It's basically the same thing. The demons and the whole dang castle exist as a result of a summoning+alchemic ritual using the shards as catalysts. Whenever Miriam acquires a shard, the demon literally transforms into a shard and then she absorbs it.
Think @Inspector_Whatsup has it right. I remember the journal entries saying that the alchemist in charge of the experiments wasn't using the crystals to summon the demons originally but instead reversing the polarity of a ritual meant to summon angels and that, later on, thanks to Gebel defeating demons which were summoned he was able to acquire more crystals.
Not quite. It's semantics but think of Soma more of as a military commander, he converts enemy troops to his cause and then calls them in to do fighting for him. Whereas Miriam is more of a guerilla fighter who takes the gear off of enemies she's defeated. Also note that Soma's power only works in the presence of Dracula's castle, once it's sealed back in the moon he's just a normal dude.
perfection
Cool your jets now, the preggos have only just begun. We don't know what the creator will add next. It might just disappoint.
Well...I think the style of the game is based more along the lines of Bloodborne. I want to say that the idea of Bloodstained being introduced was that the protag looks very similar to Miriam, and that train seems to have launched itself down the rails here in this thread at mach speed, though in a good way. Regardless, after playing Bloodstained for a good amount of time, I can say that other than main character look alikes, the similarites between this game and Bloodstained are few. At least when the other game to compare it with is Bloodborne. I will agree that D-lis deserves god-like praise, though.
Disagree. I may have a bit of bias and may have the unpopular opinion here, but the gameplay of NoR sucks. It's so slow and clunky that I simply can't even compare them on a gameplay level. I only say they're alike in ways because the protagonists look alike and share the same visual style. Bloodstained's gameplay, however, far outclasses this on every level.
I wasn't talking about the gameplay, mostly the sex. Gameplay is a bit floaty and clunky, that's all
But not for gameplay. Which was my point.
