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Post by XombieMike on Jun 27, 2019 16:46:10 GMT -6
Alright, this thread was originally about dissatisfaction with the Switch version of the game and it's derailed into an argument that shouldn't have started in the first place. Let's get back on topic, please. lordgrade I'm sorry you are so disappointed with the game. The problems on Switch should have never happened in the first place, and although the team is trying to resolve this, what they do to fix this will be too little too late to many people. Not everyone will understand this. If you REALLY want to give your stuff away and you don't want a refund, I'll take it off your hands. I mean... well I don't want a pipe bomb in the mail or anything, so maybe just give it away to someone in person. 505's office in CA is public information if you want to send it there. I don't really think that is going to resolve your real issue here, though. You are not happy with the game, and that is understandable. Returning it isn't going to help you in the end. If you had purchased this game at a retail store, I doubt they would take it back unless it was unopened. Software usually isn't returnable. As a backer, Kickstarter comes with the understanding that you are helping support a creator to make what they want to the best of their ability. Your pledge is an investment with a risk/reward, and you obviously aren't happy with how it has turned out. I don't think a refund will be possible for anyone. If it was, the Linux backers would have got theirs long ago. I don't think returning your copy will really help you. Is there something I can do to help you move on from continuing repeating yourself here? Your message has certainly been heard. I just want to help in any way I can.
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Post by XombieMike on Jun 27, 2019 16:26:09 GMT -6
Question I agree that this is really hard to see. We want to make sure people know this place exists as a great resource for them.
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Post by XombieMike on Jun 26, 2019 9:14:43 GMT -6
Everyone, please welcome our latest moderator meruuma to the forum moderation team! Meru Uma has been very helpful in moderating our Discord server and will be helpful here too with our increased traffic. Thanks Meru!
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Post by XombieMike on Jun 25, 2019 4:46:57 GMT -6
If you're scratching your head wondering where the last hairstyle is, look here. And I thought I reached 100%... I have been looking for that everywhere. I went to see this and it's not in my version... 1.0.3 on Xbox.
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Post by XombieMike on Jun 24, 2019 8:59:20 GMT -6
Regarding the plot and the role of the church.
The trope of church corruption has made its way into the Castlevania Netfilx and now in Bloodstained. I am considering this from a Christian perspective, although I admit I have stopped believing over the past couple of years. When I saw that Sypha had been changed from a holy warrior to someone God would be “pissed at”, and when Lisa went from being holy to warning the corrupt church that Dracula’s wrath was real implying God was not, I thought to myself that God just can’t have nice things anymore. When Dominique wanted to gain the power to slay gods because God did not prevent the cataclysm 10 years before, I wondered why IGA used this trope here as well.
In Castlevania canon Mathias was much the same way. Turning his back on God after a loss. We don’t get to see it happen. We hear about it, but we didn’t know those characters. With Dominique, we like her because she was a warrior that had helped the 10 years before, and she was nice throughout the game as an ally. She was likeable. This let us get to know her a little even though she was being deceptive. She was pretending to be her old self. That is much more relatable than Mathias. I pretend still to be Christian. I even pray with other Christians still, though I have admitted my lack of belief. They seem to be fine with it, and I think there is wisdom to religions when used to strive to be a better person regardless in any faith or lack thereof.
IGA was giving the fans what they want. A villain who had gone to war for God and came out the other side angry. At least this time there is more attachment to the character. If you are feeling that attachment more than the average fan, and feeling that betrayal more, well you’re feeling exactly how IGA intended then from my perspective.
I really think that Dominique saved Anne to use as the alchemists once began growing crystals. If not, she may have done it because saving a child in front of Miriam would really help to gain her trust. After all, Miriam and her orphan friends were exactly like Anne. It would have been impactful if Dominique had revealed her twist using Anne, and I will always believe that is a lost opportunity in the story. Anne didn’t need to die for this, but certainly needed to be put in a near death ritual. Perhaps this is what IGA wanted, but was afraid this was pushing things too far. I like far, though… just ask my D&D players.
If a Christian wants to claim that the church isn’t corrupt in today’s world, there are solid cases where people take advantage of other’s faith for their own gain. The difference is what you do. You have to be the holy warrior. You have to be the “exorcist” like Gebel and Dominique, only you have to be the hero. IGA’s heroes are caught up in the ultimate fight between evil and that evil’s plan to spite God and humanity. A reluctant hero allows for more character growth and is often more interesting to me. Miriam is fighting for good using the power of demons to do it. This is interesting. It works.
I do have a gripe, however. Miriam was able to wield the full shard capacity that the Hellhold could offer with no ill effects. On the ship, Johannes warns against getting too many shards and Miriam brushes it off like he can take care of that for her later as he has helped her with this before. I didn’t like that, and it totally changed my perspective on her character’s attitude. What is worse is that she was absolutely correct. By the end, Johannes has it all figured out. No character growth. No struggle between doing what is right and using demonic power to do so. This undermines my above message about being the difference that fights for good in the opposition to corruption.
The game is great. I love it. I don’t have to have story things my way to enjoy what is written. I look forward to more games that will explore more demons of the Goetia, as my favorite demon was absent and had no representation. Perhaps some of the shortcomings of the story can be used as focus points later. I will be eager to see what is next!
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Post by XombieMike on Jun 22, 2019 8:16:48 GMT -6
Everyone please welcome long time contributor Clear to the moderation group! With an influx of new members upon realease, it's nice to add someone to the team. I'm sure they will be a great fit.
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Post by XombieMike on Jun 21, 2019 6:52:03 GMT -6
One of the things that makes Bloodstained so special to me is the community we have built around the game. Even if Bloodstained happened to come out as some sort of disappointment, I would have still cherished the group of people who have come together to share their love for Koji Igarashi's legacy. We have that in common at the least, and by this simple common thread we share, it starts strengthening other connections. If you have made friends over the past 4 years because of this game, shared game music together, shared fan art together, have rushed to post news, have read updates as soon as they're posted and discussed them, you have felt like I have during the wait. The most beautiful thing about all this is that the game isn't just actually good, it's worthy of the lagacy. It has IGA's soul in it. Michiru Yamane's soul. Robbie Belgrade's soul. Ayami Kojima's soul. Castlevania's soul.
The legacy lives on in our hearts. So keep in touch with the community. Make it a helpful and encouraging community that will continue to celebrate this legacy and the future it now has through us.
Army of the Night, I salute!
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Post by XombieMike on Jun 19, 2019 21:28:37 GMT -6
void2258 update your link to Bloodstained.forums.net I've seen that screen before. You may need to clear your cache or see if it happens on a different browser.
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Post by XombieMike on Jun 19, 2019 10:45:21 GMT -6
There are pets and portraits I've already come across in the game. If you have some in game content you would like to let us know about, go ahead and post it in spoiler tags here.
I was afraid that portraits might affect the atmosphere while playing, but everything seems to fit pretty well!
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Post by XombieMike on Jun 18, 2019 14:42:06 GMT -6
@bloodymiri yo, we have. Spoiler tags. Just in case you didn't know about our shush smiley button that does this.
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Post by XombieMike on Jun 18, 2019 12:36:39 GMT -6
I just saw the FAQ on Discord now says Soundtrack goes out after Switch.
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Post by XombieMike on Jun 18, 2019 11:35:33 GMT -6
Everyone posting understands this is a post to a link where you submit the bugs, right? This isn't the bug reporting platform. I like hearing these issues so I stay in the know about what is going on, but I seriously hope people are also using the link provided to submit these bugs. I will lock this thread if it is confusing.
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Post by XombieMike on Jun 17, 2019 10:47:50 GMT -6
Woot! So awesome to see Thomas here again.HYYYYYPE
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Post by XombieMike on Jun 6, 2019 5:16:21 GMT -6
The board for articles and interviews would gave also worked. This is fine too though.
I didn't spoil too much for myself, but what I saw looked great!
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Post by XombieMike on Jun 4, 2019 10:42:07 GMT -6
I think someone needs to check Mr. Welldone's basement for child experiments... I mean I don't think we have enough for a warrant here, but hey. I'll let Gebel understand Alfred first. If Alfred survives, then I'll revisit the idea of me just not understanding him.
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Post by XombieMike on Jun 4, 2019 10:18:34 GMT -6
Mr. Welldone don't worry. With boss revenge mode I think it's highly likely that Alfred will be playable. Meeting him in the demo made him seem like a villian, so there is a good chance he's a boss fight. He's responsible for cursing children and bringing these demons to Earth. I don't see him as a protagonist, and was surprised he was playable in Curse of the Moon.
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Post by XombieMike on Jun 4, 2019 9:35:14 GMT -6
your post brings something else to mind, could it be that Angel's "angelic muahahaha'ing" could be taken more literally as a sneaky hint that we're looking at an actual angel for the character? I mean, since Hell decided to make an appearance, it would be prudish of Heaven to just stand them up.
I am curious if the Church isn't the corrupt organization as has become the trope but is in fact a Holy agent? There is art of super corrupted Miriam and 'Holy' Enochian lettering is used to allay the Crystal Curse; perhaps there is divine aid in the game?
Interesting thought.
It would be great to have a holy aspect of the game representing Heaven without regarding the church being corrupt or not. I'm sure the game has evolved since it's inception, but it sounded like the alchemist guild used faith to control people and created a catastrophe to win back public faith as the public became more reliant on science. It all odd because that sounds like a church trope even though alchemy was more science than faith. Anyways, I believe Johannes was always supposed to be the second playable character with Zangetsu bring the third. If they have dropped Johannes for Dominique, I'd be happy. IGA didn't want Johannes to be bookish, but that's what happened with him. Gebel and Alfred would also be good as playable since people know them from Curse. My vote is for Dominique.
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Post by XombieMike on May 30, 2019 21:26:27 GMT -6
I don't want to ban ANYONE, even temporarily. Why do I even need to be the one to address this? Why can't 505 ban him? Because it's easier to ignore him than to ban him and give him more legitimate reason to say something like, "first they refused to talk to me for months, then they ban me."
I don't even disagree with browren's complaint. He SHOULD get a refund. As should all Linux/Mac backers. It's his right to complain, but those complaints have been heard and it's time to understand that nothing good will come from browren spending so much time here complaining without getting a resolution (that he wants or not). If that resolution is banning him, let 505 do it.
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Post by XombieMike on May 30, 2019 16:18:55 GMT -6
The lack of respect to one another is making me want to temp ban everyone with a negative post. Like some mom flailing their arm around at the back seat while driving because she doesn't know what kid started it but she's just gonna start smacking.
Everyone chill out.
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