Bloodstained - Ritual Of The Night is an exploration-focused, side-scroller action RPG, which packs the best features that one may have come to know and love of the Metroidvania genre, all in a single game. The player explores a labyrinthine series of rooms presented as a platform game, fighting monsters and bosses and gaining keys or powers that let them explore areas that were previously impossible to reach.

Commentary by the inimitable Dan Gheesling, winner of Big Brother 10.