Orange - Any developer would be ecstatic to have the Castlevania licence to play with. With the freedom to make a game that breaks from the series’ traditions and story where it wants, while having the rich history and huge catalogue at its fingertips, MercurySteam had the chance to make an awesome tribute to this much-loved classic. Yet while Lords of Shadow begs, borrows and outright steals from a ton of famous games, Castlevania is not one of them.
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Edgar writes: "To celebrate the game's 10th anniversary, let's take a look at the gothic world of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow."
Although being linear, which I wish it wasn't, the first game was absolutely incredible. A mix of old school God of War meets Date's Inferno; I was highly impressed by this title. I heard the sequel was trash so I ever played it but I think LoS was a good example of how a 3D CV game could be.
I was very happy the game was Linear as I hate exploring. The first game was one of my all time favorites and the 2nd game was a total letdown with the lame hub system and stealth sections. Playing in current times sucked too. I wish they would make a remaster of part 1.
It is a great game, but just like DMC is not a Devil May Cry..this one was not a Castlevania :-)
Give Castlevania to Igarashi team, and they will nail it as they did with Lament of Innocence and Curse of Darkness.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I really liked lament of innocence and Lords of shadow! Havent tried the other 3d games. But ive played most of the 2d games!
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.
"Where, though, are the item collecting, map exploration and multi-layered puzzles of Castlevania? Where is the music? Where is the deep story? Where is the legacy of the Belmont family, forever destined to defeat Dracula? It’s just not there."
"It’s not a Castlevania game, though, so if that’s what you’re looking for you’ll be disappointed."
Wait, where's the Lords of Shadow review?
Edit: Oh wait there it is.
"It’s not a terrible game. Those environments really are impressive despite not being as explorable as you’d like them to be. There is a strong magic system where you can follow the paths of light or shadow to develop your character – and when you’re not facing a relentless onslaught of underworld creatures, the puzzles can be quite engaging. "
It really explains the 7/10. Or not. This isn't reviewing a game, this is crying because it isn't like the old Castlevania games and giving a score without explaining it.
I think the biggest flaws of this game is the camera views and platforming.
This game could have done without the platforming.
I have the game it is a solid 9 game ,it is one of the best action adventure games this Gen ,this game can become a movie because the story is so good
buy the game or rent it to see for yourself ,
the demo does not do this game justice
""Where, though, are the item collecting, map exploration and multi-layered puzzles of Castlevania? Where is the music? Where is the deep story?"
Item collecting I can understand.
Map exploration? Most CV's were linear.
Multilayered puzzles? Ummm... what?
Deep story? Again... ummm what?
Have people actually PLAYED the full CV series?
definitely underrated, great game, not even that deep into it. Didnt know that uncharted invented lush forests.