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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Ultimate Edition

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2013

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Quick resume

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Ultimate Edition is the complete edition of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, a dark and vivid new re-imagining of the Castlevania mythology. It is the end of days and ungodly powers isolate the Earth.

Global score

81/100

Genres

Action, Adventure

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    Pros

    • Engaging story and characters
    • Beautiful gothic art and environments
    • Deep and satisfying combat system
    • Challenging boss fights
    • Long gameplay with replayability

    Cons

    • Fixed camera can be frustrating
    • Some platforming sections are clunky
    • Dlc content criticized for difficulty and design
    • Linear level design with backtracking
    • Keyboard and mouse controls less optimal than gamepad

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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    • Competence

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    • Competition

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    • Continuation

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      "Long playtime (~20-30 hours), many collectibles, and varied gameplay encourage extended and habitual play."

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    • Cooperation

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    • Creativity

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    • Domination

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    • Escapism

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    • Expectation

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    • Experimenting

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    • Exploration

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    • Expression

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    • Fantasy

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    • Fellowship

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    • Growth

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    • Health

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    • Idle

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    • Intimacy

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      "No close social interactions or relationship building; purely individual experience."

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    • Leadership

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      "No leadership or group management elements; single-player only."

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    • Progression

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      "Players collect experience points, level up stats, find weapons and items, and unlock abilities."

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    • Relaxation

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    • Sensation

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      "Gothic atmosphere, music, and visual design provide sensory stimulation and emotional engagement."

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    • Status

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      "No social recognition or status systems; focus is on personal achievement."

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    • Story

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      "Engaging narrative with memorable characters and cinematic cutscenes."

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    • Strategy

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    • Thrill

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    • Value

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    • Violence

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    • Survival

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    Analysis

    Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Fellowship, Cooperation, Leadership, Violence. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence, Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression.

    How to use the graph
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    Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Motivations” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

    • Larger dot with a light outline: the game you are viewing.
    • Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
    • Hover a dot to see the game name; click to open its page.
    • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

    Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers.

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