10 Things I Wish I Knew Before Playing Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

[@NoiseBerryGames]

Feel free to check out my short series on Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon if you enjoyed this! kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZmK3qGawpqZkhac

[@davidanderson7643]

The first time you prepare and consume a food, they give you a permanent upgrade to stats. Some even boost your xp gain.

[@Setzen_Kreig]

But... that the game already says to us.

[@SlickDangler10]

Good one

[@thisisntthewholesomefuture649]

Oh! That’s awesome. I thought that was just for a short period of time. I just started playing this game yesterday. I beat Hollow Knight and deciding to buy this game on sale a few days ago.

[@thisisntthewholesomefuture649]

Setzen Not exactly. What I got from the game was that you get a buff, but only for a short period of time. So I know now because of his comment that my stats can actually increase permanently.

[@jruler93]

I find the boosts to MP Regen especially useful.

[@couchpuhtater]

Don’t buy potions. Farm the crafting materials from the morte and the bat right outside your home building in town. This is especially efficient later in the game after you’ve acquired a much better weapon.

[@Crit-Chance]

11th thing: DISMANTLE ONE OF THE UNI RICE BOWLS YOU GET IN A QUEST EARLY ON. This gives you easy access to soy sauce at the start of the game, as opposed to basically at the end.

[@santa5628]

What’s soy sauce even used to make?

[@jruler93]

Yeah, lots of things you get can be dismantled and recrafted to make them available at the shop.

[@jruler93]

@@santa5628 Ginger Pork, Soy Broth (which is used in Soy Ramen), Uni Rice Bowls, Sukiyaki, Meat Hot Pot, Fish Hot Pot and Simmered Forneus. Susie (the old lady next to the shop) wants four of those dishes, so Soy Sauce is necessary if you want to finish her quests and get the Recycle Hat.

[@johnkalyvas4838]

And craft it again so you can buy infinite amounts of it. Otherwise you won't get soy sauce until you reach one of the last areas in the game.

[@spleggy]

My tips are: Shards: You level up the effects in two ways. By levelling the shard with items at Johannes and by having more of the same shard. The one you get from the cannon enemies in the galleon at the start can be made v potent for the early game. Boss doors. A red door with a sort of spiky appearance is a boss door. Don't blunder in when you are not well prepared. ;)

[@azurephantom100]

i walked into the first boss door it wasnt till i saw the opening door animation that i knew i goofed i won but i didnt want to go in yet

[@blondiwithstyle]

I was super surprised he didn't mention the grade part about shards. The game basically encourages you to sell shards, which feels kinda weird since selling shards from a skill you like actually weakens it. I farmed like 30 min for some material only to sell all the shards (for my favorite familiar). I then read up on grade and went like "well fml".

[@dirkdiggler8367]

Danm good tip I darted this game hammer drunk hahaha I don't remember the intro

[@nentash8566]

Lol just started playing a couple of days ago and literally did this last night 🤣

[@spleggy]

@@nentash8566 not that it helps you for last night but generally speaking there will be save room or a warp room nearby. Obviously it's worth saving first so you won't lose progress!

[@MisakaMikotoDesu]

I wish I would have known that fully upgraded yellow shards are ALWAYS enabled even if you don't have them equipped.

[@megamob5834]

Oh what!?!? I had no idea.. this changes everything! 😅

[@whothou9154]

YOU SERIOUS? TIME TO FARM

[@nicholasnajibi3082]

“I stuck with the first shard I got...well because I liked it and also because change is scary” lmao that’s how I felt at the beginning of this game.

[@NoiseBerryGames]

It's hard to switch out that first shard for sure!

[@fusiontoa18]

@@NoiseBerryGames its just a lame waterspash lel

[@Alomoes]

I was grinding with a rifle, cause I figured range is more important, cause you could kill certain enemies without taking hits. First shard sucked, I was grinding for better bullets.

[@Edd_Harr]

To be fair, Cerulean Splash and Gale Crawler are pretty useful early game.

[@ianv.1470]

I sold mine and bought the swirly glasses xD

[@cr4zygoose201]

Best tip: Do not waste this awesome game by watching a walk through. Explore!

[@kristophercarlest-jacques8410]

Except to find Spike Breaker, I mean Aegis Plate. that was 20 hours of running around and not finding it.

[@moonlight2870]

Nah

[@moonlight2870]

Use walktroughs if you're stuck, tone is a finite resources

[@tb8952]

@@kristophercarlest-jacques8410 I just chugged heath potions

[@krauser18x]

yeah but there sometimes that is hard not to find yourself stock

[@ivnwng]

Just started playing the game and this video helped a lot, thanks! Here's a time stamp for the tips : 1:23 ATK speed is more important than DMG 2:34 Crafted items are purchasable 3:28 Try something different 4:12 Exploration is key 4:51 No skipping 5:31 Save file names 6:13 Is that a JoJo reference? 6:52 Unlimited blue chest!!! 7:42 Portable warp points 8:25 Bookshelves

[@only1smally]

A lot of dead ends have breakable walls with good loot inside

[@youngblood7308]

1. Farm enemies until you get all the shards and items at least once. Helps finding items later and gives you more options. 2. Having more than one /duplicate/ shards increases damage or other effects depending on the shards. 3. Invest a build for luck while playing the game to get more shards and items and another for bosses focusing on DPS 4. Food PERMANENTLY increases stats for player. 5. Familiars are very subjective but the fairy is best for healing 6. Some weapons types are actually useless. Worst to best /Dagger, whip, gun, katana, lance, G sword, short sword/ 7. Don’t be ashamed for not researching spawn item and locations /this game fails to give players directions IN ORDER/ 8. Archers are best directional shard that can easily be upgraded by farming in early/mid game 9. Make sure to speak to all NPCs just in case 10. Make a build for a specific weapon type early on to maximize weapons /short sword is good for early/mid game 11. Save Save Save 12. Techniques are NOT WORTH IT 13. NEITHER ARE QUESTS

[@devilvocano420]

thx

[@betchaos7383]

Step 1: grab a 2 handed weapon Step 2: jump Step 3: attack while falling Step 4: press the dodge button as you touch the ground Step 5: immediately jump again Step 6: rinse and repeat Congratulations, you are now attacking stronger, faster, and staying Mobile at the same time. This literally carried me through the beginning of the game.

[@Virjunior01]

You can use the same tactic for "double" attacks. When you hit the ground, your aerial attack still lands, but you barely have a cool down to swing again. Worked that way in SotN too

[@Edd_Harr]

One obscure tip I can give is to craft the "Gondo-Shizunori" Spear as soon as possible, as it has a technique that works wonders for getting places quickly before you get Accelerator.

[@manwithaporpoiseYTsucksD]

Much appreciated.(｡•̀ᴗ-)✧

[@lavoss]

How do I make it

[@Brad-zb7rr]

Yellow shards change to white category at rank 9. Just now found that out with kick expertise. That means you unequip it and move onto a new yellow shard while still maintaining the bonus. This is huge because all of the bonuses look trivial and pointless by themselves (like con up and mnd up) until you realize they can all stack at once. I'm not 100% sure how this works but since the yellow "version" of the new white shard still exists, i believe that means you can also still increase the grade afterwards if for example you maxed a rank on a yellow shard before maxing its grade. But again, i didnt test or research that so i'm only assuming its the case.

[@Darkkfated]

One thing that hangs a LOT of people up: Swimming in this game is tied to a Shard, and it's NOT from a Boss. So be extra sure to kill anything that swims when you encounter it until it drops a Shard. It's real easy to miss this key ability and be stuck in "Bad Ending Land".

[@ainzooalgown9680]

Not exactly swimming, it just water jet, shard dropped by jellyfish like demon Later on if you get to dessert area after you beat the boss you will get walk in underwater shard

[@ck552]

Of the PS4 games I have, Bloodstained is my favorite. I look forward to the sequel.

[@ciclotorneos2544]

dont put your hopes on it

[@ck552]

@@ciclotorneos2544 Why? Did Igarashi change his mind?

[@Justme-jp8ih]

@@ck552 there are 13 free dlcs coming. First released like 2 days ago. And i think one got cancelled because it didnt work. But still much more like co-op and a new playable character is coming in future

[@ck552]

@@Justme-jp8ih thanks

[@LadyAhro]

Collecting other copies of one shard improving the 'grade' was one I figured out way too late, selling seemingly excess copies for a while before realising 'oh shit'.

[@SJPace1776]

What? Now I feel foolish.

[@clay9137-r4z]

If you find yourself running into opponents and taking damage bcoz you're using a short ranged weapon, try sliding into them (down+jump). The slide move will hit the opponent and make you stop just outside their hitbox

[@katrinamap]

Welcome Company is a great shard for exploring and looking for hidden walls.

[@jesusgaston3457]

You forgot to check all the walls trying to destroy them because sometimes they're destructible and have high level weapon and hp and mp upgrades and until later in the game you get the shard to see breakable walls but by that time you already miss a lot of weapons and armors that would have been helpful in the beginning of the game

[@aafia3555]

the farie familiar can show you breakable walls which is why i always have her out

[@LazzyVamples]

@@aafia3555 yeah, but she's slow to do it. If you're moving too fast, or there are enemies around, she won't do it.

[@aafia3555]

@@LazzyVamples yea that is true

[@cr4zygoose201]

I just hit every single wall because castlevania rewarded you for checking and sure enough this game does too 😂

[@paxhumana2015]

@@aafia3555 , alternatively, the Detective's Eye Shard can also find hidden walls for you.

[@SicklySeraph]

A little add on to one of your tips, if you get a shard that changes how you can explore things, it may be best to go back and use those abilities youve gotten

[@NoiseBerryGames]

Good call! Thank you for the addition!

[@DjDizzy216]

I’m 90 mins into the game and very glad I came across this video! Thank you for making it. I’m confused as to what to do with the alchemy (making and breaking apart stuff) but I guess that’ll become more clear as I go through the game.

[@patrickhasachannel]

Just got the game yesterday. Very excited to figure out what I'm doing. The galleon seems massive, but knowing Iga, I've barely scratched the surface

[@NoiseBerryGames]

The Galleon is absolutely daunting at first, but you're right that it's just the surface!

[@nookleer]

Omg. I didn't think you'd tell me anything new lol. Can i drop a few tips? 1. Test every shard until you get a feel for your style. 2. Don't be afraid to enter and leave a room to kill an enemy by the door for shards or materials (like beast milk). 3. Some shards can be upgrades into new shards without losing the old ones. Make sure to check the last tab at your Alchemist. 4. Once you get the Shortcut shard, you can build loadouts (by going into your menu and using the new option). Once you have 2 or more you can multi-conjure. Press triangle to cast and immediately change loadouts. If the new loadout has a different Conjure, you will cast it as well. The only limit is the number of loadouts. 5. Some weapons teach techniques unique to the weapon type. Once you master it, the ability is available for all weapons of that type. Try every Street Fighter special you know. 6. This game is a spiritual successor to the Symphony of the Night series. There are homages everywhere, like the background music for one place being from Zelda.

[@BuddyRKS]

In the same method of bookshelves, the warp room paintings also mean something as well. I forgot exactly which one was which but they will indicate a boss battle coming up story progress or just a connection I think

[@FBvio]

Well structured and informative. I found this really helpful, thanks.

[@NoiseBerryGames]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@KM-je6bf]

I farted like 7 times during this video

[@rumproastwitch]

Thanks, i'm just about to play this (I bought it on release day ps4 ) and have yet opened it. I have been binging out on all the metroidvania gba and ds titles. I'm about to jam out this weekend.

[@VinniePaz]

Im playing it free with Game Pass on Xbox One X

[@Aeonova]

This may not be groundbreaking KZbin content, but since I just got this game, am starting a blind playthrough, and am trying to remain spoiler free, I really was happy that I came across this. I beat everything in the Minerva ship starting area, but couldn't figure out some jump / map filling so I came to youtube to try to find the info, but spoiler free and this was a suggested video. Thanks for making it. The Blue Chests refilling and starting with a different name can net you different starting items will help. Now to start over again. RIP my last hour of grinding shards and drops from all the enemies on the ship.

[@opaljk4835]

I really love this game so far. I just started playing it again after starting a year ago. This is helpful, I appreciate it!

[@DamascusTest]

The tip i "discovered" midthrough the game : cooking and eating a new cooked meal permanently boost your stats. For (fictive) example, with an apple, you can make apple pie, which gives +1 atk, or apple juice, which gives +1% mp regen. You can make as many apple pies or juices you want, you'll get only +1 atk for the first apple pie and +1% mp regen for the first apple juice. Eating / drinking meals already eaten / drunk will only restore some HP, acting like a standard potion. The game show you two pannels when you select food : the benefits of eating / drinking it for the first time, and the total of bonuses you have so far thanks to this system. Personnally i boosted mp regen and luck with recipes (but you can boost all stats). Game went easier.

[@jruler93]

I did my first playthrough blind, accidentally sequence broke my way to Bloodless after getting the double jump, forgot all about the Tower of Twin Dragons and got stuck for a while when I saw narrow passages I needed Ray Reflector to get through. I also damage boosted my way into the Oriental Sorcery Laboratory, used pretty much all my healing items in the process, and didn't find the Aegis Plate until much later on when I was using the Accelerator and High Jump to fill in the map.

[@krauser18x]

how can you lie this badly? there is no way you can get the double jump and the bloodless before killing the two headed dragon

[@jruler93]

@@krauser18x You get Double Jump from Andrealphus, which you need to do before fighting Valac anyway, and from there, you can dive kick some candles in the chapel to get up to Bloodless. I don't recommend fighting Bloodless before Valac, Glutton Train and Bathin, but it's entirely doable.

[@AlucardsQuest]

A lot of people get stuck in the water area, (including myself) and the game doesn't really make clear that the only way to progress is to get a shard from a fish enemy to navigate around.

[@DblOSmith]

I had so much trouble on the final boss and all the optional bosses, then I leveled up the Chisel... whatever knife throwing weapon you get from the carpenter boss. Then for the rest of the game it was Hold zR to win. Was super easy.

[@mattblack9432]

If you stand on the roof of the train with welcome company activated, you will break the lanterns you pass and most of them drop 100g coins. You can make a lot of money just by staying there.

[@pampamtamtam4001]

I've been playing this on Switch for over a year, and I'm watching this video amazed that the games textures actually look this good. I think I'm gonna get this on steam too now.

[@StephenOwen]

This game loads and looks absolutely terrible on the Nintendo switch

[@SaintKnight42]

Such a spectacular game, and i keep discovering more. Thanks so much for the video, and the comments here are so helpful as well ❤🖤

[@tfuwan1248]

Bloodstained is my first Castlevania style game

[@valentineRedgrave]

YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH THE JOJO REF i was like why does her legs gets closer when i press up so i holded it and awakening started playing XD

[@zzwiebel]

"This game is influenced by Castlevania and the best Castlevania game, Aria of Sorrow,... I mean, Order of Ecclesia. I mean Symphony of the Night." Jokes aside. In my case Symphony of the Night was not the first one i played. I played Aria first, well actually it was Circle of the Moon. Aria and Order of Ecclesia also make important changes and upgrades to the Castlevania formula that Bloodstained continues to build on. I've played 7 Castlevania games, each many times over. So that defiantly benefited my play through. I was able to beat this game without any big confusion or frustration, but even still i had to check the internet twice, once for how to get the true ending, and how to get the armor that makes you invincible to spikes. There are lots of ways to beat this game in terms of strategy and items you use. I used the "corellian splash" for most of the game up until the last 3 bosses, or as i call it, little water splasher, and then i switched to the "massive black lazer" thing. There are so many items i didn't take advantage of on my first playthrough but still highly enjoyable. Zogetsu is a frustratingly difficult boss on your first playtrhough, even if you have lots of castlevania experience. When that happens i just keep leveling up until i can beat him. Super fun game. Still discovering more hidden items and areas. If you have never played castlevania i would recommend checking the internet for where to find good items. i just changed myself because i already get a lot about these games. I used the internet a lot on my second play through on hard mode, which i am enjoying even more, discovering so many hidden items and weapons i didn't know about. my first playthoguh i mostly used the "bloodless" sword. or something like that. at one point i switched to the fire spear. You can beat the game just by leveling up and you don't have to worry about all the items. But yeah you will have to use Carabosa and her potions, or get the Regenerate shard from Johanis. You really need that extra health for the bosses. and the formula for the Ex Potion is in the Hall of Termination, and that was one of the items i didn't even know existed until my second play-through.

[@eeveemaster8902]

Small tip, Don't hestate to sell all your items to get your hands on the 16 bit. Fire axe... It, is very good...

[@ennuiarduous6446]

Useful video, even for a person who knows and likes Castlevanias.

[@NoiseBerryGames]

Glad it helped!

[@shawnheatherly]

Of all the tips on here, I knew them rather quickly or at least by the midway... except the JoJo pose. I like this game all the more now. Obviously not your usual style, but this was an excellent video. Useful tips with some humor without sounding elitist.

[@NoiseBerryGames]

It's definitely a huge departure from my usual video style, and it took like 20 times the amount of time and work to make, so these kinds of videos will be few and far between!

[@STEAKnyfeCYRUS]

The advice that I would give to a Novice player of bloodstained, is to first complete Castlevania Symphony of the Night.... then treat blood-stained as a sequel...👍

[@rsoulburnz]

Doing this Rite now! Just beat Sotn for the billionth time now I'm going to play this thru halloween. Did some research and saw it's the same musical composer....I was sold instantly. $10 at gamestop. Here we go!

[@STEAKnyfeCYRUS]

@@rsoulburnz ...Happy Hunting, myfriend

[@zgmf-x19ainfinitejustice28]

Pretend Alucard hit his head, got amnesia and renamed himself O.D.

[@STEAKnyfeCYRUS]

@@zgmf-x19ainfinitejustice28 ....indeed! 😆

[@ShockWithoutFear]

Another one i'd say is to read all the bookcase books that you come across, some have special input codes for some weapons and it really helps diversify battles. Some even have REALLY strong moves that you can't really find anywhere else

[@megatechbody3207]

Fast level up: when you are in the 8bit game, theres a place filled with zombies (near the end). Use Invert and farm easily.

[@krispyhappy]

1:26 you can actually have the best of both worlds, when Landing after being airborne your animations are canceled which means you can rapid attack by bunny hopping, whips are the best to use with this strategy because they come out instantly with high damage.

[@DirEnGay]

I just picked up the game for the first time today and so far got as far as just beating the second boss (guy with katana). I picked up an 8bit coin and went back to town and did a bit of shopping before the 2nd boss game and saw the list of weapons and thought "Oh cool a shield I've seen there seems to be 2 slots for weapon that would be handy to have a sword and shield", but nope! It's a shield that I attack with. In fairness I destroyed the katana boss because the shield is kinda awesome in early game, fast (but short) attacks that have a block mechanic after, so most of his swings were just completely blocked.

[@valentineRedgrave]

sowrds? daggers? hah casuals XD i use ...feet lul

[@TheHerrMan]

shoes are underrated. the dps is top tier when spamming attack. and the rekka kick is an art

[@eldexo2]

Bunnymorphise, spam jump - down - jump. Cheeses 70 percent of the difficult enemies

[@azurecorviknight4189]

Well even though the extra character modes aren't released yet, there's always Shovel Knight Mode, a Game mode where you must use The Ex Shovel Armour to play it properly, but there's blocked paths so switch armours using shortcut. Even though the cutscenes are somewhat A Godly Sight, like the First Boss cutscene (Shovel Knight On Ice)

[@PadaV4]

omg THAT BOOKSHELF TIP WOULD HAVE BEEN AWESOME HALF A HOUR AGO WHEN I DIED BECAUSE I COULDN'T FIND A SAVE/TELEPORT ROOM >_

[@babyweems]

Thanks for this video shame I only realised most of these tips after playing for hours last night and not progressing very much. The only tip that didn't help as much is you never listed the "cheat code" names that you need for the bonus material. Otherwise a great video I wish I'd seen before starting the game ...oh well at least I have another gaming channel I enjoy watching now so that's good. Thanks John.

[@NoiseBerryGames]

Hey thank you for the kind words and for checking out the rest of my content! There's a ton of cheat codes, so I didn't want to bog down the video by listing them all. I just showed off a couple of my favorites!

[@Until_It_Is_Done]

The cheats are not that useful tbh...

[@sinetwo]

Great vid, just started today!

[@NoiseBerryGames]

Thanks! I hope you enjoy the game!

[@justinswartz7502]

A few of these things I learned when playing the game, but I didn't know about the name thing, and also skipped enemies( I'm at the last boss without enough healing items and now I need to grind for food). This is my favourite game at the moment😁

[@lucariken2065]

For number two: It's not really something you miss unless you skip the dialogue. They literally say that every crafted item is available in the shop, once they have been crafted.

[@spnsman1]

I listened to the dialogue and I still missed it

[@yittmashups]

@@spnsman1 I was quickly skipping through the dialogue and still saw it.

[@nocomprendo1409]

The weapon shortcut wheel, you could have up to 8 different combinations of shards, items, equipment and familiars on the fly.

[@monospider666]

A few other little something something: 1: if you're low on cash invest in rice seeds, go to the farmer and plant 1 rice seed, go in and out of the door 4 times speak to him and get 10 rice for 1 seed do this 9 times and sell 90 rice for a small extra amount of money as potatoes and corn sell for the amount you buy of 10G rice will sell for 16g giving almost extra 500g more than you pay for. Not much but it helps. 2: garden of silence kill the cow demon there and obtain "Alchemic Bounty" and rank it up with it as a skill shard at rank 9 each craft is anywhere between 1-3 made but equipped as passive shard auto 3 made so if you're low on money or crafting items auto 3 made then dismantle all 3 then recreate 3 gain 9, dismantle 9 and craft 9 gain 27 wash rinse repeat and for higher tiered weapons and you can sell all but 1 make profit then dismantle the 1 you have and recraft. It helps for financial problems. And if you obtain Money is Power shard and equip it at rank 9 greatly increases selling prices. 3: obtain Shortcuts and make 1 LUCK based shortcut especially if you're wanting good drops of money, shards, or items this is better for at least level 30+ and revisiting areas or NG+ my best recommendation for this shortcut is as follows: Weapon: any, Armor: any (i prefer Apron), Hat: fairy wings, Scarf: Bunny Scarf, Accessories: Cutpure's Ring, Plunderers ring to start then later Gambler's Ring and Solomon's Ring, Skill Shard (auto): Luck, Passive Shard: Luck, Tomes: both Luck based tomes. High luck increases drops in money, items, and shards also increase Critical hits real great on Nightmare difficulty. 4: Save before tackling 8 bit Nightmare also if you have inverse and Dimension shift makes getting to the boss hella easy with very minimal if any damage to you, and with Pickpocket shard and high luck you got a good chance to obtain 8bit nightmare book required to upgrade with 24 bit coins on certain weapons (definitely get the Renee's Requiem first best firearm in the game especially with shadow tracer, firearms expertise, gunslinger's hat, gunman's scarf and diamond rounds makes even hard mode feel easy)

[@nodrama490]

Man this game was hard , haven’t died so many times in a game in a long time . Finally reached last boss only to be slaughted because didn’t have enough potions and food .

[@fullmeth-alalchemist5738]

I've played SOTN and these tips are honestly pretty accurate

[@madmaxim3965]

I love the castlevania metroidvania games particularly symphony of the night, aria of sorrow and dawn of sorrow those last two make so much of the foundation of bloodstained , gaining abilities from enemies , having diffferent “built” or sets you can use, and different categories that abilities fall under ( these games have 3 an aggressive , a progress and a passive ability where as bloodstained have 5 a lil much IMO but not a gamebreaker) but for some reason bloodstained didn’t just scratch the same itch these games did for me. On paper bloodstained is basically just an improved and enhanced version of these titles , with more weapons, better graphics, a crafting system and more secrets then both games combined but while I 100 precented those games, I only got to fake ending in bloodstained... I’m not sure what it is

[@CODMarioWarfare]

I wish I knew how important techniques are. I had the same problem with spells in SotN. I try to focus too much on melee combat, for better or worse. I blame it on starting with Castlevania 1. Same thing with using shard attacks; I try to be conservative with the “special “ attacks in games.

[@ramiru5260]

Wow, thanks. I only discovered on my own is her pose(hold up button)

[@FL3Xn]

I lost 40 minutes of farming progress because I eventually got what I needed and started wandering. Ended up walking right into a boss room like a dummy and got rekt. Didn’t save so bye bye farming mats

[@Magmafire999]

i feel you, thankfully all boss rooms are clearly marked with the spooky black/red doors tho

[@ghostraven377]

If you’re new and having trouble with the game. Get the 8 bit item in the secret wall at the start of the game outside of the hub. Use it to buy the shield. The shield makes this game a joke as you’re pretty much invulnerable during your attack animation because the shield blocks. This makes all the melee bosses easy to beat with just a blind attack spam. Plus you can always change your shield into any other item if it’s getting old or too easy.

[@danielhorack8533]

Great vid. 7 hours to learn this lol. I didnt want to watch because I didn't want spoil. I was checking this to make sure I'm playing it right. I am lol. I suck. I love it so much though. First game like this since castlevania on snes and the ps1 game. Im old

[@AbleAnderson]

I’m just about to finish my first playthrough of this with 100% map completion. I think it’s a fantastic game. My only issue is that I had to consult a guide several times to progress. I don’t think I would have ever naturally found my way to the good ending of the game. There’s just no chance. I had to consult a guide like 3-4 times when I was flat out stuck. But hey it’s a challenge I guess. Overall I think it’s a great game

[@megamob5834]

Getting the good ending in basically every Igavania is always kind of convoluted. I always do a blind play through first, get the bad ending, then look up how to get the good one.

[@sarahbell180]

Big one: spend time to learn the techniques and try out different weapon types. One thing that wasn't clear to me was that when you master a technique, it *transfers to that weapon type*. This means it will transfer over to the beefier weapon you didn't want to leave, give more variety and options, and is just generally more enjoyable. You will have a wide array of skills to suit a given playstyle. I wish this was better emphasized in the game.

[@teriddax3692]

(Disclaimer: I only just defeated Craftwork, and I came to this video before I did :P). Here are some things I've learned so far: Don't use the shoe weapons. Don't use the shoe weapons. And don't use the shoe weapons. I hope I find some better powered ones further in, I'm a sucker for Martial Arts builds.

[@rudi4712]

Lol, I´m watching this because that freaking samurai is killing me over and over again, and the first thing I see in this Video is you getting kiled by that same boss.

[@zero-theaveragegamer1159]

I'm on my second play-through after taking 2 years apart and I just now realized that if you get level 9 rank of a passive yellow chard that it becomes a permanent buff. My mind was blown

[@valentineRedgrave]

i still dont use healing and i came back to the town by an item so do i have to run all the way to the point i was at?

[@youngblood7308]

As a castlevania fan, its REALLY GOOD. But it absolutely sucked at helping me know where to go. I went to places WAY TOO many times

[@BereanBeliever86]

Should you sell shards in the beginning? What’s the point in keeping them? Two hours in is all.

[@NoiseBerryGames]

If you think you'll never end up using the shard, you can always sell it. I tried to keep one of every shard just in case. Apparently having duplicates of shards makes your shard stronger though? As far as I can tell that's never actually told to you in the game.

[@BereanBeliever86]

JaR Dev how do you use them exactly and what do they do?

[@NoiseBerryGames]

@@BereanBeliever86 To make them stronger? Apparently you just need to have 9 of the same one in your inventory to make it have the highest grade.

[@AnimeRayanne]

I sold all the shards I knew I wouldn't use but if I knew about the shard called money is power I might have saved them so I could sell them for a higher price later on.

[@jethrotool4828]

JaR Dev yeah it says the rank bonus on the bottom right

[@animeking4953]

i didn't even know i could even know i could name miriem they just put it back on game pass i can finally beat the game and finally try make that curry for the old lady

[@patrikhorvath2011]

OMG The first frame my nightmare already..... XD this video cannot go wrong :D 10 secs into the vid

[@EhCloserLook]

Thanks, John(???). Good video.

[@NoiseBerryGames]

Thank you!

[@shelbyherring92]

How much it takes from Order of Ecclesia and Dawn of Sorrow games.

[@malkaviian]

Basicly everything? The hole Shard mechanic is just another take on the Card mechanic from Circle of the Moon, as the Souls, Books and Glyphs from Aria/Dawn of Sorrow, Harmony of Dissonance and Order of Ecclesia.

[@DamascusTest]

Daggers ? Not in Bloodstained, but in Symphony of the Night, the Baselard you get in Alchemy Laboratory is my weapon of choice until the Alucart sword (for luck boost) or Alucard sword (i hate grinding for rare weapons). If i grind it is more for the Werewolf Bane, due to its multi hits special attack (and higher drop chance than Crissaegrim, chakrams, flying blade or whatever strong weapon).

[@_Certy_]

Everything was quite boring until the D-Pad Posing animation made me happy everytime I killed some Monster and the Bookshelf tends to be near a Portal/Save. Thanks to always have somebody explaining.

[@Josh-y6w3c]

When you said killing certain bosses it made me realize I could suck up all the blood

[@TheJmac954]

This game is SOTN with everything it was missing! Amazing!

[@Infinadium]

Lol OK you got me with seed farm bit 🤣

[@devon2677]

So I'm a tad late but! This game has "cancels" Like fighting games. For instance dashing cancels every recovery animation making larger swords much faater! The dash doesn't even need to be finished before you can press attack again! So you can usually get maybe 3 hits before 1 normal swing.

[@user-gt2kl9jr3l]

The bookshelves might be in front of save rooms because they were crashing the ps version.

[@sam4330]

I wish I had known how OP rhava bural is so I could have decided not to use it for first playthrough. I got it early, and it made the game a bit too easy imo. I used it throughout most of the game, and upgraded to a rhava velar for the last bosses I think. I'm playing second playthrough on hard and no rhava bural/velar allowed, and it has made me use shards a lot more, which is more fun!

[@NoiseBerryGames]

That's a good idea! I also used Velar as soon as I got it on my first playthrough, but I'll definitely try something different when the second playable character is released.

[@NoOne-nf8cl]

I don't really get the appeal of this weapon? I used the spiral sword all thru my 1st playthru, and the shard that came with it, till I got void ray.

[@sam4330]

@@NoOne-nf8cl I think they are the only two weapons that lets you attack while moving, which, in my opinion, makes the game way too easy, because you can be very careless without really getting punished for it.

[@dablaccaiyan9152]

Fucking love this game so much....on my switch for portability.....its the first Metriodvania that I've ever completed....and now I'm playing it over with Zangetsu......my Miriam is OP af lol so I'm good with beating it again...which I have three times now.....Zangetsu is Godlike and super fun....oh btw great video but all the things you mentioned I found out on my own just playing and taking my time 🤷🏾‍♂️😂

[@migelmyers8862]

Can you come back and do another video, I think this game got an update since than

[@djlarrylar7905]

Kind of where I'm at now I'm looking for where to go. Im at the gebel fight there's so much more to do.

[@damiancrowley569]

I have different setups in that wheel based on mobility, speed, strength, and distance

[@tophealth429]

Way late comment but I am currently playing it and yes it started slow but now I am doing well. I am just level grinding. I just wanted to know if you have all the shards/weapons transferred over in new game + after you complete the game?

[@csl9495]

Struggling Newbies read this: Get a good boot/kick weapon and spam the drop kick on bosses!!!! Haha easy win. It works for 80% of the game bosses. Tha last few bosses are maybe bigger so it wouldn't work, but by then some of the bosses would just get beat by invert shard. Another tip is optimizing your Luck Stat. Use one of your build slots focused on Luck. Since this game is about crafting and items, this will help you a lot with the right item drops. Or else good luck just grinding for exp for hours.

[@DarKKnightt07]

What is the music you used in the video? Its so relaxing, it calmed me down so good.

[@NoiseBerryGames]

The main song used throughout is Inspirited by Clarence Reed, and the ending song is Gossip Girls 5 by Niklas Ahlstrom.

[@user-gt2kl9jr3l]

Dismantle all new items before selling them or using them in a quest or another craft.

[@serialchillerAEE]

i just got the game now waiting for my game pad before downloading

[@b1akn3ss93]

I just downowaded the game last night and it automatically unlocked all the extra modes before I even pressed the out of the title screen

[@c.c0820]

funny coincidence you show dark souls 2 combat in this video. today i bought 2 games, bloodstained and dark souls 2 Lol

[@NoiseBerryGames]

You're in for a treat with both of them then!

[@dfailsthemost]

Man, I've made it a decent way into the game without resorting to a walkthrough, but I am painfully stuck

[@elalith3493]

Same here If there is a map showing sequences and walkthroughs That would be awesome

[@jdgamer3519]

4:53 A Gamer mode of me doesn't need healing :))

[@thisisntthewholesomefuture649]

What about a bookshelf makes you safe when you have low health?

[@remwill7]

thank you, started this game earlier :D

[@noobnoob911]

Will we be able to move more agile in the later stage? This game is hard only because our limited movement, I think. Coming from Ori and the will of the wisps, Miriam moves sooooooooo.... Clunky and awkward..... I know I know they are different genre (git guuuudddd MEH), but still Miriam needs to move more agile to avoid attacks. That samurai early boss can move fast and attack all direction while I beat him while jump and attacking forward in such a mechanical way...