Contemporary Game Review: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow

    When I saw Castlevania: Lords of Shadow at E3 last year I couldn't care less. It was being developed by some no-name studio out in Spain with enough minimal involvement from the famous (if controversial) Hideo Kojima so that his name can be on the box. I didn't become interested until this years TGS. The trailer showed a Castlevania III-esque journey with the quality of narrative I would expect from a game with the name “Kojima” it. After watching the trailer I thought that this game might be a positive future for the series. Castlevania has lived under the shadow of it's great success for the past decade (Symphony of the night). I wasn't expecting this to be a success story on par with Metroid Prime but I certainly thought it would fare better than what happened to Silent Hill (I get angry just thinking about it).