Blasphemous Is An Incredible Metroidvania
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 พ.ค. 2024
- This Blasphemous review will look at what makes Blasphemous such an incredible game at times, and a frustrating one at others.
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In this Blasphemous review/analysis/retrospective/critique, we'll take a look at what makes Blasphemous such a compelling game that had me extending play sessions far beyond what I thought I would, while at other times being utterly puzzling with some of the design choices that felt like an entirely different team were working on them.
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Prelude
00:35 - Making Of
02:09 - Presentation
02:31 - Combat
03:26 - Bosses
04:00 - Exploration
05:18 - Platforming
06:19 - Story
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for the "book throwers" they only throw when you step on the books on the floor. someone had to help me with this too.
*There's a few things any new player should know to avoid frustration:*
1. You can turn all the checkpoints into fast-travel points later.
In fact it's a good idea to grind a little at the start to unlock this pretty soon just to lower your blood pressure for the next several hours.
2. Death doesn't actually take anything away from you. You don't lose your “souls”.
It just makes you gain souls more slowly every time you leave a guilt fragment. Don't beat yourself up over dying.
3. You will unlock a feature to remove all guilt fragments for free later, effectively reducing the punishment for dying to zero.
4. You'll also unlock a feature to restore your Fervour (blue bar) when resting at every checkpoint too.
5. In the map, every room has a solid border line around it.
If the border line is broken on that square, it means there's a door to a room you haven't been in yet. It's a good way to find out where to go next.
6. The prayers aren't necessary, but there are a couple of really useful ones you can pick up later.
Like one which makes you completely invincible for a while, and especially the one which lets you jump back to your last checkpoint.
7. To get a Righteous Riposte (the more powerful counter attack with the bolt of red lightning)
press block just before the enemy hits you. This will result in an automatic counter-attack,
and *_while_* your counter-attack is swinging through the air, press the attack button again for the Righteous Riposte.
8. To do a sword swing in the air which gets you extra air time,
*_hold_* the dodge button while you press the attack button. (All in the air, of course.) There's no careful timing involved. It's very easy.
9. There's an item in a place called Grievance Ascends that will make you invulnerable to the green poison air.
10. There are some characters and quests in the Blasphemous Wiki which are only available on NewGame+.
NewGame+ is also referred to as “ascending” your playthrough).
11. There are 44 “collectible” bones in the game. You receive Tears of Atonement (read: “Souls”) for putting them back in the crypt.
If you collect them all you'll unlock an optional boss who drops a unique item.
12. Some enemy projectiles can be knocked away with your sword. Others can be blocked. Some you just have to dodge away from.
13. If you're really struggling with a boss, go to TH-cam and type in, (e.g.) _“Blasphemous Lady of Charred Visage no damage”_ .
While watching you'll probably say _“Ooooh, I get it”_ and be able to defeat them within another try or two. None are too terrible.
Good post!
Thank you!
This is so helpful!
This is super helpful thanks a lot man!
The part where you're saying you were not sure if you will be able to jump or no at the snowy stage is because you need to wait for the wind to blow in the direction of your jump so you can make it. I don't think that is an issue :(.
This game fires on all cylinders, it’s an assault on all senses and kicks like horse when it comes to the audio - something that’s in equal parts relative to its narrative but succinctly poetic in its written voiceover work also. Many of the contentious points raised have been addressed with its now multiple content additions, ongoing support and even a cameo or two for nostalgic appeal are all welcomed as plus points in my black book. I would say to balance my obvious fandom for this title, some of the lore and the way many obscure pickups have a purpose and gameplay utility when highlighting certain items for side quests were oftentimes so abstract that I certainly had to look at a guide during a NG+ to see what I had missed. Having the ps4 has meant I missed out on owning the Xbox Ori Will of the Wisps but ( yeah I know this is not 1st Party software ) but I can only cherish the notion of a sequel to Blasphemous sporting those upgraded graphics but keeping all the attributes intact from this former title - please make it happen!
I haven't played it since the fall of last year, so I'm sure it's been tweaked further.
This game design is amazing! And the story, with lots of iberian catholic lore, is unique!
Yeah the influences it pulls from is a nice change of pace and unique.
@@BoulderPunch the dodge and strike delay is made by design. You'll eventually find an item that you equip in order to make the dodge and strike quicker one after another..............I believe one of the "toes" will give you that ability .
@@hatchxable By design is worse than unintentional. Hollow Knight does the same shit. Yeah, they purposefully make shit asinine to piss you off so you feel relieved when they allow you to free yourself from the shitty constraints they put on you. Fuck that "challenge" same issues with spike pits and death pits. That shit needs to stay out of games.
Incredible? Yes. Frustrating? You. Have. NO. Idea.
lmao that zoomed-in slo-mo instant replay of walking into a room and immediately falling to death because no floor trick. heh heh. thatll teach you to walk into rooms hahahaa
nice sum up and review, i like that you dug into the kickstarter history and the spanish culture refs
I didn't follow this game's development, and it wasn't until I did research on the game did I learn it was a kickstarter. Nice to see a success story with it.
Summary: Really good game, frustrating in some parts but still left with a good taste in my mouth.
"Bizarre choice of design" and "frustration" was my experience with this game.
Sure, it is visually interesting, and I'm sure there's probably world-building in it somewhere.. but boy, did I hate going through it. Playing on Switch didn't help either.
I 100%'ed it on switch, switch version is fine, never played it handheld tho so I can't speak to that, was swell on a TV.
In short. Its made for a niche public. Dark souls lovers, with a bit of metroidvania and NES-style platforming.
For sure. I wish they worked a little bit more on the NES-style platforming, because the rest is ace.
You know I think this game is actually easier than Hollow Knight....but still can be very frustrating at times
Also theres item that let's you drop from any height and that pit at dntrantce 6:10 must be a way to introduce player to that mechanic if they happen to wear this item as it is hidden location underneath.
i almost quit that last section with all the falls and spike pits
def had issues with the dodge strike also.
I feel like I'm the only one who likes platforming if Blasphemous? It's not ori or hollow knight, he's heavy human and it sluggishness is appropriate.
I gotta run back and forth to the ass end of the world to collect items and cook up a relic .... The 3 gnarled tongues for starters ....
Thank you!
I'm five hours in and loving Blasphemous so far.
The art or style of this video game is referred to as Baroque "Barroco" or " "Barroquismo" translated to spanish. And within the different artistic styles of Christianity such as Gothic, Greco-Roman, Byzantine and Orthodox. It differs by an exaltation, grotesque and even obscene exaggeration of religious symbolism.
And in this period of "Barroquismo" it was common for the inquisition to accuse or sentence to penance those who they considered heretics or blasphemers, and it was common to publicly humiliate them by incorporating a long and pointed hat on their heads and that the populace used to mock calling him a fool with a hood or "Tonto de Capirote" in Spain or "Loco de Capirote" in the baroque style of the Hispanic American colonies or Latin America.
Might just be me, but even with playing the game on keyboard and mouse rather than controller, I didn’t find the play forming to be too bad. Nothing special, but nothing to complain about. And I’ve found instant death spike pits to just be a staple of most metroidvanias at this point.
Thirty hours in and you can FAST TARVEL BETWEEN SHRINES???
The block window is NOT large.
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As a Protestant. I know people don't distinguish us from Catholics
But Blasphemous is proof that we are world's apart when it comes to belief and imagery
In Northern Ireland they distinguish.
Now Blasphemous 2 is coming, what a ride
I really wanted to get into this game but I found the keyboard and mouse controls unbearable.
Switch or ps4 bro
Is this channel named after Chris Redfield?
Edit
Never mind, just noticed the clip at the very end.
It is.
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I want this game on Android
Part 2 was a disappointment 😢
I disagree. I found the game boring. The basic combat was a cakewalk while the level design was awful. 90% of the deaths were to the stupid spike pits and the other 10% were to Cuntsana's second phase. If you don't already love Metroidvania games, I would steer clear of this unless it's in the bargain bin, and even then I would question it.
For me: The game looks and sounds DROP DEAD GORGEOUS.
However, the game is more boring than paying my bills. Nothing feels property impactful, some mechanics wre clunky, half-baked, or just poorly maintained.
Nonsense
spanish just doesn't work in video games, i'm sorry
It’s alright, you’re forgiven.