Poll of the Day > Blasphemous is a metroidvania where every mobility item is optional...

(+) Yeah! (+)

I mean, Rabi-Ribi does this too but that's done with intent since it's a challenge to 0% the game...

But in Blasphemous you can be playing completely legitimately and never get any of the Relics (the mobility items)

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At first, I thought you were saying it's blasphemy to make a Metroidvania where that's the case.

Now I realize you're talking about a game literally called Blasphemous.
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You absolutely need them to get through the full game

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CinderLock posted...

You absolutely need them to get through the full game

The only one I had when I beat the game the first time was the Linen Cloth

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Lokarin posted...

The only one I had when I beat the game the first time was the Linen Cloth

Finishing the game =/= beating the game. Plus you just admitted to having one

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CinderLock posted...

Finishing the game =/= beating the game. Plus you just admitted to having one

The Linen Cloth doesn't affect progression, it provides hints... I didn't HAVE to get it

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Every time I see that one on sale it looks cool, then the reviews all talk about Dark Souls and my interest vanishes.

Red_Frog posted...

Every time I see that one on sale it looks cool, then the reviews all talk about Dark Souls and my interest vanishes.

The only thing similar to Dark Souls is you leave some shit behind when you die. It's a bit difficult but equating difficulty to just dark souls is silly.

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Ya, Salt&Sanctuary is more Dark Soulsy

Blasphemous is heavily stylized, but the gameplay is kinda standard... almost like NES

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CinderLock posted...

The only thing similar to Dark Souls is you leave some shit behind when you die. It's a bit difficult but equating difficulty to just dark souls is silly.

Lokarin posted...

Ya, Salt&Sanctuary is more Dark Soulsy

Blasphemous is heavily stylized, but the gameplay is kinda standard... almost like NES

That's good to know, I may have to look closer at it in the future. I realize many games get that comparison, even when the similarities are fleeting, it gets difficult to tell when people are just name dropping for no reason or if its genuine.

I'm at the final boss in a 0% rabiribi run, and that fight, even with the changes they made to it to make it possible ...

(rabiribi VERY intentionally can be done at 0%, they made many changes to make it work)

... and after weeks of trying, still can't pass it. Still, love the game.

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Got that game :)
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Nightwind posted...

(rabiribi VERY intentionally can be done at 0%, they made many changes to make it work)

They added a bunch of springs that only exist on 0% right? That feels a bit like a lazy shortcut, and ends up making some other low% runs impossible.

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ZeldaMutant posted...

They added a bunch of springs that only exist on 0% right? That feels a bit like a lazy shortcut, and ends up making some other low% runs impossible.

I don't recall any such springs - it's possible, because before you had to use secret technique wall kick

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Lokarin posted...

I don't recall any such springs - it's possible, because before you had to use secret technique wall kick

I checked a guide, there's some in chapters 7 and 8 that only appear on 0%. It's only a few, it would have been better if those were replaced with hidden shootable blocks / walljump routes.

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dead cells is soulsy

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More then just springs that show up so that you can pass regions that no amount of walljump would let you pass. In 0% there are bricks that can be shot that otherwise can never be broken in any other path, and bosses completely change technique sometimes.

The final boss in particular starts off completely different.

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ParanoidObsessive posted...

At first, I thought you were saying it's blasphemy to make a Metroidvania where that's the case.

Now I realize you're talking about a game literally called Blasphemous.

This.

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