Castlevania: Lament of Innocence (PlayStation 2, 2003)

This is the first Castlevania for the PS2.

The graphics are nice although some rooms and corridors are reused which can get repetative.

STORY:
The story details the origins of the famous 'Vampire Killer' and how it was created.
We learn a little of Dracula's origins like his true name (before he became known as Dracula).
The game's voice acting is done rather well which really does help carry the story. If you own the American version you can change the voices to Japanese.

GAMEPLAY:
The game takes place in Lord Dracula's Castle and is divided into areas or levels which are entered via teleporters.
Leon, the main character fights with a whip known as the Vampire Killer and by pressing a combination of the Square and Triangle buttons you can pull off some cool looking attack combos which more of them are unlocked as you progress.
In addition, Leon can use Sub weapons which are like throwing weapons for example bottles of holy water, axes etc. These consume 'hearts' every time you use them. Finding and equiping 'Orbs' will alter each sub weapon in the way Leon uses it.
Leon also uses 'Relics' which consumes Magic Power (you can fill your magic power back up by using the mana prism item or perfect guarding).
Relics range from replenishing Health to making Leon invisible.

MUSIC:
I thought that the music in this game was the best in the Castlevania series.
Imagine classical mixed with dance music and you get a rough idea.
Leon's Theme is typical of this.

EXTRAS:
To get the most out of this game, you will need to find colour coded keys which are found in each level. These keys will open doors in other levels, so expect to to revisit the same level 2 or 3 times if you want to find all the relics.
There are a nubmber of hidden elemental bosses in some of the levels which if you are good enough to find and beat them will drop other whips for you to use.
There is one other awesome hidden boss deep within the castle called the Forgotten One. If you want lots of blood, gore and intestines, then you'll find them all here.

Finishing the game will let you play as one of the bosses (won't spoil which one). The game play with this boss is much different than Leon. This boss has a new attack scheme.
Then there is one last character to play as which you get by finishing the game with the boss. This new character (again I won't spoil who it is, but think of the Halloween theme)is one of the cutest designed characters I've ever seen...
There is also 'Crazy Mode' which once you have finished the game can be played again with a much harder difficulty setting.

Overall this is a simple pick up and play type game. Enjoyable and worth buying.

This game is awesome. Graphics are awesome. It is hard though. I am a decent gamer and this is hard for me. Monsters are awesome and hidden items are fun to find. I get very lost in the castle/game and even with a map it's hard to tell where the heck you are. But this is castlevania at its finest that's what it's about getting sucked into the castle/game for hours on end. Graphics are awesome, Out of 10, i put it at a 9.3. It's a must buy for me on the PS2. Thanks

Frankly, I bought this game on a whim. I've never played a castlevania game before, and didn't know what to expect. I was pleasantly surprised to find that, for a game that has the same 20 button combos (all using two buttons), this game was challenging and fun. The enemies were diverse, and i thoroughly enjoyed killing them.
It was not an exceptionally original game, but good for what it was. After all, you can only have so many blond, angsty boys looking to save the helpless female in a gothic setting. Oooo... they'll eat your flesh and suck your blood...

well i brought this game for my son since he had the others and there are no regrets here , the graphics are great , the backround music is very nice , and the story line of the game is well thought out as well, the creatures you will come across and have to battle are awsome looking , they remind me of resident evil type creatures , i hope that people give this game a try and from what i have heard there are new versions for the newer systems that are out now , cant wait to try them and rate them as well , happy holidays :)

very good game the beggining of the whole castlevania stories with leon belmont as the protagonist this game shows how the belmont family gets the legendary vampire killer whip and the whole damnation behind this

I love ALL Castlevania games, but this one is really kewl!
The graphics are amazing and definetly wirth having around when you are bored.

Castlevania: Lament of Innocence has generally received positive reviews since its release. On Game Rankings, the game has an average score of 78%, based on 59 reviews.[1] On Metacritic, the game has an average score of 79 out of 100, based on 45 reviews.[2]

X-Play gave it a 3 out of 5, calling it a Devil May Cry clone, while EGM gave it 8.0, 7.5, and 7.5 (out of ten). On the other hand, GamePro gave it a 5.0 (their highest score) on the fun factor, stating that it was the first successful 3-D Castlevania game.[3] IGN gave it an outstanding score of 9.0 (out of ten) calling it the most stylish Castlevania game to date, with a brilliant musical score and many game options.[4] 1up.com described it as returning to Castlevania's action-heavy roots in order to ease its transition to 3-D, but features such as the card system from Castlevania: Circle of the Moon was missed.[5]

To me this game is very similar to Castlevania Harmony of Dissonance. Like HoD this game is fun and all but not perfect. The graphics and gameplay are superb. As is the music. When you’re exploring the castle, the awesome graphics and organ heavy music really sets the mood. The main character Leon controls smoothly and his whip strikes look and feel powerful. Plus the boss battles are tough but not overly difficult. And the camera does not seem to blind me as much as in Devil May Cry. Though Lament of Innocence has plenty of short comings: 1) The enemies and level design are reused way too much. Too many of the corridors and enemies look and act exactly the same. 2) The magic system is 'dumbed' down. This games magic system is based around your subweapons, much like Harmony of Dissonance. Why they could not have implemented the awesome magic of Symphony of the Night or Dawn of Sorrow, I don’t know. 3) Too many things are overly simplified like the combos and armors. There are no 'secret' armors or combos. You get them all as you gradually progress through the game. In the end this is a great game and i enjoyed it much more than Devil May Cry. But when it stands next to some of the other Castlevania games it is far from perfect.

Even the Supernintendo version is better than this. The camera angles are so weird and off-centre that it makes jumping from platform to platform excessively difficult. The tasks are really ordinary, the "tricks" you have to use to defeat bosses have no basis in logic....you find yourself spending inordinate amounts of time trying to guess what the programmers had in mind.
There are many way better platform games out there.

THis was actually my very first PS2 game and even with the otehr 38 games I got, I play this one every chance I get because that how much I love it.
Thou shalt put Castlevania in 3D and thou hast done a marry of it.

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I did not fulled my expectations, i hope the gameplay, graphics etc were better. It is not bad, but it could be better because it comes from the same team of Symphony of the Nigtht! (better Castlevania ever) The most important aspect of the game is the history...

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This game is soo awsome it has a great story and its soo much fun. The music is great throughout the game and every stage has awsome looking scenery.

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Awesome game. Bad music (so far). The gameplay is great, you can fight demons as a belmont the way it should be. No matter what you hear, if you like Castlevania's goth enviroment along with good action and gameplay, get this game.

Generally, from the box art graphics on the back, it looks like its okay quality, but overall the graphics are superb for a ps2 game originaly made in 2003. The backgrounds of the castle are all beautifully rendered, and although one may get frustated at the camera angles at first, it is an exceptionaly explorable world. What it really is about the graphics, is that, they are smooth, while not super-realistic, they are extremely smooth, and never show different layers or polygons. In this game, there are no polygons. If your already a big Castlevania fan, you'll find this game is the beginning for the Belmont clan, this is where the series starts in a chronological order. Like most games installments in the castlevania seires it has the same haunting charm. If your new to casltevania, you may find you will like it. An excellent game, difficult to find (in good condition), I looked for a whole year keeping my eyes open at games stores trying to find a copy with the box AND game booklet. I only found it once I searched ebay.
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This game was cool for about the first ten minutes. It gets old really fast. Sure you get new weapons, but they are all whips that all look the same, only colored differently. The games on the DS are much more addictive and playable. This one is just kind of confusing and cheesey (grant, it was made in the 90's so thats acceptable).