Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 (PC, PS3, 360)

**YellerDog** · 13 May 2013, 06:29 PM

Yeah exactly, it's always the first two candles you whip.

**YellerDog** · 13 May 2013, 06:30 PM

There's no strategic reason to not upgrade immediately either from what I can tell. Totally dumb.

**Mzo** · 13 May 2013, 06:31 PM

Probably a remnant of an earlier design decision. I bet the upgrade system couldn't be yanked out of the game without fucking with the code, so they just give you the full upgrades right off the bat as a quick fix.

**GohanX** · 17 May 2013, 03:36 PM

The only real reason I can see is that you can ignore the upgrades if you want the game to be more difficult, because NES Castlevania was far too easy.

**EvilMog** · 18 May 2013, 11:21 AM

Originally Posted by GohanX

The only real reason I can see is that you can ignore the upgrades if you want the game to be more difficult, because NES Castlevania was far too easy.

Besides the game being tough we always ended up having what ever copy we were playing lock up sometime before or after Grim Reaper. Never did see the end of the original game.