Topic: I knew it! Castlevania: Lords of Shadow!(SPOILERS HERE, PLZ USE THE SPOILER TAG)

[RegalX7]

This really has some of my favorite artwork in any video game. That throne is so perfect.

That was actually some decent trolling. The guy sounds legitimately stupid, yet you know he can't be for real.

Well, I agree with the review. The only game I've played that is worse than LoS, this year, is Final Fantasy 13.

[Valtiel]

This really has some of my favorite artwork in any video game. That throne is so perfect.

Well, I agree with the review. The only game I've played that is worse than LoS, this year, is Final Fantasy 13.

Now I'm fairly afraid to ask what games you played this year.

[whitedragon_nall]

 That review is a bit too harsh, IMO. I wonder how much of the game he actually played.

[Valtiel]

That review is a bit too harsh, IMO. I wonder how much of the game he actually played.

I don't think a review can be "too harsh". It's legitimate to hate games, even popular ones; if we were to listen to the press, basically every military shooter is a masterpiece and I wouldn't buy any of them for more than 10€.

[Thunderbrand]

That was a joke of a review. Not only were alot of his complaints unwarranted, but technically speaking it was a poorly written piece, period. Did this guy ever take any English or Writing classes? Ever? Sure dosen't look like it. Furthermore, it sounds like he only played the first few chapters. Call me crazy but it's a bit difficult to review an entire game when you only play 1/4 of it. Especially when the first 3 chapters are arguably the weakest in the game, so of course he's going to get a skewed impression.

I did find it interesting that he picked up his LE first thing in the morning and played the soundtrack in the car on his way home---I did the same exact thing! 

[Valtiel]

One of the things that pleased me the most about LoS was, of course, the aestethics. Not just the graphical prowess but the art direction. A few notable things (SPOILERS of course):

- in the bog level, the first time you take a stone stair - the texture quality is insane. I live at the foot of the mountains, and there's quite a few walks that look just like that around my area. The wet rock effect was simply fantastic.
Then the shrine. The wild growth and the gothic style definitely clicked with me.
After the fight with the troll, as soon as you leave the graveyard, there's a stair going down leading to a slope and a life fountain, with water pouring down the side of the mountain. Everything is illuminated by a small bonefire, and that screen looks just beautiful. The camera pan on the following platforming segment is the icing on the cake.

- entering the great three in Pan's level - the scope was amazing, and the camera work fantastic.

- the lycan territory was somewhat weaker than the rest of the game, but there were a few amazing shots there too. The section where you fight the second warg and have to ride him till you climb the vines looks beautiful. At the beginning of the Dark Labirinth level, as you climb down the well, the water effects are absolutely gorgeous (some of the best videogame water I've ever seen), and the swinging section looked almost photorealistic. Awesome motion blur. Too bad the framerate was so terrible in the actual dungeon.

- the entirety of the fortress/crow witch level. Just borrowing a screenie from GAF:



Enough said. It's bloody incredible stuff.

- the game definitely peaked in the second half. Almost all of the castle is fantastic (the Butcher's kitchen is an incredibly atmospheric set piece, as was the refectory). Olrox's arena and the entire fight were incredibly cinematic.


Guess I could go on for a while. So many great sceneries in this game.

[Thunderbrand]

That screenshot above is absolutely gorgeous! I just played through that same area yesterday...maybe I should've stopped to look around more 

[Harrycombs]

This really has some of my favorite artwork in any video game. That throne is so perfect.

Well, I agree with the review. The only game I've played that is worse than LoS, this year, is Final Fantasy 13.

Same here. Although I can't think of any other games that came out in 2010 that I have played other than FF13, Nier, and Lords. 

[Valtiel]

Same here. Although I can't think of any other games that came out in 2010 that I have played other than FF13, Nier, and Lords. 

I can only wish I could live in a world where the worse games of the year are like FFXIII and LoS. Imagine the good ones  .

[whitedragon_nall]

The graphics in the game are crazy impressive. I don't think anybody can deny that. That's one of the reasons camera control would've been so great. I would've loved to see more of the environments.

Speaking of the Evil Butcher's kitchen, did anyone else feel there was a wall meat reference there? When he runs over and stars eating the hanging meat to regain his health.

[Kale]

Never thought of that, but that's a bad reference... should've knocked open a wall to get it >.>

[corneliab]

Enjoy Destructoid review: http://www.destructoid.com/castlevania-lords-of-shadow-the-worst-game-in-recent-memory-185889.phtml
I'm speechless. Let me know if it causes same effect on you 

That's just from some user. Who cares?

Granted though, the site's official review isn't much better...

[Ahasverus]

Official review was crap, he said you can't exit a level after replaying it to get an upgrade because the game saves inly at the end lol it saves each 2 minutes and after you get and upgrade so you can return to world map idiot

However, it's Jim Sterling, internet biggest troll, noone to take seriously, and BTW, we got 2 more perfect scores, one from Square-go and other drom yahoo games. IDK if this other one counts in metacritic but also hollywood chicago gave it 5 stars. Whoever says this game is BAD (Cv or not) is a troll.

[corneliab]

I also liked how he tried to twist optional secrets and upgrades into something blasphemic.

[Wallachia]

One of the things that pleased me the most about LoS was, of course, the aestethics. Not just the graphical prowess but the art direction. A few notable things (SPOILERS of course):

- in the bog level, the first time you take a stone stair - the texture quality is insane. I live at the foot of the mountains, and there's quite a few walks that look just like that around my area. The wet rock effect was simply fantastic.
Then the shrine. The wild growth and the gothic style definitely clicked with me.
After the fight with the troll, as soon as you leave the graveyard, there's a stair going down leading to a slope and a life fountain, with water pouring down the side of the mountain. Everything is illuminated by a small bonefire, and that screen looks just beautiful. The camera pan on the following platforming segment is the icing on the cake.

Guess I could go on for a while. So many great sceneries in this game.

Here. Here. I just got past the bog last nite. Im not that far in the game yet, but I LOVED the aesthetics of the gothic ruin before you fight the Swmap Troll. Very cool mood and fight. I hope there is more of this in the game. Much more to go. I love it!