Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate HD

As you level you will unlock attacks which every character will use, but the differences are just minor movement or special abilities for each that keeps combat and exploration fresh throughout the game.

This keeps the story interesting but too many hints are thrown around for a surprise ending like LoS.

And finally, we have combat- while not nearly as varied as the original Lords of Shadow, the combat here is still quite solid, maintaining the direct attack/area attack style that was originally found in Lament of Innocence.

Mirror of Fate, again, brings the “Lords of Shadow” and the “Castlevania” together for a beautiful result when it comes to visuals.

In order to increase difficulty a lot of games will overwhelm you with numbers which then forces you into basic button mashing but Mirror of Fate avoids this trap.

The flawless voice acting of the first game returns, and while there's not nearly as much of it, what is there hasn't lost a step, including Robert Carlyle reprising his role as Gabriel Belmont.