Bloodstained's difficulty

Exactly, even if I wanted, I couldn't rely only on Nitesco (Nova Skeleton's Laser Glyph) and would need to use a different weapon also to beat this cave. Also I like how Giant Skeleton acts as wall in this game, he is the boss that most people that stopped playing because they couldn't beat it, but also acts as a boss that only lets you pass if you understand fully how the game works.

It is cool when once in a while a game teaches you everything and then some time later stops holding your hand like "hey, now its time to show everything that you learned and after that you wouldn't need my help anymore".  I've stopped playing it on this part at first, but then after some time I've tried again and after this boss, I don't stopped until finishing the game and almost beating Albus Mode LVL 1 on Hard (or that was LVL 50? I must check sometime).

Wow, I'm surprised no-one voted for SotN's difficulty or lower!
I agree that OoC's difficulty might not have been for everyone and there'll be Nightmare mode for those wanting an extra challenge, I just hope I won't have to wait until NG+ for it though. I'll most deffinetely play NG+, but when you already know the enemies, items and skills available part of the challenge is reduced. I hope we get at least 2 difficulty levels from the start, one around Dawn's and one around OoC's. Nightmare mode could be closer to OoC's Hard(lvl50), but Hard(lvl1) was waaaay too crazy for me! I'm quite optimistic about it too, as other have mentioned SotN was probably very easy because it was the first of a kind, every Igavania after that one had it's difficulty tuned a bit better.

I also hope Nightmare mode will have more than just harder hitting enemies. I hope bosses get new attacks, enemy and item placement change around and we get some other curve balls like that. OoC experimented with that, it had enemies attacking faster and more aggresively in hardmode, but I think they could take the idea further.

I see a lot of people wanting OoE difficulty. OoE is too hard for me and I still haven't completed it. I don't want Bloodstained to be too hard. Various difficulty options is of course the best solution.

Ive seen some people who actually think adjustable difficulty is BAD.
Those kinds of opinions make me cry.

Ive also noticed a rise in games with easier than very easy difficulty settings... Like cheat code easy. Ik talking enemy hp =1 and player is godmode easy. I would never ever ever enjoy that, bjt I have no objection to them existing for the people who DO want it... So why cant some people support people who want hard modes too qq.

Not that im saying anyone here has said such yet.

i could go for this, i never got around to 100% OoE but i love running SotN every now and then and im currently slogging my way through the PoR arena for items at 60

i will say this though, i actually like SotNs difficulty curve (DoS has a similar curve but more refined for less of a swing) for normal because the levels and the gear overtake it, it allows you to choose your own difficulty by deciding what level you want to shoot for and what gear you want to use to make it to the end, instead of the curve being set to meet up with the gear and stats where by the end youre forced to use the best gear and almost max lvl to beat the final boss or abuse the magic/item system for an easy kill. if you want to nuke drac with dual crissaegrims/inf buffalo stars/godshield you can, if you want to challenge him to fisticuffs in your bloomers at as low a level you can manage, you can (thatd be a couple hour fight worth streaming >P)

part of the reason i keep bringing up relics that would allow you to freeze your level, gold, and mastery (if its implemented) is that it would give us another way to tweak the difficulty (along with gear) on the fly (as well as hopefully being easy to implement for the devs). game getting too easy? freeze your level and mastery, equip weaker gear and continue, and if it gets too difficult later you turn them off and put on better gear ^_^

I love a good challenge and the level of difficulty in OoE was near perfect in my opinion. This difficulty, in combination with the massive castle upcoming in Bloodstained, would make for an exceptional gaming experience.

So, uh, recently I played a game with a similar level-up system to SOTN. Specifically, Gunvolt, which my avatar is inspired by. Allow me to give my thoughts.

I could pick up any other game. Play it for a few hours, get addicted to it momentarily, then eventually peter out. Why? Because quite frankly I didn't have the dexterity or the time needed to actually play the game and accomplish all there is to accomplish. Eventually, my brain would just give up on me after dying for the thousandth time. Gunvolt was different.

• There was no lives system. You could die and play as many times as you want.
  
• There was a level up system. If you couldn't beat a level at one point, grind and try again.
  
• There were aspects that made the game significantly easier but needed to be taken away to score higher scores and reach higher levels of play.
  
• There were equipment that could allow you to defeat any obstacle as long as you had the time and patience.
  

Yet, there was still difficulty. Why? Because achieving the highest scores was not just difficult, it was near impossible. In order to get an S+, you needed to not get hit, defeat practically every enemy, use none of the "easy-mode" items, and clear this all the fastest you could. There were also challenge levels that would test your stamina, surprisingly hard bosses, a Speed Run mode which was just plain insane, and the option to completely forego the level-up system. The result is a game that ultimately had a lot of replay value. This is the reason why although until now I did not have a favorite game, Azure Striker Gunvolt is now my favorite game of all time.

I would ultimately LOVE if Bloodstained was similar. This is particularly true if there is no content which is only available on higher difficulty levels. I realize that you can't ultimately listen to one person and grant them what they want. But who knows? This may be what Igarashi and Inti Creates are looking to do, and I just convinced them to go for it. Either way, I would love if this was the case.

Dark Souls!

Except sotn is so easy that even if you play 1 handed you wont get your "ass kicked" =p.