Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2

The Development Team and the Spiritual Successor

The development team that became the hallmark of the classic games Inti Creates returns with a new game with a heritage theme, and this game is none other than Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2. Since its release, the Bloodstained series has had this role The spiritual successor to Konami’s Castlevania series is superbly acted, and Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2 helps to continue to build on what the old Castlevania action games offered. So how did this result come about?

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is the spiritual successor to the addictive Castlevania games with RPG elements from famous designer Koji Igarashi, while Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon in its entirety is the spiritual successor to the 2D action Castlevania games, whose journey started on the Nintendo NES or PC. Family As it is known in many regions of the world, the development team at Inti Creates has always been the development team specialized in the simulation of classic games and here presents the second part of this adventure.

Bloodstained replaced Dracula and the vampires in Castlevania with the demonic danger and the danger of demons in its narrative representation, in order to preserve the dark and strange character of the narrative and the game world, and we return to the adventure once again as the character of the swordsman Zangetsu, accompanied of 3 other characters. In fact, this feature comes to the fore right from the start. Curse of the Moon 2 is a game that offers a lot of variety in stages and a lot of variety in game options thanks to the multiple characters and their advantages.

The Characters and Their Abilities

Zangetsu doesn’t have a long striking range, but she does have a high health bar, allowing her to survive for long periods of time. Dominic, the new character who uses the spear, is significantly stronger than Zangetsu as her striking range is greater and she can direct blows upwards, and this makes a big difference in the game. This game depends on the distribution of enemies and their repeated attack patterns. Even in terms of magical sub-abilities, it has a very interesting ability, which is the ability to throw a healing fruit that can be used to treat another character, changing the character with the press of a button, or even bringing lost characters back to life.

Yes, you can switch between the four characters with the press of a button once they all join you. Each character has a different play style and advantages. The third character to join the player is Robert, who uses firearms, which provides advantages. He has the longest range among all characters, but he has the lowest health bar. He can jump onto walls and crawl to cross low corridors. The fourth and final character, Hachi, is a character who rides something resembling an armored robot (mecha). He has the highest health bar among existing characters and a high ability to be destroyed by hits with his iron arm.

The Gameplay and Replayability

Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2 is a wonderful game in every way. The levels are varied and contain shortcuts and branches that you will enjoy discovering and returning to again and again. The game also supports group play for up to two players, which is a new addition, and for those who don’t there is an easier difficulty setting. It tends to cause high blood pressure while playing, and the easiest difficulty setting gives the player infinite number of reps in the event of such a blow being a loss. The game is designed to encourage replay, and even the story won’t reveal all of its hidden secrets until you’ve played through the game more than once.

Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2 also shines in the distribution of enemies and presents an interesting group of bosses, and this is where the great experience of the Inti Creates development team in this type of games is evident, which has become very competent and professional in development However, we have two points to complain about. One of them: The first is that Inti Creates games have a somewhat similar feel to those that have played some other games from the studio. Yes, the improvement in the mix is ​​still there and continues, but essentially not much has changed. The second point concerns jumping! The strange thing is that the direction of the jump in the game must be determined at the same time as the jump, and the direction cannot be changed after that, which caused us some problems. I ran the Shovel Knight game afterward to confirm whether it was the same way or not, and I found that I could change direction while… Jumping is just, really a strange design decision by the development team for the jumping in this game.

The Visuals and Conclusion

We are aware that the game’s graphics and 8-bit graphic style do not represent an attractive factor for gamers, especially for the new audience of gamers who have not lived with the old devices, but those who want to overcome this hurdle will be in Immerse yourself in a wonderful and good game-designed adventure and enjoy beautiful and particularly attractive music. When fighting bosses. Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2 is not a game you buy to enjoy its artistic flavor, but a game you buy to have fun, and it will not disappoint you.

The Bloodstained series is still moving in both directions: the Metroidvania trend with the main series and the old action games trend with the sub-releases from the Inti Creates development team. The series now includes 3 excellent games and Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2 does not disappoint, this is one of the best games. Classic style that can be purchased on any device.

We received a review copy of Switch from the publisher.