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Castlevania: Gabriel Belmont and the Uncanny Valley (Lords of Shadow Review)

Gabriel takes on the most difficult trek yet for a Belmont: A trip through the Uncanny Valley.
As he treads out onto the frozen lake, the wind bites against his flesh. The snow spins around him, flying into his eyes and blurring his vision. He knows this lake is treacherous, but he must press on. The warrior, battle-scarred from his ardorous journey, walks slowly, scanning the sides of the lake for the ambush he knows will come....

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BeOneWithTheGun4943d ago (Edited 4943d ago )

This game does look and play really nice. I think I just have to admit, though, that I just can't get into a hack n slash anymore. I really wanted to get sucked into the world of this game and spend hours roaming around and whatnot, but killer art design aside, it's just a button masher.

After playing games like Fallout and Demon's Souls, I just need more depth to my adventures. Finding a gem and then hunting for 4 more to upgrade my health does not do it. I like to have REALLY full inventories full of all sorts of crap. Free roam is almost a must have now-a-days and I'm not even going to get into the fixed camera thing.

If you love button mashers, this game is a must buy. Unfortunately, if you seek to interact with NPC's, travel at your lesiure and have a mix when it comes to combat then I would rent it.

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Looking Back to 2010 and the Gothic Castlevania: Lords of Shadow

Edgar writes: "To celebrate the game's 10th anniversary, let's take a look at the gothic world of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow."

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NecrumOddBoy1295d ago

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.

rgraf771295d ago (Edited 1295d ago )

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.

magdiellima1295d ago

Good as a game but terrible as a Castlevania. The sequence was even worse.

Terry_B1295d ago

It is a great game, but just like DMC is not a Devil May Cry..this one was not a Castlevania :-)

FreeckyCake1294d ago

Give Castlevania to Igarashi team, and they will nail it as they did with Lament of Innocence and Curse of Darkness.

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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.

isarai1652d 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.

RememberThe3571651d 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.

AK911651d ago (Edited 1651d 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.

PhoenixUp1652d 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.

Abcdefeg1651d ago

Curse of darkness was ahead of its time

Hedstrom1651d 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_red1651d ago (Edited 1651d 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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