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GK Review: Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

Our review of the new “Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night” is now online. More: Bloodstained is instantly familiar to anyone who grew up besting Dracula in the Castlevania games that helped not only refine, but name, the Metroidvania genre. The gothic, Victorian-England alternate reality look and feel to the world of Bloodstained is pure Iga, and it helps sell the piece as something wor...[Read More]

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

Set in 18th century England, where a paranormal force has summoned a demon-infested castle, revealing crystal shards infused with tremendous magical power, players of Bloodstained take on the role of Miriam, an orphan scarred by an alchemist curse which slowly crystallizes her body, enabling her to use spells, weapons, special items and abilities to tailor the game to their playstyle. To save huma...[Read More]

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Review

Intro: As a huge fan of Metroidvanias, I obviously have a lot of love for the work of Koji Igarashi. The mind behind a lot of the best titles and wildest evolutions in the genre. With a veritable stable of classics to his name, I’d be foolish not to. But when he took to Kickstarter to fund Bloodstained, I hesitated. Kickstarter hadn’t yet proven to be the crapshoot it has become now, but a few mil...[Read More]

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