Have you heard about Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night? Koji Igarashi, the ex-producer of the Castlevania games was raising money on Kickstarter to make the spiritual successor to the Castlevania series. One of the milestones was the retro-styled prequel to the game. It was released a few days ago. I don't know if the Ritual of Night will be good or not, but Curse of the Moon is very good game and a great tribute to the classic Castlevania NES trilogy.
To be fair, the kickstarter as of how I saw it a while ago seemed like a very bland and lifeless game with a confused art style. If the game turns out half decent, will you do a no damage run of the bosses?
I have to say the Zangetsu boss fight has to be the best one I've seen in these kinds of games. The fact that the 3 characters had to work together to beat him was a truly awesome detail.
Yeah, his 3 comrades desperately trying to save him, yet could only save his soul. Zangetsu is by far my favourite character! Can't wait to play him in RotN
Awesome run. And now that I know the names of these bosses , I can dig up some trivia on their names! 1. Glutton Train - Not much to say. It is what it is, which is a very interesting take on the haunted train cliche! 2. Focalor - A demon duke who looks like a man with gryphon wings and has power over wind and water, sinking ships and drowning men as he pleases. Explains his bizarre appearance quite well, plus his area and powers (wind + water = cold temps/ice) 3. Valefor - Another demon duke. He lures people into the temptation to steal and is a good familiar to thieves 'until they are caught in his trap'. In this case his trap is falling into his inescapable pit, an illusory one at that. He also commands ten legions of demons, thus why random enemies show up in his fight. 4. Valac - A demon described as an angel-esque boy riding a two headed dragon. Often seen on rooves and is associated with serpents and finding treasure. So I guess they scrapped the boy part and went with the two headed serpentine dragon theme. You also do fight him outside on a tower top/side. 5. Andrealphus (sic) - A Grand Marquis demon who first appears as a peacock before switching to a human appearance. Also said to turn men into birds. Seems they merged the human and bird forms together here. He's also supposedly very noisy in peacock form, and I guess you could say he talks a lot here as well. 6. Bloodless - Clearly a wink and a nod to the infamous noble, Countess Elizabeth Bathory, who was put on trial for torturing and murdering young girls. Much like Vlad Tepes is to Dracula, Bathory inspired numerous vampire myths and lore due to her crimes. These morphed from the rumors of her motive for murdering the girls to be in order to bathe in their blood to preserve her youth. 7. Bathin - A duke/grand duke of Hell with a snake tail . He is well educated in and values precious stones and herbs, and he has the power of astral projection. He can also warp men across whole countries. Explains the whole idea of his lightning fast attacks and light/plasma based moves. 8. Gremory - A duke of Hell who likes to appear as a beautiful woman with a duchess' crown tied around his waist. Commands 26 demon legions. He can see past, present, and future, as well as hidden treasures. Likes to seduce women young and old but especially maidens. Notably the art of him in demon books has horns very similar to his second boss form as well. He also is often seen riding a camel, and if you look closely, he does indeed have the head of a camel attached to his crown belt, shooting energy attacks at you. Honestly I am blown away at the creativity and ingenuity with how they incorporated the demons' lore into these bosses! They really did their homework and I'd have never guessed it! Besides Bloodless, who I recognized instantly, I thought they just made a lot of these up!
Interesting game, very castlevania-like indeed. Also like the neat detail that the bosses do a suicide rush or kill themselves instead of you actually finishing them off.
Quick couple of questions: do you get a special bonus if you do not get hit by the last attempt suicide rush from the boss?...& do you get penalized for getting hit by the last attempt suicide rush? Thanks in advance.
0:01 vs 21:12 - I love the detail that the song played while fighting corrupted Zangetsu is a variation of the beginning theme playing on Zangetsu’s motive.
That last boss moment where all 3 characters did their thing all at once is very cool. Also dayum didnt expect Inti Creates there, i've always loved them ever since Megaman Zero and Gunvolt, i hope their next project will do well.
13:18 holy sh*T the retro version is 10 times harder than in ritual of the night lmao. 21:00 this boss fight is amazing, utilizing 3 different characters at once now that’s some genius game design
Now THIS is a proper spiritual successor to Castlevania, and by a former producer of Castlevania games, nonetheless! Koji Igarashi does know what he is doing. Those suicide attacks from the bosses are truly cool, flashy, and properly dangerous for the unprepared. And that "True Final Boss", where the three characters team up to defeat... priceless. Cherry of the cake: that image ala-megaman in the end with the futuristic city... way to promise a sequel, Koji! Inti Creates, you rock!
The final battle having everyone help each other out to survive us really cool looking. It didn't look particularly difficult, but the concept and execution was super well done.
I like how it realy point back to the real old school games like shovel knight did. While still keeping the gameplay smooth so it can compete with modern looking games.
The desperation attack, probably inspired by Castlevania Dracula X and Rondo of Blood (as well as Dracula X chronicles but that's a Rondo of Blood Remake)
Of all the good things in this game, the boss battles were the crowning achievement. They felt so good to fight and satisfying to beat, especially with those Rondo of Blood style last-ditch moves.
Since it looks like you don't know, Zangetsu has an extra ability in Ultimate mode, he can charge his slash to do a giant slash. Just press and hold the attack button and he will start glowing.
I'm only watching this after completing Ultimate mode myself. I wanted to come up with my own original strategies for fighting bosses, so it's fun to see someone who did something COMPLETELY different than what I did, but both methods still worked.
Can we give props to how awesome the sprite work is? Thos game looks pretty awesome, has an awesome ost and those bosses! I really love Valefor & Valac!
I figured out a hidden combo attack. Throw the spinning scythe and then freeze it when it is touching the boss using the alchemist and it deals A TON of damage against the bosses
in the facebook page of bloodstained i think. i can't remember them, just that the train thing boss is called "Glutton Train" and the mad hatter wannabe dude is called "Valefor"
This is just a little add on, but it's creative and stylistic enough to stand on it's own. That's damn impressive. By the way it's the gold man boss that made me say this.
Great little game, amazing boss designs, maybe some of them are missing some attack "warnings" but you can tell they put a lot attention to details. this is like if they put Megaman bosses in a Castlevania game, love it.
I love that the electric lizard boss in the library was reading a book and when you come in he’s just like “Oh, well. Gotta stop reading and kick this guy’s ass.”
When I played this game for the first time, I knew I was up for a challenge and a treat. This game was incredibly fun and I still can't get over how funny/ridiculous I was when I went up against Bathin. I was really weird but I managed to make it. XDDD Bloodless was absolutely difficult along with Gremory. Yet, overall, the game was amazing! It was so much fun!
Hello gellot, I am thinking about doing a youtube channel with the same concept your channel, Would you recemend eny first game i should play on my channel?? Thanks!
random person scrolling in the comments! what's your fav final attack of all the bosses? tbh i feel like the peacock dude really was an epic one with the background, the shadows, his attacks and the music syncing up
You must kill the allies instead of recruting them so zangetsu gets new abilities, like the double jump, so why are the allies still with him? Because hes playing ultimate mode, which lets zangetsu have all his special abilities from the beginning and an extra one while still being able to recruit the other characters
I thought the final boss on Ultimate Mode ended with Zangetsu having to charge up his attack to slice her in half. Or was there a special condition where I got that result?
mrHowlll Based on what I heard. Ultimate Mode allows you to use the powers gained from killing your allies (God damn Zangestu) while still being able to recruit them.
Sooooo, What does the mage do in normal gameplay (is he named Alfred or Gebel?, to me he sounds like Alfred), i'm guessing he's not really god in boss fights if you didn't used him that much?
curseofthemoon.com/en/characters/ His melee attack is not good for fighting, his spells, however, are very powerful, and would make boss battles a lot easier.
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Have you heard about Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night? Koji Igarashi, the ex-producer of the Castlevania games was raising money on Kickstarter to make the spiritual successor to the Castlevania series. One of the milestones was the retro-styled prequel to the game. It was released a few days ago. I don't know if the Ritual of Night will be good or not, but Curse of the Moon is very good game and a great tribute to the classic Castlevania NES trilogy.
JESUS!! You don't waste time, do you???
never heard of it but it seems a good game
Holy cows! This game is good!
To be fair, the kickstarter as of how I saw it a while ago seemed like a very bland and lifeless game with a confused art style. If the game turns out half decent, will you do a no damage run of the bosses?
Gellot this is a very good play though I don't know how you beat all these bosses but I'll get in touch one time you're awesome👌👌👌😀.
I have to say the Zangetsu boss fight has to be the best one I've seen in these kinds of games. The fact that the 3 characters had to work together to beat him was a truly awesome detail.
Yea pretty cool, I've seen the same in other games too. Wings of Vi final boss had the 3 characters working together as well.
Yeah, his 3 comrades desperately trying to save him, yet could only save his soul. Zangetsu is by far my favourite character! Can't wait to play him in RotN
جميع اولاد بن متوسمين
While the battle felt short, it definitely was sweet.
Awesome run. And now that I know the names of these bosses , I can dig up some trivia on their names!
1. Glutton Train - Not much to say. It is what it is, which is a very interesting take on the haunted train cliche!
2. Focalor - A demon duke who looks like a man with gryphon wings and has power over wind and water, sinking ships and drowning men as he pleases. Explains his bizarre appearance quite well, plus his area and powers (wind + water = cold temps/ice)
3. Valefor - Another demon duke. He lures people into the temptation to steal and is a good familiar to thieves 'until they are caught in his trap'. In this case his trap is falling into his inescapable pit, an illusory one at that. He also commands ten legions of demons, thus why random enemies show up in his fight.
4. Valac - A demon described as an angel-esque boy riding a two headed dragon. Often seen on rooves and is associated with serpents and finding treasure. So I guess they scrapped the boy part and went with the two headed serpentine dragon theme. You also do fight him outside on a tower top/side.
5. Andrealphus (sic) - A Grand Marquis demon who first appears as a peacock before switching to a human appearance. Also said to turn men into birds. Seems they merged the human and bird forms together here. He's also supposedly very noisy in peacock form, and I guess you could say he talks a lot here as well.
6. Bloodless - Clearly a wink and a nod to the infamous noble, Countess Elizabeth Bathory, who was put on trial for torturing and murdering young girls. Much like Vlad Tepes is to Dracula, Bathory inspired numerous vampire myths and lore due to her crimes. These morphed from the rumors of her motive for murdering the girls to be in order to bathe in their blood to preserve her youth.
7. Bathin - A duke/grand duke of Hell with a snake tail . He is well educated in and values precious stones and herbs, and he has the power of astral projection. He can also warp men across whole countries. Explains the whole idea of his lightning fast attacks and light/plasma based moves.
8. Gremory - A duke of Hell who likes to appear as a beautiful woman with a duchess' crown tied around his waist. Commands 26 demon legions. He can see past, present, and future, as well as hidden treasures. Likes to seduce women young and old but especially maidens. Notably the art of him in demon books has horns very similar to his second boss form as well. He also is often seen riding a camel, and if you look closely, he does indeed have the head of a camel attached to his crown belt, shooting energy attacks at you.
Honestly I am blown away at the creativity and ingenuity with how they incorporated the demons' lore into these bosses! They really did their homework and I'd have never guessed it! Besides Bloodless, who I recognized instantly, I thought they just made a lot of these up!
Nice
Kusa Jaguar you did your homework in recognizing them
Thanks for this information!
I can see this game is heavyly inspired by ars goetia.
Very interesting, thank you.
Interesting game, very castlevania-like indeed. Also like the neat detail that the bosses do a suicide rush or kill themselves instead of you actually finishing them off.
I also like where the characters cooperated in different sequences, like in the final battle against dark zangetsu. That looked super cool.
The "suicide rush" was originally from Castlevania: Rondo of Blood.
It’s created by Igarashi so yeah it’s exactly castlevania with out Konami to ruin everything.
Man that Last Boss Battle totally Remind me of Dawn of Sorrow Julius Mode They even have the Archetype of the Belmont, Belnade, Alucard.
Quick couple of questions: do you get a special bonus if you do not get hit by the last attempt suicide rush from the boss?...& do you get penalized for getting hit by the last attempt suicide rush? Thanks in advance.
I love the coin guy with the hat, he looks so cool
Valefors ultimate do be blindin doe
0:01 vs 21:12 - I love the detail that the song played while fighting corrupted Zangetsu is a variation of the beginning theme playing on Zangetsu’s motive.
Wow, in the end, Zangetsu died SO HARD that was kicked out from his game to end up in a Megaman like game! XD
Malord E'knight actually he was sent to Gunvolts world.
psydeffex Oh damn. >->;;
Heh, so you noticed that reverse Mega Man opening motif too? ;P
Yup. XD
I think he could've been saved though.
I love how each boss tries to take you down with them when they die. Brillant.
That last boss moment where all 3 characters did their thing all at once is very cool.
Also dayum didnt expect Inti Creates there, i've always loved them ever since Megaman Zero and Gunvolt, i hope their next project will do well.
Awesome ending Bloodstained Zangetsu Odyssey in 2XXX, crossover with mega.... Beck, Gunvolt & Copen! Just fooling!
RageGoria A.H dude they also did blaster master zero which became a hit.
Yes the Blaster Master remake was awesome, i really enjoy the whole game.
@@zeromusura3497 Nothing like this happened in the story of part 2
13:18 holy sh*T the retro version is 10 times harder than in ritual of the night lmao. 21:00 this boss fight is amazing, utilizing 3 different characters at once now that’s some genius game design
This is the best 8-bit art I've ever seen.
Also, as usual, Gellot you madman you did it again! Hats off!!
Now THIS is a proper spiritual successor to Castlevania, and by a former producer of Castlevania games, nonetheless! Koji Igarashi does know what he is doing.
Those suicide attacks from the bosses are truly cool, flashy, and properly dangerous for the unprepared. And that "True Final Boss", where the three characters team up to defeat... priceless. Cherry of the cake: that image ala-megaman in the end with the futuristic city... way to promise a sequel, Koji!
Inti Creates, you rock!
Even though, none of it is Canon to Bloodstained Ritual of the night, but still fun and good nonetheless
Ritual of the Night and Curse of the Moon are both good games for people who like Metroidvanias, the Classic Castlevania games, or both.
@@sinfulreaper5025 i think its Kinda Canon(?), Cotm 1st, and Rotn 2nd
@@lazuardialdi2646 Nah, Zangetsu reappear in RotN and recognized neither Myriam nor Gebel and vice-versa
...Huh. I suppose it's a actually decent night to have a curse.
...Ok, that ending surprise amuses me. Reverse Megaman 2 intro, what?!?
If you know you know
Especially with a doggo piloting a mech.
Goodest boi 11/10.
The final battle having everyone help each other out to survive us really cool looking. It didn't look particularly difficult, but the concept and execution was super well done.
I like how it realy point back to the real old school games like shovel knight did. While still keeping the gameplay smooth so it can compete with modern looking games.
gotta love these suicidal death attacks in the end, also zangetsu is like ragna the bloodedge but on steroids
Old man only appeared on final battle(and by accident in a switcheroo) . Poor old man.
25:41 When you die so hard, you get sent to a different universe.
The Glutton Train...
HAS NO BREAKS MOTHER#@&$!!!
It bit off more than it could chew taking on Gellot
Missed opportunity to call it the soul train
I do like how the bosses almost always tried that one last attack
The desperation attack, probably inspired by Castlevania Dracula X and Rondo of Blood (as well as Dracula X chronicles but that's a Rondo of Blood Remake)
Of all the good things in this game, the boss battles were the crowning achievement. They felt so good to fight and satisfying to beat, especially with those Rondo of Blood style last-ditch moves.
Since it looks like you don't know, Zangetsu has an extra ability in Ultimate mode, he can charge his slash to do a giant slash. Just press and hold the attack button and he will start glowing.
Thanks for the tip, I definitely didn't know that!
It never ceases to amaze me how easily you blaze through these things. Great work!
I'm only watching this after completing Ultimate mode myself. I wanted to come up with my own original strategies for fighting bosses, so it's fun to see someone who did something COMPLETELY different than what I did, but both methods still worked.
Can we give props to how awesome the sprite work is? Thos game looks pretty awesome, has an awesome ost and those bosses! I really love Valefor & Valac!
8:24 Slyfer the Sky Dragon
This is the TRUE modern Castlevania and those original bosses have very memorable and epic fights!
Dude, Bathin is so badass
Also, is it just me or did 90% of the bosses kill themselves
Doc Mcstuffins they basically did, either out of desperation or blind rage they ran into a wall or tried to do a suicide attack
They did. Desperation attacks. One final enraged assault to take the hero down with them. The best one has got to be Bathin. SPLAT!
Reminds me of Sting Chameleon from Mega Man X
In Castlevania Rondo of blood bosses did the exact same thing at death, they commit suicide, or do one final move before death
@Dominotik Ivan Tulovskiy Pretty much every boss in CotM got nerfed in RotN.
Seriously this a really great game. I wish is was a bit longer. Still im very satisfied with the game. Great work Gellot!
Slifer the sky dragon being the only boss that doesn't have a "desperate final attack" makes it special
Gremory didn't either.
Watching you beat these bosses without taking damage is so satisfying
wow that Zangetsu fight is so sick made me wanna play the game
Stop making me buy games.
I know that feel man
this one is really cheap bro
@@Alexpikachu3D And worth every single penny
no
@@catonmars9852 yes it is
Yet another reason to buy the game. It looks great.
16:53 YO THAT LOOKS COOL!!!
wow, the bosses on this game is very amazing
5:15 Man, i didn't know, that black hat (from villainous) also does videogame bosses services.
That looks really cool! I wouldn't really play this myself but watching you is amazing, well done :) Reading Zangetsu made me think of Bleach haha
Play it in easy mode, i won't tell ;)
9:30
*Queue the megaman X music*
CYBER PEACOCK
I haven't played Curse of the Moon or its sequel, but I did enjoy Ritual of the Night.
Maybe I'm just having a millennial moment, but I find this game way better than its sequel. This type of game always works best in full 2D.
I figured out a hidden combo attack. Throw the spinning scythe and then freeze it when it is touching the boss using the alchemist and it deals A TON of damage against the bosses
Whaaaaat!? Thank you!
i know that nobody cares, but all the bosses have a name.
Just saying, i'm not trying to annoy anybody.
Where are they mentioned? I'll add their names in the description.
in the facebook page of bloodstained i think. i can't remember them, just that the train thing boss is called "Glutton Train" and the mad hatter wannabe dude is called "Valefor"
no i think that the names where in the Inti Creates facebook page
here they are: curseofthemoon.com/en/boss/
Yeah, I found it, thanks for the help.
This is just a little add on, but it's creative and stylistic enough to stand on it's own. That's damn impressive. By the way it's the gold man boss that made me say this.
Great little game, amazing boss designs, maybe some of them are missing some attack "warnings" but you can tell they put a lot attention to details. this is like if they put Megaman bosses in a Castlevania game, love it.
25:39 Is that a reference to the intro for Megaman 2?
Niiice.
You are right. It's like the Castlevania sequel we never had
My brain: Yeah, That's not difficult, I can do it!
My hands: No way.
Gremory:*exists*
Rule 34-ers:It’s free real estate
6:38 Woah, that really looks similar to the Dracula's Castle stage from Smash Bros ultimate!
The older Castlevania games always had this nice Ravenloft feel to them.
No offense, but if you getsu (moon) in your name. Chances are, the moon will bless or curse you.
Zangetsu means Slaying Moon.
GeneralRatKingLord getsu fuuma den
What do you want?
If Ichigo Isekai'ed to Cotm and GETSUGA TENSOU!
Zangetsu with that Amygdala Arm
Oh wow. Zangetsu ended up at Gunvolt's world. Cue in Sakura Effluorescence for him?
I like how the boss at 11:48 is a reference to the countess who bathed in the blood of virgins...
12:50
Who would win?
- A demon between a devastating hurricane of blood in a desperate attempt to take your soul
- A tiny bat
I love that the electric lizard boss in the library was reading a book and when you come in he’s just like “Oh, well. Gotta stop reading and kick this guy’s ass.”
I guess the whip really is the superior way to hunt vampires
Wow, I didn't know they had a hidden boss and it's great!
When I played this game for the first time, I knew I was up for a challenge and a treat. This game was incredibly fun and I still can't get over how funny/ridiculous I was when I went up against Bathin. I was really weird but I managed to make it. XDDD Bloodless was absolutely difficult along with Gremory. Yet, overall, the game was amazing! It was so much fun!
The most anime boi: 13:09
Yyyyoooooooooo I never even heard of this game! Jesus Christ it's gorgeous. I'm in love!
the sprite work for the bosses is pretty cool
A demand of Gremory trap hentai is now in effect.
Valac is a fucking awesome design for a boss, an interconnected dragon that could shove it's heads together to make one giant head is so fucking cool.
Thanks for great work . спасибо бро ))
This game looks hella good
Gremory final form remind about lunala from sun and moon especially when it fire a moon beam attack
Hello gellot, I am thinking about doing a youtube channel with the same concept your channel, Would you recemend eny first game i should play on my channel??
Thanks!
I love how angry Gremory gets when you beat its first phase.
Valefor via Stage 3's Boss, is my favorite Boss in the entire game.
How is this guy so good at games
BANKAI!!! Tensa Zangetsu!!
random person scrolling in the comments! what's your fav final attack of all the bosses?
tbh i feel like the peacock dude really was an epic one with the background, the shadows, his attacks and the music syncing up
I didn't even realize you could hit the third boss directly in his face. I just destroy the piles of coins every time.
This. Is. Awesome.
25:43 PFFF HAHAHA damn this is good he in Megaman world now XD
Ray dark actually, is gunvolt's world.
Man its gonna be hilarious if this prequel ends up better than the full budget release
They apparently dropped on the idea of this one being a prequel, instead it's just a spin off title with some characters from the main game.
1 year later, the complete game feels rushed and buggy as fuck. The bosses here all have some amazing presentation.
25:44
Zanketsu: where i am
????: welcome to Azure strike world
Wow, you make it look easy
13:21 straight up megaman zx advent, like you can't fool me
Awesome. I have subscribe your channel.
bruh the glutton train was literally just vibing wth
how do you make that double jump with Zangetsu?
Wait a minute could you always have double jumped or does difficulty bump ups unlock new things for the characters.
You must kill the allies instead of recruting them so zangetsu gets new abilities, like the double jump, so why are the allies still with him? Because hes playing ultimate mode, which lets zangetsu have all his special abilities from the beginning and an extra one while still being able to recruit the other characters
Does hitting the gold piles hurt the greed boss?
How did you do the spin jump with zangetsu
I thought the final boss on Ultimate Mode ended with Zangetsu having to charge up his attack to slice her in half. Or was there a special condition where I got that result?
That happens if you kill all your allies and get the evil ending.
He wakes up in the future!?!?! Part 3 is gonna be AWESOME!!!
Cool game. Can someone please explain what ultimate mode is. I beat normal and started nightmare.
mrHowlll Based on what I heard. Ultimate Mode allows you to use the powers gained from killing your allies (God damn Zangestu) while still being able to recruit them.
You know, gremory reminds me of queen sectonia from kirby
Never heard of this game but it look nice :0
Sooooo, What does the mage do in normal gameplay (is he named Alfred or Gebel?, to me he sounds like Alfred), i'm guessing he's not really god in boss fights if you didn't used him that much?
curseofthemoon.com/en/characters/
His melee attack is not good for fighting, his spells, however, are very powerful, and would make boss battles a lot easier.
Oh cool, thanks!, I'll definitely have to check the game out!, seems like some good fun for a while
dat 5th boss. that look almost like cyber peacock from mega man but BETTER. XD
Played kinda like Storm Eagle too... so I'm not the only person who noticed that.
true. it does kinda look like storm eagle. maybe hybrid with two maverick. storm peacock. atleast we both noticed
It looks like Shushupu/spritzee from Pokemon.
When will they make Curse of the Moon 3?
Oh wow. . this game just came out like a day ago too o.O
I have this game. I liked the castlevania games and this game.
Ide like to see more great retro games like this although I love AAA titles
Can you give a try to Wings of Vi? It's full of intresting bosses
Pretty damn cool!