Bloodborne... 7 Years Later

A critical examination of Bloodborne... 7 Years Later.
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Bloodborne is my favorite From Software game and in this video I'll be breaking down its gameplay, aesthetics, world and level design, bosses and a lot more. Thanks for tuning in!
#bloodborne
#fromsoftware
#darksouls
#eldenring

[@DownwardThrust]

Hey what's up! We're back with another Years Later Retrospective - Bloodborne! I covered this game a few years back, but I never got into much detail with it, so here we go. Yep... an hour... who here was around when my average video duration was like 5 minutes? Who'd a thunk it? What video games would you guys like me to cover next in this format? This video doesn't contain any discussion on PVP or Chalice Dungeons. Those are 100% optional, and very subjective. I like the Chalice Dungeons a lot, but they can get pretty samey after a while. But, it's a nice slice of free content that would have otherwise been ripped out of game and resold for $20 bucks. I'm looking at you at Activision and EA. PVP has never been my thing; it's, honestly, pretty gimmicky in BB with the gun mechanic and all. Sorry I don't have more to say on the matter than this. Thanks for watching all, take care.

[@ARON33MEREDITH]

Thanks for the deep dive, Tone. Impeccable, as always. Did you check out the Bloodborne PS1 demake?

[@tljsucks1166]

Oh no, long man bad. Just kidding, long man good of course.

[@7hird3ye]

Hell yes Tone, so keen to see a new video. Keep up the good work.

[@mr.goodcat1810]

@downwardthrust do you see bloodborne in elden ring like I do? No one will recognize that it's in there with all the others and not ds4...

[@yosi572]

@@mr.goodcat1810 Honestly, I see all of them in there. Sekiro, DS, BB, they're all in there. It is sad to hear people saying it's another DS

[@BSJINTHEHOUSE420]

Imagine making such a perfect masterpiece game that the only bad thing is the frame rate.

[@syn010110]

it's not even the 30fps. it's the wonky frame pacing. other 30fps locked games don't feel as janky as bloodborne.

[@brandonsalisbury7182]

Bloodborne is currently my favorite soul’s game (until Feb25th) but for me the biggest downside was I felt Bloodborne needed more content. I love the old hunters dlc but Bloodborne needed 1 more dlc of equal size/content.

[@couragetheeggplant4684]

The FPS makes me so sad

[@brad6938]

And being an exclusive

[@flamingmanure]

ehhh. not really. as much as i love bloodborne it has issues alot of the fanbase refuse to admit to. from the repetitive and dull grey color scheme/environment variety to the repetitive atmosphere, low build variety and godawful pvp. the framepacing and framerate in general made combat worse than most of the other games imo. how can a game be worse than ds1 on ps3 in those regards ffs? ill always prefer ds3 and sekiro over bb for some or many of these reasons tbh. ill play bb again once they remaster it, otherwise ill probably never play it again.

"We are born by the blood, made men by the blood, undone by the blood" Damn I love this game.

[@rugie6247]

Fear the old blood 🩸

[@creatorsfreedom6734]

this is why lady Maria left the hunter's - reeeeeeee

[@JBrandonMercer123]

I love Bloodborne, but it's funny to me to see how nonsense lines like the one quoted are considered cool or deep by people.

[@MikeTheD]

@@JBrandonMercer123 it's simply the most memorable line that encapsulates the plot. It's funny to me how people go around shitting on people without realizing they sound the fool.

[@teglesifer]

@@MikeTheD took the words out of my mouth.

[@ShahbazBokhari]

I love how every few years everyone just remembers this beautiful game and we all just stuff our head full of eyes all over again.

[@Username-mb9hk]

Fear the old blood

[@DragonSlicer]

love the dumbass youtubers that keep milking out the same content over and over because they have nothing original to put out, Keep seeing people making these dumb videos of (Why this game is a masterpiece), (Playing this game [insert how many years later]), (Is it how I remembered?), it's legit just dumb because they take games that are very popular and just say the same stuff that they already did in a previous video they did of it or just stuff that everybody already knows about it.

[@lifelessexpression7670]

Grant us eyes Grant us eyes! OOOOOOooooooooooOoooo OOOOOOoooooooooooOooo Ah, Kos or some say Kosm

[@soulandfresh]

There is constant content on Bloodborne. A masterpiece is never forgotten.

[@kaspa791]

everyone... but Sony, lol

[@GrahamChapman]

Bloodborne player, at first: "Okay, let's see what all the hype surrounding this game is all about." Same player, 5 hours later: "The sweet blood, oh, it sings to me! It's enough to make a man sick!" Same player, 30 hours later: **puts on Mensis Cage** "What we need... is _more eyes..."_ Same player, 100 hours later: **is literally a baby alien slug**

[@LG1ikLx]

No more like. Player starts playing Bloodborne "How hard can it be" 20 minutes later "I wanna die irl" 😂 Haha jk. Still thou, Bloodborne is brutal compared to other souls games.

[@babayaga9805]

Some became orphan of KOS

[@stefanssmellsvictory105]

@@LG1ikLx Really? For me, it was the easiest. Then again, everyone apparently finds different souls games hard and easy.

[@zeflr122]

@@stefanssmellsvictory105 yeah i also though bloodborne was the easiest

[@COHOFSohamSengupta]

This game far transcended the realm of video games & became a timeless masterpiece

[@JohnDoe-pu5gk]

Far from a masterpiece, no game is. Great game sure but certainly not a masterpiece ya noob.

[@Alice-he2zh]

@@JohnDoe-pu5gk noob?

[@foulXD]

@@JohnDoe-pu5gk if you think that masterpiece = perfect game, then you are absolutely wrong. Bloodborne IS a masterpiece, but not a flawless one.

[@LucasSouza-jf1sm]

The only thing I can really say I hate about BB is that it's exclusive do playstation, I would kill just to able to play it again on my Xbox

[@FreeRunful]

The game actually transcends humanity with enough insight

[@kuribojim3916]

The Bloodborne DLC is the greatest, most finely-crafted, most genius add on content I’ve seen in any game ever. It is difficult to overstate how clever it is, especially the unbelievably genius way it recontextualises the plot. Absolutely stunning.

[@M__FO]

You clearly never played Witcher 3 dlcs

[@kuribojim3916]

@@M__FO I did, actually. I especially loved Blood & Wine. But the Bloodborne DLCs are perfection.

[@SoggyBacco]

@@M__FO witcher 3 was iight. good game but definitely overrated and the gameplay gets really stale

[@pianospawn1]

The Research Hall is one of the most memorable places in any game for me. Such an awesome, disgusting, interesting premise in an already incredible game,

[@kuribojim3916]

@@pianospawn1 Agreed. It still sends shivers down my spine when I think about it!

[@Sleepa9377]

Imagine a game being so good to this day that people decided to make a DEMAKE instead of a remake

[@bradbarfuss6472]

What does that even mean?

[@shrimpdilf]

@@bradbarfuss6472 ps2 graphics

[@OwnyOne]

@@bradbarfuss6472 There's Bloodborne for PSX and Bloodborne Kart too

[@S_F_S]

​@@shrimpdilf it's ps1 graphics, NOT ps2

[@aidenmclaughlin1076]

We don’t deserve Bloodborne, such an incredible masterpiece. It makes me super excited for Elden Ring, knowing the quality Miyazaki is capable of putting out.

[@muskularchicken]

I agree with you. For me, Elden Ring will also be the first FS game I go in blind. The rest I saw gameplays before I played them as I didnt have a ps4 at that time. But for ER, I only saw a Vaati video where he informed about where you can summon the phantoms (like the monkeys we saw in the trailer) and thats it. I am a little scared and I must stop thinking about the platinum on my 1st playthrough. Just enjoy and stop folowing a list of trophies to get. But, yes, so far Bloodborne makes me clutch my chest and shed a tear for it sooo good.

[@aidenmclaughlin1076]

@@muskularchicken I’m right there with you man!

[@aninfinitemindofmusicandreams]

With Elden Ring coming out soon I decided to do another run on Bloodborne a couple of weeks ago. And with this new save I finally got the remaining trophies I needed and got the Platinum trophy. My proudest Platinum yet. Can't wait for Elden Ring.

[@ramrodbldm9876]

@@aidenmclaughlin1076 that sht sounds so corny and weird "we don't deserve bloodborne" and why dont we deserve a video game? Lmao or are you saying that cause this same KZbinr said it and you're looking for a like? Lmao we dont deserve a video game, it's to good oh my man shut up stop playing then I'm pretty sure some of the "real" bloodborne players would agree that no one wants to cooperate with a lame softy. Guaranteed 95% of ppl that say we dont deserve "a video game" are betas that live in their parents basement.

[@krevso]

@@ramrodbldm9876 imagine using "beta" unironically

[@morepower6800]

You know a game is special when no matter how much you have played it you'll always have a great time with it.

[@UnhumanNewman]

I mean, I can appreciate the game but I know it’s not for me. I bought it pretty early after it came out. I proceeded to die to the first wolf for the next hour. I haven’t played it since

[@morepower6800]

@@UnhumanNewmanthat's unfortunate ma G you're one of the good ones who actually played it but realised its not for you and just left it be others will say bad things about the souls series just cuz of the simple fact that they died.

[@greeniesenior562]

@@UnhumanNewman You don't have to replay it at all, you don't have to like it. But I will say, you aren't really meant to kill that wolf at the start. You can if you're experienced, but you're really meant to run past it to get to the rest of the game. That being said, the start of the game is super tough and I gave up years ago. I never beat it until this year and it is now one of my favorite games. Again, you do not have to play it but I would recommend giving it another go at some point

[@KingMatthewx]

Give that game its well deserved ps5 patch, dammit.

[@mprosa9925]

I think it’s getting the demon souls treatment

[@TheGoopiestGoopa]

@@mprosa9925 so a remaster potentially??

[@ProfessuhLemon]

@@TheGoopiestGoopa It's more of a remaster yeah. The rumor is it's getting a remaster w/ 60fps and updated visuals, fog/lighting and ray tracing.

[@elgermin519]

@@ProfessuhLemon Sauce?

[@razzprince2877]

@@elgermin519 Mayonaise is my favourite but not sure what that has to do with anything.

[@BerkayVatansever]

I must have finished Bloodborne more than 20 times now. I keep coming back couple of times a year. I think it'll always be my favorite game. It was the reason I bought a PS4 and haven't regretted it since. Hoping Elden Ring surpasses my experience with Bloodborne but I doubt it. Bloodborne will always have a special place in my heart. It's my comfort zone for the past 6 years. Might sound weird but playing this game actually relaxes me after playing through it multiple times. Makes me feel at home.

[@hfc9991]

What do you think?

[@BerkayVatansever]

@@hfc9991 Absolutely love Elden Ring. Have mixed feeling on some things but overall it satisfied my expectations. I haven't finished it yet but time will tell if it'll replace Bloodborne as my #1.

[@lewisalexander6120]

Same dude, it’s got a very unique feeling. Do you start new characters or have like one character on like ng+100/whatever or a bit of both?? Re elden ring: do you notice a lot of bloodborne inspiration in elden ring? Like a spiritual successor but then again all fromsoft games are spiritual successors of each other. After putting 300+ hrs in elden ring I still say bloodborne is my fav fromsoft game. We’ll have to see if any dlc comes out for elden ring

[@BerkayVatansever]

@@lewisalexander6120 I think I have like 4-5 characters in ng+3. Inspiration from their previous titles are definitely in Elden Ring. But I would have loved a faster paced combat like in Bloodborne. Slow pacing feels clunky and unfair time to time. But they are totally different games in that sense so no need to compare them on that point and be disappointed. I also loved that they ventured deep into cosmic themes in Elden Ring. It's not as preeminent as in Bloodborne but still gives you the sense of cosmic horror.

[@tats_n_kats6866]

How's everyones feelings now

[@A_d_e_k]

Bloodborne is still my favourite game of all times. Sekiro is the only thing that came close...but otherwise I've never played anything like Bloodborne.

[@rickybobbyroode9814]

It’s a great game but all Souls games are extremely similar. Play Souls and there you go, you have three games just like BB.

[@A_d_e_k]

@@rickybobbyroode9814 Bloodborne is similar to the Souls, but they are very different in a lot of aspects. Different enough that is honestly not appropriate to say "Bloodborne is just another Souls game".

[@nickando1734]

@@A_d_e_k i agree. after all, we started calling them soulsborne games. it a separate entity within a family and has its own mystifying identity

[@lanceareadbhar]

I agree. Elden Ring got close, but the combat and pacing in Bloodborne and Sekiro still have it higher in my mind. Now I want a Bloodborne or Sekiro sequel with Elden Ring's level design as that would be insane. Neither sequel would need to be Open World, as a linear approach would work leading to massive areas to explore both horizontally and vertically.

[@KusabiTetsugoro]

@@A_d_e_k second that. They are different in the very aspects that are crucial for me to acknowledge Bloodborne as the pinnacle of FS games

[@Euruk1]

I'll never forget running into that little cathedral filled of giant spiders hanging from the ceiling. I immediately ran out and almost had a panic attack. Lol that was straight out of one of my worst nightmares. Bloodborne is a masterpiece of cosmic horror.

[@replayisback]

The thing about Living Failures and their meteor attack is that it always comes from the same direction. So if you stand behind that middle pillar it cant hit you..

[@axel9473]

i didn't see the whole video, did he really complain about that? I also didn't understand the complains about input buffering. If you don't have the timing down and accidentily dodge more than you wanted than that's just your fault, not the games.

[@Chackravartin]

@@axel9473 I dont think he was complaining about the input buffering

[@jamelbunny5732]

I think the reason people (including myself) like bloodborne so much is because it pays homage to gothic horror the best.

[@isopropyltoxicity]

It does cosmic horror the best, it's the whole point of the lore

[@OwnyOne]

@@isopropyltoxicity gothic victorian lovecraftian setting, what else can we ask for?

[@diegodude222]

I noticed that many people that played through this game missed the hand lantern that lights up the surrounding area with out the need of holding a torch on your left hand. It only costs like 2000 blood echoes. It’s not as bright as a torch but it is still quite useful.

[@GranMaj]

I can't express how perfect bloodborne is as a complete package. Its not just a game, but an experience.

[@Pthumerian01]

Damn right it is, this game will truly make you go through some shit lmao

[@MadameWesker]

That it is, I'm on my first playthrough. My 1st souls game. Luckily, I'm good at parry and rolls already.

[@jjjordan3881]

Hell, it's a way of life.

[@markfowlermusic]

The evolution of perfection in action RPG gaming, best and most tense, exciting combat in a video game ever made, nothing comes close, smashes games like God Of War to pieces in terms of playability, atmosphere and gaming satisfaction. A true gaming masterpiece, one of the best video games ever made in history.

[@papastalin7346]

I think that sekiro's combat is at the same level as far as enjoyment and tension. With that being said bloodborne is still overall the best game i've ever played

[@markfowlermusic]

@@papastalin7346 I disagree but each to their own, in my opinion Sekiro is too difficult and is essentially a blocking/defence combat game only. Its a crime sekiro also got game awards and BB got nothing, that is just unfair as its a superior game.

[@papastalin7346]

@@markfowlermusic I definetly agree that bloodborne deserved game of the year at the game awards. As for sekiro i initially thought that it was extremely hard too .But then like bloodborne and dark souls 3 something clicked.However it took way more time. Its has an extremely satisfying combat and the mechanics are very well implemented. I wouldnt call it a blocking combat game. The combat has much more to do with rythm and reaction (deflecting, attacking, jumping,using mikiri counter all at the right time, avoiding attacks etc) and to a certain degree good use of stealth. Plus the grappling hook, ninjustus, combat arts and prosthetic tools add another layer to it.I can totally understand though that it is not a game for everyone to an even greater degree than soulsborne.

[@randomloverofcheese]

Sekiro, monster hunter world, spiderman miles morales, sifu just to name a few all have better combat systems by far

[@markfowlermusic]

@@randomloverofcheese MHW is the only system that I'd say rivals it, but miles morales... Yes very good combat, but it's not as exciting with the risk/reward as a from software title, to even mention/compare a spiderman game to BB is obscene.

[@ericlefevre7741]

Your analysis of the intro level was very good, i do have one improvement. I learned the exact opposite lesson on the bonfire enemy pack. If you are fast and aggressive enough, you can kill the packs of enemies before they have a chance to congregate, the resulting melee is against ~3 enemies plus snipers instead of 10. That part of the intro level was meant to teach aggression, because if you passively wait for each monster pack, they will gather into one large pack.

[@jessehenderson2967]

Reminds me of those mofos in DS3il in the undead city or whatever, standing around a huge piles of corpses. First try I got wrecked, second time said screw it and just went in blasting.

[@DRaven-of2lv]

LET US CLEANSE THESE FOUL STREETS

[@naterivers6107]

7 years later and this game still looks as fantastic as when we first stepped into it.

[@jon4715]

24fps/180 for filmmaking is a lot different than 30hz gaming.

[@BaxBoogey22]

Ahh good ole Bloodborne, I remember that one. 700 hours in, ng plus so many times I lost count. Man I miss Yarhnam. I'm actually considering taking another victory lap through bb after watching this. Great video. Your experience of how you slowly got in to Bloodborne and didn't beat it initially are very similar to my own circumstances with how I came to love Bloodborne. I actually disliked it at first and quit playing for quite a while but as you said, it gave me an empty feeling and it was like the game was calling me back, I was even dreaming about it everything. I eventually started making progress and getting better and now it is definitely in my top 3 video games of all time if not my first. It's crazy to think that I almost gave up playing my favorite game of all time in the first level for many months and How lucky I am am to have decided to keep going or I would have missed out on of the best gaming experiences ever created imo. Wow, what a time. Thanks for the vid, brought back many wonderful memories.

[@Jdemonify]

it calls me, every autumn.

[@SeverityAsured]

Straight up, this was me. I quit Bloodborne 3 separate times, took breaks ranging from 6 months to a year and a half yet every time I came back and I got a little bit better. Eventually getting to the point where its now my favorite game of all time.

[@exiledgoldfish6329]

This was exactly my experience with dark souls 1 back in the day. Quit for a month or two and gave it another shot and it became my favorite series

[@lanceareadbhar]

I remember struggling so hard in the first area and got lucky with one of the early bosses. It wasn't until I fought a boss at the top of a castle that I looked up how to beat him out of frustration and that's when I learned about i-frames. To this day, I don't know how I got that far not realizing that I-frames were a thing. That was when everything clicked and I was hooked on FromSoftware ever since.

[@golurk9521]

Man any advice for navigating the early game? Tried it for the first time last month but quit when I got destroyed by some giant dude on a bridge. I wanna give it another go.

[@aninfinitemindofmusicandreams]

A few weeks ago I finally got the Platinum for Bloodborne. I don't usually chase after Platinum trophies but for a game so near and dear to my heart I had to.

[@grotus5549]

Even 7 years later, Bloodborne is still my favorite FromSoft game despite me finding myself playing Dark Souls way more frequently. Eldritch horror is a personal favorite, and Dark Souls is one of my favorite games. Putting them together is a match made in heaven for me. Now if only we could get a PS5 patch or a PC release.

[@iuliuslovin37]

soon will be on PC either Sony does it or not!

[@krschumann]

I’ve always told my wife, “Bloodborne will be the game I show my grandkids.” My All time favorite.Well built video!

[@fabianheinrich3930]

The poise mechanic is only weird and confusing in the way you describe in dark souls 2 and 3. In ds1 poise is a pretty straightforward and transparent mechanic. It's just a stat given to you by armour (there's also one Ring that gives you poise and a couple buffs that give you poise) and you can see your poise stat in the menu.

[@stitches1110]

Exactly, poise in DS1 was easily understood and that’s why you saw so many Havel Moms and Giant Dads. DS2 seemed to have completely broken it though which is way meta builds that relied on poise didn’t really appear in the pvp, at least so far as I remember. And in DS3 while it was certainly better than in DS2, it was still a rather confusing, and in some ways questionably functioning system that seemed to work somewhat inconsistently.

[@dinohunter6450]

@@stitches1110 and now, in Elden Ring, poise seems like it's garbage again because so many weapon arts and regular weapons do ridiculous poise damage. Additionally, we're back to the DS1 armour system that seems to encourage super heavy armour with light weapons, which directly punishes builds using heavy weapons. Again. Like always.

[@stitches1110]

@@dinohunter6450 heavy strength weapons were always going to be struggling against that. The only way that you can correct that is to make it so that roll speed is locked to armor weight and not encumbrance. Which I think is a far more limiting system because light armored players would need to use fast weapons to not get caught during the slow swing of a heavy weapon where as heavier players would have to use heavy weapons because they need to be doing more damage than they are taking by not being able to dodge as effectively.

[@tuukkat8207]

Great freaking video man, i got you in my recommended and after seeing all the hard work you've poured into making this video I immediately subscribed and want to see more of your content! Absolutely amazing stuff, may the good blood guide your way!

[@egoborder3203]

fantastic video my guy! Really loved how you broke down the combat, you should compare/contrast the entire series in a separate vid

[@StruttinStrayCat]

I love the in-depth analysis. Even after all these years, there's something about new Bloodborne videos like this that keeps me coming back for more. Bloodborne truly is a one of a kind work of art that will continue to age like fine wine. One gripe, though - I cringe when I see people use the "pulling" strategy on the Central Yharnam mob and say that's the intended design of that encounter. I disagree, and here's the way I think it most natural and fluid to accomplish: Go up the stairs to the right, just behind the gunman sitting behind the carriage as you enter the area. Follow the walkway to the end, whereupon a break in the fence will drop you to the mouth of the large door upon which the Brick Troll bangs. Certain parts of the mob will notice you and give chase onto the walkway, allowing you to dispatch them as a small group rather than a horde. Half of the mob will have patrolled out of the area as you were fighting on the walkway, and two enemies will have patrolled into the mouth of the doorway. You can wait for them to walk back out and be oblivious to your presence as they continue to patrol before you drop from the walkway, or you can go in and kill them if you're feeling aggressive (though you risk the dog and potentially the ground-level gunman joining the fight if you choose the latter). Most likely, only the two enemies will fight you should your presence become known in the archway of the door. From here, you can then defeat the dog (preferably with Molotov cocktail or throwing knife) and ground-level gunman from behind, after which one or two other enemies around the pyre will approach you. If you can afford it, Molotov the gunman atop the carriage for a quick kill while you handle the ground forces. Otherwise, a dodge or two as the gunman shoots at you may be required as he surely will see you fighting the two ground troops. Once the ground guys are done, sprint up the stairs and murder-kill the gunman with a delightful running R2 for style. If you didn't kill the first two patrolling enemies back at the large door, you will likely have to handle them now as they will have walked up to this area (if they didn't notice you kill the dog and attack you back on the ground level). At this point, the half of the mob which patrolled out of the area will be returning, only to see their compatriots strewn dead across the plaza and your miserable frame soaked in their blood and hauntingly illuminated by the flames of the pyre. Now, the mob has been reduced to a smaller group, which you can then massacre with ease, all without relying on the cheesiness of "pulling." I prefer to play games as immersively and efficiently as possible, and pulling is one of the things that breaks immersion for me. Regardless, I like your video and appreciate the hard work you put into it. I enjoy the connection you made between 30 fps being more cinematic and even dreamlike. It makes Bloodborne look more like a painting rather than a video game. I also like the way you designed your female character for some of your clips - very fashionable.

[@drbjrr]

I agree, that’s pretty much exactly how it happened on my first play through.

[@StruttinStrayCat]

@@drbjrr I’m amazed someone actually read that whole thing haha. Yes, that was my first play through as well, although much clumsier. I’ve replayed Bloodborne so many times now that I forget other people have their own ways of playing it, so the pulling technique always surprises and unsettles me when I see it.

[@swestall87]

This review is definitely worthy dude :D very entertaining and insightful, pretty colorful descriptions you used to describe the palette, characters and theme. Great work :)

[@ravenhellkite8124]

Watching this after playing ER, I still think BB has the best world out of all fromsoft games for me personally. Now I wonder if they'll ever do a BB 2 with the level of ER and how that would look like. Amazing video btw. Made me relive the game I love so much with how detailed the video is.

[@dex1522]

i dont want bb 2 i want bb on pc so i can play on 60 fps

[@moz6388]

Everytime I get reminded of the games that fromsoft made I get more and more excited about Elden Ring. No other game franchise in history other than Souls and early CODs made me begging for more. I still play souls games even though I played 2000+ hours on each game! That's how you know it's good. + Mods make it 200x better.

[@theofficialjesuschristyout1797]

Im a first timer, i bought it with no prior fromsoft experience, i got up to vleric beast and dropped it after not being able to kill it. A few months later i picked it up again and now, a week later im absolutely obsessed with it and it has manifested itself as my favorite game ever. Its a masterpiece.

[@austinthomas2030]

It was the exact same for me. But when I beat it the first time. I immediately clicked new game plus and beat it 3 more times back to back. I had never done that before with any game, and haven’t done it again since

[@Z-Mikes00]

Cleric beast crucified Jesus confirmed

[@pranaym3859]

Haha, same for me Had to try more than 50 times to beat it but the satisfaction after that was definitely worth the effort

[@JordoniusOfFrisia]

i must say, you had a couple paragraphs in this that were very well written and delivered. excellent review! there was much i agreed with you on this synopsis.

[@danmckee9725]

My favorite game of all time. It is simply a masterpiece.

[@SAGA_SAGA_SAGA]

7 years, we still waiting for a pc release :(

[@MFDReesha]

You remember how they did it with Dark Souls? They didn’t even bother to re-skin the key bindings from xbox. It was raised middle finger to PC players. This should give you an answer…

[@johnnunya5428]

450 hours? You gotta pump those numbers up. Those are rookie numbers!

[@Papa_Tin]

I just finished the video, insanely well done man. The video is so well thought out, you provide tons of insight and detail to the game. You also have a nice reading voice!

[@jamtyx4170]

I really enjoy videos like these. You seem to find all the words I would want to use to describe this game to a friend. great stuff keep it up!!!

[@tobydeleeuw3012]

Only comlpaint I ever had with this game is that the jump is not remappable to L3

[@robyhentz9870]

Change it directly from de PS menus bro

[@ramen3643]

@@robyhentz9870 .......you do realise that sprinting, backstepping, dodging, and jumping are all mapped on circle? if you change it from "de PS menu" that will make you dodge and sprint with L3, it has to be from an in game menu so you can specifically map the jump action and only the jump action to L3, in the PS menu all you can do is change what button a certain button registers as, for example making O do the same things as X

[@wilian.]

@@ramen3643 why would you want jump on L3 psycho

[@juanbarb57]

@@wilian. Oh yeah, why would I ever want a seperate movement action, that you usually use in situations that require precise timing mind you, available only from run that you initiate with a circle, available on a tap of a stick Im already tilting to move around, You know, for convenience's sake? No, instead let's make the jump button the same circle button that You have to hold to run in the first place, so the player has to awkwardly double tap the button like a stupid, idiot, bufoon loser. That seems like a FANTASTIC idea. Yeah I hate the circle jump and died many times because of it, how could you tell?

[@wilian.]

@@juanbarb57 Bro I didnt say using a seperate button was a bad idea I said using L3 for a JUMP is a SHIT ideaa

[@jesustyronechrist2330]

Every single person I've seen talking shit about Bloodborne or saying "I don't think it's my thing" have started singing completely different tune after playing it. It deadass is my favorite game ever made, an outlier in an otherwise immersive sim ruled Top 5 of mine.

[@jackjohnson8305]

Im one of those people or i used to be at least, didn't get the hype before i played it and thought it was super overrated but then i got a PS5 and managed to try it out for free with PS+ and boy was i wrong its a freakin masterpiece, after that i started playing all of the souls games from the demon souls remake all the way up to DS3 and while they were great none managed to beat bloodborne, checked the release date and saw that it came out in 2015 and started cussing out loudly like why the Fu*k does this game not have a sequel out already?! Right now im gearing up for elden ring and am pretty hyped for it but part of me really wishes they made BB2 instead of ER

[@bimmer8602]

Yeah I've seen a few comments in the past from people who couldn't beat gascoigne so they gave up and said the game was trash.

[@brendanflood8550]

I respect and admire bloodborne, but I haven't been able to get past Gascoigne once. So, I would conclude it's not for me. Dark Souls 1, on the other hand, I'm a huge fan. I haven't beaten it, but I've gotten past Ornstein and Smough at least. Another side of this is my job is stressful and exhausting enough as is. I have to be in a very specific mood to subject myself to stresses of a soulsborne game. So, I think I default to souls 1 since I know the layouts of a lot of areas.

[@riccardocuratola9508]

There is one way you can avoid the meteorites in living failure. The meteors usually come from one direction so you can hide behind the big plant tree thingy and avoid the whole attack. I love vid! Always awesome to come back to nostalgia :)

[@robertfuller9453]

Really great video I really enjoyed the overview of the game and some of the more nuanced things. I recently just picked this back up after not playing it for a few years and never having finished it. I’m not done yet but I’m enjoying my run through

[@Lars-no9nf]

Used to play shooters and easy single player games only. A few days ago I bought BloodBorne and I love it already. It is hard for me but i'll accept the challenge. Am at the blood starved beast right now

[@Barcode0731]

You beat game yet?

[@Lars-no9nf]

@@Barcode0731 yes I did! First run in about 25 hours. Im playing dark souls 3 now

[@PartyQuest]

i cant believe its been 7 years!!! with each passing day, im hoping to playing it, they didnt release it for PC so my chaces are slim.

[@Dadbot]

Download PlayStation plus app on your pc. You can stream it and play it.

[@PartyQuest]

@@Dadbot just from the playstation app? a triple A game?

[@Dadbot]

@@PartyQuest well. It’s a paid subscription service but yes.

[@bimmer8602]

Ps now has it which you can use on pc but tbh idk how to get it to work. It just won't start on my pc.

[@river7874]

The PS Now version is trash. You'd be better off buying a used PS4 and just play it offline. I honestly think we'll eventually see Bloodborne on PC given how it's pretty much Sony's only console exclusive left.

[@juampan]

Nice review, it encapsulates very well what this game is about, specially the parts about gameplay (the deepest moveset analysis I have ever seen in KZbin) and the analysis of central Yahrnam as a "tutorial" level.

[@tokivikerness8863]

In a perfect game the music really stands out as super perfect.

[@jrjandel1190]

Hey, I just started watching your channel recently, but I love your retrospective videos I feel like they touch on more than just the basics of the game and they dip into the less seen aspects as well! Thanks a lot

[@Dr.Strangelewd]

I don't think frame pacing issues were a part of game's artistic direction, mate.

[@davenic2471]

Ya XD his whole thing on defending the frame rate reminded me SO MUCH of the devs for The Order 1886 saying that they intentionally made the game 30 fps for a more "cinematic feel" and everyone made fun of that for years, and he legit just made the same argument. Games aren't movies, they look and feel like garbage at 24 frames.

[@axel9473]

It wouldn't be much of an issue if the framerate was stable. 30fps generally don't feel bad unless it drops even lower.

[@enzocrespin5806]

@@davenic2471 To be fair, The Order was pretty much a movie. There used to be a running joke back in the day that said 1886 was not the year the story was taking place in but the number of seconds during which you were in control of the game

[@Unpetraccable]

THANK YOU

[@pipgirl_1016]

This reflection of Bloodborne was very well done, I’ll be looking forward to your analysis of Elden Ring in a few years time

[@BradleyErickson]

Lady Maria is my favorite all time fight in this game and even the Souls titles. Great video! Thanks for putting this together.

[@jarhettthreeton8061]

I feel like I understand this game now. Thank you for this video. I love the souls games but haven't made it very far on them. Understanding the mechanics now I hope to get past the learning curve. Please make a video about the mechanics of Elden Ring if you play it .

[@cesarpa5011]

Absolutely masterpiece... No single game has reached the level of atmosphere and lore of Bloodborne.

[@lucasmoyer-horner7573]

Fantastic video. My experience and thoughts on BB are very similar to yours, including Byrgenwerth being the most disappointing. A masterpiece and towering artistic achievement

[@ajohndoe17]

Thank you so much for putting so much effort into this video. Bloodborne, by far, is my favorite game of all time. And to see someone else care as much as I do for it is nice.

[@ignitedember343]

I started playing it yesterday god i underestimated how hard it was

[@Mlewdog1123]

It's the easiest FromSoftware game so strap in if you plan on playing the others.

[@CutieCake_]

@@Mlewdog1123 It always seemed to me from my experience and talking to friends, that your hardest fromsoft game is your first, since as you play your first one you gain a lot of the necessary skills required along the way and then when you move to your second game you’re starting with all those skills instead of building them up from nothing. I spent forever getting through blight town, and fighting the gargoyles and Sif my first time through darksouls, but with the exception of Laurence I breezed through blood borne. The only exception to this I feel is sekiro since that has a different combat system. Although again this could just be me

[@illusion8457]

@@CutieCake_ yeah I played bb first and it was definitely the hardest for me. I pretty much blasted through ds1 and 2 after that. I've yet to play 3. Very interested in knowing how you found sif challenging of all bosses though.

[@Mlewdog1123]

@@CutieCake_ BB was my first. It helped me get into the souls series because it's more accessible and holds your hand more with healing. Same with my wife. She has only played a few games here and there, not really a gamer, and beat BB within a few days and couldn't beat DS remastered at all. BB is fundamentally easier with excessive blood vials and rallying alone. Parrying is spammable on so many enemies including bosses.

[@clrl936]

@@Mlewdog1123 Its not the easiest. The areas might be easier than some of the other games, but the bosses are much harder

[@vaantsy]

7 years.. i haven't done my own playthrough of this masterpiece... i dont have ps4 but i do have pc i have completed DS1, DS2, DS3, Sekiro, and Demon Souls on ps3... the closest thing i have touched Bloodborne is probably the PSX or Demake version from fan one. its amazing

[@kimi4802]

Look into Playstation Now, Bloodborne is playable on pc if you have a controller

[@bigt4135]

Just get a ps5 so u can play bloodborne and demon souls remake.

[@jimmjam_the_flimflam4344]

Here I go watching another bloodborne analysis let's gooo

[@mikeyy2322]

Happy I found your channel. You speak about games with crazy passion . Soothing ass voice too xD

[@trillmagician4840]

I bought a PS4 just to play Bloodborne and I can honestly say it was money well spent. This game is just amazing.

[@AndyOneil]

One of the greatest games ever made, hopefully they announce a PC port once the Elden Ring hype dies down

[@tylerramos7633]

Probably won’t happen but with PSNow you can play it on your pc.

[@couragetheeggplant4684]

The ps now version is a disgrace to the game with how bad it runs

[@phrench64]

@@couragetheeggplant4684 fr plus over here in Aus we don't even have PS Now

[@mithex8414]

@@tylerramos7633 why do you say that? if elden ring sells millions of copies on steam they will 100% try to port. the literal bloodborne psx mod had 100k downloads in a day. i think sony has to consider it

[@Prof.Pwnalot]

@@phrench64 Aussie here also and had no clue what they were talking about. So big rip indeed. Edit: Australia is usually always late to the party :(

[@jamesmoore9915]

Great video- im desperate for a follow up but every year that goes by I want one less! I’m not sure it can be topped if I’m honest it’s such an amazing masterpiece!

[@BoomerNebula]

I've watched and enjoyed both your bloodborne and DS3 videos. Your writing is so good and entertaining! Keep up the great content.

[@professorgrimm4602]

Something I have to say: I've played every FromSoft game extensively and I've NEVER been able to parry in any, except for Bloodborne. The gun-parry is just so much better than the shield parry.

[@zeelyweely1590]

There's a good explanation to this, actually: parrying in every other game involves matching the parry frames of your tool with the parriable frames of an attack. In bloodborne there are no parry frames, there's just a bullet, which makes it MUCH easier since you can visualize it.

[@iamrightyouarewrong6730]

git gud

[@ice1638]

Ong the shield parry is so garbage

[@kylekermgard]

They have to be working on a remaster or something.

[@kelstengaminguk8185]

Superb video and definitely ‘worthy’. You really got me in the mood to play the game again…will have to wait until I get a ps5, though. Just one small thing - at one point (about 38 mins in) you say “mak-a-bray” which I think is meant to be macabre. In US English it’s pronounced ‘mah-kaarb’ and in British English is pronounced ‘mah-kaa-bruh’ (similar to its original French version). It’s a weird word! Having said that, your excellent use of vocabulary throughout was a delight. Seriously, great video.

[@gameskyjumper1721]

I love the name tag design and the "ding" sound effect when you enter a new area.

[@Kmaitland89]

Dark Souls 3 does NOT have an uncapped frame rate. It's capped at 60fps. There's a mod that lets you uncap it though. Also, there is literally no argument for a lower frame rate. Movies are a different story, but in games you don't get better "immersion" by having your character react slower, things stutter more.

[@LORDOFDORKNESS42]

Honestly, I never agree with the arguments with the movies being 24 frames. It made sense back when film was physical reels, but I'm dead certain that a hundred years, people are going to be as baffled by 4K 24 FPS movies, as we are nowadays with those 'artistic' movies shot in black & white & mono, despite cheap color & stereo film, because that was what several generations of film makers grew up with and they thus incorporated as 'real' movies. There's no technical reasons for it anymore.

[@dominiccasts]

@Jinxed Swashbuckler I got lucky and managed to snag a PS5, which does manage to maintain 30fps throughout, and it's pretty night and day, even just having that consistency in the framerate.

[@pievancl5457]

@@LORDOFDORKNESS42 idk maybe people’s will evolve to make it look less weird as time goes on, but movies shot above the standard get a real uncanny valley sort of effect. It’s what reality tv shows are usually shot in.. it’s just too real and you lose a lot of the emotional punch that having a more dreamy cinematic feel of the 24 FPS.

[@heathlouis4529]

Righteous isn't a bonus against Kin, it's a bonus against a few select enemies that are deemed as opposition to the church. Mainly righteous is good against the enemies in cainhurst. In bloodborne we have serration/fire for beasts, righteous for vilebloods, and thrust/elemental for kin.

[@10XSeiga]

What a cozy ass video man. Thanks for adding the vibes to my morning routine.

[@SilentSpeak]

One thjng that made me sometimes chuckle when playing Bloodborne is when names like "Eldritch Horror" pop up. And I'm like "uuuh ok...what isn't freaking Eldritch Horror that I come across so far? You could a gave that name to like 50% of monsters in this game". Anyway, very well put together video. I'm sad you didn't actually cover the chalice dungeons as while everyone hated them I actually ended up spending like over 200+ hours diving deep DEEEEEP into them after finishing the game. I like the way they were made. I like discovering glitchy unfinished bosses because I'm so far beyond where even the game designers excpected me to venture. And I played the game as an arcane build the entire time and modified all my weapons to scale with arcane which I honestly can't say I saw anyone else do. Most people who played arcane settled on the moonlight blade or the broccoli head after all. I mained the whirly boi saw and ya...I can't wait to get it as Ihear it's in Elden Ring too!

[@cjham5272]

I have never seen someone defend 30fps lmao

[@thundageon5962]

I never revisit this masterpiece because of the frame rate

[@PolaNimuS]

I really want to play it, but it looks like a PowerPoint even on my PS5. I guess it's just Elden Ring until some sort of update.

[@Lovelle1]

7 years later, still no PC release. It's truly amazing.

[@telacreiste984]

I'm pretty sure bluepoint is working on a remake for ps5 and pc

[@clrl936]

@@telacreiste984 There is no reason to assume a remake would be ported to PC if the Demons Souls remake wasnt

[@telacreiste984]

@@clrl936 The remake of Demon souls will come to PC, a multimillion dollar company does not make such a mistake in a trailer that is previously reviewed by hundreds of people, they saw that PS users did not like it and they postponed it

[@clrl936]

@@telacreiste984 I dont think so. But lets see. The only reason Horizon and GoW got PC ports were because those games were about the get sequels. Sony strategy was to get the PC players experiment those franchises and then buy the PS5 to play the sequels. If we get a bloodborne 2 or demons souls 2 I can see they porting the first games before the sequels are release to expose the franchises more and build up hype. If not, I dont see them doing it with the way they've treated their IPs so far.

[@telacreiste984]

@@clrl936 uncharted...

[@TheAdarkerglow]

Good to see a new vid from you, Tone. Hope you're doin' great.

[@Irmavep666]

Agree what you said about bosses. When I beat Ludwig I was so satisfied. Great video. I also still play Bloodborne till this day.

[@Mlewdog1123]

A charged heavy is not a visceral attack. The riposte after parry is known as the visceral. The locked 30 fps is not an artistic direction. The base PS4 just simply couldn't handle it. Quick step is very useful, reference vatividya or fightincowboy. It is well known that poise in DS goes up with heavy armours and rings. Living Failures meteor attack comes from the same direction every time. You can avoid them easily.

[@saadpoint6668]

This video was just poorly researched in some aspects.

[@pauljjeppson6530]

Bloodborne is my favorite video game of all time. It got me through a very dark time in my life. I found a strange comfort in it's own darkness. I have over 300 hours in it and feel like I could still play it for another 300 hours. I appreciate the time and effort you put into this video. Thank you.

[@jon4715]

Same. Bloodborne was like playing video games for the first time again for me. Same with Breath of the Wild. Two best games of the 2010s imo.

[@Victor-vx2hl]

Hey Tone, I love your gaming videos, but your cooking videos honestly gave me so much inspiration! I’d love if you’d bring back that series, they were great videos and make me take cooking more seriously

[@aytony4090]

Those videos are what introduced me to Tonald. Super hilarious and actually informative at the same time.

[@geovanneteixeira100]

I recently discovered that on the lake in the fishing hamlet you can see buildings like yharnam, creating a feeling of a higher plane.

[@Nekradamus]

"cinematic frame rate" lol, gimme a break

[@Richie_Godsil]

Here's hoping for an official PC port!

[@Nezxmi]

@B T R When did they ever say that? But KBM has been fine since DS3, it was great in Sekiro, and is good in DS1 remastered. DS2 was bad though.

[@telacreiste984]

i'm pretty sure bluepoint is working on a remake for ps5 and pc

[@Richie_Godsil]

@@telacreiste984 that'd be sick!

[@yteriaereh6467]

This was an incredible game. You actually discussed and displayed the game mechanics and why they are exciting. This is infinitely a far more interesting style than any brutally honest review has ever been

[@herrzyklon]

@DownwardThrust you rightly picked up on the astonishment of returning to Iosefka's Clinic from Forbidden Woods. However, if you turn left instead, you get any even bigger surprise when you get to the back entrance of the Clinic and open those familiar wooden doors

[@Shinod]

After Elden Ring release, still Bloodborne is #1 FromSoftware game for me.

[@lewis1423]

i really liked this video you did a great job of expressing your feelings for the game and mechanics. i do have three things i think i would disagree with that you said. first i dont feel like fat rolling and poise are out dated (under explained yes like a lot of things in these games) but i feel they were omitted because fromsoft wanted fast melee focused combat so they removed /limited the options to play the game otherwise. two i dont think input buffering is inherently bad, i honestly dont know it getting rid of it would be something i want as i dont know if it would make the games better even with faster framerates and such. lastly i 100 % disagree that fromsoft do not have a progressive learning curve. although the game can feel sink or swim early on, its all well crafted as you mention to teach people but also to improve your skills at a rapid pace, later levels are harder and even in the first level you can find good progression in difficulty. its all designed to push you from beginning to end but is always intended to feel accomplishable each step is just put a little further them most people comfort zone including the first levels.

[@lanceareadbhar]

Yeah, just like how rolling was essentially nerfed Sekiro, poise and fat rolling just don't make sense in Bloodborne. They at least added a shield, which can actually be useful in a handful of situations. The combat in Bloodborne and Sekiro have not been matched in any Souls/Ring game yet, but that would be difficult given the massive amount of weapon choices in those game.

[@zeleros4027]

It's unfortunate to hear you feel this video might not have been worth it, because this is by far the best video you have ever made. The video is extremely detailed and very well structured. Other than a few minor details you missed, like requiring a shield to parry in Dark Souls(but still didn't go against your point), you presented the information is a great way. I think you should be extremely proud of your work. The immense improvement in quality of your videos should be applauded. You went from making videos without much thought into them, to such videos like this which was honestly a joy to listen to. I do hope you appear on EFAP again one day, as it would be lovely to hear you discuss the new Elden ring with Mauler and Co. Have a great day Tonald!

[@edwardrivas2545]

Great video, mate. Thanks for making it

[@pastorofmuppets9346]

The fact this still didnt get a pc port is a bigger sin than gwyn linking the flame

[@user-sp8fi2zv2v]

PC port AND remaster for PS5*

[@LegendaryBattalion]

Bloodborne is better than Elden Ring.

[@seananih7609]

Just realized how close Hypogean Gaol’s music is to Ashen Lake. Fuckin beautiful considering how different those areas are.

[@papastalin7346]

14:56 the transformed mode of the kirkhammer has also a three hit l2 combo and a follow up r2 after the charged r2

[@animebro14]

Damn 7 years already?!

[@SSJavenger]

So i was 19 when i played it? Wow, i feel like it was last year.

[@springer124]

The reasons the moonlight sword is my fav item It has a thrust attack A projectile Looks cool Strong Big range

[@geovanneteixeira100]

And the lore, best lore of all soulsborne games.

[@springer124]

@@geovanneteixeira100 yeah

[@lukelaws3545]

Came from Jack Sathers channel, love this!

[@LucasSouza-jf1sm]

About the weapon swap on souls games, I'm one to find a weapon I like and keep using it, however when I do a caster that let's say uses both Pyro and regular magic and have to switch between weapons, what I find that works really well for me is that I go from a regular grip to a weirs sorta like claw grip variation where I move my thum to press the d-pad and keep either my indicator or middke finger over the movement thumbstick, takes a bit of getting used to, but it's also good to switch between estus and ashen flasks

[@Sternertime]

As close as it gets to a perfect game for me. The ideal in terms of gameplay and presentation for a videogame. I think i have probably played like 500 hours and i will play 500 more

[@plugshirt1762]

Personally I think the one game I’ve played that tops it is hollow knight but bloodborne is a close second for me. I don’t think base game bloodborne has the best bosses or areas but it has the best combat with a very solid array of areas and bosses. Honestly I think the base game has the second worst roster of bosses in the series. The dlc on the other hand has some of the best bosses in the series as well as areas and is only really even rivaled by the ringed city dlc. Besides atmosphere and combat I don’t feel the game really excels at any particular part but manages to provide a very solid experience for most categories while most other games in the series excel in one area but are lacking in others.

[@drewskiee9254]

Higher framerate is better. I couldn't beat Ishiin on Sekiro until I played it on PS5 lol.

[@senecauk8363]

Great vid- although I thought the stamina reduction stuff was actually taken out? Apparently the lantern slowed regen in early versions of the game. I could swear this system was gone...could be wrong though. Righteous weapons don't do better against kin either- it is mostly enemies at Cainhurst, making it pretty situational. The kin bonuses come from gems. Other than that, great vid!

[@Shadow-zf5uc]

Also most kin enemies are weak to thrust.

[@elasticbrain4503]

Superb video ! After finishing Elden Ring two times and all the Souls games multiple times , I think Bloodborne is truly special and you explained it so well .👍