Would people want to see additional character analogy? I'd been brainstorming fangame and spinoff concepts, including a Harmony of Dissonance-alike. I like the idea of bringing back Dominique less like her Classic 2 mode and more like her Circle of the Moon 2 pole arm emphasis. Circle and Circle 2 put a lot of ideas in mind, like the corgi in the train mecha, but the gunner guy didn't do it for me.

I kinda wanted a mode which played somewhat like Albus mode, but as Johannes. I also wouldn't mind a mode with a Grant Danasty expy, more about the mobility and platforming than the flashy magic spells and shards. The one thing that would round things out nicely is getting a Maria analogue, be it young or adult like in the SotN rereleasr.

An alternate Gebel with the full shape changing option set would be pretty cool too.

Asking because I'm on my Zangetsu run but I'm at a spot in Livre Ex Machina in the vertical section where you need to use Craftwork to carry a weighted bookshelf in a normal run to a pressure play in order to open the way to a side room.

Is there a way through this as Zangetsu or does a Zangetsu run (and presumably a Bloodless or Aurora run) also not be able to reach certain rooms?

EDIT: Found out how to access it using the teleporting floors. Still confused about a certain MP Booster that seemingly Zangetsu cannot access though, seen below.

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I was reading about the game crash before the Gremory fight but I can't tell if there is any known cause or solution. It sounds like it happens to some people and sometimes it doesn't. Anyone have info about this?

Do we know any of the painting level backers' stories? Were you a painting level backer? How did the whole process go? Did you wear your own costume or just send a picture and they dressed you appropriately? Just curious every time I see one of these paintings, who are these people?

I just got invert and I can't get back down help I just keep sliding

I've really liked the classic mode releases.

I was just wondering around and I found geable and beat him think of this can't be the end then I got a game over screen

Any boss that is classified as a demon in the series is eligible, from the first boss to the big bad, so which demonic boss design is your favourite?

As for me, it would be Gremory.

So I’m fighting that blood vampire chick with no healing items. After many attempts, I finally killed her with just a little bit of health left, but her blood rain move is still active during the death cutscene so I die and go back to the last save.

There are elements to this game that are so frustrating it makes the game feel 20 years old sometimes.

Just got to Oriental Sorcery Lab and am having my ass kicked on his fight. The first encounter honestly wasn't so bad, but this one has me being five-shot in a couple of seconds. Any guide I go to doesn't seem to have much information aside from "oh yeah he's easy, first one was terrible tho haha". Any tips?

So, as the title says, I just finished a run with Miriam and got all the achievements—except for the Usurper one. I missed killing Gebel the second time around. I really don’t want to start NG+ because I’d have to farm shard ranks again for the ones that don’t carry over, plus redo all the quests, map exploration, secrets, and stuff like that.

Since the game lets you play as other characters like Zangetsu or Aurora, I was wondering—can I get the Usurper achievement using them? Or is it only possible with Miriam? If not, are there any other options that don’t feel so repetitive?

Any help is appreciated!

I've been playing Bloodstained on PC without any issues for well over a month (yes, I'm late to this game). Just today, I logged into Steam to download the Dominique's Curse DLC, but I noticed the game performing an update. Well, now the slowdown is unbearable and game-breaking in the main game. Never had this issue before. It's primarily noticeable in the Inferno Cave and Glacial Tomb levels, but still problematic everywhere else. Anyone else have issues like this? I've got what I consider to be a decent laptop (RTX 3090), and again, I have never had a problem even remotely before it updated.

So I'm about to defeat the abyssal guardian and it's saying my map is only 46% complete. Obviously it will be higher after I explore the hall of termination and I'm sure I've missed a few rooms here and there but not 54% of could possibly be unexplored. The underground waterway is not fully explored because of the water. Have I missed a shard that lets me swim. There are a couple places I can't double jump to not reach with the ray and there are a bunch of demons ive never encountered.

WHAT AM I MISSING.

Are there new enemies in the second playthrough?

I'm doing a new game plus on my file with a star ✨ on it. I've gotten the zangetzu sword but the red moon I need to strike in the garden won't appear.

Is this a glitch that happens because I'm playing the switch version or did I do something wrong?

Was playing on the switch and was farming Bovine plumes and Flying Beef to finish the meal quests for Susie, when the game crashed. I hadn’t saved in a while either so just super sad over here. Guess I’ve got something to do tomorrow and Monday.

So i am almost done with the game, just need all weapons and accesories to have evert base game achievements, but do i need some dlc or deluxe version to get the non base game achievs?