History YMMV / BloodstainedRitualOfTheNight

* GuideDangIt:
** Trying to find a Scythe Mite and Kunekune, both which require unconventional means to spawn. The former requires blood to be spilled on a specific room of the Towers of the Twin Draongs, which depending on your loadout might not happen. The later requires the player to sit in a specific chair on the train and wait for it to jumpscare you.

* ObviousBeta: While this was most pronounced with the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch port, which was widely regarded as a complete trainwreck on release, the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 and UsefulNotes/XboxOne ports had their own share of issues, including both systems being prone to crashing, the [=PlayStation 4=] Pro having graphics that somehow looked ''worse'' than on the original model (albeit a considerably better framerate), the Xbox One systems having a broken HDR implementation, and certain boss fights on both systems being prone to causing the framerate to tank to near-unplayable levels.

** The UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch version was widely lambasted for its numerous serious performance issues. While many expected its lower resolution and slower FPS, the other issues were less acceptable. The numerous graphical issues and borderline [[UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS 3DS]]-level graphical performance, input lag, regular crashes, LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading, and extremely dodgy framerate that often dips into the teens and frequently stutters or hangs have all greatly soured the fanbase's opinion of the Switch version, and many fans seriously wondered if they even tried to make the Switch version good. Furthermore, several details suggested that they were well aware of the Switch version's issues (the BlatantLies about the reason for its poor performance at E3, plus the Switch version shipping out a week late in what appeared to be a transparent ploy to get it to fly under the radar and not drag down the initial review scores), which pissed off the fanbase even more. The general mood among backers who chose the Switch version has been one of anger, and, at best, people are hoping that they will actually listen to them regarding the game's issues and address them via patching. [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iga/bloodstained-ritual-of-the-night/posts/2547316?ref=ksr_email_backer_project_update_registered_users IGA and 505 Games responded swiftly and promised a fix by reallocating their resources and programmers majorly to fix the Switch issue.]]

* FanartAtFirstSight: Held a Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign to encourage this by adding extra unlocks based on receiving fanart and cosplay photos of the protagonists.

** While the game had a good, positive following at first, the first reveal of the graphics of the game made people think twice, declaring it as ugly. This was reversed when they showed off new, improved shaders for the game and some updated graphics, which many people declared looked downright beautiful.