I played around 40h of Blasphemous 1 and I just beat Blasphemous 2 (no DLC) for the first time and got ending A (a bit over 20h). I love Blasphemous' setting and lore. With that being said, the second game feels a bit more polished and that isn't necessarily good. Let me break it down: - graphics are a bit more clean, which I didn't find necessarily better, and I enjoyed the first games' animations (especially cutscenes) more (1>2); - bosses are much easier than the first game - last boss was a joke (1>2); - the map layout is better and it's easier to know where to backtrack with the "!" In spots you can and should revisit (2>1); - combat's a bit more complex in this one and, especially in the beginning, it felt a bit overwhelming (1>2); - getting around and travelling is more fluid in this game, but I did feel like the use of the different weapons was forced at times. I prefered the first game (1>2); - overall collectibles were so much easier in this game compared to the first and it ...

Pros: - The movement is amazing - Looks great - Decent lore + world building - Soundtrack is good - New weapons - Much better map - Overal mechanics are more polished than the first one - More choices for character builds Cons: - Much easier than the first one - Bosses are often the same size as the player - All the large bosses are criminally easy - 100% of the game is beatable without the block feature - Veridicto is this games easy mode - All collectables are very obviously placed - The Mea Culpa DLC is dog tier (forced to buy it for the true ending + achievements) TLDR: Worth playing but not as challenging as the first one. True torment mode does compensate for this and you can play the most white knuckle game out there.

If you're playing this game for the achievements, don't bother. They are a buggy, broken mess.

Second game is as great as the first one even better maybe in some cases love it. Worth both money & time.

For a game focused on combat and exploration, the combat is incredibly underwhelming. You get an obscene amount of i-frames when rolling so it often degrades into spamming B until there's a window to punish, and because of this nearly every boss plays out the same way. Exploration is underwhelming, and the progression is uninspired, rehashing what Hollow Knight and many other Metroid games do. Despite being a "souls-like", Blasphemous 2 plays absolutely nothing like Dark Souls. Bosses are designed completely differently, combat is designed completely differently, and even the Metroid elements are incredibly different, as your access to movement and different attacks grows throughout the game. You have a skill tree on all of your weapons, for some reason. I see absolutely no reason for these progression systems to be in place other than to stretch the game out. The art is phenomenal but the sound design is sub-par. I wish there was more I could praise about the game but it's hard to pi...

I don't recommend this game for 1 simple reason ; bad coding; easy to get soft-locked - wasted 16 hours for nothing. :)

Killed one of the bosses and game glitched because of the projectiles killed me after. the fact this happens to a game in 2025 is wild

Its more Blasphemous, which is a good thing. Definitely a lot less grindy and lighter on the back tracking. Best aspect was the Boss fights, apart from some dubious hitboxes here and there I thought they were a joy to fight and offered a good challenge without reaching controller bashing territory. TIP: once you get the lightning axe prayer it basically turns the game into easy mode and absolutely shreds bosses

gameplay is fun and an improvement from blasphemous 1 yay but i missed the moodier atmosphere and more gruesome designs in the first game

Achievement : Defeat any boss without receiving any damage me : I will beat the final boss without any damage. My only complain is the final boss is too easy. maybe I'm just too good