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• gamedeal user

  Sep 2, 2013

  When I first played this for Xbox 360 back in 2011, I fell in love instantly. The gameplay, graphics, and music meshes together perfectly. The soundtrack is one of the best I've ever heard for any game. Big thumbs up to Oscar Araujo for it. There is incredible detail put into every level! The game is decently long too. It doesn't feel like it gets old either. The levels are refreshing and there are a ton of boss fights. There isn't really any ingenuity in the gameplay- I've seen it all elsewhere, but that's fine with me. As long as it doesn't fail- which it does not. I honestly think this game should've gotten Game of the Year back in 2011, instead of Skyrim. I was extremely excited to re-purchase this for PC and cannot wait for the sequel! Rating: 5/5
• gamedeal user

  Jun 7, 2022

  It's fun. You play a moody goth paladin(?) that kills monsters, you gradually explore an unabashedly edgy and thoroughly grimdark world that is frankly trying too hard, and you follow a story that is only just well-written enough to keep you vaguely interested in seeing the next bit of what passes for plot. It's not going to be your GOTY, but it doesn't suck. If you like hack-and-slash games such as the older entries in the God of War series, it's kind of in that vein. I'm glad I bought it, and am currently going into a second playthrough. Also, Sir Patrick Stewart does a significant amount of voice acting in this game, so it gets bonus points for that.
• gamedeal user

  Sep 21, 2022

  Plays on Steam Deck One of my favorite castlevania games good story and action
• gamedeal user

  Nov 15, 2014

  [This is a no spoilers review] Oof, this game, I really have mixed feelings about it. It has some incredible visuals and the soundtrack is also pretty nice. The story is decent, but not particularly noteworthy - although the general lore is interesting, if you like arthurian legend and vampires. But in the end, everything in this game is a mix of ups and downs. It almost feels like they didn't really know how to make games, but tried their hands on it anyway, just to get a format for their ideas. So many rules are broken, design inconsistencies, introducing mechanics to people then suddenly they work differently "just because." It can be a really frustrating experience, and most of the game is absolutely riddled with invisible walls (every single level will have you go "wait, I can't go there?"), plus the fact that you have no control over the camera. There's platforms and jumping puzzles all over the place, but all of it is completely on rails. For example: You can't jump out from a wall, if there's nothing to jump out to and grab. This is a sign of lazy design, where instead of working on adequately communicating when the users SHOULD jump, they just don't let them jump at all, if there's nothing to jump to. It might not sound like much, but it feels incredibly restrictive, with absolutely no illusion of freedom at all. You can find a lot of general inspirations in this game, but it's almost like it has no idea if what it wants to be. It's all brooding and dark, but then there's the occassional joke they crack up, completely out of context, leaving you feeling very awkward afterwards. Unfortunately, lacking narrative and mechanical identity, means that it never does anything but visuals and music properly. In here, you'll see strains of Devil May Cry mostly, with the occassional "Shadow of the Colossus" moments, which are often very poorly implemented, lengthy and frustrating. I usually play DMC with the difficulty all the way up, because it feels rewarding to progress, thanks to the fact that its rules of play are consistent. But for this game, I ended up turning down the difficulty; because Lords of Shadow is really hard, but in a very frustrating way, by shitting all over its own rules from time to time. It takes all sense of user responsibility away, leaving you with no feeling of "ouch that was my own fault, need to get better," but instead an ocean of "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?!" With ultimate edition especially, with the final boss in the extra chapters, they just end up going full retard, by telling you to "watch the moves of the boss to avoid its attacks," while simultaneously forcing you to jump into the air where you can't dodge. There's about a fraction of a second for you to react, but if you're in a wrong position, you can get screwed hard and even stun-locked until you're dead. Not a nice experience. On the upside, at least, it is a pretty long game. If you want to stroll around and take in the environmental design, you'll be pleased to see just how varied the landscapes are. For the 25 euro asking price, I can't recommend it. However, if you ever see it on sale and want a lengthy, decently interesting experience, you should probably give this game a look. Just don't expect a very polished experience. [Edit]: Oh yeah, just thought that I'd add the fact, that despite the really stupid moments this game has, the rest of it still made well enough up for it, for me to sit through nearly 20 hours and completing the story. It's not a terrible game, but it's not amazing either. It just has content from both ends of the spectrum. Oh and for god's sake Gabriel, there is such a thing as too many dramatic pauses when you speak!
• gamedeal user

  Mar 13, 2023

  🔵 Requires light tinkering Fix black screen on start: - In the library go to the properties of the game - Under launch options write -windowed - Game should launch normally now in windowed mode - Go to in-game setting, set fullscreen and your screen resolution - Save and quit the game, remove -windowed from launch options Tested on: OnexPlayer Mini Pro 6800U Follow Handheld Friendly
• gamedeal user

  Mar 16, 2023

  Dear Konami: Please release Symphony of the Night on Steam. This game is more like God of War or Dante's inferno than Castlevania. It's okay, but what we really want is Symphony of the Night.
• gamedeal user

  Dec 19, 2015

  Funny thing is that when I first tried this game on its release date is that I liked the gameplay and story setting but was unable to fully enjoy it because the static camera bugged me a lot so I gave up. Later, for reasons unknown, I decided that this game deserves a second chance (mostly because I heard that Hideo Kojima was on the project. Take that Konami!). I'm so glad I did that ^^ Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow is now without a doubt, one of the best action adventure games that I have ever played and definitely in my top 5, maybe even top 3 (haven't really gave it that much thought) of the most beautiful and artistic games I ever saw! Just browse through my screenshots and you will see what I mean. I sometimes finished a session with over 20 screens that I just HAD to take, unable to resist the call of f12 because the game looks so f***in amazing! Every scene in this game is polished to the max with so many beautiful details and every 3rd scene is breathtaking and calls for a screenshot. If you like eyecandy, that's reason enough to play this game but there is so much more to it. The beautiful scenery and fixed camera angle really made me start loving that fixed camera and continue playing with enjoyment. - As for the gameplay, its simply brilliant. This is one fine example of console games that the PC audience has the privilege to play. Its action packed with varieties of different enemies and by variety I mean around 40 different enemy types if I'm not mistaken that are all quite unique both in appearance(and by that I don't mean just retexture of the same model) and required combat approach but, fear not, they have the numbers but you have the combos. There are so many combos that you can master and use to battle these creatures and the game actually encourages you to learn and master all of these by incorporating a combo gauge system that fills up and rewards you with magical orbs the longer you combo, the more diversity you use in your battles and as long as you do not take any damage. And if that isn't enough for you, you have two unique alternate stances that give unique finishers and damage properties to your existing moves as well as 4 types of gadgets at your disposal. Pretty hardcore, right :) - Once you take down a pack of werewolves or grind to dust a band of skeletons warriors that just refuse to die and keep respawning, you will frequently find yourself solving all kinds of puzzles. Now, this is a 50-50. Some people will love it, I know I did, but then again, some people will hate it and to those who don't like the puzzle and adventure aspect and prefer to focus mainly on combat, I strongly suggest getting Devil May Cry or Metal Gear Revengence instead. From what I understand, puzzle solving has always been a part of Castlevania games and I am really glad that they decided to keep that gameplay aspect. Puzzles are not really challenging but will sway your thought off of monsters and challenge your mind a bit, rather than reflexes. It feels natural to have this aspect in a game with a theme as this one, but I know that people will be split in two groups when it comes to this so consider yourselves warned puzzle haters. - Last but not least (somehow I write that in pretty much every review) we have these amazing boss battles. I left them as the last topic since they incorporate all of the above. Bosses are like puzzles that you have to battle. Big, massive, challenging and beautifully thought and designed puzzle/battles(I'm sure older gamers will know what I mean). It is not a simple matter of beating them senseless, you will have to figure out how and when to hurt them. Some stages will require you to do environmental interactions or provoke a boss to strike at a specific spot so you can... well, do stuff to them. I don't wanna go into too many details since its kind of a spoiler but, rest assured that these are super cool and very memorable. *Anyone familiar with the game Shadow of Colossus will find a coupe of these battles to look very similar to some of the Colossus(If you have no idea what I just said, I am really sorry for you and the best comfort I can offer is the insight that the Shadow of Colossus can in fact be played on PC. Browse the web and you'll find what I'm talking about)* - There is also one more thing worth mentioning. Its a Complete Edition meaning that it has a DLC and extra stuff added. The DLC is not that great but its not bad, I'm just saying that compared to the main game, it doesn't seem that well thought and balanced and my guess is that they made it hastily just so that they can open the gates for the sequel to follow(which I am playing as I write this and all I can say for now is: Holy sh*it this game is awesome!) Also, let me just compare it to Darksiders 1 and the original Devil May Cry 1(save for the backtracking, there's none in Castlevania since its a linear, level based progression system), its very similar to those games and chances are, if you liked those, you will most likely like Castlevania: Lords of Shadow too. As for my recommendation, its already pretty clear. Go for it!
• gamedeal user

  Feb 24, 2016

  As someone who has never played the old Castlevania games I went blind to Lords of Shadow. I didn’t knew anything about the story other than that it involved vampires. The only thing that made me buy the game in the first place was the huge amount of positive reviews. And, like I usually do, I waited until I got the other two Castlevania games on Steam to start playing the first one. A few hours into the game, I was having a blast. From top notch music to gorgeous and memorable locations such as forests, gothic castles, desert lands and ruins from an old civilization, this game has it all. Combined witha fast paced action combat (with tons of unlockable combos) this made for quite the epic experience. Although enemy variety was somewhat lacking, certain locaitons had a specific set of enemies assigned to it, thus making it harder to forget those zones. As for the gameplay itself, as I mentioned before, it is quite fast paced. You have to adapt to changes in the enemy behavior, aswell as bosses, and use a variety of attacks to effectively defeat your foes. The game itself is rather long, taking around 20-22 hours to play it through, which was rather a surprise for me. Of course, for all the completionists and collectible hunters out there, Lords of Shadow also has something in store for you. The game is divided in 12 chapters (+2 chapters corresponding to the DLC included in the Ultimate Edition), and each of those chapters is subsequently divided into several stages. It is in these stages that you’ll be able to explore and collect scrolls containing letters from fallen brethren of the Brootherhood of Light, and you’ll also be able to find gems that enhance your abilities. And if you’re into bigger challenges, you can try completing Trials for said stages which, I believe, reward you with an achievement. So yeah, not only the game is a blast on its foundations, but it also rewards exploration, which, in my book, is always a plus. Now, enough talking about all the good things this game has, and lets talk about my only gripe with the game, the controls, or perhaps my terrible skills at precision platforming in a 3D game. I swear that sometimes the game just made me want to shove the controller through my monitor (anger issues perhaps?). Very rare were these situations, but they were infuriating when they occurred. I honestly can’t tell you if it was an issue with the controls, like the inability to control with precisio where you want to land or if I’m just really bad at jumping from platform to platform in a 3D game. That said, I can’t recommend this game enough. It is an epic journey through some amazing landscapes and it has one of the most insane and thrilling soundtracks I’ve ever heard on a videogame. Please, do yourself a favour and do not keep Lords of Shadow on your backlog. I hope these words accomplish my intended goal, which was raising awareness for a series that I feel that went under the radar for alot of PC gamers. Or perhaps that is just me, afterall, I have never played the old Castlevania games and I only played this one three years after its release, maybe that’s why. PS: Sorry for the wall of text.
• gamedeal user

  Apr 27, 2016

  Great game. Distracted me from my crippling depression and many other stressful aspects of my life that I should probably not be distracted from. Highly recommend.
• gamedeal user

  May 22, 2016

  Castlevania: Lords of Shadows is an action adventure game, developed by MercurySteam and published by Konami Digital Entertainment. Releasing in August 2013 on PC, Xbox 360 and PS3. The game is set in South Europe during the Middle ages. This was a reboot of the Castlevania series, where you play as Gabriel and you follow his quest to revive his wife. Gameplay is played from a third person perspective. Your main weapon consists of a retractable chain, and you can learn up to forty different combos to use in the hack and slash combat system. As you progress through the story mode, you will learn new abilities along the way, as well as picking up new unique pieces of equipment which boast uses in both combat and non-combat situations. Gabriel will learn how to muster magical powers of light and dark. Light powers enable the player to heal any damage taken in fights by hitting enemies, whilst dark allows the player to deal extra damage. You are able to renew these magic powers by hitting a high string of attacks together without being interrupted, which will release magic orbs for you to collect. You will encounter tons of different types of enemies, from trolls, zombies, and spider’s right the way up to gigantic titans. Each enemy has their own strength and weakness which you will be able to use to your advantage. The boss fights throughout the game are some of the most intense scenes I have played in a game. Each boss has multiple different phases of fight, each requiring you to act in a different way. The titan boss fights are long processes which normally also require an element of platforming. These can become a little bit of a pain when you first start out the game as you are still learning how to use all of the mechanics but by the last titan boss fight, it shouldn’t pose any problems for a veteran titan killing machine. Whilst the game does have an element of platforming in a few boss fights, the game also has small amounts of platforming included throughout the story mode too. Of course jumping puzzles are always going to be my biggest enemy, and sadly they also make an appearance and are as frustrating as usual. Graphically, Lords of Shadows is stunning; it is difficult to think that this game was released in 2013. It looks gorgeous. The cut scenes are almost a step down in graphical fidelity compared to the in game graphics. There is a huge different in how the game looks on PC compared to the consoles though. Animations throughout the game are all fluid and perfectly designed too. The sound effects are spot on, with some brilliant voice acting to be heard also from the likes of Patrick Stuart. The game has various levels of difficulty, and you can also change them on the fly. The easy mode is essentially just a way to see the story as the combat poses no real threat. Paladin mode is the game’s hard-core mode, where enemies are more dangerous and Gabriel is significantly weaker than usual. This will add an extra layer of replay ability to a game that already boasts over twenty five hours of content. On top of the lengthy story mode, each stage also has a “trial” for you to complete as well, these can be simple tasks such as completing the stage in less than a specified amount of time, or more challenging such as not being able to use your magic’s throughout the stage. I initially thought I would be able to play the game on 4k resolution given the age of the title, but unfortunately, I was not able to, not because my rig was not powerful enough, but because when setting the resolution to anything over 1080p, the screen in game began to flicker violently – this required a hard reboot of my system before I was able to get back into the game to change the settings back to 1080p. I would also strongly recommend people play this game on a controller; it plays perfectly on an Xbox controller and the keyboard controls would just become a huge chore to anyone regardless of their skill. Overall, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow is an underrated title that is definitely well worth your time in checking out. The game’s price tag of £19.99 is perfectly matched at the game’s length and production values. Fans of the series will be pleased with the amount of lore and plenty of tributes to older instalments in the franchise. [b][u] Tom's Score Card[/u][/b] 1) Stay away 2) Not Recommended 3) Only recommended when on sale 4) Recommended [b][u]5) Highly recommended[/u][/b] 6) This is a must play If you found this review helpful, please give it a thumbs up. If you would also like to follow my reviews more easily, be sure to join my group by clicking [url=http://steamcommunity.com/groups/TeamTomsReviews#curation]here[/url]. You may also be interested in checking out a PC gaming podcast, be sure to head [url=http://steamcommunity.com/groups/dlpcg]here.[/url] http://store.steampowered.com/app/234080