, which is by no means a bad thing to do (I believe shouting 'rip off' at first chance is highly unfair and unreasonable when discussing any kind of game design whatsoever), but the core aspect to the fights in that game revolves around the grip meter, which LOS does not have. No grip management = no challenge whatsoever. All you have to do is hop up the ledges and wail on the weak point 10 times each while occasionally scooting out of the way of its hand, or holding down the RT button (which gives you eons of time to react to).
The 2nd Titan battle also just wastes your time for most of it while you wait for the game to tell you what to do (something I found rather annoying for how the first half of the game is handled).

I'll agree with you that visually they are great looking bosses, but that's literally all they have going for themselves.

[kingart1742]

Larry gets it

[Rambo First Blunt]

Who the ♥♥♥♥ plays games with a keyboard, I'm sure it works great lol.

[EbonHawk]

Originally posted by Rambo First Blunt:

Who the ♥♥♥♥ plays games with a keyboard,

People who want more options than a controller can provide.

[Rambo First Blunt]

Originally posted by EbonHawk:

Originally posted by Rambo First Blunt:

Who the ♥♥♥♥ plays games with a keyboard,

People who want more options than a controller can provide.

Goodluck with that.

[EbonHawk]

It's a hard habit to break.

[Ted FF]

Originally posted by EbonHawk:

Originally posted by Rambo First Blunt:

Who the ♥♥♥♥ plays games with a keyboard,

People who want more options than a controller can provide.

This is not a FPS, a strategy game or something like that.
It's like saying that it's better to play a fighting or a racing game with a keyboard.

[Allard]

Originally posted by Ted FF:

Originally posted by EbonHawk:

People who want more options than a controller can provide.

This is not a FPS, a strategy game or something like that.
It's like saying that it's better to play a fighting or a racing game with a keyboard.

A fighting game? Yeah, probably. Ever seen those Hitbox controllers? How is it really different from a keyboard, tell me?
Also, there's absolutely nothing in this game that can't be done with keyboard and mouse. I know, I've whooped the Forgotten One's ass playing on KBM.

[Angela™]

The problem here isn't KB+M or Controller, it's the fact that they pass off a series of QTE's as a bossfight...

It's depressing, seriously.

[Naota]

Yeah - I know what you mean.

I just beat the Ice Titan - pretty irritating . Now I can get back to the game.

[Zentun]

Super boring boss "fight"