Blasphemous 2, the highly anticipated sequel to developer The Game Kitchen's popular indie Metroidvania, is inching ever closer to its Switch launch on August 24th, 2023.
To celebrate, publisher Team17 has opened pre-orders for the game and released a brand new gameplay trailer, showcasing heaps of gory combat and stunning pixel art visuals.
As a reminder, here are the game's key features:
- SAVAGE COMBAT - The Penitent One shows no mercy, and with a series of new weapons offering new moves, brutal executions, and expanded combos, destruction will rain on any that stand in his way.
- BOSS BATTLES - Hordes of monstrous foes stand between you and your goal; twisted bosses with unique attack patterns and sundering abilities will put your skills to the test as you fight to stand triumphant when the dust settles.
- PLAY YOUR WAY - Blasphemous 2 offers up new ways to play, with the ability to customize and improve your base skillset, alongside several new unique weapons to unleash devastating attacks on enemies.
- STRANGE NEW WORLD - A whole new world awaits, bustling with mysterious NPCs to interact with. The stories and myths you encounter will help you unpick the games myriad of secrets, granting you a deeper understanding of this strange new world.
Blasphemous 2 is currently available for pre-order at a limited discounted price of $26.99 / £22.49.
Will you be picking up Blasphemous 2 next month? August is look pretty stacked with great indie games so far. Let us know your thoughts with a comment down below.
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I really love Blasphemous! Recently beat it and it is fantastic! I am sure that the sequel will be even better!
Here is a piece I've drawn for Blasphemous!
I'd never played until a few weeks ago, and kicked off Blasphemous to mitigate burnout from TOTK... loved it.
The QoL/updates for the sequel sound good... would love some in-depth build variety and stat allocation (Souls style would be good)
The boss battles were the highlight for me, and that last major boss was a nightmare to beat! (I understand it was previously easier, but got patched in latest version to be much harder?)
Either way - B2 will be a Day1 and I might even pre-order the physical
I love blasphemous, but it's ALWAYS on sale. Sorry 😬 I'll wait. Usually throw in early for indies but... OCTOBER is coming.
Day 1 for me! The first one was great, and this looks even better!
Already preordered my physical copy. Blasphemous is one of my favorite modern metroidvaniasoulslikes (yup), such an amazing, weird, creepy, and challenging game. I fully expect this to be more of the same, but that is A-okay when the “the same” is an absolutely incredible experience.
Punish me, baby!! ♟️⚰️💔
There is some art in the original which looks so scary I can't bring myself to play the game. So far the trailers of the second game look far more tame; I'm hoping it's a bit less disturbing than the first game so I can pick it up. And yes, I'm a wimp. 😛
Loved the first one, and so happy they are doing a physical straight off the bat as I had to get the first one through Limited Run Games.
Also:
You should say this is for the download version as the physical is £34.99 from Amazon UK: Here
Most definitely will pick up blasphemous 2, the first is one of my favourite metroidvanias on Switch. The atmosphere, traversal and combat look awesome in the sequel.
Might pick up on a decent sale. I played first and never quite completed it, was bloody tough.
Missed opportunity to have called the sequel “Blasphemous: Resurrection”, then a (hopefully) third game “Blasphemous: Ascension”.
First one was great, if a bit tough at first (it got better with patches).
The 1st one is still kicking my butt! New one looks great. Love the art style.
This and Sea Of Stars in the same week?! Goodbye social life! Just kidding, I don't have one of those.
I always felt the challenge was pretty fair-- Every time I died I felt like it was my fault, unlike some hard games I've played that just seem to love killing you out of nowhere suddenly, or tasking you with unnecessary, unfulfilling challenge. Idk. I didn't intend to get part 2, but I ended up liking this series more after I took a huge chance on playing it, so bring it on. Requiam Aeternam!
I still need to play the first one. I managed to snag a used physical copy for the PS4 on sale but never got around to it. Would rather play it on Switch TBH, so maybe I’ll get it during an eShop sale or if I stumble upon it in the wild.
@CJD87 Yeah, they made the last boss quite a bit harder. Took some effort for sure but I defeated it quite confidently after a couple of tries. I read people's experiences with the game and it seems some bosses were hard for others and easy for some. One mid-tier boss I defeated first try while one made me almost give up completely. Great game all in all if not a bit punishing.
@ToniK - that is what I love about these games though, how 1 boss can be an absolute living nightmare for 1 person... but a cakewalk for another!
Out of interest what what the boss you struggled with the most?
OK good to know that the devs ramped up the difficulty on the last boss by a significant margin, as it was probably the most I've struggled with a boss - 2nd only to the final boss in Sekiro!
I enjoy that though, and find it fun to memorise the patterns/tells and look for the openings. In fairness also, my character wasn't fully 'levelled up' and I was missing a couple spells (missing the big beam, which I hear is a good way to tackle final boss)
Looking for something similar to play, maybe focussing on boss rush now... (I've played Metroid Dread, Salt Sanctuary already)
This is a day one for me
I’m about to take on the final boss, just finished polishing off those guilt statues (which were a lot easier than I thought they were going to be, maybe because I waited till I had levelled up mea culpa to the max). But I have loved this game! Over 30 hours for £4.99 (but technically free as I had enough gold points). Best value in gaming all year, and the sequel is day one for me. It looks awesome!
Blasphemous 3 will be out before Hollow Knight 2. And I’m cool with that.
@CJD87 My memory is a bit hazy but if I remember correctly it was Our Lady of the Charred Visage that I suffered with a lot while Tres Angustias only took one try.
Sometimes it's just a matter of good days and bad days and other factors too. It's still very interesting how people have such different experiences with stuff like that. It must have something to do with the fact that the whole game is pretty tough so there is not much of linear rise in the difficulty.
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