Please consider making relics permanent

[iriyap]

The 3 slot system for relics adds nothing but tedium. It's especially noticeable in NG+ where you already have all 7 relics and keep shuffling them all the time, depending on the area. This kind of inventory management doesn't add any challenge, it's just irritating.

If they were just a list with on/off switches like in Castlevania games this would be a massive QoL improvement IMO.

[aurealismo]

Good idea

[JHarlequin]

There are only a couple spots where you actually could use four relics at the same time, otherwise it is always only three applicable relics. There are a couple spots where one relic if on can interfere with your movement a little bit, so there does need to be a way to disable them for a limited time.

It is interesting that they included a limit on the number of active relics at any moment but they rarely used the design to make people choose wisely to solve puzzles or get through a room.

Relics on unless disabled seems like it might be an okay feature change.

[Harmonium]

Please devs ! Its quality of life for the game, i all the time switch between relics.

And sometimes i admit we must turn off some relic, then we should get more slot for the relics or a turn on/off in the inventory !

Hope the miracle hear what we ask :p

[figbyfigbyfigby]

I'm all in for this QoL improvement if it happens but I think you're seeing the half-empty glass.

The half-full glass is 0 backtracking because we have all the relics at the start of the game.

Just because I already have the nail relic, that doesn't mean I'll equip it every time I have to cross a mud pool in the holy line and unequip it afterwards.

Blood platforms + 3 Tongues are almost always useful, then switch the 3rd when needed:

- Talking with the dead is not essential on NG+ if you've been meticolous on a 1st run, so shroud is almost useless.

- when Silver lung Is needed, It usually stay useful for a good amount of time, same for Gold linen.

- Nail real usefulness time hardly reaches a minute in total, equip when needed.

- Hand Is kinda useful on NG+ to further avoid backtracking for secret rooms.

My go to relics 90% of the time are Bowl + Tongue + Hand.

[Pneuma]

I agree, a easy solution would be to make 7 slots instead of 3. This way we can keep them all on if we want and disable them if they become a hinderance. But yes this would be a massive QoL improvement.

[iriyap]

This is how[www.mobygames.com] it was done in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. You can still turn them all off but there are no annoying inventory slots to manage.