16 Minutes of new Bloodstained Gameplay (Demo SPOILERS)

I am SO CURIOS but on the other hand I want to wait until I get to play the demo myself.

Awesome... just, awesome! 

Or maybe people can see it already and starting pointing things that the developers should improve. I've already seen some problems that I want to address later when the demo is released and gets a proper thread.

Also, I included on the subject a SPOILER text, so people who want to avoid them should not open the video.

That's a lot of screen tearing and it's really noticeable to the point where's it's very distracting.

Some problems I have with this demo so far. (I'll keep them in spoilers)



The whole game looks a bit cheap, but I wasn't expecting a looker since they've announced it to be 2.5D. It definitely looks better than the last demo. The voice acting is great. Specially the surprise one...

I have several things to say about this. Most of them great, some of them not so great.

Since people want to avoid spoilers, i'm going to restrict my comment to non-spoiley stuff for now. The video stops at Galleon Minerva Boss.

1) The voice acting is suberb. Is REALLY, REALLY good. I'm quite impressed by all the voices, including screamings and grunts. Also, Miriam is badass.

2) The graphics are overall gorgeous. I can't understand how someone looks at this and says it's "ugly". Different tastes, i guess. It is a HUGE improvement over 2016 DEMO and some level of improvement over 2017 DEMO.  I don't think it is possible to be refined more than this so, people who still think graphics are ugly will not change their opinion.

3) There is, indeed, a lot of screen tearing, so much it's quite jarring.

4) The first cutscene has some hiccups on animation that is a bit off. The last cutscene is also a bit weird on it's animation. They need to improve that.

5) One particular Shard has changed it's animation and overall power and it is much better and more useful now that it was before. I like it. 

6) There is one enemy whose name completely changed. I don't know why, but i wonder if the name will go to a new enemy.

7) Itens are still inside chests and bags. I think people who wanted to see itens outside chests must give up their hope. You can see the item when you pick it up, but they are all inside chests or bags dropped from enemies.

8)  The save room is GORGEOUS. It's aesthetically impressive and really beautiful. And the way you save, although simple, is cute.

9) The game's difficulty seems to have been increased a bit. Specially Vepar as a boss. It seems she is much stronger than it was before. Also, just as a tease. The video shows what type of Shard vepar gives and it's name, but we can't see it in action.

10) Still no Effective Shard to be seem.

11) Lip syncing is indeed bad. I don't believe they will improve it, to be honest, but yeah...it's not very good.

That's it for now. Anything else would be too spoiley, i guess.

Yeah, when I asked in the shoutbox about the spoiler tag, wasn't trying to be an ass, was actually asking since I know many would think that this thread counts as spoiler. Apologies if it was taken wrong.

As for the comment I had on here, earlier, was responding to freddythemonkey. Didn't quote him as I'm off and on, today, since I've been goofing with the kids, so time for extra clicks and the like aren't exactly something I've paid attention to. Just because I, personally, will wait for the demo to be available, did not mean anyone else had to follow suit, nor that they shouldn't discuss the flaws that still need work.

That being said, I stick by what I stated, I'd rather not be influenced in any form, so I can draw a neutral conclusion as to what needs work. Not my first rodeo on beta tests/breaking games/finding as many flaws as possible. I helped with the original Medal of Honor, before it was even announced, as well as the Shadowgate remake. I'm also awaiting entry into 3 more closed betas and have been in touch with those devs. Basically, I have my own, personal routine and that wasn't meant to repel anyone from this thread or the video.

Not a fan of those dialogue animations. I think it would be better if they used 2D portraits for those instead of tweaking the models, I don't think we can expect any substantial improvement there if they don't. But maybe I'm wrong.
I think the cutscenes themselves also feel a bit stiff.
Miriam's animations feel particularly awkward during the dialogue and cutscenes. Johannes looks a bit better, and Gebel actually looks pretty decent.
That whole save room is amazing though. I think it would benefit from them going a little bit crazier on the special effects as Miriam is getting up from the couch, but it already looks great as-is.
The voice acting is pretty damn good, every character sounds pretty great.
Miriam's battle cries are a bit too frequent for my taste, I feel that's going to get a little annoying for a game that I'm going to be playing for hundreds of hours. Maybe I'll get used to it, but it feels a bit much.
Screen tearing is definitely an issue. Now, I'm perfectly capable of eliminating it through Nvidia Control Panel, but console players would seriously suffer if they don't fix it.
Not gonna delve too deeply into criticisms right now, this is a work in progress after all.

The meat of the gameplay does look pretty good though, I'm glad.