I have the map fully done. Did you check this area:
Teleport to Hall of Termination. Exit that room and go up to the ceiling and break it. Should reveal a passage (unless you already got that)
I was stuck around that same percentage.
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Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night |OT| We Have Paid Our Tribute, Igavania Is Resurrected
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I have the map fully done. Did you check this area:
I was stuck around that same percentage.
Tried all of the weapons, saldy Spears kinda suck. While decent fast and have a bit of range, they have a tiny hitbox and a deadzone.
Rapier's are basically way better Spears, since they have similar range but attack like twice as fast and have no dead zone.
Due to the sheer hitbox, I like Greatswords the most so far. Slow, but heavy damage (although lower DPS compared to Rapiers) but they hit everything. No more pesky bats dodging everything. Huge hit stun too.
Rapier's are basically way better Spears, since they have similar range but attack like twice as fast and have no dead zone.
Due to the sheer hitbox, I like Greatswords the most so far. Slow, but heavy damage (although lower DPS compared to Rapiers) but they hit everything. No more pesky bats dodging everything. Huge hit stun too.
It works fine in steam for me. All I've done for it is install the drivers with the psnow thing and then set it up on steam big picture. No extra programs and never launched the psnow program. Don't even know if the drivers part is required, just saying what I have done to a recently fresh install of windows.
Played almost 2 hours last night. Man this game is so good. The gameplay and music ended up being better than I expected it to be. I can't wait to play more tonight.
I'm happy for creators that they've found new ways to fund their projects. I just personally see no gain to being a part of the process. If it comes out, and it's wonderful, great. If not, there's plenty of content to consume already. I assume no risk and I can buy something useful with my money today.
The game looks fun and I'll probably check it out sometime soon!
Picked this up after hearing positive impressions and watching a streamer whose opinion I trust on Igavania games. Really enjoying it so far.
The game is running at ~90 FPS at 5160x2160 here with a GTX 1070, which is nice. I am getting occasional stutters that seem to be related to streaming when running around the map though (NVMe SSD - so not a disk issue).
Disappointed that there's no native 21:9 support, as that probably means waiting for a modified executable every patch.
The game is running at ~90 FPS at 5160x2160 here with a GTX 1070, which is nice. I am getting occasional stutters that seem to be related to streaming when running around the map though (NVMe SSD - so not a disk issue).
Disappointed that there's no native 21:9 support, as that probably means waiting for a modified executable every patch.
Some games have issues outputting audio if your device is set to anything other than 48kHz. You could check that in Windows' sound device properties (via the old Control Panel).
Have you enabled Steam Input for your controller? (you should)
You don't need to install any drivers.
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Kill an enemy that's around the Underground Waterway location. It's that glowing fish one. He can give you a Shard to help with that.
I slacker backed right before they closed it, after Curse of the Moon had been revealed. For ~$38AUD I got both Curse of the Moon and Ritual of the Night, which are now being sold for $15AUD and $70AUD respectively. Gotta say, my pockets are feeling pretty full compared to if I'd waited and bought them individually.
Any performance impressions on Base PS4? Dunno wether to pull the trigger on it there or wait for a stable 30fps Switch version?
Is it worth getting on PC if I have the aging 970 + 2500k combo or would I be better off with a PS4 Pro?
Alright, done for today, played almost 3 hours. Really fun game, it really captures the soul of the Igavania games in the PS1/DS era, I'm perfectly fine with the 3d models, in fact I prefer the 3d models instead of sprites. There are some areas that are beautiful in the game (also weird clipping bug with the red moon in an certain area). The controls are pretty responsive and satisfying. Only thing that I have to complain is that so far not much notable soundtracks, but hopefully that will change in the later part of the game.
Performance wise, I'm playing on PC with an 970 and an i5-8400, running 60fps on Epic 1080p, no complaints at all, everything is really smooth.
Question, is the Condition status in the menu related to that thing about the characters saying about having too many shards and possessing? I don't know what else that "Condition" status is for.
Performance wise, I'm playing on PC with an 970 and an i5-8400, running 60fps on Epic 1080p, no complaints at all, everything is really smooth.
Question, is the Condition status in the menu related to that thing about the characters saying about having too many shards and possessing? I don't know what else that "Condition" status is for.
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Any impressions on Switch performance so far?
I honestly have no idea if I'd enjoy 60fps much more but I know handheld would be huge.
I honestly have no idea if I'd enjoy 60fps much more but I know handheld would be huge.
Yup, Rank goes up with crafting.
Shows if you have a status effect. For example, if you're poisoned.
The drop rates of enemies are definitely bugged, btw. Just had one drop an item, even though the drop rate says 0.00%, LOL.
I came across 2 enemies that dropped an item, yet, it doesn't show up on the list.
Hoping the day 1 patch fixes that.
I think I'm about halfway through and yeah, it's such a great game. There's some jank here and there but it's not a big issue overall.
It feels pretty weird to play an Igavania game without any sprite from Rondo of Blood though, it was always fun to see how they would recycle enemies but alas.
It feels pretty weird to play an Igavania game without any sprite from Rondo of Blood though, it was always fun to see how they would recycle enemies but alas.
Finally played the game, a single hour passed in a blink. I'm very pleased. It really seems a worthy sequel to Igavanias. My worst fear was the 3d graphics, but surprisingly the gameplay is akin of the 2d games. Music, variety of weapons.... It will be a treat!
I'd be hard pressed to see this game have any sort of significant performance issues, to be honest. I'm played at 5k maxed out ob PC and haven't seen a single dropped frame, and I'm hitting at least 60fps.
I'm at 5k60 on max with a R5 2600x and a GTX1080, and considering how effortless it seems, I'm sure a 970 and your i5 would be fine.
Oh, now I feel pretty dumb lol. Was that warning about corruption that Dominique made relevant at all? Can I go collecting shards without worrying or is there some consequence?
Was the Silver Bromide moved? I just loaded up a save just before the boss to make a guide, and the chest is already opened. I do not have the silver bromide in my inventory. I wonder if something happened from patching the save?
If you can jump and hit things a lot of times until they die, it's pretty acessible. Hell, this one even has a mini-map toggle on the screen. The only Metroidvania/Pathfinder game I've played with a map can be pinned to the screen is Dust: An Elysian Tail.
Yea I got that, as well as the secret room after that. Any chance you could take a picture of your map?
Don't be afraid to just try something out if you're curious about it. If you don't like it you can destroy the weapon for 2 Alkalest and get the coin back.
Do any of the weapons you can get with then coin do anything cool or unique? Been trying some out, but not found much. They sound and look cool!
Noticed the whip was causing enemies to drop money maybe?
Noticed the whip was causing enemies to drop money maybe?
I'm really surprised by how good this turned out. Only played an hour or so so far but it really feels like an old school Igavania game.
I can't rightly judge it with how little I've played, but it's definitely got the potential to be up there with Symphony of the Night, the Sorrow games, and Portrait of Ruin, which are my personal favorite Castlevanias.
The voice acting is really good too, although I'm playing in Japanese so I don't know what the English sounds like.
I can't rightly judge it with how little I've played, but it's definitely got the potential to be up there with Symphony of the Night, the Sorrow games, and Portrait of Ruin, which are my personal favorite Castlevanias.
The voice acting is really good too, although I'm playing in Japanese so I don't know what the English sounds like.
The minimap is a different color and now seems to have NPC markers or something like that. The underground lab area looks very different than 1.01. Enemy placement has been modified.
For you PC folks out there, I'm running the game on an i7 8700K, a GTX 1070 and 16GB of DDR4 at 1440p and the game is flawless 60fps. The only dips I've seen were from transitions to cut scenes for a split second and that was only a frame or two.
Ok so the day one patch v1.02 is kind of buggy. Once I updated and loaded my save I noticed that some HP upgrades in old areas were back that I'm positive I already picked up. Same thing for some 1 time chests (not all, but a few for sure).
I was heading to pick up a chest I couldn't get before I got an upgrade and noticed it's already open. Theres no way I got this because I needed a power to reach it.
I already wish I waited to play this, or just not updated. I'm already paranoid that other things will be bugged and I won't even notice it as I progress.
I was heading to pick up a chest I couldn't get before I got an upgrade and noticed it's already open. Theres no way I got this because I needed a power to reach it.
I already wish I waited to play this, or just not updated. I'm already paranoid that other things will be bugged and I won't even notice it as I progress.
Pretty straight forward, hints of jumps you cant reach. I think the main thing is learning range on different weapons.
I switched from Claymore to Nodachi, any suggestions?
So, it looks like that 1.02 changed a lot of stuff. Enemy layouts can be significantly different, the library area has a whole new lighting scheme and there are tons of little QOL changes, like being able to see how much an item will heal you for.
I checked this on my 4.4 GHz 2500K/GTX 960 system for you.
At 1080p with everything set to "Epic" I never saw it drop below 100 FPS using Steam's FPS monitor (I did not want to install any third-party tools on that PC) and it was typically in the mid-to-high 100s.
I was about to ask what this patch did because it's pretty big.
The coin doesn't add anything special to the item. It's just used for crafting. If it does anything different, I haven't noticed. And don't worry too much about using it early. You'll be able to purchase more later.
Many weapons can be upgraded 2 times, which gives higher ATK. The upgrade path is like this:
Purchase weapon. (I personally don't know if only weapons purchased with the 8 bit coin can be upgraded or if ANY weapon can be upgraded)
The weapon you just purchased + another item = Upgrade level 1 weapon
Upgrade level 1 weapon + 2 more materials = Upgrade level 2 weapon
Used it to craft Encrypted Orchid. It has a QCF+Square special. Also, the item description has, like, a hexadecimal code or some shit?
Runs beautifully. I was torn between the two as well but after a rough day at work, I needed this to lift my spirits.
It says
"A light saber with immense power"
Put it in a spoiler in case anyone wanted to figure it out themselves.