Do I need to play Lords of Shadow games to enjoy this one?

[Doktor Mandrake]

So I only have enough money to get one of the Lord of Shadow games, and it'll probably be this one since I'm a fan of the old 2D games

Am I ok to play this one without needing to play the other 2 games first? Also is this game as good as SoTN?

[Arkabed]

Don't be silly, I didn't play it yet but it won't be as good as SotN. If it is at least as good as, say, Harmony of Dissonance, then it's already exceptional. As for the need of having played Lords Of Shadow before, this game was released after Lords Of Shadow but before Lords Of Shadow 2, so it might be somewhere between the two games but I don't think it is of much importance.

Do not expect the best Castlevania though, it's closer to God Of War than it is to an IGAvania. I'm a huge fan of the 2D era and played countless times through every GBA and DS games, as well as SotN of course. I didn't buy this game in the past, despite the fact that I own a 3DS, because I kinda was afraid of trying it. Now, for 2 bucks, you can't possibly go wrong and might give the game a try as I gonna do.

EDIT : I played the first hour, and it isn't bad. The game is nice looking for an old 3DS game, some backgrounds are really nice and capture the Castlevania essence well. As I expected, the combat system is a lot of button mashing, like in a beat'em all but if you know it you can't blame the game. Do not expect a cat to be a cow. As for the story, I think you don't need to play Lors of Shadow first, as the game completely spoils you the ending of the first game in the 5 first minutes. If you don't mind that, then you'll be up to enjoy the story, and it seems to fit well into the Castlevania mythology. For the moment it bodes well, it might even be better than Metroid : Samus Returns, the last comparable game from the same developers.

[HeathenEyes]

can a controller be used on this game?

[Doktor Mandrake]

Originally posted by HeathenEyes:

can a controller be used on this game?

Just tested it for you, yes it has controller support but only Xinput, not Dinput

As long as you have a modern controller like an xbox 360 or xbox one controller you'll be fine

[Vulpis]

If you like the Sony layout rather than the Xbox layout, I can definitely recommend the Logitech F310 controller...and it supports both Xinput *and* Dinput use, so that's a bonus. Not that expensive as gamepads go, either.

[lianmarins]

Originally posted by Doktor Mandrake:

Originally posted by HeathenEyes:

can a controller be used on this game?

Just tested it for you, yes it has controller support but only Xinput, not Dinput

As long as you have a modern controller like an xbox 360 or xbox one controller you'll be fine

Or you know, just lauch the game one time trough big picture and boom, you can use all the controllers ypu want. I'm playing with a dualshock 4 for example, with rumble and everything, and no 3rd party programs.

Remember that you can play any steam game using this method with any controller you want and no problems. There're no "only xbox pads work" anymore on steam.

[Arucard]

Watch LOS LP on Youtube, then buy this and LOS2 if you are interested. The trial of making it through the first game is not worth the very decent reboot it became afterward.

(For the record, I'm using a wired 360 controller that worked perfectly before, but is now crapping out after I teleport?!)

[tonberry]

Buy this game. I love Castlevania except for LOS.