History VideoGame / CastlevaniaLordsOfShadowMirrorOfFate

An HD version of the game was released for UsefulNotes/{{Xbox 360}} on October 22, 2013, and on UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 a week later. It includes a BossRush mode, online leaderboards, a more consistent framerate and redone cutscenes with lip synch (the original 3DS version had no mouth movement when characters were talking, only different expressions). A PC port of the HD version was released in March of 2014.

** One of the dead Brotherhood knights is found in pipes overgrown with fungus and his note mentions a brother named [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros Mario]]. Sadly, this one is changed to remove the Mario reference in the HD version.

* StockVideoGamePuzzle:
** BlockPuzzle: To save Simon from a death trap.
** LightAndMirrorsPuzzle: To save Simon from his [[BadassInDistress second]] death trap.
** [[IncrediblyLamePun Simon]] [[SimonSaysMinigame Says Minigame]]
** Timed Switch puzzles.

* WhipItGood: All the Belmons have the Combat Cross which combines this with a GrapplingHookPistol, though Simon starts out with a whip made of leather hides.

* AlluringAnglerfish: [[spoiler:The Lady of the Crypt is a gigantic arthropod with a woman-shaped appendage on its forehead.]]

* AnAxeToGrind: One of Simon's two sub-weapons, plus the main weapon of the Executioner.

* HornyDevils: Simon's FinalBoss is a Succubus.

* BadassBeard: This version of Simon has an unkempt red beard.

* BossBanter: Every intelligent boss has something to say to you during their respective fights. Subverted with the Night Watchman who has voiced dialogue in the original [=3DS=] release of the game, but is mute in the HD port.

* FamousLastWords / ApocalypticLog: The bodies of the Brotherhood adorn the castle, and their last thoughts are embedded on a magic scroll they carry with. Most of these are fluff, but some of these contain hints on certain parts of the game and they all give you a decent amount of bonus experience.
** One of them mentions having a vision of a pale man (Alucard) kneeling next to his body reading his scroll.

* VideogameSettings: The game as a whole is a HauntedCastle / BigFancyCastle.
** For Gabriel;
*** JustifiedTutorial
** For Simon;
*** GhostTown
*** NoobCave
*** TheAlcatraz / RiseToTheChallenge
*** AmusementPark / AbandonedLaboratory
*** MagicalLibrary
*** EvilTowerOfOminousness / ItsAllUpstairsFromHere
** For Alucard
*** OneTimeDungeon
*** UnderwaterRuins
*** DugTooDeep
*** DownTheDrain
*** EternalEngine / AbandonedLaboratory
*** EvilTowerOfOminousness
** For Trevor;
*** CreepyCemetery
*** CreepyCathedral
*** AncientTomb
*** UndergroundLevel
*** TheAlcatraz
*** DugTooDeep
*** ClockTower
*** ItsAllUpstairsFromHere
* VillainTeleportation: Dracula.

* AWizardDidIt: The explanation as to how the [[FlyingBooks Tomes]] came to be.
* YouCantFightFate: One of the game's main themes.

* FrickinLaserBeams: There are some traps that use these: Simon can use Sypha's spirit to quickly bypass them, but Alucard and Trevor need to find another way around them.

* FallenAngel: The Vampire Knights all have black feathered wings.

* TimeSkip

* {{Tragedy}}

* WallJump

* HotWitch: Well, they're all [[CoolMask masked]], so not too sure. [[FanService They're not wearing much else though]]. ...And then you take a closer look at their bestiary entry. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted To Hell And Back]].

* NewGamePlus
* NightOfTheLivingMooks

* OurGargoylesRock
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent

* PerversePuppet

* RecurringBossTemplate: The Necromancer fights nearly identical to the Grim Reaper. Considering his master was Zobek, The Lord of the Necromancers (and alluded to be Death in Lords of Shadow), it makes sense.
** Dracula, as well, fights a lot like [[GreaterScopeVillain Satan]] in Lords of Shadow; this is probably because at the moment ''he'' is the [[AntiChrist Prince of Darkness]].

* ArabianNightsDays: In the end of Simon's campaign, the Succubus enchants the Throne Room to make it appear this in order to seduce him.

* DemBones
* [[spoiler:DemonicPossession]]: Simon, in his battle with Alucard against Dracula.

* DoorToBefore

* EverythingsDeaderWithZombies

* FamilyHonor: Trevor wants to kill Dracula to avenge his mother's murder and restore the Belmont clan's honor.

* FlyingBooks

* TheGhost: [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow Zobek]] is mentioned, and one of his Necromancers is a BossBattle for Simon, but he doesn't feature in this game.

* HarpingOnAboutHarpies

* HesBack: An exceptionally twisted version. Dracula returns from years of exile and soul searching to ''[[FaceHeelTurn wipe out his former allies and take the world for himself]]''.

* CallForward: Dracula uses his Blood Whip from ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow2 Lords of Shadow 2]]'' in his fight against Alucard, and his Void Sword and Chaos Claws from the same game in the final battle.

* ChaosArchitecture: Both subverted and played straight. Whilst Simon and Alucard share ''some'' areas with each other, most of the areas they visit aside from the theatre and laboratory are unique to their path.
** Played straight with Trevor, who visits most of Simon's areas in his path, and features a lot more death traps.
* TheChosenOne: Said prophecy states the Belmont Clan are the only ones capable of destroying Dracula.

* ClimaxBoss: Oddly enough, none for Simon. Alucard gets two, one in the Daemon Lord, and Dracula.

* ColossusClimb: [[spoiler:The second half of the Lady of the Crypt boss fight.]]

** Dracula uses the same blood magic orb trick he saw during the ''Reverie'' DLC.

** You not only fight Dracula the same way you fought [[spoiler:Satan]], but you also have infinite magic for the duration of the battle, and getting hit by any of his attacks when using the same-colored element does little to no damage to you.
* CompilationRerelease: The HD version for consoles will be released together in a package with ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow'' and its DLC, as well as being available digitally by itself.
* CompositeCharacter: Like the previous game, TheReveal here is that two characters are actually one character in this universe. Alucard is a combo of classic Alucard and [[spoiler:Trevor Belmont]] in this continuity.

* ForegoneConclusion: The game as a whole (''Lords of Shadow'' showed Dracula alive in the 21st century) as well as Trevor's campaign, seeing as Simon's opening campaign is about him seeking {{revenge}}.

* BatOutOfHell
* BattleThemeMusic: Most of the music in the castle is serene, or unnerving at worst. With lots of strings, and slow pieces. But when you encounter several enemies, the music shifts to this.
* BeardOfEvil: Dracula sports a three day stubble in the form of a goatee.
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: The Brotherhood sends Trevor to what has been foretold to be his doom to fulfill the rest of their prophecy.
* BerserkButton: The Necromancer seems intent on pushing all of Simon's.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: See also ColossusClimb.
* BigNo: [[spoiler:Alucard, when he realizes what [[IHateYouVampireDad Dracula]] did to [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie him]].]]
* BloodMagic: What locks the entry to Dracula's inner sanctum in Alucard's path.
* BloodstainedGlassWindows
* BossBanter
* BossRush: In the HD version.
* BottomlessPits: A few, but seeing as the Belmonts can take damage from [[NotTheFallThatKillsYou hitting the floor from a great height]], this is partway [[JustifiedTrope justified]].
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Dracula announces this late in the game, but gets [[ShutUpHannibal shut down]] easily; after all, [[LukeYouAreMyFather he didn't know all the facts.]]
* ButNowIMustGo: Alucard bids Simon farewell and disappears into the wilds in the GoldenEnding.
* CallBack: The Necromancer who challenges Simon for the Combat cross mentions his former master, the [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow Lord of the Dead]].
** As detailed under ElementalRockPaperScissors, you not only fight Dracula the same way you fought [[spoiler:Satan]] in the previous game, but you also have infinite magic for the duration of the battle, and getting hit by any of his elemental attacks when using the same element does no damage to you.
** The device Gabriel uses to trap the Daemon Lord in the prologue is a much, much smaller version of the contraption that shows up in the ''Reverie'' DLC as the gateway to the Forgotten One's prison.

* ColonCancer: To ensure players knew this game was a continuation of the ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow Lords of Shadow]]'' ContinuityReboot.

* {{Combos}}: Core game combat mechanic.

* AnachronicOrder: The game starts out following Gabriel a year before ''Lords of Shadow'', then jumps ahead 57 years to Simon's scenario, then Alucard's scenario takes place concurrently with Simon's, then it jumps back 30 years to Trevor's scenario for the end-game.
* AncestralWeapon: Trevor's combat cross.
* AnimalMotifs: Dracula and dragons, Trevor and lions, and Alucard and wolves. [[spoiler:Alucard is Trevor.]]
* AnimatedArmor
* AnotherSideAnotherStory: The game features four successive playable characters: Gabriel Belmont, Trevor Belmont, Simon Belmont, and Alucard. For the most part, they share the same gameplay mechanics, and other than Gabriel, any exploration upgrades are passed on to the next character's story, [[BagOfSharing even if it doesn't make much sense chronologically.]] They also share CharacterLevel, health, magic, and subweapon upgades, although their arsenal of magic spells and subweapons differs between each character.
* AntiGrinding: [[CharacterLevel Character Levels]] are not important, and only unlock new whip skills. Plus, enemies don't give off a lot of experience, and all characters share the same level. HP, MP and ammo-hearts are instead upgraded with [[UpgradeArtifact Upgrade Artifacts]].
* AnAxeToGrind: One of Simon's two subweapons, plus the main weapon of the Executioner.
* AnthropomorphicPersonification: The Lost Soul, personification of the Mirror of Fate.
* ArabianNightsDays: The Succubus enchants the Throne room to make it appear this theme.
* {{Backtracking}}: Not required to beat the game, but it ''is'' if you want to get the LastLousyPoint.
* BadassBeard: Simon.
* BadassCape: Simon.
* BadassFamily: The Belmont Clan.
* BadassInDistress: Simon gets in a death trap twice, once in a MultiMookMelee and the other in a [[AmusementPark ferris wheel of doom]], and needs Alucard's assistance to help him out in both cases.

* BarbarianLongHair: All of the Belmonts have it, except Simon, which is more along the lines of WildHair, but [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow2 Lords of Shadow II]] retcons it and gives him longer hair in the intro.
* BagOfSpilling: Subverted with Gabriel, whose story takes place before ''Lords of Shadow''. [[spoiler:Played straight with Trevor, who can DoubleJump and WallJump before he turns into Alucard, where he has to re-obtain these skills, although he can't glide after a double jump as Trevor.]]

* TwoAndAHalfD
* AbnormalAmmo: Some zombies will resort to pulling their head off and throwing it at you.
* AdaptationDyeJob: As this continuity has Sypha as the mother of Simon, she's gone from a blonde to a redhead.
* AdaptedOut: Fans of the series may remember the team of Trevor, Sypha, Grant, and Alucard. In this game... Sypha gets DemotedToExtra, appearing only as Simon's mother and never being hinted as having any special ability at all. Grant [=DaNasty=] is briefly mentioned in a scroll the character can find, not actually appearing at all. And [[spoiler:Trevor and Alucard are merged into a single character.]]
* AdaptationalWimp: See above with Sypha? Well, it's worse for her: She goes from a powerful sorceress that went on to empower the Belmont clan with magical power and had her own family branch that were also full of powerful magicians... to a normal woman that does not fight and [[DeathByOriginStory easily killed by Dracula's minions]], becoming Simon's MissingMom.
* AirJousting: With Dracula, in Trevor's campaign.
* AllThereInTheManual: The Bestiary explains quite a bit on occasion, [[spoiler: such as how the spirit following the Belmonts around is fate personified]].
* AlluringAnglerfish: [[spoiler: The Lady of the Crypt]]

''Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate'' is a 2013 action-adventure PlatformGame developed by [[VideoGame/CliveBarkersJericho Mercury Steam]] and published by Creator/{{Konami}} for the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS, and the {{interquel}} to the 2010 ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' ContinuityReboot OriginsEpisode ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow Castlevania: Lords of Shadow]]''.

* AdaptationalWimp: See above with Sypha? Well, it's worse for her: She went from a powerful sorceress that goes on to empower the Belmont clan with magical power and has her own family branch that are also full of powerful magicians... to a normal woman that does not fight and [[DeathByOriginStory easily killed by Dracula's minions]], becoming Simon's MissingMom

* AWizardDidIt: The explanation as to how the [[FlyingBook Tomes]] came to be.

* LostForever: It ''is'' possible not to get 100% on Alucard's path, if you ignore the scrolls in his OneTimeDungeon. You can get a second chance in NewGamePlus, but after that, it's over.

''Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate'' is a 2013 action-adventure PlatformGame developed by [[VideoGame/CliveBarkersJericho Mercury Steam]] and published by Creator/{{Konami}} for the Nintendo3DS, and the {{interquel}} to the 2010 ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' ContinuityReboot OriginsEpisode ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow Castlevania: Lords of Shadow]]''.

An HD version of the game was released for {{Xbox 360}} on October 22, 2013, and on UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 a week later. It includes a BossRush mode, online leaderboards, a more consistent framerate and redone cutscenes with lip synch (the original 3DS version had no mouth movement when characters were talking, only different expressions). A PC port of the HD version was released in March of 2014.

* BritishAccents: All of the Belmont men are voiced by Scottish actors and portrayed with Scottish accents.

* RedHeadedHero: Simon Belmont, which alludes to the Ayami Kojima [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaChronicles redesign]] of Simon, which in itself, it's a reimagining of the original which [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaI appeared]] in the [[OlderThanTheyThink original Japanese instruction manual]].