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Blasphemous

The Game Kitchen

2019•Platformer•PEGI 16•About 24 hours

Taste attributes: actionadventurefantasyhorroranimalsmonster/alien/supernaturalfastfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginarysimplelinearbig & variedall consuming questfighting evilfish out of water/culture clashhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardy

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Boxlist takeA fantastical, unsavoury platformer: inventive and sweeping. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Pace: fast · Originality: very fresh · Tone: very dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

IGDB rating

79 / 100

330 ratings

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About This Game

Blasphemous is a punishing action-platformer that combines the fast-paced, skilled combat of a hack-n-slash game with a deep and evocative narrative core. Explore this nightmarish world of twisted religion and discover its many secrets hidden deep inside. Use devastating combos and brutal executions to smite the hordes of grotesque monsters and titanic bosses, who are all ready to rip your limbs off. Locate and equip relics, rosary beads and prayers that call on the powers of the heavens to aid you in your quest to break your eternal damnation.

Summary: IGDB

Story

A foul curse has fallen upon the land of Cvstodia and all its inhabitants - it is simply known as The Miracle. Play as The Penitent One - a sole survivor of the massacre of the ‘Silent Sorrow’. Trapped in an endless cycle of death and rebirth, it’s down to you to free the world from this terrible fate and reach the origin of your anguish.

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionAdventureFantasyHorrorAnimalsMonster/alien/supernaturalAll consuming questFighting evilFish out of water/culture clashHuman spirit/resilience/survivalRescue/escape/jeopardy

Keywords

RetroBloodyGothicMetroidvaniaDark fantasyDifficultSide-scrollingCrossover

Where to play

Details

Developer: The Game Kitchen
Publishers: The Game Kitchen, Team17
Released: 10 September 2019
Series: Blasphemous
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Modes: Single player
Perspective: Side view
Time to beat: 13h rushed, 24h normally, 41h complete
Age rating: PEGI 16
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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