Its gibberish plot drags itself on and constantly plays for time, while outmoded gameplay tropes are trotted out to pad an already bloated affair.
While Lords of Shadow 2 desperately tries to address many valid complaints concerning the series, it continues to fail at understanding exactly why showcase action titles like Devil May Cry and God of War are so enjoyable. Five hours of nothing … and there frankly wasn’t much more of interest to follow. The first Lords of Shadow displayed Mercury Steam’s problems with pacing, and its sequel was only doubling down. The gameplay, composed of repetitive combat and insipid stealth sequences, was introducing nothing fresh. The plot up to that point had been treading water. I got five hours into Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2, and realized the game could have begun at that exact moment without me losing anything of value.
