Side Quest, Episode 25: Bloodstained CotM Review (Patreon)

Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon Review -- CLS Side Quest

Konami doesn’t care about Castlevania, but former franchise producer and writer Koji Igarashi sure does. With Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon -- the prelude to the Metroidvania Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night launching later this year -- IGA and the team at Inti Creates deliver an 8-bit Castlevania clone in the spirit of Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse. And by in the spirit of, I mean it’s basically Castlevania III. Which is awesome. (I was provided a Switch copy of Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon by Inti Creates right around launch; however, I primarily played a PS4 copy of the game I purchased. Additionally, I have a working relationship with Koji Igarashi and the staff at Inti Creates; I hosted the livestream that revealed the game, and I was privy to the game's existence and IGA's and Inti Creates' plans before they were made public.) Colin's Last Stand: Side Quest is free of baked-in ads, product placement, and other obnoxious forms of advertising because of your support. Please consider subscribing to CLS' Patreon to show your support for independent content: http://www.patreon.com/colinslaststand Listen to the CLS interview podcast, Colin’s Last Stand: Fireside Chats (also available on podcast services): https://soundcloud.com/colinslaststand Listen to the CLS retro podcast, Colin’s Last Stand: KnockBack (also available on podcast services): http://soundcloud.com/clsknockback Twitter: @notaxation Instagram: @clsmoriarty Facebook: /colinslaststand Colin's Last Stand is a product of Colin's Last Stand, LLC PO Box 1233 | Santa Monica, CA 90406 Still imagery via Flickreel, Forbes, IGN, mightyno9.com, MobyGames, LaunchBox Games Database, and Wikia. All footage of Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon was captured by CLS at 1080p30 on a standard PlayStation 4 console. Castlevania, Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse, and other footage was acquired from the following sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFFKAl2A898 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCKrE86cxQI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaLFUdXGV9U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGfUQvkztXo Sources referenced in the review script: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iga/bloodstained-ritual-of-the-night https://www.gamespot.com/articles/symphony-of-the-night-designer-iga-talks-bloodstai/1100-6451091/ https://kotaku.com/beloved-castlevania-producer-koji-igarashi-leaves-konam-1545384500 http://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2018/05/12/bloodstained-curse-of-the-moon-announced/ https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/709/925/1587229/