Castlevania: Lords of Shadow most likely caught people by surprise. For one, it was a title done by a western developer, MercurySteam, and not by legendary series producer Koji Igarashi and his Konami team.

gamers alike, with Symphony of the Night regularly cited as being the best the series has to offer. Upon its release on PSOne in 1997, Konami stood steadfast against all the trends of the time; unashamedly flying the flag for 2D, while the rest were being seduced by 3D.

Castlevania hasn't been a name that's had gamers jumping for joy since Super Nintendo. After the release of Super Castlevania 4, each Castlevania game went further and and further away from the original formulae that had been so popular for two console generations.

Words cannot express how confused I am concerning the torrent of poor review scores this game has gotten. I have literally nothing to gripe about this game. Gameplay is smooth and elegant: the combat builds on the already fantastically fluid system introduced with the first game, traversal is fun...

I've never played a castlevania game before, but reading some polarised of the reviews about this game, and watching some gameplay videos, I encouraged myself to buy the game. On Play.com I managed to pick it up for about - £18, which could be lower by now.

Gorgeous Graphics; Stunning Soundtrack; 14 +  Hours Long

Could expand on other characters; at times has Difficult Puzzles

if play had halves id give this 4 n a half but as it is i think 4 is good enough. the game plays well,combat is good,game and story are interesting and the levelling up plus replay value are great points.

Beautiful just like the first

The Castlevania franchise is long and storied at this point as Lords of Shadow 2 marks the 35 th installment in the series (crazy, I know). With that comes a very convoluted back story and history that may leave newcomers, and probably some veterans, scratching their heads over the plot to this one...

this series has always held up as some thing to enjoy and has a good replay value this game continues to have the right combination of action and story to enjoy a good play!

After four years of anticipating this game, I can say that it could have been so much more, story-wise. Doesn't seem to conclude the series really. But the fighting style was solid, visuals were great, and who can go wrong with playing as Dracula.