BB is the only souls game I beat. The others weren't that hard, I just lost interest/a new game came out and forgot to play it again.
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I changed my mind, Bloodborne is indeed the best Souls game
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Definitely. It's the best game by From. I thought the opening bits were flawed, but by and large the game is phenomenal. Just such a well realized world, too.
Yes, and it also felt like it had way too much Bloodborne influence as well. I like Bloodborne for what's there, but the base game was just too sparse for me, and it didn't feel complete until The Old Hunters. I also absolutely believe that the chalice dungeons were the worst addition and took away development resources from something much better. Overall Bloodborne is probably my third or even fourth favorite game FromSoftware has released since 2009. I also don't particularly care for its aesthetic either. It's not quite, but nearly monochromatic at times.
Bloodborne improves dramatically with it. For me it went from: "Bleh, I'd rather play Dark Souls 2 any day for the variety" to "Oh finally, how the game should have been at launch!"
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Yeah I never saw the appeal after beating it the first time. I've been selfishly happy that they haven't spent their time doing a second one. Sorry to all the fans!
Weird how much our tastes align. I'll echo the same sentiment but swap TW3 with Hollow Knight instead.
It's funny this thread comes up right after I attempted Bloodborne for the 3rd time. Gave up after 10 minutes both previous times because I had never played a Souls game and didn't understand what was happening.
With that said, I managed to fight thru the initial annoyance of not knowing wtf is going on and actually finding it pretty addictive even though I've only really replayed the first level about 50 times.
Hopefully going back to the previous Souls games after this isn't going to take away from the experience.
With that said, I managed to fight thru the initial annoyance of not knowing wtf is going on and actually finding it pretty addictive even though I've only really replayed the first level about 50 times.
Hopefully going back to the previous Souls games after this isn't going to take away from the experience.
I really wish I got into HK. I have it on Switch still. Bounced off within an hour.
I'll give it another go again soon...
I'm current playing through Bloodborne for the first time. Just beat MWN and started Old Hunters but I think I'm gonna go back and complete the chalice dungeons first.....I guess. They're a bit of a slog and Old Hunters is extremely tempting (I played for 10 min and loved what they were throwing at me), but I feel like it'd be better to complete them now.
Sekiro is the only Souls game I've actually completed (I used to get stuck on a boss and lose interest but I'm going to revisit the DS series with my newfound skillset, git gud and finally beat them). And I completed NG+, too. It's a masterpiece. Holds a special place in my heart so it's probably my favourite Souls game if it counts.
Sekiro is the only Souls game I've actually completed (I used to get stuck on a boss and lose interest but I'm going to revisit the DS series with my newfound skillset, git gud and finally beat them). And I completed NG+, too. It's a masterpiece. Holds a special place in my heart so it's probably my favourite Souls game if it counts.
DS2 isn't my favourite but I can see why it can be for some, it has the largest build variety and arguably the best/most accesible PvP, which is what some people care about the most.
I'm about 1/3 of the way through and am absolutely loving it so far! I just beat the Blood-Starved Beast after hours of trying, and it was so satisfying! Also, the Blade of Mercy is super fun to use!
fromsofts perfect level design and world building is polished to a mirror sheen, and the flow of combat is much more focused on engaging and thinking on your toes
countering/parrying is nuts and i love it, but it takes a lot of practice and each enemy and boss have different windows you gotta feel out
the smaller amount of weapons opens them up to being more versatile and a lot more varied than you'd expect, I'd compare the weapons in bloodborne to a fighting game roster, where each one can florish or has that one move in its moveset you just might love
the connecting open world is an aesthetic evolution over dark souls, where each area is physically traveled to, and opens up shortcuts back to hubs or other areas, where in demons souls you just have contained areas you warp to that have their own mini-shortcuts and the like
traveling between areas flows incredibly well design-wise, and landmarks are set to give you a great sense of scale in the world. one moment you'll be looking over a vast forest with windmills popping up out of it, only a few hours later to be deep in that forest and come across one of those windmills
boss designs, both in moveset and how they look, are top notch, with only a one or two that are a bit 'meh'
Wow, thank you for the response! I'll be firing up BB this weekend.
BB is a cool and janky game. It might be their best if it were on PC, but DS3 and Sekiro ran so well and looked great on PC so I don't know.