Blimey, that didn’t take lengthy, did it? Less than per week after its announcement, Bloodstained: Curse Of The Moon 2 has a brand new trailer and – extra importantly – a correct launch date. The sequel to an 8-bit spin-off of Castelvania’s crowdfunded successor Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Moon, Curse Of The Moon 2’s pixellated platform-slashing is coming to Steam in just below two weeks.
With an virtually comically gravelly voice-over, Curse Of The Moon 2’s new trailer ditches Koji Igarashi’s live-action introduction to offer you extra of what you wished – crunchy, low-resolution demon-slayers whipping, kicking and slashing down gothic beasties.
Fair play, it’s largely the same trailer as last time, with an additional minute of footage tacked onto the top. But that extension does not less than affirm that the primary game’s characters Miriam, Alfred, and Gebel shall be returning alongside Zangetsu, Dominique, Robert and Hachi.
As against Ritual Of The Moon’s reimagining of fan-favourite Castlevania: Symphony Of The Night, Bloodstained: Curse Of The Moon apes the sequence’ older, NES-bound roots. Despite these dated limitations, guides author Dave reckoned the primary moon curse crammed a hell of a whole lot of type into its temporary keep – each in its beautiful pixel artwork and in some correctly memorable character designs.
“What Curse Of The Moon does extremely well is make bosses really feel like a big deal,” he wrote in his Have You Played. “Take the hat-wearing fellow pictured in the header, for example. His name is Valefor and he likes to throw around petty cash in his Scrouge McDuck money bin like an overzealous toddler splashing around in a swimming pool. Memorable and fun.”
Bloodstained: Curse Of The Moon 2 will launch on Steam on July 10th for $14.99. If you’re , the primary Curse Of The Moon remains to be 50% off on Steam till July ninth, at £4.49/€4.99/$4.99.
