This game is the sequel of Castlevania: Lords of Shadows and was released in February 2014 in Europa and in August of the same year in Japan. It's an action/platform game, playable on Xbox360, PS3 and PC.
The publisher of the game is Konami while the developer is Mercury Team.
Logically, there is only the one player mode, so we can't enjoy it with our friends but it's still a wonderful game.
If in the first game, we played as Gabriel Belmont, a Knight of Light, a slayer of the force of evil,
While the character clearly changed, the main weapon is basicaly the same: Gabriel used a chain/whip weapon, with the shape of a cross, called Vampire Killer, as main weapon; Dracula use the same movements but with a blood whip, called Shadow Whip, as his.
At the begin of the game, set in the medieval age, we start by fighting an army of knights, who came to our castle to destroy us. Of course, we easily eliminate them, even if they're helped by a giant robot (quite advanced for their time, aren't they?).
Later, after a good but forced sleep, we awaken in modern days, in a cathedral, weakened because of no drinking blood or eating anything in near 1000 years and also with no memories of how we got here.
Through the game, we will alternate between modern days and medievals ones, in a quest to regain our former power to, in the end, defeat our enemies.
We will not be alone in this adventure: we will find allies in Zobek (in his case, forced) and his bodyguard, a sword man in heavy armor, later reveled to be Alucard.
As for the scenery and graphics, we really cannot complain: both are incredibly well done,
The gameplay is quite simple and very similar to the first episode, and the vampire powers are one of the most noticeable changes.
In fact, we will have access to the Void Sword, which has the power to absorb Dracula's enemies' life force and give it to its owner; the other weapon are the Chaos Claws, that are used to destroy the defenses and shield of our targets.
Also, when he obtain a fair level of skill and power, we are able to unlock some kind of "sub weapon", a variation of the Void Sword and the Chaos Claws; of course, the weapons can be upgraded as well.
However, once this game is done, there's not much left to do, except play it in a harder mode, which is quite a shame for a good game like this one. The freedom is also very limited and the path is straight, with only little curves of side story for enjoyment.
Jeuxvideo.com gives this game a nice 16/20; Gamespot is giving the game a fair 7/10; I think, given what is told and done, that a 17.5/20 is fair.
