A foul curse has fallen upon the land of Cvstodia and all its inhabitants - it is simply known as The Miracle.
Play as The Penitent One - a sole survivor of the massacre of the ‘Silent Sorrow’. Trapped in an endless cycle of death and rebirth, it’s down to you to free the world from this terri...
A foul curse has fallen upon the land of Cvstodia and all its inhabitants - it is simply known as The Miracle.
Play as The Penitent One - a sole survivor of the massacre of the ‘Silent Sorrow’. Trapped in an endless cycle of death and rebirth, it’s down to you to free the world from this terrible fate and reach the origin of your anguish.
Explore this nightmarish world of twisted religion and discover its many secrets hidden deep inside. Use devastating combos and brutal executions to smite the hordes of grotesque monsters and titanic bosses, all ready to rip you limb from limb. Locate and equip relics, rosary beads and prayers that call on the powers of the heavens to aid you in your quest to break your eternal damnation.
Explore a Non-Linear World: Overcome fearsome enemies and deadly traps as you venture through a variety of different landscapes, and search for redemption in the dark gothic world of Cvstodia.
Brutal Combat: Release the power of Mea Culpa, a sword born from guilt itself, to slaughter your foes. Acquire devastating new combos and special moves as you purge all in your path.
Executions: Unleash your wrath and relish in the gory dismemberment of your adversaries - all in beautifully rendered, pixel-perfect execution animations.
Customise Your Build: Discover and equip Relics, Rosary Beads, Prayers and Sword Hearts to give you the new abilities and stat boosts you need to survive. Experiment with different combinations to suit your playstyle.
Intense Boss Battles: Hordes of gigantic, twisted creatures stand between you and your goal. Learn how they move, survive their devastating attacks and emerge victorious.
Unlock the Mysteries of Cvstodia: The world is full of tormented souls. Some offer you aid, some may ask for something in return. Uncover the stories and fates of these tortured characters to gain rewards and a deeper understanding of the dark world you inhabit.
Well, Blasphemous is visually stunning, I'll give them that. Pixel art is gorgeous, music is great and voice over with sound is good. Nice Souls-vania gameplay, but with many many infuriatingly frustrating spikes and pit falls. I think it plays better than Death's Gambit, another pixel art 2D souls-vania, but Game Kitchen could borrow a few things from it (some weapon variety, bosses respawn in powered-up versions).
What I really didn't like is huge amount of bugs. Nothing game breaking, but still, I can't remember the last time I've seen so many in one game.
But most important question is: was it fun to play Blasphemous? Yes, yes it was. Finished it in a couple of days and I can't bring myself to finish Iconoclasts for months.
This one of those games that makes you feel good when playing it. The game in itself is not difficult, but its challenging, and very little grinding for items compared to that other game alredy know...Anyways the game is very satisfiying because it made me play it for several hours, and I was able to do 100% of the achivements and I'm still doing the extra unlockables.
This is the real definition of entertaiment when it comes to videogames.
I'm not Mr Hardcore Gamer by any stretch of the imagination but absolutely loved this.
I've played through twice and the game is hard but fair I feel. Bosses are imaginative and rendered superbly in glorious pixel art and they never feel unfair to fight in contrast to the sequel. The world building is great even if the storyline and quests are completely obtuse.
Get it when it's on sale and you'll have hours of fun or pain...