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Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

You can also get Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night - Miriam’s Complete Cosmetic Bundle here. Bloodstained®︎: Ritual of the Night is the FULL game experience, an exploration-focused, side-scroller action RPG packing all of the best features you've come to know and love from the Metroidvania genre into a single, content-packed game. Play as Miriam, an orphan scarred by an alchemist’s curse which slowly crystallizes her body. In order to save herself, and indeed, all of humanity, she must battle her way through a demon-infested castle summoned by Gebel, her old friend whose body and mind has beco

Release date
June 18, 2019
Platforms
Windows
Developer
ArtPlay
Publisher
505 Games
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About Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

You can also get Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night - Miriam’s Complete Cosmetic Bundle here. Bloodstained®︎: Ritual of the Night is the FULL game experience, an exploration-focused, side-scroller action RPG packing all of the best features you've come to know and love from the Metroidvania genre into a single, content-packed game. Play as Miriam, an orphan scarred by an alchemist’s curse which slowly crystallizes her body. In order to save herself, and indeed, all of humanity, she must battle her way through a demon-infested castle summoned by Gebel, her old friend whose body and mind has become more crystal than flesh.

WHAT'S IN THE GAME? 13 FREE DLCs via future content updates. “Speed Demon” Update containing Speed Run Mode, Boss Rush Mode and the Pure Miriam outfit available at launch! Addictingly tight and satisfying gameplay alongside a rich new story in the gothic dark fantasy style of Koji Igarashi, the celebrated godfather of "Igavania" games. Story cut scenes and NPC interactions fully voice acted by a star-studded cast, including actors like David Hayter, Ray Chase and Erica Lindbeck to name just a few. (Seriously, we have a lot of voice acting star power in this game, it's kinda nuts...) Three playable characters, two of which have yet to be revealed...

Literally a metric ton of weapons and spells, which you can upgrade, level up and visually customize.…

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★ 9.0/10GOG · 696 ratings
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Most helpful8

★ 5 / 5
From what little I've played of Bloodstained so far I can easily see the "homage" to the Castlevania franchise with the near lawsuit level of…
★ 5 / 5
I was already sold on this game, but after I found a set of armor that turned me into Shovel Knight followed almost immediately finding…
★ 5 / 5
To be honest Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is much better than I thought it was going to be. Now that I have played some…
★ 5 / 5
graphics - 9.3 Sound - 9.6 Music 9.5 Playability/FunFactor - 10 Nostalgia Factor - 13 this game. I have been waiting for it since the…
★ 5 / 5
I bought the game just because I appreciated the response to the graphics criticism, and now I can't stop playing it. It's a great metroidvania…
★ 4 / 5
Not sure how to describe my emotions after beating the game but more or less it was okay. It took me somewhat about 22-24 hours…
★ 5 / 5
Mechanical perfection, pure fun with variety, not a bad choice can be made when making your build. The fantastic sound design, music, art direction, colors,…
★ 3 / 5
It's an homage to the games you used to play, no doubt. It has its fun moments. It has all the cheesy dialog and plot…

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★ 5 / 5
it's just a very enjoyable symphony of the night successor with a few interesting features inspired by the DS Castlevania games.
★ 4 / 5
Definitely a high quality metroidvania. Level design, music and control feel fine. Just started and lookng forward to playing more.
★ 5 / 5
Wonderful spiritual successor to SOTN. and yes there's a crissaegrim!
★ 2 / 5
Played the game originally on normal and it was fine. The flaws were not that bad. Decided to try hard and this is when the…
★ 1 / 5
I was enjoy my playthrough however the amount of bugs that the game has where it freezes so many times and you lose all the…
★ 5 / 5
This statement pretty much summarises my experience with Bloodstained. At first you feel angry when that one enemy/boss beats you purple every time. Then you…

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