Blasphemous 2: Understanding metroidvania design

Unlike its predecessor, Blasphemous 2 confidently calls itself a metroidvania and embraces the standard design practices of the genre. This video is a quick look into the franchise's design evolution.
This video was made with the help of some lovely people: chlorophyll, who made the thumbnail ( / chlorophyllidae chlorophyllidae.carrd.co/), Daniels, who provided wisdom & assistance in filming and lighting, Square_Rabbit, who lent his voice, and Jenny & Leyus, who provided feedback on the script.
Music used in this video:
"Cantes de Confesión" from the Blasphemous OST and "Clavada", "Nuestra Madre", "Del Santo Nombre", "Corona de Siete Azahares", "Rostros Ausentes" from the Blasphemous 2 OST by Carlos Viola
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"Greenpath" from the Hollow Knight OST by Christopher Larkin
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0:00 Intro
0:42 Progression in metroidvanias
2:36 Blasphemous (the original)
4:18 Blasphemous 2 (the metroidvania)
8:49 Blasphemous 2 (the soulslike)
11:15 Outro
for more adventures into the magical realm of alex pine, take a look at this twitter / alex_pinetree

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i made like 90% of this essay last september/october, and then got super busy & burnt out. planning on releasing more essays very soon, and in fact i have a short & cozy stardew valley essay in the works - until then, you can find me on twitter.com/Alex_Pinetree

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Silksong: Understanding the patience.

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6:26
A double jumo was originally intended
However they just decided to cut it
Also nice video
Pretty great points

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It is always a good day when your favourite tree man uploads!
(Except when he uploads a video that spoils a game that you would want to play later so you can't watch the video until you complete the game but you never complete the game so you never get to watch the video.)

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it is always a good day when a person you haven't seen in ages supports your videos!

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Great seeing you post again! Honestly liked the video.

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much appreciated! :)

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blasphemous 2

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Ok hear me out though, oneshotting spikes is really funny.

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first and that my thumbnail :)
and FACE REVEAL

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Possible deadcells video soon?