| Bloodborne | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Developer | From Software |
| Release Year | 2015 |
| My Score | 10 / 10 |
| Console Used | Playstation 4 |
I very much enjoyed Bloodborne. I've played through it at least 3 times. But importantly, I had to restart my first playthrough. This is also my first FromSoft game. My time with this game was around the time when I realized that I played a lot of games, even compared to my friends who played video games. And coupled with that, I assumed that because of that I was better at games than most people. To be fair, that is true, but it doesn't mean I'm actually good at all games or whatever. The point is that my reality at the time led me to beating this game simply empowered by my own mantra of "I can do this, because I am good at video games."
Anyway, I had to restart my first playthrough. I had so much trouble with the first area, specifically Gascoigne, that I died more than the game intended I think. Something I heard at some point after I dropped the game was that if you farm an area for mob drops, Blood Vials become less likely to drop. So I was dying so much to the bosses and I was expending so many vials without progress, and coincidentally, the game was depriving me of vials more and more. So with this new info, I restarted. I don't remember the time gap in between but I think it was semi-notable, because playing through it that second time - it felt like I was being reunited with an old friend but I also felt like the game was much easier than I remembered. And then as I was playing, spectators from my family would make comments like 'holy shit, how do you play this game. youre so good.'
Then my friend invited me to a weekend-long sleepover challenge. "Friday through Sunday. You come over to my house and I'm gonna try to beat Bloodborne, but once I feel like I've hit a wall, I'll hand the controller to you, and we dedicate the weekend to beating it." It was pretty fun. He ended up handing it off to me super early, but I enjoyed feeling like the skilled one of the group. I still am considered that to some extent even today. I wonder if it's from a lingering subconscious memory form that time in our lives. Anyway, the game is just really tight. The different weapons feel really good and have their own personalities. The game has its moments of humour and its moments of genuine discovery, which I think is its greatest appeal.