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Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night visual improvement update!
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Kickstarter e-mail also had this slip lol, I bolded for emphasis
"This time we were able to show the 3D stage map that goes through the outer wall of the tower. This is a boss that Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon was based on and a new boss for this game. There was also a sneak peek of the character customization system."
"This time we were able to show the 3D stage map that goes through the outer wall of the tower. This is a boss that Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon was based on and a new boss for this game. There was also a sneak peek of the character customization system."
Can't watch now but has there been an update since that Direct a few weeks ago? It looked incredibly sterile.
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Yes it looks better compared to the direct footage shown. Seems like they are in the polish phase of development.
Literally that's what this thread is about. We got a new update today complete with two 10 second videos and one comparison minute long video.
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Havin wayforward on board is what reignited my hopes when they announced that partnership tbh.
I'm really pleased with how this game has been turning out. I can't wait to play it. Hopefully it's a success and they're able to reuse the engine, making gradual visual improvements each time.
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Played around with the brightness and contrast a bit, the game would definitely look better and more atmospheric with darker lighting and stronger contrast.
(also slightly less saturation)
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I get this is just a cutscene but I always feel like the rooms in Bloodstained are too bright, and it's not something that can be resolved by just adjusting the gamma.
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I get this is just a cutscene but I always feel like the rooms in Bloodstained are too bright, and it's not something that can be resolved by just adjusting the gamma.
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Night and day, but yeah, sound mixing is super weird in this video haha.
I always felt this on Igavanias, guess it's more pronounced in 3D for most people?
What's wrong with the character designs if you don't mind me asking?
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That's a nice edit imo! that would be quite nice to fit the gothic like look Castlevania is usually known for.Played around with the brightness and contrast a bit, the game would definitely look better and more atmospheric with darker lighting and stronger contrast.
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I get this is just a cutscene but I always feel like the rooms in Bloodstained are too bright, and it's not something that can be resolved by just adjusting the gamma.
I wonder how the game will look in a few months they still have quite the time for polishing things up.
I admit i was a lil worried about this whole project for a while but now not so much anymore. Things are shapin up neatly.
You should hit up the forums, the devs are really open to these kind of suggestionsPlayed around with the brightness and contrast a bit, the game would definitely look better and more atmospheric with darker lighting and stronger contrast.
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I get this is just a cutscene but I always feel like the rooms in Bloodstained are too bright, and it's not something that can be resolved by just adjusting the gamma.
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It's from last years (june 2018) e3 demo wich also was released for backers if i remember correctly.
We've known this was not going to be another MN9 since the first backer demo they released back in summer of 2016! We didn't know how good it'll turn out to be but a MN9 levels of shitshow was just impossible after that very first demo. The only thing that makes them similar is that they were both Kickstarter games made by longtime JP developers who went independent. That's it.
It's like it's in people's DNA to bring MN9 in every Bloodstained conversation. Never fails.
You remember correctly. That older footage is from both the E3 2018 demo they had on the show fooor and the backer demo they released to us a few weeks after E3 (the demos were practically identical from one another).
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The early gameplay that I saw looked bad. Awkward animations, floaty jumps, and the art direction didn't gel with me at all. It seemed to miss the mark entirely on what I expected of Castlevania, it's also headed by a well-know Japanese developer, and it is also a 3D translation of a classically 2D sprite-based source game. Hence the MN9 parallel.
They addressed this on the YouTube description. It says the sound mixing isn't finalized.
I get what you're saying but that first demo already looked way way better than MN9 ever did. That's what I'm saying, we didn't know how the final game would be but MN9 it wouldn't be. They had to fuck up many other things (including the communication with backers which the Bloodstained team has been incredible about not ever missing a single monthly update since 2015) for it to become a MN9 levels of shitshow. Bloodstained could still underwhelm and NOT be a MN9.
Ah, I see what you mean. I didn't kickstart MN9 or follow its updates, so I only have the final product as a reference point.
It's literally in the trailer and in the Nintendo Direct. It comes out in summer, not April.
And yes it's coming out on all 4 platforms day and date.
Has anyone got a side by side comparison of the actual game play view that's at the end of the trailer?
What I'm trying to say is there are many many layers below "bad" between Bloodstained being good and being a MN9 sized fiasco.
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But nuance it's something you don't see on the Internet very often. Everything is either GOAT or "trash fire" with nothing in between.
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That boss and the the little area she comes out of looks a lot better. Great improvement there. However, the background outside that only looks different to me, not necessarily better, aside from more detail. I might actually prefer how the light from the windows stood out with that black, compared to the gray in the new look.
Don't like the look of the game, this art style is not for me, there are so few 2.5D games out there that nail the art style, I am just hoping the game play is good and the mechanics feel connected and fun, don't want my pledge to feel it was a waste.
The indivisible team pull it off and I bet with fewer budget I don't understand why he couldn't pull it...
The indivisible team pull it off and I bet with fewer budget I don't understand why he couldn't pull it...
Seriously between Alucards walk and his drawnout turn around animation I thought that it was just IGA's style.
(Not that I mind, since if you alternated left and right it looks like a goofy dance)
Cool, I was going to check the game out anyways, but nice to see it starting to look better, it looked rough for a while there.
You assume that people who compare literally every KS campaign to MN9 are arguing from experience or even in good faith.
