Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

Definitely an interesting game. Would have been a superb PS2 game? The graphics felt inconsistent between the environments, characters, and cutscenes. The core gameplay was fun, but in the same way that playing like, a children's game is. It's jump and attack (only one attack animation) so it's all about attacking and moving yourself as not to take too much damage. I liked getting powerups from killing monsters, but that meant you needed to grind a lot for certain strong shards. The econ stuff was fine, as was crafting. All of the environments were just rooms and platforms in what felt like a very haphazard manner. Enemy design was weird, but not in a good way. Writing was pretty dreadful, even for a campy game. Great/fitting soundtrack. Some push for exploration, but nothing that interesting to find. Overall, triggered a nice sense of nostalgia even though it's a modern game, which I'm not sure is a great thing.