JBoc924The Castlevania Lords of Shadow reviews just keep pouring in, this time we get Gamespot’s official review. They gave the game a 7.5, a score that is above the flood of 8’s and 9’s it’s been getting. Why such deviation from the standard rating? Well, let this excerpt do the talking, and you can click here for the full review.
All of this leaves Castlevania: Lords of Shadow in a position where it takes bits (and sometimes chunks) of ideas from other games to reboot a classic series for a more contemporary audience.Those core ideas are what make those games good, and fortunately they’re also what make Castlevania: Lords of Shadow good. And, to the game’s credit, it takes more than a bit of skill to make all of these ideas gel together in a way that doesn’t produce a disparate train wreck. Still, it’s not without obvious faults. The combat is great and the boss battles are quite memorable, but it degenerates when those core ideas clash–when Castlevania ignores what it does so well (action) for the sake of creating a more diverse experience. The problem is that diversity ultimately adds nothing notable except for shallow adventure elements and frustration. It’s a good start for a series in need of some new blood–so to speak–it’s just unfortunate so much of it comes from other games and not an original source.
