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Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

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Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
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You can also get Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night - Miriam’s Complete Cosmetic Bundle here. Bloodstained®︎: Ritual of the Night is the FULL game experience, an exploration-focused, side-scroller action RPG packing all of the best features you've come to know and love from the Metroidvania gen...
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2019, ArtPlay, ...
System requirements
Windows 7, AMD FX-4350 / Intel Core i5-4460, 4 GB RAM, AMD Radeon R9 280X / GeForce GTX 760, 10 GB a...
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Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night - Official Soundtrack, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night - Classic...
Time to beat
14 hMain
20.5 h Main + Sides
35.5 h Completionist
21 h All Styles
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You can also get Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night - Miriam’s Complete Cosmetic Bundle here.


Bloodstained®︎: Ritual of the Night is the FULL game experience, an exploration-focused, side-scroller action RPG packing all of the best features you've come to know and love from the Metroidvania genre into a single, content-packed game.

Play as Miriam, an orphan scarred by an alchemist’s curse which slowly crystallizes her body. In order to save herself, and indeed, all of humanity, she must battle her way through a demon-infested castle summoned by Gebel, her old friend whose body and mind has become more crystal than flesh.

WHAT'S IN THE GAME?


13 FREE DLCs via future content updates. “Speed Demon” Update containing Speed Run Mode, Boss Rush Mode and the Pure Miriam outfit available at launch!


Addictingly tight and satisfying gameplay alongside a rich new story in the gothic dark fantasy style of Koji Igarashi, the celebrated godfather of "Igavania" games.


Story cut scenes and NPC interactions fully voice acted by a star-studded cast, including actors like David Hayter, Ray Chase and Erica Lindbeck to name just a few. (Seriously, we have a lot of voice acting star power in this game, it's kinda nuts...)

Three playable characters, two of which have yet to be revealed...


Literally a metric ton of weapons and spells, which you can upgrade, level up and visually customize.


Beautiful 2.5D graphics: 3D models crafted with a lot of love and care on a 2D game environment. That means lots of cool tricks that "regular" 2D can't do...

THE FUTURE

Expect a worryingly large amount of announcements and updates, everything from updating the look of this page to the game in general. It's going to be one wild ride.

Developed by Artplay, Inc.. Published by 505 Games S.p.A. "505 Games" and the 505 Games logo are all trademarks and/or registered trademarks of 505 Games S.p.A. All rights reserved. "ArtPlay, Inc." and the ArtPlay logo are all trademarks of ArtPlay, Inc. All rights reserved. “Bloodstained” is a trademark and/or registered trademark of ArtPlay, Inc.

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Why buy on GOG.COM?
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Time to beat
14 hMain
20.5 h Main + Sides
35.5 h Completionist
21 h All Styles
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Posted on: May 1, 2021

wyrmgear

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Games: 256 Reviews: 3

Boring and repetitive

I'm sure this won't be a poular opinion, but it is honest, and from my viewpoint. Obviously others see it differently. What I liked: The art is good The weapons feel different from each other and seem to fit many possible play styles The sound is nice and fits the atmosphere Controls are responsive Not so much: Kind of just, well. Dull. Shoe-box level design Mobs and boss miss-match for play styles, though I know this isn't uncommon I've played most Castlevania games since they've been coming out (American versions anyway), but I've never been a die-hard fan or anything. Play them, enjoy them or don't, move on. This one certainly feels like CV, I guess (walk left and right, smash latterns, meet enemy and note thier pattern, kill them, move on), but I didn't find anything compelling to keep playing. I've asked for a refund - if I can't find a game enjoyable in teh first hour (sorry, that's plenty of time to clear the galleon and fight the boss three or four times), then i'm not going to waste further time on something that eventually gets good. I have way too many games in various libraries (Steam, GoG, Epic, Ubi, Origins, yadda yadda...) for that nonsense. Personally I would rate this a 2 or 2.5, but it obviously speaks to a lot of players, it just isn't my cuppa.


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Posted on: June 19, 2019

vagelisc1

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Games: 34 Reviews: 1

2.5D AAA

Played SoTN?Liked it?If yes..Buy this one!


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Posted on: June 30, 2019

DaveMartinezMX

Games: 3 Reviews: 1

A Mac version PLEASE!!!

I love mac OS, please, dont make me install windows in my Mac.


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Posted on: July 2, 2019

cainatreides

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Games: 322 Reviews: 4

Not Castlevania enough

I was a backer and am playing the first released version of the game. I am a big fan of Symphony of the Night and have been hoping for a sequel forever. This game is close, but there are a few cons that makes it imperfect: Music - No classical Castlevania sound tracks (for obvious reasons) - Music is not a breathtaking mix of classical and modern (e.g. electric guitar & baroque piano) - Music was not made by a 42-piece orchestra like SotN. - The soundtrack cannot be heard well due to the audio-balance and Sound FX. So far, only one soundtrack strikes me as memorable, but most of them are meh! (forgotten already). Visuals - To make sure you can see every detail of the main character, they made her too big. As a result, she appears to be moving much slower than Alucard did (smaller figure). Just compare the intro to SotN - the drawbridge is many times bigger than Alucard. In this game, you can just jump over it! - The late fixes to the graphic is not utilized well enough. I was hoping to see shining fairies cast a glow on the background, but even if the engine allows it, it is only being used for static lamps, and not for burning deamons. - The castle is adapted to the large character sizes, so even if their models were scaled down, the castle would not look right. - In the stretch-goals, it was demonstrated how the backgrounds would become gradually more corrupted, but this was not utilized at release. The castle is boringly static. - SotN had put lots of 2D art in the castle background art. 3D art is more complicated and so a lot of the artwork is inferior to SotN, although the Hi-Res makes up for a lot. - The 'nudity' in SotN could not be replicated in a 2.5D game without making it R-rated. So no nymphs, sylphs, succubus or anything even remotely piquing. - Characters are static during conversations. No thrown wineglasses. Just manga-game style : ( The story is nothing like Mirror of Fate, but enough for a Castlevania game. : ) The weapons become boring ith time


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