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OXM has given the highly anticipated Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 9/10 in its latest issue.

 

The magazine describes the game as ‘huge and magnificent,’ while reviewer John Blyth calls it “big,”

before adding,“Big’s too little a word.”

Blyth also said the game “seemingly hasn’t heard of DLC – and decides to offer you immense value for

money instead.”

The review says the campaign seems to get its influences from the likes of God of War,

Shadow of the Colossus and Pan’s Labyrinth.

Blyth says the campaign weighs in at around the 20 hour mark, and despite a few annoyances –

such as the game sometimes failing to communicate where you should be going – Blyth still describes it as

“an epic and slightly unexpected triumph.”

A demo for Lords of Shadow was released exclusively for PlayStation Plus subscribers early last week.

Everyone else should be able to get hold of it this coming week.

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow launches on October 8 for PS3 and 360. Get the TGS trailer here

VG247

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Great score.

A 20 hour epic action adventure is defiantly what i need.



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I've only played castlevania:SOTN Nothing can top that 2D classic. That's my favorite 2D game of all time. I won't get this game as I choose to remember castlevania in it's 2D glory. lol



The 20 hour game length is really pulling me closer to buying the game on day 1. That's like playing two God of Wars, but with vampires and stuff.



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Kojima-San THANK YOU! And the other people who worked on this!

Definetely getting this.....this is the first hack n slashy type game I'm interested in this gen!!

And the 20 hours thing is really attractive!



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darthdevidem01 said:

Kojima-San THANK YOU!

Pretty close to what I wanted to say, although I would change one word.



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I can't wait to get this game. Solid score. I think LoS will be the first truly great 3D Castlevania title. In fact, I wonder if this will be the same successful transition that we saw from Ninja Gaiden on the NES to the Xbox?



Rockstar: Announce Bully 2 already and make gamers proud!

Kojima: Come out with Project S already!

badgenome said:
darthdevidem01 said:

Kojima-San THANK YOU!

Pretty close to what I wanted to say, although I would change one word.

Does this word start with the same first letter as the one in the title of your favorite PSN game?



Rockstar: Announce Bully 2 already and make gamers proud!

Kojima: Come out with Project S already!

darthdevidem01 said:

Kojima-San THANK YOU! And the other people who worked on this!

Definetely getting this.....this is the first hack n slashy type game I'm interested in this gen!!

And the 20 hours thing is really attractive!


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huaxiong90 said:
badgenome said:
darthdevidem01 said:

Kojima-San THANK YOU!

Pretty close to what I wanted to say, although I would change one word.

Does this word start with the same first letter as the one in the title of your favorite PSN game?

You know it.



20 hours is good bang for your buck.

I might wait 'til after X-mas though and snatch it for 20 Euro at some UK online store.