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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow

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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow cover
Developers
MercurySteam
Kojima Productions
Windows Climax Studios
Publishers
Konami
Engines
Mercury Engine
Release dates
Windows August 27, 2013
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow guide on StrategyWiki
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow on Wikipedia
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Castlevania Advance Collection 2021

Key points

Includes all the DLCs released on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
Does not include foliage animation and the Solid Snake outfit from the console versions.[1][2]

General information

Official site
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Windows
Amazon.com
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Windows
GamersGate
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Windows
Steam
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Ultimate Edition.
Windows
All versions require Steam DRM.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Steam <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\234080\remote\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/234080/pfx/[Note 1]
Configuration file is encrypted.

Save game data location

System Location
Steam <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\234080\remote\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/234080/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud
Approx. 5 MB available.

Video settings

In-game general video settings.
In-game general video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.

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Anti-aliasing (AA)

There is an In-Game AA option (FXAA).
Other AA Methods[citation needed]
  • See guides for downsampling method for AMD cards or Nvidia cards.
    Downsampling can be combined with other methods of AA of your choosing. Such as in game AA 2x2 downsampling+In Game AA
  • Follow guide for driver-specific solution on Nvidia cards. Additional info with screens can be found at Guru3D forums.

Input settings

Keyboard rebinding.
Keyboard rebinding.
Controller buttons.
Controller buttons.
If controller is present game changes prompts to 360 buttons and disables key rebinding.

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Audio settings

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Fan translation, download.
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Fan translation, download interface and subtitles, download audio.
Spanish
Turkish
Fan translation.

VR support

Issues unresolved

Black/white screen at 30 Hz

The game doesn't seem to support a 30 Hz refresh rate. Screen simply turns black or white, while still playing the audio in the background.[citation needed]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP SP3
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 15 GB
Video card (GPU) 512 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9 compatible

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/234080/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (234080) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References