Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night E3 2017 Trailer & Gameplay

The thing is they're trying to capture the 2d games look and feel and largely it's working when I played the demo it felt like I was controlling alucard in 2.5d.

However, it seems like SOME people out there because it's 2.5d they want it to be something else because them going for the 2d feel seems weird to them because of it not being 2d. I mean a lot of the complaints being levied at it are mainstay things within the 2d igavania games.


When Romscout who plays the igavania games to death, and knows things on a frame by frame basis says they nailed the feel of this game, I tend to trust his opinion over people who forget the other igavania's were also floaty.

Wow! And we got to see a new familiar too....the blue flying thingy.
Here's hoping they release a demo for the backers! =D

So it seems we get familiars like the Aria/Dawn sort of way in the form of enemies that have a shard? I hope it doesn't mean the familiar system is similar to that one because I liked the deeper approach where they level up, learn new things, have personality...etc.

Youtube comments are just horrendous. I wouldn't give them much credit because it's the same people that complained about the aesthetic shortly after the campaign and then praised the demo to high heavens. The average commenter seems like a sad folk full of hate and with childish mindset. In any case people like these piss me off A LOT. On the other hand, you have some legitimate critiqued which are more or less the same emerged in the update thread. The "too slow" thing is a non factor for me since the demo was okay in that regard (AND NO ONE COMPLAINED ABOUT IT AT THE TIME lol). I am absolutely happy with the trailer, and the things that need improvement will be improved, that I am certain of.

There are some additional screenshots posted over at NintendoLife

The gameplay itself looks great, but the animated cutscenes look kind of bland, particularly in the backgrounds.

yeah, I was kinda confused by the gameplay footage shown, there was a lack of enemies shown. ( not referring to the trailer)

www.polygon.com/e3/2017/6/9/15762442/bloodstained-ritual-of-the-night-e3-demo-delay-release-date

If the Alpha build is expected around August, I don't think it would make sense for the demo to be released.
As far as I know, no official source has confirmed this years E3 Demo will be available to backers.

DUUUUUDE! THIS LOOKS FANTASTIC!

Okay, one thing I want to note, that sexy camera swivel at 0.33 is EXACTLY the kind of effect I was hoping they would do with the 2.5D. 

Yeah, also a lot of the people seeing this may be young or uninformed to the point that they don't really know/understand what this is. I find myself subconsciously expecting the commenters to be familiar enough with IGA's games to know how they feel, but the majority of them may have only played SotN once or twice years ago, or only watched speed runs and have only that impression of their movement lol. Yeah, a lot of the internet only immerses themselves in the pro/entertaining gameplay of other people, so an informed opinion may be a lot to ask for...

That, and yes, a large number of folks out there are just jaded and spiteful. Not much can be done about that either, they're just unhappy with life most often, I think.

Regardless, as was said, sharing your own perspective is the best way to go. Almost everyone will have a "looks good" opinion and not act on commenting such (just as almost all reviews of anything on a product by users are 1 or 5), so we can be those of the few that stand up and say "hey I like it". One doesn't have to be in love with or hate something to say something about it, which is where unfair impressions of something arise in other people reading - the other less-informeds will just scan over that and assume. Those people will be wrong, probably, but they have the most free time on the internet and thus the most power to sway more impressions. If you're still feeling positive and optimistic, add your voice, it might help. Correcting misinformation is fine too imo, but a fight over short words won't be worth it.