Castlevania: Lords of Shadow is an action-adventure game for PlayStation 3 that follows Gabriel Belmont on a quest to obtain a powerful mask capable of resurrecting his slain wife. The game enhances the combat mechanics first established in Lament of Innocence, introducing brutal finishing moves and drawing influence from contemporary titles like God of War, thus redefining the series' gameplay.
Gabriel Belmont learns of a mask with the power to raise the dead and sets out on a mission to obtain it to bring his recently murdered wife back from the dead.
Lords of Shadow builds upon the combat systems first explored in this series in 2003's Lament of Innocence and adds more violent kills to the mix. Inspiration for these changes seems to have come from 2005's God of War.