I'm a 39 years old Castlevania fan and I have a suggestion.

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This topic is somewhat related, however it is more focused on combat.
bloodstainedfanforums.com/thread/2795/feedback-attacking-killing-enemies-satisfying

I personally really enjoy Dead Cells and have recommended it to allot of people, however I feel like DC is a totally different genre than BS.
For one, DC is more like an action game. Something like a 2d DMC. No real RPG system, just upgrades to health, attack, etc.
Also DC is more tuned for aggressive gameplay, what with the roguelike elements. Risk/reward kinda stuff, everything is lethal in DC. Similar to Dark Souls.

BS/Igavanias on the other hand I feel is more like a slower paced sidescrolling action rpg. It isn't necessarily about playing aggressively, more about tactically (to a degree). Until you are overleveled, of course, and can tank pretty much anything in the game. The 'tactical' aspect comes in the form of analyzing your abilities and the enemy stats/weaknesses.
Like what level are you currently? Is that good enough to overcome a certain enemy? Do you have the right tools for the job? IE, do you have a weapon/skill that the enemy is weak against?
etc.

Apart from the movement being completely different, (DC being allot faster paced, dodges with iframes etc.) i think what DC is doing well is SFX.
To make things 'feel good' is more than just controls.
I covered some of this in a post I made in the topic I linked as well.

Hey fatihg did you read my Igavania topic just recently? You sound like me here lol, this is essentially exactly what I was saying. I was thinking of games like this when I wrote that up.

So...full disclosure, I haven't played Dead Cells, just watched the launch trailer, though it looks like I wasn't too far off. It looks awesome and I think I'd like it, but I still do consider it a pretty different thing from Iga's games.

Welcome stonegolem. And you might be surprised by how old most of us are here haha. We are after all on a "ye olde forum".