So the real question is whether or not LoS is a PoS or just simply a lackluster game. So is Castlevania: Lords of Shadow as bad as those two aforementioned games? No, it’s really not. That’s some pretty damning company to be in. In fact, it has only happened twice so far: Daikatana and Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust. With such a wildly diverse group of gamers, it is rare that we all share the same opinion on something, especially when it comes to hating something. Even Aaron Sirois, who adores God of War style games was so unimpressed by even the demo that he decided not to touch this until it was bargain bin material. In fact, everyone on staff I talked to that had so much as touched either the PS3 or 360 version of the game HATED it. I asked our newest staffer “The 7th Level” what he thought of it. I asked DJ Tatsuijin, our head of PR, what he thought. So I talked to Jon Widro, our publisher who was also playing LoS (and for whom platformers are his favorite genre), what he thought of the game. The entire genre is my least favorite in gaming, so maybe it was just my disdain for the genre coming through. This is just poorly designed in every way.” But then I stopped and thought, “Maybe it’s just me.” I HATE platformers after all and this game was 85% platform jumping and 15% combat. After the first three levels I was like, “I hate this game. I’m going to be up front with my opinion of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow: I HATED it. Usually we start out reviews here at Diehard GameFAN with some teasing opener that is basically, “Maybe the game is good or maybe it’s bad: read on to find out.” Not this time.
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