Boss Battle Information

Having the bosses have health-meters naturally isn't something I connect with this kind of game. Maybe have it so that a shard gives you the ability to see a health bar on them and regular enemies. Making so maybe a few of the bosses have some minor animation changes when they are low on health but other than than I don't care to much what they do about it.

Should a shard or a bought ability at the shop (?) make you get 1. Names of the enemies, 2. health-bar and/or 3. A way to organise them in a book for later overview?

THE ALCHEMIST BOOK OF MONSTERS

The book, would be an Alchemy Book about the monsters in mind. With NO health-meter or indication of how much health a boss actually have, this book could answer it.

I have seen older posts, that people wish to see a way to actually buy (with the currency in game) tutorials how to beat the bosses. Perhaps with this tutorial also get to know more about the health, weakness and powers as well as the lore behind them somehow. Like a chapter for the book or collection you gather once you have beaten bosses (and minions)?

This would be another thread perhaps, but all ideas are welcome.

DIFFERENT ANIMATIONS

I voted on "No health-meter, but with minor animation". While having major animations for different types of weapons (elements such as ice, fire etc.) I feel it would take forever to make. A nice indication that you hit the boss would do fine, but keeping us at the dark in how much we need to bash the opponent before it goes to dust is somewhat of a taste. I guess a shard would do the trick, but shards take space. Perhaps it would be for the best to have an ingame setting that we actually unlock while playing to toggle on/off with numbers, or like I wrote above, some kind of book or tutorial ingame that let us know about the strategies and numbers.

MONSTER WEAKNESS

And.. Should a weakness towards an attack be rendered / animated differently? I mean, if we meet Vespar which is an water elemantal. She perhaps really hate fire. Using fire against her will animate / flash or flinch her differently? - The only way to nullify an attack by bosses must be with a weapon they really are weak against AND at the right timing? If not, perhaps add critical numbers in our attacks instead?

So many thoughts guys..

No health meter.

There should be flashes if the PC's attack connects.

Upon connecting an attack, there should be numbers indicating how much damage is dealt to the boss.

Should the numbers be unlocked as a "passive-always-ON" skill?

Should the flash be limited to same color/style. Or different when the boss is low at health and/or when using different weapons when you strike the boss?

Should a crit-hit be bigger in number and shown in red color, or not?

I think a shard should be required to view damage numbers. A different shard should be required to view a boss's total current health bar, but this shard needs 5 normal rare shards to craft.

Only a "flash" to indicate a hit? Even if the hit is perhaps critical?

This is possible!


The Cube of Zoe (called simply Materialize Cube in Japanese versions) is a relic in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night that allows the player to obtain items and Hearts from the candles in the castle. In all other Castlevania games, the ability to collect Hearts from candles, etc. is always present from the beginning of the game. The Cube of Zoe is the first relic found in the game and the first Cube found in any Castlevania game.

The Faerie Scroll is a relic that when activated allows the player to see the name of an enemy on the screen when they attack it. Its first appearance was in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, which was also the first game that showed the player the name of the enemy when it was attacked. It is called a Fairy Journal in Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance and the Book of Spirits does the same thing in Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin and Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia. This ability is always turned on without the need to collect the relic in these games for alternate characters. It is also an ability that is always on in Castlevania: Circle of the Moon, Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, Castlevania: Lament of Innocence, Castlevania: Curse of Darkness, and Castlevania: Order of Shadows.

We can definitely expect Bloodstained's Bestiary to provide lore on the enemies [and Bosses] we face.  After they're initially defeated, of course.

I personally prefer the way that Aria of Sorrow, Curse of Darkness, and the three DS games displayed the tolerance/weakness part of each Bestiary entry.  Alongside lore, drops, and exp. worth, their respective affinities for certain damage attributes are just represented by small picture icons (which Bloodstained already depicts in the Demo).

I just like how it doesn't insult the player's intelligence.  You're fully expected to know what those icons represent.

NOTE:  This has less to do with the addressed topic, but I also like how in both Curse of Darkness and Order of Ecclesia, the various elemental attributes are displayed on the main character menu instead of just in the Bestiary.

True, but I think the demo should be "user friendly." However, in the real final version, I think IGA should modify it so that we can give a particular shard a purpose. There should also be a shard that auto-identifies a regular enemy's weakness and a different shard that auto-identifies a boss's weakness.