so ridiculously good it breaks my heart to say i am not skilled enough to beat the fight against death. honestly? people talk retroactively about SotN being a massive leap forward/huge reinvention of the franchise but rondo bridges the gap between bloodlines & co and SotN kinda perfectly? also jesus christ it speaks volumes to this game's deftness of level design that it works exactly as well to navigate with both richter and maria despite them playing so different they at times feel like they're from different games. wow! video games!