Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon (PC, Xbox One, Switch, 3DS, Vita, PS4)
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I get the feeling this is going to end up like might number 9. A shame because I actually like Castlevania more than mega man. (Thread idea).
Grand Conde
Superstar
Huh? Wrong game breh.
Aren't Bloodstained: Ritual of The Night and Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon spiritual successors to Castlevania, just like Might Number 9 was of Mega Man?
I read this was some sort of spin off or something to that effect of Bloodstained: Ritual of The Night which has yet to come out after all this time.
Apollo Kid
Veteran
Castlevania III back in 2018! 
I got this for free as I am a backer for the main game. Let me preface by saying that the main game so far from previews doesnt look very good. The graphics are very offputting. Plus you gotta wonder about these kickstarter games right?
So I DL'ed this last night with low expectations.
Brehs...Its straight fire. I think maybe if you're a youngin you might not appreciate it, but this game actually made me feel like i was a kid playing NES again. And not just playing some random NES game, but a CLASSIC. The controls are exactly like OG NES titles. The art is actual 8BIT, and its fukking great art, not like those shytty indie games that say they got pixel art but it looks like shyt. This game looks good. The music is great. Even the fukking pause menu looks dope. If you play this you will notice the attention to detail, this is quality. No cut corners.
Gimmick wise, the TMNT switch characters thing works excellently and adds a nice layer of strategy since each character plays differently and has diff stats. All the characters have their own gimmicks, I dont wanna spoil it, just play it. Just know each character has different strengths and its not just a 'who has more health so i can swap them in.'
Difficulty wise the game is very very fair, but has unlockable harder difficulties. The boss battles in particular are really fun. They arent too tough to figure out, and usually require you to hop around between characters, so if one is dead it can make the boss fight way harder. I have only played the first 3 stages mind you so I cant say how the later bosses are, but the first 3 bosses and the first 3 worlds were all really well done and very different from eachother.
I thought this was just gonna be some bullshyt....but this is actually a classic NES castlevania game that we never got.
So I DL'ed this last night with low expectations.
Brehs...Its straight fire. I think maybe if you're a youngin you might not appreciate it, but this game actually made me feel like i was a kid playing NES again. And not just playing some random NES game, but a CLASSIC. The controls are exactly like OG NES titles. The art is actual 8BIT, and its fukking great art, not like those shytty indie games that say they got pixel art but it looks like shyt. This game looks good. The music is great. Even the fukking pause menu looks dope. If you play this you will notice the attention to detail, this is quality. No cut corners.
Gimmick wise, the TMNT switch characters thing works excellently and adds a nice layer of strategy since each character plays differently and has diff stats. All the characters have their own gimmicks, I dont wanna spoil it, just play it. Just know each character has different strengths and its not just a 'who has more health so i can swap them in.'
Difficulty wise the game is very very fair, but has unlockable harder difficulties. The boss battles in particular are really fun. They arent too tough to figure out, and usually require you to hop around between characters, so if one is dead it can make the boss fight way harder. I have only played the first 3 stages mind you so I cant say how the later bosses are, but the first 3 bosses and the first 3 worlds were all really well done and very different from eachother.
I thought this was just gonna be some bullshyt....but this is actually a classic NES castlevania game that we never got.
If this ends up being better than Ritual of the Night 
Just wanna add that this game has more content than you originally expect. After you beat it once you unlock nightmare mode, which adds i think 2 levels and a new final boss, and puts a twist on your party. Then there is a third mode you can unlock which I wont spoil but Im working on that now. But just unlocking this third mode is a whole new game onto itself is all I will say.
Killigraphy
Banned
Not to be confused with Ritual of the Night. Curse of the Moon is an add - on that Iga made once he had enough money to do so. Not bad. If this game came out in the Nintento era, it would've easily been the GOAT.
firemanBk
The Manslayer
Played through this on Switch
Nice throwback to CastleVania III.
It is significantly easier on default difficulty than any of the NES CastleVania titles.
I'm sure the later difficulties are that same fukk you level of difficulty as those games though
Nice throwback to CastleVania III.
It is significantly easier on default difficulty than any of the NES CastleVania titles.
I'm sure the later difficulties are that same fukk you level of difficulty as those games though
A lot of the NES BS isnt in this to make it more fair.
Actually when you beat the game you dont unlock a new difficulty setting, you unlock a new mode called Nightmare. Boss fights are harder in Nightmare, similar patterns but attacks are much harder to dodge, and some bosses can be a lot harder to approach and land a hit on. And
you dont have Zangetsu as a party member
So a little more to update. Theres a third mode thats unlockable by
killing all your homies instead of recruiting them at the end of the first few stages, and beating the game solo Zangetsu
So basically in order to see all the content the game has to offer you gotta play through it 4 times. The content here is legit, though I have no idea what the final unlocked mode is.