Topic: Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night - Gameplay, Story & Spoilers

[Gaawa-chan]

It seems like

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the turtle boss from Curse of the Moon was probably going to carry the Aqua Stream shard, but he must have been cut from RotN for some reason.  As a result, a shard needed for mandatory progression is stuck to a random enemy, which seems to have tripped a lot of players up.

[Jazz Paladin Productions]

It seems like

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the turtle boss from Curse of the Moon was probably going to carry the Aqua Stream shard, but he must have been cut from RotN for some reason.  As a result, a shard needed for mandatory progression is stuck to a random enemy, which seems to have tripped a lot of players up.

That really peeves me. But it makes sense....

I honestly felt the game really needed

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a water boss or at least a boss in the water area similar the the Scylla Worm. Again given how the Turtle Boss' moveset with spraying water looks similar in design to the aqua spray , it makes perfect sense

[Chernabogue]

It seems like

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the turtle boss from Curse of the Moon was probably going to carry the Aqua Stream shard, but he must have been cut from RotN for some reason.  As a result, a shard needed for mandatory progression is stuck to a random enemy, which seems to have tripped a lot of players up.

THIS

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A mandatory progression-based item/power/etc. should NEVER be a drop from a random enemy. That's game design 101.

[KaZudra]

THIS

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A mandatory progression-based item/power/etc. should NEVER be a drop from a random enemy. That's game design 101.

QA testers are a dying art.
The trick is to play as an idiot and learn only from what the game teaches you while keeping your experience.

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IMHO from the ID to the Swimming the progression is rather sloppy.

[Gaawa-chan]

There's been a topic on the Steam discussion board about this.  About a third of the replies consist of people screeching about people needing to git gud. 

[TheTextGuy]

There's been a topic on the Steam discussion board about this.  About a third of the replies consist of people screeching about people needing to git gud. 

That sounds like fun reading (actually, no it doesn't).
I remember watching someone play through Bloodstained for a bit and hearing her say that she thought she was sequence breaking the game because she got the Aqua Stream early.  I guess she thought it was supposed to drop from a boss.

As soon as I got the Aqua Stream, I just used it to progress and rolled with it as though nothing strange happened.  The spiked corridors where you needed the Aegis plate on the other hand was the part that tripped me up.  It took me a while before realizing I had a thing in the inventory to get past it (the Aegis plate).

[Jazz Paladin Productions]

As soon as I got the Aqua Stream, I just used it to progress and rolled with it as though nothing strange happened.  The spiked corridors where you needed the Aegis plate on the other hand was the part that tripped me up.  It took me a while before realizing I had a thing in the inventory to get past it (the Aegis plate).

Well technically you don’t need the Aegis plate as I discovered the hard way...

[GuyStarwind]

Well technically you don’t need the Aegis plate as I discovered the hard way...

Same. I just had a bunch of potions and struggled through.

[TheTextGuy]

Same. I just had a bunch of potions and struggled through.

That's what I also did originally after much wandering, but I decided to try and figure out if there was another way that didn't involve a crapton of potions, which lead me to finding the Aegis plate sitting in my inventory.  For some reason, I didn't realize it until long after I've wandered laps around the castle.

[VladCT]

https://nichegamer.com/2019/07/25/bloodstained-devs-had-to-beat-the-bosses-taking-no-hits-and-with-only-a-dagger/

Well that's certainly an... interesting way of ensuring boss balance

[Jazz Paladin Productions]

That's what I also did originally after much wandering, but I decided to try and figure out if there was another way that didn't involve a crapton of potions, which lead me to finding the Aegis plate sitting in my inventory.  For some reason, I didn't realize it until long after I've wandered laps around the castle.

Good thing you didn’t sell it

[Gaawa-chan]

https://nichegamer.com/2019/07/25/bloodstained-devs-had-to-beat-the-bosses-taking-no-hits-and-with-only-a-dagger/

Well that's certainly an... interesting way of ensuring boss balance

It kind of reminds me of that interview with the creator of the first Castlevania game who said he wanted the game to be beatable with only the whip, no sub-weapons.

[Aridale]

https://nichegamer.com/2019/07/25/bloodstained-devs-had-to-beat-the-bosses-taking-no-hits-and-with-only-a-dagger/

Well that's certainly an... interesting way of ensuring boss balance

Id like to see them do that to the ng+ money stealing boss...

[Flame]

Anyone else done the iga dlc?

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The way he taunts you in poorly voice acted engrish when he kills you is gold

[Lumi Kløvstad]

Anyone else done the iga dlc?

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The way he taunts you in poorly voice acted engrish when he kills you is gold

I'll have to let him beat me next time. I beat him on my first go. Such a fun boss though!