amazingR Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 I'm gonna have this game Monday or Tuesday. I love all genres so any game is for me. Is this a good title to play? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Fly Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 It's a great game. Hopefully it won't disappoint you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duck360 Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 I would rate it 9.5\10. It's a very very awesome game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonp92 Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 Amazing game. It takes allot of aspects from other games in it's genre, but if it's not broken don't fix it. The ending is spetaclularly good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabGnome Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 I would say it is pretty good. It also is graphically amazing. My only issues with it are camera/control issues that come up, but rarely. Also, I did all the stuff for a platinum but one of the trophies bugged on me. But it sounds like that bug is very rare. So, enjoy it! Certainly feels like an under appreciated game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingR Posted April 26, 2011 Author Share Posted April 26, 2011 Thanks guys can't wait to start playing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CackNBallz Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 I have read a lot of negative feedback on the game regarding the camera and controls. But I haven't encountered any that hindered my enjoyment of the game. I am really enjoying this game thus far (I am in Chapter V at the time of this post.) I have never had so much fun going back to replay the levels since my Super Mario days. Patrick Stewart's voice acting is great albeit a little melodramatic at times. I like Gabriel's character and his inner turmoil and how is becoming a super powerful warrior. I do not trust Zobek however. I sense there will be a plot twist regarding him. The combat and gameplay is fun especially when you vary your combos and utilize the two magic types. I have to work on my air combos but it seems that whenever I go into the air I get knocked down and reset my combo meter. The graphics are really good, the enemies are varied in look but only seem to have 3 kinds of attacks (slash, unblockable slash, and ground pound) oh and there is a poison vomit from the ghouls. This will be a challenging platinum and I look forward to playing the DLC Reverie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawidekFCB Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 (edited) I have read a lot of negative feedback on the game regarding the camera and controls. But I haven't encountered any that hindered my enjoyment of the game. Yeah, like me, hehe. Many people say that camera in this game is horrible, which is not true imho. Maybe in few moments, but still the game is great and beautiful. I'm on second playthrough now, I'm trying to beat game on paladin difficulty. I was prepared for that, because I finished first playthrough on the hardest difficulty available. And also Final Light and final for shadow magic (I don't remember name of it) are veeery helpful. Using them during battles with bosses makes Gabriel the strongest baddas ever, hehe. Edited May 2, 2011 by DawidekFCB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dz06lt Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 its not bad but it gets boring and excessivly repetitive fast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrKrueak Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 currently playing it myself, so far it is not bad, good story which IMO is important to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spawnvader Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Only real major flaw I've found is the horrible ledge grabbing detection. Died so many times because Gabriel wouldn't grab a ledge that he was touching.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CackNBallz Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Just finished the game last night and boy was the ending awesome! I would have to agree with spawnvader that the ledge grabbing detection was pretty bad but I didn't die because of it. It was more from jumping up from the ground to the ledge that would fail for the first time sometimes. Other than that I was thoroughly impressed with the game. I am now going to start the Paladin/Trial completion run to get the platinum. I can't wait until the PSN comes back online so I can purchase the Reverie DLC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artur05 Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 It is a great game. You will enjoy it very much. Good luck. Enjoy the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartan14 Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 its a good game to get, they did this castlevania game right, the enviroments are rich and alot of detail in it. i wish there was more fighting in the game and the music was more like castlevania sotn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SergentGarcia Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 not so much fun for me. I feel it lacks some progression scale in the sense where it is VERY difficult to properly use the powers if you don't play perfectly. If you cannot fill the focus bar then you don't get enough orbs to refill and the game becomes way less interesting. Bored me too quickly for me to hang in there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboSquirrel Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 (edited) EDIT: I thought I was replying to a thread about the Reverie DLC. Oops The artwork and dynamic graphics effects are excellent. The music, voice acting and sound effects are also fitting and immersive. It runs at a reasonably solid frame-rate and is generally responsive to play. Does that make it a good game? Absolutely not! It has a lot of really irritating problems and (as with the first 12 chapters) one huge flaw. 1.) Many checkpoints are poorly chosen, meaning that you'll often have to watch (or manually skip) dialog and tutorials repeatedly where you fail a section often. This happens too often to be excused. 2.) There are too many parts of the game that fall into the horrible trend of killing you repeatedly until you work out what you're expected to do. One section expects you to scramble from one perilous hand rail to another, whilst the previous rail crumbles into dust. I failed this section over a dozen times because I struggled to find the next ledge. Not fun! When the ledge then crumbles and plunges you to your doom, you have to sit through another drawn out cut-scene. Then a second cut-scene on restarting the section! Argh! If felt a lot like these problems (1 and 2) were almost intended to pad out the duration of the DLC. 3.) The biggest problem with Lords of Shadow is that it only pretends to have deep and varied combat. You have lots of moves on paper but they're worthless in practice (particularly at the Paladin skill level). There's barely ever the opportunity to bust out an elaborate combo or an aerial attack sequence because the enemies are onto you in a second, you have no breathing room and they rarely go into hit-stun. They retaliate, even though you're mid-way through beating the living crap out of them. That leaves you with 2 modes of combat; rolling away and hitting square - and that gets very tiresome indeed. Any sections where you play as Laura (especially on Paladin difficulty) epitomize this problem. Combat in this game is horrible! All of that said, the puzzles were superb! I'd still rate this an 80%, but it underachieves entirely on the combat front Edited June 3, 2011 by TurboSquirrel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesilentmantis Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 the platforming elements are terrible. you dont jump anywhere close to where you are aiming, and it makes gabriel look like an idiot flying around. the different difficulty levels are just plain lazy...the enemies do not attack any faster or act any smarter, they just deal more damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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