Blasphemous, one of the better Metroid/Souls-like experiences you'll find on the Switch eShop, is being treated to a deluxe physical edition thanks to Sold Out.
The new release hits retailers on 29th June, with pre-orders set to appear at select stores in the near future. The physical release arrives on Switch, PS4, and Xbox One, and includes all of the following content:
- 32-track Digital Soundtrack
- 195-page Digital Artbook
- Digital Comic
- ‘Alloy of Sin’ and ‘Golden Burden’ In-Game Character Skins
- Sticker Sheet
- 180 x 290mm Poster of Cvstodia
If you haven't already given Blasphemous a chance, make sure to check out our full review to see why you should. Here's a snippet of what we had to say:
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. Platforming sections are uniformly well-crafted and the whole thing comes together to create one of the most visually arresting and solidly enjoyable action titles currently available on Switch.
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Physical game with digital extras... no ta.
So it's not a limited print? Thank God.
You see, I'd consider myself a fan of Metroidvanias, but I tried the demo for this, and it just... didn't really do anything for me, even though everyone says it's amazing. Maybe because when I tried it, I'd recently gotten Dead Cells and they play kinda similarly, but I must be missing something
Where a lot of these "metroidvania" games lose me is in how linear they are. Exploration is more than finding small niches with powerups while travelling on a mostly obvious path forward.
Owlboy, Iconclasts, and Carrion, for example, are all good games in their own right, but the "metroidvania" label really oversells how dense their worlds are.
If y'all wanting to play this game before buying the physical, it's part of the Amazon prime gaming games you can get for free.
Sorry not there anymore.....
Digital this, digital that plus a few crappy stickers! No thanks, better off picking it up digital where it’s regularly on sale for £9.99
Another "Limited" Run Games' release that gets widely spread release... Pffffff
@EVIL-C
Well it's a wider retail release but it might only be one or two runs, it depends.
This is a European region release, Blasphemous already enjoyed a US run thanks to Limited Run Games.
Is the DLC on the cartridge? If so I might get it otherwise no because I have the LRG release.
I will agree that Blasphemous is sort of an acquired taste, mostly due to the sometimes disturbing art direction and subject matter, but speaking for myself, this is one of the better games of its genre. Besides the usual upgrades and respective gated exploration, this features a robust combat system that requires skill to master, some pretty tough bosses and great pixel art throughout.
I’d be interested to get this if it includes the full game as of now on the card (i.e. the released patches and expansion).
Wait... so is this the same or different from the Spanish version that was advertised a few months ago, which I then pre-ordered on Amazon Spain and is supposed to be released on 09/04?
i really enjoyed this game up to the point where my corpse is glitched in the air where it cannot be collected.
I would be interested in double dipping as a physical collector, but digital rewards outside of stickers and the poster? This makes it almost pointless and it really depends on the DLC inclusion, UK release and cost...
missed out on the lrg so im happy to hear this
This is a brutally excellent game if you can handle dying hundreds of times then this is for you. At its heart this is more of a souls game and it's based off of Spanish religion and it's mythology which is pretty cool too.
@Jokerwolf Spanish religion? You mean Catholicism? If so that was funny!
@Zuljaras lol ya, it is interesting they really leaned into the darker sides of religion in Spain lol.
@Ttimer5 That's potentially useful to know, as I've not tried the game yet but am a prime member - thanks.
I haven't bought Hades yet, so should probably prioritise that one first, but if the price is right for this I might just go for it as I imagine the numbers might be more limited.
@Jokerwolf Well the Spanish Inquisition was one of the worst periods in the Dark Ages. And the guys that did Blasphemous really nailed it when they made its mythology!
@Zuljaras yep and while that was a horrid of part of history it makes for really cool games apparently lol.
@Multi Same happened to me at one point but then when I came back the body was down lower where I could get it.
Not played the game and would like too. When I saw that a physical deluxe release was happen I was excited but saw that the soundtrack and artbook are digital only I don't think I will see myself getting it unless they do a standard release of it.
@RupeeClock More physical options will thankfully bring the prices down. $150 for a LRG copy on eBay = f-k that.
Great game, I had to give up at the final boss though. Just too ridiculously difficult.
can they rob us any more of those hard earned $$$$$
A soundtrack? That's pretty funny because I don't remember the game having any music, that's the main reason why I found the game to be bogus.
I trully trully reccomend this game to you all.
The only reason I didn’t double dip into physical Hades is because the soundtrack was digital. Same reason I won’t buy this. Just give me a cd for my stupid old car.
@OldManHermit
Everytime I beat him it was pure luck.
Digital artbook instead of physical? Nope.
I got my physical of this brilliant game from Limited Run, that came with a physical instruction manual
Damn so I got the collectors for the Limited Run and then they bust this out gonna have to double dip
@stinky_t probably is not just your style, Dead Cells is not a metroidvania is a roguelike, that for example it was not a game for me, unlike Blasphemous that was one of the greatest games of all time for me
@seyon yea I don't consider Dead Cells a MV even though some people do. I suppose I mean the side-scrolling slashing style is similar between the two of them. It's weird because I'd consider myself a MV fan, but I didn't like the demo for Blasphemous, nor was I particularly enthralled by Axiom Verge, two of which people say are some of the best in the genre.
@stinky_t yes, for me with Blasphemous was quite the oposite, I've noticed that I've played the demo for more hours than other full games that I had by replaying it, so I had to buy it. I was hooked on that game artwork, and when I've played the full game I knew how deep it was, and after finish the game I've replayed again with the new free updates.
@gcunit i just recently checked and it's not there anymore
I think it was just for last week. I got the game back on Monday and assumed it was there, sorry
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