Gabriel Belmont stars in Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate’s prologue

The Big Cheese.

Gabriel Belmont will be the fourth playable character in next year’s 3DS exclusive, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate. This connective tissue between the original Lords of Shadow and next year’s big numbered sequel will actually tell the final part of Gabriel’s story before his full transformation into the Prince of Darkness.

Lords of Shadow’s final DLC, “Resurrection“, left things on quite a huge, The Forgotten One-sized cliffhanger. What happened after Gabriel defeated The Forgotten One? In Mirror of Fate we’ll find out, since Gabriel’s portion of the game will actually be the prologue, setting the stage for an epic 20-hour adventure focusing on the Belmonts (specifically Simon and Trevor). And speaking of the Belmonts…

Robert Carlyle returns to voice Gabriel Belmont/ Dracula, and he’s joined by Richard Madden and Alec Newman, who will voice Trevor and Simon Belmont, respectively. Alucard will also be a playable character, as we all know, and he’ll be voiced by…well…let’s just say his voice actor has probably already been listed here!

Oscar Araujo returns to compose the game’s soundtrack after the amazing job he did on the original Lords of Shadow. Here’s hoping we get some classic tunes remixed in his orchestral style! Oh lord, how amazing it would be to hear his rendition of Simon’s Theme (and other classic tunes of course!).

  • ariessiren

    didnt really care for castlevania on ps3, but one thing i ill say, the soundtrack was AMAZING. interested in 3ds version though. the camera was too pulled back in lords of shadow and the combat was infuriating. 3ds version looks great though!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/theronfather Ron Loposky

    Wonder if the 4 characters will have a somewhat even distribution of time being played. With Konami promising 20 hours worth of gameplay, it would be easy to give each playable character their own 5 hour campaign. But I’d imagine if Gabriel is only the prologue, his portion would be shorter. I’d be conpletely happy with a 20 hour Simon only game tho, haha! Can’t wait for this game!

  • Whitevice

    Now, I didn’t like Lords of Shadow’s soundtrack, I’m sorry to say. Sounded too “lord of the rings/epic fantasy movie” to me. Instead, I’m hoping for a more Castlevania soundtrack. The classical tunes of Vampire Killer, Aquarius, Simon’s Theme, Castle Corridor, and the like deserve to be in this. I played Lords of Shadow using the custom soundtrack, and I used old songs and remixes of classical songs, and to me, the game was just as Castlevania as the rest of the series.

    I’m hoping for good things, Robb Stark as Trevor is definitely a welcome surprise. Alucard’s inclusion is also wicked cool. And let’s be honest, it’s due time for another epic Castlevania.

    • luigiix

      I completely agree with you on LOS’s music. Well produced but too generic and forgettable.

      • Whitevice

        Exactly. It’s excellent in scope, but not focused enough. Castlevania, I swear, is its own Musical style/genre. I can say “Castlevania music” in a room full of gamers and they know what I mean. I don’t have to say any more than that. But Lords of Shadow isn’t like that.

        I’d like to see the composer, this Oscar Araujo, take what he has and Castlevania-tize it.

  • luigiix

    I’m still on the fence about this one. I liked LOS for what it was, not as Castlevania, but as a good action game. But i truly hated the story. I won’t go into details but, i really think the overall experience took a stab thanks to the pointlessly convoluted plot. Still pretty solid game, way better than most God of War-style action games this gen. Very addicting too. I even got all the trophies!

    “Here’s hoping we get some classic tunes remixed in his orchestral style!”
    ^This. That’s the only thing i want!

  • http://twitter.com/NabilSatsFan Nabil Judoo

    How is he still using the Combat Cross if he destroyed it in the last DLC?

    I thought he would be playable as Dracula?