Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
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Developers | |
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MercurySteam | |
Kojima Productions | |
Windows | Climax Studios |
Publishers | |
Konami | |
Engines | |
Mercury Engine | |
Release dates | |
Windows | August 27, 2013 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 81 |
Taxonomy | |
Series | Castlevania |
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
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
GamersGate | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Delete or rename video files[3] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\bin\Profile\Saves\Castlevania.cfg[Note 1] |
Steam | <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\234080\remote\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/234080/pfx/[Note 2] |
- Configuration file is encrypted.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\bin\Profile\Saves\Castlevania.profile[Note 1] |
Steam | <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\234080\remote\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/234080/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud | Approx. 5 MB available. |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | Vert- scaling.[4] Vampire Wargame button prompts are cut off. | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Can be stretched to any windowed resolution. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Use DxWnd. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Up to 16 samples. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | FXAA. For others, see Anti-aliasing (AA). | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Anti-aliasing (AA)
- There is an In-Game AA option (FXAA).
Other AA Methods[citation needed] |
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Input
- If controller is present game changes prompts to 360 buttons and disables key rebinding.
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | Possible to rebind to mouse and its extra buttons as well. | |
Mouse acceleration | Mouse movement not used at all. | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | XInput controllers only. | |
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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Generic/other controllers | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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Additional information | ||
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Button prompts | For DualShock button prompts use the Dualshock - PlayStation Buttons | |
Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Voice, effects and music. | |
Surround sound | Auto configures up to 7.1 output[5] | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Hungarian | Fan translation, download. | |||
Italian | ||||
Polish | Fan translation, download. | |||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Russian | Fan translation, download interface and subtitles, download audio. | |||
Spanish | ||||
Turkish | Fan translation, download from Official Site or Direct Link |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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Nvidia 3D Vision | See Castlevania Lords of Shadow Ultimate Edition - 3D Vision Fix. | ||
vorpX | G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction. |
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 |
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Direct3D | 9 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP SP3 | 7 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz | Quad Core |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | 2 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 15 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible | 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible |
Other | Broadband Internet connection |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/234080/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (234080) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.