PS2POCALYPSE #0002: Castlevania: Lament of Innocence -l- Lamentation of the Camera

Ok, so upon starting this game you will notice that it feels like an actual Castlevania game. There is some platformer, there is a lot of hidden shit. It’s pretty good damn straight forward. After you talk to the shop guy and you head to the castle you will see that there are 5 orbs on the ground. You will find out that those 5 orbs corelate to 5 different sections of the castle. Each of those 5 sections has a boss. You kill the boss, get the orb. Beat all 5 sections and you get to go fight Dracula… Walter, Walter Tepes? Nope, Walter Bernhard. What the fuck. Well we got a whip because we are a Belmont. We get to whip the shit out of everything again.

The majority of this game is easy. There are some infuriating sections that will piss you off. You unlock some cool power ups along the way that balance the game out, but you will notice that this game really is lacking a cool level system. Instead, you will get health ups and heart ups. The platforming is super strict. The new gameplay mechanic here is that you can whip platforms that are higher up to gain height, much like a double jump, the problem is that in order for it to work the shit has got to be spot on. I mean SPOT THE FUCK ON. The timer they give you for these 3D platforming parts moves faster than a squirrel on crack. You got to do these timed platform parts perfectly. Each section of the castle has its own annoying platform part.

Also, I must point out there is a spot before fighting Medusa that just about killed my brain. Firstly, I smacked the shit out of the statue that was blocking me from getting to Medua’s annoying ass. It did not break. Secondly, the garden can suck a fat one. There is a secret in this game that makes you have to jump on a stunned enemy to then platform upward onto a balcony. The problem is, if you are not paying attention, you will miss it is even there entirely. The camera is set an inch below the platform. There are many crucial points in the game where the camera is an inch below where it should be. The thing that makes me not really get too mad about the platforming is the fact that they do not make you platform over certain death. Konami knew it was Jank.

Now the thing that truly pissed me off. The final boss fights suck. You got to study the shit out of these boss fights. Hopefully you figured out the camera issue in the garden and are ready to go grind for diamonds because you need a diamond for a full heal on this fight. Yep, you read that right. Grind for a diamond. Since this game does not have a level system, leveling is waiting for drops. Drops take FOREVER to happen. I had to grind the end of the game just like Curse of Darkness. That aside I still say this is a good game.

Castlevania: Lament of Innocence Gameplay 8/10