Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

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8.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 379 Ratings

User score distribution:
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  2. Mixed: 46 out of 379
  3. Negative: 35 out of 379

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  1. HonestReviews4U
    Jun 18, 2019
    10
    Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is a beautiful reminder of the roots of the Metroidvania genre.

    It looks pretty good, even though everything beyond 1080p is just upscaled, but that really doesn't matter. The OST is beautiful. Every song is very atmospheric and fits the environment it has been placed it. Much like with actual Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, there is barely    Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is a beautiful reminder of the roots of the Metroidvania genre.

    It looks pretty good, even though everything beyond 1080p is just upscaled, but that really doesn't matter.

    The OST is beautiful. Every song is very atmospheric and fits the environment it has been placed it.

    Much like with actual Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, there is barely any story, and the bit that is there is quite interesting. However, this game's main focus is to re-capture the "SOTN-feeling"... does it succeed?

    Absolutely yes.

    The gameplay is phenomenal. It pretty much feels 1:1 like SOTN. You have different spells, movement upgrades, weapons and weapon types, and it all just feels like a newly oiled machine. My only real complaint is that it does feel a bit slower than SOTN, maybe it's because of it being 2.5D instead of 2, but this is hardly ever a problem.

    TL;DR Should you buy this game? What are you still doing reading this review? Get out there and buy this masterpiece!    … Expand
  2. Kamasenin
    Jun 18, 2019
    10
    This is the modern take of SOTN that you always hoped for, but Konami was never willing to deliver.

    If you love Castlevania, Super Metroid, and Metroidvania style gameplay, you owe it to yourself to try this game.
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83

Generally favorable reviews - based on 26 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 26
  3. Negative: 0 out of 26
  1. RPGamer
    Oct 1, 2019
    80
    Anyone who never liked the Metroidvania entries in the Castlevania series is extremely unlikely to be enthralled by Bloodstained. Koji Igarashi made no intimations of reinventing the wheel in Ritual of the Night, and the game is recognizably from the creator of Symphony of the Night. Playing this game nevertheless reminded me of how much fun a quality Metroidvania can be, and Konami is certainly in no mood to use its own intellectual property for anything other than Pachinko machines lately – plus if it had, something like paying money for additional save slots might have been introduced. Kickstarter-funded games have a decidedly mixed record, but Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is fortunately one of the success stories.
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  2. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Aug 2, 2019
    75
    Iga promised to make a spiritual successor to all but defunct Castlevania series – and that’s exactly what he did. Not only that, but he managed to successfully expand upon the familiar formula with nifty additions like skill shards. [Issue#239, p.74]
  3. Eurogamer Italy
    Jul 11, 2019
    90
    Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is the best love letter to Castlevania addicted. Created by the programmer, director and producer from titles like Simon’s Quest, Vampire’s Kiss and Symphony of the Night, Koji Igarashi, the game finally arrives to home consoles and PC after a successful crowdfunding campaign, but also a troubled development. Thankfully, the wait was definitely worth and we finally have a huge game, with deep combat and craft systems and loads of game modes. This is without any doubts one of the best Metroidvania of the year and a great Castlevania spiritual successor.
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