Bloodstained : Ritual of the Night "IGAvania"

[Saner]

IGA is making a new IGAvania

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...l-of-the-night

this would be gorgeous on PS4. looks like they are planning 3 platforms.

Aside from PC, PS4 would be obviously the best platform that would generate the most profit, attention,fame and success, just like SOTN found success on PS1 instead of portable or some nonplaystation platform. If the IGAvanias of portables released on PS2/PS3 instead, they would have gathered a larger fanbase. and even now Castlevania Harmony of Despair, IGA's last Castlevania when with Konami, is still being played online on PS3, yearsafter its debut on X360.


http://www.usgamer.net/articles/inte...l-of-the-night



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I am liking the art but I won't say it's better than SOTN/NITM era artstyles. I think the gameplay backgrounds look a tad too colorful. SOTN to OoE, IGAvanias had a much darker, yet wonderful color tone to them that still filled with interesting enviornment designs that add a whole lot of atmosphere.

it wouldn't have as much impact if they lean towards a more lighthearted presentation, I mean even PoR was very dark and gritty world despite its lighthearted personalities and animeish vibes. I dunno, maybe the HD graphics kind of brightens things a bit much. It doesn't seem the original sprite team is in this project, but still the concept is looking solid.

but these are first impressions, looking at the concept screen, the enviornment does have some dark themes, the ground ceiling just looks bright because of its reflective material.

At least it's nice they didn't make this super deformed, that would have really hurt the
presentation. To this day I still feel Phantom Breaker Battlegrounds should have natural
proportioned characters and high quality backgrounds like the fighting game did. The
Sailor Moon arcade game beat em up has better graphics than that, and they were smart
to not go super deformed with it.

And Syd Valis wasn't as amazing looking compared to the original Valis II (MSX and the other one), mostly because it went super deformed instead of mature art direction.

Well, Bloodstains is looking good and with IGAvania composer the soundtrack could be phenomenol. I think this will be greatly supported.

[Edson Drake]

I'm looking forward to this, and absolutely love the artstyle. If they manage to make music on par with what SotN had, we're looking at a future classic right there.

[Chidori]

i cant fucking waiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit for this game!!!!!!!!!!!!!! also check this out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhwbU7YqlUQ

[Chidori]

good thing the castlevania creator and hideo kojima left KONAMI because that company has been messing up alot lately

http://www.pso-world.com/forums/showthread.php?t=229007

[Chidori]

oh yeah! supposedly David Hayter(voice of Solid Snake in the Metal Gear Solid Series) is gonna do the voice for one of the main characters in this game HYPE!

[Korazenn]

This is shaping up really nicely. I'm hoping that this game and Yooka-Laylee both impress. (owo)b

[darkante]

I loved the 2-D styled Castlevanias on the DS, hell Circle of the Moon on the GBA were great. So i really hope this goes well.

[Chidori]

yeah circle of the moon was awesome

[The Walrus]

Fuck Circle of the Moon >.>

Anywoo, I have high hopes for Bloodstained. Might even be Inti's chance to redeem themselves after that last kickstarter game they made :/

[Chidori]

i liked circle of the moon, that card system was pretty fun can transform ur whip into almost anything i remember i had a holy sword by the end of the game, does more dmg the closer the enemy is