Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2

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  1. Warrior_of_Doom
    Jul 19, 2023
    8
    The overall score is based on how much fun I personally had with every component of the game
    and the overall experience.
  2. starki11er
    May 29, 2023
    7
    CLOS 2 is the conclusion of the epic saga, you can experiment the full power of the prince of darkness with all awesome skills.
    The graphics are wonderful, the scenario bring us to the past of castle of Dracula and combine with current time.
    the design of the characters is very well sometimes the system of battle is repetitive and some elements of stealth are useless. In fact, i    CLOS 2 is the conclusion of the epic saga, you can experiment the full power of the prince of darkness with all awesome skills.
    The graphics are wonderful, the scenario bring us to the past of castle of Dracula and combine with current time.
    the design of the characters is very well
    sometimes the system of battle is repetitive
    and some elements of stealth are useless.
    In fact, i recommend you must play the game and let him surprise you
    regards    … Expand
  3. castlevaniacrap
    Oct 17, 2022
    9
    I think this game is underrated. In fact I think it's better than the original. The weapons are more varied and you can still feel the weight behind every hit. I think the setting is better, instead of a generic fantasy it's modern day London(at least I'm assuming based on accents and police outfits). I like how every level is interconnected, like Castlevania should have, and has aI think this game is underrated. In fact I think it's better than the original. The weapons are more varied and you can still feel the weight behind every hit. I think the setting is better, instead of a generic fantasy it's modern day London(at least I'm assuming based on accents and police outfits). I like how every level is interconnected, like Castlevania should have, and has a shop for sub-weapons. Some down sides, the story, it's interesting in concept but not execution. I don't remember any of the music, and Castlevania is known for its good music. Lastly, the stealth and walking sections, while not often and not very long, they are still annoying to deal with. Despite those, as I said earlier, I think it's better than the first game, 9/10… Expand
  4. YokoHugo
    Jul 29, 2022
    5
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  5. Nekrips
    Jul 24, 2022
    9
    A bigger, more detailed, more dynamic game with a varied combat system and improved graphics than in the previous part. But the biggest and most decisive drawback of Lords of Shadow 2 compared to the first part is the weaker story and plot.
  6. Shaman19
    Jun 11, 2022
    10
    Bu oyunun değerini kimse anlamadı, çok güzel mekanikleri , hikayesi vs. Başyapıttı ama hep eleştirildi nedense
  7. Darkspawn677
    May 17, 2022
    0
    I love this game and i see dracula more of an antagonist and alucard as more of a protagonist
  8. sapphireglaceon
    Mar 27, 2022
    0
    this was worse then the first one no improvements what so ever and still does not feel like castlevania JUST STOP KONAMI
  9. dante12309s
    Feb 21, 2022
    10
    The story contained in the LoS2 (Lords of Shadow) is masterfullly written, much like the gampley is fitting to the game's setting and the main stroy

    It is a masterpiece

    Cannot wait for LoS3
  10. anfeherle89
    Dec 5, 2021
    8
    very good, very good continuation of the history of the first part, the only bad thing is that you can not watch the complete map of each area, and the end is acceptable, is a very good game, play it.
  11. Domdom21br
    Sep 17, 2021
    6
    Os gráficos são legais e o combate também mas essa porra travou 2x em momentos importantes, puta que pariu né?
  12. OrwellWasRight
    Jun 8, 2021
    8
    This is a very underrated game. I don't know why this game got such bad reviews from the press but they got it all wrong. This is a very good game.

    Great gameplay, cool weapons, interesting characters, good voice acting, nice perks and upgrades, fantastic boss fights, engaging story. It's all there. What more can you ask for ? Even seven years after it's release I'm enjoying the hell    This is a very underrated game. I don't know why this game got such bad reviews from the press but they got it all wrong. This is a very good game.

    Great gameplay, cool weapons, interesting characters, good voice acting, nice perks and upgrades, fantastic boss fights, engaging story. It's all there. What more can you ask for ?

    Even seven years after it's release I'm enjoying the hell out of this game. That speaks volumes since most games don't age well.
    It's a shame this game didn't get the praise it deserves.    … Expand
  13. bigmanmungus
    Mar 9, 2021
    0
    for clarity's sake, i am going to admit that I not only have not played CLOS 1, and neither have i finished this one, and i will most likely never do so. but I AM a big fan of character action games, and i happened to have this game in my steam library and thought i would give it a try. i sincerely wish i didn't. this game spits in the **** mouth of action games, decent writing, and funfor clarity's sake, i am going to admit that I not only have not played CLOS 1, and neither have i finished this one, and i will most likely never do so. but I AM a big fan of character action games, and i happened to have this game in my steam library and thought i would give it a try. i sincerely wish i didn't. this game spits in the **** mouth of action games, decent writing, and fun in a way I have never seen before, and i think the only thing keeping me from expressing the fullest is the 5000 character limit on Metacritic user reviews.

    THE STORY
    it's **** boring. who are you? some **** vampire from the previous game?. what are you doing? trying to **** kill yourself (which totally isn't just for shock value and edginess) why does hobo Dracula want to die? uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...

    THE GAMEPLAY
    I came to this game for combat, and within the first 5 hours, i was met with 15% **** awful button mashy gameplay, 30% boring as sin uncharted wannabe platforming 10% stealth sections, which are everyone's favorite part of games, 10% walking segments, which I'm not even going to elaborate on, you know they **** suck, and 9001% **** cutsenes featuring, and with no hyperbole, some of the blandest characters in any piece of fiction I have ever seen! Gabriel is playing catch up with Kratos in terms of personality (and kratos already barely has a personality), let alone some of the best action game protagonists, like Dante and Bayonetta. i would go into detail on the other characters, but I can barely remember most of their names!

    SUMMARRY

    the dracula game made me poop my panties 0/10    … Expand
  14. AliasAndrew
    Nov 17, 2020
    6
    I was let down by this game. I liked its predecessor a lot. It was supposed to be an open world game and it kind of was, if your definition of an open world is going through the same 5-6 areas again and again and again. I hated the stealth sections, something that speaks volumes since I love every stealth game out there. It's not all bad, it has a very good story with some big name actorsI was let down by this game. I liked its predecessor a lot. It was supposed to be an open world game and it kind of was, if your definition of an open world is going through the same 5-6 areas again and again and again. I hated the stealth sections, something that speaks volumes since I love every stealth game out there. It's not all bad, it has a very good story with some big name actors voicing the characters and fun battle. It just feels like a missed opportunity… Expand
  15. AlexvaderII
    Sep 16, 2020
    9
    Lords of Shadow 2 es una gran aventura, en esta continuación seremos Dracula y como tal tiene poderes muy buenos, el combate es espectacular e igualmente sus jefes finales. El juego como su entrega anterior tiene muchos secretos por encontrar y mucha exploración ya que podemos pasar horas buscando algunas mejoras o ítems.

    La historia es muy buena pero no tanto como la primera entrega y    Lords of Shadow 2 es una gran aventura, en esta continuación seremos Dracula y como tal tiene poderes muy buenos, el combate es espectacular e igualmente sus jefes finales. El juego como su entrega anterior tiene muchos secretos por encontrar y mucha exploración ya que podemos pasar horas buscando algunas mejoras o ítems.

    La historia es muy buena pero no tanto como la primera entrega y tiene algunos giros que no voy a mencionar para no arruinar las sorpresas, aun así me parece que es un buen cierre para esta trilogía. En cuanto a los combates serán muy similares a los de la primera entrega y eso esta bien ya que son de lo mejor, lo malo es que se implemento un modo sigilo y estas secciones en el juego son las menos divertidas aunque no llegan a estropear el juego.

    En cuanto a los enemigos tengo que mencionar que son variados pero hay algunos que no son del todo de mi agrado, hubiera querido que los enemigos fueran mas clásicos y tradicionales. Al final el juego esta bien pero hay algunos aspectos que se pudieron mejorar.    … Expand
  16. kain798
    Jun 23, 2020
    1
    Я помню так ждал эту игру... после первой части которая натурально вызывала слезы,я получил вторую.... даже андрамеда была не столь отвратительным продолжением игр
  17. 666999
    Jan 20, 2020
    8
    This game is a step Forwards from the first lord of the sadow.

    + good story that keeps you engaging. + great combat system not so much as different from the first game but it has improved. + good looking enviorment. + diffrent types of AI's + great boss fights - some enemies are frustrating to handle. - stupid quick time events. overall for me it's game worth replaying i    This game is a step Forwards from the first lord of the sadow.

    + good story that keeps you engaging.
    + great combat system not so much as different from the first game but it has improved.
    + good looking enviorment.
    + diffrent types of AI's
    + great boss fights

    - some enemies are frustrating to handle.
    - stupid quick time events.

    overall for me it's game worth replaying i enjoyed just for the good combat system and the main story    … Expand
  18. Jeor1144
    Nov 19, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. it is a really good game, i still play this game and i find it so funny, you can find on this game an entertaining dark plot.… Expand
  19. portorizon
    Sep 15, 2019
    9
    I don’t know why someone didn’t like the game. I enjoyed the game so much. This game is the reason I put my PS4 pro and Xbox one X for a rest for a while. I finished the game and I’m satisfied for the gameplay and the story, and I can’t wait for the sequel (hope it’s gonna happens).
  20. KratosKong
    Jan 18, 2019
    9
    En su día este videojuego fue duramente criticado casi sin justificación, si bien es cierto que tiene fases de sigilo muy cogidas con pinzas, en la parte Hack n Slash es muy competente.
  21. Max_Spidey
    Oct 7, 2018
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. [PT-BR] Castlevania Lords of Shadow 2 tem vários problemas,mas ainda é um jogo relativamente bom e divertido,depois da reviravolta no final do primeiro LOS,Gabriel Belmont vira Drácula, o Príncipe das Trevas.
    O começo do jogo é sensacional,tudo frenético,chefe foda "bagarai",referências ao clássico Symphony of the Night,e inclusive esse começo é a demo do jogo,foi o que me deixou hypado pra comprar o jogo,porém a melhor parte do jogo é essa.
    O jogo mistura o Castelo do Drácula com a cidade de hoje em dia,e isso ficou meio merda.
    A trilha sonora desse jogo é sensacional,tão boa senão melhor que a do primeiro Lords of Shadow.
    Ainda temos vários combos e uma boa árvore de upgrades pra eles.
    Um modo Stealth,sim um modo stealth,parece burrice mas isso acontece,e é óbvio que foi outro ponto negativo do jogo,
    No final temos uma batalha broxante...sim,BROXANTE,o que tudo parecia que seria uma batalha épica,na verdade nem sequer lutamos contra esse Boss final,só jogando pra entender.
    Parece que eu falei mal do jogo,mas ele tem pontos positivos também,como o gráfico,chefes memoráveis também(tirando a última batalha),a trilha sonora como eu disse acima,enfim,é um jogo divertido,porém claramente não tem a mesma qualidade do primeiro LOS.    … Expand
  22. sjulti
    Jan 3, 2017
    6
    Castlevania Lords of Shadow 2 is a let down after the amazing original i was expecting a more action packed game but what we got was a beutiful looking game with good boss fights but really annoying stealth sections that make no sense and a very boring story the only reason why i didint score it lower was because the combat is still great i also didint even finish the game it was that boring
  23. Maverickneo
    Feb 18, 2016
    5
    Average game. City levels are bland. Story is okay but lets be real. Konami needs to bring the series back to 2D or 2D/3D like the new Strider game. Hopefully they reboot the series in a positive way for Xbox ONE/PS4, or just let the series die like Capcom does with their franchises. Did I just say that? Yes, yes I did.
  24. Termin8ter
    Feb 13, 2016
    4
    I am deeply disappointed with Konami at the moment, They sell off Metal Gear Solid V Ground Zeroes as a complete package, but it turns out to be an overpriced demo. Then they cancelled Silent Hills, which could have been one of the greatest horror games of all time. Now they're firing Kojima, but forcing him to finish Phantom Pain first. Anyway, back to this review, Castlevania, LOS2 is aI am deeply disappointed with Konami at the moment, They sell off Metal Gear Solid V Ground Zeroes as a complete package, but it turns out to be an overpriced demo. Then they cancelled Silent Hills, which could have been one of the greatest horror games of all time. Now they're firing Kojima, but forcing him to finish Phantom Pain first. Anyway, back to this review, Castlevania, LOS2 is a very big disappointment compared to LoS 1. The combat is excellent, and the graphics are pretty too, but that doesn't make up for this game's many flaws. There is lots of completely unnecessary stealth sections where Dracula turns into a rat, hiding from enemies, trying to be some sort of Solid Rat. There is also a frustrating and unnecessary open world setup, which is very hard to traverse. The story is boring and uninteresting too. Konami has f@#ked up, as per usual. Don't buy this unfinished mess, wait for Phantom Pain to come out and buy that.… Expand
  25. Alex_Dzindzik
    Nov 7, 2015
    10
    Quando esse jogo saiu tive um alto preconceito contra ele, e para onde a historia tomou rumo, e por se passar nos dias atuais. Com a promoção resolvi comprar e ver, e, realmente mudou a forma como eu o via. É simplesmente fantastico a trilha sonora, a dublagem, os gráficos mesmo não tendo paisagens de natureza, somente castelos e fábricas é fantastico, tudo muito bonito. A trilha sonoraQuando esse jogo saiu tive um alto preconceito contra ele, e para onde a historia tomou rumo, e por se passar nos dias atuais. Com a promoção resolvi comprar e ver, e, realmente mudou a forma como eu o via. É simplesmente fantastico a trilha sonora, a dublagem, os gráficos mesmo não tendo paisagens de natureza, somente castelos e fábricas é fantastico, tudo muito bonito. A trilha sonora não é tão variavel mas é muito marcante e bem feita. A historia consegue te prender o que o faz jogar mais e mais. Não é um jogo tão facil mesmo colocando no médio mas isso pode ser porque eu sou ruim, teve alguns momentos frustrantes mas isso que se faz um bom jogo nada de moleza. Eu recomendo sim esse jogo inclusive com a dlc que tem para entender melhor a historia. Pode pegar sem medo.… Expand
  26. Dzondzula
    Aug 27, 2015
    8
    I love Castlevania and i heard that this one is pretty in the middle of the road so i tried it myself and o loved every second of it! Maybe its just me because im just 12 but i had a fun time with this title like with Sonic the Hedgehog 3! My score is 8!
  27. Danbliz
    Jul 16, 2015
    7
    No aporta mucho con respecto al anterior. La historia no termina de cerrar y la ambientación no es tan buena como el 1. Así y todo para pasar el rato sirve.
  28. cadash06
    May 25, 2015
    10
    If you played the first game, then you must play this one, great story, great characters, great boss battles, The return of memorable characters worshipped by many, and Gabriel's struggle with his human side it's amazing, this is one of my favorite games on ps3.
  29. akino3
    May 8, 2015
    8
    This is classic Castlevania action. Exploration, secrets, boss battles, character progress and specifically for this game, exceptional graphics surrounding an exciting story.

    Castlevania Lords of Shadow 2 is an open world hack'n slash game where you play the role of Count Dracula. After a long sleep, you are trying to regain your former strength and defeat Satan and his minions. The    This is classic Castlevania action. Exploration, secrets, boss battles, character progress and specifically for this game, exceptional graphics surrounding an exciting story.

    Castlevania Lords of Shadow 2 is an open world hack'n slash game where you play the role of Count Dracula. After a long sleep, you are trying to regain your former strength and defeat Satan and his minions.

    The things I like about this game are:
    - Graphics: Absolutely breathtaking
    - Setting: The castle is enormous and the word gothic fits it well.
    - Combat: Delve into a battle aggressively and it will probably be a quick death for you (talking about the hardest difficulty). The game makes you force yourself not to hit all the buttons like a maniac but fight smarter instead.

    The things I don't like are:
    - Dracula wandering in a basement car park? No I don't think it is a good idea.
    - Dracula can transform into a rat pack but not into a bat? Come on!
    - Sometimes checkpoints are too far apart and everything you did, you have to do again.
    - Boss battles are great, but continuing from the midst of a battle really takes the fun away. Just should have restarted the battle.

    The nice-to-have's are:
    - I wish there was more depth to the Castlevania games, just like the From Software series like Bloodborne or Dark Souls.

    All in all, this is a wonderful next-gen Castlevania game and a time-devourer. Experience it, if not for you are a Castlevania fan, but for you enjoy cinematic story-telling.    … Expand
  30. El-Cupacabras
    Apr 23, 2015
    10
    Great Game , nice story, nice presentation and fighting system, love the graphics, please Ignore negative reviews fro hard heads, I recommend the game, good job to mercury and konami
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 55 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 55
  2. Mixed: 32 out of 55
  3. Negative: 8 out of 55
  1. Gaming Nexus
    Apr 18, 2014
    74
    Konami's newest Castlevania sequel is marred by repetitive gameplay, terrible stealth missions and an uninteresting story that overstays its welcome
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  2. Impulsegamer
    Mar 23, 2014
    90
    Castlevania Lords of Shadow is a must play game on the PlayStation 3 that really draws you in from the start to give you a spectacular journey of good versus evil in this beautifully presented sequel.
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  3. Level7.nu
    Mar 21, 2014
    50
    Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 mixes elements from popular games without really understanding how the pieces must be assembled. The result is a tedious and sloppy game that most feels like something that the developer Mercury Team wanted to get over with. Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 lacks even the ambitious driven from its predecessor. It's not a bad game, but not worth playing.
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