Thread:HoundTheDestroyer93/@comment-28358106-20160917003313/@comment-25808351-20160917025528

That's where differentiate a little. A lot of people gave Lords crap about the "God Of War clone" stuff. It's a third person hack'n'slash, they all seem like God clones. I don't demonize Lords for that. I demonize it for the lack of Castlevania. Lords Of Shadow is so disappointing to me because of how good it is at times. There are moments in all three games that give me my God Of War rush while satisfying my Castlevania lust. Like reaching Carmella's castle in the first game, or solving the puzzles in the second, or my personal favorite, the Toymaker's tale in the final game. On top of some stellar moments, Lords also had a very cool combat system and great controls. Beautiful graphics and an even better soundtrack. Voice acting and art design were stellar as well.

All of this sounds like a good game and in many ways I feel that the Lords series is good, but the deviation from exploring Drac's castle and the strange design choices in the conclusion of the series ultimately weighted it down. Making Lords a disappointment, which broke my heart. It's one thing to have a bad game, but it's entirely different to have a good game buried in shit.