Healing items and amounts

Well it's a nice idea, but remember that both systems have their advantages. With food items restoring a flat amount this would mean the player is pushed to find new recipes as the game progresses to ensure that the healing items keep pace with the game's difficulty. This could make for some interesting gameplay. With food items healing a set percentage this would mean that every meal scales so the player is not forced to discover new ones. This means that the player need not worry too much about the future and takes the pressure off meaning they can get stuck into the game, but probably makes food items rarer for balance purposes.

Personally i'd prefer that food heal a set amount because i'd rather be finding more recipes more often, but that doesn't mean i don't see your point. Do we know for certain which approach they are going to take? I didnt check the screenshot of the cooking menu screen...

reynoldszahl

Normal mode: Stack max 99.
New Game Plus Normal: Stack max 99.
Nightmare Difficulty: Stack max 9.
New Game Nightmare Difficulty: Stack max 3.

Only brainstorm, not actual information or at any way confirmed.

reynoldszahl

Well, there is a Classic Mode, which ignores the XP leveling I believe, giving you a more Castlevania 1-3 feel. Its shorter but.. It can been proven a bit more difficult. And you have Boss Rush, which should either be limited after trial and error, or unlimited and see how far you can go, making bosses more and more frenzy as you move along.

Nightmare Difficulty should be hard enough to be both enjoyable and a thorn on your side.

My two cents:

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I think both systems has their advantages, it's hard to tell which is best. Aria of Sorrow had Health potions healing flat numbers while "Mind potions" (heals MP) healing percentage, in the same game. 
I normally prefer flat numbers, because percentage has the problem of every single healing item being more or less the same thing.
Food already was confirmed to give a one-time permanent bonus. That alone forces you to keep looking for new food itens and it's a great idea.
Temporary bonuses for healing itens is a neat idea, but it can make the game easier if you don't work out on the second topic below.

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I said this before, and i know the final decision is of the dev team, of course, but i can't stress this enough. Among the decisions that were made during the evolution of Igavania's formula, some changes were made and were great ones, such as eliminating EXP degradation (Symphony and Harmony had the same enemies giving less and less EXP as the main character leveled up) but one of the best ones, was  the idea of reducing item stack size: In Aria of Sorrow and later games, all gear and usage itens stock, including healing itens, was reduced from 99 to 9 each. That made the games more challenging and risky, without making them much harder because those games still had healing food and such and you could still stack lots of "9" healing itens. 

To be fair, i can see healing itens being percentage based or flat numbers based, but i really would like if Bloodstained imposes the 9 stack instead of the 99 stack. But, of course, i will accept either decision the dev team will make.
At least on both Demos, the stack size SEEMS to be on the decimals (either 10, or 50, or 99?). So, let's see what will happen.

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I am used to the usual 99 potions and fixed HP healing amount in games. That said, in igavanias, 99 is a LOT. In sum, they should end costly/harder to get and keep.
All that matters to me is that I hope potion-spamming will not make the game too easy, or that we will not need to rely on button-mashing to use them.

I just pray for the dev teams to bring us a cohesive whole, so the game will end challenging but engaging enough so healing will be significant, but we will not need to rely on it enough (while not making the game desert-trudging.)

That said, it was stated that 'stained will be on CSOTN's difficulty level by default.
This makes me very curious on if other difficulties can be chosen from the start or not and how it will translate in a gaming session.

Still I much believe in them on this.  

Since the limit in demo is 99, I hope it stays 99

This is my healing potion of choice. (It's actually cranberry juice and Belvedere Vodka)