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After multiple delays and years of waiting, Koji Igarashi's Kickstarter'd Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has locked in its final release date. The spiritual successor to Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is slated for a summer launch, on June 18 for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC. Meanwhile, Nintendo Switch users will get a chance to play the following week, on June 25th. A quirky trailer shows off the fact that Bloodstained's graphics and lighting have also been overhauled, improving on what we saw in the initial demos and footage of the game.

 

[Mach]

Nice

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

Boy, he sure proved us wrong.

Good, I like to be proven wrong, unless it makes me look bad.

 

[Subtle Demise]

Well it's about damn time. I got bitched at for calling this vaporware once, so I'm glad I was wrong.

 

[PalindromicBreadLoaf]

This looks considerably better than the old trailer, and I don’t think that looked too terribly bad.

 

[CallmeBerto]

Oh on my bday, guess I will pick it up then.

 

[donaldgx]

cool, will pick pc version at some point

 

[T-hug]

Nice I really hope this game is good.

 

[sarkwalvein]

I'm not sure for what platform will I get it.
Perhaps all four?
That can't go wrong.

 

[Kioku]

The colors are more vivid, but am I the only one seeing the same, terrible models and styles?

Still getting it on PC, I suppose..

 

[sarkwalvein]

The colors are more vivid, but am I the only one seeing the same, terrible models and styles?

Still getting it on PC, I suppose..

I like the models and styles, but they do look the same if that's what you mean. The shading is the big change.

That said, no matter how it looks the gameplay physics need to feel right.

 

[Hells Malice]

That was a great trailer. Koji Igarashi has a great sense of humour. The changes are pretty night and day specifically for separating background from foreground which was my only real complaint with the game. It looks significantly better now.

Can't wait to play. I'm super hype for some sweet sweet metroidvania action.

 

[linuxares]

It looks they increased the speed of Mirian as well so that makes me happy!

 

[FAST6191]

At this point games made in such a fashion are "until I am playing it then no hype at all".

 

[NumberXIIIEdwin]

Gotta be able to laugh at yourself sometimes! Great sense of humor on Igarashi's part, and the game came out looking better than ever for it!

 

[Deleted_413010]

years of waiting

How many years exactly?

 

[sarkwalvein]

How many years exactly?

The game was going to be released on the Wii U originally.

 

[Glitchk0ud1001]

I thought that is gonna be relesead on 2021 or something with the delays

 

[Teletron1]

Love the vivid colors gives it a lot more pop hopefully it sells well but the spirit of Castlevania will live on

 

[burial]

Hope its great....cause it will probably be the last igavania we ever get.