Castlevania: Lament of Innocence
Leon Belmont, an eleventh-century nobleman and knight of the clergy, is about to be wed when his fiancée, Sara Trantoul, suddenly disappears. Leon embarks on an epic journey to bring her back, unaware that a…
Castlevania: Lament of Innocence is an adventure developed by Konami, released 21 October 2003 on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 2. The main story takes about 8 hrs to finish.
What Castlevania: Lament of Innocence is
Castlevania: Lament of Innocence is an adventure game developed by Konami and released in 2003. It is available on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 2.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Lament of Innocence is set in the fictional universe of the Castlevania series. Set in 1094, it focuses on the origins of the series' premise—the conflict between the vampire-hunting Belmont clan and the vampire Dracula. The protagonist and primary player character of Lament of Innocence is Leon Belmont, a former baron and member of the Belmont clan. His close friend, Mathias Cronqvist, tells him that Leon's betrothed, Sara, is being held captive by the vampire Walter Bernhard. During the game, he encounters Rinaldo Gandolfi, an alchemist and resident of the forest outside Walter’s castle. Arriving on the castle grounds, Leon meets Rinaldo, who gives him a whip crafted by alchemy to assist…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Castlevania series
Castlevania: Lament of Innocence is the 42nd of 108 entries we hold in the Castlevania series. The next entry was DreamMix TV World Fighters in 2003. Its critic score of 78 is almost exactly the series average of 79. The highest-rated entry is Super Castlevania IV at 100.
How it was received
Castlevania: Lament of Innocence holds a critic score of 78 out of 100. That places it above 59% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2003 averaged 69, so it scored 9 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 79, across 55 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 8 hrs.
What it launched against
Castlevania: Lament of Innocence launched on 21 October 2003, within three weeks of Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, Call of Duty, Beyond Good & Evil and Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, Call of Duty, Beyond Good & Evil, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Castlevania: Lament of Innocence yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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