History YMMV / CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow

* HilariousInHindsight: Allegedly, one of the various reasons why ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLegends'' was declared CanonDiscontinuity was that it was implied that Sonia and Alucard became a couple, and it didn't feel right for the Belmonts to be related to Dracula by blood. Funnily enough, [[spoiler:that very plot twist happens in this series, by Gabriel himself becoming Dracula, and Trevor Belmont being Alucard]].

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation:

* BrokenBase: The split sprang up around the increased emphasis on plot and presentation as well as the more action-based gameplay, of which many made comparisons to ''VideoGame/GodOfWar''. Incidentally, these Base-Breaking issues have some uncanny similarities to a few that have sprung up with ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM'', an installment in the fellow [[TropeNamer Trope Naming]] [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} franchise]] for {{Metroidvania}} which came out a few months before this game. Both games have had detractors who have lamented each game taking a page from ''Franchise/MetalGear'' (and in ''Lords of Shadow'''s case, it had assistance from Creator/HideoKojima), in regards to each having longer cutscenes and such.

* VindicatedByHistory: The games weren't that well received upon release, most gathering scorn due to no longer being a {{Metroidvania}} style game that even the earlier 3d versions at least tried to do, a combat system closer to VideoGame/GodOfWar in nature, but, after a while, people began to appreciate many things about the games, the stunning visuals, great character designs and an engaging plot (helped by the fact Creator/HideoKojima had involvement in this), also helped along by the fact that the VA cast is full of big name stars such as Creator/JasonIsaacs, Creator/PatrickStewart, Creator/RobertCarlyle and the later games gave us ''Franchise/GameOfThrones'' star Creator/RichardMadden which, at the time of Mirror of Fates release, was a main cast member of ''[=GoT=]''.

* FirstInstallmentWins: The first game is considered to be superior and the most well-received than any of its sequels.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: The Original Founders. Were they really paragons of holiness or were they every bit as arrogant and egotistical as Gabriel comes to believe they were? did they ''know'' what would happen when they ascended? Their ascension caused what was left behind to coalesce in the titular Lord of Shadow, a plague upon the world. one theory is that while both sides of the Founders were pure good/evil in aspect, the split didn't separate their ''personalities'' other than warping to fit their new, evil mindset, the Founders were just arrogant enough in their own purity that they believed their dark sides would be small and weak.

* BrokenBase: The split sprang up around the increased emphasis on plot and presentation as well as the more action-based gameplay, of which many made comparisons to ''VideoGame/GodOfWar''. Incidentally, these Base-Breaking issues have some uncanny similarities to a few that have sprung up with ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM'', an installment in the fellow [[TropeNamer Trope Naming]] [[VideoGame/{{Metroid}} franchise]] for {{Metroidvania}} which came out a few months before this game. Both games have had detractors who have lamented each game taking a page from ''Franchise/MetalGear'' (and in ''Lords of Shadow'''s case, it had assistance from Creator/HideoKojima), in regards to each having longer cutscenes and such.

* VindicatedByHistory: The games weren't that well received upon release, most gathering scorn due to no longer being a MetroidVania style game that even the earlier 3d versions at least tried to do, a combat system closer to VideoGame/GodOfWar in nature, but, after a while, people began to appreciate many things about the games, the stunning visuals, great character designs and an engaging plot (helped by the fact Creator/HideoKojima had involvement in this), also helped along by the fact that the VA cast is full of big name stars such as Creator/JasonIsaacs, Creator/PatrickStewart, Creator/RobertCarlyle and the later games gave us ''Franchise/GameOfThrones'' star Creator/RichardMadden which, at the time of Mirror of Fates release, was a main cast member of ''[=GoT=]''.

*** For many players the Chupacabras gain an additional Scrappy aspect as it often feels like they only exist to [[Padding artificially lengthen the game]] and could be excised without affecting the story or gameplay.