Should You Buy Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2? (Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2 Review) 

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I knew the embargo was strict when my sub box suddenly gets reviews from like six different channels at exactly noon. I'm glad this series has been so consistent with its quality. Who needs Castlevania when not-Castlevania has been a hit three times in a row? Now I'm imagining a world where Mighty No. 9 wasn't horribly mismanaged and became the franchise it was set up to be.

Loved Curse of the Moon 1. In some ways, I prefer it to Ritual because it was my first ever Classicvania style and it opened my eyes to the possiy beyond Metroidvania genre Castlevania only. My sister and I are currently playing Curse of the Moon 2. We just finished part 3 (Zangetsu plus the old cast) and we're definitely enjoying it a lot. Some thoughts with spoilers included: The game feels harder but with the same quality of life improvements to make it accessible, so the difficulty is manageable. Still makes me punch a wall when I fall off the dumb Classicvania staircases or something, but that's a given lol New playable characters are great and fun. Hachi is the best new character. Would have liked to use Dominique more since she was my 2nd most used on playthrough 1 (even more than Zangetsu himself). Losing her was annoying given how much I liked her game play. But it meant that I got to use more of the other characters so that's a good balance too. I've heard slight criticism of the repetitive stages and bosses but tbh I don't think it's fair. CotM 1 had 98% the same exact stages on 4 of its own playthrough as well (normal mode, normal mode with Zangetsu only, nightmare mode, ultimate mode). The only difference then was the boss difficulty spike and a few alternate bosses depending on the mode version (Gremory vs Zangetsu) and the Zangetsu power upgrades. Basically the exact same situation as now where you play the same game 4 times or so with a slightly altered roster of characters, boss difficulty, and a few different bosses per mode. To me, 2 improves on 1 because they feel more different between modes. Playing with Zangetsu, Robert, Hachi and/or Dominique is VERY different from Zangetsu, Miriam, Alfred and Gebel. It's practically different game play even if the stage is similar, now you have new rooms available that you didn't before. Plus you have a different final boss similar to 1. Basically, both games suffer this same issue but 2 handles it better by giving radically different rosters each time (with Dominique, without Dominique, with the old cast). Edit: another thing I liked was the little scenes in between stages where you saw the groups interacting together. Very cute scenes that actually show them bonding and give the impression that they really are friends.

It would be kinda cool if the extra episodes included mixed up levels from the 1st game with slightly different layouts and bosses with new patterns. Or something like this. Maybe the 8-bit level in Rotn could have been a stage in CoTM2? We could fight the 8-bit Overlord with 8-bit characters this time haha

I picked it up right when it became available on Xbox One X. I really liked the first game so this one was a no-brainer. And I don't regret it. I still have to beat my first playthrough, but so far I'm really enjoying it. Yes, it can be frustrating at parts when I bugger up the controls, but I just need to git gud. Definite recommend.

Try episode 2 on veteran and tell me again if it's easy.

I know Castlevania games have a lot of backtracking but this usually works differently.

I want to play these games so badly. Bloodstained seems like a series that I would love. I don't think I personally would do 5 play throughs because I'm more of a 1 time player or 2 at most! I love when you do these types of videos because it goes over as much as possible to every detail without ruining anything and getting me hyped about the game.

You don't need to play episode 2 twice of you get the bad ending first. Ex chapter unlocks final chapter. But yeah, I was disappointed by the lack of variance. I was hoping they would at least throw some of the stages from the first Game in or something.

This was very informative and well put together. Sounds like the game's only real problems are in the presentation as it keeps almost the exact structure and mechanics of the original but presents it as being a little more than it actually is. I'm definitely going to grab this, and I'm definitely going to check out and sub to your channel for more informative videos like this.

I can easily see the effort you put into making this video. Nice works!!

Good work as always ya bastard

Good review. I wanted to pick this up for the Vita like I did for the Curse 1 but no dice. I have too many responsibilities these days to put it in a lot of game time at home. I still have to finish Ritual of the Night!! On the go is where it's at for me. Maybe I'll pick it up on sale one day & play it.

It's interesting to me, as I played the first Castlevania, and loved it. (I know, i feel old.) I saw someone playing it today, for Halloween, and was instantly hooked. I'll likely get it tomorrow and enjoy it. Update; it's a great game, I've struggled a bit against the bosses, but Best to play Casual.

To be fair. COTM1 set expectations for 2s level reuse.

Am i mistaken or are you using mostly music from curse of the moon 1 within this review? Hah, so i wasn't mistaken - the soundtrack isn't as great as the one from its predecessor. Also, who is playing in this reviews footage? Can you get someone who actually is able to play decently? Looks like my grandma trying her lucky with playing videogames.

5:54 Must've hurt. I guess you realized you couldn't get the upgrade since Hachi was down.

Lubius is hot! You know that second boss of Bloodstained Curse of The Moon 2

Ill get it next Friday. Loved the first CotM and RotN.

This looks FAR more appealing than BS:ROTN 1. A classic aesthetic with four swap-able characters seems more like the classic NES TMNT than a Castlevania game.

The regional pricing is a joke though. Here in Russia, the game costs more than Doom Eternal. Japanese devs always ask for the highest prices lol. And did we just hear the same music as in the first game? Reused content en masse for a high price, a big nope. Thank you for the early review!

13:05 wait...so what’s the biggest Kickstarter game ever?

This review is so misleading. There were two big mistakes you made while preparing for this review. First of all you played episode 2 on casual. That would make it seem just as easy as episode 1 with “just a few tweaks” as you put it. Second of all, you made it seem like the original eight levels were the only content in the game but you didn’t complete the final episode which includes two awesome levels at the end that aren’t seen in the previous episodes.

Read this as ‘ritual of the night 2’ and got so confused for a few seconds

Yes you should, it's a fucking masterpiece.

I feel Hachi needs a tweak to his controls. I have trouble with the hit and miss nature of his hover...it doesn't always engage and I end up losing him in a pit and have to endure the rest of the stage and boss fight without him. It's annoying because he's...awesome!

Why are you playing on casual mode though? There’s no knock back

This video should have started with "Yes" and then have been 9 minutes and 59 seconds of credits.

Nice casual playthrough

This game is actually great. Buy it!

Reviewer: The game is easy Also reviewer: Playing on Casual mode, not unlocking true final boss. Not unlocking true secret final boss. And I wonder if this person is that good that he got only 1 continue spent at Sarcophagus boss fight on episode 2.

Am I the only one who preferred the first one 100x more than the sequel?? I mean just the music alone.....

Bought it on my ps4 pro. I own all da Vania games including these bloodstained games. This game starts good like com 1 but takes a wtf turn with the put your spaceship together n game becomes a shooter game. I was like gtfo! Are we playing a platform Vania game or R-type game. Is game decisions like these that ruin your experience. Wish I waited for flash sale price.

more like curse of the moon poo lmaoooooo

These games are way too hard for me lol

How much do you make a year reviewing games?