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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 receives several panoramic screenshots

With just a few days left until the official launch of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 on 28 February in Europe, Konami has decided to issue a bunch of panoramic screenshots showing off some of the varied environments players will explore in MercurySteam's third-person action-adventure featuring Dracul.

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Whatsupdog3708d ago

The voice talent for this game is incredible....Robert Carlyle, Jason Isaacs, Natasha McElhone, Patrick Stewart and even GoT's Richard Madden. Impressive stuff!

nope1113708d ago

I agree, Robert Carlyle especially is outstanding.

yeahokchief3708d ago

i dont need big tv movie names to sell me on voice acting. as long as they sound good, i dont care about who it is.

that said, looking forward to lords of shadow 2 for the story and open world gameplay

antikbaka3708d ago

there we lot's of good actors in BTS..and we all know what happened. Actors and voice don't guarantee anything.

also they can't fix the fact that LoS 2 is just a corridor run painted in diffrent types of grey color

starchild3707d ago

What a beautiful game. The soundtrack is also awesome. The combat also felt amazing in the demo. I can't wait.

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Chaos_Raiden3707d ago

Looking forward to it tomorrow.

xmedia3707d ago

very eager to play it....

wannabe gamer3707d ago

got this at GMG for just under 40bucks and already preloaded and ready to go ';..;'

starchild3707d ago

That's awesome I think I paid slightly more than that.

I did get Thief for $25.99, though, so that was a steal. No pun intended. lol

I don't care about the lower scores, there were plenty of 8s and 9s for the game and I have watched enough playthroughs to know that I will enjoy the game.

Same goes for Lords of Shadow 2. I don't care what scores it gets. I loved the first one and I have seen enough of the second one to know that it will be a good game for me.

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Lords of Shadow 2 Is Castlevania's Most Underrated Title

From memorable boss fights to chilling lore revelations, here's why Lords of Shadow 2 may be the most underrated Castlevania game.

Gamerking821291d ago (Edited 1291d ago )

Well i enjoyed my time with it and thats all that matters too me, i could not care less what others thought. Please bring 3 out Konami or at least a 1 and 2 remasters.

morganfell1291d ago

Same here. I own it on PS3 and PC and love the title. The soundtrack is amazing and the tone they paint for the character of Dracula with Robert Carlyle's great voice work is perfect.

mrsolidsteel201291d ago

Same here, I’m a huge castlevania fan, have all of the games. Even the remake that was made on the Wii.

And I have the PS3 and PC versions of both games as well.

darthv721291d ago

They look really cleaned up on the xbo through bc. The LoS games are some of my favorites.

Bennibop1291d ago

Have been playing 1 and 2 on PS now and it's definitely better than i remember

FreeckyCake1291d ago

Castlevania: Curse of Darkness is way more underrated than this one

bananacrust1291d ago

it was ok. but the hide and seek BS was some of the dumbest stuff in the world.

moriarty18891291d ago

great game. have it playable on my xbox one thru BC.

rgraf771291d ago

I remember the intro being fun an action packed. Then the game became "OK" with a lame hub system and sneaking around as a rat. The modern time frame levels weren't the great either. Lord of Shadows 1 was much better and I wish they had continued with that formula.

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gangsta_red1515d ago

I'm a huge Shantae fan, but this selection is weak. It's official, MS is definitely skimping on GWG in favor of GP.

I mean...I guess LoS 2 is cool.

SPEAKxTHExTRUTH1515d ago

Don’t you mean it’s “your opinion “ that MS is skimping on GWG? I happen to like LOS2 and will be glad to play through it again. And GP is a PAID service don’t you think that a PAID service should offer better quality games? Yes yes I know XBL is also a paid service but that’s a different conversation

gangsta_red1515d ago

No it's an actual fact. Every comment I leave is a fact.

"And GP is a PAID service don’t you think that a PAID service should offer better quality games?"

Yes, I actually do think that a PAID service should offer better games, but as you also made mention and casually dismissed XBL is a PAID service and don't you think a PAID service should offer a better selection of games?

djl34851515d ago

@gangsta_red

XBL is a paid service for ONLINE SERVICES aka online multiplayer. The free games given every month is just a bonus. Stop bitching.

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micdagoat191515d ago

all 4 of these are pretty good games. Not sure what ur talking about

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Christopher1515d ago

Finished Batman TEW a few months ago. It was the second worst TT game I've played. Really didn't enjoy it.

I hope those that do play it get more enjoyment out of it than I did.

darthv721515d ago

Sonic generations and LoS2.... hell yeah. My 360 has been itching to play these.

nevin11515d ago

As a non Xbox gamer, why are the free games availability scattered around.

I mean Batman is available the whole month

Castlevania is available March to the 15th

Shantae is available starting March 16th

Sonic is available the 16th-31st.

Has always been like this?

shabz6661515d ago

Yep it’s always been like this. It was weird then and it’s weird now

SpeedDemon1515d ago

Yeah its been like that. They do 2 games at the 1st of the month and then the other 2 on the 15th, some of the games are available for longer periods, it's depends on what they work out with the publisher .

Smellsforfree1514d ago

You just have to "claim" it from the store within those time frames so it doesn't matter that much to people who are interested, but I agree it is kinda weird.

autobotdan1515d ago (Edited 1515d ago )

Awsome!! Great games!

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Terrifyingly Bad: A Look Back At the 3D Castlevania Games

If you decide to play a Castlevania game, make sure it's in 2D. Unfortunately, the series has never been able to make the jump from 2D to 3D successfully. Publisher Konami has tried. Six times in fact, but whether trying to build it in-house or with a third party developer, they never captured the essence of the series or make a good game for that matter. So just to be sure you know what to look out for, here are the six 3D Castlevania games that have been made.

isarai1649d ago

I loved the hell out of lords of shadow, lords if shadow 2 had its moments but just didnt leave as much of an impact on me as the first did, still loved it though. They are both great games IMO, maybe not the best "Castlevania" games but great games in their own right.

RememberThe3571648d ago

Yeah that first game was legit good. Really wish they hadn't taken a step back for the second, this series really looked great in 3D.

AK911647d ago (Edited 1647d ago )

According to one of the former devs of Mercury Steam the higher ups kept interfering with the sequel to the point where the game was nothing like what the dev team had envisioned for the sequel so we got the mess that was Lords of Shadows 2.

PhoenixUp1649d ago

I enjoyed Lament of Innocence and Lords of Shadow. They were entertaining titles and I wouldn’t mind trying Lords of Shadow 2 on PS Now.

Just because a game isn’t GOTY worthy does not mean it’s not worth playing. You could do a lot worse than those exceptional titles.

Abcdefeg1648d ago

Curse of darkness was ahead of its time

Hedstrom1648d ago

I really liked lament of innocence and Lords of shadow! Havent tried the other 3d games. But ive played most of the 2d games!

gangsta_red1648d ago (Edited 1648d ago )

I don't know why Castlevania: Lament of Innocence gets a bad rap. It was one of the best in the series at that time and really was a compliment to the Devil May Cry 3rd person style of action that was getting popular at that time.

I rented it on a fluke and was seriously surprised on how good it was. So much so I went out and bought a used copy of Curse of Darkness and instantly returned that trash.

The problem with Nintendo 64 games is they all tried to mimic the Mario/Zelda 64 style of gameplay and how could they not with that whacky ass N64 controller. Almost every game outside of Nintendo's own felt horrible and incomplete.

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