BLOODSTAINED: RITUAL OF THE NIGHT aka the Spiritual successor of Symphony of the Night

[SaikyoticAlx]

Following up on this. Those extra missing item slots were a mistake and are meant to be future DLC.

Confirmed by the developers on Steam forums:

I want my platinum

[Sonicabid]

Am I the only one who’s disappointed that the 8-bit game is getting a sequel and not the Metroidvania style Bloodstained? I was hype af initially because I thought it was the Metroidvania title getting a sequel, haha. I’m still hype just not as much.

@TheDoctaMario

Crap I meant whatever that boss is that uses the poker chips. But yeah you don’t really get those keys until later in the game so that makes sense.

I’ve been stuck on the 8-Bit Nightmare too. The enemies in there are pretty strong and then taking on that boss without being able to heal is rough.

That boss hits like a truck. You should get used to him if you want the Platinum though, you need a shard from him+enemies in that level.

[AriesWarlock]

I still haven’t played the game and disabled automatic options before the patch that took away all the OP stuff

@Sonicabid

Am I the only one who’s disappointed that the 8-bit game is getting a sequel and not the Metroidvania style Bloodstained? I was hype af initially because I thought it was the Metroidvania title getting a sequel, haha. I’m still hype just not as much.

I think it’s a safe bet ROTN is getting a sequel, but it’s something that takes time, that they are not going to reveal right away.

[hanzohattori1]

Mad the sequel isn’t coming to the Vita smh

[TheDoctaMario]

What I want to know is, how do you get boss shards after you’ve already killed the boss? Say you’re trying to get platinum, and the boss doesn’t give you the shard, are you basically just screwed until the next play through?

I think it’s safe to say it’s going to be awhile before rotn gets a sequel, but it’s nice that bloodstained is going to keep being a thing.

[Sonicabid]

You can re-visit every boss for their shard if they don’t drop one guaranteed IIRC.

I remember having to farm the boss shard from the Ninja level, and it was annoying as fuck because you had to basically run through the entire ninja level just to get a shot to fight the boss to MAYBE get his shard.

The “hardest” trophy was getting a 100% completion, you needed just about every item in the game for it to unlock. You had to grind $$$$$$$$$$ out the azz, either with the candle trick with certain shards equipped or by killing the Casino slot machine boss a ton of times.

[Radiantsilvergun3]

I’m super stoked for Curse of the Moon 2. We get 2D open world games out the ass these days (not complaining) but we almost never get Classicvania games (slightly complaining.) Curse of the Moon was as good as if not better then CV3, hell it might be Rondo of Blood good (I may be biased here…)

So I can wait on Ritual 2. They just added some new stuff to Ritual 1 and there’s still stuff I want to do in it. They can take their time with Ritual 2 and im sure we are getting one.

Curse 2 looks fuckin dope so i’m all about it.

[Pertho]

@Sonicabid

I remember having to farm the boss shard from the Ninja level,

Which enemy is this? I dont remember any particularly hard to get shard in the Oriental Lab.

[PresidentCamacho]

Carpenter maybe?

I got to Baal with Zangetsu as well, think I’m in the low 30’s level wise. Haven’t picked it back up since my second effort, going to take some patience to learn the patterns well enough.

[TheDoctaMario]

Huh, didn’t know that. If/when I decide to get all the drops & shards I’ll have to try that out.

[TheDoctaMario]

CV3 is pretty godlike especially in the level design department and usually where IGAs games fail. CotM was pretty good in that respect and cotm2 looks like it improves on it a bit, so I’m hoping that’s the case.

[TheDoctaMario]

@PresidentCamacho

Carpenter maybe?

I got to Baal with Zangetsu as well, think I’m in the low 30’s level wise. Haven’t picked it back up since my second effort, going to take some patience to learn the patterns well enough.

I think that’s the only way is learning the patterns. I’m in the 50s and it’s still a rough go, especially since Zangetsu is pretty strong attack wise from the jump, so you can get through most of the game without having to grind levels at all, but it will catch up with you at the end.

Edit: I just waxed 8 bit nightmare, Carpenter, and Gremory and I’d say 50-55 is the sweet spot for late game.

Also, I found out that when you dive kick with Zang, you get 5mp back.

[Radiantsilvergun3]

Yea i thought the level design in Curse 1 was pretty great with good incentive to replay and explore. That’s why I compared it to CV3 and Rondo. Has that great level design that also branches and makes you wanna replay to see what the other routes hold.

[TheDoctaMario]

I thought its design was good, but the branches were largely just alternative ways to get to the end, unlike the CV3 and Rondo. I was hoping they would make more of them than they did.

[PresidentCamacho]

Well, tomorrow’s the day. I plan on sinking my teeth into cotm2 over the weekend. I don’t buy too many games right on release, but I’m pretty confident this will be worth the $15 they’re asking. Would like to see the series continue with the classic cv style entries.

[TheDoctaMario]

I’ll probably put cotm2 on my wishlist. I want to play it but I’m not as hyped about it as I was the first one.

[Stuart_Hayden]

How are you not hype about a Demon slaying Corgi in Magitek Armor?

[TheDoctaMario]

I played the hell out of the first game and I was really hype about it when it came out, so my enthusiasm for this one isn’t as up there.

Besides I’ve still pretty deep into RotN right now. I finally beat Dominique and Bael!

[PresidentCamacho]

Destructoid liked it a lot: https://www.destructoid.com/stories/review-bloodstained-curse-of-the-moon-2-596169.phtml

[TheDoctaMario]

Did you get it, and if so, how is it?