Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night - Nintendo Switch

So the port is bad to the switch 30fps compare to 60 for ps4/Xbox 720p compare to 1080 Oh the steelbook. Is a ps4/Xbox one. They just switched the plastic to hold a switch game. I know they came with the game could you be any cheaper . It’s like putting lipstick on a pig. It’s still an ugly pig.

As you would know by now, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is a Castlevania Symphony of the night clone, and a very good one. The game mechanics, presentation, action is very good. The story is interesting, and presented in a good way. The draw back to the Switch version is it runs in a lower resolution, and has graphical glitches. Hopefully will be patched later on. But if you want to play on the go this is the only way to go.

As a lifelong fan of the Castlevania games, I've played them on the NES, Super Nintendo, Playstation, Gameboy Advance, Playstation 2, Nintendo DS, and more. Some of the best titles of all time are in the Castlevania franchise- Symphony of the Night being one of the progenitors of its own genre, Metroidvania. Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is like unto Castlevania Symphony of the Night meets Order of Ecclesia- and that carries all of the positive connotations it possibly could. The character, environmental, and sound design are all top notch and clearly make this a game that must be experienced if you're even remotely a fan of Metroidvanias. The level design is superb and you'll find yourself backtracking and finding all sorts of secrets, which is accompanied by phenomenal movement that makes traversing locations a joy. There are tons of little, interesting things to find, plus there's crafting and cooking on top of it. However, the Switch version ain't it, chief. At release, this game has tremendous issues- visual effects missing and insanely low quality textures are just the tip of the iceberg (even the rose tattoo of Miriam, the character on the box art, can sometimes show as a splotchy, pixelated mess not even visually representing a flower. That's how low quality the textures can present). This version of the game crashes a lot, which is wholly unacceptable for a game that doesn't have auto-saves. Sometimes you can crash while selecting the bookcase that *lets you save the game*! It's insanely frustrating to lose progress repeatedly due to game bugs. Notwithstanding, the frame rate is also quite low- it's 30fps in some locations, while dipping to as low as 15 in others, like the tower. This is probably one of the best games I've played in recent memory. Unfortunately, this just isn't a good port of that great game. Keep an eye out for updates that hopefully improve playability (fps, crashing needs to be at the top of the list of things to fix). If you only have a Switch, still consider this version after waiting a bit. This game is fantastic, even if I'm negative over the bugs this product shouldn't have, and those problems hopefully get patched. If you absolutely can't wait to play, the PC version of the game on Steam would likely give you the best experience.

I read online since release how Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night was infested with Bugs and lag and so on and so forth on the switch. So I waited for any corrections and although the game plays much better than I saw, I would still say it has a few kinks to work out. Playable and enjoyable but with a PS4 version roaming around it would probably be the best option.

When this game came out, I wanted to check it out but had heard the switch version ran pretty poorly. I finally picked this up on sale finally and the game has been patched quite a bit since launch. So far the game seems to be running fairly smooth. It isn't perfect but it is quite playable. As a huge fan of the Iga Metroidvanias, this was something I wanted to play for a while. And I had to get it on switch to play in portable mode the way I used to play the DS and GBA Castlevanias. If you have played any of the old metroidvanias, you know what you are getting here.

Bloodstained as a Kickstarter when launched on Switch had a poor framerate and even worse input lag. Input lag usually isn't a problem I notice, but at launch it was so sluggish there were seconds of wait between button presses and action seen on screen. Now the game has undergone several patches and runs and looks so much better than before. As a spiritual successor to Castlevania Symphony of the Night, that game's producer has gone to improve this game in many ways while not being able to use the same source material. I really enjoy this game and think it was well made and I highly recommend it.

This was made by the creative team behind the classic Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. I played through that game multiple times so I was very excited about this release. At time of release the Switch version had a lot graphics and load time issues. Thankfully a patch has since been deployed that has cleared those up and there is another patch on the way to improve load times even further. I've spent a few hours with the game now and can say I've seen zero hiccups. This game is a worthy successor to Castlevania. Side scrolling action- RPG. Very easy to pick up and play the controls are tight. This will be one of my go to games when playing the switch on the go. Highly recommended.

Bloodstained as a game is really fantastic, it calls back to the GBA heyday of Castlevania and feels like it. If you’re looking for that it’s great. This version is still that game and works fairly well by and large. It runs at 30 frames per second with general consistency, though it will dip hard in some areas. It’s definitely rough in some places though, load times aren’t terrible but the frame rate and slowdown will definitely affect how it feels to play. This is still a solid version of this game, and it’s getting updated to be better with some frequency.