History VideoGame / CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow2

** During Carmilla's chapter, Dracula's being corrupted by her blood; if your real health falls below the black bar that's at the start of your health meter, you get a cutscene where Dracula is fully charmed and follows Carmilla into the darkness with a lovestruck look on his face.

* OneManArmy: Dracula is shown wiping out entire armies of knights by himself.

* PlayerInventory: One of the novelties if compared with the first game. In addition to the supplemental weapons, Dracula now possesses a radial inventory system where he keeps assorted relics up to five of each. They range from standard healing potions and keys, to ones which can slow down time, grant him unlimited magic, increase his damage output, and even allow him to access his LimitBreak.

* MookHorrorShow: The first time you fight the Riot Police is a great example of this. Try to put yourself in one of those men's shoes. You and two of your buddies are tasked with putting down possessed civilians and after a while, you come across a man in a red coat who seems to be immune to the demonic virus that's turning everyone else into mindless monsters. You ask him to come with you, but he tells you to get out of his way, so you decide to take him in by force. Then you find out the hard way that this is no ordinary man you're dealing with when he starts attacking you with some kind of whip that looks like it's made out of solid blood, occasionally swapping them out for a glowing sword that seems to suck the energy out of you with every hit and a pair of flaming gauntlets that leave your brand new jetpack useless. The next thing you know, he's ripping out one guy's throat with his mouth and ''draining his blood'', then he kills your other friend and sends you flying. You get back up, and realize you're the only one left. But the man in the red coat is nowhere to be seen. You look around wildly, knowing how completely and utterly fucked you are, seconds before the man's hand plunges through your chest. You look down, and the last thing you see is your still-beating heart clutched in his hand.

* AwesomeButImpractical: The Flame Claws skill. Sure, it's the most damaging move in-game (rivaled only by Counterstrike Punch, but, well, the former requires blocking a normal attack before it could be performed), but putting it to good use is impossible due to its unclear aiming, plus one such occurrence drains a ''quarter'' of your maxed-out, non-overcharged Chaos meter. You are better off spending that energy differently.

-->'''Roland''' and '''Dracula:''' Ubi fuerint haec nomina, ei digna Dei! Praecipimus vobis, atque ligamus vos ut non habeatis! Potestatem per pesten nec per aliquod! Quodeumque maleficium nocere ei incantationem neque! Ianima, nec in corpore!

** Ditto for Dracula's demented blood-written ravings in ''Revelations.''
-->'''Dracula:''' Ubi fuerint haec nomina, et digna dei! Praecipimus vobis atque, ligamus vos ut non habeatis! Utus potestatem per pesten nec per aliquod! Quodeumque maleficium nocere ei incantationem neque! In anima nec in corpore!

* AntiHero: What Dracula is. A very dark type IV.

* BackFromTheDead: Although the original Carmilla is quite dead, [[spoiler:Inner Dracula]] revives a version of her from Dracula's memories during Dracula's sojourns into the castle. [[spoiler:Marie is also revived the same way, though whether she's simply a personification of Dracula's memories or her soul sent back from Heaven is unclear.]]

* DarkReprise: Well, "Dracula's Theme" (the tune you hear in the menu screen) is already a pretty somber song, but it comes back when Dracula meets [[spoiler:Marie again]]. The "dark" part comes in when Dracula finally has a ''VillainousBreakdown''.

* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Dracula is unable to die by any means except the Vampire Killer Combat Cross. However, it is possible to die in combat.

* LateArrivalSpoiler: Every trailer and piece of advertising will instantly give away TheReveal from the first game that [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie Gabriel Belmont became Dracula]].

* LimitBreak: The Dragon Amulet: When you have five dragon scales, using it causes Dracula to go into a cutscene where he turns into a dragon made of shadows and chaos, before crashing down and doing damage that will kill just about everything in the game short of boss in one hit. It also makes Dracula invincible and locks him into stronger than normal chaos claws for about half a minute after.

** It's never really explained how Zobek survived [[spoiler: seemingly being killed by Satan]] at the end of the first game.

** The third acolyte, a Satan-worshiping cleric named Guido Szandor, is almost certainly named for Anton Szandor [=LaVey=], founder of the real-life Church of Satan.

'''''Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow 2''''' is an action adventure game developed by [[VideoGame/CliveBarkersJericho Mercury Steam]] published by {{Konami}} for PS3, XBox360 and PC, and the sequel to the 2010 ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' ContinuityReboot OriginsEpisode ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow'' (aka ''God of War'' in Europe with friggin' werewolves). It was released in North America on February 25, 2014; Europe on February 27; and the UK on February 28; a demo was included for free with the download of ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadowMirrorOfFate Mirror of Fate HD]]''.

** BlasphemousBoast:
--->'''Paladin:''' {{God}} is with me, monster!\\

--->'''Raisa Volkova:''' We killed Him and His precious son! And you two are next!

->''"[[BagOfSpilling Once I was strong]]. [[PhysicalGod Powerful beyond measure, beyond imagining]]. It has been an age since I last fed... but [[HesBack I will return]]. I will [[BackFromTheDead live again]]. I will have my [[{{Revenge}} vengeance]]. [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge Nothing will stand in my way]]. They will pay. [[RevengeBeforeReason Even if it takes an eternity, they will pay]]... For [[IAmTheNoun I am the dragon]], [[{{Dracula}} Dracul]]! I am the [[GodOfEvil Prince of Darkness]]! That... is my vengeance."''

'''''Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow 2''''' is an action adventure game developed by [[VideoGame/CliveBarkersJericho Mercury Steam]] published by {{Konami}} for PS3, XBox360 and PC, and the sequel to the 2010 ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' ContinuityReboot OriginsEpisode ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow'' (aka ''[[Franchise/GodofWar God of War]]'' in Europe with friggin' werewolves). It was released in North America on February 25, 2014; Europe on February 27; and the UK on February 28; a demo was included for free with the download of ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadowMirrorOfFate Mirror of Fate HD]]''.

* {{Tagline}}: "Blood is [[BigScrewedUpFamily Family]]. Blood is [[ThePowerOfBlood Power]]. Blood is Everything."

* AdaptationalVillainy: Of an odd sort, [[spoiler: with Zobek/Death. Granted, Death was always a villain but he was also a close ally and even friend of Dracula, with the games often referring to him as Dracula's confidante. In this game he's more of an EnemyMine to Dracula who cares nothing for anyone and is pretty clearly manipulating Dracula for his own personal gain. Death does occasionally refer to Dracula as friend, but in a way that is practically dripping with sarcasm.]]

* BagOfSpilling: Dracula wakes up having lost most of his powers, and has to return to his castle to regain them. In a strange sense, since he's obtaining his powers from a place made from his own memories, he technically did not lose them at all, but has to reacquire their use.

* BiblicalMotifs: Golly, where to even start--

* BrutalBonusLevel: The Kleidos Challenges are similar to the first game's trials... but have a twist. You have to fulfill ''multiple'' (as opposed to ''Lords of Shadow'' only) criteria and ''survive'' to unlock the next challenge. Fortunately, it doesn't involve any specific [[TimedMission platforming-time trials]], but is still noticeably tougher than that rest of the game.

-->'''Gabriel:''' The power of your God cannot destroy me... Because ''[[WhamLine I am His chosen one!]]''

* ControllableHelplessness: Shortly after Dracula reawakens, he slowly walks down a city street, then ends up in a fight against a monster; in his weakened state, all he can do is barely fight.

* GratuitousForeignLanguage: Latin mostly, although we also have Demonic Speech and, in one case, ancient Enochian, ''the language of Satan''.

* HideYourChildren: Averted. One of Dracula's first acts upon waking up in the 21st century is to butcher a young girl and her family to revive himself. The girl's actual death isn't shown, but her scream (and her corpse) leave no doubt.

* MookHorrorShow: The first time you fight the Riot Police is a great example of this. Try to put yourself in one of those men's shoes. You and two of your buddies are tasked with putting down possessed civilians and after a while, you come across a man in a red coat who seems to be immune to the demonic virus that's turning everyone else into mindless monsters. You ask him to come with you, but he tells you to get out of his way, so you decide to take him in by force. Then you find out the hard way that this is no ordinary man you're dealing with when he starts attacking you with some kind of whip that looks like it's made out of solid blood, occasionally swapping them out for a glowing sword that seems to suck the energy out of you with every hit and a pair of flaming gauntlets that completely leave your brand new jetpack useless. The next thing you know, he's ripping out one guy's throat with his mouth and ''draining his blood'', then he kills your other friend and sends you flying. You get back up, and realize you're the only one left. But the man in the red coat is nowhere to be seen. You look around wildly, already knowing how completely and utterly fucked you are seconds before the man's hand plunges through your chest. You look down, and the last thing you see before you die is your still beating heart clutched in his hand.

** in Castlevania City, there is a local business called Bernhard Metals, Ltd.

* TheSiege: The Brotherhood of Light laid siege to Dracula's castle in the past, only for Dracula to wipe them out single-handedly.

** Likewise, Dracula recovering from his apparent death at the end of ''Mirror Of Fate'' is never elaborated on, though the fact that his dissolution at the end of the battle was different from that of other vampires indicates that he [[FakingTheDead hadn't really died at all]], and Alucard was waiting for when he would come up again.

** When Dracula chomps into an opponent, he not only turns them into a dessicated husk, his lower face gets covered in bloody spatter.

* VillainProtagonist: You play as the EvilOverlord {{Dracula}}, and the game doesn't even try to hide that he's a monster by now. In fact, [[EstablishingCharacterMoment the first thing he does]] after being saved by a family of {{muggles}} after being beaten not long after going out to Castlevania City without [[ThePowerOfBlood a drink]] in a long time is [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished draining them all]]. [[spoiler:Ultimately subverted. See AntiAntiChrist.]]

* WarMemorial: One of the lore-based collectibles strewn across the modern city with ApocalypticLog[=s=] being the castle equivalent. [[GuideDangIt Finding them all however...]]

** Castlevania City's architecture is predominantly Gothic, but there are Romanesque and Baroque influences as well, along with various modern architectural styles including High-Tech, which is seen in some of the skyscrapers and high-rises. The part of the city right outside of the church where Dracula woke up, looks like a mix between Times Square and Piccadilly Circus.

** The map rooms that Dracula uses to warp around the city and castle look like they were taken right out of ''LiveActionTV/GameOfThrones''.

** Baba Yaga's music box from the first game can be seen on Zobek's desk in a cutscene shorlty after Dracula kills the second acolyte.

** Baba Yaga's music box from the first game can be seen on Zobek's desk in certain cutscenes.

** A [[WhatCouldHaveBeen scrapped concept]] for the game involved Satan having a second form of a [[Literature/BookOfRevelation crowned, seven-headed beast]].

* EldritchLocation: The [[LoadingScreen transition areas]] between the castle and the city, the blood-soaked arena conjured by [[spoiler: Inner Dracula]], and the final battle which takes place on ''the Leviathan's decapitated head'' definitely qualify.

* GasMaskMook: The [[BadassNormal Riot Police]] wear gas masks and PoweredArmor.

'''''Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow 2''''' is an action adventure game developed by [[VideoGame/CliveBarkersJericho Mercury Steam]] published by {{Konami}} for PS3, XBox360 and PC, and the sequel to the 2010 ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' ContinuityReboot OriginsEpisode ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow'' (aka [[VideoGame/GodofWar God of War]] in Europe with friggin' werewolves). It was released in North America on February 25, 2014; Europe on February 27; and the UK on February 28; a demo was included for free with the download of ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadowMirrorOfFate Mirror of Fate HD]]''.

** Partway through her boss fight, when Carmilla summons a spectral version of her true form that floats above her, ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure'' springs to mind...