Castlevania: Lords of Shadow for Xbox 360 Reviews by Gamers

I have played many Castlevainia games in the past including the one on the original NES. Castlevania Lords of Shadow give the feel of those original titles, though no game can match SOTN but this game does with the story at least. The game-play is god of war esch but solid.
The story is typical love lost and you are trying to free her from the evil clutches, this storyline drew me in and I felt like I cared about the fictional characters and wanted to help the hero. In short this game
is awesome and should at least be played at least once.

I recently completed Castlevania Lords of Shadows for the Xbox 360. It took me around 15 hours to complete. I took on Warewolves, Necromancers and of course Vampires.

You play as Gabriel Belmont of the famed Belmont family from the Castlevania legacy and he's equiped with a whip at his side. The whip isn't a clone from Kratoses Chain Blades from God of War. Actually Gabriel could show Kratos a thing or two about using a chain weapon. Besides the whip Gabriel is equiped with light and dark magic, some daggers, holy water, a dark crystal and some stupid fairies. All prove to be useful throughout the campagn.

The enemys you encounter are varied from harmless Chupracabras who are more interested in stealing your loot than fighting, too 10 story tall giants inspired by Shadows of the Collusus. Combat itself is enteraining and difficult. Requiring alot more focus than I ever had to use playing any God of War game. Not Ninja Gaidan focus mind you but you'll be dodging around alot. Even on the Normal difficulty.

The only problem I had with the game was the story. I get the feeling that they wanted to do alot more with the story but ran out of time. Hideos not used to working under time restrictions apparently, but if you finish the game and stick around after the credits. You'll get treated to something that will make the story worth while.