Castlevania: Lords of Shadow DLC

By Wesley Yin-Poole Published 22 December, 2010

Continue Gabriel's story.

Konami has extended the life of superb action game Castlevania: Lords of Shadow with two new downloadable add-ons set for launch early next year.

They will feature all new areas, monsters, and brand new story lines. Reverie returns players to the Castle as Gabriel to help Laura, the former servant to the vampire Carmilla, in destroying the unruly evil that was previously kept in check by the recently slain Queen, Konami said this afternoon.

The second DLC, Resurrection, continues the story directly after the end of the game. It provides insight into the epilogue seen by players upon completion of the game, and Gabriel's "ultimate destiny". Konami said Resurrection will be "larger in scope" than Reverie because it features a final showdown with a "very notorious enemy". Who could it be?

Reverie will be available in February, while Resurrection will launch sometime in April. No pricing details were mentioned.

Artwork for the DLC is below – warning, it may contain spoilers.

Eurogamer's Castlevania: Lords of Shadow review returned an excellent 8/10. "MercurySteam has managed to deliver a game that's heartfelt, handsome, and quietly distinct," wrote Christian Donlan.

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Comments (21) Latest comment 1 year ago

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  • man.the.king #1 1 year ago

    Great, great game, and brutally hard, especially if it's your first playthrough or you are trying to finish the trials on Paladin. Already finished my first playthrough on Knight difficulty and now playing on Paladin and finishing the trials at the same time.

    I usually don't go for too much DLC, but I'll definitely be getting these.
    Edited by man.the.king at 22/12/10 @ 16:18

  • andywilkie35 #2 1 year ago

    Picked this up cheap after managing to hold out. Glad I still haven't played it though, will play it once they've finished releasing the full game and the rest of the game is reduced in price also.

  • brider #3 1 year ago

    deffo be getting this this is how DLC should be not stupid microtransactions

  • Oh-Bollox #4 1 year ago

    Didn't like it. Quite frankly, it became a time-wasting piss-take of a game after the nth capture-creature-to-do-one-task fight. Tiresome.

  • Machetazo #5 1 year ago

    Have you seen the Konami Digital Christmas card, it's quite good.
    here
    Great to see some more of this, and that they chose Laura, as part of the narrative focus for the first expansion.

  • wingZero21 #6 1 year ago

    Gotta say I really enjoyed the game and actually like brider said, this is how DLC should be, worthwhile continuation of the original game. Keep up the great work Mercurysteam and the money will be yours :D

  • darkmorgado #7 1 year ago

    Who wants to place bets that the "famous boss" is going to be Death?

  • Masaroth #8 1 year ago

    @darkmorgado I reckon its going to be dracula, due to how the epilogue was. Plus what kinda castlevania game would be complete without him.

  • Akira_Tenshi #9 1 year ago

    Hell yeah!! I love this game, one of my favourite games of the year.

  • tweetytunes #10 1 year ago

    I loved the game - done 100% - But I sold it now as I every point - might have to pick it up again now though

  • Hunam #11 1 year ago

    I just hope it's better than the last quarter of the game. The Land of the Dead area felt really padded and phoned in.

  • penhalion #12 1 year ago

    @tweetytunes

    You did it 100%? How?

    I couldn't seem to get the trial where you finish level 1 without recovering health. I didn't recover health as far as I know i.e used no magic and made sure to fall off the horse each time. What the frak am I missing?

  • carlosdfn #13 1 year ago

    YES!!!!

  • gjgjg #14 1 year ago

    Good news indeed. However I fear I shall never finish thee, oh hard ass game. I must reverse time to when I was but a boy and games to this difficulty were common (in a Patrick Stweart voice)

  • man.the.king #15 1 year ago

    penhalion

    You don't have to fall off the horse - just press the action button (square on PS3, X on 360) during the QTE and you'll stay on the horse. If you fall off, you lose health, so try and stay on the horse as much as possible while killing off the Lycan riders and the Wargs.

    All that the trial entails is you do NOT regain any health lost, either by:
    [1] using the Life fountain or by
    [2] using Light magic attacks (this question arises only if you've finished Chapter 1 previously).

    Finish the level without resorting to either (1) or (2) and you will have finished the trial successfully.
    Edited by man.the.king at 23/12/10 @ 06:55

  • Der_tolle_Emil #16 1 year ago

    I haven't bought it yet although I really liked the demo. Now with the DLC coming I really feel like I should wait even longer; I somehow have the feeling that this game along with all DLC will show up as some kind of GOTY bundle anyway a couple of months down the line.

  • spekkeh #17 1 year ago

    "MercurySteam has managed to deliver a game that's heartfelt, handsome, and quietly distinct," wrote Christian Donlan

    Well, he also wrote

    In fact, it's one of those rare games which would be better for – whisper it – being a little shorter: Konami's medieval ramble is already sufficiently roomy without a handful of moments that are so clearly thrown in just to add a bit of time to the clock.

    I liked the game, epic and beautiful to look at, but it dragged a bit too much, and I was left fully saturated at the end. DLC therefore seems a bit unnecessary. Still, it didn't sell so stellarly, so I hope for them this gives them a bit more profit.

  • popflux #18 1 year ago

    Man, this game was awesome. I hope this DLC delivers.

  • muscleblade #19 1 year ago

    Loved the game but for a change it was actually too long imo.

    A 10-12 hour more focused quest would have been better but the developers did a great job trying to please fans of the series and fans of old school adventure games in general.

  • bonker #20 1 year ago

    Was so disappointed in this game - I just couldn't get past the "fixed" camera which ruined any feeling of immersion for me and the non-existant/appalling story telling ...

    I think it sums up just how overhyped games are these days if that's an 8/10 ...

    /Caresses SNES ...
    Edited by bonker at 03/01/11 @ 20:07

  • gooner77 #21 1 year ago

    anyone played the dlc yet ?