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Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night | Official Update Thread
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This is exactly why I backed it. It feels like it has been a LONG time since the Kickstarter, but the playable demo they sent backers a while back as well as the steady amount of updates have kept me from losing faith.
Looking pretty solid. But I find that Lolita design to be atrocious. "Well, I guess we have to have one boob showing because of her tattoo. And, duh, of course she's going to wear a skirt."
That's good to know. I was never worried about the quality of the game. I usually buy games that I know that I will play. If I feel that I wasn't happy with the development or game itself, then it is my fault and thats ok. I just want the game released.
gameplay is shaping up nicely. but they need to scrap the background art. I dont know what they are thinking. The game visually looks generic as hell.
cant they just farm out some artwork from south korea or something? i feel like if they spent a little cash in this department it would go a long way.
games can make or break based on their look alone. And this thing just LOOKS boring. I cant wait to PLAY it tho (but metroidvania games are my jam)
cant they just farm out some artwork from south korea or something? i feel like if they spent a little cash in this department it would go a long way.
games can make or break based on their look alone. And this thing just LOOKS boring. I cant wait to PLAY it tho (but metroidvania games are my jam)
The boss battle music gave me chills. I'm ready for this game!
... Or Castlevania Harmony of Despair 2. Or anything Castlevania, really.
... Or Castlevania Harmony of Despair 2. Or anything Castlevania, really.
I'll be picking this up for the Switch, PC, and maybe even PS4.
Excited to see all of the areas in the game (noticed that the one in this latest peek was called Garden of Silence); with this being the largest castle ever for an IGAvania, should be good times.
Excited to see all of the areas in the game (noticed that the one in this latest peek was called Garden of Silence); with this being the largest castle ever for an IGAvania, should be good times.
The lack of stagger reaction is probably a polish thing. Various things get prioritized over the course of development, and it's likely that that particular enemy hasn't been looked at yet beyond basic attack animations, and death animation. This game still seems to have a ways to go, so I imagine the game won't be entering polishing rage anytime soon.
And I think that applies to all areas of the game, from character animations, lighting, post-processing effects, etc etc. I don't doubt that what Bloodstained looks like in this November 2017 update video, and What Bloodstained will look like 6 months from now, will be noticeably different.
Look, she could've have her panties constantly showing with every jump or kick and but she doesn't because she has shorts underneath so there's that.
I do like Miriam tho. A bit overboard with the boobs but whatever.
Yes. Check the email you got from fangamer where you chose Vita in the first place to change it to whichever version you want.
Yup, I changed Vita to PS4 with no problems a month or two ago
Couldn't be happier that I backed this. A little more polish and it'll be where my intal expectations were. Boss footage really won me over too.
This is why game developers never want to show games too early.
This footage is barely in alpha stage. Don't judge it's fun factor when it's this far from ready.
You need to get your eyes checked if you think Bloodstained looks anything close as bad as FFVI on mobile does.
By all accounts the Vita version is very much still in the cards. If they were to cancel it they would've already done that by now (after all they did cancel the WiiU version in March).
It's coming, I wouldn't be worried about that. Although having said that it remains to be seen how good that version will be when compared to the UE4 capable platforms (PC, Mac, Linux, PS4, Switch, XB1).
I wasn't a backer of this, but I've been sort of following the project. I remember thinking that the game looked really rough in the earlier videos (I obviously understood it was in development). That said, this really does seem to look better every time they do an update like this.
I'm looking forward to seeing Johannes though as he might be the only (playable?) Character I like the design of.
I was browsing their Kickstarter and saw the WiiU goal. Did they ever change this to Switch or anything like other projects have?
I'm looking forward to seeing Johannes though as he might be the only (playable?) Character I like the design of.
I was browsing their Kickstarter and saw the WiiU goal. Did they ever change this to Switch or anything like other projects have?
the Vita can theoretically support UE4's functions natively, though given the clocks, it might be stretched thin. we might end up seeing the game pulling an Injustice, being completely rebuilt for the device
I didn't say that. I said there's a clash between the character models and backgrounds. Looks like 2 different art styles like FFVI mobile.
Yes. Back in March or so (right after the Switch launched) they announced the cancelation of the WiiU version in favor of the Switch while offering refunds to those who backed that version and weren't willing to change it to any other platform. The transition went down without a hitch. IMO it was the right decision, the WiiU was already irrelevant, I couldn't even imagine how dead it'd be by mid 2018.
i really don't think this is going to be a SoTN 2, but more of a Circle of the Moon 2
SOTN? i'm not getting that vibe from anything i've seen. maybe it's the 2.5d, maybe its the story/character decisions, maybe its the blocky animation or the weird art style, i don't know. My entire family loved SOTN to death. I'm in a large family and at least 5 of my brothers played the entire game, but if i showed them this game, they would probably cringe 5 times over, especially at the excessant moaning everytime she gets a powerup, i mean is that even necessary?
it's gonna be a good niche game, i'm positive, but a SoTN isn't what i'm seeing yet.
what i've seen from these trailers is actually closer to Circle of the Moon than SOTN. which isn't a bad thing. i love circle of the moon. but it's no SOTN.
Pretty much. It's also why a lot of us will show CGI trailers when we reveal a game. Sometimes it's jist not ready to be seen. With Kickstarter, it's damned if you do, damned if you don't, because you want to be as transparent as possible, so people know their backing is well spent, but often if you do, you have to show it down an incomplete project, which hasn't even had a polish pass yet.
I think what a lot of gamers don't realize when they see a game shown off at E3 or similar conventions is that those games aren't done. It's not like developers are sitting on complete games waiting for the perfect time to reveal them so they can win E3. Many of them are months, maybe even a year from release, so we show the most polished section at that particular moment in time.
Bloodstained is probably still a year off, if we're lucky. We aren't seeing even close to a finished product. It's a shame that so many gamers are quick to judge an unfinished product. Then people complain if we sit on it until closer to release. It's a double edged sword I think.
For backers who kickstarted for at least $60? Definitely. For retail? I assume but not 100% sure.
Getting there. I really hate the UI, though, especially the fonts. Looks like a mobile game in that regard.
As a backer and Castlevania fan, it's sad to see this project turning out so bad. The jump needs tweeks, it's too fast. The graphics/lighting/shaders/art are uninspired to say the least. There is almost no hit feedback/reactions on enemies. Also, the main character design is just bad, reducing the boobs and changing the idle stance would do wonders as a starting point.
Too early to be this negative. This is not close to release. We'll talk when we're watching a launch trailer, man. Had this game not been kickstarted I assure you we wouldn't be getting glimpses of parts of the game this early.
I was skeptical during the KS campaign, especially since around that time I was feeling very cynical because of MN9. But when the demo came out, and I played it -- It just felt right. I finished it and wanted to play more. I agree with some others that the main character design is bleh, but the way the game plays and moves and how it's paced is exactly right.
This looks really good. It's pretty much what you would expect Castlevania to look like in 2.5D. That boss fight looks great too.
This is my old video of playing through the demo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X23akP4RtgI
Even at that stage, which is a hacked together E3 demo, you could see the vision for the game's design clearly.
The movement speed and jump speed are exactly the same as Symphony of the Night. I played the demo back in the day and it just felt exactly right, and that's because it is. I even loaded up my copy of Xbox 360 Arcade SotN just to check and walked Alucard around and yup, he walks and jumps exactly the same.
This is my old video of playing through the demo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X23akP4RtgI
Even at that stage, which is a hacked together E3 demo, you could see the vision for the game's design clearly.
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