Review: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 (Xbox 360)

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Review: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 (Xbox 360)

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Review: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 (Xbox 360) review

The game starts with a bang: about a thousand of them, in fact, as a gigantic war golem smashes into Dracula's castle, leading to a God of War-style opening that sets a pace the rest of the game can't match. Not that MercurySteam should necessarily have attempted non-stop bombast. But Lords of Shadow 2 is curiously flat thereafter, devolving into a series of near-automated platforming and enemy encounters that fail to stimulate and, thanks to the camera, even outright frustrate.

Combat boils down to managing the guard-breaking Chaos Claws, your trusty whip and the life-giving...