Poll of the Day > Bloodstained is incredible so far.

(+) Yeah! (+)

32 for a indie game?
Yeah fuck that.
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DeaconsPony posted...

Hard mode is way way harder than normal. I died like ten times to the beginning and had to keep watching the conversation with johannes. I still had fun dying though so I don't think it contradicts with loving the game lol

I've been playing on normal, but so far the only remotely difficult parts of the game are the first two boss fights.
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Should have it tomorrow.

Now...do I put off my NG+ playthrough of Xenoblade 2 to play Bloodstained right away....?

Okay, so I just got to what I'm assuming is the last area of the game and it is such a stupid gimmick area. Why not bring out some badass enemies instead?
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Pus_N_Pecans posted...

DeaconsPony posted...

Hard mode is way way harder than normal. I died like ten times to the beginning and had to keep watching the conversation with johannes. I still had fun dying though so I don't think it contradicts with loving the game lol

I've been playing on normal, but so far the only remotely difficult parts of the game are the first two boss fights.

Which is why no one should play on normal. It's a joke
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Beat it and started a new game+ on hard mode. I know it won't be difficult on a new game+, but I'm doing to make grinding crafting materials for the item list completion less of a chore. I figure I'll naturally get a lot of materials just playing through the game normally again instead of running around and grinding just yet.

Really fun game though. Feels just like a gba/DS Era castlevania game with bits of sotn toss in the mix. Only request? have the accelerator shard be available earlier, because the amount of back tracking is a bit high in the game for not having that available at 50% through the game as opposed to 90%.

Also, why was the second to last area (and some of the last area) just a copy/paste asset re-use? That was supremely disappointing. I wanted an entirely new/creative area for the end of the game and I got a version of the garden where I'm smaller/everything is bigger and then an ice version of some of the water area/some new stuff. Boooooo, you could tell it was rushed or something.

Reggie, re-use or obvious rushing happens in games when they run out of funds.

Ever heard of Xenogears disk 2 symptoms? Yeah.
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Lots of bullshit in this topic so far...
The game is amazing. It takes the best parts of Symphony and Aria and shoves em together.
Absolutely worth the 40 bucks, considering it's much longer than any of the previous Igavanias and they all retailed for 40 at launch as well.
It doesn't take 8 hours to beat the game the first time, I'm at 18 hours and 80% complete. Pretty sure 15-20 is the average for a first playthrough.

dioxxys posted...

dlc

dioxxys posted...

boss rush

Uh no dude, I unlocked boss rush from getting the bad ending.

DeaconsPony posted...

Hard mode is way way harder than normal.

Good to hear. My only complaint so far is that the game is too easy.
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hump