I hate leaving negative reviews. I can usually find the good in things. buuuut - TLDR: F**K this game. The story is kinda good so just watch the cutscenes on YouTube or something

I just finished the Netflix Castlevania series and was like oh yeah I've been meaning to play Lord's of Shadow for years! Perfect way to celebrate the awesome "anime" so I really wanted to like this game. 
Unfortunately I would say a sharp stake in the eye would be more enjoyable

I'm the kind of guy who when I start a game I pretty much finish it whether I like the game or not so maybe it will get more fun but I'm already halfway through.

Maybe the game was good for it's time? Maybe it just didn't age well? I dunno

Take all the bad stuff from God of War, Assassin's Creed, and Dark Souls and multiply it cause they just kept doing the same thing over and over

Combat sucks. At first I was like damn I SUCK at this game.

I pride myself at being a pretty good gamer. I like hard games. The combat's not hard. It's just boring and tedious. It's boring because they give you all these awesome combos and like 80% of them are useless. They give you an amazing array of moves that if you ever try to use them you will immediately get bashed in the nuts because EVERYTHING just takes the damage you throw at them and rolls right through you. So you end up sticking with just swing swing dodge... Swing swing dodge. This is especially true for boss fights. If they wanted to make a Souls game the shoulda made a Souls game.

Also the BLOCK and DODGE button are basically the same button! I hate that crap.

The boss fights sans 1 or 2 are basically the same boss fights over and over again. Once you've fought one you've fought them all just in a different skin. They all have the SAME MOVES and they are basically just REGULAR ENEMIES WITH MORE HEALTH. Just Werewolves and trolls reskinned. 

The camera SUCKS. A LOT. You can't see the enemy you are trying to fight half the time cause they are off camera. You can't find where you are supposed to go because the ledge is basically off camera.
Oh and you can't find a lot of the power ups because they are off camera which wouldn't be so bad if the jump/hit detection wasn't crap. Maybe it's the nature of this generation of games but invisible walls make it really uninteresting to explore and find gems of ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ power. Just hopping around hoping to find a hole in the invisible wall... Or the ledge you spent 3 minutes trying to climb for nothing to happen and then you spend 15 minutes looking for another way to go only to have to look it up and see you WERE going the right way but apparently you were a millimeter off and the damn invisible wall was in your way.

You know how in Assassin's Creed you are trying to jump to the ledge on your left and instead you jump to your death? Yeah this game does that in spades. I can't tell you how many times I've fallen into pits for this reason.

Oh and to make matters worse you gotta revisit most of the levels if you wanna get all the power ups. I hate that ♥♥♥♥. If the game was fun maybe it would be better

I felt bad for my Twitch viewers cause I'm usually a very positive gamer. I like to give games the benefit of the doubt.

Yeah... I'm just gonna uninstall and watch some poor schlub play on youtube. Maybe I'll see what I was doing wrong. Or maybe I'll just be glad I uninstalled.

I hate leaving negative reviews. I can usually find the good in things. buuuut - TLDR: F**K this game. The story is kinda good so just watch the cutscenes on YouTube or something I just finished the Netflix Castlevania series and was like oh yeah I've been meaning to play Lord's of Shadow for years! Perfect way to celebrate the awesome "anime" so I really wanted to like this game.  Unfortunately I would say a sharp stake in the eye would be more enjoyable I'm the kind of guy who when I start a game I pretty much finish it whether I like the game or not so maybe it will get more fun but I'm already halfway through. Maybe the game was good for it's time? Maybe it just didn't age well? I dunno Take all the bad stuff from God of War, Assassin's Creed, and Dark Souls and multiply it cause they just kept doing the same thing over and over Combat sucks. At first I was like damn I SUCK at this game. I pride myself at being a pretty good gamer. I like hard games. The combat's not hard. It's just boring and tedious. It's boring because they give you all these awesome combos and like 80% of them are useless. They give you an amazing array of moves that if you ever try to use them you will immediately get bashed in the nuts because EVERYTHING just takes the damage you throw at them and rolls right through you. So you end up sticking with just swing swing dodge... Swing swing dodge. This is especially true for boss fights. If they wanted to make a Souls game the shoulda made a Souls game. Also the BLOCK and DODGE button are basically the same button! I hate that crap. The boss fights sans 1 or 2 are basically the same boss fights over and over again. Once you've fought one you've fought them all just in a different skin. They all have the SAME MOVES and they are basically just REGULAR ENEMIES WITH MORE HEALTH. Just Werewolves and trolls reskinned.  The camera SUCKS. A LOT. You can't see the enemy you are trying to fight half the time cause they are off camera. You can't find where you are supposed to go because the ledge is basically off camera. Oh and you can't find a lot of the power ups because they are off camera which wouldn't be so bad if the jump/hit detection wasn't crap. Maybe it's the nature of this generation of games but invisible walls make it really uninteresting to explore and find gems of bullshit power. Just hopping around hoping to find a hole in the invisible wall... Or the ledge you spent 3 minutes trying to climb for nothing to happen and then you spend 15 minutes looking for another way to go only to have to look it up and see you WERE going the right way but apparently you were a millimeter off and the damn invisible wall was in your way. You know how in Assassin's Creed you are trying to jump to the ledge on your left and instead you jump to your death? Yeah this game does that in spades. I can't tell you how many times I've fallen into pits for this reason. Oh and to make matters worse you gotta revisit most of the levels if you wanna get all the power ups. I hate that shit. If the game was fun maybe it would be better I felt bad for my Twitch viewers cause I'm usually a very positive gamer. I like to give games the benefit of the doubt. Yeah... I'm just gonna uninstall and watch some poor schlub play on youtube. Maybe I'll see what I was doing wrong. Or maybe I'll just be glad I uninstalled.