Topic: The first sign rises with the full moon.

[CastleDan]

yeah I saw the gameplay too, as I must say it look VERY well made, but I think its going to feel... to samey, as I feel its going to play like SOTN, and I  I may be wrong but I can't see this going past 1 game. I may be wrong but that's what I see

How is this a bad thing? Literally one of the main reasons this was being made is because Castlevania went away from IGA's approach. Part of the appeal of Bloodstained was to re-usher in his style of game, which means making a game that plays a lot like his games. Not to mention it's the first time since SOTN where he's made a sidescroller metroidvania on consoles. ( harmony of despair doesn't count)

That's why I spent loads of money on it! :p

Anyways, did anyone hear the ripped tracks from the demo? There was even one of a completely new track which is quite beautiful. ( sounds like it could be orchestrated)

[CastleToastM]

How is this a bad thing? Literally one of the main reasons this was being made is because Castlevania went away from IGA's approach. Part of the appeal of Bloodstained was to re-usher in his style of game, which means making a game that plays a lot like his games.

That's why I spent loads of money on it! :p

I must say, I entirely agree. I really enjoyed the handheld Igavania games, and really want more of that same formula, even if it is just a copy of SoTN.

[CastleDan]

I must say, I entirely agree. I really enjoyed the handheld Igavania games, and really want more of that same formula, even if it is just a copy of SoTN.

and I'd argue that SOTN still hasn't been topped so there's a reason to do it. Obviously some people feel it has been topped but I personally don't. However, with this game it might just do it. It's taking all of the best elements of his different games and putting it in one.

[markyjoe1990]

Hello everyone. MarkyJoe1990 here. I'm pretty sure no one remembers me, but for the few who might, and just need a reminder, I did an Eternal Candle Challenge run in Castlevania IV. The thread of which you can find here: http://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/index.php/topic,4478.0/nowap.html

Anyway, I decided to record footage of Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night, and do commentary on it with my mom. I'm not going into this blind, since I've played the demo a couple times already, but she knows nothing about it. She's a fan of the Castlevania series, so I figure she's a good pick for a "first impressions" person while I play the game with foreknowledge.

Here's the footage, since the youtube embed system doesn't appear to be working.

A couple things I should note is that the video gets choppy at times, and I felt I should have better articulated what I meant about the level design being bland. I feel like the enemies could be positioned in more creative, challenging ways, or that they could be more aggressive. As it is right now, there's a lot of flat hallways with enemies barely able to do anything but wait for you to kill them, y'know?

Of course, I'm aware that this is probably gonna be the first "area" of the game, but even with that said, I can't help but feel like the level design is somewhat underwhelming.

Everything else about the game feels and looks great though. I'm just worried about the quality of the challenge is all.

[Gunlord]

Cool playthrough, markyjoe! I just merged it with this topic as that's where everyone's posting their playthrough vids, commentary on the demos, etc.

[markyjoe1990]

Ahhh. Thank you for letting me know, Gunlord.

[Gunlord]

No prob

[Castle34hk]

Guys I have played the demo now and I am VERY impressed feels like CV game yes it really do and I find two secret rooms too;)

Ohh man next year yess.

[Aceearly1993]

The demo overall was a very satisfied experience for me. Everything was Amazingly polished
The bad point is that the PC system requirement is too high for the ordinary computers that I can have a use of it (I joined the kickstarter event but I only have $40 for free use back to that time so I finally decided to grab other people's demo file on the Internet for a teastment)

[zangetsu468]

After that pre-E3 FFXV demo I think I'm good with not playing game demo's for a while.

I want to be surprised. I'm also getting the PS4 version, no system requirements necessary.

[KaZudra]

The demo overall was a very satisfied experience for me. Everything was Amazingly polished
The bad point is that the PC system requirement is too high for the ordinary computers that I can have a use of it (I joined the kickstarter event but I only have $40 for free use back to that time so I finally decided to grab other people's demo file on the Internet for a teastment)

Note that the requirements are very exaggerated, I suggest booting up that "acquired demo" for compatibility, but any mid-range PC should do.

[Aceearly1993]

Note that the requirements are very exaggerated, I suggest booting up that "acquired demo" for compatibility, but any mid-range PC should do.

Yeah...  but the convert thing between platforms makes me worried about the final result of presentation on console versions since It's not so fluent on some PC s (I donated for psv version choice during kickstarter event and I hope it won't stuck like an old train on psv)

I know the PC system requirements are there but there should be more optional choices of screen/video resolution before entering main game in future PC builds

Anyway I'm interested in performance of any (if possible) future psv builds

[KaZudra]

Yeah...  but the convert thing between platforms makes me worried about the final result of presentation on console versions since It's not so fluent on some PC s (I donated for psv version choice during kickstarter event and I hope it won't stuck like an old train on psv)

I know the PC system requirements are there but there should be more optional choices of screen/video resolution before entering main game in future PC builds

Anyway I'm interested in performance of any (if possible) future psv builds

I wonder if anyone has asked PC specific questions, because I won't be able to play with this machine. but with a few adjustments it could be playable (it doesn't handle unity and unreal well)

[XombieMike]

www.reddit.com/r/Bloodstained/comments/4pk7xt/music_tracks_ripped_from_the_bloodstained_e3_demo/

[TatteredSeraph]

Oohhh, thanks for this, Mike!  Much appreciated.  Will give a proper listen tomorrow once I have more time, but so far sounding very good.