What We Know - Bloodstained Gameplay Systems & Mechanics

Stuff like this is super helpful. I would like it even more if the things you mentioned had a number after them linking them to a numbered source like a wiki. Thanks for your efforts!

Do we know if Bloodstained will send you back to the main menu after the Game Over screen as in some of the other IGAvanias? Or will it let you restart at a checkpoint or outside the room you died in? I prefer that it doesn't send you back to the main menu. I would rather have it save transparently every time you get an item (other than money, hearts, and other common items). Too many times have I lost a rare drop because after acquiring it, I couldn't make it to a save room. I would then find my game reset to the last save--with no awesome item drop. I've learned to deal with it, but I would prefer it to be handled some other way.

My preferred method is the way it works in Souls games. I like it that I can quit from the menu and when I reload later, the game starts at the exact spot where my character was standing when I quit out. All enemies already slain are still dead. It is very convenient if you have to quit your game suddenly.

Mmmmmmm. I've of two minds on auto saves. I mean I definitely see the benefit of having them. But generally, especially in the latest IGA games, they're pretty plentiful. Knowing you have to get back to one makes you be careful, adding to the tension. But they're never so few that you lose *too* much time unless you just blanked on saving while grinding.

If there were autosaves, I think the fairest would be for it to only happen after beating a boss.

I want a suspend feature even on the console versions but auto save for me is a no. If I forgot to save while grinding and I die it is my fault. The inclusion of an auto save would destroy the "risk reward" metroidvania games excel at, it is by no means a dark souls game but that subtle gameplay element is, imo, vital to this title.



Only auto save I want to see would be in the rogue like dungeon where save points appear around the random map but once you die it automatically erases your save.