about the same I feel, but I never any trouble with HK outside a few bosses and white palace.
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Blasphemous |OT| Bible Souls
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about the same I feel, but I never any trouble with HK outside a few bosses and white palace.
Similar but the death penalty is much more lenient since you only temporarily lose part of your magic meter until you return to your corpse(s). No currency loss on death.
so far it is alright, there were two areas were the level design was great, it starts out fairly linear but then it is really sprawling and there are shortcuts to be opened
it feels easier than HK. i don´t think the game is hard at all, there are sections where you have to be patient because of the platforming(oldschool style wind which blows in two directions and you have to jump in tandem with the wind for example) but the combat was straightforward so far. for me personally it could be harder, it is all fairly forgiving. (i feel like they should have had difficulty options, it is a tad too easy.)
So for anyone who played Death's Gambit, how does this compare?
Also, is there a map? I find it a lot harder to remember the layout of 2D worlds, so I'm hoping this doesn't try to copy Dark Souls in that regard.
Also, is there a map? I find it a lot harder to remember the layout of 2D worlds, so I'm hoping this doesn't try to copy Dark Souls in that regard.
Thanks everyone. So I shouldn't expect to be way harder than HK. Easier, same or a little bit harder. Thanks
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yes it has a very typical metroidvania map
edit: checked my save, 4 hours 23 minutes... I need a break lol >_<
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Yes there is a map. This you can say is a more polished deaths gambit, well elaborated and tighter experience.
Great to hear!
That sounds fantastic. As rough as it was, I still really liked Death's Gambit. Can't wait to try this out!
I can tell you specifically why I thought hk was easier: because you could re-fill your estus by attacking enemies. Here you are limited to however many you have until you reach the next bonfire.
strange question... I mean, its a "metroidvania", with a very Gothic religious theme. It has the same trappings as Hollok Knight like any other of its genre, its a 2d action platformer with a sprawling "open world" that you unlock various skills to progress, kill bosses, collect items, unlock shortcuts to previous zones.
It's "one of those"
Reminder that deaths gambit is getting a 2.0 update that will revamp the entire game and add new stuff.
Another reminder, albeit not a good one, that game is not on Switch for whatever reason.
I really don't like how a normal weapon swing comes before any special moves (ie charge strike, downward strike). Feels kinda sloppy.
Played 2 hours just for now. If i compare anything to those who want to try this game, i would say this game is combined hollow knight and salt & sanctuary. Great game so far.
I played the demo twice, once with the help and once without, and I'm... not sure what she even did >.>
Maybe lead with the content from the 2nd post next time? :P
I'd be willing to give this another shot after reading impressions/reviews of this 2.0 version but man, that combat needs to be seriously fucking reworked for me to bother again after what a letdown the initial release was.
Quoting myself from earlier
And another tip, read at your own discretion obviously
Tip #2 - When you get to a zone called
you want to head to the
obviously making the zone much more manageable.
Again, big spoilers but hope it helps.
And another tip, read at your own discretion obviously
Tip #2 - When you get to a zone called
Grievous Ascent or something (it's a zone with poison mist flying around, you'll know it)
top right of the map asap as you get a item that nullifies the poison mist,
Again, big spoilers but hope it helps.
The soundtrack is so cool, really atmospheric. And despite being very graphic and gore, the game isn't blasphemous at all, but more like an alternate reading of christianism that would include all its obscure clans, myths, rites and iconographies.
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might be nitpicking:
sometimes i feel like they should have made the enemies bigger, you can jump over nearly any enemy so far which makes traversing not really dangerous :-) but well, the "skipping enemies" problem occurs in many games
and some areas could have done better with a few more enemies, there were some areas which felt a little bit too empty so far.
and last, yeah i would have loved difficulty settings, this feels like "normal" i would have played it on hard if there would have been the option
but i like this game, it hits the retro feel quite well, the pixel art is really great and those cutscenes...whew
the killing animations are super great, this has the oldschool style and feel i really like. the animations in general are splendid.
sometimes i feel like they should have made the enemies bigger, you can jump over nearly any enemy so far which makes traversing not really dangerous :-) but well, the "skipping enemies" problem occurs in many games
and some areas could have done better with a few more enemies, there were some areas which felt a little bit too empty so far.
and last, yeah i would have loved difficulty settings, this feels like "normal" i would have played it on hard if there would have been the option
but i like this game, it hits the retro feel quite well, the pixel art is really great and those cutscenes...whew
the killing animations are super great, this has the oldschool style and feel i really like. the animations in general are splendid.
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The game is cool. Controls are my only gripe because some of the platforming heavy sections. The difficulty is right but the 2nd boss had me raging because it felt like I was battling the boss and the controls. Everything else completely makes up for that tho.
Decided to try it out real quick and ended up playing it a couple of hours! It's so good!
Question for those that are are at and/or beyond the sewer looking levels with the poison gas, what am I suppose to do there? I looked around for anything but nothing I could find to stop it or to negate it, bought the trinket from the merchant that says can stop toxins but it didn't do anything.
Question for those that are are at and/or beyond the sewer looking levels with the poison gas, what am I suppose to do there? I looked around for anything but nothing I could find to stop it or to negate it, bought the trinket from the merchant that says can stop toxins but it didn't do anything.
Got this bad boy downloading on Switch right now! I just finished Bloodstained RotN and I have an itch for a similar kinda game :).
keep going left until you reach the mountains :)
youre talking about the desecrated cistern correct?
Played some this morning on the Switch and it's exactly what I wanted when first seeing the trailers way back.
ahhhh ok thanks. I won't bitch and moan about that small of a discount. But would of been nice.
Yeah the area with the sludge monsters and 90's video games goop dripping from the valves, I went up the right to open that chest but when I went left I ran in to the mist with the exploding dudes and the mist killed me in a few seconds.
I was at the snowy mountains prior to his and got there using a different branched route but backtracked and took his one to get a bit stronger.
those those mountains :)
I'm actually just doing the snowy zone now (my third), there are different ones to the left of the cistern where you need to go :)