my Castlevania instincts told me to go there for some reason, I didn't knew mercy dreams was an easier area, even tho I died a lot, what got me hooked was the amazing pixel art, and the music while climbing the snow area
If dark souls taught me anything is you don't need end game gear to defeat a boss. I actually took out the charred visage boss first than any other (because back tracking is annoying), which was pretty difficult, but managing to do so made the other bosses a piece of cake.
If you see a hint of snow, DON'T KILL ANY OTHER BOSS THAN THE CHARRED VISAGE'S because the moment you enter the first snow room it triggers a side quest which would be broken by doing this. Unless you don't care or it was patched :D
@@kurokigensai7 there is a snowy location named Where Olive Trees Wither. In its first room there is a quest which the game considers started when you enter that room, not when you talk to the questgiver. After this it counts how many bosses you kill and makes the quest fail after killing two if you hadn't deliever an item to the NPC in that room. The item becomes acessible after killing Our Lady of the Charred Visage in the next location. Or you can just find an item which allows you to jump pits without dying and access the reward by doing it. The reward is, by the way, a prayer which gives lifesteal to sword attacks.
It doesn't need a patch, entering Where Olive Trees Wither starts a timer that is dependent on various things (i.e. other boss kills but also new parts of map discovered, it's still not clear how the timer works, but it's not dependent exclusively on bosses, nor on real/in-game time passing). If the timer advances too much, the Gemino sidequest won't be available anymore, but you can still use Linen of Golden Thread to access the tomb where you obtain Saeta Dolorosa anyway
I've just started playing this game today and ended up at the snow area first. I sort of knew straight away I shouldn't be here yet and went in the other direction!
Too late, the snowy mountains was my first area and I regret it so much. My top reason of death is poison. Because the stubborn and idiot me decided to grab every collectible locked behind a toxic gas that I could find just to *then* find a poison immunity relic. I facepalmed so hard.
If anyone is struggling with blasphemous take everything slowly and methodically. Always prioritize buying the mea culpa moveset upgrades, the dodge-thrust especially is super op. Also the mountain isn't too bad, just take it slow and use the charge attack and dodge thrust. I ran it early for the goodies and it was fine
Thanks for those tips. This video is sort of old, and there's been quite a few updates, so it's always good to get some positive people updating everyone. Appreciate it!
@@ConsoleCinema I just bought Blasphemous yesterday and boy I made the same mistake as you. Going to the snow mountain first ! Haha but fortunately I managed to kill the boss due to luck(the boss was positioning itself lower and easier to hit). I thought the same as you and there's also a tree guy that give quest so I thought it was the correct road. I was wrong xD. Going to the other area was a breeze after I bought the defense item that cost 5000
Yeah the dodge thrust is the one I got last. The description was so vague, that I wasn't sure what it would do, so I avoided it. But it's wayyy better than the others.
I'm currently around 85% complete in this masterpiece of a game, and I just wanted to come back to say a huge thank you for these couple of simple tips you posted here as they honestly helped me bigtime in what is a really goddam hard game especially upto around the 40%+ stage I reckon. Probably the one most important tip I constantly had in mind was the "take it slow and methodical" And the other thing I constantly found myself saying was "unforgiving" In my opinion that word pretty much sums up a lot of how I found Blasphemous... However it just sucked me back in time and time again and most of the time I would make it just a little further, and that is the reason I love this epic game so much. The one thing I now fear above all else... Its there life after Blasphemous? 🤪
Actually if you're going for 100% completion, you're supposed to go to Where Olive Trees Wither (the snowy area) first, as it is the fastest place where you can get a medicinal item before fighting a boss (preventing Tirso's associates to die), and also it's where you can fill the Golden Thimble so Gémino doesn't turn to wood (if you fight any boss before the Lady of the Charred Visage, he gets entombed). Doing those things early unlocks the Saeta Dolorosa prayer from Engracia's tomb, an achievement and -in the long run- the Mediterranean Diet item from Tirso
This is fantastic information...buuuut just like he states in the video, there would be no way to know this unless you read a guide, or hear it from someone. The mountain sounds really hard! For reference I just got this game on switch, so im about to start a first play through. Do I really want to suffer so much at the start? Especially since I havent played before.
@@jakeryan2805 100% agree with you here, but I very much read npc dialogues and try to peice together quests long before I do them. I find this helps with both 100% the game and progressing in the most comfortable linear fasion. First i checked Tirso, then the old pilgrim. This sort of journey I was taken on practically held my hard through this amazing game.
Snowy Mountain? If the jump looks too far, that's because it is. Follow the wind. Wait till the wind is blowing towards the direction that you want to jump towards before you make the leap. The wind will push you further.
I had the exact same issue going to the snow location first and just assumed that was the difficulty level of the game....after 40 tries on the burn victim boss....I looked online and found out with one healing item....that shit was near impossible.
If you love those those moments in Metroid where you learn of a secret and think "well how the heck was I supposed to find that blind?" ... Blasphemous is the game for you!
Yea fair point, for some reason I didn't have too many problems finding the secret rooms in Blasphemous, maybe due to the fact I would mainly use the sliding lunge move and that tends to pop the walls open sweetly. 😝
it is pretty simple, if an area looks like a waste of space /too empty/ abrupt dead end /unnecessary geometrical shape- then thats the literal hint of an illusory wall and secret nearby. if anything blasphemous is one these games tgat actually handles the secrets really well and arent obtuse at all
I'm absolutely awful at both metroidvanias and souls like games, so as you can imagine I have been STRUGGLING. Thank you for your tips, especially about the mountain!
I ended up doing the Charred Visage first as well, not because Deogracias order, but because I simply missed the Mercy Dreams entrance and got stuck at Jondo. Good thing is that it forced me to explore almost all the open map before defeting my first boss, so I was quite powerful and the other 2 bosses were quite easy after that.
I had a hard time in Jondo during my first playthrough, but when I saw the snowy area and the enemies I instantly knew this isn't the right place for now.
To me the only place that is prohibitive if you aren't well leveled is the new area Mourning and Havoc. The enemies there can one-hit you if you don't have full health
I did the exact same thing, I went to the snowy mountains first. After many attempts I left to look for power ups eventually came back to it. It was much easier
Im actually glad I went up the mountain on my blind playthrough. It taught me the hard way how to play the game and didn't hold my hand at all during the battle with the charred lady. It helped me later on when the bosses actually got difficult because I knew I could beat them if I just kept trying and learned their pattern
In my experience with all the open world games i've played, snowy areas hurt like a b*tch. The traps hurt like a b*tch The enemies hurt like a b*tch The SNOW hurts like a b*tch The bosses hurt like a b*tch EVERYTHING hurts like a b*tch. So yeah, avoid those areas until later on when you're fully prepared for them.
with the righ calculation, first prayer allowed me to kill one of the bosses ( 3 flying ladies??) almost instantly, i dealt absolute crazy amount of damage out of nowhere. so no, prayers are pretty useful sometimes
I’m kind of the opposite on most of your points. The vague descriptions of items, felt right at home with me being a dark souls fan. And I like that you can go to the snowy mountains first without being blocked. But I like games that do that. If you run into a wall, come back later and try after you go somewhere else. The only thing that did make me a bit sad was the prayers. I rarely used them. And like you, I used the attack speed one but that was rare. Definitely a missed opportunity for them to have done more with that feature. But I love the game.
Wow this is probably gonna be a huge help I just started at the game and ended up in the mountain area and was honestly confused because up until this point the game wasn’t that hard and all the sudden I was getting smoked which lead me to this video thank you haha
The last one seems to be the only one that's like an actual or significant point. Cause I'm still super early but I was anticipating having to climb higher and such first.
I think along as you have the lunge attack ability the snowy Church area is not so bad. That move makes short work out of most things. And the poison resist buff
I don't recall the guy telling you specifically to go to the mountain peak first. Just there were three humiliations you need to undertake before entering the place at the far right. Also you didn't you didn't expect to do platforming in a 2d sidescroller?
I had no idea what I was heading into with this game as my big bro lured me into it with its breathtaking visuals and aesthetic months ago. Aside from one other Metroidvania game that I barely even started, I jumped straight to playing it and needless to say, it's kicked my ass millions of times. There was no going back. But after almost 60 hours, I'm doing the boss rush mode and the Bloodstained DLC. (This is the first Metroidvania I've finished). Nice video, by the way! Me from months ago should have watched this first but there's excitement to playing blind and all.
@@OnePolishMoFo axiom verge, yokus island, dandara, bloodstained, sun wukong vs robot, aquatic adventure of the last human, ESA (environmental station alpha), etc, so much good ones apart from the abc classics (which are great btw) :)
Its pretty darn awesome. I love how its still getting alot of love still to this day. They seem to keep giving us DLC and upgrades. We gotta do more videos soon.
AMAZING LAST TIP. I was Stuck on the Snow Area as well and quit, and MAN I love the Aesthetics and Genres here, upset me hard that I quit. Will be replaying today. No need to thank you later, I'll thankyou now.! --- Also Great Video.
Most of the things you mentioned are why I decided to give Blasphemous a go, and regarding your final piece of advice, following that advice will (temporarily) lock you out of an area due to "failing" a side quest. To me, you taking on that mountain and overcoming the boss sounds like quite the accomplishment - pretty sure you felt like royalty after that. I'll also say that those effing spikes suck. Miriam's questline has taught me to sincerely hate them.
I got this game yesterday and am literally on the snowy mountain area right now! Guess I'll be turning back, lol. Great video buddy, very helpful. (Just realised this vid is a year old, oh well!)
I also the noted that the npc mentioned the snow area first and when I went there I realized right away to try another route which worked out cause now I have 4 flasks and the dash attack which seems to be insanely good. I'm late to the party on this one and loving it so far. This game is giving me goat metriodvania vibes, its early tho I have a ways to go before I can really say that but so far it blowing my mind. Fun ass combat. Love that parry and finishing moves. Controls are perfect and when I die it always is fair and my fault even if it's a spike pit. If I take it slow I havent been dying much. Im a huge soullike and metroidvania fan and this one feels like the perfect combo so far. Good video thanks!
Thanks for the advise I was indeed in the snowy area, I was having such a difficult time that I decided to investigate, now I’m going back to other region and come back later.
I should have watched this video first. Just got the game last week, and I also went to the snow level first. It was BRUTAL, and of course now it's a cake walk compared to that hike straight up difficulty curve mountain. I also just looked up to see how to upgrade my health potions since I had three of them sitting in my inventory with no clue how to fill them.
Our Lady Charred Visage was the easiest of the 3. I beat her effortlessly and on the first try. Ten Piedad I fought first and died many times but that could Shay be cause I was Brewer to the game, Tres Angustias also took me a few tries. Also, I disagree with the prayers. Those prayers saved my ass a number of times not to mention getting the children of moonlight. I will agree with you on the lack of explanation in any of the items. Half of the quests and rosaries I had to Google and even then found very little. Overall though, I love the game. Gameplay as well as aesthetically. I’ll add that those pendulums killed me more than anything those pricks would knock me right into the spikes. I hate them.
Heard all kinds of hype about this game being "so hard", but other than one boss fight so far (f-you Eldras), the whole game has been pretty easy to navigate. They provide you with plenty of pins to mark places on your map. And you can not go "anywhere" from the start. You can't even access the second half of the game till you grab the 3 McGuffin's.. This game's map is like half the size of Hollow Knight too, and there's only a handful of dead ends that require new abilities. This game is like Metroidvania-souls-lite. There's no stamina bar, so combat is honestly a breeze. The parry window is ridiculously generous, and almost every base enemy can simply be dodged, jumped over or avoided in some way. I did the same thing with the Mountainous area, but I quickly turned around, when I realized I had so much more map to explore south of the mountain area.
3:23 this gotta be the biggest cap I've ever seen. Prayers are broken if used correctly, Debla of the lights with a good build 3 shots bosses. Tiento is just as broken with the invulnerability, also there's a rosary bead to counter your argument for not being worth using because of the cast time
I will admit that i've been a huge fan of Metroidvania games my whole life. Everything from old Metroid, SotN, hollow knight, Dread, even the newer and class Shantae games that are in that style, though more light hearted than the others. I must have played over 100 different games in this genre and as much as a lot of people might hate me... I kind of feel this game is the worst. By far the biggest problem is the lack of explination. I did like the lore and such, Dark Souls is one of my favorite games of all time and I've been way into Elden Ring as of late but those games did an amazing job teaching me what to do. Little game hints like the light showing me where to go or explaining general direction like with the bell, level ups and upgrades and such are made so much easier... Excluding maybe weapon upgrades in Dark Souls that is. This game just doesn't tell me a damn thing. Even my best friend who loves this game openly said that this game tells you nothing and he had to look stuff up to figure out what to do, not with the story or side quest, just basical funtions of the game. The combat also isn't very creative or fun most the time. I know as gamers we often mock the quick time event being one of the worst still living mechanics in games that should have died out with the lives system but nearly every battle with a minor enemy is attack, wait for them to count or role out of the way depending on enemy and preference, hit, done. Even the upgrades don't say much and sometimes reading them several times requires me to just say fuck it and go to a wiki or something to see what even changes when I equip something. It just feels to me like this game is more about style over substance. The game looks good, sounds good, and feels good when I play it but it just sort of throws you to the wolves with little more than basic combat being explained and nothing else. It has a very, throw you to the wolves, style like dark souls but just fails on so many levels to explain concepts, what is important, how to level up, or what to do. I still don't know how to upgrade some things, what some items do, why there are so many equip menus, where the key items are in my inventory, and even when I die I don't seem to lose any guilt or anything so what's the point of retrieving the spot where I died? Metroidvania are by far some of my favorite games but I really have to say that Blasphemous might be the worst one in a very, very long line of games in this genre I have played. Plus IDK if this adds insult to injury or not but the game was almost pathetically easy. Every boss and enemy was so weak and easy I did runs, first time for some bosses, no damage whatsoever. The enviornment is more of a threat than everything else in this game by a lot.
Both the OP and tons of commenters remind me of all the people who went straight from firelink shrine to the graveyard/catacombs in the original dark souls.
Ideally for the first three areas you want to go through Mercy Dreams and Ten Piedad first, then through the cistern and to the bell area, and then the mountain. I did Mercy Dreams, Mountain, Bell
I have been beating my head with the controller for the last two hours trying to get through the snow area....now I know why!!! Lol thanks for the tip!
I went directly to where olive trees wither first and then kept going... I cleaned the area... I defeated the boss and I seriously busted my ass... I'm so dumb that I didn't even think I was taking the wrong route and thought the game was just that hard.
My first run I ended up using a prayer build with only the lighting and very first prayer you get and just putting on all the beads that buff the prayers. Absolutely melted bosses, you just have to know when to pop them and how to use the environment and spacing to your advantage. If you can get it to hit more than once you’re golden.
as i first played blasphemous, i went to the mountain and got kicked in the ass many many times, but i ddn't give up and finished the whole area the rest of the game is still hard and surprising but i am now able to first-try every boss i come across :^)
And btw there is always multiple options in where to go in metroidvanias so you not thinking hey I shouldn't be here this early after dying 5 or so times is entirely on you. And you want to know if your "tips" helped anyone? Well no dude cause they weren't tips they were complaints for the most part
I barely bought the game 2 days ago cause I heard about it recently and saw that the wounds of eventide was on sale for 6$ so I bought it immediately. I cant rave enough about this game. I know these games are incredibly hard to get into or even buy for that matter. In a world of fps and grand scale rpg games I can understand why people wouldn't want to buy these games, it's a really sad fact but I understand. But back to my main point, blasphemous is an amazing game. The design of characters, weapons, architecture, land is incredible and the music is immaculate !! Its kicking my ass and I made the mistake of exploring the mountain first🤣🤣 but i knew what game this was so I couldn't be too mad
I disagree on a few accounts. I did the mountain first and had no problem. And I also used prayers a lot and thought of them quite helpful, dealing with certain enemies. I would've loved to see you adress these things as "didn't work for me, might work for you, but if not, here's how I did it" rather than adressing them as "this is how it is" But still some things are very much true, mostly the non-linearity and the metroidvania part. I did not know it was a metroidvania and I was pleasantly surprised. But I can see how that could've been a negative surprise to others.
I’m playing through this now. Loving it so far. Finally just beat the bro/sis duo on the bridge and progressed the story. Just got a lot harder. I did the charred visage first. It was a bit of a challenge but I think it got me ready for the rest of the map before moving passed the bridge.
God damn it, I did the SAME thing with snowy location, beat it and was like: "Wow okay, that was hard", and than internet tells me that this is one of the most fucked up locations and you need some upgrades to it... Brilliant game.
Sweet! Since your just starting out, check out our Enemies guide. Hopefully this might help with some of the enemies you face later in the game. th-cam.com/video/qp_OIMJd6uc/w-d-xo.html
I find Jondo first by accidently opening that invisible door in albero. This was my first metroidvania/souls game and I still had the curiosity of if there were invisible walls in the game 😂
Thanks so much!!! After some time, we've learned that everyone has a different play-style, these are just our personal tips. But once you play it, come back and let us know if any of them helped!
So in a part of the game I tottaly forgot I can parry some of my enemy attacks but it took long enough to make me skip the bosses or some hidden areas for an amount of time.
No offense but this isn't a good opinion on most anything in this game. Got gud. That's the formula. Both 1 and 2 are mastercrafts in story telling, and are definitely made to be played multiple times to see it all.
As I try to say with everyone on this video, this is 5 things I wish I knew. If it helps you, it does, if it doesnt, well it doesnt. You're clearly more skilled than me.
Good to know. I just finished Demoniaca to 101%, so I was looking for another Metroidvania. I bought Blasphemous today, just as the same time as Bloodstained because they're both on huge sale. But I guess I'll play Bloodstained 1st. And because I think my 2 y.o daughter may be able to look at paused screen of Bloodstained where most of the monsters in Blasphemous will give her nightmare.
Hey there, don't rly agree with all the points made in your vid, but appreciate the review. I'm from Greece and I went for a blind first playthrough of the game. Didn't know much but the name "Blasphemous" metaphorically means "cursing out of frustration/agony" (the verb in greek is like Blasphemize, if that makes sense)(literally the word is used when you defile something holy or speak ill of something holy) so I kind of expected to hate myself at some points xd.
Not gonna lie to you chief, since I've played other games like S&S and Dark Souls, whenever things genuinely felt TOO STRONG for me to go up against, I have that mentality of "Oh I'll definitely be back" 😂 These ain't bad beginner tips tho if Im bein honest yall, take notes, have fun, good luck!~
Rly good presentation told me all I need to know before giving the devs my money (It didn’t matter what u said I was gonna get it still appreciate the video)
I followed the Fextralife walk-through guide from start to finish. it was very helpful, and minimized revisiting areas only as needed. funny though -- that guide has you go into the snowy area very early in the walk-through. and I agree it was hard.
The prayers are so over powered in a lot of situations. Especially with that bead that makes them stronger. A couple of the spells completely trivialized, what would have other wise been very tough enemies and bosses.
It’s like Hollow Knight for Catholics on Mescaline.
haha!
Hollow knight was so vanilla honestly. Lile a protestant version of blasphemous.
Should I get this game for 6 dollars rn?
Emilio A. Yeah. It’s fun if you like side scrollers.
@@emilioa.2365 hope you got it, great $6 for a very well made game. can't wait for blasphemous 2
If you go to the snow first you come back with more power
True, it's rather hard to have your asshole drilled much wider Her Ladies wrist if you headbutt your way up the mountains
Pretty going through my first playthrough and I did the same thing. If you manage to get through it, you'll be buffed haha
my Castlevania instincts told me to go there for some reason, I didn't knew mercy dreams was an easier area, even tho I died a lot, what got me hooked was the amazing pixel art, and the music while climbing the snow area
If dark souls taught me anything is you don't need end game gear to defeat a boss. I actually took out the charred visage boss first than any other (because back tracking is annoying), which was pretty difficult, but managing to do so made the other bosses a piece of cake.
Sounds like what I call, "Intelligent Laziness". It's a trait in video games, that I think is overlooked.
@@ConsoleCinema That's just a different way of saving working smarter not harder
This.
If you see a hint of snow, DON'T KILL ANY OTHER BOSS THAN THE CHARRED VISAGE'S because the moment you enter the first snow room it triggers a side quest which would be broken by doing this. Unless you don't care or it was patched :D
Still not patched unfortunately :(
dont understand
@@kurokigensai7 there is a snowy location named Where Olive Trees Wither. In its first room there is a quest which the game considers started when you enter that room, not when you talk to the questgiver. After this it counts how many bosses you kill and makes the quest fail after killing two if you hadn't deliever an item to the NPC in that room. The item becomes acessible after killing Our Lady of the Charred Visage in the next location.
Or you can just find an item which allows you to jump pits without dying and access the reward by doing it. The reward is, by the way, a prayer which gives lifesteal to sword attacks.
It doesn't need a patch, entering Where Olive Trees Wither starts a timer that is dependent on various things (i.e. other boss kills but also new parts of map discovered, it's still not clear how the timer works, but it's not dependent exclusively on bosses, nor on real/in-game time passing). If the timer advances too much, the Gemino sidequest won't be available anymore, but you can still use Linen of Golden Thread to access the tomb where you obtain Saeta Dolorosa anyway
Which quest?
That piece of advice about the snowy area is so valuable. That’s the whole reason I came here - I felt so stuck on that section 😂
Awesome! I love to hear when this video actually helps someone!
It's also worth going between areas, going to one place, getting some upgrades, going back somewhere else etc.
Exactly why im here i felt im so bad hahah
I've just started playing this game today and ended up at the snow area first. I sort of knew straight away I shouldn't be here yet and went in the other direction!
Omg I'm glad I wasn't the only one lol
Too late, the snowy mountains was my first area and I regret it so much.
My top reason of death is poison. Because the stubborn and idiot me decided to grab every collectible locked behind a toxic gas that I could find just to *then* find a poison immunity relic. I facepalmed so hard.
😂 darn
If anyone is struggling with blasphemous take everything slowly and methodically. Always prioritize buying the mea culpa moveset upgrades, the dodge-thrust especially is super op. Also the mountain isn't too bad, just take it slow and use the charge attack and dodge thrust. I ran it early for the goodies and it was fine
Thanks for those tips. This video is sort of old, and there's been quite a few updates, so it's always good to get some positive people updating everyone. Appreciate it!
@@ConsoleCinema I just bought Blasphemous yesterday and boy I made the same mistake as you. Going to the snow mountain first ! Haha but fortunately I managed to kill the boss due to luck(the boss was positioning itself lower and easier to hit). I thought the same as you and there's also a tree guy that give quest so I thought it was the correct road. I was wrong xD. Going to the other area was a breeze after I bought the defense item that cost 5000
Yeah the dodge thrust is the one I got last. The description was so vague, that I wasn't sure what it would do, so I avoided it. But it's wayyy better than the others.
I'm currently around 85% complete in this masterpiece of a game, and I just wanted to come back to say a huge thank you for these couple of simple tips you posted here as they honestly helped me bigtime in what is a really goddam hard game especially upto around the 40%+ stage I reckon.
Probably the one most important tip I constantly had in mind was the "take it slow and methodical"
And the other thing I constantly found myself saying was "unforgiving"
In my opinion that word pretty much sums up a lot of how I found Blasphemous... However it just sucked me back in time and time again and most of the time I would make it just a little further, and that is the reason I love this epic game so much.
The one thing I now fear above all else... Its there life after Blasphemous? 🤪
i dont understand how to use weight of sin 😕
I downloaded the demo and damn this game is good. As a big dark souls fan, I fully recommend it. Thanks for the tips.
I did that today. I notice a lot of newer games with demos to try out. Which is great. The reason I bought this game is because the demo was awesome
Actually if you're going for 100% completion, you're supposed to go to Where Olive Trees Wither (the snowy area) first, as it is the fastest place where you can get a medicinal item before fighting a boss (preventing Tirso's associates to die), and also it's where you can fill the Golden Thimble so Gémino doesn't turn to wood (if you fight any boss before the Lady of the Charred Visage, he gets entombed). Doing those things early unlocks the Saeta Dolorosa prayer from Engracia's tomb, an achievement and -in the long run- the Mediterranean Diet item from Tirso
This is fantastic information...buuuut just like he states in the video, there would be no way to know this unless you read a guide, or hear it from someone. The mountain sounds really hard! For reference I just got this game on switch, so im about to start a first play through. Do I really want to suffer so much at the start? Especially since I havent played before.
@@jakeryan2805 100% agree with you here, but I very much read npc dialogues and try to peice together quests long before I do them. I find this helps with both 100% the game and progressing in the most comfortable linear fasion. First i checked Tirso, then the old pilgrim. This sort of journey I was taken on practically held my hard through this amazing game.
That’s for NG+
I have it even though I let him turn to wood. Is that supposed to happen or are you talking about early game
I did the where olive tress, I gave him the filled Golden Thimble, after I came back he turn into wood. I get all the items in the tomb tho
I saw that i kinda started out on the slums on the map, so i just sticked to it. Jeez, dodged a bullet there...
haha! happy that worked out for ya.
I went to the snow mountais at first and used my brain to check other areas because i found it so difficult.
Well damn, I seriously failed to use my brain. I thought I was just trash at the game bruh 😭
That snowy mountain is precisely why I am watching this video!
Dude im here because of this too hahaha
Snowy Mountain? If the jump looks too far, that's because it is. Follow the wind. Wait till the wind is blowing towards the direction that you want to jump towards before you make the leap. The wind will push you further.
God I hate this place😂I'm dying non stop from making dumb mistakes
Fuck. Im in the fn mountain. But i made it to the boss
I had the exact same issue going to the snow location first and just assumed that was the difficulty level of the game....after 40 tries on the burn victim boss....I looked online and found out with one healing item....that shit was near impossible.
lol wow, you really took the hard way. You EARNED that trophy! Or did you play this on Switch?
4:46 that panic parrying lol
haha! its rough out there!
@@ConsoleCinema That's okay man! I do it all the time 😭
Here's a good strategy for dealing with spikes:
DON'T JUMP ONTO THEM.
DON'T DROP OFF A LEDGE INTO THEM.
I hope this helps.
If you love those those moments in Metroid where you learn of a secret and think "well how the heck was I supposed to find that blind?"
... Blasphemous is the game for you!
Yea fair point, for some reason I didn't have too many problems finding the secret rooms in Blasphemous, maybe due to the fact I would mainly use the sliding lunge move and that tends to pop the walls open sweetly. 😝
There are moments where I think "this wall looks like I can break it" and well, you can break it. I love metroidvania games so much!
it is pretty simple,
if an area looks like a waste of space /too empty/ abrupt dead end /unnecessary geometrical shape-
then thats the literal hint of an illusory wall and secret nearby. if anything blasphemous is one these games tgat actually handles the secrets really well and arent obtuse at all
I'm absolutely awful at both metroidvanias and souls like games, so as you can imagine I have been STRUGGLING. Thank you for your tips, especially about the mountain!
Glad I could help!
I ended up doing the Charred Visage first as well, not because Deogracias order, but because I simply missed the Mercy Dreams entrance and got stuck at Jondo. Good thing is that it forced me to explore almost all the open map before defeting my first boss, so I was quite powerful and the other 2 bosses were quite easy after that.
All you had to do was use the upgrade system
This game is incredible, slow, methodical, mysterious, i LOVE it
I had a hard time in Jondo during my first playthrough, but when I saw the snowy area and the enemies I instantly knew this isn't the right place for now.
lol yeah, you can feel it, just being there.
To me the only place that is prohibitive if you aren't well leveled is the new area Mourning and Havoc. The enemies there can one-hit you if you don't have full health
I did the exact same thing, I went to the snowy mountains first. After many attempts I left to look for power ups eventually came back to it. It was much easier
Im actually glad I went up the mountain on my blind playthrough. It taught me the hard way how to play the game and didn't hold my hand at all during the battle with the charred lady. It helped me later on when the bosses actually got difficult because I knew I could beat them if I just kept trying and learned their pattern
In my experience with all the open world games i've played, snowy areas hurt like a b*tch.
The traps hurt like a b*tch
The enemies hurt like a b*tch
The SNOW hurts like a b*tch
The bosses hurt like a b*tch
EVERYTHING hurts like a b*tch.
So yeah, avoid those areas until later on when you're fully prepared for them.
Just picked up the game and ofc I went directly to the mountain xD thanks for saving me a sweat. I'll turn around now
I'm here to thank you for the 'Stay away of snow' advice! So... THANK YOU!
Happy to help!
OMG i thought the snow section seemed hard, which is why i came searching for tips. Thank you so much for mentioning!
I did the snowy area first because I found it first and when I reached the top of the mountain I felt unstoppable
with the righ calculation, first prayer allowed me to kill one of the bosses ( 3 flying ladies??) almost instantly, i dealt absolute crazy amount of damage out of nowhere. so no, prayers are pretty useful sometimes
I’m kind of the opposite on most of your points. The vague descriptions of items, felt right at home with me being a dark souls fan. And I like that you can go to the snowy mountains first without being blocked. But I like games that do that. If you run into a wall, come back later and try after you go somewhere else. The only thing that did make me a bit sad was the prayers. I rarely used them. And like you, I used the attack speed one but that was rare. Definitely a missed opportunity for them to have done more with that feature. But I love the game.
I almost did uninstal the game because i unassumingly went up the mountain first. I chilled for a bit and realized its probably an end game area
I see. were you able to complete that area yet?
I can’t get enough of Blasphemous content. 10/10 game. ✨
Prayers make Boss fights sooo much easier! You got to figure out which one to use! This game is perfect mix of DS and Metroid!
Wow this is probably gonna be a huge help I just started at the game and ended up in the mountain area and was honestly confused because up until this point the game wasn’t that hard and all the sudden I was getting smoked which lead me to this video thank you haha
The last one seems to be the only one that's like an actual or significant point. Cause I'm still super early but I was anticipating having to climb higher and such first.
glad we can help in some kind of way for you.
I think along as you have the lunge attack ability the snowy Church area is not so bad. That move makes short work out of most things. And the poison resist buff
Interesting technique. I'll have to try that on another playthrough.
I don't recall the guy telling you specifically to go to the mountain peak first. Just there were three humiliations you need to undertake before entering the place at the far right. Also you didn't you didn't expect to do platforming in a 2d sidescroller?
ah, you are a keen observer.
I had no idea what I was heading into with this game as my big bro lured me into it with its breathtaking visuals and aesthetic months ago. Aside from one other Metroidvania game that I barely even started, I jumped straight to playing it and needless to say, it's kicked my ass millions of times. There was no going back. But after almost 60 hours, I'm doing the boss rush mode and the Bloodstained DLC. (This is the first Metroidvania I've finished). Nice video, by the way! Me from months ago should have watched this first but there's excitement to playing blind and all.
This by far the best metroidvania game I've ever played.
What about Super Metroid or Symphony of the Night? The two titles where the genre's name comes from?
@@OnePolishMoFo axiom verge, yokus island, dandara, bloodstained, sun wukong vs robot, aquatic adventure of the last human, ESA (environmental station alpha), etc, so much good ones apart from the abc classics (which are great btw) :)
Try Hollow knight. Its amazing
Its pretty darn awesome. I love how its still getting alot of love still to this day. They seem to keep giving us DLC and upgrades. We gotta do more videos soon.
Hmm, I had no idea.
AMAZING LAST TIP. I was Stuck on the Snow Area as well and quit, and MAN I love the Aesthetics and Genres here, upset me hard that I quit. Will be replaying today. No need to thank you later, I'll thankyou now.! --- Also Great Video.
I can't believe it....Playing this game for like 4-5 hours and first thing I've done....went to the mountains. That was informative, thanks :DDDD
Glad I could help!
lmao i went for the snowy area first and was impressed at how hard the area was. Eventually ended up defeating the boss.
Most of the things you mentioned are why I decided to give Blasphemous a go, and regarding your final piece of advice, following that advice will (temporarily) lock you out of an area due to "failing" a side quest. To me, you taking on that mountain and overcoming the boss sounds like quite the accomplishment - pretty sure you felt like royalty after that. I'll also say that those effing spikes suck. Miriam's questline has taught me to sincerely hate them.
I got this game yesterday and am literally on the snowy mountain area right now! Guess I'll be turning back, lol. Great video buddy, very helpful. (Just realised this vid is a year old, oh well!)
The script was written exceptionally well. Well done!
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I also the noted that the npc mentioned the snow area first and when I went there I realized right away to try another route which worked out cause now I have 4 flasks and the dash attack which seems to be insanely good. I'm late to the party on this one and loving it so far. This game is giving me goat metriodvania vibes, its early tho I have a ways to go before I can really say that but so far it blowing my mind. Fun ass combat. Love that parry and finishing moves. Controls are perfect and when I die it always is fair and my fault even if it's a spike pit. If I take it slow I havent been dying much. Im a huge soullike and metroidvania fan and this one feels like the perfect combo so far. Good video thanks!
Thanks for the advise I was indeed in the snowy area, I was having such a difficult time that I decided to investigate, now I’m going back to other region and come back later.
Watched this as my steam game stream was on the death notification, as I struggled through the snow section; good to know it wasn’t just me!
I should have watched this video first. Just got the game last week, and I also went to the snow level first. It was BRUTAL, and of course now it's a cake walk compared to that hike straight up difficulty curve mountain. I also just looked up to see how to upgrade my health potions since I had three of them sitting in my inventory with no clue how to fill them.
Our Lady Charred Visage was the easiest of the 3.
I beat her effortlessly and on the first try. Ten Piedad I fought first and died many times but that could Shay be cause I was Brewer to the game, Tres Angustias also took me a few tries.
Also, I disagree with the prayers. Those prayers saved my ass a number of times not to mention getting the children of moonlight.
I will agree with you on the lack of explanation in any of the items. Half of the quests and rosaries I had to Google and even then found very little.
Overall though, I love the game.
Gameplay as well as aesthetically.
I’ll add that those pendulums killed me more than anything those pricks would knock me right into the spikes. I hate them.
Heard all kinds of hype about this game being "so hard", but other than one boss fight so far (f-you Eldras), the whole game has been pretty easy to navigate. They provide you with plenty of pins to mark places on your map. And you can not go "anywhere" from the start. You can't even access the second half of the game till you grab the 3 McGuffin's.. This game's map is like half the size of Hollow Knight too, and there's only a handful of dead ends that require new abilities. This game is like Metroidvania-souls-lite. There's no stamina bar, so combat is honestly a breeze. The parry window is ridiculously generous, and almost every base enemy can simply be dodged, jumped over or avoided in some way. I did the same thing with the Mountainous area, but I quickly turned around, when I realized I had so much more map to explore south of the mountain area.
you can’t go to the mountain last bc that will lock you out of a side quest that gets you a really good item
3:23 this gotta be the biggest cap I've ever seen. Prayers are broken if used correctly, Debla of the lights with a good build 3 shots bosses. Tiento is just as broken with the invulnerability, also there's a rosary bead to counter your argument for not being worth using because of the cast time
I will admit that i've been a huge fan of Metroidvania games my whole life. Everything from old Metroid, SotN, hollow knight, Dread, even the newer and class Shantae games that are in that style, though more light hearted than the others. I must have played over 100 different games in this genre and as much as a lot of people might hate me... I kind of feel this game is the worst.
By far the biggest problem is the lack of explination. I did like the lore and such, Dark Souls is one of my favorite games of all time and I've been way into Elden Ring as of late but those games did an amazing job teaching me what to do. Little game hints like the light showing me where to go or explaining general direction like with the bell, level ups and upgrades and such are made so much easier... Excluding maybe weapon upgrades in Dark Souls that is. This game just doesn't tell me a damn thing. Even my best friend who loves this game openly said that this game tells you nothing and he had to look stuff up to figure out what to do, not with the story or side quest, just basical funtions of the game.
The combat also isn't very creative or fun most the time. I know as gamers we often mock the quick time event being one of the worst still living mechanics in games that should have died out with the lives system but nearly every battle with a minor enemy is attack, wait for them to count or role out of the way depending on enemy and preference, hit, done. Even the upgrades don't say much and sometimes reading them several times requires me to just say fuck it and go to a wiki or something to see what even changes when I equip something.
It just feels to me like this game is more about style over substance. The game looks good, sounds good, and feels good when I play it but it just sort of throws you to the wolves with little more than basic combat being explained and nothing else. It has a very, throw you to the wolves, style like dark souls but just fails on so many levels to explain concepts, what is important, how to level up, or what to do. I still don't know how to upgrade some things, what some items do, why there are so many equip menus, where the key items are in my inventory, and even when I die I don't seem to lose any guilt or anything so what's the point of retrieving the spot where I died?
Metroidvania are by far some of my favorite games but I really have to say that Blasphemous might be the worst one in a very, very long line of games in this genre I have played. Plus IDK if this adds insult to injury or not but the game was almost pathetically easy. Every boss and enemy was so weak and easy I did runs, first time for some bosses, no damage whatsoever. The enviornment is more of a threat than everything else in this game by a lot.
Both the OP and tons of commenters remind me of all the people who went straight from firelink shrine to the graveyard/catacombs in the original dark souls.
You boosted my ego 😂😂 I went quite a bit into the snowy region before giving up
The snow area had me stuck so I looked up a guide and found your Chanel and relised I went the rong way thank you you earned the sub
You had a really good script man thankyou for letting me know I should go beat salt first
All he's doing is shitting on the game for being difficult. Great job awesome tips
haha! thanks for the support
The snow mountain really got,thank for the advice
Ideally for the first three areas you want to go through Mercy Dreams and Ten Piedad first, then through the cistern and to the bell area, and then the mountain. I did Mercy Dreams, Mountain, Bell
Exactly what I did. I think this is the best route. It sets you up for easy backtracking.
im literally here because i keep dieing on the mountain. thanks for your advice, i needed it
I have been beating my head with the controller for the last two hours trying to get through the snow area....now I know why!!! Lol thanks for the tip!
I went directly to where olive trees wither first and then kept going... I cleaned the area... I defeated the boss and I seriously busted my ass... I'm so dumb that I didn't even think I was taking the wrong route and thought the game was just that hard.
I played Ghost Song before this game and even though they’re nothing alike, it actually made this game way more approachable for me
Random side note. You should do a let’s play of hollow knight if you haven’t already played it. Pretty much any metroidvania lol
My first run I ended up using a prayer build with only the lighting and very first prayer you get and just putting on all the beads that buff the prayers. Absolutely melted bosses, you just have to know when to pop them and how to use the environment and spacing to your advantage. If you can get it to hit more than once you’re golden.
as i first played blasphemous, i went to the mountain and got kicked in the ass many many times, but i ddn't give up and finished the whole area
the rest of the game is still hard and surprising but i am now able to first-try every boss i come across :^)
And btw there is always multiple options in where to go in metroidvanias so you not thinking hey I shouldn't be here this early after dying 5 or so times is entirely on you. And you want to know if your "tips" helped anyone? Well no dude cause they weren't tips they were complaints for the most part
cool, thanks for your comment.
I barely bought the game 2 days ago cause I heard about it recently and saw that the wounds of eventide was on sale for 6$ so I bought it immediately. I cant rave enough about this game. I know these games are incredibly hard to get into or even buy for that matter. In a world of fps and grand scale rpg games I can understand why people wouldn't want to buy these games, it's a really sad fact but I understand. But back to my main point, blasphemous is an amazing game. The design of characters, weapons, architecture, land is incredible and the music is immaculate !! Its kicking my ass and I made the mistake of exploring the mountain first🤣🤣 but i knew what game this was so I couldn't be too mad
I disagree on a few accounts. I did the mountain first and had no problem.
And I also used prayers a lot and thought of them quite helpful, dealing with certain enemies.
I would've loved to see you adress these things as "didn't work for me, might work for you, but if not, here's how I did it" rather than adressing them as "this is how it is"
But still some things are very much true, mostly the non-linearity and the metroidvania part. I did not know it was a metroidvania and I was pleasantly surprised. But I can see how that could've been a negative surprise to others.
I’m playing through this now. Loving it so far. Finally just beat the bro/sis duo on the bridge and progressed the story. Just got a lot harder. I did the charred visage first. It was a bit of a challenge but I think it got me ready for the rest of the map before moving passed the bridge.
Keep pushing!
I started looking for guides since I'm literally stuck in the snow part, now I understand why haha, better go back to the other areas in the bottom
God damn it, I did the SAME thing with snowy location, beat it and was like: "Wow okay, that was hard", and than internet tells me that this is one of the most fucked up locations and you need some upgrades to it...
Brilliant game.
Just bought this on steam summer sale. Started doing the snow area. Thanks for the heads up!
Sweet! Since your just starting out, check out our Enemies guide. Hopefully this might help with some of the enemies you face later in the game. th-cam.com/video/qp_OIMJd6uc/w-d-xo.html
I find Jondo first by accidently opening that invisible door in albero. This was my first metroidvania/souls game and I still had the curiosity of if there were invisible walls in the game 😂
Some brutal kills here.. A nice looking arcade game feeling.. Cheers 🤙🤙
Thanks!
Solid video and great advice. This is definitely a game that is up my alley...so I will put these tips to good use. 👍🏾
Thanks so much!!! After some time, we've learned that everyone has a different play-style, these are just our personal tips. But once you play it, come back and let us know if any of them helped!
Thank you so much for this guide it help so much for my first play through.
Thanks in advance about the snow area.
Don’t have any regrets going to snowy area first because how much it pushed me wanting to be good at the game but damn it really was really hard
I'm struggling in the snow right now..smh
Same
So in a part of the game I tottaly forgot I can parry some of my enemy attacks but it took long enough to make me skip the bosses or some hidden areas for an amount of time.
I haven’t heard of this game! Was interesting watching this 👍🏻
Its one of my favorites I played this year. Thanks again for visiting the channel.
Me: watching this as I'm in the snowy area and just started
🤣
love the review style buy like alot of people i never heard of this game
Rarewolfy30 thanks for the comment! Yes many people haven’t heard of this game, but people who play it, LOVE IT!
No offense but this isn't a good opinion on most anything in this game. Got gud. That's the formula. Both 1 and 2 are mastercrafts in story telling, and are definitely made to be played multiple times to see it all.
As I try to say with everyone on this video, this is 5 things I wish I knew. If it helps you, it does, if it doesnt, well it doesnt. You're clearly more skilled than me.
I just started and also thought to go into the snow area, so I'm glad I watched this and can now go elsewhere.
Idk about you guys but in every game I play if I see a snowy area I know that shit is gonna be hard
Good to know. I just finished Demoniaca to 101%, so I was looking for another Metroidvania.
I bought Blasphemous today, just as the same time as Bloodstained because they're both on huge sale.
But I guess I'll play Bloodstained 1st. And because I think my 2 y.o daughter may be able to look at paused screen of Bloodstained where most of the monsters in Blasphemous will give her nightmare.
Hey there, don't rly agree with all the points made in your vid, but appreciate the review. I'm from Greece and I went for a blind first playthrough of the game. Didn't know much but the name "Blasphemous" metaphorically means "cursing out of frustration/agony" (the verb in greek is like Blasphemize, if that makes sense)(literally the word is used when you defile something holy or speak ill of something holy) so I kind of expected to hate myself at some points xd.
NGL i wish i have learned these tips, can't believe i went to the last area too and lost some of my sanity basically i went in blind as a bat
I mimic the below comment, never seen the game, but I like your review style and it looks like a good game! Great video!
thanks so much! super glad you enjoyed it. I'll be sure to let the reviewer know that you thought about his review.
Not gonna lie to you chief, since I've played other games like S&S and Dark Souls, whenever things genuinely felt TOO STRONG for me to go up against, I have that mentality of "Oh I'll definitely be back" 😂
These ain't bad beginner tips tho if Im bein honest yall, take notes, have fun, good luck!~
Rly good presentation told me all I need to know before giving the devs my money (It didn’t matter what u said I was gonna get it still appreciate the video)
I followed the Fextralife walk-through guide from start to finish. it was very helpful, and minimized revisiting areas only as needed. funny though -- that guide has you go into the snowy area very early in the walk-through. and I agree it was hard.
I mean, after i bean that groot boss. I went to the snowy part and it was not that bad than Jondo
Glad that worked out for you! We're just trying to provide helpful tips for everyone
Def agree with the snow part.
Its a hassle for sure
man i got to the snow first and sucked so much but killed the boss... i needed this video so much xd
The prayers are so over powered in a lot of situations. Especially with that bead that makes them stronger. A couple of the spells completely trivialized, what would have other wise been very tough enemies and bosses.