Talk:Castlevania: Lament of Innocence

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Interesting Story
The Origins of the Belmont Clan. Leon Belmont, all the Belmonts, hunt vampires, because of the love for a woman. So, Walter, cursed Leon's fiance Sarah with vampirism. Rather than turn, she sacrificed herself to create the vampire killer whip. Hence the title "Lament of Innocence."

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Critical Response
I deleted the line "Castlevania: Lament of Innocence has generally received positive reviews since its release."

Looking at the mixed reviews, a strong argument can be made against the word "positive". In fact, I see a somewhat "lukewarm" or "mediocre" critical response.

It's better just to let the numbers speak for themselves and let the readers make their interpretation. So, I deleted the line entirely. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.102.77.56 (talk) 23:14, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Letting the numbers speak for themselves, they told me that it did indeed recieve largely positive reviews. I won't argue the matter, since it's outside my expertise, but I would like to clarify those numbers, as they are currently more dificult to interpret than they should be. Larrythefunkyferret (talk) 06:59, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

European naming
Wasn't this just named "Castlevania" in europe, maybe this should be mentioned? --94.193.66.60 (talk) 11:36, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Indeed, it should be, as soon as you can find a reliable source to show that it's true. I'd put it in the development section, possibly the lead. Larrythefunkyferret (talk) 05:21, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Gameplay
Why is there no mention anywhere whether this is a 2D platformer or a 3D game? Why so much detail if it's going to omit the most important bits? I'd add it myself, but that's the information I came to this article to find out in the first place! So I don't know. Can someone with more knowledge address this deficiency? It's pretty ridiculous that it exists at all, imho. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 180.6.12.204 (talk) 14:53, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

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Iga did not direct:
Iga was producer/writer for the game, and he led the project in that role. His role as producer meant that he conceived the project, got approval from Konami, hired the team, and led the project, as well as writing the story. He did not direct it. The confusion comes from the gamespot piece saying that he "headed the project", and the editor assuming that meant directing. It's common for figures like Inafune, Ono, and Iga to be confused for directors since they do all the interviews and it's who the people associate with the series. For the record, Iga has only directed the obscure 2000 PlayStation RPG "Elder Gate". Harizotoh9 (talk) 21:26, 16 December 2018 (UTC)