Thoughts on blasphemous

>Is it better when you actually play it?
No it's not + the level design is non-existent. You'll fall into surprise spike pits and feel like just dropping this piece of shit game.

Based zoomer

is deaths gambit a better version of this game?

Deaths gambit has no mechanical depth and even worse art direction.
So no.
This is just Classic Castlevania without enough production values to make it worthwhile.