Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2 - Easy Allies Review 

That dragon design is unbelievably cool

Having actually played this game I guarantee you will have a good time playing this if you’re into classic style games :)

There hasn't been a peep about Castlevania, AND the only latest Castlevania (The mobile one, something Grimoire), didn't even arrive officially to the US before it was discontinued.

I’m sold. My dad played the 1st Curse of the Moon before me, and enjoyed it immensely, so we will definitely be diving into this one’s coop.

There's a Curse of the Moon 2?!?

Best fucking reviews in the game. I didn't even KNOW there was a Bloodstained 2 until I saw this in my sub box. Looks like a really fun time to be honest, even if you have to play through the game multiple times. I think the thinking for devs when they do this is that they've created a fun enough system of combat and by tweaking it in significant ways, going through the same areas gives you the familiarity you need to feel smart and strong but the new mechanics presented gives you a new reason to push through and change how you played it through the first time. Tying the story to it can be kind of lame or diminish the experience, but I feel like with these games the story usually isn't spectacular or mind blowing anyways so I assume the devs know this and were hoping that wasn't the main reason you're going through, but giving you more and making it seem like the "real" ending would just be another reason to go through it. Either way this game seems like a super solid effort and like a lot of fun to play, excited to see if my younger brother or sister (maybe both) will be interested to play this with me.

Brandon, you sir are still a beast. Loving this franchise! Lots of love from the Bushiroad USA office.

Wait, it's out already?! Didn't this get announced like a couple weeks ago

Great review to a great game. Just as an example to those that like physical copies (like myself), I finally got my copy for the Switch this week from Limited Run Games~ well over a year after this review was posted. But, it was well worth the wait to me to have this in-hand rather than only digital. Bring on Curse of the Moon 3!

When you get a damn dog in a Mech suit I about fell out laughing. This game is a lot of fun. I like the multiple endings and unlocking different campaigns and story arcs. Haven’t beaten it yet though.lol

"By no means". Definitely a Ben Moore script.

yo uhh is this brandon from game trailers?

Pretty exciting this sequel happened. I'll be waiting a few months for the physical edition but imkeen to play it eventually!

I'm all for more Curse of the Moon!! :)

I forgot this came out. Is it crazy that I enjoy curse of the moon 1&2 more than I enjoyed Ritual of the night?

Co-op sounds amazing. Definitely getting this.

Great review as always this game looks really cool ill have to get it!

I am playing ritual of the night right now and I love it so far. Great game. Would love to see a sequel with maybe a little bit more budget. I mean it looks great, but it could be better :)

I think I'll probably pick this up if I see if go on sale on the Switch eShop.

Nice review and edit, boys.

The "padding" arguably happened with the first game as well with regards to how certain endings basically required replaying the entire game a second time. Not entirely certain that's what we're talking about here, but it sounds quite similar. That isn't even taking into account the various number of endings the game had in general. Still, it was a fun enough game and short enough that having specific clear conditions to open up "new episodes" felt reasonable. Deaths from falling have been pretty awkwardly punishing in it's "old school" kind of way since it simply killed off that specific character and sent you back to the start of the section. I recall finding myself in more than one jumping or timing critical section just to repeatedly lose 1-2 characters and have to restart the run numerous times. Still, a satisfying experience and I'm looking forward to the sequel delivering a similar experience.

Just what i wanted to hear. they took what they did in the first game and made it even better! Looking forward to snagging this sequel.

I went to the end expecting a Bad/Fair/Good rating

ben moore is the goat

We're gettign down with Corgi Party!!!

The replaying of the whole game to get the true ending is a homage to the ghouls & ghosts game.

I literally found out there is a sequel a few hours ago...I purchased immediately lol

I will say though the fourth playthrough, where you choose between the 7 stages ala Mega Man to gather allies and discover all the upgrades, along with the ridiculous premise of going to the moon (complete with a shmup level) was worth the repetition imo.

Definitely check out if you haven't yet, I'm playing it with my friend over remote play and we're having a blast despite the fact they definitely upped the bullshit factor like traps and medusa head numbers. COTM1 is imo the superior game over Ritual and I'm happy classicvania fans get something too in 2020

IS that...IS THAT THE GAME TRAILERS VOICE?! I haven't heard that voice in YEARS.

I heard some digital artifacting in the VO, was slightly distracting with headphones.

This game looks great!

i hope curse of the moon 2 is a hint that ritual of the night 2 is in development. I am curious what robert and the corgy are like in the ritual of the night continuity

Lol my limited run copy just came in, it took so long I forgot about it completely. Here I am

Only if this game was available for my snes when i was a child 😅

so... i see this is the same as the first game that makes me happy

There can be 50 of those and I'll buy and beat all of them. Both of the games are so good I would still easily pay 60$ for each if they were that expensive.

"You need a sound plan tu survive" *Activates invincibility and clusterfucks the boss*

Anyone else finding this MUCH harder the first one?

0:07 coming in hot like arcade or genesis Strider

Which Bloodstained installment you recommend for a start? Curse of the Moon 1 or 2, or Ritual of Blood?

wish it was on 3ds too, like the first one...

Your writing and voice is second to none 😚

You guys really should have went into how the chapters works. You briefly went over it, but gamexaplain does a much better job at helping you understand why you have to replay 4-5 times and how you can make it a bit easier on yourself

Bloodstained is basically the new Castlevania, since Konami have decided to focus their attention on pachinko machines. If we do see a new Castlevania, it will probably be made under contract by a third party developer.

How does the difficulty of this compare to shovel knight? Only thing I've played that can compare but it looks like a lot of fun.

Watching this in 4K cuz why not?

I would not be surprised to see a Bloodstained II announced later in the year. Also, #fuckonami

This is why i miss wai wai world

Isn't this dude from Game Trailers?

Wait, so you can play as the characters from Bloodstained 1? I guess I have less incentive to get the first game and just get this one instead, still, fucking amazing either way

Curse of the moon was a much better game than ritual of the night

Easy allies review are back and once again another 8.....damn.

I don't think the difficulty is anywhere near as balance to this time around

Ah, a proper game worthy of my money.

Technically Konami did recently release a new Castlevania game: Grimoire of Souls. However it's a mobile game, only barely got released outside of Japan (not in America though; only Canada) and was recently announced to be shutting down in September after only a year in action. Which is pretty pathetic. Once again, Konami proves that they are the literal fucking worst. #FucKonami.

Don't let this review distract you from how EZA was paid off into giving TLOU2 a near-perfect score.

Sounds like it deserved a 9/10 tbh. But good review otherwise.

I've never played the first Curse of the Moon. Maybe I'll try these games later, unfortunately I highly disliked Ritual of the Night. That weird feeling when you just can't get why a game is so highly praised when one just can't get much fun out of it. And I'm a big fan of SotN.

Is that peanutbuttergamer ?

You left out a couple of details you talked about 4 playable characters they're not for playable characters there are seven playable characters because three of the characters from the first game return in the second game if you get the bad ending you can unlock 3 returning characters from the first game you dummy Soldier 7 characters in the game you forgot to mention you can also play in this game as Miriam and Alfred and Gubal from the first game and you also forgot to mention one other thing about bloodstained curse of the Moon 2 you forgot to mention one part of the story that would have been nice for people to know like how many years it is after the first game story-wise and I have both games except for the character you starting off with doesn't end up killing the other characters that's the only change they made and no local two-player is not a welcome addition it is a mistake a multiplayer option in the game would have made more sense if it was an online two-player game not useless local 2p is always a bad idea in this day and age you have a better chance of getting a two player game or more with the internet than you do in person two-player local only worked back in the 80s and 90s in dumb dumb in this day needs the most chance you have of getting a two-player experience is through the internet online stupid easy game Ally stop thinking local two-player is a good idea it is a bad idea in this day and age in this day and age you have more of a chance of getting a multiplayer option through the internet less chance locally practically zero chance of getting a local multiplayer option even in the Warriors series 2-player local is a bad idea Tecmo Warriors series would be better with a multiplayer up to 4 players online would be a better idea cuz you have a better chance of getting a multiplayer function work with the internet and less chance in person so a local multiplayer option is a bad idea in this day and age local multiplayer option only worked back in the eighties and nineties what was more possible but in this day and age you need a multiplayer online option you have more of a chance of getting more two players or more with the internet than you do in person the multiplayer local option is a dinosaur option it is a 90s and 80s idea past its prime it is time to ditch the local game player option can stick with a multiplayer online option instead and no more local because it is an old idea that doesn't work since the 80s and 90s very well online multiplayer is more of a chance of getting another person to play the game with much higher chance through the internet multiplayer is more of a higher chance of being of the play the game with somebody local is practically a waste of time because that option local only worked back in the days of the 80's and 90's nowadays you have less of a chance of finding anybody to play in person anymore and most relatives don't play those games all that much you have more of a chance of playing somebody through the internet multiplayer than in person

So sad to me that Castlevania fans must love this series because Konami hates anything good. I feel bad for ya, I really do...

The game is not even out and this guy made a review from a trailer?...

Blasphemous is a better Castlevania style game.

Loved the first game. Sadly, gonna pass on this due to the mechanical suit-character.

Are you high? This review contains too many spoilers

I wish i never watched this! You spoiled everything..smh

This game sucks hard. Just total retro trash

Shitty graphics. I gave it 1/10