A Story Analysis of Blasphemous

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  @meathir4921 · 4 years ago

  Fun detail; you can’t pause during the Isidora fight. “The voices of the dead cannot be stopped.”

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• SC

  @schmoo393 · 4 years ago

  Escribar had dreams of the Penitent One killing him, but because all of the Brothers wear the same helmet, there was no way of telling which one was the one from his dreams. So to play it safe, he had them all massacred.

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• SP

  @spookyghost5638 · 1 year ago

  The big "aha" moment for me was that the High Wills seems to be three different people. That's why it was so hard to understand the Miracle's motivation, it was three people that couldn't agree on how to treat humanity. At least not often.

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• ED

  @EduardoSanchez-xq7py · 4 years ago

  Actually, The dream's concept is based on Calderon de la Barca's play "La vida es sueño" (life is a dream), one of the most renowned works from spanish literature's golden age . It's a highly philosofical work in which the protagonist questions the meaning of reality. In Blasphemous, the dream is life and "el otro lado del sueño" means the afterlife.

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• SH

  @Shizukousapostle12 · 4 years ago

  I didn't expect Blasphemous to get the spotlight... Absolute brilliant game

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• MI

  @MichaelButlerC · 3 years ago

  The fact that it uses all Pixel art means that this game will still be beautiful and enjoyed 30 years from now..that makes me happy

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• LO

  @LovelyMinmay · 4 years ago

  Being raised in a Spanish catholic school, the entire imagery, architecture, themes, clothing design... it just really recall me of many of the things I was taught at childhood.

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• BI

  @billvolk4236 · 3 years ago

  I like the theory that the Miracle doesn't understand humanity any more than they understand it, and it is trying to give them what they want. Cvstodia already had a culture of guilt and self-harm even before the Miracle came, as evidenced by the prayer of the Twisted One, and the Miracle is indulging all of their self-destructive instincts. Maybe it is only now starting to figure out that humans are kind of crazy and is sending the Penitent One to try to  save what's left of humanity's self-respect.

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• AM

  @Amarillen · 4 years ago

  I love a lot of the small details in the names in this game; <br><br>&quot;Expósito&quot; is actually the name given to children that were abandoned / left in the care of a church or orphanage in Spain. <br>Quirce (Quirico / Ciriaco) means belonging to god<br>Deogracias is a mix of god and thanks<br>Jocinero was the name of a bull that killed his bullfighter<br>Redento refers to someone freed from sin<br><br>Almost all names are deliberate and relate to the main theme, culture and history of spain makes this game a joy to play

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• MI

  @minstrelofmoria · 4 years ago

  One thing I find really interesting about Blasphemous is the class divide. The highest authorities in the church adorn themselves in jewels as an earthly representation of divine beauty, while the lowest people can&apos;t get jewels and have to worship through the alternate method of inflicting pain upon themselves. The nuns of the Charred Visage are in the middle, so they inflict pain upon themselves in an ostentatious way. (I think there&apos;s an item description somewhere that says the olive trees are dying out because all the olives are being used for oil.) <br><br>Then you have the Penitent One, who gets power from items that someone valued, whether or not those items are beautiful or traditionally &quot;divine.&quot; (One character picked up an olive just so he wouldn&apos;t die without any possessions at all, and after he dies, you can equip the olive as an accessory.) I think there&apos;s something deliberate about the high authorities&apos; desire for the finest objects vs. the Penitent One&apos;s desire for objects that have some kind of meaning.

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• LI

  @liquidpaper1349 · 4 years ago

  I love Blasphemous. &nbsp;The story does not get enough credit. &nbsp;It made me feel ... horrified. &nbsp;The amount of suffering every character goes through - <b>and then begs for more</b> is deeply disturbing to me. &nbsp;The fact that the god of this world is more an eldritch horror with a penchant for masochism than some run of the mill diety is truly frightening. &nbsp;It&apos;s not like these people can do anything to fight back (el penitente notwithstanding) - they&apos;re literally fighting God, and theyre powerless.

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• SI

  @siriuspope3552 · 3 years ago

  As a former religion addict, the Miracle makes perfect sense to me. <br><br>One of the things you find in a lot of abrahamic sub-religions [including catholicism] is the idea that God works for His own glory first, and then our good. All of our suffering is ultimately to point towards His power and glory and graciousness in sparing us from suffering [all of which He caused in the first place]. He is allegedly all-benevolent, but technically you could call the Miracle benevolent too, by that metric.<br><br>In line with that, the idea that Laudes was punished for feeling sympathy for the Twisted One rather than worshipping the Miracle is perfectly in character. The Miracle is a petulant megalomaniac with phenomenal cosmic powers, and that would also explain why the fourth Visage was sealed away when it saw the Miracle&apos;s true form, because the Miracle needs to hide its true form away in order to maintain the illusion of being worthy of unquestioning worship.

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