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** [[spoiler:{{Satan}} is the [[BigBad architect]] of almost every atrocity in the games, all so he could return to Heaven and [[RageAgainstTheHeavens take revenge on God]]. [[ManipulativeBastard Deceiving]] Zobek, Satan uses him to separate Heaven from Earth, leaving the souls of the dead trapped in Limbo, afterwards forcing Gabriel Belmont to murder his wife Marie. Aiming to exploit the prophecy of the Chosen One to claim the God Mask for himself, Satan arranges for Gabriel to kill many others, both evil and innocent, before attempting to dispose of both Gabriel and Zobek. Defeated by Gabriel, Satan has his children pave the way for his return and when he does come back, he murders the son who summoned him for not disposing of the one man he fears: Gabriel--now known as Dracula. Opting to simply destroy the world with an enslaved and tortured Leviathan, Satan's final gambit has him possess Alucard, Dracula's beloved son, to try to stop Dracula from killing him, all the while taunting Dracula. Making paltry attempts at justifying himself, Gabriel saw Satan for the wretched [[ItsAllAboutMe egomaniac]] he is.]]
** [[spoiler:[[ManipulativeBastard Zobek]], the [[OurLichesAreDifferent Lord of the Dead]] and the strongest, [[AmbitionIsEvil most ambitious]] of the Lords of Shadow, is also TheCorrupter to Gabriel Belmont/Dracula himself. As part of a grand scheme to attain godlike power, Zobek cut off the Earth from Heaven and trapped the souls of the dead on Earth, infesting the world with the undead. Zobek directly facilitates Gabriel's fall into evil by using the Devil's Mask to make Gabriel murder his own wife, and meticulously disposes of any and all loose ends along the way while playing the role of Gabriel's friend, having Gabriel dispose of his fellow Lords of Shadow and other innocents like Claudia. Zobek tortures Gabriel to death after revealing his true colors and mocking him over everything Zobek has had him do. Even after he's revealed to be a BigBadWannabe to Satan, Zobek returns in the modern day with ambitions of destroying Dracula and Satan both, and the first thing he does upon awakening Dracula is feed him an innocent family.]]
** ''Reverie'' & ''Resurrection'' {{DLC}}: [[OmnicidalManiac The Forgotten One]] is a tremendously powerful [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demon]] summoned by the Bernhard family that brought about untold destruction upon the world before it was [[SealedEvilInACan sealed in its home dimension]] by the founders of the Brotherhood of Light. Many centuries later, the Forgotten One would attempt to return to Earth once again to enact vengeance by purging it of all life, and only deciding to spare Gabriel [[CruelMercy so that he can look upon his failure]]..
** [[spoiler:{{Satan}} is the [[BigBad architect]] of almost every atrocity in the games, all so he could return to Heaven and [[RageAgainstTheHeavens take revenge on God]]. [[ManipulativeBastard Deceiving]] Zobek, Satan uses him to separate Heaven from Earth, leaving the souls of the dead trapped in Limbo, afterwards forcing Gabriel Belmont to murder his wife Marie. Aiming to exploit the prophecy of the Chosen One to claim the God Mask for himself, Satan arranges for Gabriel to kill many others, both evil and innocent, before attempting to dispose of both Gabriel and Zobek. Defeated by Gabriel, Satan has his children pave the way for his return and when he does come back, he murders the son who summoned him for not disposing of the one man he fears: Gabriel--now known as Dracula. Opting to simply destroy the world with an enslaved and tortured Leviathan, Satan's final gambit has him possess Alucard, Dracula's beloved son, to try to stop Dracula from killing him, all the while taunting Dracula. Making paltry attempts at justifying himself, Gabriel saw Satan for the wretched [[ItsAllAboutMe egomaniac]] he is.]]
** [[spoiler:[[ManipulativeBastard Zobek]], the [[OurLichesAreDifferent Lord of the Dead]] and the strongest, [[AmbitionIsEvil most ambitious]] of the Lords of Shadow, is also TheCorrupter to Gabriel Belmont/Dracula himself. As part of a grand scheme to attain godlike power, Zobek cut off the Earth from Heaven and trapped the souls of the dead on Earth, infesting the world with the undead. Zobek directly facilitates Gabriel's fall into evil by using the Devil's Mask to make Gabriel murder his own wife, and meticulously disposes of any and all loose ends along the way while playing the role of Gabriel's friend, having Gabriel dispose of his fellow Lords of Shadow and other innocents like Claudia. Zobek tortures Gabriel to death after revealing his true colors and mocking him over everything Zobek has had him do. Even after he's revealed to be a BigBadWannabe to Satan, Zobek returns in the modern day with ambitions of destroying Dracula and Satan both, and the first thing he does upon awakening Dracula is feed him an innocent family.]]
** ''Reverie'' & ''Resurrection'' {{DLC}}: [[OmnicidalManiac The Forgotten One]] is a tremendously powerful [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demon]] summoned by the Bernhard family that brought about untold destruction upon the world before it was [[SealedEvilInACan sealed in its home dimension]] by the founders of the Brotherhood of Light. Many centuries later, the Forgotten One would attempt to return to Earth once again to enact vengeance by purging it of all life, and only deciding to spare Gabriel [[CruelMercy so that he can look upon his failure]]..
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: HarsherInHindsight: [[spoiler:In-game variation. Abbot Dorin: "I know who you are! You're sent by the devil! He told me! He always does! He mocks me with it!" Turns out he was right...]]
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* OlderThanTheyThink: This isn't the first ''Castlevania'' game to have you play as [[spoiler:Dracula]]; that detail was '''''the''''' plot twist of the ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow'' games.
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* 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, He was a main cast member of ''[=GoT=]''.
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* 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, He release, was a main cast member of ''[=GoT=]''.
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* CompleteMonster:
** {{Satan}} is the [[BigBad architect]] of almost every atrocity in the games, all so he could return to Heaven and [[RageAgainstTheHeavens take revenge on God]]. [[ManipulativeBastard Deceiving]] Zobek, Satan uses him to separate Heaven from Earth, leaving the souls of the dead trapped in Limbo, afterwards forcing Gabriel Belmont to murder his wife Marie. Aiming to exploit the prophecy of the Chosen One to claim the God Mask for himself, Satan arranges for Gabriel to kill many others, both evil and innocent, before attempting to dispose of both Gabriel and Zobek. Defeated by Gabriel, Satan has his children pave the way for his return and when he does come back, he murders the son who summoned him for not disposing of the one man he fears: Gabriel--now known as Dracula. Opting to simply destroy the world with an enslaved and tortured Leviathan, Satan's final gambit has him possess Alucard, Dracula's beloved son, to try to stop Dracula from killing him, all the while taunting Dracula. Making paltry attempts at justifying himself, Gabriel saw Satan for the wretched [[ItsAllAboutMe egomaniac]] he is.
** [[ManipulativeBastard Zobek]], the [[OurLichesAreDifferent Lord of the Dead]] and the strongest, [[AmbitionIsEvil most ambitious]] of the Lords of Shadow, is also TheCorrupter to Gabriel Belmont/Dracula himself. As part of a grand scheme to attain godlike power, Zobek cut off the Earth from Heaven and trapped the souls of the dead on Earth, infesting the world with the undead. Zobek directly facilitates Gabriel's fall into evil by using the Devil's Mask to make Gabriel murder his own wife, and meticulously disposes of any and all loose ends along the way while playing the role of Gabriel's friend, having Gabriel dispose of his fellow Lords of Shadow and other innocents like Claudia. Zobek tortures Gabriel to death after revealing his true colors and mocking him over everything Zobek has had him do. Even after he's revealed to be a BigBadWannabe to Satan, Zobek returns in the modern day with ambitions of destroying Dracula and Satan both, and the first thing he does upon awakening Dracula is feed him an innocent family.
** ''Reverie'' & ''Resurrection'' {{DLC}}: [[OmnicidalManiac The Forgotten One]] is a tremendously powerful [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demon]] summoned by the Bernhard family that brought about untold destruction upon the world before it was [[SealedEvilInACan sealed in its home dimension]] by the founders of the Brotherhood of Light. Many centuries later, the Forgotten One would attempt to return to Earth once again to enact vengeance by purging it of all life, and only deciding to spare Gabriel [[CruelMercy so that he can look upon his failure]].
** {{Satan}} is the [[BigBad architect]] of almost every atrocity in the games, all so he could return to Heaven and [[RageAgainstTheHeavens take revenge on God]]. [[ManipulativeBastard Deceiving]] Zobek, Satan uses him to separate Heaven from Earth, leaving the souls of the dead trapped in Limbo, afterwards forcing Gabriel Belmont to murder his wife Marie. Aiming to exploit the prophecy of the Chosen One to claim the God Mask for himself, Satan arranges for Gabriel to kill many others, both evil and innocent, before attempting to dispose of both Gabriel and Zobek. Defeated by Gabriel, Satan has his children pave the way for his return and when he does come back, he murders the son who summoned him for not disposing of the one man he fears: Gabriel--now known as Dracula. Opting to simply destroy the world with an enslaved and tortured Leviathan, Satan's final gambit has him possess Alucard, Dracula's beloved son, to try to stop Dracula from killing him, all the while taunting Dracula. Making paltry attempts at justifying himself, Gabriel saw Satan for the wretched [[ItsAllAboutMe egomaniac]] he is.
** [[ManipulativeBastard Zobek]], the [[OurLichesAreDifferent Lord of the Dead]] and the strongest, [[AmbitionIsEvil most ambitious]] of the Lords of Shadow, is also TheCorrupter to Gabriel Belmont/Dracula himself. As part of a grand scheme to attain godlike power, Zobek cut off the Earth from Heaven and trapped the souls of the dead on Earth, infesting the world with the undead. Zobek directly facilitates Gabriel's fall into evil by using the Devil's Mask to make Gabriel murder his own wife, and meticulously disposes of any and all loose ends along the way while playing the role of Gabriel's friend, having Gabriel dispose of his fellow Lords of Shadow and other innocents like Claudia. Zobek tortures Gabriel to death after revealing his true colors and mocking him over everything Zobek has had him do. Even after he's revealed to be a BigBadWannabe to Satan, Zobek returns in the modern day with ambitions of destroying Dracula and Satan both, and the first thing he does upon awakening Dracula is feed him an innocent family.
** ''Reverie'' & ''Resurrection'' {{DLC}}: [[OmnicidalManiac The Forgotten One]] is a tremendously powerful [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demon]] summoned by the Bernhard family that brought about untold destruction upon the world before it was [[SealedEvilInACan sealed in its home dimension]] by the founders of the Brotherhood of Light. Many centuries later, the Forgotten One would attempt to return to Earth once again to enact vengeance by purging it of all life, and only deciding to spare Gabriel [[CruelMercy so that he can look upon his failure]].
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* CompleteMonster:
** {{Satan}} is the [[BigBad architect]] of almost every atrocity in the games, all so he could return to Heaven and [[RageAgainstTheHeavens take revenge on God]]. [[ManipulativeBastard Deceiving]] Zobek, Satan uses him to separate Heaven from Earth, leaving the souls of the dead trapped in Limbo, afterwards forcing Gabriel Belmont to murder his wife Marie. Aiming to exploit the prophecy of the Chosen One to claim the God Mask for himself, Satan arranges for Gabriel to kill many others, both evil and innocent, before attempting to dispose of both Gabriel and Zobek. Defeated by Gabriel, Satan has his children pave the way for his return and when he does come back, he murders the son who summoned him for not disposing of the one man he fears: Gabriel--now known as Dracula. Opting to simply destroy the world with an enslaved and tortured Leviathan, Satan's final gambit has him possess Alucard, Dracula's beloved son, to try to stop Dracula from killing him, all the while taunting Dracula. Making paltry attempts at justifying himself, Gabriel saw Satan for the wretched [[ItsAllAboutMe egomaniac]] he is.
** [[ManipulativeBastard Zobek]], the [[OurLichesAreDifferent Lord of the Dead]] and the strongest, [[AmbitionIsEvil most ambitious]] of the Lords of Shadow, is also TheCorrupter to Gabriel Belmont/Dracula himself. As part of a grand scheme to attain godlike power, Zobek cut off the Earth from Heaven and trapped the souls of the dead on Earth, infesting the world with the undead. Zobek directly facilitates Gabriel's fall into evil by using the Devil's Mask to make Gabriel murder his own wife, and meticulously disposes of any and all loose ends along the way while playing the role of Gabriel's friend, having Gabriel dispose of his fellow Lords of Shadow and other innocents like Claudia. Zobek tortures Gabriel to death after revealing his true colors and mocking him over everything Zobek has had him do. Even after he's revealed to be a BigBadWannabe to Satan, Zobek returns in the modern day with ambitions of destroying Dracula and Satan both, and the first thing he does upon awakening Dracula is feed him an innocent family.
** ''Reverie'' & ''Resurrection'' {{DLC}}: [[OmnicidalManiac The Forgotten One]] is a tremendously powerful [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demon]] summoned by the Bernhard family that brought about untold destruction upon the world before it was [[SealedEvilInACan sealed in its home dimension]] by the founders of the Brotherhood of Light. Many centuries later, the Forgotten One would attempt to return to Earth once again to enact vengeance by purging it of all life, and only deciding to spare Gabriel [[CruelMercy so that he can look upon his failure]].CompleteMonster: See [[Monster/{{Castlevania}} here]].
** {{Satan}} is the [[BigBad architect]] of almost every atrocity in the games, all so he could return to Heaven and [[RageAgainstTheHeavens take revenge on God]]. [[ManipulativeBastard Deceiving]] Zobek, Satan uses him to separate Heaven from Earth, leaving the souls of the dead trapped in Limbo, afterwards forcing Gabriel Belmont to murder his wife Marie. Aiming to exploit the prophecy of the Chosen One to claim the God Mask for himself, Satan arranges for Gabriel to kill many others, both evil and innocent, before attempting to dispose of both Gabriel and Zobek. Defeated by Gabriel, Satan has his children pave the way for his return and when he does come back, he murders the son who summoned him for not disposing of the one man he fears: Gabriel--now known as Dracula. Opting to simply destroy the world with an enslaved and tortured Leviathan, Satan's final gambit has him possess Alucard, Dracula's beloved son, to try to stop Dracula from killing him, all the while taunting Dracula. Making paltry attempts at justifying himself, Gabriel saw Satan for the wretched [[ItsAllAboutMe egomaniac]] he is.
** [[ManipulativeBastard Zobek]], the [[OurLichesAreDifferent Lord of the Dead]] and the strongest, [[AmbitionIsEvil most ambitious]] of the Lords of Shadow, is also TheCorrupter to Gabriel Belmont/Dracula himself. As part of a grand scheme to attain godlike power, Zobek cut off the Earth from Heaven and trapped the souls of the dead on Earth, infesting the world with the undead. Zobek directly facilitates Gabriel's fall into evil by using the Devil's Mask to make Gabriel murder his own wife, and meticulously disposes of any and all loose ends along the way while playing the role of Gabriel's friend, having Gabriel dispose of his fellow Lords of Shadow and other innocents like Claudia. Zobek tortures Gabriel to death after revealing his true colors and mocking him over everything Zobek has had him do. Even after he's revealed to be a BigBadWannabe to Satan, Zobek returns in the modern day with ambitions of destroying Dracula and Satan both, and the first thing he does upon awakening Dracula is feed him an innocent family.
** ''Reverie'' & ''Resurrection'' {{DLC}}: [[OmnicidalManiac The Forgotten One]] is a tremendously powerful [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demon]] summoned by the Bernhard family that brought about untold destruction upon the world before it was [[SealedEvilInACan sealed in its home dimension]] by the founders of the Brotherhood of Light. Many centuries later, the Forgotten One would attempt to return to Earth once again to enact vengeance by purging it of all life, and only deciding to spare Gabriel [[CruelMercy so that he can look upon his failure]].
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* OlderThanTheyThink: This isn't the first ''Castlevania'' game to have you play as [[spoiler:Dracula]]; that detail was '''''the''''' plot twist of the ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow'' games. [[spoiler:Playing as Dracula '''''Himself''''' on the other hand.]]
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* OlderThanTheyThink: This isn't the first ''Castlevania'' game to have you play as [[spoiler:Dracula]]; that detail was '''''the''''' plot twist of the ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow'' games. [[spoiler:Playing as Dracula '''''Himself''''' on the other hand.]]
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* 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, 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, He was a main cast member of GoT.
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* 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, 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 ''Franchise/GameOfThrones'' star Creator/RichardMadden which, at the time of Mirror of Fates Release, He was a main cast member of GoT.''[=GoT=]''.
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* 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'', in regards to each having longer cutscenes and such.
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* 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'', ''Franchise/MetalGear'' (and in ''Lords of Shadow'''s case, it had assistance from Creator/HideoKojima), in regards to each having longer cutscenes and such.
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** [[Characters/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadowAlucard Alucard]], formerly known as Trevor Belmont, is Dracula's son who matches his father in craftiness. Turned into a vampire, Alucard watches over his son Simon Belmont's quest to Dracula's castle, and helps him in his battle against the Dark Lord. Aiding the Brotherhood of Light against the Prince of Darkness, Alucard hatches a plan to end the conflict between good and evil: by putting Dracula into a deep slumber, the two great evils Zobek and Satan would return to conquer the world. When the time is right, Alucard would awaken Dracula and he would guide him into regaining his powers and memories, disguising himself as Zobek's lieutenant in the process, so that he could be able to [[BatmanGambit battle them again]] and defeat them once and for all.
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** [[Characters/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadowAlucard [[WellIntentionedExtremist Alucard]], formerly known as Trevor Belmont, is Dracula's son who matches his father in craftiness. Turned into a vampire, Alucard watches over his son Simon Belmont's quest to Dracula's castle, and helps him in his battle against the Dark Lord. Aiding the Brotherhood of Light against the Prince of Darkness, Alucard hatches a plan to end the conflict between good and evil: by putting Dracula into a deep slumber, the two great evils Zobek and Satan would return to conquer the world. When the time is right, Alucard would awaken Dracula and he would guide him into regaining his powers and memories, disguising himself as Zobek's lieutenant in the process, so that he could be able to [[BatmanGambit battle them again]] and defeat them once and for all.
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* CriticalDissonance: The game got pretty good reviews by professional critics and is in fact the best-selling Castlevania game ever, according to Konami. However, the game and the series it spawned were and to some extent still are divisive within the fandom due to its totally different feel compared to the rest of the series.
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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: After a certain point, it becomes hard to care about Gabriel's journey due to some morally reprehensible actions on his part with his quest to resurrect his beloved Marie failing to become a good excuse after a certain point, the CrapsackWorld the characters live in that might actually become ''worse'' if Gabriel continues to defeat the Lords of Shadow, and the fact in the end, [[spoiler:Gabriel's goals are doomed, due to the Brotherhood's manipulations being to make Gabriel into something that could destroy Satan, which [[StartOfDarkness causes Gabriel to become Dracula]].]]
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* TooBleakStoppedCaring: After a certain point, it becomes hard to care about Gabriel's journey due to some morally reprehensible actions on his part with his quest to resurrect his beloved Marie failing to become a good excuse after a certain point, the CrapsackWorld the characters live in that might actually become ''worse'' if Gabriel continues to defeat the Lords of Shadow, and the fact in the end, [[spoiler:Gabriel's goals are doomed, due to the Brotherhood's manipulations being to make Gabriel into something that could destroy Satan, which [[StartOfDarkness causes Gabriel to become Dracula]].]]
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* CompleteMonster (includes [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow2 the sequel]]): {{Satan}} is the [[BigBad architect]] of almost every atrocity in the games, all so he could return to Heaven and [[RageAgainstTheHeavens take revenge on God]]. [[ManipulativeBastard Deceiving]] and possessing Zobek, Satan uses him to separate Heaven from Earth, leaving the souls of the dead trapped in Limbo, afterwards forcing Gabriel Belmont to murder his wife Marie. Aiming to exploit the prophecy of the Chosen One to claim the God Mask for himself, Satan arranges for Gabriel to kill many others, both evil and innocent, before attempting to dispose of both Gabriel and Zobek. Defeated by Gabriel, Satan has his children pave the way for his return and when he does come back, he murders the son who summoned him for not disposing of the one man he fears: Gabriel--now known as Dracula. Opting to simply destroy the world with an enslaved and tortured Leviathan, Satan's final gambit has him possess Alucard, Dracula's beloved son, to try to stop Dracula from killing him, all the while taunting Dracula. Making paltry attempts at justifying himself, Gabriel saw Satan for the wretched [[ItsAllAboutMe egomaniac]] he is.
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* CompleteMonster (includes [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow2 the sequel]]): CompleteMonster:
** {{Satan}} is the [[BigBad architect]] of almost every atrocity in the games, all so he could return to Heaven and [[RageAgainstTheHeavens take revenge on God]]. [[ManipulativeBastard Deceiving]]and possessing Zobek, Satan uses him to separate Heaven from Earth, leaving the souls of the dead trapped in Limbo, afterwards forcing Gabriel Belmont to murder his wife Marie. Aiming to exploit the prophecy of the Chosen One to claim the God Mask for himself, Satan arranges for Gabriel to kill many others, both evil and innocent, before attempting to dispose of both Gabriel and Zobek. Defeated by Gabriel, Satan has his children pave the way for his return and when he does come back, he murders the son who summoned him for not disposing of the one man he fears: Gabriel--now known as Dracula. Opting to simply destroy the world with an enslaved and tortured Leviathan, Satan's final gambit has him possess Alucard, Dracula's beloved son, to try to stop Dracula from killing him, all the while taunting Dracula. Making paltry attempts at justifying himself, Gabriel saw Satan for the wretched [[ItsAllAboutMe egomaniac]] he is.is.
** [[ManipulativeBastard Zobek]], the [[OurLichesAreDifferent Lord of the Dead]] and the strongest, [[AmbitionIsEvil most ambitious]] of the Lords of Shadow, is also TheCorrupter to Gabriel Belmont/Dracula himself. As part of a grand scheme to attain godlike power, Zobek cut off the Earth from Heaven and trapped the souls of the dead on Earth, infesting the world with the undead. Zobek directly facilitates Gabriel's fall into evil by using the Devil's Mask to make Gabriel murder his own wife, and meticulously disposes of any and all loose ends along the way while playing the role of Gabriel's friend, having Gabriel dispose of his fellow Lords of Shadow and other innocents like Claudia. Zobek tortures Gabriel to death after revealing his true colors and mocking him over everything Zobek has had him do. Even after he's revealed to be a BigBadWannabe to Satan, Zobek returns in the modern day with ambitions of destroying Dracula and Satan both, and the first thing he does upon awakening Dracula is feed him an innocent family.
** ''Reverie'' & ''Resurrection'' {{DLC}}: [[OmnicidalManiac The Forgotten One]] is a tremendously powerful [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demon]] summoned by the Bernhard family that brought about untold destruction upon the world before it was [[SealedEvilInACan sealed in its home dimension]] by the founders of the Brotherhood of Light. Many centuries later, the Forgotten One would attempt to return to Earth once again to enact vengeance by purging it of all life, and only deciding to spare Gabriel [[CruelMercy so that he can look upon his failure]].
** {{Satan}} is the [[BigBad architect]] of almost every atrocity in the games, all so he could return to Heaven and [[RageAgainstTheHeavens take revenge on God]]. [[ManipulativeBastard Deceiving]]
** [[ManipulativeBastard Zobek]], the [[OurLichesAreDifferent Lord of the Dead]] and the strongest, [[AmbitionIsEvil most ambitious]] of the Lords of Shadow, is also TheCorrupter to Gabriel Belmont/Dracula himself. As part of a grand scheme to attain godlike power, Zobek cut off the Earth from Heaven and trapped the souls of the dead on Earth, infesting the world with the undead. Zobek directly facilitates Gabriel's fall into evil by using the Devil's Mask to make Gabriel murder his own wife, and meticulously disposes of any and all loose ends along the way while playing the role of Gabriel's friend, having Gabriel dispose of his fellow Lords of Shadow and other innocents like Claudia. Zobek tortures Gabriel to death after revealing his true colors and mocking him over everything Zobek has had him do. Even after he's revealed to be a BigBadWannabe to Satan, Zobek returns in the modern day with ambitions of destroying Dracula and Satan both, and the first thing he does upon awakening Dracula is feed him an innocent family.
** ''Reverie'' & ''Resurrection'' {{DLC}}: [[OmnicidalManiac The Forgotten One]] is a tremendously powerful [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demon]] summoned by the Bernhard family that brought about untold destruction upon the world before it was [[SealedEvilInACan sealed in its home dimension]] by the founders of the Brotherhood of Light. Many centuries later, the Forgotten One would attempt to return to Earth once again to enact vengeance by purging it of all life, and only deciding to spare Gabriel [[CruelMercy so that he can look upon his failure]].
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* [[Characters/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadowDracula Dracula]] was once the heroic [[BrokenAce Gabriel Belmont]], a champion of the light who saved the world from the fallen angel Satan himself before [[FallenHero succumbing to the darkness]]. Deciding to remake the world, Dracula declares war on the Brotherhood of Light and destroys their champion, which leads to his confronting and killing his own son Trevor unknowingly, which later causes Trevor to rise as the vampire Alucard. Playing the villain to strengthen his grandson Simon, [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow2 Dracula later enacts a plan with Alucard to destroy their enemies]], the evil Lord of Shadow Zobek and the original Prince of Darkness Satan: allowing himself to be impaled and placed in hibernation for centuries, Dracula [[BatmanGambit knows Zobek will awaken him to destroy Satan]], and when Dracula regains his memory, he and Alucard can destroy both. Even at the end, Dracula shows why he is the supreme lord of darkness and chosen one of God simultaneously by destroying Zobek and even taking advantage of Satan's cowardly nature by fooling him into believing that he's willing to kill his son again to trick the angel into fleeing from Alucard's body, before finishing him for good.
* [[Characters/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadowAlucard Alucard]], formerly known as Trevor Belmont, is Dracula's son who matches his father in craftiness. Turned into a vampire, Alucard watches over his son Simon Belmont's quest to Dracula's castle, and helps him in his battle against the Dark Lord. Aiding the Brotherhood of Light against the Prince of Darkness, Alucard hatches a plan to end the conflict between good and evil: by putting Dracula into a deep slumber, the two great evils Zobek and Satan would return to conquer the world. When the time is right, Alucard would awaken Dracula and he would guide him into regaining his powers and memories, disguising himself as Zobek's lieutenant in the process, so that he could be able to [[BatmanGambit battle them again]] and defeat them once and for all.
* [[UndeadChild Laura]] was a young vampire child who was abducted and turned by Carmilla to be her adopted daughter. After playing a game of chess with Gabriel, she shows him the way to Carmilla [[GracefulLoser when she loses]]. Angry at her loss, Laura attempts to kill Gabriel, but relents when she sees the love between him and his wife Marie, and lets go of her petty grudge. She later convinces Gabriel to help her stop the Forgotten One from breaking free and destroying the world, and [[HeroicSacrifice gives up her life]] so that Gabriel can turn into a vampire and challenge the Forgotten One.
* [[Characters/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadowAlucard Alucard]], formerly known as Trevor Belmont, is Dracula's son who matches his father in craftiness. Turned into a vampire, Alucard watches over his son Simon Belmont's quest to Dracula's castle, and helps him in his battle against the Dark Lord. Aiding the Brotherhood of Light against the Prince of Darkness, Alucard hatches a plan to end the conflict between good and evil: by putting Dracula into a deep slumber, the two great evils Zobek and Satan would return to conquer the world. When the time is right, Alucard would awaken Dracula and he would guide him into regaining his powers and memories, disguising himself as Zobek's lieutenant in the process, so that he could be able to [[BatmanGambit battle them again]] and defeat them once and for all.
* [[UndeadChild Laura]] was a young vampire child who was abducted and turned by Carmilla to be her adopted daughter. After playing a game of chess with Gabriel, she shows him the way to Carmilla [[GracefulLoser when she loses]]. Angry at her loss, Laura attempts to kill Gabriel, but relents when she sees the love between him and his wife Marie, and lets go of her petty grudge. She later convinces Gabriel to help her stop the Forgotten One from breaking free and destroying the world, and [[HeroicSacrifice gives up her life]] so that Gabriel can turn into a vampire and challenge the Forgotten One.
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* MagnificentBastard: [[Characters/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadowDracula Dracula]] was once the heroic [[BrokenAce Gabriel Belmont]], a champion of the light who saved the world from Satan himself before [[FallenHero succumbing to the darkness]]. Deciding to remake the world, Dracula declares war on the Brotherhood of Light and destroys their champion, which leads to his confronting and killing his own son Trevor unknowingly, which later causes Trevor to rise as the vampire Alucard. Playing the villain to strengthen his grandson Simon, [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow2 Dracula later enacts a plan with Alucard to destroy their enemies]], the evil Lord of Shadow Zobek and Satan himself: allowing himself to be impaled and placed in hibernation for centuries, Dracula [[BatmanGambit knows Zobek will awaken him to destroy Satan]], and when Dracula regains his memory, he and Alucard can destroy both. Even at the end, Dracula shows why he is the supreme lord of darkness and chosen one of God simultaneously by destroying Zobek and even taking advantage of Satan's cowardly nature by fooling him into believing that he's willing to kill his son again to trick the fallen angel to flee from Alucard's body, before finishing him for good.
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* [[Characters/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadowDracula Dracula]] was once the heroic [[BrokenAce Gabriel Belmont]], a champion of the light who saved the world from the fallen angel Satan himself before [[FallenHero succumbing to the darkness]]. Deciding to remake the world, Dracula declares war on the Brotherhood of Light and destroys their champion, which leads to his confronting and killing his own son Trevor unknowingly, which later causes Trevor to rise as the vampire Alucard. Playing the villain to strengthen his grandson Simon, [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow2 Dracula later enacts a plan with Alucard to destroy their enemies]], the evil Lord of Shadow Zobek andSatan himself: the original Prince of Darkness Satan: allowing himself to be impaled and placed in hibernation for centuries, Dracula [[BatmanGambit knows Zobek will awaken him to destroy Satan]], and when Dracula regains his memory, he and Alucard can destroy both. Even at the end, Dracula shows why he is the supreme lord of darkness and chosen one of God simultaneously by destroying Zobek and even taking advantage of Satan's cowardly nature by fooling him into believing that he's willing to kill his son again to trick the fallen angel to flee into fleeing from Alucard's body, before finishing him for good.good.
* [[Characters/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadowAlucard Alucard]], formerly known as Trevor Belmont, is Dracula's son who matches his father in craftiness. Turned into a vampire, Alucard watches over his son Simon Belmont's quest to Dracula's castle, and helps him in his battle against the Dark Lord. Aiding the Brotherhood of Light against the Prince of Darkness, Alucard hatches a plan to end the conflict between good and evil: by putting Dracula into a deep slumber, the two great evils Zobek and Satan would return to conquer the world. When the time is right, Alucard would awaken Dracula and he would guide him into regaining his powers and memories, disguising himself as Zobek's lieutenant in the process, so that he could be able to [[BatmanGambit battle them again]] and defeat them once and for all.
* [[UndeadChild Laura]] was a young vampire child who was abducted and turned by Carmilla to be her adopted daughter. After playing a game of chess with Gabriel, she shows him the way to Carmilla [[GracefulLoser when she loses]]. Angry at her loss, Laura attempts to kill Gabriel, but relents when she sees the love between him and his wife Marie, and lets go of her petty grudge. She later convinces Gabriel to help her stop the Forgotten One from breaking free and destroying the world, and [[HeroicSacrifice gives up her life]] so that Gabriel can turn into a vampire and challenge the Forgotten One.
* [[Characters/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadowDracula Dracula]] was once the heroic [[BrokenAce Gabriel Belmont]], a champion of the light who saved the world from the fallen angel Satan himself before [[FallenHero succumbing to the darkness]]. Deciding to remake the world, Dracula declares war on the Brotherhood of Light and destroys their champion, which leads to his confronting and killing his own son Trevor unknowingly, which later causes Trevor to rise as the vampire Alucard. Playing the villain to strengthen his grandson Simon, [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow2 Dracula later enacts a plan with Alucard to destroy their enemies]], the evil Lord of Shadow Zobek and
* [[Characters/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadowAlucard Alucard]], formerly known as Trevor Belmont, is Dracula's son who matches his father in craftiness. Turned into a vampire, Alucard watches over his son Simon Belmont's quest to Dracula's castle, and helps him in his battle against the Dark Lord. Aiding the Brotherhood of Light against the Prince of Darkness, Alucard hatches a plan to end the conflict between good and evil: by putting Dracula into a deep slumber, the two great evils Zobek and Satan would return to conquer the world. When the time is right, Alucard would awaken Dracula and he would guide him into regaining his powers and memories, disguising himself as Zobek's lieutenant in the process, so that he could be able to [[BatmanGambit battle them again]] and defeat them once and for all.
* [[UndeadChild Laura]] was a young vampire child who was abducted and turned by Carmilla to be her adopted daughter. After playing a game of chess with Gabriel, she shows him the way to Carmilla [[GracefulLoser when she loses]]. Angry at her loss, Laura attempts to kill Gabriel, but relents when she sees the love between him and his wife Marie, and lets go of her petty grudge. She later convinces Gabriel to help her stop the Forgotten One from breaking free and destroying the world, and [[HeroicSacrifice gives up her life]] so that Gabriel can turn into a vampire and challenge the Forgotten One.
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* MagnificentBastard: [[Characters/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadowDracula Dracula]] was once the heroic [[FallenHero Gabriel Belmont]], a champion of the light who [[TheParagonAlwaysRebels succumbed to the darkness]]. Deciding to remake the world, Dracula completely crushes the Brotherhood of Light and destroys their champion, which leads to his confronting and killing his own son Trevor unknowingly, which later causes Trevor to rise as the vampire Alucard. Playing the villain to strengthen his grandson Simon, Dracula later enacts a plan with Alucard to destroy their enemies, the evil Lord of Shadow Zobek and Satan himself: allowing himself to be impaled and placed in hibernation for centuries, Dracula [[BatmanGambit knows Zobek will awaken him to destroy Satan]], and when Dracula [[MemoryGambit regains his memory]], he and Alucard can destroy both. Even at the end, Dracula shows why he is the supreme lord of darkness and chosen of God simultaneously by destroying Zobek and even fooling Satan in the final battle before finishing him for good.
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* MagnificentBastard: [[Characters/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadowDracula Dracula]] was once the heroic [[FallenHero [[BrokenAce Gabriel Belmont]], a champion of the light who [[TheParagonAlwaysRebels succumbed saved the world from Satan himself before [[FallenHero succumbing to the darkness]]. Deciding to remake the world, Dracula completely crushes declares war on the Brotherhood of Light and destroys their champion, which leads to his confronting and killing his own son Trevor unknowingly, which later causes Trevor to rise as the vampire Alucard. Playing the villain to strengthen his grandson Simon, [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow2 Dracula later enacts a plan with Alucard to destroy their enemies, enemies]], the evil Lord of Shadow Zobek and Satan himself: allowing himself to be impaled and placed in hibernation for centuries, Dracula [[BatmanGambit knows Zobek will awaken him to destroy Satan]], and when Dracula [[MemoryGambit regains his memory]], memory, he and Alucard can destroy both. Even at the end, Dracula shows why he is the supreme lord of darkness and chosen one of God simultaneously by destroying Zobek and even taking advantage of Satan's cowardly nature by fooling Satan in him into believing that he's willing to kill his son again to trick the final battle fallen angel to flee from Alucard's body, before finishing him for good.
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* 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]].
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* ScrappyMechanic: Chupacabras. If players weren't annoyed that they stole your items and then made you play Hide and Seek, they were even more annoyed with the fact that it's a completely different creature with the name of the South American myth slapped on it.
** Also, on a side note - Chupacabras had been in Castlevania since Symphony Of The Night, although they suffered from a DubNameChange and are called Cave Trolls in the western versions. Now this game introduces another sort of Cave Troll: A sort of cute mixture of a gorilla and a tapir, whose first appearance doubles as a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}, as well as a BaitAndSwitchBoss.
** Even worse, you don't even get to kill the annoying thing when you do catch it. Gabriel simply grabs the Chupacabras and forces it to give back his gear, then it vanishes.
*** This is also an interesting case in that the Chupacabras gets a TakeThatScrappy in the same game that it first appears in: at one point you find a scroll on one of the dead Brotherhood knights talking about how he's been setting up an extermination squad to drive the Chupacabras extinct. Clearly the developers knew just how much their players were going to hate those things.
** Also, on a side note - Chupacabras had been in Castlevania since Symphony Of The Night, although they suffered from a DubNameChange and are called Cave Trolls in the western versions. Now this game introduces another sort of Cave Troll: A sort of cute mixture of a gorilla and a tapir, whose first appearance doubles as a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}, as well as a BaitAndSwitchBoss.
** Even worse, you don't even get to kill the annoying thing when you do catch it. Gabriel simply grabs the Chupacabras and forces it to give back his gear, then it vanishes.
*** This is also an interesting case in that the Chupacabras gets a TakeThatScrappy in the same game that it first appears in: at one point you find a scroll on one of the dead Brotherhood knights talking about how he's been setting up an extermination squad to drive the Chupacabras extinct. Clearly the developers knew just how much their players were going to hate those things.
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* 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.
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* UncannyValley: The artwork present in the both DLC add-ons can be this to some. It's not the style itself that can come off as eerie, but the way the artists decided to handle certain details. For example, the fact that they chose to ''completely'' omit Gabriel's ''eyes'' in majority of the cutscenes, thus leaving two hollow black sockets in their place. He does... “acquire” proper eyes in the end, but it doesn't help. Gaping monochromatic eyes with a demented glint in them? Yeah.
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* UncannyValley: The artwork present in the both DLC add-ons can be this to some. It's not the style itself that can come off as eerie, but the way the artists decided to handle certain details. For example, the fact that they chose to ''completely'' omit Gabriel's ''eyes'' in majority of the cutscenes, thus leaving two hollow black sockets in their place. He does... “acquire” proper eyes in the end, but it doesn't help. Gaping monochromatic eyes with a demented glint in them? Yeah.Yeah.
* 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, 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, He was a main cast member of GoT.
* 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, 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, He was a main cast member of GoT.
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* TearJerker:
** The ending. [[spoiler:"No...please, stay! Stay with me!"]]
** There are a hell of a lot! [[spoiler:The tragic death of Claudia and her Black Knight at the hands of Gabriel. Later, Pan's HeroicSacrifice. Finally, the revelation of the horrible truth about Marie's death!]]
** The ending. [[spoiler:"No...please, stay! Stay with me!"]]
** There are a hell of a lot! [[spoiler:The tragic death of Claudia and her Black Knight at the hands of Gabriel. Later, Pan's HeroicSacrifice. Finally, the revelation of the horrible truth about Marie's death!]]
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* NightmareFuel:
** The entirety of the game as a whole, but especially the 11th Chapter - literally the final area. Falling from the platforms (though not lethal this time) and the cutscenes of traveling between portals just give you breath-stopping creeps.
** [[spoiler:Gabriel's murder of his own wife and Claudia]] under the influence of the Devil Mask counts too. Being mind-controlled to do something so horrific?
** The entirety of the game as a whole, but especially the 11th Chapter - literally the final area. Falling from the platforms (though not lethal this time) and the cutscenes of traveling between portals just give you breath-stopping creeps.
** [[spoiler:Gabriel's murder of his own wife and Claudia]] under the influence of the Devil Mask counts too. Being mind-controlled to do something so horrific?
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* NightmareFuel: The entirety of the game as a whole, but especially the 11th Chapter - literally the final area. Falling from the platforms (though not lethal this time) and the cutscenes of traveling between portals just give you breath-stopping creeps.
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** The entirety of the game as a whole, but especially the 11th Chapter - literally the final area. Falling from the platforms (though not lethal this time) and the cutscenes of traveling between portals just give you breath-stopping creeps.
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* TearJerker: The ending. [[spoiler:"No...please, stay! Stay with me!"]]
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* ThatOneBoss: The Silver Warrior [[spoiler:aka Pan]], at least in the first phase when you have no magic to heal with. He has lots of fast attacks that are difficult to predict (However, the vast majority of them is blockable), and to kill him you have to complete a quick time event that manages to be quite difficult despite consisting of only one button press, because the ring you have to watch to get the correct timing is moving very fast across the screen, and the rings themselves move way faster than the other ones in the game.
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** The Silver Warrior [[spoiler:aka Pan]], at least in the first phase when you have no magic to heal with. He has lots of fast attacks that are difficult to predict (However, the vast majority of them is blockable), and to kill him you have to complete a quick time event that manages to be quite difficult despite consisting of only one button press, because the ring you have to watch to get the correct timing is moving very fast across the screen, and the rings themselves move way faster than the other ones in the game.
** The Silver Warrior [[spoiler:aka Pan]], at least in the first phase when you have no magic to heal with. He has lots of fast attacks that are difficult to predict (However, the vast majority of them is blockable), and to kill him you have to complete a quick time event that manages to be quite difficult despite consisting of only one button press, because the ring you have to watch to get the correct timing is moving very fast across the screen, and the rings themselves move way faster than the other ones in the game.
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* ThatOneLevel: The Abandoned Wing in the ''Reverie'' DLC, where you spend the majority of the level sprinting across the surface of the water while trying to avoid being eaten by aquatic horrors. Not only does it require precise timing, not only do the ice platforms break if you stand on them for more than a couple of seconds, but Gabriel has a habit of falling into the water mid-sprint ''for absolutely no reason''. This level has caused more than a few players to RageQuit.
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** The Abandoned Wing in the ''Reverie'' DLC, where you spend the majority of the level sprinting across the surface of the water while trying to avoid being eaten by aquatic horrors. Not only does it require precise timing, not only do the ice platforms break if you stand on them for more than a couple of seconds, but Gabriel has a habit of falling into the water mid-sprint ''for absolutely no reason''. This level has caused more than a few players to RageQuit.
** The Abandoned Wing in the ''Reverie'' DLC, where you spend the majority of the level sprinting across the surface of the water while trying to avoid being eaten by aquatic horrors. Not only does it require precise timing, not only do the ice platforms break if you stand on them for more than a couple of seconds, but Gabriel has a habit of falling into the water mid-sprint ''for absolutely no reason''. This level has caused more than a few players to RageQuit.
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* FanonDiscontinuity: Virtually everyone – including those who normally adore the games, – immediately disowned everything that has to do with the soon-to-be-released [[NoExportForYou Japan-only]] slot machine game.
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* FridgeBrilliance:
** Gabriel is rumored to be a son of the Cronqvist merchant family. [[spoiler:Considering what became of [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaLamentOfInnocence the last Cronqvist]] we saw in the series....]]
** Zobek [[spoiler:is alive and well at the end, and talks to Dracula like they've been friends for a while. But then, he's the Lord of the Dead, a.k.a. Death -- of course he and Drac are pals.]]
* FanonDiscontinuity: Virtually everyone – including those who normally adore the games, – immediately disowned everything that has to do with the soon-to-be-released [[NoExportForYou Japan-only]] slot machine game.
* FridgeLogic:
** The Priest sacrificed Wygol Village just for [[spoiler:the Holy Water subweapon?]] Sure, it's effective, but can the old man even use it? Or if this version repels vampires all on its own, how come it doesn't work that way on your belt?
** Claudia is mute and talks to people through telepathy, she also converses with her Golem like that, which might be justified as he's an organic, albeit magical creature (At least he looks organic once you've taken off his suit of armor). But how the heck can she distract a Titan by yelling at him telepathically? They are just rocks and magical runes... or do they have a brain, do they feel pain? If that's the case, I think we're stepping into FridgeHorror territory if we start thinking about how the second Titan must have felt, lying around, shattered in pieces for decades...
*** Given that, according to the bestiary, the Golem [[spoiler: is the magitek equivalent of a cyborg, that is the reanimated corpse of a mute killer seeking redemption by helping around an innocent ward]], and that the Titans are magical creations of Claudia's people, it could be easily the FridgeHorror case [[spoiler: with the shattered Titans being all suffering, broken animated beings simply too damaged to carry on their mission]]. Rather than a brain, Claudia's ''Gift'' may require [[spoiler: just a living soul to work, afterall]]. Even if they were simply soulless beings, it would have had no sense making them unable to be controlled by the ''Gift'', given that from what we could glean all Agarthians had telepathic and magic abilities, and Claudia just uses is as a stand-in for her useless voice box, but nothing prevented her from using the ''Gift'' for its intended purpose.
*** Another example of FridgeLogic could set in, as, if Claudia's telepathy could control Golems, she could have been much more effective than acting as a mere element of distraction. However, for every intent an purpose, despite she's older than she looks, Claudia is a juvenile member of an extint race, and if her father left her a magical [[spoiler: zombie/robot/cyborg]]/guardian thing, it's because he felt her unable to fend for herself.
** Gabriel is rumored to be a son of the Cronqvist merchant family. [[spoiler:Considering what became of [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaLamentOfInnocence the last Cronqvist]] we saw in the series....]]
** Zobek [[spoiler:is alive and well at the end, and talks to Dracula like they've been friends for a while. But then, he's the Lord of the Dead, a.k.a. Death -- of course he and Drac are pals.]]
* FanonDiscontinuity: Virtually everyone – including those who normally adore the games, – immediately disowned everything that has to do with the soon-to-be-released [[NoExportForYou Japan-only]] slot machine game.
* FridgeLogic:
** The Priest sacrificed Wygol Village just for [[spoiler:the Holy Water subweapon?]] Sure, it's effective, but can the old man even use it? Or if this version repels vampires all on its own, how come it doesn't work that way on your belt?
** Claudia is mute and talks to people through telepathy, she also converses with her Golem like that, which might be justified as he's an organic, albeit magical creature (At least he looks organic once you've taken off his suit of armor). But how the heck can she distract a Titan by yelling at him telepathically? They are just rocks and magical runes... or do they have a brain, do they feel pain? If that's the case, I think we're stepping into FridgeHorror territory if we start thinking about how the second Titan must have felt, lying around, shattered in pieces for decades...
*** Given that, according to the bestiary, the Golem [[spoiler: is the magitek equivalent of a cyborg, that is the reanimated corpse of a mute killer seeking redemption by helping around an innocent ward]], and that the Titans are magical creations of Claudia's people, it could be easily the FridgeHorror case [[spoiler: with the shattered Titans being all suffering, broken animated beings simply too damaged to carry on their mission]]. Rather than a brain, Claudia's ''Gift'' may require [[spoiler: just a living soul to work, afterall]]. Even if they were simply soulless beings, it would have had no sense making them unable to be controlled by the ''Gift'', given that from what we could glean all Agarthians had telepathic and magic abilities, and Claudia just uses is as a stand-in for her useless voice box, but nothing prevented her from using the ''Gift'' for its intended purpose.
*** Another example of FridgeLogic could set in, as, if Claudia's telepathy could control Golems, she could have been much more effective than acting as a mere element of distraction. However, for every intent an purpose, despite she's older than she looks, Claudia is a juvenile member of an extint race, and if her father left her a magical [[spoiler: zombie/robot/cyborg]]/guardian thing, it's because he felt her unable to fend for herself.
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* AntiClimaxBoss: [[spoiler:Satan.]] You have infinite magic which you can use to heal whenever you need it, and he does piddling amounts of damage himself. It's basically impossible to actually lose the fight unless you're just not trying. [[spoiler:Very unexpected for the final boss.]]
** Except in [[HarderThanHard Paladin Mode]] where his attacks do a lot of damage (and only one is blockable). While you have infinite magic, he can drain your health faster than you can heal if you're not careful. Not to mention that he can heal too.
** Except in [[HarderThanHard Paladin Mode]] where his attacks do a lot of damage (and only one is blockable). While you have infinite magic, he can drain your health faster than you can heal if you're not careful. Not to mention that he can heal too.
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* AntiClimaxBoss: [[spoiler:Satan.]] You have infinite magic which you can use to heal whenever you need it, and he does piddling amounts of damage himself. It's basically impossible to actually lose the fight unless you're just not trying. [[spoiler:Very unexpected for the final boss.]]
**]] Except in [[HarderThanHard Paladin Mode]] where his attacks do a lot of damage (and only one is blockable). While you have infinite magic, he can drain your health faster than you can heal if you're not careful. Not to mention that he can heal too.
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* FridgeBrilliance: Gabriel is rumored to be a son of the Cronqvist merchant family. [[spoiler:Considering what became of [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaLamentOfInnocence the last Cronqvist]] we saw in the series....]]
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** Gabriel is rumored to be a son of the Cronqvist merchant family. [[spoiler:Considering what became of [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaLamentOfInnocence the last Cronqvist]] we saw in the series....]]
** Gabriel is rumored to be a son of the Cronqvist merchant family. [[spoiler:Considering what became of [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaLamentOfInnocence the last Cronqvist]] we saw in the series....]]
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** Claudia's [[AnnoyingVideoGameHelper constant reminders to find the four Crystal Shards]] in Chapter 2-7. It doesn't help that her telepathic voice uses the exact same audio filter as [[VideoGame/{{Fable}} a certain Guildmaster.]]
** Chupacabras's tauntings are also quite annoying.
** Claudia's [[AnnoyingVideoGameHelper constant reminders to find the four Crystal Shards]] in Chapter 2-7. It doesn't help that her telepathic voice uses the exact same audio filter as [[VideoGame/{{Fable}} a certain Guildmaster.]]
** Chupacabras's tauntings are also quite annoying.
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* OlderThanTheyThink: This isn't the first ''Castlevania'' game to have you play as [[spoiler:Dracula]]; that detail was '''''the''''' plot twist of the ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow'' games.
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* CompleteMonster (includes [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow2 the sequel]]): {{Satan}} is the [[BigBad architect]] of almost every atrocity in the games, all so he could return to Heaven and [[RageAgainstTheHeavens take revenge on God]]. Corrupting the Lords of Shadow themselves, Satan is responsible for the creation of both Vampires and Lycanthropes. [[ManipulativeBastard Deceiving]] and possessing Zobek, Satan uses him to separate Heaven from Earth, leaving the souls of the dead trapped in Limbo, afterwards forcing [[Characters/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadowBelmontLineage Gabriel Belmont]] to murder his wife Marie. Aiming to exploit the prophecy of the Chosen One to claim the God Mask for himself, Satan arranges for Gabriel to kill many others, both evil and innocent, before attempting to dispose of both Gabriel and Zobek. Defeated by Gabriel, Satan has his children pave the way for his return and when he does come back, he murders the son who summoned him for not disposing of the one man he fears: Gabriel--now known as [[Characters/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadowDracula Dracula]]. Opting to simply destroy the world with an enslaved and tortured Leviathan, Satan's final gambit has him possess [[Characters/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadowAlucard Alucard]], Dracula's beloved son, to try to stop Dracula from killing him, all the while taunting Dracula. Making paltry attempts at justifying himself, Gabriel saw Satan for the wretched [[ItsAllAboutMe egomaniac]] he is.
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* CompleteMonster (includes [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow2 the sequel]]): {{Satan}} is the [[BigBad architect]] of almost every atrocity in the games, all so he could return to Heaven and [[RageAgainstTheHeavens take revenge on God]]. Corrupting the Lords of Shadow themselves, Satan is responsible for the creation of both Vampires and Lycanthropes. [[ManipulativeBastard Deceiving]] and possessing Zobek, Satan uses him to separate Heaven from Earth, leaving the souls of the dead trapped in Limbo, afterwards forcing [[Characters/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadowBelmontLineage Gabriel Belmont]] Belmont to murder his wife Marie. Aiming to exploit the prophecy of the Chosen One to claim the God Mask for himself, Satan arranges for Gabriel to kill many others, both evil and innocent, before attempting to dispose of both Gabriel and Zobek. Defeated by Gabriel, Satan has his children pave the way for his return and when he does come back, he murders the son who summoned him for not disposing of the one man he fears: Gabriel--now known as [[Characters/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadowDracula Dracula]]. Dracula. Opting to simply destroy the world with an enslaved and tortured Leviathan, Satan's final gambit has him possess [[Characters/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadowAlucard Alucard]], Alucard, Dracula's beloved son, to try to stop Dracula from killing him, all the while taunting Dracula. Making paltry attempts at justifying himself, Gabriel saw Satan for the wretched [[ItsAllAboutMe egomaniac]] he is.
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* CompleteMonster (includes [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow2 the sequel]]): {{Satan}} is the [[BigBad architect]] of almost every atrocity in the games, all so he could return to Heaven and [[RageAgainstTheHeavens take revenge on God]]. Corrupting the Lords of Shadow themselves, Satan is responsible for the creation of both Vampires. [[ManipulativeBastard Deceiving]] and possessing Zobek, Satan uses him to separate Heaven from Earth, leaving the souls of the dead trapped in Limbo, afterwards forcing [[Characters/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadowBelmontLineage Gabriel Belmont]] to murder his wife Marie. Aiming to exploit the prophecy of the Chosen One to claim the God Mask for himself, Satan arranges for Gabriel to kill many others, both evil and innocent, before attempting to dispose of both Gabriel and Zobek. Defeated by Gabriel, Satan has his children pave the way for his return and when he does come back, he murders the son who summoned him for not disposing of the one man he fears: Gabriel--now known as [[Characters/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadowDracula Dracula]]. Opting to simply destroy the world with an enslaved and tortured Leviathan, Satan's final gambit has him possess [[Characters/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadowAlucard Alucard]], Dracula's beloved son, to try to stop Dracula from killing him, all the while taunting Dracula. Making paltry attempts at justifying himself, Gabriel saw Satan for the wretched [[ItsAllAboutMe egomaniac]] he is.
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* CompleteMonster (includes [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow2 the sequel]]): {{Satan}} is the [[BigBad architect]] of almost every atrocity in the games, all so he could return to Heaven and [[RageAgainstTheHeavens take revenge on God]]. Corrupting the Lords of Shadow themselves, Satan is responsible for the creation of both Vampires.Vampires and Lycanthropes. [[ManipulativeBastard Deceiving]] and possessing Zobek, Satan uses him to separate Heaven from Earth, leaving the souls of the dead trapped in Limbo, afterwards forcing [[Characters/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadowBelmontLineage Gabriel Belmont]] to murder his wife Marie. Aiming to exploit the prophecy of the Chosen One to claim the God Mask for himself, Satan arranges for Gabriel to kill many others, both evil and innocent, before attempting to dispose of both Gabriel and Zobek. Defeated by Gabriel, Satan has his children pave the way for his return and when he does come back, he murders the son who summoned him for not disposing of the one man he fears: Gabriel--now known as [[Characters/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadowDracula Dracula]]. Opting to simply destroy the world with an enslaved and tortured Leviathan, Satan's final gambit has him possess [[Characters/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadowAlucard Alucard]], Dracula's beloved son, to try to stop Dracula from killing him, all the while taunting Dracula. Making paltry attempts at justifying himself, Gabriel saw Satan for the wretched [[ItsAllAboutMe egomaniac]] he is.
