well its messed up. its not like americans and europeans are all proud of their people and the evil and wretched side of their history/cultures, but most dont run away from scenarios that closely resemble their land and people. they focus on the fun escapism aspects of the game.
yea with Japan is can be more sensitive, but the more they run away from resemblances, the more they undermine the beauty and positive side of their people and land at its realistic essence. otherwise, what other country is going to represent Japan's people and land as realistically and maturely as it is? what other country of developers is going to glorify the real representation of Japanese and its wonderful people and country? when all regions are making games that glorify america/europe/caucasians mostly, that really oversaturates the market. then they cultivate problems of acceptance of asians as lead characters in games and asian civilizations in general (which are still too rare in games, meanwhile some Japan companies wasted millions for generations making games that pander to westerners like american influenced Metal Gear Solid and american dominant Resident Evil. where are the AAA games that glorify realistic Japanese characters in Japan? well yea Sure there is Shin Megami Tensei, but thats always been so presented as anime. that's why I respect and support even sim games like Disaster Report 4, at least it has more Japan authentic representation and feature more realistic male and female japanese people to play as in a more immersive Japanese world)
but aside from that, people shouldnt think I want Bloodstained to be Japanese themed, of course not, even if it wasnt an IGAvania, I respect its art direction and the part of the world and races it encompasses. :)anyways this side subject was partially related to the whole marketing side of things, which brought up Sony, and then things that have been neglected and related subjects came up after that.
though still back to Bloodstained ROTN, I can see where all the rants and nitpicking is going,
and people have to be aware there are A LOT of twisted people that want Bloodstained ROTN to flop.
overcriticizing and bashing it is what the haters would want. ROTN doesnt seem to be getting the mainstream media backing, so the fanbase would undermine its reception being so harsh towards it.
theres really low probably it would turn out bad, and even IGA's weakest IGAvanias, LOI and COD, are overall solid games.
ROTN is definitely gonna surpass SOTN, Circle of the Moon, Aria of Sorrow, Dawn of Sorrow, Portrait of Ruin, Order of Ecclesia, etc. etc.
anyone that likes COTM could like ROTN even more. IGAvanias have more depth and substance than classic Castlevania type games.
the IGAvania fanbase shouldn't overcriticize ROTN like the toxic Dynasty Warriors fanbase did towards DW9 (which really is better than the conservatives care to see. even for the first time ever, Koei cared to add Chinese voiceovers, alongside English, Japanese, etc.
and those ingrates whine about clone weapons, whine about open world, ignore the superior story presentation, the superior more flexible combat system that is less dial a combo and more pick your move, and dont care to look at all the great things. and now they are already bashing Warriors Orochi 4 for being 'more of the same old school musou").
yea ROTN could get polish but there are fans fine with how it looks and would play full game with how it looks now.