 The developers attempted to reach out to new audiences by distancing Lords of Shadow from previous Castlevania games , but kept some elements intact to not alienate franchise fans . For example , vampires and werewolves are recurring enemies in the game , but other existing enemies include trolls , giant spiders and goblin @-@ like creatures . The enemies can be defeated for experience points , which can be used to purchase combos or to augment the player 's abilities further . Lords of Shadow has large @-@ scale bosses known as titans . The Combat Cross can be used to grapple onto their bodies and navigate them , and break the runes that animate the titan . 
