When Bloodborne came out, I was ass deep in debts, recently lost a job, and every penny that I had saved went to helping pay the bills.
I'm a huge Souls fan, so I was pretty depressed that I couldn't afford a PS4 to play it. I used to read negative impressions of the game, and held on to them to make myself believe I wasn't missing anything.
>the game is too short
>it's all spammy action, it's not an RPG
>the framerate sucks
>low amount of weapons
That shit kept me sane as I was going trhough crippling depression.
Anyway, earlier this year I got a job and last month I got a PS4 and played Bloodborne.
It's the greatest game of all time.
I was trying to create an illusion that this game sucked so I wouldn't feel like I was missing anything. But I did, I missed a fuckton in the past year.
To whoever still hasn't played this game, do it. No excuses, find a way. It's the best game ever made.
>praising a non-nintendo exclusive
Shill thread #27563
>Threaded cane
Good taste.
>>337969306
We're glad for you anon.
Get yourself a Whirligig Saw anon.
That's how true hunters roll.
>>337969306
>It's the greatest game of all time.
I don't know about of all time, but it looks like a pretty good game.
>>337969306
>big souls fan
>slightly annoyed that bloodborne is PS4 exclusive because i didnt have a PS4 when it came out and no other PS4 game interested me
>import the MGS5 PS4 console from japan because I was even a bigger MGS fan
>end up majorly disappointed by MGS5
oh yeah I should play Bloodborne
>end up loving it
>seriously loving it
>think it's one of the best games ever and maybe the best game of the decade.
cheers OP, we're in the same boat.
Good for you. I recently played through it for the first time as well and love it.
I have to say that it is a bit too easy though. Except the DLC there isn't really any hard boss in the game.
Chalice Dungeons are also just a fucking autism simulator.
>>337969306
ONE OF US ONE OF US
>>337971170
Really? I thought it was the hardest game in the souls series. Just finished DS3 as well, and it was a breeze compared to BB.
I guess that's just because I'm a greatshield user on DS games though.
Yeah it's pretty fucking great OP. I feel the same way, glad you liked it.
Now someone tell me where the FUCK that screenshot is from. I have never seen that location across my 14 playthroughs.
>>337969306
It's a great game. I think I personally prefered Dark Souls 1 because of it's interconnecting world. But I think the atmosphere topped that of DeS in a lot of it's areas,Although ToL is still numero uno for atmosphereand the story was the best of the lot.
>>337971346
It's the Witches of Hemwick. Look up next time you're there.
>>337969306
I mean, all those complaints are accurate. But if you aren't ok with those facts, maybe the Souls games aren't for you
>>337969306
sounds like you lowered your expectations too much. its an ok game....
>>337971346
Witch of Hemwick bossroom with photoshop
>>337971346
Witch's Abode m8 (Witches of Hemwick boss arena)
>Shit talked the game when I had no means to play it
>Posted about the FPS, load times and SICKDARK shit
>Parents surprised me with a PS4 for Christmas
>Say well shit, might as well try it
>Turns into my favorite game of all time
Sorry
>>337971332
I hear this a lot. I found BB easier as well. The speed dodging, extreme stam regen and 20 quick sip vials made it a cakewalk. The only enemies in the game that took concentration were the other Hunters. Especially that Katana cunt in the church for Eileen's quest.
Who /kos/ here?
>No game has come close to atmosphere since
>>337971687
The load times are still killing me though. Sometimes it takes forever to load. It is especially annoying when you just want to check up on some NPC and the combined loading times is higher than the walking+talking section.
>>337971756
That fucking guy is so balls to the walls if you don't cheese him. Felt like Demons Soul Old King Doran only 50 times worse
>>337969306
I don't know why so many people shit on the weapons. Do they feel bad to use? Because as someone with no PS4 and 130 hours in DaSIII, they all LOOK fun as hell. That fucking dagger-bow, man. A REAL Moonlight Greatsword. The Kirkhammer. I'd kill for just one of those things in DaSIII.
When it came out it was ok.
When it got patched it was good.
When it got DLC it was superb.
>>337971346
>>337972035
The weapons are fucking awesome. But there aren't enough of them on the base game. The DLC adds a fuckton of cool weapons though.
>>337972035
They also all have a unique moveset. There are less weapons, but they are all great. Could have gone the Dark Souls route and just added 10 different straight swords
Really? Because I found the game unable to hold my attention. I loved Dark Souls and was able to at least finish 2, but this just bored me and I have no plans on getting 3. I guess I'm not much of a souls fan.
>>337972035
By far the most fun out of any souls style game.
>>337971478
>>337971516
>>337971527
Of course, I feel silly now. Damn that room is good looking, but that image clearly has some after effects.
Too bad it hosts the worst boss(es) in the game.
>>337972187
These are sick. Post more if you have 'em.
>>337972173
MADE
>>337972283
Maybe I'm bias because I like flashy, transforming weapons (Switch Axe for life), but even the base game had cool weapons to me. Aside from the lore, which is right up my alley, the weapons are the second reason I'd even consider buying the game.
>>337972369
>>337972398
That's what I thought. Dark Souls has "more" weapons, but half of them tend to be useless, straight clones, or simply less efficient than the alternatives. WE NEED MORE STRAIGHT SWORDS.
>>337972283
Sometimes I wish from would also add weapons to the base game when they release the DLC. New weapons in the DLC are great, but some of them are just so hard to get if you aren't really that good, that they only really play a role if you do NG+
Running through all the shit and grabbing Amygdalan Arm the moment you can access the DLC is fucking fun though
>you missed out on launch DeS, DaS and BB
>you missed out on being raped by scraping spears
>you missed out on 50% equip load flips
>you missed out on op Cannon and rifle spear
>>337972726
It's fantastic for the RPG part though. My favorite axe is the Dragonslayer Crescent Axe. It's not the best weapon of the game but it just looks perfect for what I want my character to wield. Of course, there are even more axes to choose from if I didn't happen to like this one aesthetically.
So yeah, there are tons of "more of the same" weapons, but that just makes it so there's a perfect weapon for every aspie roleplayer out there.
>>337973051
I never experienced Bloodborne online because you have to pay for it.
Fucking Japenese Jews
>>337969306
>Huge fan of Dark 1
>Hear about Bloodborne
>Not really feeling the Victorian vibe
>get a £200 voucher from my Grandma for Xmas that was meant to be spent on a Hoover but I already have one
>Go for the WiiU instead of a PS4
>Turns out it's a Lovecraftian game
>Pissed as fuck since I love H.P Lovecraft
>Have to save up to play Bloodborne.
Still a great game, a very close second to Dark 1 in the series.
>>337973583
>knowing it's Lovecraftian before playing
I pity you.
> I used to read negative impressions of the game, and held on to them to make myself believe I wasn't missing anything.
This is fine, whatever you need to do to get yourself through a tough time.
AS LONG AS YOU DID NOT SHITPOST. I hope you kept it to yourself and did not contaminate /v/ even further with your impotence. I haven't played BB yet, nor do I have a PS4, but the thought that people are legitimately shitposting about games because they can't play them drives me up a fucking wall.
>>337969306
What the fuck armour is that and where the fuck is that area? Is that in the chalice dungeons? I don't recognize that armour at all, it's not the Cainhurst set...
>love souls games
>have a longing to play a new souls game every time i get one.
>just dont feel the same way with bloodborne
I don't really know why. I still havent beaten the game despite getting it for my birthday all the way back in november. Yet when i got dark souls 3 i was approaching endgame within days.
>>337973704
I avoided BB threads like a plague so I wouldn't feel down, so yeah.
>>337973760
The top is the Knight's Armour from Cainhurst and the area is the Witches boss room.
>>337973051
I'm kinda glad I missed out on the horseshit, but I also got into DeS and DaS so late that there was basically no online activity. That's why I'm so happy 3 exists. I can get summoned almost instantly, sometimes before the sign animation finishes, as opposed to waiting upwards of an hour even for a hotspot like O&S.
I've been seeing a shit load of new player Bloodborne threads recently, have a lot of people started buying PS4's or something?
Sony game don't get 90+ or 85+ on metacritic for nothing you know
>>337969306
I am glad you had fun OP
>Never played a Souls game or had much interest in them
>Picked up BB after all the praise plus it was only $20 on Black Friday
>Steep learning curve but never gave up
>Platinum'd it as I loved it so much
>Still get the urge to go back to it
Strange thing is I'm still not interested in the Souls games from what I've seen but man BB is really something special.
>>337974443
went on sale last week or 2 for $20 at Best Buy and amazon. pretty sure target had a sale too
Which chalice dungeons are completely necessary to fight Queen Yharnam? It's the only trophy I have left to get.
>>337975214
You've got to go through all the Pthumeru ones, and you'll need to get an ingredient (Bastard of Loran, I think) from Ailing Loran.
>>337974443
I really like this screenshot. Mind if I save it?
>>337975008
wish the game had a proper photo mode though
>the old hunters will never go on sale
pls sony
Im happy you you got through that rough time /anon/.
>>337975386
Go for it dude, I just wish I knew about .png mode before I took all ym screenshots
>>337974443
Ordered it on Amazon for $30 last week, still in the mail.
I think what happened was everyone bought The Witcher 3 last year instead of Bloodborne . The Witcher was fun at first but to me it got very boring and repetitive. Also way too much dialogue, I kept having to skip a lot.
Hopefully Bloodborne keeps me engaged more.
>>337975457
Just buy it you stingy jew, it's worth every penny
>>337969306
That screenshot looks like something that you would see on 3ds.
>>337969306
Confessions of a PCuck
>>337969306
If you get depressed over a video game, I think need to get a life.
>>337969306
Happy to hear things have turned around...faggot
>>337975685
>.png mode
How?
>>337974068
Steam sales also brings a lot more online activity.
>>337976037
Go into your settings and into share options and change the default saving method to .png
You end up with much better quality shots mane
>>337976009
Did you not read the first sentence?
>When Bloodborne came out, I was ass deep in debts, recently lost a job, and every penny that I had saved went to helping pay the bills.
When you're knee deep in shit you want to have your thing to keep you sane. Some folks it's football, some folks it's cigarettes, some folks it's movies, some books, others video games.
>>337976214
'Preciate it famslice
nah, the main games content is fairly sub standard, with the areas after amelia being both tedious and boring, and never really reaching their full scope of potential.
Nightmare of mensis in particular, is possibly the worst example, it felt like such a let down that they wasted such a perfect opportunity to be creative on a level that felt like more bland victorian garbage, with a few eldritch influences like the eyes and brain.
I was heavily disappointed with the bosses as well, rom, witches of hemwick, the one reborn, celestial emissary and micolash in particular are some of the worst in the entire series. Other than gehrman, the game had a really weak ending as well, it felt underdeveloped how you fought wet nurse at the end of mensis, a boss who seemed far too shit to be a potentially final/penultimate boss, and then you are suddenly at the end potentially, moon presence itself seemed relatively unrealised, I disliked how the fight itself played out like a weird version of the beasts, it felt uncreative after the glorious cutscene.
The online functionality was limited by the invasion areas being such an obvious rushed design choice, they shouldn't have focussed the nightmare areas being far and above the best zone to invade when the other areas in the game were both visually more interesting, and more satisfying to mess around in.
The bell maiden system is absolutely atrocious, it made invading both incredibly frustrating in areas, and frustrating in terms of the actual in game experience, with low health and ganking.
Cont.
>>337969306
>Bloodborne GOAT
>>337976560
>cont.
nah mate you just proved how much of a fag you are, no need to keep going
>>337975685
FUCK
I WISH I KNEW ABOUT THAT EARLIER
>>337976751
Nice rebuttal.
>>337969306
It's alright, but I've always thought Souls was, while good, kind of overrated to begin with, so eh.
>>337975298
Alright, thanks.
>>337976852
didnt even read half of your post, but of what I read it seemed like a bunch of shitty opinions, no need to discuss that
>Play DaS3
>Enjoy it
>Bored by NG+
>Go back to Bloodborne
Jesus CHRIST what the fuck happened.
It's too good at times.
>>337977054
Not my post. But a guy trying to have legitimate discussion being reduced down to "nah mate" is pretty asinine. Or is this not the place to discuss video games?
>>337977054I agree with him on the majority of his post. Still a good game, though, just not nirvana like Soulsfags make it out to be.
>>337976404
no prob mane
>>337976560
I absolutely despised the chalice dungeon content, the tight hallways and heavy focus on gank encounter design ruined any fun, although the same can be said about a lot of bloodborne when it comes to the mindless "let's put lots of enemies in a short space because why not lel", in addition chalice dungeons seemed far more indicative of wasted content, and it seemed like through some of the lore they were hyping up a genuine labyrinthe experience that they just didn't have time to finish.
I also felt a further sour note after first playing the dlc, the heavy focus on the clocktower just reminded me of how heavy it was a feature and motif in not only some of bloodborne's in game content, but also a large portion of the marketing material, that and the larger story implications made it fairly obvious to me it was meant to be in the original game.
The nature of the nightmare itself was far more interesting, especially fishing hamlet, than anything in bloodborne's main game in terms of "eldritch/lovecraft" potential, where ebrietas and the various brain themes in mensis and frontier really consist of the main explicit content, Bloodborne in general though never really expanded upon this, there was never a moment I felt truly contrasted with the previous tonality of the game in a way which felt overtly eldritch apart from the encounter with rom and moon presence, both of which were very short sequences.
By large I felt a certain dissonance with the people who claim that the "twist" is a notable point by which bloodborne grips the player.
Rather for me, I only felt the game got heavily worse after cathedral ward, where the great sense of world cohesion was somewhat lost for various reasons, and the level and encounter design took a turn for the worst, the bosses in general, shadows of yharnam, hemwick witches, rom, the one reborn, amygdala, micolash and wet nurse felt both less well designed in terms of sheer quality, as well as general bad gameplay
cont
>>337977126
>>337969306
Funny. I recently played the game for the first time as well and I'm still kind of disappointed by it.
Still far better than Dark Souls 2 though but definitely weaker than Dark Souls and Demon's Souls.
>>337969306
*claps
grape bait brah
>>337969306
subscribed ;)
>>337969306
It's my favorite game too. I like strength-based weapons, particularly the claw, Kirkhammer, and cutter.
>>337977191
I agree but the thread is about that amazing sensation you get when you try a game the game you always wanted and turns out to be fucking amazing, it isnt necesary for a dude to appear and start vomiting his opinions like an overanalizing douche, nobody asked for it, and nobody cares
>>337977341
That's not to say there weren't good bosses in bloodborne, but the quality consistency of the game was heavily frontloaded.
So central yharnam, gascoigne, cleric beast, cathedral ward, vicar amelia, old yharnam and blood starved beast both left a consistent and memorable impression, as well as giving me unique and well designed bosses in a good and condensed pace, in addition I felt the twisting level design was at it's peak here with the more layered and thick atmosphere the city scape gave off, whereas in later areas it felt more contrived as a result of the sparser environments, the nightmare areas in particular being examples of this, it limited the "natural" feeling I had with the world.
Ebrietas and Logarius remain late game standout points, they were both unique bosses that I felt utilised their potential well, but there was a minor issue I had with health bloat, but that was probably a result of my level at the time, although it was still a consistent issue I had throughout bloodborne, but not too much of a gripe.
The DLC felt refreshing, but like I said, also a bit sour, to start, one of the bosses, Laurence felt like a massive waste, such a central character, so much potential, and they instead throw tons of bad game design on him:
>Ridiculously bloated health pool
>Large Aoe's on a large portion of his attacks unneccesarily past phase 2
>phase 3 is largely a game of luck depending on whether his swipe/aoe's get out of rhythm with the player, or end up with the player stuck near a wall
Horrible, horrible boss, the reskin nature of his appearance didn't help either.
Living failures were one of my favourite bosses design wise, the large plant in the middle, the huge meteor like strikes and music change, but still, the rest of the fight was rather limp.
Orphan and Ludwig were good, but I felt similar to ludwig orphan had far too much health, and ludwig had several attacks in his first phase that had needless delays, the jumps in particular.
>>337978057
I suppose but that's being a tad hypersensitive. We can point out the flaws in things we love. Dark Souls is my favorite video game of all time and I can acknowledge shit like the reusing of the Asylum Demon etc.
Is this as linear as Dark Souls 3?
>>337978153
Further to my point on the quality consistency, the later game areas felt less realised, byrgenwerth in particular was hardly even there for such a central plot area, which was disappointing in retrospect and future playthroughs, although on the first run through, it didn't really resonate with me as much.
Upper Cathedral ward was painfully short, with the one main room itself full of "throw enemies in the area you've already played against and see what happens" tier encounters
Castle Cainhurst similarly, for such a large and domineering entrance, feels short and underdeveloped, an area that could have easily used another side route to the lower reaches, and another boss. The enemy design itself wasn't particularly great either, the gargoyles had a tendency to overuse their grab attacks, and the ghosts were kind of pointless.
Nightmare frontier is virtually useless in retrospect, the runes you get there aren't really useful.
Nightmare of mensis has better level design in the first half, but the bosses and the second half feel less developed.
Yahar'gul itself shares the good level and world design of bloodborne's first half, but the upper reaches feature awful encounters with the buff/respawning enemies by way of bell maidens, and the three hunter encounter in the lower area.
I only wrote all this out because I can't understand why anyone would think Bloodborne is perfect, not because it's their favourite game of all time.
>>337978842
Nightmare Frontier is a PvP area that spawns chime maidens to facilitate PvP.
>>337978842
>>337978153
>>337977341
>>337976560
what is this fucking autism
>>337969306
I feel so conflicted. I had a PS4 and I got Bloodborne on release day and I beat it. I sold my PS4 since there isn't anything worth having it for and moved back to PC. Now even thought we got DS3 I really want to play Bloodborne again but can't justify myself to buy a PS4 just to beat the game again. I fucking hate Sony and they should fucking die already
>>337971885
Gravity Rush and Uncharted 4 both have incredible atmospheres. Nothing like Bloodborne but it's there
Bloodborne was pretty amazing and it left an awesome after "taste" in the mouth. I remember every single awesome new area and I have fond memories of my characters, defined by their gear, items and characteristics
BUT.... It's not a ten. They could have done much much more with this game, here's my list on how to amplify an already awesome game:
>more npcs. Just straight up more stories, more subtle, well crafted sub-plots like the music box for gascoigne or the beast guy in the window.
>More inspiration and unique elements in some levels. The berserk-like dark and dead design can be fun to look at but gets old sometimes.
>Just go all out on spooky shit. Fuck genres, just horror my shit up like in the upper cathedral ward
>More cutscenes of NPCS doing bloodborney things.
>Less sensation of "Go here, kill that, rinse and repeat"
>>337975742
Its very gameplay focused, if you like the mechanics you'll get a lot of hours out of the game
>>337978758
Yeah, pretty much.
I have like 3 NG+'s completed in Bloodborne but I couldn't bring myself to even start DS3 NG+
I wanted to like ds3 but BB really is just a unique souls game on its own
>A dark fantasy game with a map like DS1 and BB combined in size
>Almost everything is open from the start, non-linear masterfully crafted levels
>World is filled with inspired NPCS and sidequests with good writing. Filled means 2 NPCS per level
>World has fully explored themes. If you make a bloodborney-looking level, go in and open up a portal to a horror dimension.
>It makes MINIMAL use of meme souls maps like swamps and le final castle meme
Fund it
>>337980916
The first point I agree with, it definitely could've used more story and NPC but it's largely limited because of budget however,
>More inspiration and unique elements in some levels.
I don't understand this. Please at least watch this breh:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sH2-texH34o&index=2
Can someone post some Bloodborne lore videos?
I am not patient or interested enough to figure this shit out on my own and honestly don't care either, but I need something to watch
>>337982038
Easily digestible:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzGMMy3ptxzZ8L5SxNSVGSvs8e8IdHVH3
Comprehensive:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWmr0SQmJ64bt6mabLClTYa1r_hSdjO4M
Take a week off work:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ17Wuu7rVt7ytbFGwAHZSzq2kZKqRlfw
>>337981493
Well DSII was originally slated to be even more open-world than DaS1 before Bamco stepped in.
>>337982218
Based.
>Take a week off work:
I thought you were joking at first, but oh my l
