Mr_Antimatter
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It blows my mind that they have sold 13 people at $2000 the right to make a weapon, and 3 people at $3,000 to monsterfy their pets.
Some rich Castlevania fans out there.
Some rich Castlevania fans out there.
Koji Igarashi Kickstarts Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (2.5D, backdash, 2018)
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Valkyri von Thanatos
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I had heard that IGA had less input on this one than almost all other handheld Castlevania and it was made by a different team at Konami. Could anyone confirm/deny?
Also, I don't to bump my own posts, but I thought this was information worth sharing:
synce
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Aren't all the games fairly similar anyway? I think what put OOE over the top for most people was Shanoa
Wow, almost $2M already! All this talk has me hyped to replay SOTN and *finally* get around to all the DS games. I played and finished all the GBA ones, but I think series fatigue kicked in and while I bought all the DS ones, I never did play/finish them, barely getting an hour into the first one. Can't wait to finally get into 'em. 
Chrono Helix
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Have you played Valdis Story? It's got a pretty good combat system.
Are you thinking of Circle of the Moon maybe?
theSlacker
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Posted it in that weapon idea thread, so gonna hope one of them uses it before I have to take matters into my own hands. And by that I mean do nothing since I'm lazy.
Morrigan Stark
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Jotamide
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Man, the Bloodstained tumblr is awesome.
Ozzykamikaze
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Man, the Bloodstained tumblr is awesome.
People are really taking off with so little to work from.
Next achievement: Fan made art of the castle, enemies, bosses, weapons and items!
Team Alucard
Banned
It picks up in the middle in a big way. The major twist/surprise is arguably even better than SoTN's.
AcademicSaucer
Member
The protagonist looks kind of overdesigned
i love the design, but i think the runes are a bit much and make it look too busy. i love the concept, but i hope they can find a way to visually convey it a little more cleanly.
Valkyri von Thanatos
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Shanoa does look pretty cool, but I thought it was it's seeming blend of "classicvania" with linear-ish levels, and "metroidvania" style gameplay.
I really should play any of the games besides SotN, it's the only Castlevania of this type that I've played, though it was enough to make me a fan of Igarashi.Wow, almost $2M already! All this talk has me hyped to replay SOTN and *finally* get around to all the DS games. I played and finished all the GBA ones, but I think series fatigue kicked in and while I bought all the DS ones, I never did play/finish them, barely getting an hour into the first one. Can't wait to finally get into 'em.
Is this game really good? I'd like to play it on something other than PC, but if that is the only place it will ever be then I might get it there. Seems likely that it won't come to anything else, like my preferred option of Vita, since it came out a while ago with no word.
After some research, maybe I am? I had heard that OoE was developed at least by an unusual team from the other most recent (at the time) games in the series, rather than Igarashi's standard team. I thought I had heard he didn't have much influence on it either, but I really do not know.
Lol, what are you even referencing (if anything).
BTW, just a quick question since I don't have much knowledge regarding Kickstarter funding paces and longevity, do most keep at least a pretty steady pace for most of their campaign if they get this big already? Do we expect them to slow down to a good $300,000 a week from now until the funding ends now, or quicker/slower?
Yeah, and you can get this cool wallpaper from the background, a little over 1600x900. It's replaced my Xenoblade X wallpapers for now, will probably switch back once we get US release news, I can't be completely loyal to Bloodstained
.Oh, and I hope a stretch goal includes a live orchestral (not simulated) option for the soundtrack. From the samples, notably Ippo Yamada's I hope they also tighten up the composition a bit (the violin seems a bit busy/disruptive). I also hope we can get some songs like the end theme of SotN, or the menu themes of DXC/Rondo of Blood and SotN
Labrynian Rebel
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Sorry but I don't back kickstarters that don't have prototype gameplay footage. But this is fully funded so I don't need to worry, just need to put it on my radar and buy it when it comes out if it turns out good, here's hoping
Mr_Antimatter
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The playstation blogs flickr account actually has much of the concept art/ artwork in a very high resolution.
Valkyri von Thanatos
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Oh, very awesome! Thank you for bringing this to our attention, the wallpaper I inked earlier is cool, but the one complaint I had was the plain white background didn't seem like it fit, even a simple black background will look better I think, and since this includes the logo and other assets with well done transparencies, I or anyone else can do a lot of things with these.
Seems to be around 50% the same people between it and PoR, comparing credits at a glance.
I actually planned to go higher with my pledge than I ended up going. What I wanted was lower than I expected it to be and the higher level stuff is too expensive for me to justify.
Still a decent size pledge IMO at least and I'm really happy this finally happened. I've missed Castlevania and I don't think I'll ever stop but this is the closest we're ever going to get.
The main characters are based on IGA and his wife IIRC so I don't believe the game had less of his influence than the others. This is also the first time I've heard of something like this.
Mr_Antimatter
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I also think it's cool that in effect, we will get 13 more weapons due to backers. Though, we don't know how many were in the game to start.
Sparrowhawk
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It's a real bummer about Ayami Kojima not being on the project, but I'll still end up throwing $300 at this.
So many good games being revealed. My wallet is crying, but I'm excited as hell.
Or at least try since I'm blowing more than that on Yooka-Laylee.
What is your pledge amount?
I'll be honest I'd rather the content not be locked for anyone. Not everyone is going to know about this game before it comes out and not everyone has funds on hand for the kickstarter.
I would prefer it that the game itself be the same for everyone, while physical limited edition goods, input on content and such obviously would have to be limited to the KS.
I pledged $300. I can't justify $200 for a map or $750 to put a quote in the credits (Although I might reconsider if I think of something).
Although I expected roughly what's included in the $300 level to be $500, so I can't complain.
Yeah, I think the "leave your own mark on the game" stuff is awesome but I'm not really creative enough to feel the need for it. It's also quite expensive but I don't think it's unfair.
Yeah her lack of involvement is my only real disappointment with this project, however I am still happy with the art. Did they confirm it's Hirooka, it looks a lot like his art in OoE to me.
Haint
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Has he ever commented on whether he shopped this around to the console manufacturer's, or has PC/multiplatform always been a hard and fast rule? I have a very hard time believing MS, Sony, and Nintendo all refused to lock something like this up as an exclusive for the rumored 5 million dollar budget. I mean MS blew more than that on a fake Phantom Dust trailer and some test environments, and I'm sure D4 was also in the same ballpark.
They didn't directly say but they basically stated it was shopped around to anywhere that would be viable.
I suppose it's possible they refused single platform development though and for what it's worth Yoshida from Sony has actively promoted the project and pledged on his own as well.
Sword Familiar
178% of NeoGAF posters don't understand statistics
Eh, looks nothing like Hirooka to me. It's someone they call Natsume.
Wow. :O
Phoenix944
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So the physical copy is just for backers right ? I still don't know if I should grab that or not... It seems a bit expensive.
Maybe I need new glasses, or maybe I just made the assumption on the expectation. Either way thanks for clarifying.
The way they worded it said it's an exclusive physical edition for backers which to me implies there will be a regular physical version available at retail. However it doesn't implicitly state such so I don't think we can be sure at this point.
Dominic_Shade
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There ought to be a customer service line set up after the campaign ends. You'd be able to email them and request for an address change. I've been in a Kickstarter (Veronica Mars movie) before where I moved and they let me change my address.
Yeah, you should be able to do that. The past Kickstarter projects that I've backed always asked me to reconfirm my mailing address before they deliver the goodies.
Valkyri von Thanatos
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Very good, I hope David Hayter stays far away from the Snake voice. I really like him as gold ol' Solid Snake, but if he goes anywhere near "gravel monster" with Gebel... Personally, I wish they didn't promise him as a voice actor, it comes off like they have just contacted him for anti-Konami publicity. It seems like he did a good job not sounding like Snake in SWTOR as the Jedi Knight male, but that kind of just sounds like his normal voice from what little I've heard. I also can't tell if that voice has range. Ah well, it is done, let's hope he does his best (again, he IS Snake for me, but it doesn't seem right for him to be Gebel).
Yeah, IDK. I thought I had heard that here on NeoGAF, maybe it really was Circle of the Moon the poster was talking about. Interesting trivia about the main characters, I can't find the info on the wiki though, where can I learn more?
Unknown Soldier
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Maybe they could get Nolan North instead. WARNING: KIND OF BUT NOT REALLY SPOILERS FOR RESONANCE OF FATE LMAO
Monado Blade
Member
Ugh. That typo.
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
By far my favorite game in this genre
Typo aside, damn that's good.
Unknown Soldier
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Well after 48 hours it seems to have stalled pretty hard, I thought it was going to just blow past $2 million but it's just crawling.
Sword Familiar
178% of NeoGAF posters don't understand statistics
It's official then. Igavania games only has 25k fans left in the world. /s
Well that's pretty typical for kickstarters, it should pick up again quite a bit in the last day or two.
Unknown Soldier
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Yeah I know, it's interesting how they always just stall like this, like the donations just instantly drop to a trickle and always around the first 48 hours or so before picking up again near the end. I wonder if it's necessary to run these things for 30 days when the majority of donations come in the first 2 days and last 2 days.
I would guess it lets enough time for people to plan their budget over a month. And the surge at the end might be a result of people hesitating for a month.
Sir_Crocodile
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Not really that interesting.
First wave of publicity + instant support from hardcore supporters = initial spike
People who don't camp in gaming sites but are still interested in the project = slow uptick
Fence sitters + Final wave of publicity + people waiting for specific stretch goal to be met(and yes, this is counter-intuitive but people do it) = final spike
If you didn't run it for a decent time period you would lose out on money from non-hardcore supporters and from the fact less media outlets would find the ending of the kickstarter to be newsworthy.
maniac-kun
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You should totally create another Crissaegrim.
SotN's trademark weapon.Everyone grinded for it!
I always grinded for Yasutsuna which I thought is better.