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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2

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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 cover
Developers
MercurySteam
Publishers
Konami
Engines
Mercury Engine 2
Release dates
Windows February 25, 2014
Reception
Metacritic 58
OpenCritic 62
IGDB 63
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Series Castlevania
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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 on Wikipedia
Castlevania
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Konami Collector's Series: Castlevania & Contra 2002
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Castlevania Advance Collection 2021

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Windows
GamersGate
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Windows
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Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Windows
All versions require Steam DRM.
A free demo is available on Steam.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Armored Dracula Costume
Windows
Dark Dracula Costume
Windows
Relic Rune Pack
Windows
Revelations
Windows

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename video files[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\bik\
  2. Delete or rename 28409563.bik, 138243771.bik, and 226441803.bik.

Game data

General settings.
General settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\MercurySteam\Castlevania Lords of Shadow 2\<user-id>\game.cfg
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/239250/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\MercurySteam\Castlevania Lords of Shadow 2\<user-id>\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/239250/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

General video settings.
General video settings.
Advanced video settings.
Advanced video settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Use Flawless Widescreen or Widescreen Fixer with this plugin.
Ultra-widescreen
Use Flawless Widescreen or Widescreen Fixer with this plugin.
4K Ultra HD
If 4k option don't show up in game, uncheck the override high dpi scaling behavior option in Properties → Compatibility.
Field of view (FOV)
See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Use any third-party application.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Labeled as Texture Filter, up to 4 samples. Force 16 samples externally.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Off, low (1x), and high (2x).
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Field of view (FOV)

Change FOV with Cheat Engine[1]
  1. Download and install Cheat Engine.
  2. Start the game and Alt+Tab out.
  3. Download the cheat table and double-click on it.
  4. In the window that opens, click the flashing button in the top left corner.
  5. Select CLOS2.exe and click Open, then click Yes.
  6. At the bottom part of the window, check the boxes beside FOV [F4] and FOV.
  7. With FOV selected, press Enter and type in a new value (default is 1.39), then press Enter to apply.

Notes

This fix also affects the cutscenes and menus. Press F4 to toggle as required.

Input

Mouse sensitivity

Edit game.cfg[citation needed]
  1. Edit %USERPROFILE%\Documents\MercurySteam\Castlevania Lords of Shadow 2\<user-id>\game.cfg
  2. Change the values for MouseSensitivityV and MouseSensitivityH, which are set to 1.000000 by default.

Adjust controller dead zone

Edit game.cfg[citation needed]
  1. Edit %USERPROFILE%\Documents\MercurySteam\Castlevania Lords of Shadow 2\<user-id>\game.cfg
  2. Change the value for PCPadDeadZone, which is set to 0.200000 by default.

Audio

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Effects, music, and voices.
Surround sound
Auto configures up to 7.1 output[2]
Subtitles
Option is located under Video settings.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Hungarian
Fan translation, download.
Italian
Polish
Fan translation, download.
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Fan translation by «ZoG Forum Team».
Spanish
Turkish
Fan translation, download.

VR support

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Shader Model support 3
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX
Audio FMOD Ex
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP SP3
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 10 GB
Video card (GPU) 512 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Sound (audio device) DirectX 9.0c compatible
Other Broadband Internet connection


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>/239250/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (239250) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. [GUIDE] Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 - Dead End Thrills - last accessed on 9 June 2023
  2. PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up - last accessed on 17 May 2023