Just bought Castlevania lords of shadow

I've only played a few hours of it but what I have played its cool. I like the boss battles that are like Shadow of the Colossus

it was a "meh" for me. i got really frustrated with this game by the end because of so many puzzles that gave you

no clue whatsoever to tackle them. i love puzzle games(portal 1/2) but this game's puzzles are horrid.

the ending really surprises you though.

Sorry TC, but i could not stand that game...but as ive said before, im part of the minority... I really cant see why people love this game so much. No offense LoS fans...

It's one of my favourite games this gen (and i've played a lot) i really do think it's one of the best action games ever made, and i preferred it to god of war. It's brilliant imo : )

I was excited for the game and bought it.

The graphics were great, but the game had alot of problems for me, it felt like the developer had made alot of "Rookieisque" mistakes, not explaining some parts of the game clearly.

For instance theres a part where you are suppose to use a goblins bombs to take out a barrier, i understood what i had to do, but i didnt know how to do it.

I grabbed them and it just killed the goblin and dropped the bomb when i needed it by the barrier, for 30 minutes i was stuck on something stupid because it didnt tell me not to touch the analog stick while doing this.

There was another part i got stuck because i simply needed to kick myself off of a wall to get past a gap, but it never explained that i could kick off a wall, i had to look at the internet again just for something miniscule like that.

Then once again i get stuck on a boss fight, i fight him for 30 minutes before i get frustrated and look at the internet, as it turns out its impossible to do anything to him at first, you simply have to stand still at the start of the fight and he throws something at you, then you catch it with the quick time buttons and throw it back at him.

At this point i just dropped the game, it just didnt do it for me.

It looks great, and everyone else likes it though, just my thoughts.

It's a great game, and it's not as difficult as a few people are making it out to be. You'll enjoy it no doubt so long as you like a good action platformer type of game!

Great game awesome ending..goosebumps..

Thanks for the info so far guys. I appreciate it. I hope I can enjoy it =o katana_duo

yea man let us know what you think...there are more mixed opinions in this thread than usual.

Im a huge castlevania fan, and ill admit I was pretty skeptical of the game at first since it distanced itself from everything i loved about castlevania. But after playing it though I thought it was great, it may not be what we are used to gameplay and castlevania wise, but it had a feeling all its own and great atmosphere and pacing. Sure it has a few problems like the others mentioned such as some awkward angles where its hard to base where you have to jump and a lack guidance of what your supposed to do for some puzzles, but i felt the positives like the combat and other aspects far outweighed any of the problems it had. Check some of the user reviews too to get a few more opinions on it, overall it was a terrific game, i feel most people are too harsh on it though, mainly because of those few faults and the fact it didnt really do anything significantly different, but i say its well worth it so i hope you enjoy it TC.

I thought it was awesome one of the best games last year. Now if only they could make a god of war that were 20 hours long.

It's a big change from old Castlevanias, but it's a good game. I liked it.

I'm not sure I'd want to support it a second time because it's not what Castlevania should be like.
But remove the brand, and it's a great game. Like FFX (great game, bad FF).

I've probably put a good 8 hrs or so into it so far and am really enjoying it. Was suprised by the low review scores on this game.

I bought it in Dec. played for a few hours and the put it on my shelf. I couldn't get into it. I'll try again at some point but just not right now.