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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2

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Publisher: Konami
Developer: MercurySteam
Genre: Action-Adventure
Platform: PC, X360, PS3

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efore even beginning to
recount this hands-on
experience of Castlevania:
Lords of Shadow 2, it’s only fair
to begin with a spoiler warning.
As a direct sequel to Lords of
Shadow, its associated DLC
and its 3DS companion Lords
of Shadow - Mirror of Fate, the
story is so utterly interlinked that
the first sentence of the next
paragraph could prejudice the
story you’ll find in that game. If
you think you are going to play
either of those titles before you
consider Lords of Shadow 2,
then perhaps you want to come
back to this preview once you
are done. Don’t say you weren’t
warned.

25 February 2014 (USA)
28 February 2014 (EU/UK)

By Ross D. Brown

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2
(LoS2) follows in the footsteps
of 2010’s successful Castlevania
reboot, placing the character
in the handsome shoes of
protagonist Gabriel Belmont,
who now goes by the rather
recognisable alias of ‘Dracula’.
Following on from the previous
DLCs, and as revealed in Mirror
of Fate, Gabriel is a lot more
vampiric than in the previous
game.

demo, however, took place in
events prior to this; during a
prologue in which his castle is
under siege by the Brotherhood
of Light.

The demo immediately thrust
the vampire into combat against
a large number of foes, which
provided the perfect opportunity
to get to grips with the game’s
robust combat system. The
fighting is largely combo-based,
and heavily reliant on switching
LoS2 will predominantly take between the various weapons in
place in a modern day setting, the player arsenal.
following Dracula rising from a
centuries-long period of sleep, The default weapon is the
as he fights to prevent the Shadow Whip: a medium speed
imminent return of Satan. The attack with a bit of range to
it. This weapon proved to be
effective against the majority of
the enemy types in the room, and
mixing it up with a combination
of light, strong and area effect
attacks proved relatively efficient
against large groups.

"The demo immediately
thrust the vampire
into combat against a
large number of foes"
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