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Koji Igarashi Kickstarts Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (2.5D, backdash, 2018)
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The Broken Ska Record
Member
Actually, I think that his Castlevania games tend to be something more Westerners like.
brandonh83
Banned
Read the last few pages.
Just backed my first Kickstarter. Got the $60 tier, now to find a way to get that demo lol
Just backed my first Kickstarter. Got the $60 tier, now to find a way to get that demo lol
Absolutely. In Japan, it's barely a blip on the radar.
FrontalMonk
Banned
Yup. PC Digital, PS4 Physical. :3
Seems like it doesn't :/
Er, that's a problem. Has the developer commented on this at all? Is it just a demo thing? Because it should be trivial to add support for higher resolutions. 1080p looks awful on my 1440p monitor.
The demo has no options to select at all, so it's probably just a demo thing. A bit early to sound the alarms.
It does let you select your resolution, it just doesn't go past 1080p.
It's actually incredibly bizarre as arbitrary resolution support is baked into UE4, so they had to go out of their way to remove it.
I forgot this was UE4. That makes it especially crazy.
On the plus side, UE4 increases the chances of an easy third party modification and/or an ini tweak.
I've been looking for a good bit of time but I haven't found a way.
Alex_Mexico
Member
Im getting excited by reading the overwhelming positive impressions Im reading here.
Good job, Iga. Cant wait to play the finished game!
Good job, Iga. Cant wait to play the finished game!
Lol, the demo launches SteamVR and puts itself into VR mode (which obviously doesn't work) for me, and I don't see a simply way to prevent that.
So they didn't bother to disable VR support in UE4, but they did limit the resolution selection?
Edit:
For anyone with the same issue, got to "[game dir]\Engine\Binaries\ThirdParty" and rename the "OpenVR" folder to something else (e.g. "OpenVR__")
So they didn't bother to disable VR support in UE4, but they did limit the resolution selection?
Edit:
For anyone with the same issue, got to "[game dir]\Engine\Binaries\ThirdParty" and rename the "OpenVR" folder to something else (e.g. "OpenVR__")
brandonh83
Banned
You know what's badass? You guys asking questions about how to get somewhere in an environment... in a demo. I feel like in a lot of modern games there's never any question as to how/if you can get somewhere.
Does it? I wasn't able to find an option for that anywhere.
There's a good chance I wasn't looking very closely.
Alex_Mexico
Member
If you do it high enough (I forget by how much money) and choose the PC version you'll get acces to an early beta.
I backed for $100 on PS4 so I'll get my physical disc with a special Ayami Kojima no art, soundtrack, other whatchamacallits and my name in the credits but no beta since its PS4.
Count me in as another satisfied backer so far. This looks incredible.
$60.
Reizo Ryuu
Member
I streamed a playthrough of the demo for anyone interested, I also tried to find all the false walls (found 2) and got all the shards except the zombie one (dunno if it even drops anything). Seems there are 3 areas you can't reach (unless the zombie drops something movement related).
The first 3 minutes is just me figuring out why windowed mode was fucking up and whenever the screen goes black it's because I alt-tabbed.
This was fucking great though, I can't wait for the full game.
The first 3 minutes is just me figuring out why windowed mode was fucking up and whenever the screen goes black it's because I alt-tabbed.
This was fucking great though, I can't wait for the full game.
Alex_Mexico
Member
There you go. $60 and choose PC you'll get beta access. That beta and this demo are not the same thing.
Really really really good.
Just a quick question. I backed it originally for $100 so I get to pick between a physical copy for either PS4 or Vita. But I'd actually like both.
Will the game get a normal retail release as well or are the physical editions only for backers?
If so I'll put in another 60$ at fangamer.
Will the game get a normal retail release as well or are the physical editions only for backers?
If so I'll put in another 60$ at fangamer.
I don't think you can unless they changed the requirements.
"Who gets the demo? We'll be sending it to everybody who pledged at a $60 tier or higher and filled out their backer survey by June 13. "
Zalusithix
Member
Heh, thanks in advance. It'll save me some time tonight if I decide to give it a whirl.
Cheesyhobo
Member
Have to say I'm not a fan of the shader combination they ended up using, I think it was 3 for the cartoony models and 1 for the realistic backgrounds?
It should have been either 3/3 or 1/1, the styles just clash and don't work well together.
It should have been either 3/3 or 1/1, the styles just clash and don't work well together.
Alex_Mexico
Member
Just a quick question. I backed it originally for $100 so I get to pick between a physical copy for either PS4 or Vita. But I'd actually like both.
Will the game get a normal retail release as well or are the physical editions only for backers?
If so I'll put in another 60$ at fangamer.
I think we'll get a retail release of at least the PS4 and X1 releases but I wouldn't hold my breath for a WiiU or Vita retail release of Bloodstained in 2017. It may happen but I wouldnt bet on it.
If you're willing to do it just back it again for $60 with another account and go for the Vita copy. Im not sure if you can just add $60 to your existing pledge and choose the Vita physical copy.
What are you talking about? They went with 3/3. That combination got more than half the votes, in fact.
Yeah, the deadline is what stopped me from slacker-pledging $60 yesterday. The latest update says that the demo will only be playable for a few months, so the offer should really run until, say, a week before the expiration date. "Leaving money on the table" and all that.
Alex_Mexico
Member
If you slack-back this for $60 or more and choose PC you will get access to an early beta, though. And it'll be a much bigger taste than this tiny demo.
Consider that.
I'm not interested in the demo as much as I am the separate Steam app it's tied to.
Alex_Mexico
Member
Im not sure Im following.
brandonh83
Banned
Yeah. Meant possibly someone with spare codes.
Yeah. I don't really have a problem with sexualization until it becomes legitimately awkward. My gf watches me play games all the time and it's weird when you see stuff like that and excessive boob jiggle, but even this makes me feel awkward.
Hopefully they tone the design down before launch. It's just unnecessary. I'm all for sexiness, but not stupidity.
I collect Steam games. Not to the degree that I did from the Summer Sale of 2012 to March of this year, but still enough that I'd be willing to fork over $60 for the demo and the final game given that they're separate entities on Steam.
That's what I'm fearing as well...
Not sure if I can still up my Kickstarter pledge.
But doing a second pledge of 60 on Fangamer wouldn't be a problem. Really want as many games as possible on Vita to be physical since my cards are filled to the brim.
Reizo Ryuu
Member
oh no, tits...tell them to stop being prudes.
StarCreator
Member
I think it's likely the June 13 cutoff was to determine how many codes had to be generated in total. I doubt they have more codes than what was needed.
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Wat.
And look I have nothing against boobs in video games and whatnot. We were just not expecting it.
Gender tends to be somewhat fluid for demons in demonic lore
Vepar is often depicted and described as a mermaid (a female form)
There is no reason for the artists to be slavish devoted to their inspirations
Vepar is often depicted and described as a mermaid (a female form)
There is no reason for the artists to be slavish devoted to their inspirations
Developers are free to generate as many keys as they wish, though, and can do so via the Steamworks Product Data site. There's no point (within reason) at which Valve will step in and say "No", in part because Steam's key format has a total of 15^36 possible permutations. If Fangamer doesn't have a key distribution system, then that's probably the explanation behind the announcement of the E3 demo release and the deadline being just days apart.
So unlocking the resolution the game presents at didn't work with the simple methods I tried, and I don't think a complex method is merited for this pre-demo.
HOWEVER
It is possible to use UE4's built-in downsampling feature with the game, and render it at up to 3840x2160 that way!
The difference in clarity (both texture-wise and for things like outlines) as well as motion stability is very stark.
As is, of course, the performance impact. But on high-end systems 4k shouldn't be an issue.
HOWEVER
It is possible to use UE4's built-in downsampling feature with the game, and render it at up to 3840x2160 that way!
The difference in clarity (both texture-wise and for things like outlines) as well as motion stability is very stark.
As is, of course, the performance impact. But on high-end systems 4k shouldn't be an issue.
Astral Dog
Member
Reizo Ryuu
Member
How do you do this?