Castlevania Lords of Shadow Fun Facts

1) Castlevania Lords of Shadow has retained its title in all versions of the game. Thus, making it the first Castlevania to share the same title in all territories.

2) Did you know that Castlevania Lords of Shadow does not follow the original timeline and story of its predecessors?

3) The game is considered as the first in the Lords of Shadow series, since it is not considered as part of the original series.

4) Castlevania Lords of Shadow is the first Castlevania released for both Playstation 3 and XBox 360.

5) The man behind the production of Metal Gear series, Hideo Kojima, has partly influenced the development of the Japanese version of Castlevania Lords of Shadow.

Castlevania Lords of Shadow

6) Most Castlevania games were originally developed in Japan before they were released in other territories. However, this is not the case in Castlevania Lords of Shadow. The game was developed in North America and the Japanese version was outdated by all regional release.

7) Did you know that the Playstation 3 version of Castlevania Lords of Shadow has only one CD while the XBox 360 version has two? This is due to the limitation of the latter to contain the bulky requirements of the game.

8) Pan is probably inspired from the Greek mythological deity of the woods, wilds, shepherds and mountains. He is depicted to have a lower body of a goat and upper body of a man with a horn on his head.

9) Zobek is considered as the amalgamation of Death and the dark priest Shaft in the original Castlevania series.

10) One of the playable character in Castlevania Lords of Shadow is Laura. She shares a name with another character in Castlevania Order of Ecclesia. The latter is a jeweler in Wygol Village who is also a descendant of the Belmont clan.

11) One of the bosses in Castlevania Lords of Shadow is Brauner. He is probably named after the major boss in Castlevania Portrait of Ruin who abandoned humanity to become a vampire.