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

[Chux]

I haven't tried it yet, I wonder if it takes away the QTE's for draining your enemies, or for jumps where you will fall.

[kingoffighters]

Sounds like neither of them are worth a damn.

Great minds and all that.

First day impression is always full of enthusiasm, then a month later everyone will say it is worse than the first.

[Yoshi]

I honestly can't wrap my head around these scores. I've never seen a game that interested me at all panned this hard.

Edge: 4/10

Eurogamer: 5/10

The one outstanding question I have is how much of a difference reviewing the right version would have had (both reviewed the PS3 version), as Digital Foundry's Face-Off reports quite a technical difference:

Naturally, the ability to run at 60fps easily makes the PC game the most attractive to fans of fast-paced action titles and Lords of Shadow 2 greatly benefits from the quicker and more accurate controller response provided by the higher frame-rate. The upgrade in the quality of the art and effects work also represents a worthwhile step up over the consoles, especially when playing natively in 1080p where details appear sharper and more defined.

Even if it were two whole points though, 6s and 7s are not compelling for $60 MSRP PC games.

I'm both happy that I passed and furious that I had to.

[Chux]

Yeah, I'm playing the 360 version and it's not the prettiest thing in the world.

Fool and his money, etc.

[Yoshi]

So, Chux, can you confirm for me that this is a Metroidvania with GoW combat? If that's what it is, with last gen ugly mixed in, I can understand the scores.

[EvilMog]

The review at Joystiq enjoyed the game. That's about the only one.

[raystorm]

Disappointed at the scores. I'm sure I'll like LoS2 (some recent games I've had a good time with were killed by reviewers) but I'll wait until it hits a sub $30 price which probably won't take too long. Steam summer sale it is.

[MechDeus]

Sounds like they were too focused on that story that they thought really needed to be told and forgot about the game.

[MechDeus]

So, Chux, can you confirm for me that this is a Metroidvania with GoW combat? If that's what it is, with last gen ugly mixed in, I can understand the scores.

That's an interesting and desperate way to scramble and find a scapegoat.

[Chux]

So, Chux, can you confirm for me that this is a Metroidvania with GoW combat? If that's what it is, with last gen ugly mixed in, I can understand the scores.

So far, yeah. The wolf medalion allows me to go from "Real, Current World" to "Memories of the Castle World". I'm still not positive that the old world isn't real unless Dracula is battling his memories to "remember" his powers in the real world. That's a lot of quotes. There are places in both areas that I can't access until I have different skills. I know it's semantics but I think it's more GOW with Metroidvania exploration dipped in.

That's an interesting and desperate way to scramble and find a scapegoat.

He's not far off the mark, though.