Castlevania Lords of Shadow 2 Revisited

[@imaginarycorgi7312]

I have been waiting for almost as long as Dracula was sleeping for this video. Thank you for delivering the best video yet!

[@nanoskee8270]

Amazing game! 🎮🎮 Castlevania Lords of shadow 1 and 2 are awesome! But if I had to choose I will say part 1 is better than part 2. But that's just my opinion. Castlevania Lords of shadow 1 and 2 is definitely worth buying till this day. Both games are great 🎮🎮

[@imaginarycorgi7312]

@@nanoskee8270 I agree, whole heartedly. The story of the first game without any of the gameplay that’s repetitive or the extensive mission list. The story just by itself is endearing an awesome. I also include the DLC in that story. There’s one line in the DLC that always sends a shiver down my spine. Laura says: “You have no choice.” And Gabriel’s response: “I know… I never did…”.

[@nanoskee8270]

@@imaginarycorgi7312 I have to get the DLC to lord's of shadow part one. I never purchased it or never played it. I bought Lords of shadow in September 2010 and I still have it. I was actually playing it earlier. They still have the DLC at the PS3 store for $8. Most likely I will purchase the DLC tomorrow. I hope a video game company makes another 3D Castlevania game. But this time I hope they choose Simon, Trevor or Richter as the main character to play with.

[@imaginarycorgi7312]

@@nanoskee8270 the Director of the games that the DLC was a terrible idea and I have to agree. It should’ve been part of the game. But you do understand that it’s two-parter right?

[@brunogoncalves1879]

Don't be a wimp and don't be a foolish idiot, a moron, and see the messages I left about this game, which has a perfect, rich story that always makes me cry when I see it.And I play this game, this complete game, always revisiting people who are really fanatics and passionate about this game...

[@darkrequiem9133]

Honestly, other than the stealth sections, I absolutely love this game.

[@wallacesousuke1433]

LoS games are garbo

[@nestormelendez9005]

@@wallacesousuke1433 you got funny jokes my guy

[@jirengray6188]

@@wallacesousuke1433 better than god of mid

[@Dracul4303]

My favourite game ever. 💖

[@brianpj5860]

I liked the setting, but the story behind it was pretty convoluted. There are only 3 Castlevania games that takes place in a post-modern 20th century setting. This being the latest (with AOS & DOS being the other 2) Though Letting us play as Dracula himself is an awesome idea!

[@arcticwolf6402]

I don't know... I think I'm in the odd minority, who actually ENJOYED this game very much and more than the first. From combat (very good variety in this aspect and really fun), to exploration (no linearity), to BEAUTIFUL music, to not all but some characters, to voice acting, to interesting boss fights, to cutscenes, to Alucard's DLC, to atmosphere, to just beautiful environments (though I was not a fan of the 'modern' setting, think that was a mistake)... My main problems with this game comes from not an interesting plot and story (though I never play games for the sake of story), very poorly designed stealth sections and stealth in general, and from the general timeline - modern industrial city was a just a huge mistake, in my opinion. Other than those stuff, I'm honestly shocked as to how badly this game was received, because I actually REALLY liked it and enjoyed LoS 2 more than I enjoyed LoS 1. I think this is a very solid game.

[@KaguyaIzanagi]

1 was nowhere as good. Playing as Dracula, and using all his powers and ferocity was amazing. 1 felt way too long and sloggy, 2 was just much more interesting.

[@safruddinaly5822]

It's good game, it's just people's trapped in nostalgic feel of old castlevania, not bad reason just you know it's weird

[@LuciferHunter-kt7pm]

I have all original day one copies! LOS 1 and 2 on the 360 and MOF on the 3DS! Grew up in the 80’s and 90’s and Castlevania and Mega Man were my favorite franchises. I really loved the LOS games and since most of my older consoles are up at my moms I bought LOS 1-2 digitally on my series X and I still keep my 3DS with me so I have the original MOF at home already. Love Castlevania

[@lanawesterbeck9439]

On 16:10 The reason Gabriel's vampire killer is the only weapon capable of killing him is because the other combat crosses are not the original/most powerful one made by Gandolfi, they are merely copies of the original, and are not as powerful. (Somewhat similar to how in the main timeline, the Vampire Killer cannot be substituted for another whip).

[@ShatteredGlass916]

Yeah, but what makes it any different than the others tho? From what i've seen the Vampire Killer Stake upgrade to the Cross is just that . . . a stake.

[@illupo300]

@@ShatteredGlass916he just explained it’s the original

[@samsmith6765]

It is because it is made from Jesus nails that was in his arms and the cross that he was pin to

[@Mr.Huggles]

It has been very nice sitting through all of these retrospectives on the series. You did a great job and even motivated me to play them again.

[@cageman301]

Probably an unpopular opinion, but I think this one was at the very least on par with the previous game. They improved the combat by giving Dracula new weapons to play with, platforming is much smoother in this one compared to the previous game, and they also brought back the exploration aspect of the series by giving you access to Dracula's castle in the past. The castle sections were always a blast to play through, and the aspects of the weaker puzzles that I hated the most from the previous game were removed. The voice acting is just as good as ever. The things that I didn't like about the game include the removal of certain aspects of platforming (no rope swinging for example), the binding of new weapons to magic (though admittedly this isn't a huge issue in the first place because of the focus mechanic) and the odd placement of certain mechanics (like how the double jump is acquired almost near the end of the game). I also dislike how despite being a vampire, Dracula feels pretty much the same as his old self even with the new weapons and vampiric powers, like they didn't play up his vampiric abilities enough. Most of his vampiric abilities were either substitutes for previous abilities or didn't have much applications in combat. The stealth sections with the Golgoth Guards and Agreus' Maze were tough to sit through. The music also feels like a step down from the previous game. I'd give it a 3~3.5 / 5, probably a 4 if the modern day sections are excluded.

[@LonelymoonChronicles]

You've summed up my thoughts on LoS2 pretty much word for word. Not a bad game, but a terribly underwhelming sequel to two genuinely great ones. Still sad the Lords of Shadow saga doesn't get the recognition it deserves... Thank you for talking about it!

[@Razsor97]

Looking back, I admit that the game play may have been weak at certain points, but the polt and overall atmosphere of it had me hooked. Plus, I'm a total sucker for tragic hero stories. All in all, I don't care anyone says. I absolutely love/loved the LoS saga and wish that they made 3rd game (4th, counting Mirror of Fate).

[@shadowthehedgehog9190]

I love how Dracula casually turns his back to Alucard during their discussion, showing how unthreatingly Alucard is to him and that he has no want to engage with him aggressively. Btw, there is a super easy way to get through the Aggreus stealth section and it's by abusing the mist form. Just rush through the leaves as far as you can on foot and then go mist form before he gets you; proceed to a safe spot in mist form and condense back to normal and wait until your mist power regenerates. Repeat until you get to the elevator. Your welcome.

[@TheSSBBfan666]

to answer your question about the Vampire Killer, Gabriel's was the first and one of a kind as as he grew in power, so did it, and all other created after like used by Trevor and his son Simon, are but pale imitations copying Gandolfi's work. Gandolfi never made the later ones, only the one Gabriel owned. also agreed with your retrospectives on this trilogy, makes me wish for a modern remake of the games that touches on the crinkles and criticism and makes each game better to sell as a complete bundle. Gabriel is my favorite character of the franchise with a tragic story to him.

[@mash9537]

Great review. I always felt that they left the ending open for another installment, even though the developers said that Lords of shadow 2 would be the conclusion of the saga. Even though the ending was so bad, the Lords of Shadow is my favorite trilogy. I just would of liked to see Gabriel's story to have a proper ending.

[@shadowstrider5033]

27:36 Summersault whip is better. The moment they block, Summersault whip. It's effective against targets that has armor(front or back) too. You don't waste your magic that way.

[@MrKlausbaudelaire]

Now that I noticed Castlevania had this really fun gimmick of having music-themed titles fir their iconic entries. Symphony of the night, Rondo of Blood, Lament of the innocent, Aria of Sorrows… even the Netflix sequel “Nocturne” continues this trend. I like how it adds a certain operatic flair to the titles.

[@JeffHawthorne]

Well done on completing your trilogy! I only played the first but game but your retrospectives were really good informative and very well edited. You should be proud. I was a bit worried about the length of this one but you kept me entertained the entire way.

[@charlieni645]

Excellent video! I think the biggest fault of the metroidvania design of the game is that I never get a sense of mastering the environment even with fully upgraded Dracula. New abilities don't create shortcuts for backtracking, and I can't zip around rooftops nor turn into a bat and skip platforming sections for example which makes collecting upgrades bit of a pain. I ended up giving up 100% it partially because I have to navigate some areas in the exact same way as the first time. I also wish they could have revamped the magic system that doesn't require me to stand still to replenish magic meters. That said, the amount of artistry put into this project is quite astonishing. I was in awe for what's displayed on screen numerous times during my playthrough. The pan's labyrinth level is a visual highlight for me. Shame it was used for a frustrating stealth sequence. Lots of the stuff really feel wasted for not belonging to a more thoughtfully and coherently designed game.

[@seankuchenbecker5436]

I never finished 2. But child Trevor may be a manifestation of the Mirror of Fate

[@jonnystokes9306]

Dude you killed it with these retrospective videos, love this sort of content (and castlevania)

[@Shatter149]

its a shame they did not make a sequel. they could fix the issues on los 3, i really wana know the climax of the story, what was really god's plan on gabriel? since the lord of hel is dead, cant u imaging gabriels starting fighting some angels? well might be probably too offensive to certain religion.

[@tonesdad0408]

The music in the City Of The Damned is so epic! I hear you always playing it throughout your Castlevania videos

[@imaginarycorgi7312]

36:45 I got past this stealth segment on my first try without the use of the bells.

[@ianarthur93]

Very good video, your take on Lords of Shadows was great, and I agree with almost everything you said. In LoS2 one of the things that bothered me a little was how Gabriel's face look kinda off to me. The most annoying one was how dissapointed I was with how weak Gabriel felt during the game, especially when he was shown in the trailers ripping hundreds of soldiers with his blood whip and stuff like that. A 6 out 10 game to me, music was fire though.

[@mykplaze193]

As Zero Punctuation said in his review "Playing as Dracula is a great idea! I look forward to the game that allows us to do so." Lol

[@OmegaSpecter87]

100% LoS was a much stronger entry over LoS2, Gabriel DID feel so underpowered for the title he is supposed to truly hold in this game.

[@ShatteredGlass916]

i agree with the whole "Gabriel's Cross can be used to kill him", like? How? They just gave the Combat Cross extended stabbing range, they just added a pike at the end of it. Like that's enough? I mean maybe the reason why it worked on regular vampires and Camilla is because it creates a massive gaping hole in vampire's chest, which disrupts their flow of blood so to speak? If that's the case why don't they just used some other long powerful pike to stabs Gabriel? Does it needs to be enchanted? Imo it's unlikely because when we 1st see the upgrade for this, it just have a regular blue aura and nothing else (similar to how the Cross gets other upgrades)

[@cakeassassin6277]

I dont think the castle is completelly imaginary. It looks like it is a phisical place, maybe a little time removed since the worriors appear to fight you. Maybe alucard did something to the castle after he killed dracula. Carmilla could be explained because her blood was once linked to the castle.

[@brunogoncalves1879]

I totally disagree with you, because Castlevania Lords of Shadow 2 is 10 out of 10 I'm passionate about stealth I don't really like puzzles things that don't make sense to me make battle photographs

[@alphahunterd]

i like to think child Treavor and Adult Trevor were literally the same person. There was a couple of times where Alucard tries to touch Gabriel's shoulder both as the Lieutenant and the child.

[@nemeru3352]

This games trailer was Soo hype. First one was one of my childhood faves. Then I played it. Eeegh

[@angelreaper1000]

i always thought the older castle is not a dream but an altenate reality combined with the castle demon who because of the bond with gabriel got ifluenced like a mirror version hidden in the shadows of the real castle in the current timeline which could explain alucard s presence in clear up and the loadings screens traveling between this too

[@laius6047]

This was good game, I think it was mainly die hard nes gamers and neckbearda just tried to confirm to the idea that it was bad game. I loved both of Los. Los2 was more.polished and better graphics. But I preferred the los1 setting more. I've completed it maybe 5 times. And haven't had a chance to complete los2 more than once

[@akilicoward422]

The sections that are not in the real world is sooo good

[@shaunswart5065]

Thank you for these videos glad it's not just rant videos like all the other KZbin channels.

[@nomercy8989]

I thought Lords of Shadow 2 was great and it was a lot better than the first game. Should probably replay them and buy MOF as well.

[@adpbobcat]

Your videos are great. Only half way in but your video is so balanced, it tempered my expectations. I have a feeling I'm going to love this (kinda). So I'm going to buy this and the first two LoS games...my mind is ready for the dreaded stealth sequences (and the other lows point) lol

[@mykplaze193]

Thank you! I hope you enjoy the trilogy, LoS2 is still pretty enjoyable outside of some of its weaker parts and it runs easy on PC

[@Cuunke]

didn't know LoS2 wasn't well received it was my first Castlevania and the Lore had me hooked which doesn't usually happen, the only thing that's ridiculous is Dracula can take on Satan but cowers from brutes with cannons

[@ProfessorAragorn]

If you could fight the golgoth guards by breaking their armor with the chaos claws at a certain point I'd think it would help show you why you need to be stealthy at the games beginning. Also, you fight Alucard possessed by Satan but never Satan. You don't even kill the big bad of three story. It needed like a year more development time and I think it could have stood next to Symphony.

[@JuliusCaesar103]

I have such fond memories of this game, the incredible vistas, the improved gameplay and some of the best boss battles of the generation, the tremendous voice acting and that stellar DLC, it makes it too easy for me to overlook the shitty parts. It has definitely more lows that the fitst installment but easily as many highs if not more. It's very sad to me how many people aren't willing to overlook the stealth sections of the game to experience the better parts. Great video overall, really enjoyed it.

[@laius6047]

It's difficult to please basement dwelling neckbeards

[@Eastsid3]

I feel the same way in that I didn't hate LOS 2, but it let me down so much. Usually I love back tracking and collecting things but I hated it in this game, just as mentioned I never felt strong and you constantly encounter enemies that if you aren't perfect, they kick your ass in a few short hits. Also they wasted Victor Belmont. He drops in, introduces himself, he is killed and that's it. No big deal. A frigging Belmont. Also thanks for including review of the DLC. It's been sitting in my wishlist hoping it will go on sale. May pick it up.

[@GrangerPerry]

It took me 5 minutes to realize you were playing Skyrim.

[@theganjician9272]

Trevor-child should have turned out to be the creature from mirror of fate and becomes a boss fight after the mirror was completed

[@doubleafro4832]

Hello there my good sir, i just finished the first LOS revisited video, i really enjoyed it and thus have jumped to this one. tho i can't seem to find a curse of darkness video which i'm also very excited for, so i'll be keeping my eyes on this channel hoping to see it happen.

[@mykplaze193]

I'm not too sure when that will be, but it will most likely be a video on Lament of Innocence and Curse of Darkness, since I'll wind up talking about Lament a lot so may as well just cover both in one video

[@BradLad56]

Ya know on it's own, the name vampire killer doesn't sound that impressive, but in the context of Castlevania it sounds pretty awesome.

[@abareamphibia6812]

Even though lords of shadow 2 was disappointing, I will admit the voice acting is great Robert carlyle and Patrick Stewart had such great chemistry together as Gabriel and zobeck

[@BradLad56]

I thought it was a nice twist to have Dracula as the protagonist and the progenitor of the Belmont clan. Obviously it created a much stronger connection between then. Plus there was just the novelty of playing as Dracula. There's not been many games that have had Dracula as the main character so it was refreshing both in terms of the Castlevania franchise and of games in general.

[@OmegaSpecter87]

I've always disliked the corrolation to God of War. I think the LoS games hit most of the nostalgia points concerning the pre-SotN gameplay, kind of like what Lament of Innocence tried to accomplish, but much better. I thought it was so awesome the same type of combo system as Lament was implemented, most early moves being identical. Great coverage on this portion of the Castlevania series!

[@ruminator3570]

The stealth sections in this game are not the problem it's who you are using the stealth on. The guards are the worst enemy in this game. They are actually the problem. Is it possible to use the dragon medallion on them?

[@JC-kl3uc]

Good job on this video. Well researched and nicely put together.

[@lostblade0711]

Awesome video!

[@Scott_In_Florida]

Excellent work on this one! I've thoroughly enjoyed how you approached these Castlevania retrospectives. You've earned a sub from me! I would really love to see this same treatment on the Bloodstained series of games (Curse of the Moon, Curse of the Moon 2, and Ritual of the Night). 🧛‍♂

[@mykplaze193]

Thank you! I haven't actually finished Bloodstained yet (it's in my pile of shame backlog of unfinished games), but I'll probably do something whenever Bloodstained 2 comes out

[@luisrafaelferminmontilla7987]

The castle isn't a dream, but an entire different dimension if I understand it correctly.

[@AlirezAek]

I just have to say: 1- the stealth sections are positively not 25% of this long ass game. 15% max. While the compilation you made of the rat sections seem long, they actually aren't. 2- The Carmilla and Agreus stealth sectios: Carmilla's is pretty short and isn't even half bad! It introduces a new mechanic for enemies (the blood puddle that you have to kill or they will resurrect) and Agreus is very intense and yes frustrating but it makes it so much more rewarding when you actually beat the level. Also, I don't know where you were looking or how you even managed to clear the level without using the bells! They are tough to use but... this is a tough level! The best way I can describe the stealth sections (MINUS the Carmilla and Agreus sections which I liked) is: mildly annoying. period.

[@JuanPablo-su6vw]

Agree in everything except in the Agreus part, fuck that part.

[@SoloEcho]

Thats crazy, thia game made much sense to me.

[@alanlee67]

Gabriel is such a Robert Carlyle role. He probably sank his teeth into it. Bodum tssh

[@ruminator3570]

One of if not the biggest mistake made in the first game was the reveal after you beat the game showing Gabriel's fate in modern-day. The cutscene should have been for the DLC as maligned as it was.

[@yagi777]

This was a great video. I never got the chance to play part 2 as a child, so this really takes me back. You deserve way more views and subs! P.S do you think its possible we could get remasters of this trilogy? Since we are in the "remake" era now?

[@mykplaze193]

Thank you! It's possible that the first game might receive some kind of remaster, next year is the 15th anniversary. I think it's more likely Konami will re-release the DS games first though, since those games aren't as readily available to people (the Lords of Shadow trilogy is still available on Steam and isn't very system demanding).

[@mykplaze193]

Lol which they literally just did today!

[@yagi777]

@mykplaze193 awesome prediction dude 👌 Do you think this makes a Lords of Shadow remaster more likely?

[@mykplaze193]

Yeah it could be more likely now! Guess it depends how much of a hassle the engine is to update (it was a proprietary engine that MercurySteam made)

[@ruminator3570]

You should have had the ability to turn into bats for the stealth section as well. Question Can anything destroy the giant enemies other than possessing them through stealth? The clock or the Dragon Medallion would probably fit the purpose just fine.

[@mykplaze193]

No, the Golgoth Guards are invincible, it's a strange design choice that Gabriel still had to stealth past them near the end of the game after regaining all his powers lol You can use the bats/mist ability in later stealth sections but it's not very viable due to how slow you move, it was really only the Agreus section that was designed with the mist ability in mind

[@ThePreciseClimber]

41:08 What, no Darkwing Duck reference here? :P "I am the terror that flaps in the night! I am the fingernail that scrapes the blackboard of your soul! I am the batteries that are not included!"

[@josefranciscovazquezbaeza4143]

Overall I think father and son wipe out the remaining enemy’s of the City and decided to make their own destiny’s over the fate both fallen warriors were supposed to take, just like the ending of The Netflix Castlevania series but with Alucard/Trevor instead of Lisa

[@UnivingIshiro]

I have both LoS1 and 2 on 360 and like the original Assassin's Creed games, I tend to play them from time to time and personally I agree that the stealth in 2 is the worst part of it as it makes you feel weak for most of the time but the gameplay and story overall is just good minus the ending

[@nicholasvanaria2311]

Lords of Shadow Collection for Switch....PLEASE!

[@hectorrodriguez9382]

Great retrospectives! Always been an advocate for this games (at least the first Lords of Shadow, never played Mirror of Fate but now I'm gonna). Now, what is next? 🤔

[@amizany415]

I really like your LoS revisited videos.... great job... but Im really confused on why this video is using modded Skyrim footage. Odd choice. But thanks for the great video regardless.

[@ColonelFrostNZ]

What console did you have the game on? I have a spare copy on Xbox 360

[@mykplaze193]

I originally had it on PS3, but I have it on Steam now

[@ColonelFrostNZ]

@@mykplaze193 Yeah I ended up with the trilogy on PS3, 360 and Steam. lol

[@kaistrange1672]

I love all three games Including the DLC I hated the stealth in los 2 that’s The only thing I hate Everything else I love Gabriel Belmont is my favorite character in the entire franchise los 2 What’s the first Castlevania I ever played my favorite boss battles are the forgotten one and Dracula and zobek

[@razaalikhan6948]

The wolf Cornel from the first instalment said in the original that his good side left to heaven leaving his darkside on earth. I was kinda hoping we'd see the good side of Gabriel descend from heaven to defeat his evil side. I was hoping it'd happen to because Alucard even says to dracula that only gabriel belmont can defeat dracula, anyway. Disappointed in this game.

[@isauldron4337]

Dave cox debating the acussations or not.... A Lot of lords of shadow 2's weirder plot things do have the stink of time constraints There was gonna be a playable dragon form. A bunch of plot details feel like they had to be crammed Marie being resurrected The castle thingie The ending...

[@ockblogt3387]

awesome essay

[@asaeltorres7340]

Great Review! Fantastic Channel!

[@bawbwentlive]

I went from so excited for this game when it was about to come out to so salty on its delivery. I can find a general like for this game and will play through it still but there's always this lingering feeling of 'what could had been' as I play through it and that leaves me bitter while playing it. Shame what happened.

[@theanonymous192]

much more enjoyable game than the original lord of shadow, mirror fate. finished the game today. totally beautiful game.

[@markovukovi92]

Great video!! Great review 👍👍

[@ZeroOmega-vg8nq]

the stealth sections, disappointing final boss fight, not enough combat in the base game to really take advantage of the combat moves, story moments that make no sense for the path they wanted to take gabriel. like sure he hates the belmonts before but youd think since hes all about bonding with alucard again he would be feeling kinda bad for victors death since that IS his defendant grandson. and the lie the devs gave us saying there was a cool reward for beating the challenges in prince of darkness mode. LITERALLY NOTHING

[@dr.feelgoodmalusphillips2475]

I will always love this alternative take rather than that absolute bullshit of a Netflix series where the characters talk like 14 year old edgy teenagers and quip like in a marvel movie and then try to sound like pseudo intellectuals sniffing vegetable farts. The characters here at least talk and feel like characters from Castlevania.

[@Rocc1285]

If u think about it. I would rather have the bad stealth over the first game chupacabra section anyday. lol

[@astenxxx8930]

blood omen 2 is cool vampire game

[@cee982]

The futuristic stuff in the game threw it off but overall I enjoyed the series I wish they would give it a reboot with the same music style

[@saimori7372]

I am sure a lot of people quit at Agreus. The stealth sections are just pure stupidity.

[@custardgannet4836]

I loved the first Lords of Shadow game,didnt think much of the DS title and was massively disappointed in LoS 2. The modern city setting was so boring and uninspired I really had to force myself to finish it just once. I've played the original a number of times but I can't see myself ever going back to LoS 2.

[@matthewboer8279]

Really felt GT did a good review when the game came out. Some welcome changes but also some weird half baked elements. Combat was still solid Md so we’re the bosses , but I really found the modern day setting bland and too locked in . It really sucked fighting enemies in labs with shotguns .

[@kalopzz]

I love your take on the games! Ever considered playing the Nier game? Would love to hear you talk about them. They are absolut great games!

[@-Sparagmos-]

Wikipedia is completely fine to use. The point is you have to look at the sources. This is a bad point uninformed people think is some sort of slam dunk.

[@ArchlordZer0]

Lords of Shadow 2 is probably my most disappointing game of all time next to Final Fantasy 15 and MGSV. The first two games were great and set-up for an epic climax. LoS2 had so much potential to be one of the all-time great and was served a recipe of success only to turn out trash. The combat is still one of my favorites, but damn did the botch the story and level design. And don't even get me started on the final boss and ending. Like, wtf? And all of those "guilt" sequences with Gabriel seeing Trevor, Carmilla, and Marie could have been much more interesting if they had a level where Gabriel was temporarily trapped in Hell, only to be saved by Marie. And instead of having those robot mech enemies, have it be the modern iteration of the Brotherhood of Light hunting both demons and Gabriel. Damn, they screwed this game up so bad. I still can't wrap my head around it.

[@mykplaze193]

Interesting, I actually really liked Final Fantasy XV, but I guess I played it about a year or so after launch and hadn't really been following its development cycle closely.

[@ArchlordZer0]

​@@mykplaze193 Yeah, I've been following it since it's initial debut as VS 13. I would highly recommend checking out the video titled "Final Fantasy XV leak: Luna's dark story, final boss form and lost locations (FFXV ending spoilers)" cause it reveals what the game was originally supposed to be and it's really interesting. I think it'll give you a good idea of why so many hated 15.

[@ArchlordZer0]

@@mykplaze193 If you do decide to watch it, the big reveals of the original concept start around the 14 minute mark.

[@SJxPVR]

I would love to hear your thoughts on all the uncharted games you honestly have decoded this game perfectly great video!

[@mykplaze193]

Thank you! I've thought about either doing a retrospective at some point or at very least talking about The Lost Legacy (which I feel is underrated)

[@SJxPVR]

@@mykplaze193 whatever you choose to do IL definitely will be watching ✌️

[@demea.7630]

I’m definitely not the first one saying this, but those stealth sections damn near took me out of the experience. Overall I though I thought the game was very well put together all things considered with the difficulty with development

[@OkMakuTree]

Nice review! The only feedback I’d give is to cut down slightly on the use of clips as jokes to punctuate a point you made. I think your points are strong enough to stand on their own, so many of the the joke clips were unneeded and broke the flow of the episode at times. Otherwise this was very solid!

[@GTheWhiteBean]

Great video. Won a suscribir

[@ricardohernandezvega8588]

The fairest review for this game. Agree wholeheartedly.

[@JuanPablo-su6vw]

A shame you didn’t like it the game because i loved it

[@fulanoteateado6509]

NGL going over the cons i didnt find the city that much bad overall while the city is mostly bland in design it isnt terrible or very bad i find it decent, i find the rat and stealth sections ok. not awful and not very bad, the ending storywise obviously could have been better. and finally while the enemies were damn good overall a little more variety wouldnt have hurted. to me LoS2 is only a little bit inferior to LoS1, i love both games and consider both of them as possible favorite games material, LoS1 9/10, LoS2 8.5/10.

[@JuanPablo-su6vw]

@@fulanoteateado6509 I actually prefer 2 over 1, with the first was fun but I had the problem that it was SO DAMN LONG. It took me months to complete the game because I couldn´t take anymore, other than that pretty good game, it just that less is more for me, but beside that the game is also better for the obvious upgrades to the graphics and combat. I agree with creator of the game that the stealht isn´t really a notable part of the game. And the city others would say is generic but I really like it the steampunk low life and rich city, if you get me.

[@fulanoteateado6509]

@@JuanPablo-su6vw well yes the city technically isnt bad, it is true that it has the nice steampunk low life and rich city thing

[@JuanPablo-su6vw]

@@fulanoteateado6509 i get if people don’t like it in comparison to the fantasy world, possible fue to the lot of game that take place in cities, but i had seen few games convine magic and future tegnology in the kinda present day

[@fulanoteateado6509]

@@JuanPablo-su6vw the thing is that you can clearly tell the devs putted way much more effort in the castle than the city, even in LoS1 funnily enough the castle was from beggining to end the very best area

[@-Sparagmos-]

This game is a flawed masterpiece. Was kinda shocked that the reviews were below a 7.5.

[@mycursedguts]

I'll send you my copy. Let me know how to contact you if you're interested. PS3 version.

[@rickyyacine4818]

They had 1 fucking job give me lord of shadow 2 like first one No mordern world No bullshit story Mirrior of fate should have been lord of shadow 2

[@ruminator3570]

Did Gabriel go back to sleep after confronting Zobek.... Really dude? I quote Zobeck help me and I can free you from your immortality. Gabriel screams having been subject to that much more additional trauma and disappears. What would he do after that?

[@mykplaze193]

The way the scene is presented is contradictory to scene from LoS1. When Gabriel awakens at the start of LoS2 he's clearly shocked at the realization he's awoken, which would indicate the scene takes place before that LoS1 ending but it doesn't. It's a poorly presented scene that doesn't make sense

[@AlphaZeroX96]

For me, the Bloodstained series is the true continuation of Castlevania. Lords of Shadow is more of a different series, a separate ip.

[@daveriggins5475]

this game became very monotonous quick... story was kinda ass... i was so stoked with the e3 trailer and felt betrayed by this game

[@Hynotama]

I actually loved the chupacabra. Yes, I know, I’m a freak.

[@Hynotama]

I am so pissed that some of these games were lost to PlayStation players, being abandoned on PS3, without any ports or any competent backwards compatibility. I loved the Lords of Shadow trilogy and it was just left to rot. Same for the old God of War games, Dante’s Inferno, Sonic Unleashed. I am not going to buy an Xbox for 5 games. Luckily I still have access to the steam version, though I don’t really enjoy playing on PC.