BLOODSTAINED: RITUAL OF THE NIGHT - A Prom Night To Remember

Ok, I know I'm gonna be crucified and be called an uncultured swine (Which I admit is the case since I've never played a single Castlevania game since it was before my time), but am I the only one who hears Miles Edgeworth Investigations' OST in this demo?

I remember SOTN being faster paced than this.

fuck Konami

I LOVE THIS GAME SO MUCH

I really don't like that cell shader style (a la Viewtiful Joe). Actual textures like WoW would've been much better and closer to old school 2D sprite art...

absolutely beautiful I'd buy this for my vita day one

Gonna miss the Castlevania brand name.

"What a polite demo you are!"

Can be a bit irritating to watch. I love Castlevania and it's the simplest things you could have done to fully explain what could be done or what's new in the game but didn't. Then again, most of the skilled people in life don't spend their time doing videos like this. They just play in silence. Another thing. It being midnight has nothing to do with you being vulgar. Damn British and how they talk. I'll ignore anyone's comment anyways so reply.

This is incredible! When can I have it? Oh wait....2018?! CUUUURSE YOU DRACULAAAAA!

...Why does the boss at the end have to have such huge tits? Seriously, it's just...not right. -_-

So this game was made by the Dude who made Castlevania.
That's why it looks like "Symphony of the Night" (which I like) and "Order of Ecclesia" mixed together.

Only played Castlevania SOTN of the "metroidvania" games, but I did play that one to death and still own it.
The 3D castlevania's lack the same charm and magic those old sidescrollers have.

Good to see people try to revive that old classic gameplay again. This looks great even with 3D models.
Would be great if it at least is bigger than Castlevania SOTN.
I'll consider backing this one or buy it at least.

Mighty nr. 9 ended up as an half-assed attempt because the developers had too many wild ideas, hired people not suited for the task and wasted money on an animated series instead of making the actual game better. Hopefully this game won't share the same fate.

Now if only someone would kickstart a Genso-Suikoden like RPG I would be a very happy man. Because Konami certainly screwed that one up. It was a RPG series with a whole lot of potential.

I hope they include cosmetic changes on the character when you change armour/clothing in the final release.

why The enemies die of a blow -.-

To be frank, this turning animation had El Viento on Sega Mega Drive from Telenet years before Castlevania. But you know, nobody played El Viento. Plus, this level is basicaly tribute to Ghost Ship from Rondo of Blood, which is good thing for me, I love Rondo of Blood and is only kinda O.K with Symphony of the Night.

Fuckonami

God I loved Castlevania.

anyone wants to play a new castlevania game play the lecarde chronicles 2 it's amazing

Wow, nice looking demo, the characters look fantastic, even the main character. Although, I think my concern (which is small and won't register on my concern meter [which it hit a 0.1 magnitude]) Would like when you equip armor pieces, like that leather breastplate you found would of shown up on the character. However, it is not needed, just from the demo I went and googled the release date, sigh here is to waiting for 2018. Hopefully, when it comes out, our very own Jim Sterling will be kind enough to let us know in a video? Lol! Would be nice, but just something I will have to listen for and hopefully be able to get on its release date. Maybe pre-order when it becomes available, and that is if it is available for pre-order. Geez, never thought I would think about a pre-order again. Last time I pre-ordered a game was Elder Scrolls Online, but I just wanted the Molag Bal statue, everything else was just icing, and before that SWToR, again because I just wanted Darth Malgus Statue. But other than that, haven't pre-ordered anything for quite a while.

I really hope some of the animation is smoothed out. Doesn't look bad, but needs some polish.

nice game

I loved SOTN and some of the handhelds with the same style, seing the
slash, jump cancel into slash makes me happy! That and the fluid
animations, as a backer i am looking forward to this when it finally
releases in the future!

too bad armour doesn't change when you equip them, you'd think games would evolve these days.

FUCKING AMAZING they are welcome to take all the time they need but not too much time :X

This actually looks much better than I was expecting. Anime character design doesnt even bother me that much. Sparked my interest this did.

like an anime fan on prom night.

how can i get this on steam is it not out yet is it still being worked on someone please tell me!

reminds me of 3 castlevania games, Order of Ecclessia, Aria and Dawn of Sorrow and Symphony of the Night.

It looks more Aria/Dawn of Sorrow meets Order of Ecclesia, than Symphony of the Night, which lacked the soul system. Aria of Sorrow is still one of my favorite later titles, just for how they presented the monster-soul loot as part of the main story.

SotN-style Igavania genre is really fun for how each run gives you different toys from different monsters. Classic pre-SotN Castlevania features tighter, harder, Shovel Knight or Megaman-esque gameplay, but SotN and its Igavania successors never play quite the same twice, what with all the cool loot drops monsters have, from trick swords to tea. Both are quite fun.

If you liked things like Terraria for all the cool toys there were to find from enemies, you will most likely enjoy Bloodstained.

My one quip is that Bloodstained definitely suffers from the lack of clearly mythological monster cameos like Medusa, minotaurs, Cthulhu, and so forth.

If Konami is only concerned with making money, why not make a new Castlevania, cheaply, like a retro throwback to the 8-bit/16-bit era? Sell it for $30 dollars brand new physical copies ($20 digital), and so long as it is on par with the original NES quality games, Konami would sell over 100,000 on the games release,,reaching into the millions, as long as the game is decent. 'Harmony of Despair' is kind of shit.

Wow 2 years later they just finish recording the score for the game...

Can someone make a spiritual successor to Ganbare Goemon? Please? It's been over 10 years since I've had my fix...

want it

Not my cup of tea, but looks far better than Mighty No. 9.

Well I'm getting that game

That character's outfit is so ugly... who draws cloths for these characters!? Like the whole weird asymmetrical crap you see in some jrpgs is so jarring. This game aesthetically looks pretty bland. I don't think the art direction is all that interesting... :/

The speed looks fine to me. And it looks way more polished then mighty number 9. I can tell this is going to be a good game that is worth the money and look forward to seeing where it goes from here.

disappointment of a game, no improvement to mechanics, i love castlevania games especially SOTN but this is just a clone with the same slow movement

Beautiful looking game! Hoping for a physical version on switch

I have a number of questions! First - why monsters do not drop items other than coins? And second - Why dropped items from chests and such doesn't physically appear when you pick them up? Also from what i understand there will be no relics this time as they will be replaced by crystal shards??...thats a step down from sotn in my opinion! No relics in this game is evident from one of the shards providing with "leap mid air" ability (basically double jump!), which means there probably won't be a relic for that at least...kinda a bummer! Relics hunting in sotn was one of the funnest parts about it! Crystal shards just doesn't do it justice for me...Also in sotn there were good chunk of weapons (not all of them though...), that had special attack! Like moon rod, when equipped provided with special powerful attack, that spawned multiple moon shaped energy projectiles thrown at the enemy at the same time dealing massive damage! And what about magic spells, like hellfire attack or soul steal or dark metamorphosis??

Man something wrong about the way they render things in this game. Everything look toyish and the whole atmosphere is not there, unlike in the 8bit Bloodstrain.

ARGGGGHHHHH I want thiiiiiisssss FUUUUUUUUUUCKKK

I am at once both pleased to have found this impressions of the demo and to see it's not out yet so I haven't missed the fun, but also somewhat sad it's not out yet to fulfill the craving watching this game me for Metroidvania style games.

candles candles candles candles candles

I am very happy how this game turned out.

so I'm a visitor from the future and can say the game lived up to the hype

*wishlisted*