Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night, kickstarter -

[Anchuent Christory]

A new project from Castlevania legend Koji Igarashi, Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night is the Castlevania game Konami doesn't want to give us.

Also featuring music from Michiru Yamane, responsible for Castlevania: Symphony of the night amongst other great soundtracks.
Oh, and one of the stretch goals is David Hayter

There isn't much to go on at the moment.only some concept art and a couple of (awesome) tunes, but I'll definitely be keeping an eye on this one.

Thoughts?

 

[Olhelm]

I'll be honest. If this goes the same direction Castlevania went, I probably won't like it.

That character design, for example. Pretty overdesigned and painful to look at, personally.

As long as they don't ruin it like Judgement, I'll probably try it out.

 

[Olhelm]

I'd like to point out, even if it's a bit off-topic, how runaway the term "gothic" has become.

For example, this is gothic art:

The points of focus in gothic art is contrasting shades between light and dark with the purpose of bringing facial expressions into greater clarity. It showed men and women as they are, as weak beings opposing the force of unrelenting darkness. In this piece, a savior arrives in the form of light, bringing luminescence against the shade.

This is "gothic" art, according to Konami:

The focus is on a single character, with no deep shades or luminescence. The character is a glamorous non-human with thorns and wings and a gold belt because why not. Everything is leather. There is no ambiance. There is nothing "gothic" here.

Sorry, sperg rant over.

 

[Cubanodun]

As long as they don't ruin it like Judgement, I'll probably try it out.

is a metroidvania like Symphony of the night, one of the rewards is huge map of all the castle

That character design, for example.

is pretty much the style that was present in SOTN and the other games that came after, that was until that damned fighting game, then everything was downhill after lord of the shadows

actually when i see the first concept arts it reminded of Odin Sphere, Iga already said that the game will be a in 2.5d, i hope it will be like Vanillaware games

sadly for currency problems in my country i cant donate, i wanted to pay 30 bucks, there has no been a good metroidvania in a while

Edit: funded in least that 4 hours amazing

edit2: Iga is going to play some games, Shadow Complex, Axiom Verge and Shovel Knight on twitch

 

[Randam Hajile]

Hope this one doesn't turn into another Mighty No. 9

The stream is up if anyone is interested

 

[KingGeedorah]

Circle of the Moon was the last Castlevania game that I really enjoyed. The other GBA games were also pretty dank.

I got halfway through Lord of Shadow and had to stop because it was just really boring.

 

[Hat]

I actually like the look of this. If they do everything correctly, this could very well be another Symphony of the Night, which would be nice considering that even with all the handheld games that have followed its formula, none of them really compare. I also like that they're continuing in the tradition of sub-par voice-acting by hiring David Hayter.

As a bit of an off-topic aside, am I the only person who actually enjoyed the Lords of Shadow games?

 

[KingGeedorah]

I actually like the look of this. If they do everything correctly, this could very well be another Symphony of the Night, which would be nice considering that even with all the handheld games that have followed its formula, none of them really compare. I also like that they're continuing in the tradition of sub-par voice-acting by hiring David Hayter.

As a bit of an off-topic aside, am I the only person who actually enjoyed the Lords of Shadow games?

I just got sick of every boss fight coming down to QTE's instead of you know, remembering it's attack pattern and dodging. It's a personal gripe, but it just felt more like a God of War clone then a true Castlevania game.

 

[John Titor]

I wish I had $10,000.

 

[Anchuent Christory]

is a metroidvania like Symphony of the night, one of the rewards is huge map of all the castle

Yeah, "Metroidvania" has become the unofficial term for "exploration based, collect items to reach previously inaccessible areas, 2d plane presentation" games. Some argue that the term applies only to games in the genre that have rpg elements such as leveling up and loot.

Also, it's almost three times higher than it's initial target already, the thirst is real!

 

[Cubanodun]

Yeah, "Metroidvania" has become the unofficial term for "exploration based, collect items to reach previously inaccessible areas, 2d plane presentation" games. Some argue that the term applies only to games in the genre that have rpg elements such as leveling up and loot.

Also, it's almost three times higher than it's initial target already, the thirst is real!

lets blame Lord of shadow 2, the 1 was so-so but the 2 was really boring, i mean when you have the Mist power everything is freaking easy, and the DLC doesnt add anything to the history, Ironically the 3ds game was something like a metroidvania but it was boring as hell, Konami for some reason believe it that "because those crappy games failed no one is interesed in more castlevania", sadly the fans has spoken and poured almost 1.500.000 bucks in igarashi

for some reason one of the most asked port is the Wii U one, and obviously for what, so you can see the map, items and everything else on the gamepad on the fly, and also they are want ayami kojima in the bandwagon, she was the one who made for several castlevania games, sadly igarashi said that she is busy with other projects, a shame

in a interview igarashi said that he is aiming for graphics like Guilty Gear Xrd, i dont know if the unreal engine can do that

 

[Anchuent Christory]

in a interview igarashi said that he is aiming for graphics like Guilty Gear Xrd, i dont know if the unreal engine can do that

Guilty Xrd is actually on Unreal Engine 3. In the Q&A section of the Kickstarter there's a question regarding the concept art in comparison to the final product and it mentions that it will take a while to develop the custom shaders.

 

[Whatisgoingon]

I scrolled down the page a bit, and low and behold, the team/company that is behind PR and backer rewards is FanGamer, and it says that they were the ones behind the "amazing" PR of Mighty No. 9. Yeah, I'm really hesitant to back this knowing that now.

 

[MiloWuCollusion]

lets blame Lord of shadow 2, the 1 was so-so but the 2 was really boring, i mean when you have the Mist power everything is freaking easy, and the DLC doesnt add anything to the history, Ironically the 3ds game was something like a metroidvania but it was boring as hell, Konami for some reason believe it that "because those crappy games failed no one is interesed in more castlevania", sadly the fans has spoken and poured almost 1.500.000 bucks in igarashi

for some reason one of the most asked port is the Wii U one, and obviously for what, so you can see the map, items and everything else on the gamepad on the fly, and also they are want ayami kojima in the bandwagon, she was the one who made for several castlevania games, sadly igarashi said that she is busy with other projects, a shame

in a interview igarashi said that he is aiming for graphics like Guilty Gear Xrd, i dont know if the unreal engine can do that

Dude... GGxrd is an Unreal Engine game

 

[autism420]

I won't donate to the Kickstarter, but if this is as good or almost as good as SOTN then I will be buying it for sure. Shame that it won't be on Wii U though.

 

[Cubanodun]

Guilty Xrd is actually on Unreal Engine 3. In the Q&A section of the Kickstarter there's a question regarding the concept art in comparison to the final product and it mentions that it will take a while to develop the custom shaders.

Dude... GGxrd is an Unreal Engine game

i see, well im not into fighting games, i dont even have a console, i have only see some gameplay but thats it

I scrolled down the page a bit, and low and behold, the team/company that is behind PR and backer rewards is FanGamer, and it says that they were the ones behind the "amazing" PR of Mighty No. 9. Yeah, I'm really hesitant to back this knowing that now.

as long as there is no SJW wannabe try hard in the team everything is going to be fine, i doubt igarashi need a tina on his team to ruin the hype, mighty n°9 was a fine example on how bad PR can blow everything to smitherens

 

[c-no]

as long as there is no SJW wannabe try hard in the team everything is going to be fine, i doubt igarashi need a tina on his team to ruin the hype, mighty n°9 was a fine example on how bad PR can blow everything to smitherens

That is the thing that deserves mention. If Igarashi were to bring an SJW wannabe, he would end up having his Mighty No. 9 PR disaster but that shouldn't be the case.

 

[Chris-Chan Cure]

In case if you guys missed this funny promo for Bloodstained's Kickstarter campaign.

You loved IGA tossing aside a wine glass like a boss? Now watch IGA as a vampire hunter! Finding items from candles, stiff-walking like nobody's buisness and
all-around whipping ass. But they missed some chicken hidden in a wall.

 

[Cubanodun]

we got a development update and some gameplay, for some reason IGA is not playing metroidvanias the MANLY way, with a controller but heck is looking good even for a pre-alpha

 

[LordDarkrai]

From the stuff I looked at for this, I'm looking forward for this. I really hope this kickstarter doesn't end horribly or goes to a negative light, as this looks really good.