{"id":3265,"date":"2019-06-28T19:44:23","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T19:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/?p=3265"},"modified":"2019-06-28T19:50:03","modified_gmt":"2019-06-28T19:50:03","slug":"bloodstained-ritual-of-the-night-worth-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/archives\/3265","title":{"rendered":"Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night &#8211; Worth It!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Bloodstained_-Ritual-of-the-Night_20190622000230.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Bloodstained_-Ritual-of-the-Night_20190622000230-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Bloodstained_-Ritual-of-the-Night_20190622000230-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Bloodstained_-Ritual-of-the-Night_20190622000230-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Bloodstained_-Ritual-of-the-Night_20190622000230-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Bloodstained_-Ritual-of-the-Night_20190622000230.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>With all the talk about <b>Metroidvanias<\/b>, it was strange actually worrying about the return of the <b>true<\/b> progenitor of the genre.  Iga is back, and this is a fine follow-up to <b>Symphony Of The Night<\/b> &#8211; one of my favorite games of all time.  <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s flawed: there are some bugs, it&#8217;s crashed on me once or twice and the game stutters at random points.  But it excels at all it does well and even after about six hours of playing, I know I have <b>a ton<\/b> left.  Between side missions, countless shards to test out, unique familiars and new (but customary) skills to take command of.  I have to make weird recipes for an old lady, hordes of demons to kill to avenge deaths and crops to plant.  OK, some of those don&#8217;t sound so exciting, but trust me, they&#8217;re fun and compelling and they just add to the entire familiar experience of &#8211; what may be my favorite type of game of them all &#8211; the metroidvania!  <\/p>\n<p>Any reservations I had for this game were simply folly.  While this is an imperfect title, it&#8217;s proof that Iga still has it, and this title was well worth the wait.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Bloodstained_-Ritual-of-the-Night_20190624082005.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Bloodstained_-Ritual-of-the-Night_20190624082005-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Bloodstained_-Ritual-of-the-Night_20190624082005-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Bloodstained_-Ritual-of-the-Night_20190624082005-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Bloodstained_-Ritual-of-the-Night_20190624082005-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Bloodstained_-Ritual-of-the-Night_20190624082005.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Bloodstained_-Ritual-of-the-Night_20190624082123.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Bloodstained_-Ritual-of-the-Night_20190624082123-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Bloodstained_-Ritual-of-the-Night_20190624082123-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Bloodstained_-Ritual-of-the-Night_20190624082123-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Bloodstained_-Ritual-of-the-Night_20190624082123-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Bloodstained_-Ritual-of-the-Night_20190624082123.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Bloodstained_-Ritual-of-the-Night_20190626200212.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Bloodstained_-Ritual-of-the-Night_20190626200212-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Bloodstained_-Ritual-of-the-Night_20190626200212-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Bloodstained_-Ritual-of-the-Night_20190626200212-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Bloodstained_-Ritual-of-the-Night_20190626200212-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Bloodstained_-Ritual-of-the-Night_20190626200212.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Bloodstained_-Ritual-of-the-Night_20190628200028.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Bloodstained_-Ritual-of-the-Night_20190628200028-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Bloodstained_-Ritual-of-the-Night_20190628200028-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Bloodstained_-Ritual-of-the-Night_20190628200028-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Bloodstained_-Ritual-of-the-Night_20190628200028-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Bloodstained_-Ritual-of-the-Night_20190628200028.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With all the talk about Metroidvanias, it was strange actually worrying about the return of the true progenitor of the genre. Iga is back, and this is a fine follow-up to Symphony Of The Night &#8211; one of my favorite games of all time. It&#8217;s flawed: there are some bugs, it&#8217;s crashed on me once [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,145,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-castlevania","category-games"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3265"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3274,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3265\/revisions\/3274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}