Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 is an action-adventure game and a sequel to the 2010 game, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, and the 35th installment on the Castlevania franchise. The game was developed by…
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 is an adventure developed by MercurySteam, released 25 February 2014 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $5.99 at Fanatical. The main story takes about 16.8 hrs to finish.
What Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 is
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 is an adventure game developed by MercurySteam and released in 2014. It was published by Konami. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Mercury Steam Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Dracula (Gabriel) awakens many years after the events of the previous Lords of Shadow title. He has been warned by Zobek of the return of Satan and sets out to regain his powers so that he may face Satan once again. The key to him regaining his power lies in his castle. However, the famed Belmont clan and his son Alucard seek his ultimate destruction.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, horror and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 56 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Castlevania series
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 is the 76th of 108 entries we hold in the Castlevania series. The next entry was Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 - Special Edition in 2014. Its critic score of 63 is 16 points below the series average of 79. The highest-rated entry is Super Castlevania IV at 100.
How it was received
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 holds a critic score of 63 out of 100. That places it above 22% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored 6 points below the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 68, across 145 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 16.8 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 33 hrs, roughly 2 times the length of the critical path. At its current cheapest price of $5.99, that works out to about $0.36 per hour of the main story, or $0.18 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 2.4Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD equivalent, 2 GB RAM and Direct X9 compatible video card 512Mb RAM. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 10GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $5.99 at Fanatical, 85% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 launched on 25 February 2014, within three weeks of South Park: The Stick of Truth, Dark Souls II, Hearthstone and The Last of Us: Left Behind. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: South Park: The Stick of Truth, Dark Souls II, Hearthstone, The Last of Us: Left Behind.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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