I feel like I should ramble on a little more about Bloodstained considering the first review was 90% me trying to come to terms with Kundera’s death, 9% Symphony of the Night, and 1% Bloodstained.
For hard-to-describe reasons, I decided to get the platinum on Bloodstained. The post-ending clean-up feels more like Pokémon than it does like an Action-RPG. It consists of me running around a little bit every night trying to catch ‘em all, mixed with the meandering rhythmic hunting and exploring of No Man’s Sky. Maybe the closest comparison is from South Park, when Kyle endlessly plays the Chasing the Dragon game in the Guitar Hero episode. It’s not really challenging, never ends, and is weirdly comforting.
In the immortal nonsensical words of police chief Gordon, it’s not exactly the Castlevania game I need, but maybe it’s the Castlevania game that I deserve.
