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Music by Michiru Yamane. :rejoice

Developed by Inti Creates. :lawd

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« Reply #62 on: May 11, 2015, 01:20:11 PM »
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IGA decided to go with 2.5D for this project for both financial and artistic reasons. All decisions in game development involve trade-offs, and for Bloodstained a 2.5D world built on Unreal Engine 4 was the right choice to balance development time, graphical fidelity, budget, and scope.

2.5D tho :-\

After Might No 9 I'm not sure I have enough faith in 2.5D Kickstarters anymore...

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Re: Sword Or Whip = Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night
« Reply #63 on: May 11, 2015, 01:30:42 PM »
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« Reply #64 on: May 11, 2015, 01:34:00 PM »
They specifically mention Guilty Gear, which looks like this:

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Re: Sword Or Whip = Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night
« Reply #65 on: May 11, 2015, 01:34:51 PM »
BACK THAT SHIT, HOMIE.

125 bones pledged.
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Re: Sword Or Whip = Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night
« Reply #66 on: May 11, 2015, 01:42:22 PM »
When I started reading the ks page they were at 39k, now it's 121. $28 is kind of high for just the game but still, more uh I guess we're supposed to call it Igavania now.
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« Reply #67 on: May 11, 2015, 01:43:40 PM »
25% funded in about half an hour.
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« Reply #68 on: May 11, 2015, 01:49:15 PM »
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Re: Sword Or Whip = Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night
« Reply #69 on: May 11, 2015, 01:53:37 PM »
$28? gtfo with that, steam sale it is
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Re: Sword Or Whip = Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night
« Reply #70 on: May 11, 2015, 01:54:24 PM »
 :punch :punch :punch FUND THAT SHIT BITCHES :punch :punch :punch
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« Reply #71 on: May 11, 2015, 01:55:46 PM »
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Re: Sword Or Whip = Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night
« Reply #72 on: May 11, 2015, 02:00:59 PM »
lawl, Iga's just trolling Konami with that David Hayter tier

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Re: Sword Or Whip = Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night
« Reply #73 on: May 11, 2015, 02:02:50 PM »
:punch :punch :punch FUND THAT SHIT BITCHES :punch :punch :punch

No need to, it's obviously gonna get funded, probably later today.

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« Reply #74 on: May 11, 2015, 02:34:07 PM »
:punch :punch :punch FUND THAT SHIT BITCHES :punch :punch :punch

No need to, it's obviously gonna get funded, probably later today.

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LAUNCH A KICKSTARTER ASKING FOR MONEY TO FUND THIS KICKSTARTER

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Re: Sword Or Whip = Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night
« Reply #75 on: May 11, 2015, 02:54:03 PM »
I've pledged to like 3 kickstarters, and I'm not about to fuxx with this one.
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« Reply #76 on: May 11, 2015, 03:00:42 PM »
Music by Michiru Yamane. :rejoice

Developed by Inti Creates. :lawd

well hell yeah I'll buy this fucking game
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« Reply #77 on: May 11, 2015, 03:03:03 PM »
I've pledged to like 3 kickstarters, and I'm not about to fuxx with this one.

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Re: Sword Or Whip = Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night
« Reply #78 on: May 11, 2015, 04:37:52 PM »
Seriously, why should I if I'm not an IGAvania nut? Explain to me, oh borked one, why. I don't need to be part of the cool kid's club, I'm perfectly fine getting it 6-12 months later for dirt cheap. Thanks for subsidizing it for me you rubes, I guess.
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« Reply #79 on: May 11, 2015, 04:41:51 PM »
Funded already.  :american

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Re: SWORD OR WHIP
« Reply #80 on: May 11, 2015, 04:50:56 PM »


No, but really. Reason for living: Justified. :rejoice

They specifically mention Guilty Gear, which looks like this:

Which is on Unreal Engine 3(or 4?). If Unreal Engine 4 can look that good...

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« Reply #81 on: May 11, 2015, 04:55:46 PM »
They specifically mention Guilty Gear, which looks like this:

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If you think a budget game is gonna look anything like that, I've got a bridge to sell you :P


I'm sure it'll look fine and UE4 is a good engine.  What's more important is that it plays well, which hopefully it does.

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Re: Sword Or Whip = Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night
« Reply #82 on: May 11, 2015, 04:58:02 PM »
Seriously, why should I if I'm not an IGAvania nut? Explain to me, oh borked one, why. I don't need to be part of the cool kid's club, I'm perfectly fine getting it 6-12 months later for dirt cheap. Thanks for subsidizing it for me you rubes, I guess.

You owe me for that thing that one time with that guy in that place.

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Re: Sword Or Whip = Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night
« Reply #83 on: May 11, 2015, 04:59:06 PM »
I don't think its that low budget a game. The pitch video said that they have partners that'll provide funding, but they wanted to see what the community reaction would be first, hence the kickstarter.

Funding (and likely blowing through a couple of stretch goals) in a day is probably enough of a reaction.

Edit: Yup, only 10% of the game is backer-funded. The rest is done by publishers. https://twitter.com/personasama/status/597875118052745218
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Re: Sword Or Whip = Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night
« Reply #85 on: May 11, 2015, 06:23:51 PM »
was just playing portrait of ruin the other day and realized it's been ten years since it came out. ten fuckin years. so ready for this comeback.
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Re: Sword Or Whip = Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night
« Reply #86 on: May 11, 2015, 06:49:45 PM »
Am I the only one surprised at the speed of this KS?

I honestly thought this would have problem meeting its goal. Those Castlevania games always seemed pretty damn niche to me. Pretty cool nevertheless.

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« Reply #87 on: May 11, 2015, 06:59:51 PM »
Am I the only one surprised at the speed of this KS?

I honestly thought this would have problem meeting its goal. Those Castlevania games always seemed pretty damn niche to me. Pretty cool nevertheless.

Pretty sure the GBA games sold about 100k+ each.  It definitely has its fans and they are passionate.

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« Reply #88 on: May 11, 2015, 07:01:41 PM »
and I'd say the huge revival of the nonlinear sidescroller in the u.s. prolly helped it out too
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Re: Sword Or Whip = Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night
« Reply #89 on: May 11, 2015, 07:29:30 PM »
A 3D collect-a-thon platformer from some former Rare guys pulled down about 1.2 million in its first day, so...
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« Reply #90 on: May 11, 2015, 07:52:04 PM »
Probably breaking every stretch goal tonight. :lol

Wonder if they'll leave it at that or add more. I'll take all the superfluous extra modes I can get.

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Re: Sword Or Whip = Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night
« Reply #91 on: May 11, 2015, 07:57:53 PM »
Fucking video game kickstarter nerds, I swear  ::)

What's a dead franchise with lapsed rights that we can buy for cheap and do a kickstarter for, guys?
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« Reply #92 on: May 11, 2015, 08:07:59 PM »
Fucking video game kickstarter nerds, I swear  ::)

What's a dead franchise with lapsed rights that we can buy for cheap and do a kickstarter for, guys?

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« Reply #94 on: May 11, 2015, 09:47:09 PM »
Apparently Wii U is in the basement.

Like always.  :gloomy

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« Reply #95 on: May 12, 2015, 12:26:10 AM »
Apparently Wii U is in the basement.

Where it belongs. :trash

I have no doubt in my mind that if Konami allowed him, Iga would've made Metroidvania's on the consoles (read: non-Nintendo handheld) beyond that multiplayer PSN/XBLA title.

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Re: Sword Or Whip = Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night
« Reply #96 on: May 12, 2015, 12:52:16 AM »
Apparently Wii U is in the basement.

Like always.  :gloomy
The amount of money this thing's raked in so far reaching the basement via pledges isn't unlikely. If you really want it to happen that badly you know what to do.


I have no doubt in my mind that if Konami allowed him, Iga would've made Metroidvania's on the consoles (read: non-Nintendo handheld) beyond that multiplayer PSN/XBLA title.
That shit was my most played 360 title by a lot. :hyper
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Re: Sword Or Whip = Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night
« Reply #97 on: May 12, 2015, 01:02:29 AM »
I bought it during the PSN Golden Week sale. I need to actually get around to plugging in the PS3 and playing it.

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« Reply #98 on: May 12, 2015, 01:17:44 AM »
Harmony of Despair during its heyday was a blast. Broken Somas everywhere that could glitch through everything with his souls all while spamming Muramasa and Claimh Solais +1, Shanoas grinding spells for all eternity cause fuck spell levels but beastly once they actually got anywhere, Alucards acting like they were as good as Soma with Valmanway +1, all the Belmonts pretending they were any good.  :rejoice

It was pretty much a pseudo MMO with all the grind that went on. Also, the PS3 version never got the final patch that actually fixed Maria, so its possible to buy a DLC character that's 100% useless.  :lol

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« Reply #99 on: May 12, 2015, 01:21:38 AM »
Also, the PS3 version never got the final patch that actually fixed Maria, so its possible to buy a DLC character that's 100% useless.  :lol

Well, I wasn't going to buy Maria anyway. I just want to go through it due to it being a console Metroidvania. But if it's grind-city, I dunno...  :-\

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« Reply #100 on: May 12, 2015, 01:25:16 AM »
Its grind-city only if you have the masochistic compulsion to get every single thing in the game/try to clear Hard mode/do DLC stages. Otherwise, it's stll a fun romp, though very obviously designed to be played with multiple people at once. It's pretty neat seeing how they ripped all the different character's mechanics straight out of their respective games, like Soma having a different soul for every single enemy, Shanoa absorbing spells that enemies cast and using her floaty anti-gravity rings, etc.

There's only like six maps/chapters in the base game, with like one or two extra maps that used to be DLC in the 360 version, two difficulties to each.

Edit: Bloodstained broke another stretch goal and is on course for hitting local co-op. Ain't stopping this train.
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« Reply #101 on: May 12, 2015, 02:22:57 AM »
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« Reply #102 on: May 12, 2015, 03:25:42 AM »
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« Reply #103 on: May 12, 2015, 06:38:33 AM »
It's getting local co-op. Hopefully that doesn't ruin the game.  :-\ And they're gonna need some more stretch goals. Maybe Andy's :trash console will get a port.
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« Reply #104 on: May 12, 2015, 08:51:34 AM »
This looks really bad, aren't there enough good metroidvania games already?

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« Reply #105 on: May 12, 2015, 08:55:16 AM »
I kind of assumed the game already had online co-op, before that stretch goal got added. This was in the video itself after all.

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« Reply #106 on: May 12, 2015, 08:57:18 AM »
Oh look its the nerdy shy introvert alchemist guy that is gonna blush when the 16 yeard old girl looks at him

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« Reply #107 on: May 12, 2015, 09:09:00 AM »
I kind of assumed the game already had online co-op, before that stretch goal got added. This was in the video itself after all.

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The stretch goal is for local co-op.
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« Reply #108 on: May 12, 2015, 10:11:27 AM »
This looks really bad, aren't there enough good metroidvania games already?

Not really.
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« Reply #109 on: May 12, 2015, 11:48:34 AM »
I still want the battle of 1999.  :-\

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« Reply #110 on: May 12, 2015, 12:36:48 PM »
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« Reply #111 on: May 12, 2015, 12:47:24 PM »
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« Reply #112 on: May 12, 2015, 06:45:27 PM »
Alright, I'll kickstart this game, sure.

While I wait, what's the best Gameboy Advance / ds / 3ds Castlevania... looking for action rpg ala Symphony of the Night, mainly.  Amazon has em all pretty cheap when I checked earlier.

All of them post Aria of Sorrow. The one... GBA one before that is pretty weak, IMO. But the rest are all rock solid. Aria and Dawn of Sorrow will be a little grindy with the soul drop rate, but you don't really need to grind souls to beat the game. Same with Portrait and Order.

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« Reply #113 on: May 12, 2015, 07:27:30 PM »
aria and dawn are both amazing and you should play those
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« Reply #114 on: May 12, 2015, 07:38:32 PM »
Alright, I'll kickstart this game, sure.

While I wait, what's the best Gameboy Advance / ds / 3ds Castlevania... looking for action rpg ala Symphony of the Night, mainly.  Amazon has em all pretty cheap when I checked earlier.

Play Circle of the Moon, it's a fantastic tribute to CV and one of the better Metroidvania's.

Skip Harmony of Dissonance.

Play Aria of Sorrow. It's second best to SOTN.

Skip Dawn, it's not as good as Aria and a broken, easy mess. It sucks balls aside from Julius mode.

Play Portrait of Ruin, it fucking owns.

Skip Order of Ecclesia, it is mediocrity incarnate despite good ideas.
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« Reply #115 on: May 12, 2015, 07:49:56 PM »
gonna have to disagree strongly with that circle of the moon rec himutopia. combat and bosses were good enough, but level design was warmed ass. just really boring, with no reason for it to be interconnected bc there weren't even that many link points, and there were very few puzzles.
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« Reply #116 on: May 12, 2015, 07:51:24 PM »
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« Reply #117 on: May 13, 2015, 02:22:16 AM »
I’m interested in an actual IGAvania, but I’m not willing to fund more Kickstarters out of the blue, I’d rather just buy the game. KS isn’t an investment, it’s purchasing something that /might/ ship.

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« Reply #118 on: May 13, 2015, 10:18:43 AM »
Alright, I'll kickstart this game, sure.

While I wait, what's the best Gameboy Advance / ds / 3ds Castlevania... looking for action rpg ala Symphony of the Night, mainly.  Amazon has em all pretty cheap when I checked earlier.

Aria Of Sorrow is the best GBA 'Vania.  It was the last one released and is a sequel, of sorts, to Symphony Of The Night, taking place in the year 2016 IIRC.  Also has a fun plot twist.  You can pretty much skip Harmony Of Dissonance.  Circle Of The Moon has the best music out of the three GBA games, but doesn't look as good visually and the level design is just OK.  It pretty much screams "launch title game," which it was.

Dawn Of Sorrow on DS is a direct sequel to Aria Of Sorrow where you play as the same main character.  There's also a cool bonus mode where you play as three other characters, including SOTN Alucard, in a nod to Castlevania III.  Portrait Of Ruin's gimmick is that you play as two characters at once.  Its setting is during WW2 and it's actually a follow-up to the Genesis Castlevania Bloodlines.  It's not bad and worth playing if you want more 'Vania.  There's also bonus characters to play as (most of these games have extra characters) including Richter and Maria from Dracula X!  Finally, Order Of Ecclesia was the last 'Vania released from IGA.  I didn't get as far in this one and need to go back.  It's still a Metroidvania but has multiple smaller areas.  You play as a female who uses magic instead of weapons, but the magic functions exactly like weapons would.

Would highly recommend Aria Of Sorrow on GBA.  It's the second best Igavania after SOTN, IMO, and would surpass it if given put on the same visual/audio level as the PSX game.

Skip the other Castlevanias that came after these titles.  Mercury Stream  :yuck
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Re: Sword Or Whip = Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night
« Reply #119 on: May 13, 2015, 10:42:55 AM »
Aria seems to sell for crazy-high prices these days.  Play it emulated or on Wii U VC if you have one. 
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