Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night was released a few days ago, and it has already received two patches. Those who have been playing the game at launch need to be wary of updating it, as the latest patch has the potential to put the player in an unwinnable situation.

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is a Metroidvania-style game, which means that the player needs to explore the world in order to acquire the abilities and items necessary to be able to reach locations that could not be visited earlier in the game. There are some items in Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night that can only be found in treasure chests and they are necessary in order to complete the game.

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The players who download the 1.02 patch have a chance of being affected with a bug that will cause their game to be unwinnable. According to Game Informerthe latest patch has a chance of causing unopened chests to open on their own, which means that the player cannot acquire the items they contain when finding them. If the item in the chest is necessary for completing the game, then the player is stuck.

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505 Games has issued a statement that confirms the existence of the bug and there is currently no reliable fix to ensure that pre-patch progress is saved. The only guaranteed way to ensure that your save file is unaffected is to start a brand new one. The patch has yet to be issued for the Xbox One version of the game, which means that Xbox players might want to finish the game before then, or try to avoid downloading the patch. The Nintendo Switch port of the game isn't even out yet, which means that the Nintendo fans can ignore the issues by making sure the game is fully patched before starting a new save file.

It's a shame that such a nasty bug has affected Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night at launch, as the game is really good and lives to up its promise of being a successor to the later Castlevania games. Check out TheGamer's review of the game by following the link below.

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is available now for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. The game will be available for Nintendo Switch on June 25, 2019.

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