Features you'd love to appear (Submitted)

This thread has been submitted for design review. Any posts after this one that spark something not mentioned here already should probably be discussed in a different thread more focused on that particular category of game play. This is a general features type conversation, and some of the best things brought up here have been expanded upon in other threads. However, this thread contained a great number of ideas that have helped create a general list of things for consideration. Should anyone add anything significant after this post regarding a general feature suggestion, please let us know with a design review request.

Not trying to encourage or promote alcoholism in any way but I think mysterious bottles of wine could be dotted around the castle (on tables, ledges, etc). These would have various side-effects once drank ... obviously! Some could be hugely beneficial, others highly hallucinogenic, maybe a couple that are lethal or could be used as weapons. Perhaps a rare vintage wine with the Iga label lies somewhere within the castle with untold, desirable effects.

Based on this picture really...



Instead though, she throws the bottle down after she's taken a swig. Imagine the immediate effect of the wine ... it goes to her head and she suddenly develops an ability (for a limited time) to contact/communicate with a ghost that reveals a secret for one example. I think a selection of special wines have a potential place in Bloodstained to make an impact on Miriam where other drinks might fail. 

Strong religious references, specially catholic ones.

I'd actually like this too. The Catholic Church was mentioned multiple times in the (admittedly sparse) Castlevania lore/story. It wouldn't feel right for a game with a gothic castle not to include at least some Catholic imagery or references.

Also, I suppose I wouldn't mind other smaller areas aside from what will supposedly be the largest castle IGA has ever made, but I don't think there should be too much focus on other areas. If the total space of the areas not a part of the castle is equal to even a quarter of the size of one of the castles in Symphony of the Night...I consider that too much.

How about a few Castlevania easter eggs? Maybe the third playable character, if we don't know who they are yet, could be a character named Alucard with a slightly different design from SotN onwards Alucard? Konami doesn't have rights to the name, so it should work.

The SotN moveset (never heard of this), whip, and Dracula Tunic are the only real Castlevania easter eggs of those you listed. Those other features are just that...features. The "SotN" map overview is also a feature of Metroid, the gothic theme is not unique to Castlevania, plenty of other games were in 8 or 16 bit, and things hidden in walls isn't necessarily exclusive to CV either. I'm talking about having a portrait of someone who looks like one of the Belmonts in the background somewhere, or a remixed Castlevania track hidden away in the sound test.

I'm tempted to suggest it just links your web browser to a playlist of all the Jimquisition episodes that end with a certain "news segment"...

Don't you mean Gebel's castle... Castlevania has nothing to do with Bloodstained, besides being its spiritual ancestor.
To add on this, we normally should have a game that truly distances itself from the former.