Game Review: Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon

This game caught me completely by surprise. I backed Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night as soon as I became aware of it based mostly on the strength of the Kickstarter video--and apparently I backed a physical copy, so I guess I'll be getting that at some point in the future--but I haven't really been paying much attention to the updates. I rarely do, especially with games, because I don't want too many spoilers before I actually get to the game itself. So as it smashed through stretch goals and climbed up the Kickstarter rankings, I completely missed the "Free 2D, pixel-based, retro-styled prequel mini-game" that they promised. And then all of a sudden it came out at the end of the last month and it looked amazing.

It is amazing.

”The Sign of Blasphemy That Pierces the Heavens." The English name is "Blasphemy unto Heaven," which is pretty close.

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