• Publisher: SCEA
  • Release Date: Mar 24, 2015
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  • Summary: Bloodborne is an action RPG in which you hunt for answers in the ancient city of Yharnam, now cursed with a strange endemic illness spreading through the streets like a disease. Peril, death and madness infest this dark world, and you're tasked with uncovering its darkest secrets which willBloodborne is an action RPG in which you hunt for answers in the ancient city of Yharnam, now cursed with a strange endemic illness spreading through the streets like a disease. Peril, death and madness infest this dark world, and you're tasked with uncovering its darkest secrets which will be necessary for you to survive. Armed with a singular arsenal of weaponry, including guns and saw cleavers, you'll require wits, strategy and reflexes to dispatch the agile and intelligent enemies that guard the city's underbelly. You will utility holy chalices to access an array of vast underground ruins, chock full of traps, beasts, and rewards, to explore and conquer on your own or with other people. Expand
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  1. Positive: 99 out of 100
  2. Negative: 0 out of 100
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    May 12, 2015
    100
    Bloodborne takes the best of Dark Souls and builds the unrelenting gaming challenge on a prefect foundation - it will test your abilities to the max. The first true must-have exclusive for PS4 is here. [Issue#252]
  2. Mar 23, 2015
    100
    I want to keep playing, I want to discover its secrets, I want to fight every monster, try every weapon, discuss theories and explore as many of the community dungeons as possible. To put it bluntly, I want to bleed the game dry.
  3. Mar 24, 2015
    95
    FromSoftware has a unique style when creating incredibly well-designed worlds. The new offensive combat system gives a fresh start to the series, and while it is more direct in its conception, it doesn’t lose an ounce of depth.
  4. Mar 24, 2015
    90
    A dark and engaging adventure, with an excellent combat system, an ideal dose of innovation and fascinating exploration.
  5. Apr 25, 2015
    90
    Bloodborne is an incredible game; tight in its mechanics, logical in its systems, rewarding, intense, gloriously frustrating and exciting in equal measure. The PS4 has its first absolutely essential game. As if there was ever any doubt.
  6. Apr 1, 2015
    90
    Quotation forthcoming.
  7. May 3, 2015
    70
    In its current state, it feels like it caters too much to the twitch experts, and doesn't bend for the rest of us. A challenge that feels like a learning experience is welcome, but Bloodborne too often felt like it was kicking me in the balls and leaving me helpless to do anything about it.

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  1. Mar 24, 2015
    10
    This is the best game you will get on any next game console and i can see it being my game of the year. If you have a PS4 there is no reasonThis is the best game you will get on any next game console and i can see it being my game of the year. If you have a PS4 there is no reason what so ever not to run and get this game ASAP. Fantastic game. A true gem!!! Expand
  2. May 19, 2015
    10
    This Lovecraftian masterpiece is the proper 3D Castlevania that we've never had. The ancient city of Yharnam is dark, beautiful, andThis Lovecraftian masterpiece is the proper 3D Castlevania that we've never had. The ancient city of Yharnam is dark, beautiful, and unsettling. The world of Bloodborne itself is a delightful fusion of Demon's Souls' hub system and Dark Souls' thoughtfully interconnected worlds.

    The Lamps that punctuate the world allow you to travel to the Hunter's Dream from which you can travel to any other lamp you have already lit (unless there are hostile Hunters near a Lamp, then you will need to slaughter them before the lamp can be used again). The world>dream>world transfer does introduce a superfluous loading screen but saves you from having to find and fight your way back to a prior area without destroying the cohesive world by vivisecting it into individual components.

    Yharnam itself is dark, very dark, almost opressingly so. Unless you severely cheat on your screen settings you will make good use of your hand lamp and torch. The torch itself can be used as a weapon and can afford you a tactical advantage against enemies that fear the light.

    There are plenty of optional areas and items to reward your curiosity and exploration. Intelligently crafted shortcuts can be opened to mitigate the tedium of fighting your way back to particularly difficult boss. There are also dungeons that you can create and explore.

    Up to 3 cooperators can be beckoned (2 players and 1 NPC) into a world. You can connect with specific friends easily by the use of an 8 digit code (I often use my PSN+ username). You can also invade other player's worlds (why not make a hard game even harder for an unsuspecting stranger?). There are three covenants that you can join - all of them are invasion based with their own objectives. Each covenant is at odds with another. This adds an interesting dynamic: it is possible for cooperators, who are supposed to be working towards a common goal, to become hostile towards each other.

    Of course being a 'Souls game Bloodborne is hard, not cheap-leaving-you-no-choice-but-to-memorize-enemy-positions-and-patterns hard, but you're-not-good-enough-YET hard. Bloodborne isn't difficult for the sake of being hardcore, it is difficult to make your successes sweeter. Be warned, you will die, you will get stuck, you may even rage quit, but you will always come back more - the sense of accomplishment is too great.
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  3. Mar 29, 2020
    10
    Just buy it already.........................................................
  4. Mar 26, 2015
    10
    FROM succeeds in making the Souls spiritual successor, while providing an almost totally different experience.
    PROS:
    + Gameplay changed. Now
    FROM succeeds in making the Souls spiritual successor, while providing an almost totally different experience.
    PROS:
    + Gameplay changed. Now everything is faster; forget about heavy armor and slow DS approach.
    + Level design. Amazing city street labyrinths.
    + Enemy design. Everything about enemies changed.
    + Series development: Now we have 4 games, all very similar and yet very different.
    + Sound & Music: Simply astonishing, as always.

    CONS:
    - Visuals. The graphics is very dated :(

    All in all, a glorious sequel and a fantastic new entrance to series which are destined to be a RELIGIOUS CULT.
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  5. Jul 11, 2020
    9
    **** delicious, this game **** your ass, one of my favourites games, thanks from software, it's goty, it's Bloodborne :---)
  6. Mar 24, 2015
    9
    Pretty much Dark Souls 3. I'm about 4 hours in now and I can say that the beginning is harder than the previous Souls games. No morePretty much Dark Souls 3. I'm about 4 hours in now and I can say that the beginning is harder than the previous Souls games. No more blocking means you have to have more dexterity and faster movement, a really nice design choice. The counter attack mechanic also encourages you to be aggressive. An absolute MUST BUY if you're a fan of Demons Souls or Dark Souls. The only negative I can think of is that the load times are long but it's a nice punishment for dying...lol. Expand
  7. Mar 16, 2021
    0
    The Dungeons ruin the complete game, complete trash. Play Sekiro or Dark Souls, this is trash.

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