{"id":19970,"date":"2019-04-08T13:14:04","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T13:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.prod.gmgfarm.net\/?p=19970"},"modified":"2019-04-08T13:14:04","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T13:14:04","slug":"5-days-of-rezzed-bloodstained-ritual-of-the-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/vpce-0921aaf1c67156043-4t1vg0wq.vpce-svc-0cf8d5d00172470c2.us-east-1.vpce.amazonaws.com\/5-days-of-rezzed-bloodstained-ritual-of-the-night\/","title":{"rendered":"5 days of Rezzed: Bloodstained: Ritual of the night"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Last week the Green Man Gaming crew descended upon EGX Rezzed<\/a> at the London Tobacco Docks to bring you the latest in best in gaming. This week we will be dropping all our thoughts and opinions on what went down, Starting with Jasons thoughts on Bloodstained: Ritual of the night<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To Castlevania, or not to….<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Given Konami<\/a>\u2019s propensity for ignoring the great games that they could <\/em>produce many have felt a real sense of longing for classics like Mystical Ninja, Hybrid Heaven (it\u2019s a classic, don\u2019t @ me) and Castlevania. Thankfully, Koji Igarashi<\/a> is a free agent and has so far graced us with Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon<\/a>, an excellent take on the very old-school Castlevania games and one of the sleeper indie hits of last year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If Curse of the Moon is an appetiser, then Ritual of the Night is very much the main meal. You only have to look at the gameplay and the enemy designs to see just how clearly this is a Castlevania game in all but name. Instead of playing as one of the many Belmonts you take control of Miriam, who has awoken from a coma and has been tasked with confronting the Gebel who resides in the Demon Castle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Powers, powers and more powers!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

She has some unique abilities though, she can absorb the power of fallen foes because of the horrific experiments that caused her to fall into a coma ten year earlier. When she absorbs this crystallised power, she adds new abilities to her arsenal. These abilities take multiple different forms and are also one of the main ways of combating the Demon Castle\u2019s rather unfriendly inhabitants. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The crystals can impact one of several different attack styles or abilities. For example, you can aim, you can hit y, you can hit RB. Your aimed attack tends to be projectiles or continuous attacks. I got to try out one that created a chainsaw of sorts that shredded enemies completely, and also one that simply fired an arrow. The Y attacks had mixed effects, one summoned a knight to attack for me while another sent a projectile along the ground. The RB seemed to be the metroidvania slot. I had one ability that let me grab and manipulate objects, and also one that turned me into a bunny girl. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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