E3 Demo Feedback for the developer's team

I would put it on the art style of the game that some would consider the boss a little silly looking. If the game had a more realistic style as opposed to it's anime-esque one, it would be kinda scary. Its more of the concept of it being a giant ocean lady that is showing obvious signs of pregnancy (or at least as close to being pregnant as we would understand a humanoid monster to be) that gives birth to squids WITH TEETH straight from her distended stomach THAT ALSO HAS TEETH and that whole "By the way this thing is male in the mythology its derived from" that supposed to be disturbing instead of what it might look like in the style it's in.

And that's not necessarily a bad thing I'd like to think. Bosses don't always have to be intimidating in a visual sense. Just interesting or memorable, which I think Vepar fills those categories. Castlevania has had silly enemy designs in the past for both normal enemies and bosses, like the Wallman from Order of Ecclesia or Abbadon from Dawn of Sorrow. Hell to this day I still this Slogra looks hilarious. That didn't make me take them less seriously though. If a boss is menacing in a mechanical sense, then that could throw you for a loop and set a precedent of "Anything can be a threat no matter how it looks, so be careful around new enemies", which is a good precedent to set for a player.  That being said, Vepar wasn't super intimidatingly difficult. I could give it pass for being what I assume is going to be the first boss, but even then she could have probably dealt a bit more damage or had faster attacks.

The pregnant argument does make sense; it's one of the reasons I don't mind if the bust doesn't change. Same with a few of your other points. Though without nipples, they don't really have much of a purpose... I still like my idea in the "Boss boobs" thread about them housing twins (of its same species) that will eventually birth themselves out of them. Thinking of it that way, they're definitely a little more creepy.

One thing I don't think a lot of the people that feel Miriam attacks too slowly are remembering is that weapons in these games have always had vastly differing attack animations. Early weapons typically did swing out a bit slower and more simply, and later on you'd get really powerful things that do a lot of damage but have far less speed, or other weapons with unique striking paths, some that are very quick, etc. It's always been a technique to jump just a bit to swing in the air rather than attack on the ground to keep moving while hitting, and only a few of the strongest utility weapons allowed unrestricted movement while attacking. That's just weapons mind you, a lot of magic-type abilities could be used without stopping. You had to learn your hammers from your screwdrivers from your socket wrench, and use the right tools for the job.

I would never try to silence anyone, as I believe everyone has the right to voice out their opinion. Even more so when they're emotionally and financially invested in this project. But they really need to get a clue of what they're talking about before providing "feedback".

Do they think you're only getting one sword the whole game? What do they think is the point of the other weapons and spells?

It's like they're having all these brilliant ideas that Igas team implemented back in 97. I thought it was funny at first, but then it became annoying.

You're right. I trust Iga.
I will try to make this the last time I mention it. Because I feel like talking shit on people who have good intentions is a bit mean. I understand they want the best possible game just like me.
I love having a positive community. But the least they can do is play the games this project is a spiritual successor to. Maybe even read the thread so the same stuff isn't being repeated endlessly.

- I noticed clipping issues with walls and other obstacles while walking and attacking, maybe for attacks you could have a clashing animation when you hit a wall or object you can't interact with. or just not show your image threw the walls, I dunno it just looks a bit off to me with the game being 3d modeled and not the traditional animated style.

- The animation for the Directional Shard ability's looks a bit weird when your jumping both stationary and while moving. If you allow players to change up the buttons like in Symphony of the Night this could be a great utility for players and speed running.

- I love that the way you can replenish your magic/mana with the blue flowers but I thought instead of just blinking and disappearing like they do when you leave them for to long, they could look like their being blown away and separating into petals.

- In Symphony of the Night while having no weapon or using a knuckle weapon, Alucard would do this beautifully executed spiral kick when jumping while holding diagonal down. I would love to see something similar to this in Bloodstained, since it was always one of my favorite animations and things to do in that game.

- The music was a bit low and felt like it was lacking a bit. It may be louder and changed later but I'd be kicking myself if no one else mentioned this and it was over looked. The music in the Castlevania games were always so good.

- I absolutely love the sound of the kick attacks, their so satisfying.

- There is a bit of stuttering when changing areas by jumping into or up out of an area, like when you first go below deck or jump back out.

- I assume that because you have two slots for weapons that you can equip two at a time one in the right and left hand? If that's the case, I think it looks a bit odd when Miriam swings a weapon equipped in the first slot with the other hand when facing the other direction.

-I love the idle animation after you have swung your sword but find it a bit weird that your weapon disappears when you crouch, run, and jump. Maybe it could stick around when you crouch at least.

-If you ever played Super Metroid chances are you ran into the aliens that teach you how to wall jump and shin spark. I always thought it would have been cool for something like that to be in a Castlevania game. Maybe there  could be a reoccurring animal in the game like a cat, bird, or dog that just pop up in different places as you progress threw the game.

How about shattering violently in shiny little crystal pieces?

Edit: Btw, it would be a nice to bind the jump not only to A button (or X for PS4), but also R3; so you can control movement, jumping and aiming with directional shards at the same time.

I love that first idea! I just wanted to point out on the second thing though, you can do that in the demo as it is.