Bloodstained is the Castlevania game you’ve been waiting for

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So yes, Ritual of the Night is good, and that’s because its developers pulled off their one job: revive the “Igavania,” a specific style of Castlevania game that producer Koji Igarashi worked on at Konami for a little over a decade. Ritual of the Night is set across the same kind of sprawling interiors as Castlevania’s castles and mansions, with a surprising diversity in visual design. As is tradition, Ritual of the Night’s map screen renders the complex environments as simple blue squares that appear as you arrive in each room, helping you visualize your progress. This game is anime as heck Ritual of the Night isn’t exactly an audiovisual feast, however; there is some wonky presentation exposing its modest budget. The sound mixing is oddly low quality, the character models in dialogue scenes look rushed, and the overall visual style isn’t as refined as the pixel-art Igavanias.

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