Blasphemous

"All in all, Blasphemous is a fun game. It provides challenging enemies and platforming sections, but some challenges are less difficult and more unfair. Still, Blasphemous is a demanding experience that will make you feel rewarded for your tribulations."

"Blasphemous exudes quality throughout its entire playable and narrative proposal. A game taken care of to the smallest detail. A superb metroidvania."

"A "Soulsvania" game with its own character, that draws artistic inspiration from the spanish Easter imagery and Goya&s;s paintings las pinturas, both in the visual and the narrative. In gameplay terms, it&s;s a superb and hard adventure that mixes with …"

"Blasphemous is slowed by a few minor issues but overall has a gripping setting and haunting design presentation,"

"Blasphemous is an exciting dark-fantasy adventure with religious undertones, yet it struggles to maintain its poise throughout."

"Blasphemous on the Nintendo Switch stands out right away with its fantastic pixel art depicting a desolate and inhospitable scenario. But there&s;s a lot more to Blasphemous than its marvelous visual environment, the game has an amazing combat mechanic and …"

"Blasphemous might be derivative, but it&s;s one of the best, if not the best Metroid-like I&s;ve played this year. Not only is it downright gorgeous, but the gameplay is uniformly excellent and hunting for its many secrets make it a …"

"Blasphemous requires a lot of patience and practice because you have to get really good at the combat. If you like challenging platformers, then this a must-have due to its unique story and art style. However, it may not be …"

"Blasphemous is a twisted take on religion and Metroidvanias, providing great combat, fantastic visuals and a world that&s;s soaked in both blood and well-written lore"

"A brilliantly realized, brutal and bloody Metroidvania that is the next best thing to reading up on Catholic Martyrs while you whip yourself with a barbed cat-o-nine-tails."

"Blasphemous is a fantastic souls-like Metroidvania, featuring an exceptional aesthetic design that adds to what is one of the most macabre worlds in gaming today. In addition to this, outstanding combat and a range of interesting enemies, bosses and more …"

"Blasphemous is a perfectly competent "Souls-like" game, but while it&s;s high on stark beauty and vicious violence, it comes up short on substance."

"Besides the astonishing art design and the rich and imaginative dark-fantasy world, Blasphemous doesn&s;t know how to mix perfectly the different genres it belongs to."

"A tough, well-wrought action-platformer distinguished by some toe-curling portrayals of sin."

"From start to finish Blasphemous kept me engaged. Even when I reached the end I just wanted the game to keep going. I&s;m not the biggest fan of its approach to storytelling but the combat and exploration borrows from the …"

"Blasphemous is a Metroidvania with gorgeous pixelated graphics and simple, yet satisfying combat. Tedious sidequests and some minor design flaws hold back this 2D from shining even more."

"I can&s;t get Blasphemous off my mind. I may never fully grasp the opaque story even with the inevitable community-led theories and explainers lending a hand, but that&s;s okay. Even taken as a fanatical fever-dream, this game delivers. Some aspects …"

"Blasphemous is an absolutely stunning game everyone should see in motion."

"Praise be to Blasphemous, for it&s;s an impressive game that has truly joined together the peanut-butter-and-chocolate-style union that is souls-likes and metroidvania games."

"Blasphemous is a solid, beautifully haunting metroidvania. Some rough spots prevent it to really shine but it&s;s still a great experience if the theme interests you."

"If you’re skilled, you can speed through in a little over ten hours, though exploring every nook and cranny of the map and finding all of the collectables can take upwards of double that, especially considering there are two endings …"

"Blasphemous is a beautifully crafted Soulslike/Metroidvania action game set in a delightfully unhinged, deliriously gory world filled with well-designed enemies, satisfyingly meaty combat and some truly memorable and grotesque boss battles."

"As it stands in its current form, I will say that if Blasphemous’ aesthetic interests you even a little, or if you’re a fan of metroidvania-style games, then it’s absolutely worth checking out in its current form."

"Blasphemous is one of the most interesting metroidvanias recently. It offers a great gameplay and exquisite visual presentation. A simple sound production and several technical errors can be annoying, but they do not prevent you from appreciating the great quality …"

"Blasphemous takes a few well trodden genres and mashes them into something that is fun, rewarding and downright beautiful. Its story, themes and macabre nature will not suit everyone but I could not get enough of it. Its difficulty is …"

"While lacking in sheer variety, what&s;s there is solid. The art style and atmosphere is spectacular, and combat is intense and bloody."

"Blasphemous is an eery Metroidvania with gorgeous animations and combat that&s;s just a tad too one-dimensional."

"It is able to give an interesting experience, especially to those who will have the patience to carefully explore the game world, in search of the many secrets that lie in its dark depths"

"If you love SNES platformers and aren&s;t concerned by the possibility of an angry god pressing its "smite" button to rain lightning upon you, Blasphemous is simply a must-play."

"Blasphemous is a metroidvania game that is just good in terms of gameplay, but manages to be outstanding with its art and setting. A folkloric piece of art in the shape of a videogame that results in one of the …"

"Blasphemous is a delightfully dark game with superb style. This Kickstarter success pairs magnificent world-building with clever combat mechanics. A player must have precision timing, as every hit point is vital. One wrong move could be a fatal error. This …"