Castlevania: Lords of Shadow for PlayStation 3 Reviews by Gamers

First of all, let me say that anyone giving this game a bad review is either:
A.) Not a fan of Castlevania to begin with
B.) Someone who is biased against "sandbox" type games to begin with and has no business writing a review.
C.) Not a fan of "hack and slash" games. Or
D.) Competely and utterly incompetent and a borderline invalid to start with.

It's very hard for me to give any game a 10. So, by default, most games I play start off with a rating of 9 and move downward from there based on certain things I myself like in a game.

I'd start off with everything I "like" about this game but I would seriously not have enough room to do so. I love almost everything about this game and it really did do the Castlevania franchise justice. Of course, how could it NOT be awesome with Mr. Kojima on board with the project?

So, I'll just get right down to it and list everything I DIDNT like about this game, and why it received an 8 instead of a 9. First of all, and most importantly, there is absolutely ZERO replay value. Once you play through the game, that's it. Unless of course you're a trophy junkie and into that kind of thing and want to go back to previous chapters to unlock them.

And the other thing that kind of left me scratching my head was the story. Now dont get me wrong, I "liked" the story once I saw how everything came together during the 5 minute "movie" at the end after the credits have rolled (wont spoil it for anyone but it's pretty awesome) But it was the "getting" to that point that I didnt enjoy so much. It could have been "executed", I guess for a lack of a better word, more cleanly but beyond that, was pretty decent.

Long story short, this game is definately worth the rent, but not a buy IMO. Basically, save your money for Fallout: New Vegas or Fable III (if you own an xbox) because those two are guaranteed to have TONS more replay value than this title. Again, however, best Castlevania I've played in years, period.