Man, I was so looking forward to Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night from Castelvania: Symphony of the Night director Koji Igarashi. That was one of my favourite games, and the Castlevania games that followed it provided some of my most treasured experiences. And while Bloodstained is a good game, I grabbed it on the Switch – and was presented with one of the most disappointing ports imaginable. While it wasn’t completely unplayable, it had terrible frame rate issues, input lag, and horrible graphics.

There’s a great big resurgence of Metroidvania games at the moment, with numerous titles that use the general concept or ideas around the concept.One of the most anticipated ones is now delayed.