we'll still be having these arguments while the world is being swallowed by the sun.
Elden Ring or Bloodborne
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Both are 10/10 games (alongside DS1) but I prefer Bloodborne a hell of a lot more. Vastly prefer the setting (I mean gothic and lovecrafian horror, come on), much more aggressive gameplay, weapons being quality over quantity and the fucking music. I simply just vibe with it harder.
Elden Ring is the near-perfection of the Souls genre.
Bloodborne, however, is way too cool for school and remains higher ranked for me.
Bloodborne, however, is way too cool for school and remains higher ranked for me.
I like Bloodborne, especially the idea behind trick weapons, but I don't like the gun parry system and having to charge R2 to set up a visceral attack is always awkward for me. Also 30 fps sucks.
Elden Ring, to me, is more fun to play with stuff like jump attacks, guard counters, guard breaks, weapon variety further enhanced by ashes of war and power stancing, and really fun spells. I felt it was also more fun to explore.
Elden Ring, to me, is more fun to play with stuff like jump attacks, guard counters, guard breaks, weapon variety further enhanced by ashes of war and power stancing, and really fun spells. I felt it was also more fun to explore.
Elden Ring is easily one of the best games I've ever played, but Bloodborne is my favorite game of all time.
BB>Elden Ring>DS3>DS1>DeS>Sekiro>DS2
BB>Elden Ring>DS3>DS1>DeS>Sekiro>DS2
That sentence makes no sense. DeS (specially) and ds1 bosses are a damn joke. At the time maybe they seemed good, but they are the most basic bosses you can think of now.
One game is 30fps with bad IQ and Chromatic Aberration.
The other is Elden Ring.
No contest here when it comes to playability.
Bloodborne.
Much better setting (seriously From, enough with the damn fantasy already), more interesting lore and a more fun combat system. Dashing, instant healing, gun parrying, trick weapons. Just more fun to play.
Much better setting (seriously From, enough with the damn fantasy already), more interesting lore and a more fun combat system. Dashing, instant healing, gun parrying, trick weapons. Just more fun to play.
We've had this thread and poll twice now I believe.
Still Bloodborne. For an open world, I got bored of Elden Ring fast.
Still Bloodborne. For an open world, I got bored of Elden Ring fast.
Yea 'underwhelming' is definitely the wrong word to use. Perhaps 'a chore' is better.
I had tons of lulls in Bloodborne. (And that's ignoring the lulls of farming vials because I wasn't capable of beating some bosses but wanted to keep trying regardless.)
Also navigating to simply progress the game in BB led to lulls where I had to actually look up what area I failed to find on my own. Mainline progression in ER never required that.
Also on the boss topic, most boss runs in BB are short, but some are definitely long enough to be really annoying if you're the sort of player who keeps bashing their skull against the boss instead of coming back later with more levels. The run to the old dude on the snowy castle felt like a hell of a lull.
If you play Bloodborne again, a good practice is to spend about 15% of your blood echoes on vials, and bullets if you need 'em. You'll likely never have to farm, and you'll have a smoother experience with it. You may of course already be aware of this, but I thought i'd mention it just in case <3.
Elden Ring for me. I love the freedom, build variety, all jaw dropping areas, scale of the world and all verticality, thanks to having option to jump.
ER -> DS1 - > BB
Also, Flasks => piece of crap => Blood Vials
ER -> DS1 - > BB
Also, Flasks => piece of crap => Blood Vials
The game that has lengthy load screens and heal scarcity has lulls in its core experience. I don't believe most people who say "you have enough vials if you play right" when so many people hate that system. Maybe god gamers and souls vets always had spares, but as the first one I played through that was not the case. Some of the run backs to the bosses were needlessly long too. Im the type to attempt a boss even if im feeling underleveled as opposed to grinding levels, which a few bosses drained vials like crazy.
You can level, but that probably means going through multiple load screens into a challice dungeon, or grinding levels on a specific area. I think Elden Ring is their first game that truly felt like you could just come back to something and go do one of many other things. You can't really even experiment with other builds in Bloodborne easily, either. Went the whole game with 2 melee weapons just swinging at the enemies, mostly 1.
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Am aware by now but thanks! Back when I found out in my first playthrough that I should have been buying them even when I had excess, I was already at a point where they were the most expensive and it felt so bogus. I seriously couldn't believe the vials went through all those price hikes - those merchants are some filthy capitalists I tell you what.
That being said, I amassed hundreds by farming multiple times only to keep losing those hundreds on a few select bosses I had trouble with. Because I kept blowing through 15 to 20 per attempt. So I'm pretty sure that even had I originally been buying extras, at that point in the game I would have still lost them all. It's funny cause I kept hearing how people consider the first half of the game more difficult, whereas I found the first half surprisingly easy but had bosses that I just kept failing to adjust to in the second half.
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I definitely prefer Bloodborne. Field exploration barely felt like a positive for me in Elden Ring. Sure there are some nice vistas from time to time but I don't care for it for the most part. ER was most memorable to me when all I had to do was push forward so stuff like the eternal cities all the way down to Astel which is really just normal Souls-faire when you get down to it.
The way the traditional areas were broken up did not work to the games benefit for me personally. When you add it all up there's a significant length regular Souls game in there but I dunno. Also getting certain build defining weapons/artifacts are kind of pain to remember.
I'll cut ER some slack because it's hard to divorce my memory of Bloodborne to exclude The Old Hunters when on its own, is maybe the best thing From has ever made. Hopefully the ER DLC elevates the experience in the same way.
The way the traditional areas were broken up did not work to the games benefit for me personally. When you add it all up there's a significant length regular Souls game in there but I dunno. Also getting certain build defining weapons/artifacts are kind of pain to remember.
I'll cut ER some slack because it's hard to divorce my memory of Bloodborne to exclude The Old Hunters when on its own, is maybe the best thing From has ever made. Hopefully the ER DLC elevates the experience in the same way.
Coming back to a boss more leveled up is 10x more of a chore in a traditional souls like bloodborne compared to Elden Ring too. In Elden Ring when I cant beat a boss and decide to come back later, I can explore loads of new areas I havent been to before and they are all great. In bloodborne either I grind one spot or do chalice dungeons which are pretty bad.
Even after Elden Ring which I loved, Bloodborne remains my favorite game of all time.
I love the transforming weapons, quickstep dodging, gun parries, and the rally system which encourages aggression. All this combined with the Lovecraftian setting puts Bloodborne on another level.
I love the transforming weapons, quickstep dodging, gun parries, and the rally system which encourages aggression. All this combined with the Lovecraftian setting puts Bloodborne on another level.
It's very hard to choose which one is better. Both legendary games. In terms of combat and enemy design bloodborne is better. But Elden ring's open world makes it so deep and immersive. It also has way more weapon and enemy variety, and technically it's also way more polished.
But considering Elden ring is one of the biggest rpgs ever made in terms of sales and critical acclaim, I don't think we'll ever see bb 2, which is really sad.
But considering Elden ring is one of the biggest rpgs ever made in terms of sales and critical acclaim, I don't think we'll ever see bb 2, which is really sad.
Different strengths, but ER being massive gives it a higher risk for burnout which can leave a bad taste. The poll isn't surprising in that regard.
ER I think is From's best game, but it suffers from diminishing returns that come with it having a lot of the same bones that Souls games have had since 2009. The fact that such a familiar experience can feel remarkable a decade later is a massive achievement. I can't decide how much of that is a credit to ER as a game or to the foundation laid back in Demon Souls.
ER and BB both are lacking in the multiplayer department for me compared to the Souls games. Covenants were responsible for many of my favorite From memories, and the lack of anything similar in the non-Souls games is disappointing. Particularly for ER, its multiplayer offerings feel like a meaningful regression when it takes almost everything else from Souls.
ER I think is From's best game, but it suffers from diminishing returns that come with it having a lot of the same bones that Souls games have had since 2009. The fact that such a familiar experience can feel remarkable a decade later is a massive achievement. I can't decide how much of that is a credit to ER as a game or to the foundation laid back in Demon Souls.
ER and BB both are lacking in the multiplayer department for me compared to the Souls games. Covenants were responsible for many of my favorite From memories, and the lack of anything similar in the non-Souls games is disappointing. Particularly for ER, its multiplayer offerings feel like a meaningful regression when it takes almost everything else from Souls.
I'll wait until the DLC to make a judgement.
Old Hunters has some of the best bosses and levels in From's history.
I want From to go really freakin weird with Elden Ring DLC.
Old Hunters has some of the best bosses and levels in From's history.
I want From to go really freakin weird with Elden Ring DLC.
Both were fantastic but only one of them stick out in my mind as the truly memorable experience. Bloodborne.
After spending 130 hours in Elden Ring (have not touched it for the last 3 or 4 weeks), i was surprised by how fuzzy the game felt in my mind. I think back on the experience and the main thing jumping out at me are the vistas you see as you explore.
After spending 130 hours in Elden Ring (have not touched it for the last 3 or 4 weeks), i was surprised by how fuzzy the game felt in my mind. I think back on the experience and the main thing jumping out at me are the vistas you see as you explore.
I think I'd rate them like 50% of Elden Ring > Bloodborne > other 50% of Elden Ring. At its peak I think Elden Ring was top top tier, but Bloodborne is a more consistently fantastic experience from start to end. So for me personally I'd end up voting for Elden Ring, I just love huge games like that with massive worlds, but it's not like there's a gulf there. The pair of them are incredible titles.
This, it's way too early and a bit unfair to compare Elden Ring to Bloodborne, considering the quality of From's DLCs.
I'm already leaning heavily towards BB. I reckon ER is going to have a harsh fall after the novelty wears out. Or maybe I'm just in the minority.
10 maps to infinity. You can round 9.8 to to 10, but a million times better than 9.8 is still not above 10.
Smh at this math.
10 maps to infinity. You can round 9.8 to to 10, but a million times better than 9.8 is still not above 10.
I'm (half) joking
Haven't played Elden Ring for a significant amount of time yet, but Bloodborne didn't surpass Dark Souls 1 as the best From game imo. Bloodborne skews too much into the action side, even if it does it the right way (unlike Dark Souls 3), still loses some of what makes these games special.
There is just way too much content and variety in Elden Ring for it to be anything but the best.
Bloodborne also has major flaws - The blood vial system is kinda crap and the chalice dungeons are repetitive.
The locations in Elden Ring are the best i've seen in any game. Looking out over the Lakes of Liurnia has to be one of the most awe-inspiring gaming moments ever.
Bloodborne also has major flaws - The blood vial system is kinda crap and the chalice dungeons are repetitive.
The locations in Elden Ring are the best i've seen in any game. Looking out over the Lakes of Liurnia has to be one of the most awe-inspiring gaming moments ever.
I gotta give it to Elden Ring, barely though. Bloodborne is still fantastic and is better thematically, but gameplay wise ER has it covered.
The game with the best performance…so neither.
but Elden Ring for me. Bloodborne's aesthetic just never did it for me. But yes both games have serious performance issues and I don't know why Fromsoft keeps getting away with it.
but Elden Ring for me. Bloodborne's aesthetic just never did it for me. But yes both games have serious performance issues and I don't know why Fromsoft keeps getting away with it.
Bloodborne because in the end it's the one I can see myself replaying the most. Elden Ring, once you know what matters for what build, cuts out like 70% of its content. But Bloodborne feels the most dated now even though it's the 4th entry into the series (DeS, DS1, DS2), and Elden Ring in comparison feels way better to play.
They're edge to edge, but once Bloodborne comes out with some patch or a remaster then I would put it above Elden Ring.
They're edge to edge, but once Bloodborne comes out with some patch or a remaster then I would put it above Elden Ring.
