What's up, I just wanna write a review cause I've played this game and this review almost discouraged me from picking it up. Don't let it do that to you. Yea, I agree with most of this review, although i do think that the game deserves At Least a little better than a score of 7.5..... 8 or 8.5 would be more accurate. To me, IGN is usually on point with review scores, and on their scale, if a game gets a 7.5 then it is usually pretty mediocre, and this game is definitely not mediocre. I mean, yea, it's undeniably like God of War, but seriously, Castlevania: Lament of Innocence (also got a 9.3), was released over 2 years BEFORE the 1st God of War was, so why not compare it to that??? It would be very easy to say that GOW borrowed some of it's own structure from that game... Aaaah! Whatever, I only bring that up cause he referenced GOW at least three different times in this review... anyway, this game is very epic, and despite what the review said (and i quote, "pretty much anything you would expect to find in a Castlevania game is not to be found here"), I thought it was very much a Castlevania game. Vampires, werewolves, great levels, lots of power-ups, lots of plat forming. And also, the ending is one of the most satisfying I've ever seen in ANY game( P.S. you gotta watch the extra cut scene that rolls after the credits) It's definitely not "Symphony of the Night" (which this reviewer also seemed to constantly compare it to), Why would it be?? It's a next gen reboot, SOTN is over a decade old.
The new combat system is great. It completely keeps it from being a button masher, you actually have to learn how to play it, something that a good bit of games in this genre seem to lack lately. I personally loved this game. I couldn't put it down till i finished it. Like I said, I do agree with some of the review, he really does hit all the good and bad points of the game, its just the score, Come, on, you guys gave GOW 3 a 9.3, which if I may add, I'm currently playing, and yea its absolutely impressive, buuuttt.... Castlevania LOS is at the very, very least, equal to it, and it gets a 7.5?? Wow!! I just wanna let anyone out there that almost doesn't get this game because of IGN's review, that, yea this is a pretty solid review, but in comparison to other next gen action games, the score is kinda off, so give it shot. If you're into this genre then it is well worth your time
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