So far this game is looking and playing good from those who've had played a demo and previews of it. It's by the same team that has designed the more recent Castlevania titles including Symphony Of The Night (best game ever made, imho), Harmony Of Dissonance and Aria Of Sorrow. Whilst the game does boast a 3D perspective now, it's similarities in control and style to the original Devil May Cry (said to have been essentially an attempt at a 3D Castlevania by Capcom) make it worth checking out. I've already went ahead and put $15.00 smackeroos down to reserve it when it comes out this Halloween. Hopefully Iga and team keep the tradition alive as they have so well with their previous incarnations.

My thoughts on this are, will it adhere to how whips normally are?

Whips themselves are used as a basic weapon, with a secondary weapon in case the opponent comes closer.

Long whips(15-20 footers) are extremely difficult to use, but have excellent capabilities for long distance combat.
Whereas short whips(6-14) tend to be of a better quality at just destabilizing your opponent and then attacking with the secondary weapon.

Which means you whip them, stab them, and repeat.

All the classic secondary weapons are included, and there is a combo system using the weapons together.

BTW Darkweaver, did you used to play Vampires! The Dark Alleyway?

Do you have to replace the popper of the whip, and do you get to use real life whip cracks?

Not sure, but IGN and gamespot have heaps of screenshots of it, and a review of their pre-release test.

is the game avaialable for ps2?

I thought it was a gameboy thing.

The Gameboy Advance ones are Harmony of Disonance, Aria of Sorrow and Circle of the Moon, if I'm correct and this one is on the PS2. I think.

when does it come out?

I think it was November?... but then again you never know, I mean it could be delayed over and over again. *Thinks of Diablo 2 1.10*, it's been what? a year now or something and it's still not out yet, what in the world is Blizzard doing...

It may be pushed back so that it doesn't have to try and compete with Legacy of Kain: Defiance which is due for release in November. They are both games in a very similar style, but Defiance is the final(5th) chapter in the LoK series and will probably have record sales for the series.

oh man, screw LoK.....those games are so blah.....

"blah" as in "fun"...

Defiance is more Devil May Cry(but more over the top and intelligent) in its action, and still has the same story depth.

ok, then thatz kool, i liked DMC......LoK, was it soul reaver, was kinda kool, but too damn "Oh, My God, what the fuck, ahh, tick-tock, oh look another fucking portal, hahaha, shit-need-souls, shut the fuck up Mr. Voice, oh bloody hell, fuck this game!"

That a new perspective of the game