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Yahtzee Croshaw	1 POSTED: 27 Oct 2010 16:00
	Castlevania: Lords of Shadow This week, Zero Punctuation reviews Castlevania: Lords of Shadow. Watch Video

LWS666	2 POSTED: 27 Oct 2010 16:05
	will they put me on probation if i haven't watched the video even if it's just to ask this question?

JustaGigolo	3 POSTED: 27 Oct 2010 16:06
	I wish they would just make more handheld 2D castlevania games, instead of God of War knock offs.

StarStruckStrumpets	4 POSTED: 27 Oct 2010 16:06
	I picked up on most of these things in the Demo, all it had going for it was nice scenery. Also, that fart gag at the end had me crying with laughter, because I can picture myself doing it...to all of my friends...in a tiny room.

ranyilliams	5 POSTED: 27 Oct 2010 16:06
	i think you should stop using the whole "like god of war...but" joke...its getting old.

Srdjan Tanaskovic	6 POSTED: 27 Oct 2010 16:07
	Broken microphone it seems. and I haven't played the game but I think that making a 2D Castlevania into 3D will be very hard so I dont really understand why Yahtzee is against the change so much

Eicha	7 POSTED: 27 Oct 2010 16:07
	I must say I disagree about the 3D Castlevania thing. I really liked Lament of Innocence, it was pretty fun and engaging. Even though it had like... 3 characters.

Oyster^^	8 POSTED: 27 Oct 2010 16:07
	Uhg. That ending was surprisingly gross. I'm glad it cut off where it did... Also: the cake is a lie.

Jikuu	9 POSTED: 27 Oct 2010 16:07
	Thank you for breaking out the stamps. This CastleVania ripped off too much and did nothing to help the series. SotN at least broke the franchise out of its side scroller rut, but I realize that "MetroidVania" isn't what they want to continue doing either. If they keep running with this Dracula being the real Dracula, they're going to get a lot of raised eyebrows.

The Rockerfly	10 POSTED: 27 Oct 2010 16:08
	ranyilliams: i think you should stop using the whole "like god of war...but" joke...its getting old. I agree, however it is still relevant

Rainboq	11 POSTED: 27 Oct 2010 16:08
	The second I saw the portal reference, I expected the rest of the critique.

Mr.Pandah	12 POSTED: 27 Oct 2010 16:08
	While all your points are pretty much spot on...I'm still having a blast with it. I don't find it to be a bad imitation of God of War(mostly because I only played #3 at a friend's house for about an hour). The combat works for me, the camera mostly focuses on what I need to see, and I love the scenery so far. I was actually just booting it up when I saw that you posted this video. Weird. Just to add some pros to the experience...I think the Voice Acting is pretty good, and its certainly an enjoyable experience thus far. A lot of creature variety and nothing is feeling particularly dragged out surprisingly.

Macateer	13 POSTED: 27 Oct 2010 16:09
	you know what? I used to know what the castlevania series was about.... when I was twelve.

Sylocat	14 POSTED: 27 Oct 2010 16:10
	Yes, but did he LIKE the game? LWS666: will they put me on probation if i haven't watched the video even if it's just to ask this question? I think if you wait the requisite 5 minutes, it's all good.

MagnificentFiend	15 POSTED: 27 Oct 2010 16:10
	"...the bar has been set lower than Satan's wine-cellar." One of your best lines in ages, Yahtzee.

samwd1	16 POSTED: 27 Oct 2010 16:10
	ranyilliams: i think you should stop using the whole "like god of war...but" joke...its getting old. He'll stop using it when game makers stop doing it

Giest4life	17 POSTED: 27 Oct 2010 16:11
	Finally! It feels like ZP is back. This one had my a laughing all the way. All new metaphors, all new insults, and same ol' voice. Life's good.

Disaster Button	18 POSTED: 27 Oct 2010 16:11
	ranyilliams: i think you should stop using the whole "like god of war...but" joke...its getting old. I always thought it was a comparison, not a joke.

deonte9109	19 POSTED: 27 Oct 2010 16:11
	ranyilliams: i think you should stop using the whole "like god of war...but" joke...its getting old. So are games that are like God of War but... OT: The demo pretty much told me that I wouldnt like so Im not even concerned about Yahtzee's opinion

Cyrax023	20 POSTED: 27 Oct 2010 16:12
	new zp! :D

Chatney	21 POSTED: 27 Oct 2010 16:12
	Why does he keep changing mic? The standard sounds so much better.

Siege_TF	22 POSTED: 27 Oct 2010 16:12
	4:52 Oh god (of war) damnit all, I haven't laughed like that at a ZP video in a while.

SweetxVicious	23 POSTED: 27 Oct 2010 16:12
	Alright so I'm expecting for Yahtzee to NOT like this game... watches video Yup, not surprised. Although I do think he went a little easier on it than I expected. I missed the "Like God of War, but.." stamp, glad he brought it back. Also, is it just me or do Yahtzee's best jokes/analogies come out of irritation for fixed camera angles? Oh and Inspector Gadget hat = awesome.

ninjaman87	24 POSTED: 27 Oct 2010 16:12
	dude what the fuck is you main problem cant you just have fun when playing games wich are the main poitn and after all the piece fucking garbitch of shadow of colossus what nothing more than a patetic waste of time and speace it had nothing interesting to do and you only fight so little this game had more of a better story.

Zenode	25 POSTED: 27 Oct 2010 16:13
	i was thoroughly disturbed by some of the analogies in that video Does anyone get the title Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Lords: Damn cant think of anything of: God of war Shadow: Shadow of the Collussus Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhh.......

Monday	26 POSTED: 27 Oct 2010 16:13
	Man I was worried there for a second that a review might not come out today.

Azure Knight-Zeo	27 POSTED: 27 Oct 2010 16:13
	Well Yahtzee hates it, off the Christmas list you go.

The Bucket	28 POSTED: 27 Oct 2010 16:14
	Great one, never played a Castlevania game but that made me laugh. Surprised at the length of it, guess they get points for trying

Shameless	29 POSTED: 27 Oct 2010 16:16
	I disagree with Yahtzee, I liked the game, but yet again I adore both God of War and Shadow of the Colossus, if only they have been more creative with the game and had Dracula in it.

mazloum	30 POSTED: 27 Oct 2010 16:16
	That awkward pause before 'So...where do you want the 'Like God of War But' stamp?' had me in stitches! Amazing ZP, as always. :D

fundude365	31 POSTED: 27 Oct 2010 16:16
	I love the addition of an 'Available from' section in the flavour text for this review. As if its saying; "now that you've listened to this charismatic stallion make farting noises at our game and call it a tosser for five minutes, perhaps you would like to buy it?"

joemegson94	32 POSTED: 27 Oct 2010 16:16
	Left 4 Dead 2 has a Portal reference and that game's awesome.

Srdjan Tanaskovic	33 POSTED: 27 Oct 2010 16:17
	The Bucket: Great one, never played a Castlevania game but that made me laugh. Surprised at the length of it, guess they get points for trying Never played a Castlevania game? where you born 2 years ago or what?

Jon Shannow	34 POSTED: 27 Oct 2010 16:17
	I was kind of hoping for New Vegas but still it's good to have another classed as terrible which means i won't waste money buying it. I am getting a bit pissed off by all these god of war rip-off games. What happened to games that try and bring something new to the table?

minimacker	35 POSTED: 27 Oct 2010 16:17
	Castlevania, huh? I wish this never left SNES.


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