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Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night |OT| We Have Paid Our Tribute, Igavania Is Resurrected
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If you're broke / have lots of surplus materials, but generally speaking a lot of materials are used in multiple items so if you're running lowish, then just buy from the shop.
Restarted the game due to the chest bug (I hadn't actually experienced it, but it seems like a pretty universal thing for people who started prior to the patch, so I just wanted to make sure) and I'm actually glad I did, as I'm having a much better run this time around. Found a bunch of stuff I'd somehow missed out on the first time around, and I wasn't even two hours into the game when I restarted.
I'm not sure, but it looks like you can do everything in one run.
I *think* that means that once you've crafted an item, you can also buy it from the shop for gold.
Which means if you want another of that item, you don't have to farm the mats and craft it again, but you can also buy it with gold.
You may wonder "why would I want another one?" but the majority of items, other than having a purpose in themselves, are also materials to craft something else.
Every shard and every drop from every enemy. Each enemy has up to 4 possible drops, compared say to the 2 you would get in SotN (and no shards either there).
Some shards and items have ~1% drop rate, that I found so far at least. Some stuff could have it even lower.
Bet the game has some item that lowers your stats but raises the drop rate of rare items/shards though.
Also don't forget this game has a New Game +. I would assume you retain the majority of your shards/items/database entries when you start a new game plus.
Given how the game is structured and how there are multiple endings and how successive runs would be so much faster than the first, I think doing a 2nd run with a NG+ on a higher difficulty level is quite suggested I would say.
Yeah, I was experiencing a grind just trying to see if one enemy had faery wings. I'm not cut out for achievement hunting, though.
Do any enemies drop equipment/weapons, or just shards and crafting-only materials?
god that sounds like a grind but still, from what I read, I'm so in. Igavania is BACK
A very little grind so far (4minutes) for some key shard (ability).
Some hints are a little subtle, which can lead to a little wandering about until you realize the meaning, you must not skip hints by npcs.
In my opinion you can survive without if you are not too bad with the controls at least in the first 30 percents, in fact i think it s better not to grind as the foes difficulty give hints about the natural order of prograssion of the areas.
I have no issue so far with it, I don t try to collect every little thing, even though i try to find every secret ;)
I think it all be very very grindy if you want to complete all checklist quests and get every item and every abilities. (As many abilities as there are enemy types, it s huge since the roster is impressive).
I only have 900kills so far, without grinding, because i have an ability surrounding me with a killer protection and a very efficient familiar. They fall like flies around me when i traverse the early easier areas ;)
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I'm still very early but found at least 2 swords and I think an accessory. So yeah, safe to say enemies can drop equipment too and not just shards/mats.
Keep in mind equipment can be a "material" too, as it can be used to craft other equipment.
My guess - people in the industry are having days off after the workload that is E3 for them and are just now catching up on games that launched in those days.
Thanks. I'm a little ways into the game but haven't been keeping track of the drops outside of shards obviously. I was hoping there would be equipment drops too just to make the drops interesting. I hope there are some ultra rare unique weapons that only one enemy drops or something.
Sometimes I'll switch briefly to stick, accuracy of my inputs be damned.
I can tell you the lion-headed knight drops "Long Sword" (1H sword) and the other long-sworded knight you find nearby drops a, what's it called, Flamberge? It's a greatsword (2H sword)
Not home now so I can't check my database for further info, I apologize!
Oh, most probably. There's a trophy for getting all shards (obviously) and one to complete the demon list (I don't know if that includes item drops)
No need to apologize at all. I appreciate your answers. I'll have to hunt for that stuff next time I play.
Anybody noticed some minor clunkyness in the Great Sword (2H Sword) with light properties that you can craft with an 8bit coin? Don't remember the name.
Doesn't have any special move but you can "charge" the sword attack to delay it. Damage doesn't increase, but it's still useful.
Sometimes (often?) if you charge while jumping the attack will somehow cancel when you land on the ground.
Doesn't happen everytime but happens frequently, not sure what causes it.
It's not an awful thing in the end but it feels a bit clunky...
Doesn't have any special move but you can "charge" the sword attack to delay it. Damage doesn't increase, but it's still useful.
Sometimes (often?) if you charge while jumping the attack will somehow cancel when you land on the ground.
Doesn't happen everytime but happens frequently, not sure what causes it.
It's not an awful thing in the end but it feels a bit clunky...
As far as grinding, there's quite a few shards you get to alleviate it and I had only gotten up to the Clocktower. Either shards to pickpocket from enemies or shards to make crafting x2 items possible. There's also hidden effects like how the Apron will sometimes? let you craft x2 food. It was 100% in 1.01, but I'm not sure if it's changed in 1.02.
And also the Apron making x2 food effect seems to just work or not work on the current patch. I really don't know if they just made it a possible chance instead of 100% guaranteed or what.
PS4 dpad btw
500,000 Gold looks to be tough until people find an easy way to amass money. There was a way to do this prepatch that garnered me 18k while I was lazily doing it in 30 minutes. This involved the crafting and dismantling of food as food took 1 alkahest to dismantle, but you could produce 2 food via equipping the Apron. The patches made Alkahest now cost 800G instead of 50G and it now takes 9 Alkahest instead of 1 to dismantle food. The dismantled food would sell for more than it cost to make it all, so it was to easy to make a lot of food and dismantle it to rack up a lot of money. I was hoping to play further into the game as later game foods might make you even more money, but with the 1.02 patch, that shit is down the drain.
And also the Apron making x2 food effect seems to just work or not work on the current patch. I really don't know if they just made it a possible chance instead of 100% guaranteed or what.
I can't for the life of me get tech to come out reliably on the dpad when compared to the stick. It's honestly annoying since using techniques like the flying kicks 3 times in a row to cross some usually uncrossable gaps is just not reliable enough for me. I don't know if I can buffer in another kick or not to just mash it out.
PS4 dpad btw
That sounds good, I will use it to continue playing while healing my thumb!
Fantastic. Some of the rare weapons in SOTN were absolutely game breaking and worth the time they took to get lol.
I'm guessing we don't get any LUCK potions in this game.
One thing nobody has commented on yet - the soundtrack is fantastic. Genuinely surprised in places.
This game is absolutely fantastic. I am going to be raving about it for ages.
This game is absolutely fantastic. I am going to be raving about it for ages.
So what is the general consensus about the game?
I havnt played it and while the latest trailers look much better than previous, it still looks floaty. But yet.. I'm very curious to play it for obvious reasons.
So what say you ERA yay or nay?
I havnt played it and while the latest trailers look much better than previous, it still looks floaty. But yet.. I'm very curious to play it for obvious reasons.
So what say you ERA yay or nay?
I wrote about it before, it's the same.
Two ways to power up your shards, they don't stack.
You can level up your shard rank at Johannes by trading the necessary mats
Or you can power it up by having multiple shards of the same type.
The game tells you that "carrying too many shards will bring consequences". Which would lead to think that the first method is "better", but then again who knows, maybe it's just flavour text and nothing changes even if you have a gazilion of shards.
According to the Archives>Compendium>Shards tab in game.
"A shard's Grade indicates its power or effect. Each duplicate shard you collect increase that shard's Grade, up to a maximum of 9."
"You can increase a shard's Rank by enhancing it alchemically. Increasing a Passive Shard's Rank to 9 will convert it into a Skill Shard."
Sounds like the more of a shard you get, the better its power. The higher the rank, more shit changes to the Shard's ability. It tells you what ranks up when you're enhancing them. Stuff like flinging an arrow will turn into more arrows flung.
It costs so many Alkahests to dismantle things. Alkahests drop from Ghosts and Paintings I think. They can also be bought for 800G.
They give you a hint of the music in the underground water section, and I'm almost mad I can't progress to hear that tune naturally until I get some swimming abilities.
It's so good. If you like Igavanias, it will feel perfect. I don't think it feels floaty, but I've played a lot if Castlevania.
Despite the fact that several outstanding "metroidvania" games got released over the last few years, not even a single was was a true "Igavania", so for orphans of that subgenre of metroidvania, this game is pure bliss.
I'm still not particularly fond of the aesthethics, the "realistic" filters/shaders they used in some instances, but the game improved tons and I mean TONS compared to the ugly alpha. I think at this point it looks at least nice, some of the 3D effects are a real candy to the eye.
Gameplay wise it was clear arleady from the early alphas that the game would've been astounding.
Only concerns I have at the moment are the difficulty: game seems to be pretty accessible on the default difficulty setting (like a proper Igavania should be!) so that might upset some people looking for extreme challenge.
Also the game is slow, which I apreciate A LOT, but for some people (used to Dead Cells? lol) it might look boring, I dunno.
For me it's already a precious game in the videogame world.
Yeah that was a mistake, but still, playing with the fear of crashes is bullshit.
I had the same problem in Symphony of the Night. The DualShock 4 d-pad is awful for diagonals/circular motions.
I haven't been finding it to be as much of an issue here though - it's a bit more lenient. Or maybe I'm used to it now.
Ah, that's a shame - I was hoping it would be something 'simple' like that. Not really sure what the issue could be then. Probably an old sound driver or some other system issue like high DPC Latency (often caused by a bad driver on the system - but not necessarily audio).
Like this? It was set to 48k already.
I've tried all settings, tried JP voices, tried the game at diff resolutions/window settings, tried disabling steam UI, tried deleting saves, still get crackling Miriam voices.
Every other voice is fine, it's just Miriam's voice only crackling in my ear. 😩
This is karma for unironically enjoying a glitch-free day 1 playthrough of Mighty No. 9 I've accepted it.
Really happy to see a bunch of positive impressions for this. Those bugs will hopefully get ironed out asap
Not sure if I'll play this on PC or Switch
Not sure if I'll play this on PC or Switch
Being so indecisive on this on whether or not i should just purchase this on PS4 or wait for the Switch version.
Should be 1000
You got the ability to help with the chariot guy in the area before Zangetsu.
Yes
That's the name of the game. And yeah, some treats there. Double jump opens a lot. Beyond the basics of increased jump height, there's a lightly hidden mechanic for additional traversal in the form of jump kicking/comet kicking. Keep an eye out for curiously positioned lanterns, or enemies you might just be able to kick off of to get to higher ground.
