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KickStarter Bloodstained - Koji Igarashi's new metroidvania game

Invictus

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Looks to be exactly what fans wanted and what was promised; a spiritual successor to the Symphony of the Night game play; the music, level design, monsters... hell even the inventory screen scream Castlevania
Maybe the last on the Kickstarter games which will definitely live up to their pedigree and potential
Really looking forward to release
 

Damned Registrations

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Not really. That depends on how much life you have and how easy it is to get it back, how long the level is, how difficult the platforming is... knockback when getting hit is just a small part of the mechanics honestly.
 

Kruno

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WOW! That player sucks really hard. I hope the game has a super hard mode because the enemies take forever to act/react, and the game will be a cake walk if it doesn't have a super hard mode.
 

Curratum

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Looks pretty disappointing to me. Graphics are abysmal, considering it runs on UE4, level design is bland, decoration is poor, enemies are low poly. It just looks so... bland.
 

Invictus

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I really like this game; the developers understood perfectly fans only wanted an updated (as in using current technology and graphics) Symphony of the Night style game and so far it looks fantastic. I really hope they nail it because it might be the best Castlevania game we’ve seen in almost 20 years
 

Tehdagah

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I really like this game; the developers understood perfectly fans only wanted an updated (as in using current technology and graphics) Symphony of the Night style game and so far it looks fantastic. I really hope they nail it because it might be the best Castlevania game we’ve seen in almost 20 years
Fans were a mistake. The Metroidvania genre evolved a lot since SOTN.

They should've released a video showing the improvements in mechanics, level design and enemy design.
 

deuxhero

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Really have to wonder what the team behind this will do after release+month or two of patches. This isn't really a genre that sceams expansion friendly. Only thing that comes to mind is a new map as a "second quest" (like Zelda I had), but at that point you might as well make a sequel.

If the game is good I could see Nintendo hiring them to make a 2D Metroid (since we know Prime 4 won't be out anytime soon). That's pretty much a pipe dream though.
 

glass blackbird

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I really like this game; the developers understood perfectly fans only wanted an updated (as in using current technology and graphics) Symphony of the Night style game and so far it looks fantastic. I really hope they nail it because it might be the best Castlevania game we’ve seen in almost 20 years
Fans were a mistake. The Metroidvania genre evolved a lot since SOTN.

They should've released a video showing the improvements in mechanics, level design and enemy design.
providing what the fans wanted when they funded the project is the best possible outcome. underworld ascendant changed a lot of stuff and sucked ass.
 

LESS T_T

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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iga/bloodstained-ritual-of-the-night/posts/2515461

Preorder update and launch information

Hey everybody, Roberto (Angel-Corlux) from 505 here. Preorders for Bloodstained are live! (Different platforms at different times.) The base price for the game is $39.99, and we have a lot more to announce…

First, the official Bloodstained website is live here! You can visit the site to preorder, check out all the trailers and screenshots we’ve released, sign up for our newsletter, and more. Feel free to link people to this site if they ever ask “what’s Bloodstained?” or similar questions.

Important: All Kickstarter order addresses will be locked in and FINAL on Friday, May 31, 2019 @ 11:59pm US PT. If you need to change your delivery address, please do so now. Once the deadline passes we won’t be able to change any addresses, no exceptions! (If you no longer have your survey link, you can have it resent to you.) Soon you'll be receiving an email asking you to confirm or update your address: Please confirm it, even if your address is already correct, to ensure you receive your game as soon as possible.

We’re working very hard to make sure that everyone will receive their physical and digital game copies on launch day for their respective platform; we’ll of course be updating everyone as soon as we’re able to confirm this. All the backer rewards aside from the physical copies of the game will arrive later in a single shipment; we're doing it this way to reduce the chances of anything interfering with our goal of the backers getting their games at launch.

Also, there will be a delay for the Amano poster backer reward. It’s still happening and coming your way, Amano-san has just been exceedingly busy, and when faced with a choice between having someone else do the art so the reward would come on time or having Amano make it, even if it comes a little late, I chose the latter. Hopefully you all agree we made the right choice, but we apologize for the delay nonetheless. :) Will communicate more about this as soon as we can.

Speaking of backer rewards…stretch goals! Stretch goals will be coming after the game launches and will be free content updates for everyone who owns the game, not just backers. We are currently on track to update the game on day one with Boss Rush and Speedrun mode, as well as the Pure Miriam outfit.

Here’s a list of all the extra content coming later. No content has been cut from the stretch goals, so if you think anything is missing call it out and I’ll confirm / clarify. (There’s a lot to keep track of! ; _ ; )
  • Two additional playable characters
  • Local and online multiplayer for certain co-op and vs. modes
  • Roguelike mode
  • Chaos mode
  • Classic mode
  • Boss Revenge mode
Stay tuned for trailers and announcements of when this content will be launching!

As many of you will remember, we also asked the community a while back if they were against us making the ‘backer exclusive’ content (Iga Boss and Swordwhip) available to all players in some fashion. Almost 30,000 of you replied and the overwhelming response was that in general you were ok with it, and the most popular option was to sell it at a price that would respect the purchase the backers originally made.

To that end we’re announcing the “Iga’s Back Pack” DLC for $9.99, launching on June 18, 2019 for PS4, XB1 and PC, June 25, 2019 for Switch. Players who purchase this DLC will be able to fight the game’s creator, Koji Igarashi himself, and earn the powerful Swordwhip weapon by defeating him.

To try and be as transparent as possible, making this content available to everyone wasn’t just about making money. I mean obviously that’s a part of it, but the chief things I was considering was making sure everyone had a safe and legitimate way to get the full game experience no matter when they find out about Bloodstained, whether that’s 5 months ago or 5 years from now, and that we were being respectful of the price backers originally paid (hence the DLC pricing).

As someone who’s pirated games because of bull**** anti-consumer practices, or as a demo to try and then buy (something largely made obsolete by modern refund systems), I wanted to eliminate as many reasons to pirate Bloodstained as possible. All of the above = the “Iga’s Back Pack” DLC. Hope that makes sense. I understand that not everyone will be 100% happy with this decision, but hopefully this helps in understanding the reasoning behind it. And of course all backers entitled to this content will receive the DLC for free.

And finally, it was recently revealed that certain retailers would be giving away a Bloodstained FuturePak steel case for preorders of the game while supplies lasted. I’m happy to announce that we will be selling 800 stand-alone FuturePak steel cases for $14.99 exclusively to backers.

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These cases feature a glossy metal renditioning of Mana Ikeda’s fantastic box art for the game, and an internal hinge so when fully opened the case creates a flat surface to display the art. The cases hold game discs and Switch cartridges. We’ll be sure to announce exactly when these will go on sale, so stay tuned!

That’s it for today everyone, as always, thank you for all your incredible support, this community is one of the most amazing I’ve ever seen. Come talk to us on Discord, we actually reply! And listen! It’s crazy, I know! :P Talk to you soon…

Roberto Piraino

“Angel-Corlux”

Global Brand Manager

505 Games

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IGA here. The preorder for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has finally begun.

Finally...Finally, we are here.

This project was a series of many challenges.

Even though we are doing things the usual way, I have come to realize that it's full of hardships when the environment changes. However, the countdown to the game's release has begun.

To all backers: Please recommend Bloodstained to your friends who have not heard of it yet!

Our journey is not over yet, so we will continue to work our best!

こんにちは、IGAです。

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Nightのプレオーダー始まりました。

やっと…。

やっと、ここまでたどり着きました。

今回のプロジェクトは苦難の連続でした。

今まで通りにやるというのも、環境が変わるとなかなか大変なのがわかりました。

しかしながら、ついに発売までカウントダウンが始まったのです。

バッカーの皆さんは、まだ遊んだことのない友人たちに、薦めてください!

さぁ、まだまだ、頑張るぞ!
 

Silentstorm

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To be fair, if i held up every game to only one or two examples, i wouldn't play games and just speedrun the true masterpieces.

Same goes for books, movies or what have you, why experience anything else when you can just repeat the same experience 3000 times!

Okay, fine, the game may end up lacking what Hollow Knight has, particularly at the start since it won't have all the content planned for it, but as long as the game is fun and engaging enough it makes me want to play more of it, i will be fine, never really understood people who refuse to play metroidvanias if they aren't as good or as completely amazing as Symphony Of The Night, Super Metroid or Hollow Knight.

You still like the genre, there are still other good games in the genre, lots of people put tons of work into metroidvanias, and it feels kinda sad when a great game is dismissed just because someone insists that only the true masterpieces have anything of worth in them.
 

RoSoDude

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Bruh, Igarashi's games are masterpieces in the genre by default. I have blind trust in almost zero developers, but I will D1P for Iga. I CHOOSE TO HAVE FAITH.

:d1p:
Seriously, we haven't had a proper Igavania in over 10 years. I can't fathom faulting Bloodstained for avoiding a pissing match with a Metroidvania that has its own unique gameplay and presentation. There's plenty of room for a pop-gothic horror themed action jRPG hybrid in the genre too. SOTN was glorious and Iga only ever gave us incline from there. I for one am pumped for this shit to drop.
 

LESS T_T

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KILL
EVERY
LAST
DEMON

Zangetsu's vengeance against the demons of hell is a raging inferno that knows no peace. Play as the demon hunter samurai in Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, FREE after launch!

Zangetsu is brought to life by the awesome voice talents of David Hayter, (Snake - Metal Gear series) and brings new ways to play, explore and experience the story of Bloodstained.

Equip the deadly Zangetsuto katana and ravage your enemies with devastating elemental talisman magic. Traverse the impossible with his chain hook and discover all the secrets that await in Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night; launching June 18, 2019 on PC, PS4, XB1 and June 25, 2019 on Switch!
 

Perkel

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Looks legit now. The biggest change is in animations and how snappy they are. SOTN numbers are pretty nice wing to fans.
Hope it fucking sells. I would love for proper metroidvania to be reborn. Spend shitload of time playing kojivania games on 3DS and even later ones were pretty amazing like Aria of Sorrow (which had even better music than SOTN)
 

Silentstorm

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What is a proper metroidvania anyways?

It's technically not a Castlevania game, nor is it Metroid, and there are many metroidvania games that have been released these past few years, some of which got popular and beloved like Hollow Knight or the La-Mulana games, so i don't understand the proper metroidvania thing.
 

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