Posted on: May 10, 2024
BrokenH
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Gem metroidvania with minimal tarnish
Played and beat Blood-Stained: Ritual Of The Night a long time ago on an older computer that wasn't as good at running it. While I would have preferred the "old skool pixel look" of SOTN and Igas's Nintendo DS outings,the game still looks decent in 2.5D having both spectacular visual effects and very gonzo over the top boss battles! Being a shard-binder, Miriam pretty much has the same power of Soma Cruz in being able to absorb the powers of her demonic enemies by absorbing the devil-shards they leave behind. Some of these give you new spells or allow you to summon forth the creatures you just slayed while others can be more essential in aiding your exploration of the massive castle and hidden areas around it. The game has the dark-fantasy-gothic vibe Dark-Souls and Castlevania fans expect that's intermittently broken up by more whimsical easter-eggs that are tributes to backers of the project or are little "cross over events" referencing other beloved games made on smaller budgets (Everything from Shantae to Shovel knight to Two Kingdoms to Child Of Light) Sometimes it can get a tad obnoxious but for me it hasn't detracted from the core experience. (At least not much) There's also a lot of post-game content too after you beat the main campaign which is always goes towards giving you more bang for your buck. I want to say fans of this genre should immediately pick it up but true Castlevania aficionados can be a tough lot to please. I know they would have preferred more retro styled hand-crafted pixel graphics as I would have but that would have taken much more development time. ROTN also suffers from what I call "safe edginess" in which its' mature themes were softened somewhat,in part due to the off-beat easter-eggs and odd-ball cameo references tacked on. Regardless for me ROTN's merits definitely outweigh its' flaws!
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