Ayami Kojima art revealed! Kickstarter Update - 06/13/19

It seems I have not been paying enough attention. Someone at kickstarter posted this a while ago. I'm not hating, I just want to know what I missed, and when this was changed:

"FAQ #13

Why is the disc $60?

The Kickstarter Edition of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night won't be sold at retail. It comes in an exclusive slipcase and it's preloaded with backer-exclusive content—the Swordwhip, the only weapon powerful enough to unite Teams Sword and Whip, and a super-secret boss who you'll have to foil to earn it."

Don't know.

Angel is trying to work with the company to ensure it’s rolled, if possible.

But that update doesn't say if the dlc is going to be off disc or not now. They still could have printed two versions at the time, one with and one without. I would just like some clarity on this. I understand with that it will be available to everyone now (still think it should have been exclusive for a window of time, but I digress) but the main reason for physical for me was to have the game in a "complete" form for later years. We have recently seen digital games getting removed and their servers taken without any recourse for the users.

RichterB

In the end since there was always going to be multiplayer, there would never have been a totally complete disc after online support was removed, but as far as single player goes yea I agree that is sucks we won't get the "whole" game, I won't mind so much if Artplay continues to expand upon the game beyond it's original concept for a year or so, that was and still is the most important thing to make a great game that would surpass expectations.

As far as the concerns from everyone go to wanting a "Complete Edition" I share your desire's however that would mean essentially delaying the game another 6 months... or year or more. Quite frankly I think that would have harmed the project far more than any good would have come from it. I remember how disappointed I was last year at hearing about the delay, I for one would have seriously been losing faith if we didn't even have a release date at this point and a great many would have given up/lost interest and/or started to tear down the project in social media (we all have seen that off and on throughout the project.) There have been and are many that will say don't release the game till it's done and in general thats a great philosophy but it's foolish to believe that after a certain point in today's environment the masses will still stay supportive and like them or not (I usually don't) the masses are going to be a huge part in whether or not this project is successful. I don't know if I'll buy the "complete edition" if it does indeed come out eventually (We know it is an idea they have however we don't know when or if it will come to be) But I do know that even if it does my backers copy will still be prized by me.



My understanding of the situation is that the primary cause of the delay (I could be mistaken) is fixing bugs and problems with the DLC. If that's the case the only way to "fix" the delay is to delay releasing the game, someones gonna be unhappy no matter what. I too wish that they had just delayed a month or so but this game will hopefully be huge enough that a delay of a few weeks will not be too noticeable, I sincerely hope this won't be a game I'll be putting down after a couple days myself. In short it's not ideal no but it's not worth getting upset over either. Printing two different disc's still costs money and since the DLC in question is being delayed that would mean that backers wouldn't get their copies for weeks after release, like I've said no matter what someones not gonna be happy.