Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate HD

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate HD

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MercurySteam · Vampires · Mar 27, 2014

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $14.99. It has been as low as $2.99.

84%
Very Positive
3k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 85 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 57 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 26 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 106 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Controls: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 3k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
45% of themes are praise33% are divided22% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
- To be fair I was lacking a little more time for each character as you start As Simon Belmont and it was really easy, then you get Alucard as the second character where you truly get to explore more and you really start getting used to the mechanics and lastly it's Trevor where the difficulty spikes up a lot if you started the game on Hard difficulty (So in a way the progression is there, but would have loved to spend more time with each character).
85 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Mirror of Fate, again, brings the “Lords of Shadow” and the “Castlevania” together for a beautiful result when it comes to visuals.
57 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
+ ost and sounds are great
26 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
Graphics aged well due to the art style and I am having fun playing with at 60fps at 9w on my steam Deck!!!
10 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Gameplay85 reviews
Graphics57 reviews
Audio26 reviews
Steam Deck10 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Story and characters141 reviews
71%
Difficulty29 reviews
93%
Interface6 reviews
17%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat106 reviews
61%
Controls6 reviews
67%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

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84%
Very Positive
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