| Castlevania: Lament of Innocence | |
|---|---|
.jpg) North American box art | |
| Developer(s) | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo |
| Publisher(s) | Konami |
| Producer(s) | Koji Igarashi |
| Programmer(s) | Takashi Takeda |
| Artist(s) | Ayami Kojima |
| Writer(s) | Koji Igarashi |
| Composer(s) | Michiru Yamane |
| Series | Castlevania |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2 |
| Release | PlayStation 2 PlayStation Network |
| Genre(s) | Action-adventure, hack and slash |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Castlevania: Lament of Innocence[a][b] is a 2003 action-adventure game developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo and published by Konami for the PlayStation 2 console. Part of Konami's Castlevania video game series, it is the first installment of the series on the PlayStation 2 and the third to make use of a 3D style of gameplay. It was released in Japan and North America in late 2003 and Europe and Australia in early 2004.
Lament of Innocence is chronologically the first game in the Castlevania series. Set in 1094, it focuses on the origins of the series' premise—the eternal conflict between the vampire hunters of the Belmont clan and the immortal vampire Dracula. Lament of Innocence follows Leon Belmont as he searches a vampire's castle in search of his kidnapped betrothed.
Lament of Innocence received generally positive reviews upon release, with praise for the origin story, gameplay, music, and graphics, though some criticized its repetitive level design and excessive backtracking.[2][3]
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- ^ Low, David (2006-01-18). "Franchise Mode #11 – Castlevania, Part 2". PALGN. Archived from the original on 2012-10-08. Retrieved 2013-09-17.
- ^ "Castlevania: Lament of Innocence". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 2010-08-19. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
- ^ Castlevania: Lament of Innocence - IGN, 21 October 2003, archived from the original on 2012-08-17, retrieved 2021-05-24