評論

• gamedeal user

  Jan 2, 2022

  The last good Castlevania.
• gamedeal user

  Sep 2, 2013

  When I first played this for Xbox 360 back in 2011, I fell in love instantly. The gameplay, graphics, and music meshes together perfectly. The soundtrack is one of the best I've ever heard for any game. Big thumbs up to Oscar Araujo for it. There is incredible detail put into every level! The game is decently long too. It doesn't feel like it gets old either. The levels are refreshing and there are a ton of boss fights. There isn't really any ingenuity in the gameplay- I've seen it all elsewhere, but that's fine with me. As long as it doesn't fail- which it does not. I honestly think this game should've gotten Game of the Year back in 2011, instead of Skyrim. I was extremely excited to re-purchase this for PC and cannot wait for the sequel! Rating: 5/5
• gamedeal user

  Jun 7, 2022

  It's fun. You play a moody goth paladin(?) that kills monsters, you gradually explore an unabashedly edgy and thoroughly grimdark world that is frankly trying too hard, and you follow a story that is only just well-written enough to keep you vaguely interested in seeing the next bit of what passes for plot. It's not going to be your GOTY, but it doesn't suck. If you like hack-and-slash games such as the older entries in the God of War series, it's kind of in that vein. I'm glad I bought it, and am currently going into a second playthrough. Also, Sir Patrick Stewart does a significant amount of voice acting in this game, so it gets bonus points for that.
• gamedeal user

  Sep 21, 2022

  Plays on Steam Deck One of my favorite castlevania games good story and action
• gamedeal user

  Nov 15, 2014

  [This is a no spoilers review] Oof, this game, I really have mixed feelings about it. It has some incredible visuals and the soundtrack is also pretty nice. The story is decent, but not particularly noteworthy - although the general lore is interesting, if you like arthurian legend and vampires. But in the end, everything in this game is a mix of ups and downs. It almost feels like they didn't really know how to make games, but tried their hands on it anyway, just to get a format for their ideas. So many rules are broken, design inconsistencies, introducing mechanics to people then suddenly they work differently "just because." It can be a really frustrating experience, and most of the game is absolutely riddled with invisible walls (every single level will have you go "wait, I can't go there?"), plus the fact that you have no control over the camera. There's platforms and jumping puzzles all over the place, but all of it is completely on rails. For example: You can't jump out from a wall, if there's nothing to jump out to and grab. This is a sign of lazy design, where instead of working on adequately communicating when the users SHOULD jump, they just don't let them jump at all, if there's nothing to jump to. It might not sound like much, but it feels incredibly restrictive, with absolutely no illusion of freedom at all. You can find a lot of general inspirations in this game, but it's almost like it has no idea if what it wants to be. It's all brooding and dark, but then there's the occassional joke they crack up, completely out of context, leaving you feeling very awkward afterwards. Unfortunately, lacking narrative and mechanical identity, means that it never does anything but visuals and music properly. In here, you'll see strains of Devil May Cry mostly, with the occassional "Shadow of the Colossus" moments, which are often very poorly implemented, lengthy and frustrating. I usually play DMC with the difficulty all the way up, because it feels rewarding to progress, thanks to the fact that its rules of play are consistent. But for this game, I ended up turning down the difficulty; because Lords of Shadow is really hard, but in a very frustrating way, by shitting all over its own rules from time to time. It takes all sense of user responsibility away, leaving you with no feeling of "ouch that was my own fault, need to get better," but instead an ocean of "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?!" With ultimate edition especially, with the final boss in the extra chapters, they just end up going full retard, by telling you to "watch the moves of the boss to avoid its attacks," while simultaneously forcing you to jump into the air where you can't dodge. There's about a fraction of a second for you to react, but if you're in a wrong position, you can get screwed hard and even stun-locked until you're dead. Not a nice experience. On the upside, at least, it is a pretty long game. If you want to stroll around and take in the environmental design, you'll be pleased to see just how varied the landscapes are. For the 25 euro asking price, I can't recommend it. However, if you ever see it on sale and want a lengthy, decently interesting experience, you should probably give this game a look. Just don't expect a very polished experience. [Edit]: Oh yeah, just thought that I'd add the fact, that despite the really stupid moments this game has, the rest of it still made well enough up for it, for me to sit through nearly 20 hours and completing the story. It's not a terrible game, but it's not amazing either. It just has content from both ends of the spectrum. Oh and for god's sake Gabriel, there is such a thing as too many dramatic pauses when you speak!
• inFamous4042

  Dec 30, 2022

  I used to play this game as a kid in my ps3.Damn playing with keyboard is ass
• gamedeal user

  Jan 22, 2023

  Bad camera, tedious gameplay with some very unintuitive controls, and too slow a pace. Unfortunately, something I cannot recommend.
• Nocturnal_Legacy

  Mar 4, 2023

  this game is legendary. I played this on xbox 360, the story is heartwrenching, the graphics are meh but excellent for their time, and the music is awe strikingly good. I honestly would sing praises about this game till the day I die, if you're a castlevania fan and wanna learn the story behind the Belmont lineage, this is where to start because canonically it's where it all BEGAN!
• AmyRose88

  Mar 13, 2023

  🔵 Requires light tinkering Fix black screen on start: - In the library go to the properties of the game - Under launch options write -windowed - Game should launch normally now in windowed mode - Go to in-game setting, set fullscreen and your screen resolution - Save and quit the game, remove -windowed from launch options Tested on: OnexPlayer Mini Pro 6800U Follow Handheld Friendly
• CapnMcDOOGLE

  Mar 16, 2023

  Dear Konami: Please release Symphony of the Night on Steam. This game is more like God of War or Dante's inferno than Castlevania. It's okay, but what we really want is Symphony of the Night.