Something went wrong. Try again later
    Follow

    Castlevania: Lords of Shadow

    Game » consists of 16 releases. Released Oct 05, 2010

    In this reboot of the beloved Castlevania franchise, Gabriel Belmont goes on a quest to defeat the sinister Lords of Shadow, who are preventing the souls of the departed from passing on to the afterlife, in order to obtain from them a magical mask that will bring his murdered wife Marie back from the dead.

    sins_of_mosin's Castlevania: Lords of Shadow (Xbox 360) review

    Avatar image for sins_of_mosin

    Cutscenes with a bit of gaming.

    Do you love cutscenes?  If so, this game has hours of it.  I'm serious!  For every 5-10 minutes worth of game play, there is a cutscene.  To me, it destroys the flow of the game so badly that you'll be skipping cutscenes just to get back to the action.  I gave the game half a star for the ability to skip them.
     
    The actual game play is fun but it could do with a bit less of the platforming because the camera will make you sick.  The camera is stuck and does mess up the controls when it wildly switches from views.  The combat involves some minor combos that usually end up not working because the enemies will attack right thru it.  I found it best to stick with some simple ones and just roll roll roll.  I never really thought that any of the combos were powerful and awe inspiring.  The boss fights were pretty epic in scale but I think they had the difficulty switched around.  The first two were much harder then the last boss.
     
    This game isn't for everyone, I almost chucked the disc after the second chapter (out of 12).  The game gets a tad better after the first couple chapters but man, you either have to really like the game or hate to quit games like me.  I'm not a fan of Castlevania but since this was a new attempt at the series, I thought to give it a go.  I mean I heard how good the action was and the visuals.  
     
    I think the visuals ranged from good to great.  I don't think they were as good as Enslaved.  Heck, nothing was as good as Enslaved which I would highly recommend.  Castlevania however I would not recommend.  Its just too long with too many annoying things.

    0 Comments

    Other reviews for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow (Xbox 360)

      Castlevania reinvents itself with Lords of Shadow 0

      My history with Castlevania is as such that I feel a strong connection to the early series. Castlevania, Castlevania III, and both the Super Nintendo and Genesis versions make up a fair chunk of my gaming memories. Like others, I was disappointed when Castlevania left the fans of the original behind in search of something new and exciting. With a teary eye I said farewell to Castlevania and wished it the best on its new, decidedly Metroid-inspired adventure. Fast-forward more than ten years aft...

      50 out of 54 found this review helpful.

      Best 3D Castlevania! 0

       Well into this current generation and several top quality 2D titles later, Konami has finally delivered a 3D title since 2006. Castlevania: Lords of Shadow is finally here and not only does it surpass the previous 3D games in the series but also stands up to modern games in the genre as well.Game play and DesignGame play style is similar to recent modern action games most notably the God of War series. Lords of Shadow however also incorporates elements from a lot of other games in aspect...

      2 out of 2 found this review helpful.

    This edit will also create new pages on Giant Bomb for:

    Beware, you are proposing to add brand new pages to the wiki along with your edits. Make sure this is what you intended. This will likely increase the time it takes for your changes to go live.

    Comment and Save

    Until you earn 1000 points all your submissions need to be vetted by other Giant Bomb users. This process takes no more than a few hours and we'll send you an email once approved.