User blog:Incub7/Thoughts on Lords of Shadows vs GoW

Okay, first of all, I'm a big fan of much of the series, even though i'm absolutely terrible at the classic series. But, what i want to know everyone's honest opinion of the Lords of Shadow series, and in my honest opinion I liked it. I know that there are a lot of castlevania fans that didn't like the reboot for a number of reasons. They didn't like the God of War-esque combat system, the lack of Dracula in the first game, Dracula and Gabriel being the same, Alucard and Trevor being the same, etc.

Combat
Its combat is very reminisicent of God of War, but I think it shows more similarities with Lament of Innocence, which came before GoW. As well the inclusion of the Light/Void and Shadow/Chaos system helps seperate it from God of War, as it requires players to utilize it unlike GoW's varied weaponry which isn't necessarily required. I also think LoS' combat system can teach players to be better at other Hack and Slash because in order to use Light/Void or Shadow/Chaos one has to avoid all damage while attacking to keep their magic up.

Exploration
The exploration of LOS1 and GoW series is terrible due to the fixed camera angle, which honestly confuses me as where i'm jumping to. But, the way exploration done in both series is different; Kratos uses his blades to scale walls while Gabriel uses Uncharted-esque exploration. Exploring in the games also gives players the chance to see the enviorment, which in the first LoS were absolutely gorgeous. However, LoS2's enviroments seemed to be dreary and boring. God of War's enviroments are also neat, which became better looking as technology got better. I remember each enviroment in LoS1 having beautiful music, but I don't how God of War's soundtrack went.