PSA: All three Xbox 360 Castlevania games are on sale on XBL this week (BC, all three for less than $20)

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Lords of Shadow: $5

Buy Castlevania: Lords of Shadow | Xbox

Left as a foundling at the gates of the Brotherhood of Light convent they named him Gabriel and raised him as their own. Over the years he developed an unprecedented mastery of the fighting arts. Prone to dark moods he was deeply affected by the death of his one true love, Marie.He has now...
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Lords of Shadow 2: $10

Buy Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 | Xbox

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow revealed the origin of Dracula and legendary connection to the Belmont clan. In Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 Dracula returns once again, weakened and yearning release from his immortal bonds. Facing a new powerful threat, He must reacquire his old powers and only...
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Mirror of Fate HD: $3.74

Buy Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate HD | Xbox

This follow up to Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, reveals the story of the Belmont family, as they battle destiny, spanning generations and eras, to discover their true, shocking fate.
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ManaByte said:
Lords of Shadow: $5

Lords of Shadow 2: $10

Buy Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 | Xbox

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow revealed the origin of Dracula and legendary connection to the Belmont clan. In Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 Dracula returns once again, weakened and yearning release from his immortal bonds. Facing a new powerful threat, He must reacquire his old powers and only...
www.microsoft.com

Mirror of Fate HD: $3.74

Buy Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate HD | Xbox

This follow up to Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, reveals the story of the Belmont family, as they battle destiny, spanning generations and eras, to discover their true, shocking fate.
www.microsoft.com
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THANK YOU

I've been waiting for this. Hell yeah.
 
Synless said:
First one is great.
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2nd one is fantastic as well, but the 1st is basically a masterpiece.

Best story in a Castlevania game. Best voice acting. Top tier art design similar to Blasphemous, with pencil sketched animated art for every item and special move in an ornate book menu. Long game with tons of varied content and environments, similar to Super Castlevania. Combat better than the original God of War games, and closer in feel to Ninja Gaiden, relying on parries and careful rationing of magic to heal or deal light / dark damage. Solid whip platforming. DMC-like combat challenges.

It's my favorite Castlevania ever.
 
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Punished Miku said:
Best voice acting.
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You know what I like about you ManaByte, you truly just seem to love games from all angles and directions, and have a real enthusiasm for all of it. I dig it.
 
Ive played and beat all of these games.

LOS1 is great. If you can get past some people calling it a God of War clone (I never played GOW so it was new to me). The atmosphere is top notch, excellent combat. and long! in a good way.

Mirror of Fate is terrible and easily skippable. If you care about the series just youtube teh cutscenes and ending. I appreciate they tried soemthing but it just was a terrible 2D Castlevania game.

LOS2 was super average. The forced stealth was lame, the "open world" not that great, and the modern setting really felt out of place. Combat remained strong and ending seemed to pick up. Last battle was great.
 
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Punished Miku said:
2nd one is fantastic as well, but the 1st is basically a masterpiece.

Best story in a Castlevania game. Best voice acting. Top tier art design similar to Blasphemous, with pencil sketched animated art for every item and special move in an ornate book menu. Long game with tons of varied content and environments, similar to Super Castlevania. Combat better than the original God of War games, and closer in feel to Ninja Gaiden, relying on parries and careful rationing of magic to heal or deal light / dark damage. Solid whip platforming. DMC-like combat challenges.

It's my favorite Castlevania ever.
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Are we the only two GAFers that like LoS2?
 
I actually quite enjoyed Mirror of Fate on the 3DS. Nothing special, but serviceable. And there was this sexy boss I never expected to see in a Nintendo-licensed game...
 
ManaByte said:
Lords of Shadow: $5

Lords of Shadow 2: $10

Buy Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 | Xbox

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow revealed the origin of Dracula and legendary connection to the Belmont clan. In Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 Dracula returns once again, weakened and yearning release from his immortal bonds. Facing a new powerful threat, He must reacquire his old powers and only...
www.microsoft.com

Mirror of Fate HD: $3.74

Buy Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate HD | Xbox

This follow up to Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, reveals the story of the Belmont family, as they battle destiny, spanning generations and eras, to discover their true, shocking fate.
www.microsoft.com
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Thanks, got all three :)!
 
I clicked to buy each of them and found out that I already have them and they are already downloaded. Apparently, they were all Games with Gold titles over the years. I should probably play them at this point.
 
Punished Miku said:
Best story in a Castlevania game. Best voice acting. Top tier art design similar to Blasphemous, with pencil sketched animated art for every item and special move in an ornate book menu. Long game with tons of varied content and environments, similar to Super Castlevania. Combat better than the original God of War games, and closer in feel to Ninja Gaiden, relying on parries and careful rationing of magic to heal or deal light / dark damage. Solid whip platforming. DMC-like combat challenges.

It's my favorite Castlevania ever.
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This is a perfect summary.

While not without flaws it's one of the best action games to ever come from a Western developer.
 
Synless said:
First one is great.
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Exactly. People like to act like it sucks, but I'd say it's better than God of War. Definitely more interesting, at the very least. Great combo set, enemy variety, location variety, and it's a pretty beefy game to boot. Think it took me 30 hours to get everything. Love it.
 
Yeah the forced stealth in LoS2 really did it in. The DLC was decent. LoS had such an epic ending to it that LoS2 did not come close to topping. The 3DS game was very mediocre. It had moments in its enemy encounters, but I think it was butchered to death by awful platforming. The backtracking was one of its worst parts, especially if you got lost. Get the first game for sure.
 
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Im really not good at counting frames or anything but it does seem to be running smoothly. Been years since I played it though to compare.
 
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