Castlevania: Lords of Shadow

 PlayStation 3
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8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 602 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 83 out of 602
  3. Negative: 56 out of 602
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  1. RiggidyRoy
    Feb 6, 2014
    10
    This is my first review and I am RAGED at people saying this game is mediocre because it's NOT.

    Fantastic untouchable 5/5 sound track.

    Graphics amazing 5/5.

    Gameplay 5/5. It's tough thus making you think on your feet.

    Story 5/5 Amazingly well crafted and great characters.

    I don't understand the low scores this game has it all it's lengthy and well done.
  2. megadethizer
    Feb 24, 2014
    10
    Such an amazing game.So much variety from the creatures,enemies,bosses to the environments,magnificent storyline,awesome combat and physics.A real masterpiece !
  3. Seansy00
    Mar 2, 2014
    10
    This game is sexy, thats all you need to know, the gameplay is fun and the graphics are great. Dont believe the negativity. I work on a 10, 5, 0 score. 10 = Id buy for ps3, 5 = Probably wouldnt buy. 0 = Would not buy.
  4. larrystanke
    Mar 26, 2014
    10
    completely unexpected greatness. I rememeber seeing the trailers in the game shop, and since then it got my attention. When i played it it slowly took me inside and i was shocked how good the game was. Everything that game needs was there. Great story, gameplay with amazing boss fights. Music is beautifull, and surroundings stunning. Just a great game that will be remembered and recomendedcompletely unexpected greatness. I rememeber seeing the trailers in the game shop, and since then it got my attention. When i played it it slowly took me inside and i was shocked how good the game was. Everything that game needs was there. Great story, gameplay with amazing boss fights. Music is beautifull, and surroundings stunning. Just a great game that will be remembered and recomended to my firends… Expand
  5. Courageismight
    Nov 22, 2014
    7
    This game should be a better game given what money they make you pay for it and the fact that it has an M rating I mean if a game has that rating for me to buy it it has to be FANTASTIC or I DON'T HAVE A CHANCE of getting it because my sister won't let me play M games except for Skyrim because you can mod it.
    Even if this game was DEEP and FANTASTIC like Twilight Princess I probably STILL    This game should be a better game given what money they make you pay for it and the fact that it has an M rating I mean if a game has that rating for me to buy it it has to be FANTASTIC or I DON'T HAVE A CHANCE of getting it because my sister won't let me play M games except for Skyrim because you can mod it.
    Even if this game was DEEP and FANTASTIC like Twilight Princess I probably STILL could not get ahold of it because of its rating.
    The negative reviews do have points about the lack of fantastic music and complexity.
    I expected more of this game due to its rating and its price its not good enough to overcome its M rating so I'm not buying it    … Expand
  6. HoverReid
    May 2, 2016
    9
    I think the game is great and deserves more attention.
    Can't say the same thing about the sequel but it's still playable.
    This game's combat is similar to God Of War but it's a little more in-depth. The boss fights are a blast and there are lots of hidden things around the stages, encouraging exploration. The Story line is really good. ( I dare say this game is better than God Of War).    I think the game is great and deserves more attention.
    Can't say the same thing about the sequel but it's still playable.
    This game's combat is similar to God Of War but it's a little more in-depth.
    The boss fights are a blast and there are lots of hidden things around the stages, encouraging exploration.
    The Story line is really good. ( I dare say this game is better than God Of War).
    The puzzles are pretty interesting and the game has challenges to keep you replaying.
    There is a decent amount of replay value too.
    This game is a solid 9 for me.
    It has it's cons but the pros heavily outweigh them.    … Expand
  7. Darko84
    Feb 3, 2015
    9
    Castlevania: LoS is my favorite game launched in PS3.
    It's a reboot to the series and therefore they decided to take a different direction, which in my opinion was the right one and I was positive surprised by the results.
    The story and its development is stunning, specially using the narrative from Zobek. The way they show you how Gabriel get immerse in this dark tale is just    Castlevania: LoS is my favorite game launched in PS3.
    It's a reboot to the series and therefore they decided to take a different direction, which in my opinion was the right one and I was positive surprised by the results.
    The story and its development is stunning, specially using the narrative from Zobek.
    The way they show you how Gabriel get immerse in this dark tale is just magnificent.
    The characters and bosses are amazing and full of life.
    The landscape and music makes a wonderful match for this epic adventure that you will never forget.
    The only little flaw that keep it away from 10 is the camera, it is fixed.    … Expand
  8. Dionysus777
    Feb 5, 2015
    7
    Castlevania los king of the save glitch. It has to be king. What game do you know of that crashes and corrupts your save on the final boss. It must be the work of satan! Decent game though make sure u can patch it.Dont get me wrong its no s.o.n. And once you get satan off ur back theres not much left to do.
  9. cadash06
    May 25, 2015
    10
    Good story, dark characters and environments, the saga of The First Belmont is amazing, you will feel the urge to accompany Gabriel Belmont to the end.
  10. edwartexe
    Mar 11, 2015
    9
    amazing both in storytelling and gameplay. it may not be a clasic castlevania game but it does stand on its own two feet at one of the best in the serie. gabriel's character is developed in an impresive way by both the gameplay and the narrative. its world is certainlty an interesting take on the clasic vampire mythos.

    that said ... that dlc sure is overpriced ... 20 bucks for 5 stages?    amazing both in storytelling and gameplay. it may not be a clasic castlevania game but it does stand on its own two feet at one of the best in the serie. gabriel's character is developed in an impresive way by both the gameplay and the narrative. its world is certainlty an interesting take on the clasic vampire mythos.

    that said ... that dlc sure is overpriced ... 20 bucks for 5 stages? i know the forgoten one is one hell of a boss fight but come on konami.    … Expand
  11. neopolx
    Jul 10, 2016
    9
    Good game, full of action, great cinematics, fuid game, magic powers, great story, challenging enemies, great graphics with beautiful backgrounds. its a great and fun game.
  12. dante12309s
    Feb 17, 2022
    9
    Why make the game about fighting Titans and call it Castlevania?
    Why do I have to play some Titan fighting game before I can get to Castlevania?
    I'm finishing the 2nd chapter, so far it is absolutely not what one would be expecting from Cstlevania I hope it helps someone to realize that you will have to suffer through the same if you want to play Cstlevania [1/10] Chapters 3 and 4    Why make the game about fighting Titans and call it Castlevania?
    Why do I have to play some Titan fighting game before I can get to Castlevania?
    I'm finishing the 2nd chapter, so far it is absolutely not what one would be expecting from Cstlevania
    I hope it helps someone to realize that you will have to suffer through the same if you want to play Cstlevania [1/10]

    Chapters 3 and 4 are still dreadful, even if you drop the difficulty level down - the boss fights won't become fought faster......... [0/10]

    Chapter 5 starts off going below 0 out of 10, this game is extremely annoying

    The only reason I am still playing it is because I want to see Castles, Vampires, Dracula and a good storytelling

    However, with every minute of playing this game I begin to think that it will never happen or perhaps I quit playing it before it will

    Chapter 5: you can not be making a game out of pazzles alone, too many pazzles - it does not become interesting [0/10]

    Chapter 7: The game has began to shine, as we enter the Castlevania, Gabriel is forced to use more shadow magic, which as I imagine is to set the stage for a showdown to come next [3/10]

    Chapter 8 to 9: Castelvania Lords of Shadow establishes its main idea that it is inquing into [7/10]

    Having finished the whole game + DLC's: It is a profound tale of knighthood, I can not compare it to anything else, so it is its own thing [9/10]    … Expand
  13. Danbliz
    Jul 16, 2015
    8
    Sistema de combate y árbol de habilidades interesante. Buenos escenarios y gráficos aceptables. Historia decente. Faltó que se esforzaran más en algunas cosas pero el resultado igual es bueno.
  14. sjulti
    Dec 9, 2016
    9
    Castlevania Lords of Shadow is a very unique game it reminds me a lot of God of War and Devil May Cry, it has a lot of amazing boss battles it also has about 3 puzzles in each chapter its a hack and slash thats not afraid to test your mind, and also the character develepment in Gabriel is amazing how he goes from being the Hero to becoming the villain.
  15. KayVen17
    Jan 4, 2017
    9
    Deutsche Review - Kritik

    Der folgende Test ist in 5 Kategorien zusammengefasst. Diese 5 Kartegorien ergeben die Gesamtpunktzahl von 0 - 100 Punkten. Um einen passenden Userscore zu geben wird auf oder abgerundet. Bei 84 Punkten ergibt das einen User Score von 8. Bei 86 einen von Userscore von 9. Falls eine 85 kommt entscheide ich ob ich es eher positiv oder negativ nehme. Regeln    Deutsche Review - Kritik

    Der folgende Test ist in 5 Kategorien zusammengefasst. Diese 5 Kartegorien ergeben die Gesamtpunktzahl von 0 - 100 Punkten. Um einen passenden Userscore zu geben wird auf oder abgerundet. Bei 84 Punkten ergibt das einen User Score von 8. Bei 86 einen von Userscore von 9. Falls eine 85 kommt entscheide ich ob ich es eher positiv oder negativ nehme. Regeln verstanden?
    Dann sind hier meine Punkte.

    Mein persönlicher Score = 87/100
    Mein User Score = 9/10    … Expand
  16. Broyax
    Jun 23, 2021
    1
    Un hack & slash -ou beat’em all ou peu importe le nom qu’on peut donner à une daube- plutôt joli, il faut le reconnaître, oui vraiment assez joli, même sur la PS3 moui. Très répétitif et limité, il faut le reconnaître également. Et carrémetn très con également. On incarne donc un bellâtre qui fout sur la gueule des loups-garous à la chaîne entre deux cinématiques à dormir debout, cela vaUn hack & slash -ou beat’em all ou peu importe le nom qu’on peut donner à une daube- plutôt joli, il faut le reconnaître, oui vraiment assez joli, même sur la PS3 moui. Très répétitif et limité, il faut le reconnaître également. Et carrémetn très con également. On incarne donc un bellâtre qui fout sur la gueule des loups-garous à la chaîne entre deux cinématiques à dormir debout, cela va de soi (la touche japonaise oblige).

    La caméra est fixe et l’environnement est un long couloir avec des scripts et des QTE (de merde) qui traînent un peu partout. L’ambiance n’est pas si mauvaise d’une certaine façon après quelques lampées de saké mais le ton compassé de l’ensemble (notamment des voix -en anglais) porte sur les nerfs tandis que l’ennui gagne très rapidement du terrain (il est à couper au couteau).

    Quitte à se gaver de QTE et de scripts bidons, autant se taper un Asura’s Wrath parce qu’au moins, là, on rigole franchement comme devant un vieux nanar à la télé. Avec Castlemachin, au bout de 10 mn, on se demande quand ça va se terminer… Bénie soit donc la touche eject de la plaiestation ! même si cette daube prend un temps pas possible pour désinstaller un étron de ce sous-genre !    … Expand
  17. Equalizer_77
    Nov 24, 2019
    10
    A game that makes you want to play it, you start it and do not stop until it is finished, a beautiful music and excellent effects to this day, great playability with some rough edges to polish, a story worthy of its predecessors. I would only change the camera, it is not very comfortable when playing, the rest is simply beautiful.
  18. BananaLuiz
    Jul 26, 2017
    8
    Great story with incredible characters and cutscenes, stunning graphics and good soundtrack, but the gameplay is locked and the controls are not to be desired, and also the game is not dynamic, stopping at all times to close and start a chapter, yet the Experience is very striking with history and impressive graphics, escapes the classic style but ****
  19. Alex_Pilgrim008
    Jun 27, 2020
    8
    "Castlevania: Lords of Shadow" was produced by Kojima Productions and their influence on the game's look is quite apparent. This lengthy action-adventure has echoes of Kojima's "Metal Gear Solid" in some of its character and level designs. It also reimagines the world of Castlevania in the style of "God of War". The visual artistry is really quite beautiful and the gorgeous musical score"Castlevania: Lords of Shadow" was produced by Kojima Productions and their influence on the game's look is quite apparent. This lengthy action-adventure has echoes of Kojima's "Metal Gear Solid" in some of its character and level designs. It also reimagines the world of Castlevania in the style of "God of War". The visual artistry is really quite beautiful and the gorgeous musical score matches it perfectly. But the gameplay can be derivative since it borrows ideas from GOW, "Shadow of the Colossus" and "Uncharted". This is a case where the presentation seems to be more inspired than the actual game itself. Regardless, every aspect is done exceptionally well. The graphics are amazing, the combat is fun and the story is terrific. So if you're a Castlevania fan, then you'll probably find it to be a very intriguing prequel. I would rate it with an 8.5 out of 10.… Expand
  20. PuzzledPanther
    Nov 21, 2017
    5
    Game gets a 5, and that's being generous. Decent graphics, questionable controls and camera angles and just plain stupid boss levels. The bosses are fairly straight forward but the fact that you constantly have messages telling you what button to hit takes you out of the game.

    This is what happens when a game producer like Konami gives one of their best franchises to some crap Spanish    Game gets a 5, and that's being generous. Decent graphics, questionable controls and camera angles and just plain stupid boss levels. The bosses are fairly straight forward but the fact that you constantly have messages telling you what button to hit takes you out of the game.

    This is what happens when a game producer like Konami gives one of their best franchises to some crap Spanish developer.

    I don't even care if it's a "God of War" clone or any of that nonsense. Just make a game that's enticing and not some generic 2010s era flash in the pan 3d action game.    … Expand
  21. Ryuail
    Feb 1, 2020
    5
    One of two PS3 games that made me sea-sick while sitting on my couch. A wobbly camera even when action isn't occurring made the game unplayable for me.
    Never got to finish it because my PS3 was stolen, but I was far enough to know that I wasn't having a good time.
  22. Max_Spidey
    Oct 8, 2018
    7
    [PT-BR] Lords of Shadow é aquele jogo que ou você ama ou você odeia,por mais que não tenha agradado certos fãs,é inegável que o jogo tem uma história MUITO FODA com várias reviravoltas.
    O gameplay poderia ter sido um pouco mais original,pois acabou virando uma mistura de God of War e Shadow of the Colossus,isso quer dizer que é ruim?Não,mas como dito,poderia ser um pouco mais original,o    [PT-BR] Lords of Shadow é aquele jogo que ou você ama ou você odeia,por mais que não tenha agradado certos fãs,é inegável que o jogo tem uma história MUITO FODA com várias reviravoltas.
    O gameplay poderia ter sido um pouco mais original,pois acabou virando uma mistura de God of War e Shadow of the Colossus,isso quer dizer que é ruim?Não,mas como dito,poderia ser um pouco mais original,o jogo tem chefes incríveis,cenários incríveis,um bom sistema de combos,vários upgrades de combos,coletáveis,enfim,o jogo é muito bom.    … Expand
  23. AlexvaderII
    Sep 16, 2020
    10
    Como fan de Castlevania me siento satisfecho con esta entrega, tiene buenos gráficos, cuenta con un gran sistema de combos y armas secundarias. Adicionalmente contaremos con magia oscura y de luz que nos servirán de mucho en la aventura pero no será tan fácil como activar la magia y listo, si no que hay un modo de concentración en el cual el objetivo es que golpeemos a los enemigos y luegoComo fan de Castlevania me siento satisfecho con esta entrega, tiene buenos gráficos, cuenta con un gran sistema de combos y armas secundarias. Adicionalmente contaremos con magia oscura y de luz que nos servirán de mucho en la aventura pero no será tan fácil como activar la magia y listo, si no que hay un modo de concentración en el cual el objetivo es que golpeemos a los enemigos y luego esquivar o defendernos en el momento exacto para que obtengamos la energía para llenar nuestras barras de magia, esto hará nuestros combates mas exigentes.

    El juego cuenta con escenarios muy diferentes entre ellos y todos son hermosos a su manera, y cuenta con jefes los cuales serán un gran obstáculo para avanzar en los niveles, no será solo machacar botones, al contrario hay algunos jefes que tendremos que escalarlos al estilo Shadow of the Colossus y eso es excelente, hace muy bien al implementar esas mecánicas.

    Algo que hay que mencionar es que el juego nos dejara regresar a los primeros niveles para explorarlos de nuevo ya que obtendremos mejoras mientras avanzamos en el juego que nos permitirán acceder a nuevas areas las cuales en su momento eran inaccesibles, esto es muy típico de la saga Castlevania y es genial.

    Como punto fuerte tengo que hacer ver que este juego cuenta con acertijos muy ingeniosos y variados por todo el mapa del juego, y la historia que es una de origen esta muy bien planteada, con este juego tendremos muchas horas de diversión y mas si queremos llegar a sacar el platino del juego ya que supondrá un gran reto. Este Castlevania considero que no tuvo la mejor de las suertes por la fecha de su lanzamiento ya que lo compararon absurdamente con otros exponentes de Hack and Slash y por supuesto que este juego tiene algo de eso pero tiene mas aspectos que harán que se sienta totalmente único y diferente, yo lo considero como uno de los mejores juegos de todo el catalogo de PS3.    … Expand
  24. Leontorres7
    Nov 15, 2018
    9
    This is really a great game, there is so much to love about it, must play for sure!
  25. Dravenpool
    Sep 6, 2020
    6
    The game goes well until the last DLC battle. That boss is horrible, with bad programmed hit boxes and inexistent patterns.
  26. Bravas09
    Mar 12, 2019
    10
    Muy buen juego incluso en 2019 como lo juego yo muy buena jugabilidad graficos para la epoca quiza lo que menos me gusta es la historia pero no es mala para gustos y colores
  27. elolugo
    Dec 27, 2021
    6
    Great lloking game but it's kind of boring. Just grab it if you don't have anything else to play
  28. AjStyles01
    May 30, 2021
    10
    Que jogo maravilhoso, nasce no auge de uma das melhores épocas de vídeo jogos para consoles, Lords of Shadows me impressionou com a qualidade que fizeram neste game com diversas mecânicas diferentes inclusive algumas baseadas em outros grandes sucessos, e constante evolução do personagem, tornando cada vez mais frenética a gameplay!
  29. Aerozvi
    Jul 7, 2020
    10
    este juego es una obra de arte, no hay otra forma de describirlo y la historia de las mejores que he visto
  30. gud1
    May 14, 2020
    10
    Amazing game. Each level looks unique with rememberable enemies and sceneries. In 10 years its still beautifull and does not stop to amuse you.
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Awards & Rankings

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#27 Best PS3 Game of 2010
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#10 Most Discussed PS3 Game of 2010
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#18 Most Shared PS3 Game of 2010

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Metascore
85

Generally favorable reviews - based on 62 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 60 out of 62
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 62
  3. Negative: 0 out of 62
  1. DarkZero
    Apr 28, 2011
    80
    The franchise needed this. It's not remotely original and it occasionally threatens to drown under the weight of its own bluster, but it's also clever, challenging, bewilderingly pretty in places and a ripping good yarn.
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  2. Playstation Official Magazine Australia
    Jan 24, 2011
    90
    While the fixed-camera isn't always your friend and the platforming relies too much on trial-and-error death, this is still one hell of a tight package. Give Castlevania: Lords of Shadow a chance to sink its fangs into you and you'll be surprised about how exquisite and long lasting its embrace can be. [December 2010 p74]
  3. Cynamite
    Jan 16, 2011
    85
    Fabulous action game with nice riddles and cool fights, but with lacks in camera perspectives.
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