As suggested, I have moved this review to the actual Review section. 
 
http://www.giantbomb.com/castlevania-lords-of-shadow/61-23704/user-reviews/?review_id=17128

As suggested, I have moved this review to the actual Review section. 
 
http://www.giantbomb.com/castlevania-lords-of-shadow/61-23704/user-reviews/?review_id=17128

"You even have a bloody chain weapon!  It just so happens to be a crucifix, err I mean Combat Cross."

i KNEW this was on ps2!

" If the new/first 3D Castlevania game, Lords of Shadow, had been released appropriately in the early to mid aughts, this review would be entirely different.  Graphically, the game looks good.  Not fantastic, but not chunky either.  Just pretty good.  You start out helping some villagers beat off a horde of Lycan wolf-man creatures, throwing you immediately into the action ala God of War.  Actually "ala" is too soft a word, more like "exactly as seen in" would be better.  If the Lycan's were skeleton/demon things, you would be Kratos.  You even have a bloody chain weapon!  It just so happens to be a crucifix, err I mean Combat Cross.    Most of the first chunk of this game consists of one extended QTE, broken up by small amounts of hacking smaller enemies.  The Quick Time Events, unlike in God of War 3, are somewhat varied, providing button-specific timed presses as well as any-button timed presses, but none of them are enjoyable.  Horse riding?  QTE.  Mid-sized wolf creatures, of which there are tons?  QTE.  Ice Colossus?  You get the picture.    Not to be picky, but the contact physics is also a bit on the sketchy side as well.  When you're running through a screen, Gabriel will be bumped high and low in a very rough--and to be truthful, last gen--manner.  Loading times are ridiculous, and it seems every few minutes the menu system is jumping in to disrupt any immersion you may have achieved.  Character models are cool, especially when you meet Pan, as well as the Ice Colossus.  However, the story wreaks of Lord of the Rings, right down to the Gandolfian narrator.    This game suffers from a duality of brand hype, and AAA title expectations.  By that I mean, if the name Castlevania was not on the box, this would be in the $29 bin at your local retailer within weeks (as it stands, this is still a possibility).  This is a very, very mediocre game.  This doesn't measure up to what a Konami-published major title, which made it pretty high on many a most-anticipated list.  It is a disappointing thing, but this game could have been amazing.  Should have been amazing.  But the gameplay is so dated, the interface won't relax enough to let you just play the game, the graphics are just ok, and the game just leaves you with a Dead Rising-esque "this is not fun, why am I still playing this?" vibe.  I mean, it's freakin Castlevania.  Why does it have to suck so much?   "
 
wow really?  you come on the castlevania forums on giant bomb to write this crass anal bitch fest of a review just to get peoples reactions mostly negative ones...this is a straight i want attention review where if its not his way its no way....you either like it or dont like it , we dont need a bitchy review to tell us you dont... you are part of the minority, the game is not as bad as you make it...This a lament of innocence on crack and ramped up and so far it works great...yeah its not your typical castlevania game but what is honestly? had they made a 2d/3d symphony of the night metroidvania type of game you would of still found something to bitch about....they are trying to get with the times this is a good start...

Contradictions I see.

I disagree entirely with every single word. 

Most of the first chunk of this game consists of one extended QTE, broken up by small amounts of hacking smaller enemies.

Why did you make this a forum post and not an actual review under the Castlevania user review thing. 
 
And secondly posting it in the forums makes it seem you are trying to push your views down our throats to either get attention or force us to agree with you. 
 
Finally do you hate Lord Of The Rings?

Dude. It's Castlevania, he uses a whip. That was WAY before God of War's time.

One word. Onimusha.

"  However, the story wreaks of Lord of the Rings, right down to the Gandolfian narrator.   "

Wow. Everything this guy said is just wrong. The game does not consist of mostly QTEs, the load times are not that frequent, it is nothing like Lord of the Rings, etc. I could keep going, but I suspect this is just a troll with too much time on his hands.

You have either not played this game or do not know the definition of a QTE.  I found your "review" to be insulting and everyone here is now dumber for reading it. 

So did you beat the actual game or are you just going off of what you saw from the demo and the quick look?
 
Give the game a little bit more of a chance. You still have a long ass way to go ie. better upgrades/moves. That kind of shit.

" Dude. It's Castlevania, he uses a whip. That was WAY before God of War's time. "

This guy is criticizing a Castlevania game for using a chain whip. Reason enough to ignore every word.

" So did you beat the actual game or are you just going off of what you saw from the demo and the quick look?  Give the game a little bit more of a chance. You still have a long ass way to go ie. better upgrades/moves. That kind of shit. "

hahaha the game looks "pretty good". Right. 

It's a fucking fantastic game.

I'm going to have to disagree, as for the horrible load times you describe, I'm not seeing it.