Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2 review — The Mega Man 10 of Castlevania games

Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2 has me thinking of Mega Man 10. Mega Man 9 was the big retro revival for the series. And then developer Inti Creates did it again just a couple of years later with Mega Man 10. This resulted in another fun, challenging, nostalgic action sidescroller … just one that had less impact.

You can say the same exact thing about Curse of the Moon 2. Hell, Inti Creates is even the studio behind both it and its predecessor. While Castlevania isn’t in the name, this is a classic Castlevania experience inspired by the franchise’s older installments, specifically Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse for the NES.