If early Castlevania took its aesthetic inspirations from Universal and Hammer horror movies, Curse of the Moon takes those same inspirations and mixes them with Troma. The darker, more serious colors from Castlevania are replaced with more 80s “Ecto Cooler”-inspired, at times goopy, splashes. While the game draws direct inspirations from 8-bit Castlevania, Curse of the Moon’s color palette is far more vibrant. (“Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon”, 2018) She can also jump really high, and uses Belmont-y sub-weapons like daggers and whatnot. Miriam is the Belmont of the game, equipped with a whip and a powerful, flexing walk cycle to go with it. You won’t be starved for variety when it comes to your backdrops, all of which are very vividly drawn and colored. It might not look out of place for Ritual of the Night, but it does here.īeyond the expected dilapidated mansions, castles, and graveyards, your journey takes your fight to moving trains, icy cavernous landscapes, ruined underground sewers, and a host of other set pieces. This is perhaps a consequence of the game being a spinoff/tie-in to Ritual of the Night, which adopts a heavy anime aesthetic. Boss designs, however, stick out, looking a bit too “anime” compared to the everything else.
Not only is the cheesy haunted house aesthetic recreated to pleasing effect, many of the ghouls, monsters and other such creatures that you fight along your trek are lovingly “lifted” from Castlevania, and work really well within Curse of the Moon’s setting.Įxpect to fight this game’s equivalents of Medusa Heads, Bone Pillars, Fish Men and more, all of whom look well-established within this new setting. (“Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon”, 2018) PresentationĬurse of the Moon is more than an obvious love letter to the 8-bit era of Castlevania games on the NES, and it has no intentions of hiding that. Zangetsuto, the primary player character, uses a quick short-range blade and sub-weapons such as a ball-and-chain seen here.
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