Thoughts on Blaphemous 1 and 2? I thought they were quite disappointing and carried by art style compared to Hollow Knight and Ender games
>>729034994I wrote a lengthy review of the 1st that the devs actually responded to. Basically it has beautiful visuals, but is too flawed for me to enjoy it. The lack of map markers is a huge pain in the ass because some vendors don't show up on your map and they expect you to remember where they are. Also, there's no fast travel between save shrines. In a game with as much backtracking as Blasphemous has, this is unforgivable.
>>729034994parry mechanic = automatically trash
Blasphemous 1 is a masterpiece that filters shitters too reliant on soulless "QoL" and handholding. Blasphemous 2 is mediocre. Sacrificed its unique appeal for more mainstream design choices.
>>729035263What would you prefer, rollslop?
>>729035326The 1st doesn't respect your time.
>>729034994the contrarians choice, god forbid there ever be a blasphemous 3 with all the tradcath larpers now
>>729034994blasphemous 1 has a really cool world and feeling, i just wish bosses and enemies were more interesting overall. The healing mechanic sucks too, its annoying for exploration early and its pretty braindead in trivializing bosses later; i heard it plays way better with Bleeding Heart on ng+also too many superfluous rosaries and miraclesthere should have been more bosses with interesting movesets like the big snake. most of them are too stale and damage spongy (ironically the snake is the most damage spongy) and usually their little difficulty is loaded into 1 attack that is disproportionally stronger than everything else>>729035357i would prefer more interesting things with the hitboxes, with that said idk why that anon hates it so much because the parry is practically useless in bosses and piles of enemies are better off just dash attacked or charge attacked>>729035326its true for b2, it honestly improved the worst aspects of B1 in my opinion but thats not worth watering down everything that made B1 special in the first place. blasphemous 1 is a cool game and theres nothing that competes with its appeal, blasphemous 2 is a "just go play silksong" situation
>>729034994The first one is unpolished trashhttps://youtu.be/gKEM9l15t3s?si=ECvdHXj3sczFlS4MSecond one I did not play
>>729035357Yes retard, dodging is way superior to standing still and pressing a button
>>729035326Pretty much my thoughts exactly, Blasphemous is the quintessential "flawed masterpiece"I don't even remember much of 2 other than "you can switch weapons"
>>729034994Beat Blasphemous 1. It's a bad mix of soulsborne and metroidvania. The artstyle is top notch but the enemies are easy once you learn their pattern or upgrade. Bosses are piss easy. The Good Ending has my respect. The canon/true ending is meh in addition to being impossible without a guide.Buy it on sale at GoG if you like soulsborne. Metroidvania fans, your mileage will vary.Oh and its blatantly anti-Christian. It's in the title.
>>729034994Played 1 for a bit and found it extremely boring and the animation choppy, so I dropped it, it looks nice only when not in movement.
Currently playing B1 on steam deck for the first time, just beat the lady with the purple flames on the bridgeOverall enjoying it, although the backtracking in some spots is a major pain in the ass
>>729035221But there is fast travel between shrines, you have to unlock it.
>>729034994I've only played B1 and I liked it. It's a solid 7/10 for me. There's a lot of effort put in, but it felt a bit rought on the edges. Mid game and beyond felt rushed.
>>729034994I liked both, the final boss in 2 made me rage quit so I havent finished yet lol.
>>729036221>the parry is practically useless in bossesHow the fuck do you even last a second against Eviterno without parrying everything
>>729044115NTA, but I never parried a single time on either game and I finished both.
>they got ride of personalized kill animations in 2 because of the weapon systemWas it worth it? There was nothing cooler than staggering 3 niggas in a row and then brutalizing each one per turn
>>729034994blapshemous 1 was my first metroidwhateverthefuck and I thoroughly enjoyed itI found blas 2 disappointing though and many of the boss fights felt like they had inflated health bars that would test your endurance rather than skills more than anything, didn't finish it.I also really didnt care for how theres no Mea Culpa equivalent out of the three weapons. Yeah the Ruego (i believe thats the name) was the most similar but it still lacked basic features like an up attack at a 90 degree angle which felt more like limitations for the sake of it rather than expanding into a new full fledge play style
>>729034994I only played the first one and probably went through most of the game but I never finished it. It was good but I wasn't blown away, the art really carries it. I don't like how every one of these games tries to be a Metroidvania. Sometimes I just want to play a sidescroller with fun combat without getting fucking lost and losing interest.
