What's funny to me about this mode, beyond it being a blatant love-letter to Simon's Quest, is that its basic story premise is nearly identical to that of Magolor Epilogue in Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe: The main villain from the story mode (Dominique/Magolor) is transported to an alternate dimension after being defeated by the protagonist (Miriam/Kirby), where they're stripped of their powers and have to gradually restore them in order to return to the real world. However, unlike with Magolor, Dominique's quest isn't motivated by any desire to atone for her sins, but instead by petty revenge. In that sense, I think the bad ending is very appropriate for her character. Since she was never humbled or remorseful by her defeat, she deserved to remain trapped in Limbo forever.
@@DeepWeeb Well, regardless of which game predated the other, I just find it amusing that these two completely unrelated games both released within a couple years of each other and happen to share very similar story beats.
Jupiter: "This is a lot like Castlevania 2" Also Jupiter: *Runs straight to boss without weapon upgrades or whatever the equivalent of Laurel is* You know you are too good at these games when you are throwing WWE levels of dramatic disrespect at them XD
Since there's so little info about this game to go around right now, I thought you should know that this game has 3 endings and completion time does not appear to be factor in which one you get. This ending is simply for reaching the end of the game and defeating Bael. Potential Minor Spoilers: The other two are tied to gathering all the Logaeth pages and (to my understanding) 100% completion
The most of the cryptic endings has to be the "bitter" one where Dominique succumbs to the curse and dies, apparently you have to have all Logaeth pages BUT you need to NOT have all the skill shards. Problem is that there are very little options there are, out of 7 abilities *only 2 are really optional:* the dive-kick granted by a hidden Hunter which is frankly useless and the double-jump which is the game becomes immediately worse without (especially since you are still expected to easter egg hunt the entire map)
It's almost a shame the devs couldn't have just offered up Curse of the Moon 1 and 2 'in game' to be the Castlevania 3's to this and Classic 1's Castlevania 1, but from what little I've played so far, this is obscenely fantastic, in terms of content.
Those were made years before this and by a different developer. Those two games are worth buying by themselves. I don't think they should or would offer them free. They are not expensive anyway.
1:19:40 I will lose my mind if we get a Ritual of the Night 2. Bloodstained: RotN is one of my favorite games of all time, I couldn’t ask enough for even more.
Real gamers harness the power of pen and paper. EDIT: You mention using a guide for this, which is interesting. You already know the history behind CV2 with regard to that.
Finally beat the true ending today (it's tied to completion percentage, not moon cycles!). This DLC is awesome. It's the perfect take on Simon's Quest, I think. I really enjoyed how tough the platforming got at times. ...Playing without all the range upgrades looks hellish though.
a lot of deaths in this was a whole lot of "man, glad that was not me right now but that sure was funny" especially time when you said something right before a death, why did I die iga?! just to suddenly die a moment later was a great one, it was hard not to laugh at that one.
1:54:35 'Dis' is the name of a demon lord from old literature, kind of like Asmodeus, etc... Most of the names used in the game appear to be similar references. SMT referenced the same sources when picking their demons.
@@ultimatecalibur Oh cool. I knew Dis was short for/related to Dis Pater, but didn't realize it was actually Roman (though the clearly Latin name should have been a clue) - I haven't read the Inferno in about 30 years, so forgot about the city entirely ;)
11:22 Yep. When I first saw how the shield looked like after you bought it, I already thought "Oh no, that's just a one-use protection". Nice to see it isn't.
I unironically think Valefar is much better made in curse of the moon and this classic mode. In the main game he most try to bonk you with his hands and you can kinda ignore most of his attack the aegis plate.
I wish Igarashi would make O.D. (Orlock Dracule) a playable character. But...maybe that would give off too much of a "symphony of the night" feeling to the game. Especially when you know O.D. is voiced by the same guy who voiced Alucard in SOTN.
I made two "bad endings" still trying to find out how to make the real one, i believe that you need to do a 100% run? I miss one passive ability and one skill. Also, no ideia what to do with the Ring of Devil, there is a half-true hint, but still.
So is the switch version out or not? Haven’t seen it in the e-shop as if something separate. It’s not in the game menu, my Swirch is constantly asking me to get the crappy NSO. And my game is updated. What am I missing here?
I'm guessing they didn't port it over yet, I have the Switch version and so far I don't have the update yet. 505 Games may need to just work out any kinks before releasing it
Summon circle can be found at night in Wood of Sacrifice, where there are lots of plants blocking an entrance but must be with dead moon. Once there, you will face a giant werewolf. After that, you can go downstairs and find the summon circle in a chest.
Asphodel steppe to abyssal path music looks like bloody tears vibes from stage 1 castlevania legends on gameboy Ps: when u obtained "Summon Circle" i wonder who summons Circle pedestials back on Bloodstained ritual of the night during Final boss Bael fight is she the one summoning it? Lol
You must collect all 16 scrolls of the book inside each boss castle to get the true ending. I got it in 4 hours,. Unlike Castlevania II, time is not considered.
@@KingEndymionrosecurse of the moon. Dominque is a complete different character , there she s actually a good person capable of sacrificios herself for the sake of others has embrace the chucho teachings thats why her attire is different and she fights with a lance, but here she, evil, cunning and with god like aspirations, to resume here she s Mathias before he besame dracula
"Actual no kidding around final update" 🤣. Well at least they constantly update the game, that is worth of price. By the way, does enyone knows if they fix what the last update do to the game recently?
I dunno, this whole game has been a dissappointment kind of just looks like ass, especially for the dev time...considering Iga has beautiful games under his belt you'd think he would have like, stopped someone at some point. Atleast we got curse of the moon out of the franchise.
Yeah, this game is nowhere near a worthy IGAvania spiritual successor, terrible art direction, characters, animations, ugly ass 2.5D graphics, too anime for my taste (I'm craving more traditional, Gothic horror style that CV games always have had), too slow with the updates.. I'm not into 8bit games but Curse of the Moon are pretty much flawless NES era CV spiritual successors.. Hope Bloodstained 2 is way better but I won't hold my breath
Personally, I don't like this dlc. Still struggles to copy Castlevania look and feel and still fails at it on all the line. Better spend money on Castlevania collection
@@protolegacy9184 Hate everything about it. The cliche protagonist, the recycled enemies, that mundane mediocre soundtrack, the colorful and vibrant fairy tale visuals, the low poly graphics and models...the low effort animations...what else...ask if you need more points.
@DezorianGuy I think you're just hating to hate at this point if you can't find a single thing to like about it. I prefer the curse of the moon games to ritual but it's not that friggin bad.
@@sonogamirinne7172 that's not a excuse, dude, just look at Bright Memory, one single Chinese guy managed to create a gorgeous, well-optimized game that looks AAA level. And it's not only the graphics, everything about Bloodstained is @ss, no wonder it's so unpopular in Metroidvania circles...
@@wallacesousuke1433 back when this game comes out no one has problems with the graphics of this game because they are heavy focus on gameplay , but now people love graphics over game play so you and your boyfriend have to cry about it instead , and bright memories game only last for 3 hours gameplay while this game cost more than 10 hour to complete almost anything , so yeah thank for prove my point that people love bitching more than playing game ,
@@sonogamirinne7172 selective reading much? I love how you completely ignore the other lacking areas in this meh af game. Animations, art direction, feedback from landing hits, enemy design, most bosses, this game is laughable, and yeah Bright Memory is short, did you miss the part where it's sad that it was made by a SINGLE PERSON in their spare time? As much as I'm not a fan of Hollow Knight, it absolutely crushes this game and it was made by TWO people. Embarrassed yet? Now go be a schizoid fangirl somewhere else, and let the adults talk.
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Love the little laugh the liars make. They did a little trolling and got sent to limbo. 😈
Oh, I see! The guy who told them to stretch knew they should crouch!
Castlevania 2 was my favorite of the classic games! Love the homage here and thanks for the play through. Your full plays are always a great watch.
I was just checking this DLC and you already uploaded it, thank you so much and keep the hype going! 🍷 Looking forward to that WR
What's funny to me about this mode, beyond it being a blatant love-letter to Simon's Quest, is that its basic story premise is nearly identical to that of Magolor Epilogue in Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe: The main villain from the story mode (Dominique/Magolor) is transported to an alternate dimension after being defeated by the protagonist (Miriam/Kirby), where they're stripped of their powers and have to gradually restore them in order to return to the real world. However, unlike with Magolor, Dominique's quest isn't motivated by any desire to atone for her sins, but instead by petty revenge. In that sense, I think the bad ending is very appropriate for her character. Since she was never humbled or remorseful by her defeat, she deserved to remain trapped in Limbo forever.
The irony is that this mode was in the works for about 2 years (it was practically complete), predating the Return to Dream Land remaster 🤨
@@DeepWeeb Well, regardless of which game predated the other, I just find it amusing that these two completely unrelated games both released within a couple years of each other and happen to share very similar story beats.
Ye
Honey wake up, Castlevania II official remake kind of came out!
Simon’s quest is sh%t tbh, I have never seen death being that easy among the castlevania franchise
@@alucardvladtepus5915 No.
Jupiter: "This is a lot like Castlevania 2"
Also Jupiter: *Runs straight to boss without weapon upgrades or whatever the equivalent of Laurel is*
You know you are too good at these games when you are throwing WWE levels of dramatic disrespect at them XD
There are no weapon upgrades, or Laurel-lke items in that quest.
My favorite part of this is Jupiter eating shit every time he jumps cause of his speedrunner brain thinking it's faster.
Since there's so little info about this game to go around right now, I thought you should know that this game has 3 endings and completion time does not appear to be factor in which one you get. This ending is simply for reaching the end of the game and defeating Bael.
Potential Minor Spoilers:
The other two are tied to gathering all the Logaeth pages and (to my understanding) 100% completion
The most of the cryptic endings has to be the "bitter" one where Dominique succumbs to the curse and dies, apparently you have to have all Logaeth pages BUT you need to NOT have all the skill shards.
Problem is that there are very little options there are, out of 7 abilities *only 2 are really optional:* the dive-kick granted by a hidden Hunter which is frankly useless and the double-jump which is the game becomes immediately worse without (especially since you are still expected to easter egg hunt the entire map)
It's almost a shame the devs couldn't have just offered up Curse of the Moon 1 and 2 'in game' to be the Castlevania 3's to this and Classic 1's Castlevania 1, but from what little I've played so far, this is obscenely fantastic, in terms of content.
Those were made years before this and by a different developer. Those two games are worth buying by themselves. I don't think they should or would offer them free. They are not expensive anyway.
I'd still prefer a Curse of the Moon 3, the platforming tends to be more guesswork in Bloodstained's classic modes.
I can't believe they thought it was a good idea to make a medusa head style enemy that takes more than 1 hit to kill
I had no clue this was still getting updates. Ill have to go back and play through it again
1:19:40 I will lose my mind if we get a Ritual of the Night 2.
Bloodstained: RotN is one of my favorite games of all time, I couldn’t ask enough for even more.
"loodstained: RotN is one of my favorite games of all time,"
Yikes, are you serious?
Yeah the game is good, I agree! A sequel would bring many improvements and fun additions
Sensei IGA realmente é fã dos Castlevanias 8 bits do Nintendinho. O jogo ficou perfeito 👏👏👏👏
Pena que o infeliz não liga pra 3D, carecemos urgente de Metroidvanias em estilo 3D
Real gamers harness the power of pen and paper. EDIT: You mention using a guide for this, which is interesting. You already know the history behind CV2 with regard to that.
Finally beat the true ending today (it's tied to completion percentage, not moon cycles!). This DLC is awesome. It's the perfect take on Simon's Quest, I think. I really enjoyed how tough the platforming got at times. ...Playing without all the range upgrades looks hellish though.
a lot of deaths in this was a whole lot of "man, glad that was not me right now but that sure was funny" especially time when you said something right before a death, why did I die iga?! just to suddenly die a moment later was a great one, it was hard not to laugh at that one.
1:54:35 'Dis' is the name of a demon lord from old literature, kind of like Asmodeus, etc... Most of the names used in the game appear to be similar references. SMT referenced the same sources when picking their demons.
Dis was actually the name of a city in Dante's Divine Comedy. The name comes from Dis Pater which was another name Romans had for Pluto (Hades).
@@ultimatecalibur Oh cool. I knew Dis was short for/related to Dis Pater, but didn't realize it was actually Roman (though the clearly Latin name should have been a clue) - I haven't read the Inferno in about 30 years, so forgot about the city entirely ;)
WOW I have this game and knew nothing about this. holy smokes. time to boot it up
11:22 Yep. When I first saw how the shield looked like after you bought it, I already thought "Oh no, that's just a one-use protection". Nice to see it isn't.
I unironically think Valefar is much better made in curse of the moon and this classic mode. In the main game he most try to bonk you with his hands and you can kinda ignore most of his attack the aegis plate.
Does anyone know how you can get the 7th subweapon? (That one between the Fireball "Riga Dohin" and the Book "Dantalion")
Gonna buy this DLC.
Holy smokes. You gotta upgrade the length of the whip dude. You are hurtin. hahaha I was shocked to see you had the default length where you were at.
There are no whip upgrades. Deal with it.
@5434345 there are absolutely upgrades to the length of the whip and the damage it does. Stop lying or at least know what you're talking about
@@jrvbamafan1 I wish that all whip upgrades were removed in hard mode or like.
Anyone know where to get the book subweapon?
dominique's curse is what Simon's quest should've been and i love it
Cant wait to see ppl start speed running this! Lol, dimension shift just for a simple ring
It's refreshing see them not try to "redeem" Dominique.
Not every villain needs a redemption arc.
She was nice in Curse of the moon 2
I wish Igarashi would make O.D. (Orlock Dracule) a playable character. But...maybe that would give off too much of a "symphony of the night" feeling to the game. Especially when you know O.D. is voiced by the same guy who voiced Alucard in SOTN.
i mean if they do a sequel i think he could be an appropriate Julius Mode character
Damn this game still have updates?! That's a W for the devs!
Ngl I liked this more than base game RotN. Wish it was its own full game with more content rather than just a DLC.
Man, I really liked Dominique, was kinda wanting to play as her in the main game too.
Why does Bael work a million times better as a classic boss than as a metroidvania boss
I made two "bad endings" still trying to find out how to make the real one, i believe that you need to do a 100% run? I miss one passive ability and one skill.
Also, no ideia what to do with the Ring of Devil, there is a half-true hint, but still.
Oh yeah baby! CASTLEVANIA 2 2!
2:07:18 my man, you dun goofed; there were breakable blocks DIRECTLY ABOVE THE DOOR
Beat this dlc today. Ending is messed up.
No spoilers!!
@@avalond1193i edited it
So is the switch version out or not? Haven’t seen it in the e-shop as if something separate. It’s not in the game menu, my Swirch is constantly asking me to get the crappy NSO. And my game is updated.
What am I missing here?
I'm guessing they didn't port it over yet, I have the Switch version and so far I don't have the update yet. 505 Games may need to just work out any kinks before releasing it
So guess were never getting the multi-player dlc?!?!
Wheare do you find summen circle???? 1:50:01 vídeo????
Summon circle can be found at night in Wood of Sacrifice, where there are lots of plants blocking an entrance but must be with dead moon. Once there, you will face a giant werewolf. After that, you can go downstairs and find the summon circle in a chest.
You really should have bought the dagger in the first town. Would have saved some headache I think.
Agreed, in hindsight all of the subweapons in this mode are useful & worth the investment. Maybe for speedruns!
Asphodel steppe to abyssal path music looks like bloody tears vibes from stage 1 castlevania legends on gameboy
Ps: when u obtained "Summon Circle" i wonder who summons Circle pedestials back on Bloodstained ritual of the night during Final boss Bael fight is she the one summoning it? Lol
1:08:34 l think that snake-like enemy is a boss from the volcanic level on Curse of The Moon ll😅
1:49:12 where is it?
Behind the vines in the Wood of Sacrifice, they'll only open during the Dead Moon
Furnace of what?
I beat this yesterday at 11pm😅 How do you get the true/good ending? Please 🙏
Beat the game at 11:01
You must collect all 16 scrolls of the book inside each boss castle to get the true ending. I got it in 4 hours,. Unlike Castlevania II, time is not considered.
Is the only way to play this mode by beating the regular game?
Is this dlc free? How much for dlc?
key: omurice 1:02:40
Can you tell me in more detail how he opened that passage?
What do you mean it's the final update there isn't coop yet
There will not be full co op like people think. Its small parts co op.Its out.Other than a bug patch maybe this is it thankfully.
@@protolegacy9184 maan...
This is why you don't back a game unless you sure they gonna deliver all the goods yall never learn
I'm actually surprised this game is still getting updates. Haven't touched it in a long while, but might pick it up again.
Serious question, who wants the bag? As in, I’ve spoken to all 45 npcs in limbo and I haven’t found who the hell wants the fancy pink bag.
On the cemetery next to the Fallen City
@@DeepWeeb Thanks, found the bag before I found him. So I didn’t register in my head that they had a connection
49:00 what da dog doin'
Jupiter, have you played a game called Astalon before? If not, I highly recommend checking it out as a Castlevania fan.
How did you unlock the two crossed swords in Tartarus and Wood of Sacrifice?
Jupiter, you mentioned using a guide. Can you post a link to the guide you used?
Kind of sad she didn't end up being an actual character, but this is cool too I guess.
good game
Dominique is still evil?
Makes me wonder what iga has planned
Why wouldn't she be?
She wants to kill Miriam.
I saw it here first, and love it! ...3m in :D
What a minute, why is dominique so different in this game than Cursed of the Moon?
Because this is pretty much an epilogue to the main game. CotM is a different universe.
@ridjenite ok thanks now I understand.
@@KingEndymionrosecurse of the moon. Dominque is a complete different character , there she s actually a good person capable of sacrificios herself for the sake of others has embrace the chucho teachings thats why her attire is different and she fights with a lance, but here she, evil, cunning and with god like aspirations, to resume here she s Mathias before he besame dracula
@CloudStrifeZX I wanna see this Dominique vs Cotm Dominique
This game still is getting updates? Huh.
Things like Roguevania and Boss Revenge are still missing.
FINALLY SEQUEL TIME
Wait is the shop thing fixed?
Just now hence how I discovered there's a new game mode
Would. Next castle.
1:55:19 don't you dare mess with dmc
i dont like the stupid gimmick of mixing 8bit ost to a 3d game. i get it for nostagia right?
Why do I get Simon's quest vibes
It is based on simon's quest
49:00 😂😂😂😂😂☠️
"Actual no kidding around final update" 🤣. Well at least they constantly update the game, that is worth of price. By the way, does enyone knows if they fix what the last update do to the game recently?
No free pass for her!😂
Dominique did nothing wrong
They need to add Vampire Survivor mode
Pog
Very heavy on the JRPG side but very fun!
Why does it look so slow?
Because she moves and attacks slow
This is based on Simon's Quest, old school Castlevania. Thats why it's slow.
I stand by my resentment for Bloodstained, but I really hope their next project slaps.
I dunno, this whole game has been a dissappointment kind of just looks like ass, especially for the dev time...considering Iga has beautiful games under his belt you'd think he would have like, stopped someone at some point. Atleast we got curse of the moon out of the franchise.
Yeah, this game is nowhere near a worthy IGAvania spiritual successor, terrible art direction, characters, animations, ugly ass 2.5D graphics, too anime for my taste (I'm craving more traditional, Gothic horror style that CV games always have had), too slow with the updates.. I'm not into 8bit games but Curse of the Moon are pretty much flawless NES era CV spiritual successors.. Hope Bloodstained 2 is way better but I won't hold my breath
2:05:00 Guess who used this video as a guide. I certainly got stuck a few times
Bloostained's art direction is so tacky.
MOMMY DOM
Desisti, muito ruim, copia do terrível castlevania 2
Personally, I don't like this dlc. Still struggles to copy Castlevania look and feel and still fails at it on all the line. Better spend money on Castlevania collection
It's so jank
Hate the visuals, music and gameplay. Thanks anyway for the upload.
- a big Castlevania fan
My toughts
Its totally worth playing. Its basically classic Castlevania. How can a big CV fan hate this? I even has a great 8 bit ost.
@@protolegacy9184 Hate everything about it. The cliche protagonist, the recycled enemies, that mundane mediocre soundtrack, the colorful and vibrant fairy tale visuals, the low poly graphics and models...the low effort animations...what else...ask if you need more points.
@DezorianGuy I think you're just hating to hate at this point if you can't find a single thing to like about it. I prefer the curse of the moon games to ritual but it's not that friggin bad.
@@VegetaHitsGirls I don't say it is bad. I just stated that I hate the things I see. It may be the best gameplay feels in the world, I don't know.
The negative reviews are starting to make sense.
Oh god, I just can’t understand how you people ok with this shitty graphics.
Game come out 4 year ago and make by indie dev but people these day live bitching so it can't be help
@@sonogamirinne7172except this so called indie group were creators of some of the best of Castlevania...
@@sonogamirinne7172 that's not a excuse, dude, just look at Bright Memory, one single Chinese guy managed to create a gorgeous, well-optimized game that looks AAA level.
And it's not only the graphics, everything about Bloodstained is @ss, no wonder it's so unpopular in Metroidvania circles...
@@wallacesousuke1433 back when this game comes out no one has problems with the graphics of this game because they are heavy focus on gameplay , but now people love graphics over game play so you and your boyfriend have to cry about it instead , and bright memories game only last for 3 hours gameplay while this game cost more than 10 hour to complete almost anything , so yeah thank for prove my point that people love bitching more than playing game ,
@@sonogamirinne7172 selective reading much? I love how you completely ignore the other lacking areas in this meh af game. Animations, art direction, feedback from landing hits, enemy design, most bosses, this game is laughable, and yeah Bright Memory is short, did you miss the part where it's sad that it was made by a SINGLE PERSON in their spare time?
As much as I'm not a fan of Hollow Knight, it absolutely crushes this game and it was made by TWO people. Embarrassed yet?
Now go be a schizoid fangirl somewhere else, and let the adults talk.
Why does the accelerator not work? This is defective shit some enemies are not taking damage at all...
1:55:26 HEHEHEHEHE
NOOOOO!!!!!!!