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.
The art style is cool and unique, its what drew me in in first place.
However the game doesnt flow as other games in the genre. The controls feel stiff and while the enemies look interesting they are just tedious to fight. Ive played the dark souls series an blodborne and have enjoyed those games and am familiar with difficulty. Thats not the issue. The enemies are just tedious, and feel monotomous, very few are actually fun to fight.
Sometimes is a weird hitbox. Sometimes is an enemy that disappears and you have nothing to do besides stand there waiting before attacking once or twice. I played almost all of it. Is beautiful and immersive. But after one too many of these moments I gave up. But you should give a try. Was worth it.
This is a an Castlevania-lite. There is almost NO Metroidvania-like abilities or ability-gating in this game. It's not really a souls-lite either. The player character stays roughly the same throughout the entire game and barely picks up any skills.
Overall, I found Blasphemous to be more fun than most Castlevania games but less fun than most Metroidvanias.
It's a very bleak world. There is almost no character-driven story, but the exploration and lore are very strong.
In terms of difficulty, it's well-balanced and easier than most Castlevania/Metroidvania games. I beat most of the bosses on my first try.
Blasphemous is an amazing game, rough around the edges in terms of gameplay, but with stunning pixel art and amazing voice acting both in Spanish and English(as a native Spanish speaker I appreciate it, not all games have good voice acting in Spanish), truly appreciate the passion of the developers behind this game, even now(9/4/2021) there are plans of a future free DLC in December so is really a game you should pick up and have in your library.
Looking forward to blasphemous 2, took me around 20 hours to complete it (on this platform) and there is still around 10-20 more hours of content I have to try, replayability is a huge deal for me and I really appreciate the devs invested time and effort to make this a thing.
There's always room for improvement but as of now the state of the game is almost flawless, throughout constant updates and free DLC you can truly see how much this dev team cares for the game and the community (something rare these days).
For below $10 this game is a steal, hope by reading this I can convince you to give it a try, I'm happy to see metroidvanias are still a thing in 2020-21
9/10
—gameplay could be improved
—the souls genre mechanics is not necessary in my opinion, yet I'm nitpicking at this point.
A foul curse has fallen upon the land of Cvstodia and all its inhabitants - it is simply known as The Miracle.
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.
