Castlevania: Lords of Shadow

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

Not what I thought

Castlevania is a franchise im not really that into. This was the first game that I have played in this franchise, and I did my research for this overlooked game. Unfortunately, I just could not get into this game. I wanted to like it, even love it, but there is a certain quality about this game that I did not enjoy. When it comes down to it, they spent all their time on the visuals, and it shows.

Unfortunately, the rest of the game suffers from this. It is a very linear game, and has a simple, straightforward story. The combat, as well as progressing through the game in general, gets to be very boring very quickly. When you realize that most of the enemies act the same(having 1-2 attacks you can block, 1 you cannot) you realize that the rest of the game is very uninspired, and too simple. The pacing is also all over the place, and you have some sections where you ride on the back of some large animal, and IMHO I thought those sequences were clunky and controlled very poorly.

Only get this game if you have a great deal of patience, and can accept this "new" style of Castlevania. I wanted to get into it and really like it, but I could not overlook the glaring problems this game has. Its not a fun game, but unfortunately, on the xbox, as far as GoW clones go, this is the best we got right now :(

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