Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Preview: A Castlevania for Today
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and Super Metroid are 2 iconic games of old whose design focus of exploring a single large map rather a normal standard progression was so singular it spawned it’s own subgenre of gaming: Metroidvania. From Castlevania: Symphony of the Night’s release 20 years ago, in 1997, developers through the years have tried their hands at the unique formula but few can match the touch of the pioneers, specifically designer Koji Igarashi, whose mark on the genre is so deep, it’s also been coined Igavania....