Tag: Lords of Shadow

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Gaming
James Trauben

Lords of Shadow 2 is style over substance

I’m probably way too charitable when it comes to Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2. It’s a disappointment not because it isn’t engaging but because it so often is, right up until it suddenly falters. Konami and Mercury Storm’s latest collaboration has met with…mixed reviews. It currently holds a critical metascore of 63 on Metacritic, with

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Gaming
James Trauben

Lords of Shadow Brings New Blood to Vampire-Slaying

Though narrated by Patrick Stewart in full portentous mode, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow is very much a visual experience. From its first scenes, the game oozes Romanticism. Trembling villages brandish torches and pitchforks, cowering from the threatening storm before a crude palisade of hewn logs. Gabriel Belmont — a proud, imposing figure of red and

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