Have you heard about Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night? Koji Igarashi, the ex-producer of the Castlevania games was raising money on Kickstarter to make the spiritual successor to the Castlevania series. One of the milestones was the retro-styled prequel to the game. It was released a few days ago. I don't know if the Ritual of Night will be good or not, but Curse of the Moon is very good game and a great tribute to the classic Castlevania NES trilogy.
To be fair, the kickstarter as of how I saw it a while ago seemed like a very bland and lifeless game with a confused art style. If the game turns out half decent, will you do a no damage run of the bosses?
I have to say the Zangetsu boss fight has to be the best one I've seen in these kinds of games. The fact that the 3 characters had to work together to beat him was a truly awesome detail.
Yeah, his 3 comrades desperately trying to save him, yet could only save his soul. Zangetsu is by far my favourite character! Can't wait to play him in RotN
That last boss moment where all 3 characters did their thing all at once is very cool. Also dayum didnt expect Inti Creates there, i've always loved them ever since Megaman Zero and Gunvolt, i hope their next project will do well.
Now THIS is a proper spiritual successor to Castlevania, and by a former producer of Castlevania games, nonetheless! Koji Igarashi does know what he is doing. Those suicide attacks from the bosses are truly cool, flashy, and properly dangerous for the unprepared. And that "True Final Boss", where the three characters team up to defeat... priceless. Cherry of the cake: that image ala-megaman in the end with the futuristic city... way to promise a sequel, Koji! Inti Creates, you rock!
I like how it realy point back to the real old school games like shovel knight did. While still keeping the gameplay smooth so it can compete with modern looking games.
Interesting game, very castlevania-like indeed. Also like the neat detail that the bosses do a suicide rush or kill themselves instead of you actually finishing them off.
Quick couple of questions: do you get a special bonus if you do not get hit by the last attempt suicide rush from the boss?...& do you get penalized for getting hit by the last attempt suicide rush? Thanks in advance.
The final battle having everyone help each other out to survive us really cool looking. It didn't look particularly difficult, but the concept and execution was super well done.
0:01 vs 21:12 - I love the detail that the song played while fighting corrupted Zangetsu is a variation of the beginning theme playing on Zangetsu’s motive.
The desperation attack, probably inspired by Castlevania Dracula X and Rondo of Blood (as well as Dracula X chronicles but that's a Rondo of Blood Remake)
Since it looks like you don't know, Zangetsu has an extra ability in Ultimate mode, he can charge his slash to do a giant slash. Just press and hold the attack button and he will start glowing.
Of all the good things in this game, the boss battles were the crowning achievement. They felt so good to fight and satisfying to beat, especially with those Rondo of Blood style last-ditch moves.
I'm only watching this after completing Ultimate mode myself. I wanted to come up with my own original strategies for fighting bosses, so it's fun to see someone who did something COMPLETELY different than what I did, but both methods still worked.
I figured out a hidden combo attack. Throw the spinning scythe and then freeze it when it is touching the boss using the alchemist and it deals A TON of damage against the bosses
in the facebook page of bloodstained i think. i can't remember them, just that the train thing boss is called "Glutton Train" and the mad hatter wannabe dude is called "Valefor"
This is just a little add on, but it's creative and stylistic enough to stand on it's own. That's damn impressive. By the way it's the gold man boss that made me say this.
When I played this game for the first time, I knew I was up for a challenge and a treat. This game was incredibly fun and I still can't get over how funny/ridiculous I was when I went up against Bathin. I was really weird but I managed to make it. XDDD Bloodless was absolutely difficult along with Gremory. Yet, overall, the game was amazing! It was so much fun!
love how the last boss is a mix of the grim reaper and prototype universe, hmm maybe carnage from marvel, but seems more like alexs style from prototype, forgot the second games guys name lol tho zangetsu is a good choice, since it was I believe the name of odins sword in final fantasy, which could equal or surpass sephiroths masamune, even in real life I think the sword masamune is a good legend tho I think it was the smiths name, but yea matches grim reapers touch, instant cut/death. idk if zangetsu is a actual legend I have never checked im guessing very famous, if it is a actual legend.
Why do you rarely use the Vampire character? He basically deals large damage because it's a shotgun, so you can beat bosses pretty easily. And despite he can turn into a bat, you can escape dangers easily, but nooo, you mostly use the whip girl or Zangetzu instead
A little late, but I think I get now why castles are always a thing in the Castlevania games, they all look like clawed hands reaching up from out of hell towards the earth! XD
You must kill the allies instead of recruting them so zangetsu gets new abilities, like the double jump, so why are the allies still with him? Because hes playing ultimate mode, which lets zangetsu have all his special abilities from the beginning and an extra one while still being able to recruit the other characters
Sooooo, What does the mage do in normal gameplay (is he named Alfred or Gebel?, to me he sounds like Alfred), i'm guessing he's not really god in boss fights if you didn't used him that much?
curseofthemoon.com/en/characters/ His melee attack is not good for fighting, his spells, however, are very powerful, and would make boss battles a lot easier.
So I am part of the Kickstarter (twice actually, I donated again to get a second copy and a name in the credits for someone's birthday). Any idea when exactly I'm supposed to receive my digital copies of this? Haven't gotten an email or anything yet
How so? It looks like Zangetsu is reborn in the far future, most likely because the demons have returned once more. Is this his chance for redemption? Can't wait to find out in CotM 2
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