Developer MercurySteam's gritty take on the Castlevania franchise proved to be a tremendous success for Konami. According to the publisher, Lords of Shadow is the most successful Castlevania game ever. But, MercurySteam is keen on ending the series on a high note, with Lords of Shadow 2 concluding not only the trilogy, but their involvement with the franchise.
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Despite their work bringing Metroid back into people's minds and being behind the long-awaited sequel, does MercurySteam understand the tone of the series?
Samus Returns was well received and they have done a good job with the Castlevania LoS games. I think they know what they are doing.
Samus Returns is one of the high points in series. I'm not sure this opinion piece is warranted. Is the author sure he wasn't thinking of Other M by Team Ninja? (which is still a pretty decent game)
Their work on Samus Returns was good. It stands to reason this will be good as well. The 30 minute Treehouse playthrough of the game showed a lot of promise so that's always good.
Samus Returns was amazing, but the Castlevania LoS games were pretty bad.
I will remain cautiously optimistic here. :)
Whoa now, I can see calling LoS 2 bad... But the first one? It's an amazing game. There are some people that only care for the 2D Castlevania games, but LoS is in my top 3 Castlevania games period.
As far as Dread goes, I am so happy to see Metroid return to 2D gameplay. I love Prime, and can't wait to see what they do with 4. But Dread has me possibly even more excited. Not much matches the 2D metroid feel, despite all the "Metroidvania" style games that have flooded the market in the last 10 years.
2 was alright, 1 was the best but there is also Mirror of Fate as a nice in between.
How is the first LoS game bad? Its was really good! The Second one was average at best but no THAT bad either.
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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.
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.
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.
They look really cleaned up on the xbo through bc. The LoS games are some of my favorites.
it was ok. but the hide and seek BS was some of the dumbest stuff in the world.
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.
to be honest, I will be looking forward to their future games at least. One of the few Western styled games in which I really like despite the flaws. Just look at him, that's one bad ass character.
"Lord of Shadow 2 concluding not only the trilogy"
Am I missing something here? How is it a trilogy with just 2 games?
Too bad. The first one is one of my favorite games this gen. It was an amazing game, well at least for me.
It's a trilogy with the 3DS game because it's a part of the story
Bugger.....but i'd rather have a series end on a high note rather than drag on