Launch Window Announce Trailer

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Damn...DAMN! HYPE HAS OFFICIALLY RETURNED. I have SO MUCH to talk about this, this post, i'm sure, will be damn long but i'm going to do it. I'VE BEEN SUMMONED FROM HELL ITSELF to do this and...okay, let's go.

This wll be a bit different from my usual analysis, because i have a ton of things to say. First, i'm going to talk a bit about the trailer and what it revealed to us, on a frame-by-frame with screenshots.

THE TELEPORT ROOM

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Since the reveal on 2018, when someone was able to find a suspicious room in the Demo, we wall knew that the teleport rooms would make a comeback and here it is. A huge stained portrait that breaks in pieces and lets Miriam traverse the Castle by going inside a black vortex. That's a nice touch, it fits the overall theme of the game and i must say i really like the "space / void / stars" look above the portrait, it gives a dimensional look that fits well with the room purpose.

THE CARRIAGE

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I'm really puzzled by this. This carriage has some kind of demon horse, or unicorn and a man (a man?) as it's driver but not only that, it's just for a split second, but you can see that Miriam is inside, as if she is being carried from one place to the other. It's hard to think what this mean. Maybe there is a place on Garden of Silence (this IS Garden of Silence, right?) where there is a carriage to move you around, like the ferryman on Symphony of the Night. Maybe this is actually a Shard, that let's you summon the carriage to move you around (that would be neat). Anyways, it's a really interesting idea, and i'm looking forwad to see what this actually means.

THE GEAR ROOM

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Here, we can see a room that looks like a Clock Tower of some sort. We have a Buer enemy and a demon that looks something egyptian. This scene is pretty quick, but the gears look nice. Not much to say about this one.


THE SWORD OF LIGHT

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There is a Were-wolf kind enemy down below and another monster up there. The most interesting thing about this scene is definitely the sword Miriam is using. Some kind of Sword of Light with, either a really huge range or some beautiful lightning effect, as it can be seen on the gif above. Don't know if this is a special attack of this magic sword of if it is is default move, but either way, it looks awsesome. It reminded me a bit of some swords from Symphony of the Night.

THE BEE, THE FIRE AND THE GOLDEN STAIRS

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This particular scene is beautiful for a lot of reasons. First, the fire shard (Morte Cannon Shard renewed?) looks awesome, but not only that. Th bee enemy is basic, but take a good look at the scenario and it's depth. You have golden staircases, well-lit by yellowish candles, the first layer on the background has a large hall that goes to another corridor with arc structures. That's a lot of details for a particular area and the whole golden-like art here looks stunning.

THE LASER TELEPORT PROGRESSION SHARD

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This is obviously a progression-shard that let's you "draw" a line towards crawl spaces in order to reach the other side. A creative way to limit the player's progress. I imagine the puzzle and gimmick mechanics that you can create and made up with this.

THE KILLER BARBER CORRIDOR

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Here we can see the Killer Barber enemy, Miriam wearing some funny/fiery looking boots and using Buer Familiar. The corridor itself looks familiar, in shape, to some corridors we've seen in old demos and that's a bit weird. This "up / down" shape seems to be a bit overused and i hope i'm wrong.

THE WERE-WOLF DEMON

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This is still part of the Gear Room / Clock-Tower region and we can see a Were-wolf like enemy. This creature looks like a IGA classic. A towering enemy that is not very strong. IGA really likes that and i'm sure we will see more enemies like this one.

GOING DOWN

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There is nothing happening here, just Miriam going down, but i need to talk a bit about this room. This room is very detailed. Above, you can see what it looks like some kind of hatch, so, maybe you need to open that hatch to reach this area. On the left, the passage seems blocked by a wall. The towerd in the middle has lamps and if you look at it's sides, you can see a corridor on the background and this corridor has a layer with plataforms. Again, a lot of details for this area and i'm impressed how much work they spent on doing that.

THE IMPALED DEMON

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We've seen this area before. It's the room at the entrance that has a impaled demon and a pool of blood underneath. It looks darker, but there is some details in the background (right below) that looks redder. A interesting contrast.

THE SPEEDING SHARD

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Clock Tower again, i believe. This corridor goes on a spin, while Miriam is using a shard that let's her run in fast speed. It is a obvious reminiscent of the famed Black Panther Soul from Aria/Dawn of Sorrow that let Soma traverse the castle in a fast speed while damaging enemies. 

THE ELEVATOR

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The classic elevator, a element on Symphony of the Night and Harmony of Dissonance, not very used after these games, for some unknown reason. Not much to say, besides being a nice touch.

THE LAVA

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Man, this lava looks bright, as it should be. This whole place looks like a huge cavern, most probably underground. The enemy Miriam is facing looks some kind of Morte-like enemy, i don't know if it is a Morte Bone that is shining due to the lava or some kind of enemy we didn't seen before. Miriam is holding a new Sword that is hard to tell if has any special property.

THE BACKER PORTRAITS

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I'm wondering if they switched the backer portraits, from the entrance to the Clock Tower region. Why the keep spinning is also beyond me. Maybe they actually have a reason, besides filling up the kickstarter promise? That would be neat.

CRAFTING

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The crafting screen has a lot of information that i don't need to describe here. A list of weapons (Toradar, Culverin, Betelgeuse, Varethragna, Adrasteia...) and ingredients. Right after it, we can see Miriam using a newly crafted weapon.

FIRE DEMON-LIKE SHARD

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Here, we can see Miriam using another fire attack that looks like Morte Cannon Shard but it isn't. Miriam summoned some kind of Dog Head that shoots flame. This corridor looks like the "up / down" corridor from above, so maybe it is the same region.

SABNOCK AND A EVIL-LOOKING ARMOR

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Sabnock (whose i hope it's shard, that didn't work on the demo, works now lol) and a evil-looking armor with a menacing weapon. The room looks like the entrance, so i believe the entrance was revamped and new enemies were added. Miriam is using Plume Parma shard.


DOUBLE-JUMP

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Double Jump (a skill shard) being used on the Clock Tower region. It's a beautiful little effect, where it seems Miriam grows some kind of colored shard or fairy wings (or both?). I wonder how (if) Miriam will fly, if she has such ability.

THE DRAGON

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A classic dark dragon with purpe-like flames. An obvious boss (if this is an enemy, i would be surprised).

VALEFOR

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Valefor, a boss from Curse of the Moon, shows up on Ritual of the Night. Although there is some criticism to his look, i think he looks okay, but i would like to see him inside a gold-filled room like he is on Curse. And what the hell are this weird green field with glyphs and those bright spikes (??) at it's room on the celling?

THE CHAINED DOG HEAD

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This Dog Head, chained somewhere, chases Miriam. For some reason, i feel like this is some kind of puzzle situation, where you need to figure it out how to flee from this area or something. I also believe that the Fire Shard where Miriam summons a dog head (up above) may be from this guy.

THE DEMON CAT

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This demon cat looks suspiciously like the one-eyed cat portrait from 2018 demo. I have a feeling this is the pet of a backer that was turned into a enemy or boss. That was one of the promises on kickstarter. It looks funny!

VALAC

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This is obviously Valac, a boss from curse of the moon. This weird-looking jaw that can be fused to turn into a single creature looks even weirder on 3d, in a good way. Also, it actually has some kind of human-like huge tongue-skeleton below it's second jaw, what a bizarre and creative design. I really liked it and it is obvious that he is the boss of the Clock tower region. Maybe we fight him while going up and down the tower? that would be awesome.

GEBEL AND GREMORY

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Gremory gained new colors and both her and Gebel looks different and better detailed. It's nice to see this scene again, further reinforcing that Gremory really looks like Gebel's "Death" of some sort.

BLOODLESS

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Bloodless suffered some small changes, and i like how she looks. Not much to say, and her face looks cute!

MIRIAM AND ZANGETSU

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Miriam and Zangetsu traversing the castle together, using Zangetsu's arm chain. That looks neat and i'm SURE this will be enough material for shipping lol

INVERT

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"Invert!" Ah, IGA, you naughty boy! Since 2015 that people ask if the game will have a inverted castle and he didn't said a thing, just saying he would prefer not to comment about it. And now they show THIS? A room where you can invert the whole castle? I believe "Invert" is some kind of progression Shard (maybe a Skill Shard) that you can only use at these rooms. (I don't believe you can use it anywhere, but if you can, that would REALLY SURPRISE ME). That's such a creative idea, a twist to what we could expect from a inverted castle. A really nice touch! You got us!

FINISHING COMMENTS

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The Hype is back. The graphics looks WAY better than 2018 Demo, colorful but dark, with deep layerrs but not confusing. Enemies looks neat, the whole castle structure looks interesting and we can see a lot of depth and details. I know there is still criticism to be done, but i'm happy with what i'm seeing. Thank you IGA, for bringing this genre back to us. I hope Bloodstained turns into a franchise.

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That's all folks!

PS: Changed my avatar to Mana's art, and my signature!

Bullshit. Everyone got the trailer at the same time and no, the game did not got announced “first” for a platform that wasn’t in the original Kickstarter. The game got announced in 2015, remember? It’s just that this particular trailer got broadcasted first for the 500,000 people who watched this live in the Nintendo Direct.

Who cares it wasn’t sent to backers first? Not me! Even if that was the case, Iga’s Official YouTube channel would’ve uploaded the video there for everyone to see anyway.

Seriously people complain about everything. You could give a bag of gold to someone in the internet and they’ll whine that the bag is too heavy.

NINTENDO DIRECT has a new footage of the game! 
Gonna talk about it as soon as i watch it properly

One thing I haven't seen people mention is that in the trailer it looked like a rapier weapon had a combo of attacks that ended in a rapid flurry of thrusts. Were weapon types given combos?

Pure Miriam I appreciate your analysis of the footage, with the screenshots. Thanks for making it. It allows more time to enjoy all of these new things we got.

I was waiting on that classic Pure Miriam breakdown post and he never dissapoints! That sword of light looks badass, I cant wait to see some of the other weapons, its clear there are a ton.

EDIT: I also want to say, Mana's box art is incredible! I was already excited since I backed the game high enough to get the Ayame Kojima box art as well but wow, I did not expect the team would actually let Mana do the main art herself. Well done!

*I'll fix that, been here for years and I always thought you were a she, sorry :3*

Careful, ReySol . You may have just insulted the beloved pet of someone who backed the Hounds of Hell tier.


Possibly this person's. <looks suspiciously at @autumn >

HAVE YOU PLAYED HOLLOW KNIGHT? EVERYONE LOVES HOLLOW KNIGHT! HOLLOW KNIGHT. HOLLOW KNIGHT! HOLLOW KNIIIIIIIIGHT!

Yeah. Hollow Knight is a thing for some people. I personally don't like it. Do I think Hollow Knight is a terrible game? Nope. It's just not a game for me. Is Bloodstained the most gorgeous game there ever was? Nah. But I didn't want that. I wanted the successor to Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and everything here says I'm getting *more* than that. Shwing!

The ONE THING I'm not getting is a nice Alfred from the looks of it. Dammit. I wanted Alfred to be playable and likeable, not a shifty neckbeard who can also turn your internal organs into hot, hot death.

Do you see what I did, eru? I had an opinion and didn't need to belittle others or even any of the games mentioned to make it.