Underplayed Gems

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow (2010)

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow cover
Developer
MercurySteam
Publisher
Konami
Platforms
PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Genres
Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Rating
4.0 of 5, 229 player ratings
Main story
about 15 hours
Completionist
about 30 hours
Where to get it
Xbox

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How it feels

A grim, gothic vengeance story soaked in violent combat and mournful atmosphere.

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About

Gabriel Belmont learns of a mask with the power to raise the dead and sets out on a mission to obtain it to bring his recently murdered wife back from the dead. Lords of Shadow builds upon the combat systems first explored in this series in 2003's Lament of Innocence and adds more violent kills to the mix. Inspiration for these changes seems to have come from 2005's God of War.

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