I find it funny how Jirard brings up all these authors but not H.P. Lovecraft this is literally a Lovecraftian mythos game. This is straight up Lovecraft.
I don't think Jirard has ever read any Lovecraft. If he had, the similarities would be extremely obvious to him. Same goes for Berserk. This game has practically nothing to do with Frankenstein, and the only similarity it shares with Dracula is the gothic Victorian atmosphere, so I don't even know why he mentioned those.
This game you already reviewed, Bloodborne. I actually completed this game! Took me at least 75 hours, 3 play throughs, 1 journey though the DLC, and 40 trophies total to get that far!
That One Video Gamer Doom 3 and fear 2, they may not be the scariest, yet despite being this all powerful super solider in both games there is a great sense of unease whenever I play them.
Why engine? If that is the case, Deus Ex and Dead by Daylight are like each other because the same engine. Do you mean the same type of combat or something? Then again, you already said mechanics...
I feel really bad for Vicar Amelia because even when she turns she still holds onto the golden pendant in order to remind herself who she is and even during the fight you can see her clutching onto that same pendant if you look hard enough. It's absolutely heartbreaking to me.
Ithaldir Es'Teherin because the game doesn’t have much to do with werewolves. There’s a couple enemy ones, and some wolf like beasts, but other than that not much.
It really should give you the choice to upgrade the difficulty in NG+, I would have bought that DLC if not for the like what? 20%? 30% boost to all enemies stat's!?, that's utter trash and annoying unless you like hardcore masochism dood.
When i played the game i did notice that the frame rate would drop when your in areas with a shit ton of enemies and whenever a boss would use a very special effect heavy attacks. Apart from that it usually stays steady.
He might have an earlier ps4, they have some serious FPS issues in certain areas. Bloodborne was absolutely unbearable for me in some areas. Don't even mention multiplayer FPS
I'm surprised your surprised. After the Dark Souls 2 review he did it's obvious he doesn't give a fuck about these games. I'm still waiting for that follow up video he said he would make for DS2 because he left shit out of the review the first time. I don't even know why he bother's playing these games if he's going to put so little effort into them.
Dylan Trent You dont say? what gave it away? The giant Shoggoth that gives you a moon rune for dancing for it? Innsmou... I mean the fishing hamlet? Who would have thought this game had lovecrafrian inspiration. hmmmmmm.
Randolph Carter well sorry for not being around during all the bloodborne hype when it first came around. i knew NOTHING about this game for the longest time, other than it was a more actiony dark souls.
The game also has you going into Nightmare dimensions and your main hub is the Hunter's Dream. They even call the godlike monsters Great Ones and they are from the "Cosmos".
Its where you start a new game and rush to the Black Knight in Darkroot Basin who has a chance of dropping the Black Knight Halberd. If it drops, you're set for the rest of the game. It's what speedrunners use since there is no better early weapon and holds its own in the end game.
Dragonrider Fall skip, Gascoigne Grave barriers, Micolash Balcony ranged spam, glitching halfway through Vendrick and Ancient Dragon's boss fog so you can ranged attack without retaliation, Gwyn parry or you can go back to Demon's Souls and reference the Maneaters sniping. These games are cheesier than a French mouse telling Dad jokes
E.A.P., Mary Shelley and Bram Stoker but not a whisper of Lovecraft. Lovecraft was largely influenced by Poe but this game is much more Lovecraftian than anything, in my opinion
There are otherworldly Lovecraft-themes, the fisher-town in the DLC is Innsmouth with human/fish hybrids at it's best, while in the main game there is the insanity theme by just looking at the old ones. And they have the same roots: space-sea-land. But it's not a "Lovecraft-simulator", like some put here. The majority of the game is set, like the city of Yharnam itself (weird Prague/Luxembourg/Vienna/London-mix*), on european horror like Bram Stoker, Mary Shelly and also a lot of Robert Louis Stevensen. Also also the whole theme of making a deal with higher creatures to transform oneself can be tracked way back to Faust. So there's plenty more than "just" Lovecraft. *(and maybe a little bit of Hamburg, because of Yharnams many, many bridges...)
You Can't Stop The Rock you don’t read about humans calmly dancing through deadly monster claws using a saw attached to an extended stick to cut them down in love craft m8
I came to the comments to find exactly this when he said authors like Bram Stoker. I think this game has a lot more in common with Lovecraft's horror than Stokers. I wish I could play it :[
I think he was trying to avoid spoilers. Think of what H.P. Lovecraft books are about, and the "Act 3 shift in the game" he mentioned. He didn't go further.
Yeh but berserk it's a...aestethic reference, whilst lovecraft is a huge part of the game, for the story, the themes, and even the weapons and game mechanics, so yeh it's kinda dumb that he didn't mention it, but whatever i'll live, not really a problem
He said it was Edgar Allan Poe after being read by a madman. Lovecraft was a man who revered Edgar, suffered a nervous breakdown after trying to learn higher math and lost his shit when science had discovered man had originated from Africa (because that means his ancestors might be Negroes!). While I wouldn't call Lovecraft mad, I'd definitely describe him as unstable.
Whitney Manlove So how does one make the leap from shaving a beard to keeping the creepiest mustache in existence? Kellz is already much more attractive than him. He shouldn't push his luck.
seymourglass26 I haven't the foggiest, but the man can do what he likes regarding his appearance. And regardless of her being 'much more attractive' I'd think a mustache would be a poor thing to cause strife in a relationship over, lmao
Rasmus Pennanen I still have it on my shelf taking a break from it because I got the platinum and basking in my victory been busy trying to get the platinum trophy for Dark Souls 3 bloodborne was my first platinum trophy I am beating every Souls game I haven't had the patience to get all the trophies for Dark Souls in Demon's Souls but at least my trophy percentage on all those games are like in the seventies percent ratio.
Split Was Taken Nope kings field is a completely different type of game (being an exploring game with light focus on combat), demon's souls is the first of the "souls" like games
Itta Pupu Maybe it's not my favourite game EVER, but it derinitely is my fav one on PS4. You're right, the music, the design, the story, the entire atmosphere - it's art. Something that Souls games lack to me.
Grevivk007 already beaten dark souls 3. Can't beat the frickin blooded starved beast. ( should have saved up that fire paper) Also for some reason, I manage to beat Father Gasigone and the Cleric Beast on my first try. What!? Update: been killing many bosses on first or second try.
@@mr.cranker8086 blood starved beast ga e me the most trouble when I first started playing and when I went into new game+ I beat him first try and he literally didnt touch me once. I was fucking pumped lol
When the dlc rolled round I was on NG+3 on my best build and holy shit Ludwig took forever, 2 hits and I was done, 1 hit if he did his jump attack. Had to get the eyeframes down flawlessly.
I was in exactly the same boat when I started the DLC, was getting one hit time and time again until I learned his attacks by the first few frames of the animations,and as hard as he was I think he's my favourite boss of any game
I don't want to be that guy, and its totally understandable that you'd get them confused, but they're I-frames, as in Invincibility frames. No hate here, but the younger souls fans might rip you a new one for mixing them up. Take care and keep on dying! (I know I sure as hell will be)
"Master Wilhelm has grown eyes on the inside of his mind to help him see the truth that lies beyond the veil of reality. Perhaps soon he will glimpse into the madness beyond the cosmos...But can he see why kids love the taste of cinnamon toast crunch?"
Ack! You forgot H.P Lovecraft! That was one of the LARGEST inspirations for the story and design behind this game, ESPECIALLY behind Ye Old Hunters, as you find out that the map is an upside down lake abyss version of Yharnam. The name Yharnam, in R'lyehian means "The time of worthless watch" which is ironic, because you are awoken in the dream when EVERYONE is on high alert for monsters and whatnot.
Here's my secret to boss battles: 1. Don't look at the enemy's health. 2. Usually dodge into the attack or direction of the attack. 3. Get the timing down on bosses that are susceptible to visceral attacks. 4. Be yourself. If you start thinking your favorite weapon isn't useful on the boss, just stick to it. This started bothering me on my first run, until I got the Holy Moonlight Sword!! Yeahhhh...ahem... 5. This is a weird thing to say, but look at the enemies movement, not specifically it's attack patterns. Is it like a crazy animal or a smooth criminal? Try emulating it's movement to counter it. 6. When you start to get agitated, just take a break. A quick episode of your favorite online TH-cam show, and then get back into it. 7. Should've said this first, actually. Finish the entirety of the area and get to where you can easily reach the boss from the save lamp. Take a break and relax for a bit, and then you can focus all your attention on the boss. 8. If you just can't seem to win, just chill out and take care of the boss tomorrow. 9. Don't read up on how other players beat it! It detracts from the overall experience, but a little hint can't hurt if you're struggling. With this strategy, I managed to beat all of Bloodborne without even getting slightly mad and didn't have to waste 'hours and hours' of time beating these bosses. You perform better and learn faster when you're calm.
The first one is definitely me. I feel like looking at the health bar only gets you more nervous and kinda makes you lose your flow in the end. By keeping my eyes on the boss, I feel like I have a better focus.
+Turtle Power There are often other indicators that a boss is transitioning into a new phase, usually glowing eyes or they change their weapon/stance. The only time looking at the bar would be beneficial is if you are dealing with a multi-enemy boss and you can see which one you are attacking, like with the Witches of Hemwick boss.
@@brawlbuster820 Took me three days to beat him, but at the third I was so good that I just parried my way through the first phase but the second phase was still hard but somehow managed to get a parry by gun and finally defeated him.
@Kumar Shivan I can beat him on my first try now, but when I first fought him, he was so goddamn annoying! Specifically because of A Call Beyond. But as I learned from The DeModcracy, he only uses it when you are far away from him. Even though he is pretty easy once you get used to his attacks, he is still not a good boss.
Also while I (like many others) still miss the story/spoiler section of these reviews, I REALLY like this documetary/completion diary thing you've got going in this format
"There's no way to really cheese them" ... Which Souls games were you playing? Throw bombs over the walls for Capra Demon, throw a lightning spear from outside the boss arena at the Iron Golem (one hit KO), throw fire bombs inside Bed of Chaos to beat it without destroying the roots, pelt Manus with arrows from above, lead Ceaseless to the fog gate to make it fall. And that's just DS1.
That Ceaseless strat is an intended mechanic though, and ranged on Bed of Chaos isn't too cheesy imo. But what's this about lightning spear on the Iron Golem? I thought you couldn't harm him from outside the boss arena? Why would lightning spear work and not arrows? Or is it just a thing that only works in co-op once the host initiates the fight?
DS2 pre nerf lightning spear, I remember my first play-though as a cleric being super easy and when I did a co-op play-though with a friend and when with a melee hex build ( I called it the Anti-Mage) I noticed that all of the bosses were a lot harder when weren't 20 feet away from them chucking lightning at them
@@moonlight-qr6px I meant that you can do the exact same thing without using an item for it. Why even throw a blood cocktail if it can't hit you anyways and you could save it for a real cheese?
Bloodborne was made by Myazaki (sorry if I spelled that wrong) who created the Dark Souls series so saying Bloodborne is like Dark Souls isn't an insult in any way
Nobody said it was insulting. But you can only tolerate so many Captain Obvious-ers at once, and the entire internet was doing it at this point. Thats why Jirard is so angry.
The Dankest Of The Memelords nobody explicitly said it wasnt an insult in the video either, and the context doesn't paint the term in a good light. The only one acting like a fucking moron here is you.
@@prestonnoneya3767 The actual acting and context of the intro makes it seem like it's an insult to compare the two. Do you know what "context" is? Do you *really* ? Acting like a giant fucking dickwrinkle for absolutely no reason is just stupid.
When I bought this game 3-4 years back (im bad at remembering things) I thought it would be just some RPG game and I had no idea about fromsoft or anything so I thought it only had a small cult of people who adored it and I was part of it,I loved this game and I've played it every once in a while since I bought it,I ng+4 and played the old Hunter DLC in a complete new game and went with a ng+3 with DLC and everything,done all the endings and everything and i feel strong about this game,I just find it interesting how it's been a year since I've played this game and I just now got this video recommended this video,I think I'm gonna go and have myself a run for my sanity and beat my record of highest ng+,aiming for that ng+5 or 6 wish me luck fellow completionist
Bloodborne was one of the games that got me to buy a ps4 and almost my first FromSoftware game. Beaten it, fucking loved it and started a NG+ right after and I also ended up getting Dark Souls 3. Bloodborne looks beautiful and so many little details like certain outfits and corpses you find that match an area. For example when you find the Chapel Key on a body and the corpse is wearing the choir outfit. Which is exactly the area you're headed to once you get it. It's not random. There is a lot of story in the environment. The 3 things I found annoying with the game weren't too bad. The loading screen was terrible at launch but they fixed it. Having to go back to the hub world to reset areas and that a lot of the common hunters you fight in the game are annoying and not really fair. They will shoot their guns like 6 times in a row. But it's a minor thing.
After beating Orphan of Kos in the Old Hunters DLC, the little things in other video games don't even bother you anymore. You defeated one of the hardest/cheapest bosses in video game history, while suffering through countless stress and pain doing so lol. Laurence is really tough too, but not as cheap as Orphan of Kos.
This may be my new favorite channel. As someone who has a VERY time consuming job (on top of constantly battling severe depression and anxiety) it is so nice see someone playing games to the fullest while also hearing their opinions on things whether good or bad :). PS I loved the chalice dungeons. Especially if you are a grindy person like me who enjoys feeling godlike lol.
Please please please bring back the old format. Please. I can't even watch these anymore. Way too much cheese, and they just aren't focused anymore. The old sections were so much better and cohesive. I know for a fact that this comment doesn't matter and will be ignored, but I really grew attached to the old video format. This new way of doing these is just, ughhhh.
"I don't like change. Get rid of change. Always stay the same and never be different ever." Those are the emotions I am perceiving through your words. Those emotions are primarily felt by children.
Mr. Pokirby Really? Because it's usually children that I see going from comment to comment attempting to belittle people for expressing their opinions of enjoying a different format over some hackneyed attempt to be cool with the kids.
Randolph Carter Well then I suppose I'm lucky that I'm not here to belittle anyone. I'm here to help people realize their mistakes, and with that knowledge, I either let them fix themselves, or continue down the same path until I end up throwing them in Hell. I am not like you, and vice versa. I am far from a normal creature. I am not of this world. You will all face Judgement when the time comes. Don't say you were never warned once you find yourself burning for all eternity. I tried to help. Some of you simply appear to be beyond change. How disgusting, refusing a future-god's instruction on pure instinct. Truly, it's as if this species was created for the sole purpose of being disposable. Let's fix that, shall we?
I don't think it's a meme in the Souls community. I think it's more of a Super Beard Bros. meme. I jump in and out of Beard Bros., but it seems like the joke is just that Alex compares things that aren't like Dark Souls to Dark Souls. So now that Jirard's reviewing a game that actually is like Dark Souls, he doesn't want to give Alex the satisfaction.
Its more a running joke everywhere. Whenever a game uses its difficulty as a selling point there is always some dipshit who compares it do Dark Souls. Because you know, Souls was the first difficult game ever made.
Jirard, I love your channel. I've been following you for years, but there's this elephant in the room: those transitions are terrible... The older ones felt like your own identity, nowadays feels like a generic GAMERRR TV SHOW FOR GAMERRRS Your ending transition, in special, is the worst. "Finish it!!" *generic electronic jingle plays* C'mon, man...
I think it's a big improvement on the format of the Gears of Wars video. I was skeptical about the new format but based on this video, I think it's going to a good place. I miss the old transitions though. :(
I just recently Platinumed this game and it felt so rewarding after finishing the chalice dungeons, Jirard you inspired me to complete this so my platinum's for you Bro
There is a real world reward you get from completing the game. You should have received an exclusive Bloodborne background theme emailed to you from Playstation. It's pretty cool looking. There have been a number of people (myself included) that had trouble receiving the email. I simply reached out to Playstation customer service from their website and they emailed it to me within 3 days. Just a friendly tip ;)
I got the plat, got nothing, my friend's do it 6 months later and they receive the emails, I contact Sony and they say they'll email me* to solve the issue, that never happened and I tried twice, that was over a year ago. I gave up.
I love this goddamn game. I did admittingly leave in defeat after the fourth boss with my tail between my legs, which is why I force myself to beat all 19 of the dark souls 3 bosses. The game is practically flawless. The game play, the weapons, the graphics, good fucking GOD the graphics! Praise the sun your ps4 doesn't burst into goddamn flame as the game runs at a smooth frame rate (mostly). Wunderbar. Just wunderbar.
I Are Soda the only difference between Dark Souls and blood-borne is that blood-borne has a faster pace no Shields cool weapons that transform into a different one and also a cool handgun you can put in your left hand so you can actually stun enemies before they attack so you can kill a enemy in an epic visceral attack. while Dark Souls is Shields and a slower pace still awesome boss fights in both games blood-borne and Dark Souls
One thing I loved about Bloodborne, was that I rage at games all the time. Mostly for crappy controls. Like I broke my xbox controller during Conkers Bad Fur Day. But with Bloodborne, the controls worked, and everything that went wrong was MY fault. I couldn't fault the game for me dying. Just had to stay calm, and kill everything. :D
yup this game has strong controls for an open vast game and yes i died alot when frist buying it on ps store but when you finish this game it feels so good
Other than bad camera angles at bigger bosses, I agree. When fighting bigger bosses you can't even lock on to them, because the camera films to the SKIES! It's pretty bad and I wish they would have made the camera pan out a bit. I think Ludwig fight did the camera right, but man there are just some bosses where it goes HAYWIRE. And I was using the Blade of Mercy too, so I HAD to lock on, because they got zero range. Other than that? Yeah, great controls.
@@SuperArppis the camera is my biggest complaint about this game. you pretty much have to be in the DIRECT line of sight of an enemy to lock on so if there's even a millimeter of wall in the way, have fun getting clawed in the back because the camera flipped 180 degrees instead of locking on. it's also horrific for larger bosses like you said. it's not unplayable obviously but it sticks out enough that i feel the need to complain on a 4 year old video lol
Poe? Stoker? Jirard, Bloodborne is H.P. Lovecraft in game form. There are straight up three beasts from the books in the game: Shoggoth, Mi-go and Nyarlathothep. C'mon, the dlc is almost a carbon copy of a shadow over insmouth.
***** I found Parasite Eve 2 to be disappointing. Not bad, far from it. I just thought that the first one was more interesting, had a better story, better characters, a far better villain, infinitely better music, and better gameplay. I still like 2, a lot. Just no where near as much as the first.
Parasite Eve 2 threw out everything that made the first game appealing to me. I found the first game very unique. It's a SquareSoft horror game with an experimental battle system set in New York. Parasite Eve 2 is a Resident Evil ripoff. Both are available on PSN if you want to try them out.
Right, Parasite Eve 2 was pretty much taking a sharp turn down the survival horror path, essentially Resident Evil with a Parasite Eve skin. I do like the game, but I feel like the first is the better of the two. Might be the RPG lover in me biasing that opinion, but oh well. :P
I recently ran through the entire Souls series with my roommate, as much coop as we could possibly get, and we got plat trophies for DS 3 and Bloodborne. I couldn't get the plat in BB without him because of the DAMNED ORPHAN! I needed to help him with the Chalice Amygdala, but the Orphan was/is my kryptonite
They can't make a port for it, Sony owns it, and just like Demons Souls it'll never be released on PC. Fromsoft still have three games to make on contract for Sony.
If you get really good at parrying, you can actually trigger a visceral attack on a winter lantern from their grab attack. This usually lets you i-frame through the frenzy damage with the visceral attack animation, plus they're "kin" type enemies, weak to pierce damage like visceral attacks.
I find it funny how Jirard brings up all these authors but not H.P. Lovecraft this is literally a Lovecraftian mythos game. This is straight up Lovecraft.
Yes, very odd. But he also can't handle frame-rate drops and literally freaks out when it happens, so whattya gonna do? Some people..
Caesar Nero
Not until halfway through does that become apparent. It's more Brom Stoker for the first half.
Nathan Cassidy
No, with the people looking and acting like they do, that is straight up Lovecraft.
Caesar Nero The game isn't like Lovecraft, it IS Lovecraft.
I know i was going to say the same thing
You forgot that the game was also inspired by H.P. Lovecraft.
Emanlaerymton1 it's not.
And in his dark souls review he forgot it was inspired by berserk
I don't think Jirard has ever read any Lovecraft. If he had, the similarities would be extremely obvious to him. Same goes for Berserk. This game has practically nothing to do with Frankenstein, and the only similarity it shares with Dracula is the gothic Victorian atmosphere, so I don't even know why he mentioned those.
Sam Vimes Yea and Griffith did nothing wrong
It does not matter if he read lovecraft or berserk if you do any research you know the influences
I think he was trying not to spoil any significant plot elements **cough cough**
"With heavy inspiration"
Oh here it comes
"Like victorian england"
Oh boy
"And authors like"
THIS IS IT
"Bram Stoker"
NOOOOOOOOOO
HE BRINGS UP FOUR AUTHORS AND FUCKING HITCHCOCK WITHOUT REFERENCING THE GAMES GREATEST INSPIRATION, LOVECRAFT.
COME ON Jirard
Bram Stoker's horror story is about women's liberation and spooky sexy foreigners seducing English women. Seriously.
He kills me inside
Spooky sexy foreigners pfft
You're at 555 likes, consider my comment 556.
The completionest: There is no way to cheese all of these bosses
Ymfah: hold my +10 level 10 build
I love ymfah I just wish he had a voice😔
@@fatchiefweed5874 He talks in some of his videos
@@fatchiefweed5874 he speaks through memes.
But ymfah can cheese any boss, he is no mere mortal
Ymfah: hold by 4 levels
Do a video about the Bloodborne bosses
Indeimaus sup man. loved your bloodborne videos.
And you do a video about... Whatever. Love your videos!
when are we getting a sequel of top ten souls stones
Indeimaus I sense something ironic from this comment
Indeimaus still waiting for top 10 giants in dark souls :3
God, imagine a fight against Kos herself.
That'd be a scary ass fight
Eli Cochran aight
Bloodborne 2
@@aaronvanzomeren8775 In 2024
@@scorpion0498 I was joking btw, i dont actually think there will be a bb2
@@aaronvanzomeren8775 me either sadly
5 years. This game has been out for 5 years and it is still my favorite game.
Hell yeah
Same
And people are still talking about it! As with Dark Souls, it’s more than deserved the attention
Mine too, fromsoft games make other games feel boring now :(
Me to
Bloodborne is a true masterpiece
Not really.
Isn't this a fantastic comment thread just 2 bigots
@@Joker-nh6dd you're right.😂
Joker I had a bad day 🤣
Bloodborne should've won GOTY 2015, witcher 3 is boring af
So let me know, what did you think about today's episode? And my question to you: What's your favorite scary game and why?
What do I think?! Where is Dank Souls 2? HMMMMM!!! You never completed it.
This game you already reviewed, Bloodborne. I actually completed this game! Took me at least 75 hours, 3 play throughs, 1 journey though the DLC, and 40 trophies total to get that far!
bloodborne. its the perfect fixture of scare and coolness
jirared you and matpat vs sister location please make it happen
That One Video Gamer Doom 3 and fear 2, they may not be the scariest, yet despite being this all powerful super solider in both games there is a great sense of unease whenever I play them.
"Inspired by authors like bram stokers" doesn't even mention h.p.lovecraft
kronix30 Bloodborne is nothing like Lovecraft you fucking claude.
McBubbleslvl900 sorry, it is inspired by Lovecraft. Parts of the world are pulled straight from his books.
McBubbleslvl900 The second half of the game is screaming lovecraft.
mashed potatoes I know I never realized that the castle turned upside down.
amygdala screams lovecraft, and the fish village from the dlc is taken straight out of insmouth from the book shadow of insmouth.
We'll stop saying its like dark souls when it stops using the same engine and mechanics that dark souls uses.
*Wheel
Why engine? If that is the case, Deus Ex and Dead by Daylight are like each other because the same engine. Do you mean the same type of combat or something? Then again, you already said mechanics...
rainbow_lizard its like dark souls but better 😁.
Gatamer Fassade I feel like dark souls has its own engine... I'm not sure though
Kefka Palazzo I love Bloodborne much more than any of the souls games. Though I haven't played the 3rd game.
I feel really bad for Vicar Amelia because even when she turns she still holds onto the golden pendant in order to remind herself who she is and even during the fight you can see her clutching onto that same pendant if you look hard enough. It's absolutely heartbreaking to me.
And she probably turned because you bastard walked in and interrupted her communion for a moment.
Bloodborne is not like dark souls guys c'mon... It's like demon's souls
This one gets it
FullMetal Bat Yeah, no. They're all similar.
anybody know how long bloodborne's loading screens are
Hector Zeroni 6-10 secs
FullMetal Bat like it's only on PlayStation.
But Jirard...
This game is like Dark Souls
Tyler Hume *SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE* *_TRIGGERED_*
Dark Spirit TheCompletionist has invaded
How'd he managed to make a half-hour video about Bloodborne and not say the word "Werewolf" once?
or "Lovecraft".
Ugh. I’m insulted...jk ;)
Does the game?
Ithaldir Es'Teherin because the game doesn’t have much to do with werewolves. There’s a couple enemy ones, and some wolf like beasts, but other than that not much.
Or manbearpig
Man, this game is just like bookworm adventures!
Nommit 255 yea it is! I feel like Knack 2 is more like Dark Souls!
@@B.Love88 KNAAACK IS BAAACK BAAABEEEYYY
JoeL Here comes the money!
I'm going to make you eat your own legs
Dude this is so much like bubbles trouble 3
This game is just like Super Mario 64.
Are you dumb? Super mario is just a stupid childrens game entirely different!
Bloodborne is like luigis mansion though
Game Grumps
@@taistelusammakko5088 r/whoooooosssshhh
@@MagicDragonesk r/woosh
@@MagicDragonesk you know he's joking right? You only wooshed yourselfs.
when you made the mistake of playing the dlc on ng+ :^)
stickmonkey33 when you made the mistake of playing it on ng+4 :')
True story... Fuck Laurence, the First Vicar. That is all.
Apart from Laurence, the DLC on ng+ cycles isn't that bad.
And yes I have beaten it on
ng+4
It really should give you the choice to upgrade the difficulty in NG+, I would have bought that DLC if not for the like what? 20%? 30% boost to all enemies stat's!?, that's utter trash and annoying unless you like hardcore masochism dood.
...I have never had framerate issues with Bloodborne. Is your PS4 okay, Jirard?
When i played the game i did notice that the frame rate would drop when your in areas with a shit ton of enemies and whenever a boss would use a very special effect heavy attacks. Apart from that it usually stays steady.
His example involved dumping the camera directly into a very detailed and large boss. I'm pretty sure every game's frame rate dies when you do that.
That particular boss also has alot of arcane based attacks that just fill your screen with particle effects that make the system chug
He might have an earlier ps4, they have some serious FPS issues in certain areas. Bloodborne was absolutely unbearable for me in some areas. Don't even mention multiplayer FPS
If they enable 60fps for Bloodborne on the PS Pro, I will buy it just for that!
This is the only game I have ever platinumed
Sir Slothington I wish I had that resolve
*God bless your soul*
Sir Slothington Me too! lmao and it came naturally I think.
strategy guide and TH-cam make that easy if you have the time
How could you stand the chalice dungeon grind
Same lmao
Edgar Allen Poe? Fucking POE?!
C'mon man, don't sell Lovecraft short like that.
I dont think he has read a Lovecraft book. Otherwise he would have seen the similarities almost instantly. God it makes the game 20X better.
well lovecraft was inspire by POE.
I'm surprised your surprised. After the Dark Souls 2 review he did it's obvious he doesn't give a fuck about these games. I'm still waiting for that follow up video he said he would make for DS2 because he left shit out of the review the first time. I don't even know why he bother's playing these games if he's going to put so little effort into them.
30 seconds in, and I'm already laughing my ass off...
"Did somebody say...AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASS?" AFac 2016
I lost it at the closeup of Alex whispering in Jirards ear
I really with the closeup had been Alex whispering "Daaark Soooouls" into Jirard's ear.
+Kira Aotsuki It's the mustache
Who Plays He looks like a Blond Tom Selleck to me
Alex in here looking freaky as fuck. >_<
How he said that you can't tell me that, that man doesn't eat ass.
a meter about going insane, ina gothic style game with monsters? this is some lovecraftian shit right here
Dylan Trent You dont say? what gave it away? The giant Shoggoth that gives you a moon rune for dancing for it? Innsmou... I mean the fishing hamlet? Who would have thought this game had lovecrafrian inspiration. hmmmmmm.
Randolph Carter well sorry for not being around during all the bloodborne hype when it first came around. i knew NOTHING about this game for the longest time, other than it was a more actiony dark souls.
lol read into the story, its exactly what you think it is.
The game also has you going into Nightmare dimensions and your main hub is the Hunter's Dream. They even call the godlike monsters Great Ones and they are from the "Cosmos".
“Did somebody say AAAAAAAAAAASSSSS???” Alex Faciane 2016
"no way to cheese them"
someone has never heard of black knight halberd runs in dark souls one
the ones where you glitched the moveset of the estoc those were the days xD
Its where you start a new game and rush to the Black Knight in Darkroot Basin who has a chance of dropping the Black Knight Halberd. If it drops, you're set for the rest of the game. It's what speedrunners use since there is no better early weapon and holds its own in the end game.
Throwing shit... err, dung pies at the capra demon to kill it before entering the arena is top tier cheese.
Dragonrider Fall skip, Gascoigne Grave barriers, Micolash Balcony ranged spam, glitching halfway through Vendrick and Ancient Dragon's boss fog so you can ranged attack without retaliation, Gwyn parry or you can go back to Demon's Souls and reference the Maneaters sniping.
These games are cheesier than a French mouse telling Dad jokes
I gave this to my german teacher for christmas.... he usually plays pokemon so he is going to have to adapt quickly
What did your teacher think
gherman teacher
This whole video and not one mention of Lovecraft?
Thank you! I noticed that too. C'mon. it is way more a love letter to Lovecraft than anything.
And it is incredibly obvious about it at that.
E.A.P., Mary Shelley and Bram Stoker but not a whisper of Lovecraft. Lovecraft was largely influenced by Poe but this game is much more Lovecraftian than anything, in my opinion
Yeah i thought that was weird too. i was expecting him to mention HP Lovecraft
He might not have been familiar with Lovecraft at the time.
Completionist: Inspired by the works of author like...
Me: H.P Lovecraft !
Completionist : Bram Stoker.
Me:...I guess that works too.
I hate black people
@@liamlee7730 Man.
@@liamlee7730 well that's pretty awful
Not gonna lie, Alex with a mustache is just Vernon Dursley.
Dudeman No post on Sunday
Or Earl from "My Name is Earl."
legitimately, not literally.
are we actually getting up in arms about the ubiquitous use of the casual form of "literally"
okay fine I'll change it I guess
Dudeman no, you just look more intelligent when you use correct diction.
Bloodborne isn't like Dark Souls, it's like H.P. Lovecraft.
but hp Lovecraft isn't an action RPG video game lol. bloodborne is amazing, but its basically dark souls.
There are otherworldly Lovecraft-themes, the fisher-town in the DLC is Innsmouth with human/fish hybrids at it's best, while in the main game there is the insanity theme by just looking at the old ones. And they have the same roots: space-sea-land.
But it's not a "Lovecraft-simulator", like some put here. The majority of the game is set, like the city of Yharnam itself (weird Prague/Luxembourg/Vienna/London-mix*), on european horror like Bram Stoker, Mary Shelly and also a lot of Robert Louis Stevensen. Also also the whole theme of making a deal with higher creatures to transform oneself can be tracked way back to Faust. So there's plenty more than "just" Lovecraft.
*(and maybe a little bit of Hamburg, because of Yharnams many, many bridges...)
@a grill Lovecraft is the one who created cthulhu
You Can't Stop The Rock you don’t read about humans calmly dancing through deadly monster claws using a saw attached to an extended stick to cut them down in love craft m8
It's a lovecraft book in Dark Souls' engine.
Same way Sekiro is a ninja/wuxia film with Souls under the hood.
>makes no mention of HP Lovecraft
B.J. Stewart Not everyone is as enlightened as we.
Ph´nglui mglw´nafh Cthulhu R´lyeh wgah´nagl fhtagn
B.J. Stewart Yeah I was pretty surprised when he mentioned Bram stoker and not lovecraft.
I came to the comments to find exactly this when he said authors like Bram Stoker. I think this game has a lot more in common with Lovecraft's horror than Stokers. I wish I could play it :[
I think he was trying to avoid spoilers. Think of what H.P. Lovecraft books are about, and the "Act 3 shift in the game" he mentioned. He didn't go further.
“There’s no way to cheese the bosses”
ymfah: *laughs in beating the game in 2 bosses*
I don't think I ever had a problem with frame rate in bloodborne
Its usually the pc players who have problems
Hena pena but this game isn't available on pc
The_parkour_rookie I was the other day, nothing to bad just the frames skip a little
There are some places in the Chalice Dungeons where the framerate dips a little even on PS4 pro. Not as much in the main game though.
Hena pena what makes u think pc version has frame rate issues considering pc does not have bloodborne....u just made an ass of YOURSELF.
I'd say Bloodborne is more HP Lovecraft than Edgar Allan Poe
He also forgot to bring up berserk in his dark souls review
Yeh but berserk it's a...aestethic reference, whilst lovecraft is a huge part of the game, for the story, the themes, and even the weapons and game mechanics, so yeh it's kinda dumb that he didn't mention it, but whatever i'll live, not really a problem
He said it was Edgar Allan Poe after being read by a madman. Lovecraft was a man who revered Edgar, suffered a nervous breakdown after trying to learn higher math and lost his shit when science had discovered man had originated from Africa (because that means his ancestors might be Negroes!).
While I wouldn't call Lovecraft mad, I'd definitely describe him as unstable.
it takes heavy, heavy influence from HP Lovecraft. Lovecraft may not have been mad, but all his themes included madness. God i love this game
Mr. Seemingly Expected it saddens me that he was a racist his genre is amazing to me
What happened to Alex? With that awful facial hair and haircut, he's beginning to look like John Wayne Gacy. Straight up nightmare fuel.
No longer a super beard bro
seymourglass26 I think he mentioned in The Dex Podcast that he had to shave his beard for a show for their channel.
Whitney Manlove
So how does one make the leap from shaving a beard to keeping the creepiest mustache in existence?
Kellz is already much more attractive than him. He shouldn't push his luck.
seymourglass26 because he shaved it a while ago, and that's how it's growing back, I would assume?
seymourglass26 I haven't the foggiest, but the man can do what he likes regarding his appearance. And regardless of her being 'much more attractive' I'd think a mustache would be a poor thing to cause strife in a relationship over, lmao
To be honest, I've always found the framerate chugging from me dealing obscene amounts of damage to be really gratifying.
That's 1 way to look at it 🤔
Can relate honestly
Does anyone play bloodborne anymore? Cuz I do...
I've been playing Bloodborne since launch. PVP died down a little bit, but lots of people play and stream it.
I'm still on daily pretty much :)
Nice to hear!
Rasmus Pennanen I still have it on my shelf taking a break from it because I got the platinum and basking in my victory been busy trying to get the platinum trophy for Dark Souls 3 bloodborne was my first platinum trophy I am beating every Souls game I haven't had the patience to get all the trophies for Dark Souls in Demon's Souls but at least my trophy percentage on all those games are like in the seventies percent ratio.
+800 hours on my main character.
Dark Souls is just like Demon's Souls.
ngu0061
I was going to say it if you didn't
ngu0061 Demon's Souls is just like Kingsfield
Split Was Taken nah.
Split Was Taken
Nope kings field is a completely different type of game (being an exploring game with light focus on combat), demon's souls is the first of the "souls" like games
And kings field is just like mario
I wanna get Bloodborne really bad. It's one of the greatest PS4 exclusives.
ChingBlingtheKing Do you not have it because you don't have a PS4? It's only like 20 bucks retail now.
it's why I bought my PlayStation 4 and I don't regret any penny that I spent
then get it!
ChingBlingtheKing Me too, but I suck at videogames:(
Habanero Grande I have a PS4, but I also really suck at like, everything.
Facts:
Bloodborne > Dark Souls
I would agree, but the PC and Xbox version sucks.
Wrong sorry
Bloodborne is my favorite game ever but dark souls is still top 10 or 15
If it improved it’s blood gem system for pvp then yea, *perfect*
@@liamd8918 who cares about pvp
This is my favorite fucking game ever. Bloodborne and The First Hunters is an art to me.
You mean The Old Hunters?
DarthMagnus19 Yeah, I always mess that up for some reason haha
I do the same thing lol but with The First Testament and The Old Testament
Yeah it quickly became my favorite game as well. So much fun to play, music is amazing and the setting is so pretty
Itta Pupu Maybe it's not my favourite game EVER, but it derinitely is my fav one on PS4. You're right, the music, the design, the story, the entire atmosphere - it's art. Something that Souls games lack to me.
why does Alex look like a 1980s detective?
Delta Merrix Because they are the cops.
Actually I was thinking Alex looks like Harry Mudd from Star Trek TOS.
#perfectdicks
I was thinking Ron Jeremy
The stash REALLY does not help with the beginning bit X3
I got bloodborne today, wish me luck on surviving Yharnam. :-)
If you played Dark Souls the game will be a piece of cake ... oh wait :p
Grevivk007 already beaten dark souls 3. Can't beat the frickin blooded starved beast. ( should have saved up that fire paper)
Also for some reason, I manage to beat Father Gasigone and the Cleric Beast on my first try. What!?
Update: been killing many bosses on first or second try.
Use Molotovs and Backstabsfor phase one and spam Flamethrower for phase 2.
Mr. Cranker have fun in the DLC and with NG+
@@mr.cranker8086 blood starved beast ga e me the most trouble when I first started playing and when I went into new game+ I beat him first try and he literally didnt touch me once. I was fucking pumped lol
When the dlc rolled round I was on NG+3 on my best build and holy shit Ludwig took forever, 2 hits and I was done, 1 hit if he did his jump attack. Had to get the eyeframes down flawlessly.
I was in exactly the same boat when I started the DLC, was getting one hit time and time again until I learned his attacks by the first few frames of the animations,and as hard as he was I think he's my favourite boss of any game
I don't want to be that guy, and its totally understandable that you'd get them confused, but they're I-frames, as in Invincibility frames. No hate here, but the younger souls fans might rip you a new one for mixing them up. Take care and keep on dying! (I know I sure as hell will be)
I read about it before I went into the DLC.. killed everything until Mergo and went to the DLC.. even on NG, it was unforgiving..
the dlc is hardly worth it after ng+ honestly. ng+2 is ridiculous as far as the bosses are concerned. even the living failures gave me trouble.
@@jordynozymandias374 Yep. The difficulty spike is insane. Even Ludwig becomes quite a chore after NG+2
What's dat smell!?
IT'S BLUUUUUDDDDDDDD
Viewtiful Beck
Gascoigne: "Is that bluud?! its just a Snickers bar"
*Unravels Snickers bar*
Gascoigne: "It's bluuuud!"
"Master Wilhelm has grown eyes on the inside of his mind to help him see the truth that lies beyond the veil of reality. Perhaps soon he will glimpse into the madness beyond the cosmos...But can he see why kids love the taste of cinnamon toast crunch?"
We are made men by the crunch, undone by the crunch.
+Mumsy CHEW
Fear the cinnamon.. by the gods fear it laurence
Ack! You forgot H.P Lovecraft! That was one of the LARGEST inspirations for the story and design behind this game, ESPECIALLY behind Ye Old Hunters, as you find out that the map is an upside down lake abyss version of Yharnam. The name Yharnam, in R'lyehian means "The time of worthless watch" which is ironic, because you are awoken in the dream when EVERYONE is on high alert for monsters and whatnot.
I mean, come on, who do you affiliate with insanity being a key in their writing?
But you did an amazing job reviewing and completing this masterpiece.
Tetra Alimoris he was trying to avoid spoilers
Staby San But he showed ebrietas???
Tetra Alimoris Well if it's Worthless Watch, then they'd be on high alert for nothing because the men end up killing each other more than beasts.
Here's my secret to boss battles:
1. Don't look at the enemy's health.
2. Usually dodge into the attack or direction of the attack.
3. Get the timing down on bosses that are susceptible to visceral attacks.
4. Be yourself. If you start thinking your favorite weapon isn't useful on the boss, just stick to it. This started bothering me on my first run, until I got the Holy Moonlight Sword!! Yeahhhh...ahem...
5. This is a weird thing to say, but look at the enemies movement, not specifically it's attack patterns. Is it like a crazy animal or a smooth criminal? Try emulating it's movement to counter it.
6. When you start to get agitated, just take a break. A quick episode of your favorite online TH-cam show, and then get back into it.
7. Should've said this first, actually. Finish the entirety of the area and get to where you can easily reach the boss from the save lamp. Take a break and relax for a bit, and then you can focus all your attention on the boss.
8. If you just can't seem to win, just chill out and take care of the boss tomorrow.
9. Don't read up on how other players beat it! It detracts from the overall experience, but a little hint can't hurt if you're struggling.
With this strategy, I managed to beat all of Bloodborne without even getting slightly mad and didn't have to waste 'hours and hours' of time beating these bosses. You perform better and learn faster when you're calm.
The first one is definitely me. I feel like looking at the health bar only gets you more nervous and kinda makes you lose your flow in the end. By keeping my eyes on the boss, I feel like I have a better focus.
+Turtle Power There are often other indicators that a boss is transitioning into a new phase, usually glowing eyes or they change their weapon/stance. The only time looking at the bar would be beneficial is if you are dealing with a multi-enemy boss and you can see which one you are attacking, like with the Witches of Hemwick boss.
“Oh Kos! Or some say KOSM?!”
"Grand us EYES....GRAND US EYES"
Worst boss in the game
@@brawlbuster820 Took me three days to beat him, but at the third I was so good that I just parried my way through the first phase but the second phase was still hard but somehow managed to get a parry by gun and finally defeated him.
@Kumar Shivan I can beat him on my first try now, but when I first fought him, he was so goddamn annoying! Specifically because of A Call Beyond. But as I learned from The DeModcracy, he only uses it when you are far away from him. Even though he is pretty easy once you get used to his attacks, he is still not a good boss.
@@brawlbuster820 He is the most annoying
ALEX YOU LOOK LIKE A BLOND TOM SELLECK. It's weird seing him without a beard, not a bad look though
Also while I (like many others) still miss the story/spoiler section of these reviews, I REALLY like this documetary/completion diary thing you've got going in this format
Just wondering because I can't tell without the beard but that's Alex from The Dex right?
Kira Aotsuki ikr especially when he left his moustache
Pray the mighty god beard that Alex's beard grow back 😭😭😭
ehrenvids Yes it is
"There's no way to really cheese them" ... Which Souls games were you playing? Throw bombs over the walls for Capra Demon, throw a lightning spear from outside the boss arena at the Iron Golem (one hit KO), throw fire bombs inside Bed of Chaos to beat it without destroying the roots, pelt Manus with arrows from above, lead Ceaseless to the fog gate to make it fall. And that's just DS1.
HARDEST BOSS IN THE GAME BOIIS
That Ceaseless strat is an intended mechanic though, and ranged on Bed of Chaos isn't too cheesy imo.
But what's this about lightning spear on the Iron Golem? I thought you couldn't harm him from outside the boss arena? Why would lightning spear work and not arrows? Or is it just a thing that only works in co-op once the host initiates the fight?
DS2 pre nerf lightning spear, I remember my first play-though as a cleric being super easy and when I did a co-op play-though with a friend and when with a melee hex build ( I called it the Anti-Mage) I noticed that all of the bosses were a lot harder when weren't 20 feet away from them chucking lightning at them
"no way to cheese bosses"
*DOUBT*
*laughs in BSB Punget Blood*
i cheesed father g my first time. now i can kill him in one go. how the times have changed
@@TrinityDusk That's cheap. You can dodge all of its attacks if you just cyrcle around it clockwise. No need for the Bloodcocktail.
@@leotoxkraytory1732 that’s the point dude
@@moonlight-qr6px I meant that you can do the exact same thing without using an item for it. Why even throw a blood cocktail if it can't hit you anyways and you could save it for a real cheese?
Bloodborne was made by Myazaki (sorry if I spelled that wrong) who created the Dark Souls series so saying Bloodborne is like Dark Souls isn't an insult in any way
Nobody said it was insulting. But you can only tolerate so many Captain Obvious-ers at once, and the entire internet was doing it at this point. Thats why Jirard is so angry.
Creeper 131, he never said that it was insulting no one said that, you just made that up. Stop being fucking stupid.
The Dankest Of The Memelords nobody explicitly said it wasnt an insult in the video either, and the context doesn't paint the term in a good light. The only one acting like a fucking moron here is you.
Couldnt we have left Sterling with the comment section
@@prestonnoneya3767 The actual acting and context of the intro makes it seem like it's an insult to compare the two. Do you know what "context" is? Do you *really* ?
Acting like a giant fucking dickwrinkle for absolutely no reason is just stupid.
i don't know what chuggy ps4 you were using, but I never had any of those frame rate problems
Yeah that's weird, the only frame drop i got was after opening the door at old yharnam.
did you play offline? bloodborne does run a bit better offline generally.
Itachi Uchiha not unless I had to
same here
I got the platinum trophy and I didnt have any thing like that
they need to play it on other ps4
I was JUST about to say this myself. I think I noticed it chug a couple of times in my entire playthrough.
Wow this game is just like Mario Maker. Huh..
When I bought this game 3-4 years back (im bad at remembering things) I thought it would be just some RPG game and I had no idea about fromsoft or anything so I thought it only had a small cult of people who adored it and I was part of it,I loved this game and I've played it every once in a while since I bought it,I ng+4 and played the old Hunter DLC in a complete new game and went with a ng+3 with DLC and everything,done all the endings and everything and i feel strong about this game,I just find it interesting how it's been a year since I've played this game and I just now got this video recommended this video,I think I'm gonna go and have myself a run for my sanity and beat my record of highest ng+,aiming for that ng+5 or 6 wish me luck fellow completionist
WOAH
THAT'S ALEX???
Huh.
Mookal H He seems more like Andrew to me.
I kinda dig his new look.
I feel like if he was in a play ground parents would take their kids and leave
Mookal H he looks like a pervy uncle
Mookal H He's a 1980s pornstar now. It's a phase, don't worry.
Bloodborne was one of the games that got me to buy a ps4 and almost my first FromSoftware game. Beaten it, fucking loved it and started a NG+ right after and I also ended up getting Dark Souls 3. Bloodborne looks beautiful and so many little details like certain outfits and corpses you find that match an area.
For example when you find the Chapel Key on a body and the corpse is wearing the choir outfit. Which is exactly the area you're headed to once you get it. It's not random. There is a lot of story in the environment.
The 3 things I found annoying with the game weren't too bad. The loading screen was terrible at launch but they fixed it. Having to go back to the hub world to reset areas and that a lot of the common hunters you fight in the game are annoying and not really fair. They will shoot their guns like 6 times in a row. But it's a minor thing.
Better than Dark Souls 2&3
15:05 Subtitles: who needs defense when you've got god
Dark Soles 3 is awaiting you...
Time to *Git Gud*
Dycie Fisk gotta wait till the rest of the dlcs come out I heard there is gonna be 2
Kingsley Whitlock Yes, I know. It is still awaiting him though...
Dycie Fisk true but he can't complete it until the full package is there so rip
Dycie Fisk Like the soles of shoes or something?
After beating Orphan of Kos in the Old Hunters DLC, the little things in other video games don't even bother you anymore. You defeated one of the hardest/cheapest bosses in video game history, while suffering through countless stress and pain doing so lol. Laurence is really tough too, but not as cheap as Orphan of Kos.
Kos is not cheap at all. If you say that, you're probably not gitting gud enough.
It took me 5 tries....
Ludwig killed me 37 times
Kermit Jagger Ludwig was done on my first try. It's on my channel
Dee Strongfist cool, guess I don't have to watch it now
Kermit Jagger it took me around 10 tries for Orphan and I beat Ludwig on my second try. Everyone has different strengths and weaknesses I guess.
I recently did the Platinum on this game , it was one of my greatest PS trophy unlock moment :)
Mick Rob get the theme
Love your videos so much. I'm playing through Bloodborne right now myself. It's amazing. Probably my favorite PS4 exclusive.
all i know is alex needs to grow his beard back
Rocket Recliner He kinda looks like an AAAAAAAAAAASS
He's not a true beard bro
He's not even a beard bro anymore... he's just a bro... :c
Well he's actually doing that every day
This may be my new favorite channel. As someone who has a VERY time consuming job (on top of constantly battling severe depression and anxiety) it is so nice see someone playing games to the fullest while also hearing their opinions on things whether good or bad :).
PS I loved the chalice dungeons. Especially if you are a grindy person like me who enjoys feeling godlike lol.
Love ya, Akuma. You aren't alone
A hunter is never alone
Yes!! Jirard, you took my request. You, sir, are a bamf!
Lol, great review, man. Glad you loved the game =]
Platinuming Bloodborne motivated me to go back and Platinum the Dark Souls series. Every hellish hour of Bloodborne was worth it and super memorable.
The pewediepie-esque cam segments are just absolutely awful. Jirard. I thought I'd give it another shot after last week...
But damn.
Nope.
I disagree
they seem very odd and out of place with the rest of the video
Necroxis
I think they are clips taken from streams, which would explain the camera, but I'm not sure.
Marcus Alm I don't think they are, I think he just makes it look like he is while reenacting what he did
Graham Goldman
You know he has a Twitch right? That's where they come from.
My favorite scary game is still giving me nightmares it is known as sonic '06
Funny, I actually prefer that to Shadow the Hedgehog
Please please please bring back the old format. Please. I can't even watch these anymore. Way too much cheese, and they just aren't focused anymore. The old sections were so much better and cohesive. I know for a fact that this comment doesn't matter and will be ignored, but I really grew attached to the old video format. This new way of doing these is just, ughhhh.
I agree. It's nowhere near as informative.
James E. I agree
"I don't like change. Get rid of change. Always stay the same and never be different ever."
Those are the emotions I am perceiving through your words. Those emotions are primarily felt by children.
Mr. Pokirby Really? Because it's usually children that I see going from comment to comment attempting to belittle people for expressing their opinions of enjoying a different format over some hackneyed attempt to be cool with the kids.
Randolph Carter Well then I suppose I'm lucky that I'm not here to belittle anyone. I'm here to help people realize their mistakes, and with that knowledge, I either let them fix themselves, or continue down the same path until I end up throwing them in Hell.
I am not like you, and vice versa. I am far from a normal creature. I am not of this world. You will all face Judgement when the time comes. Don't say you were never warned once you find yourself burning for all eternity. I tried to help. Some of you simply appear to be beyond change. How disgusting, refusing a future-god's instruction on pure instinct. Truly, it's as if this species was created for the sole purpose of being disposable.
Let's fix that, shall we?
Alex; "It's just like Dark Souls"
*YOU DIED*
Hey this game looks like Demon's Souls, is it by the same guys?
Yes. FromSoft.
StealthArcher lmfao
Yes ubisoft
Anthony Gutierrez FromSoftware.
Pshh... Develop genuine skills? It's called gitting gud.
TheSoupStar that awkward moment when only two of the bosses have given my trouble, the others I solo'd first tme
it's called learning patterns, no different to any other game with bosses.
Why git gud? Git great? Then nothings a challenge!
Which involves bettering your skills
TheSoupStar bloody crow exists very early on for how powerful it is
Ludwig’s charge first phase
Camerabeast paarl
‘Nough said
Bloodborne is just like Dark Souls and I'm being 100% serious.
jacobr9478 it's the same basis but with a completely different style
jacobr9478 I knew this was going to be the top comeet
and dark souls is like nothing that came before it with souls in it's name. right... right?
Dark souls and Bloodborne are as similar as COD is to Battlefield.
Dark Souls is just like Demon's Souls and I'm being 100% serious.
Ayy finally beat Bloodborne 100%! It’s my favorite game of all time, and I finally sat down and did it.
Did the same a few weeks ago. This game will truly stand the test of time. It cemented itself among the all-time greats.
But it's a god damn Souls game. So why is saying it bad?
its a meme you dip
It's a meme? Never heard it, and I'm part of both Souls and Bloodborne. Community threads full of them.
I don't think it's a meme in the Souls community. I think it's more of a Super Beard Bros. meme. I jump in and out of Beard Bros., but it seems like the joke is just that Alex compares things that aren't like Dark Souls to Dark Souls. So now that Jirard's reviewing a game that actually is like Dark Souls, he doesn't want to give Alex the satisfaction.
It's not a meme, it's a running joke on the channel.
Its more a running joke everywhere. Whenever a game uses its difficulty as a selling point there is always some dipshit who compares it do Dark Souls. Because you know, Souls was the first difficult game ever made.
how can you talk about bloodborne without mention lovecraft?
the same way he talked about dark souls without mention berserk
oh shit.... you are right..... GODFUCKING DAMNIT JIRARD
Leonardo Schettino maybe he is not a lovecraft reader also why would he talk about old norse warriors
+bjam89 Berserk is a long running dark fantasy manga with a couple anime adaptations that all of the Souls games draw heavy inspiration from.
Jirard, I love your channel. I've been following you for years, but there's this elephant in the room: those transitions are terrible...
The older ones felt like your own identity, nowadays feels like a generic GAMERRR TV SHOW FOR GAMERRRS
Your ending transition, in special, is the worst.
"Finish it!!"
*generic electronic jingle plays*
C'mon, man...
I dont like them either - I find them more confusing.
Maybe if it was more retro, like a pixelated map that resembles something like Super Mario world. With Jirard as the sprite.
JoJo Rama I agree, I hated the new trasitions. The old ones were way more straight forward and simple, these ones feel confusing.
I think it's a big improvement on the format of the Gears of Wars video. I was skeptical about the new format but based on this video, I think it's going to a good place. I miss the old transitions though. :(
Also, why did he get rid of final level/spoiler section, I really liked it and I'm pretty sure that many others did to.
I just recently Platinumed this game and it felt so rewarding after finishing the chalice dungeons, Jirard you inspired me to complete this so my platinum's for you Bro
There is a real world reward you get from completing the game. You should have received an exclusive Bloodborne background theme emailed to you from Playstation. It's pretty cool looking. There have been a number of people (myself included) that had trouble receiving the email. I simply reached out to Playstation customer service from their website and they emailed it to me within 3 days. Just a friendly tip ;)
How do they tell that you've beaten it, like is it based on trophies? Also is that service still up
History507 yup, they just had me take a screenshot of my trophies and they verified it. Three days later I got my background.
How did you find this out
I got the plat, got nothing, my friend's do it 6 months later and they receive the emails, I contact Sony and they say they'll email me* to solve the issue, that never happened and I tried twice, that was over a year ago. I gave up.
It's only in Europe.
I love this goddamn game. I did admittingly leave in defeat after the fourth boss with my tail between my legs, which is why I force myself to beat all 19 of the dark souls 3 bosses. The game is practically flawless. The game play, the weapons, the graphics, good fucking GOD the graphics! Praise the sun your ps4 doesn't burst into goddamn flame as the game runs at a smooth frame rate (mostly). Wunderbar. Just wunderbar.
But bloodbourne is like dark souls....
bloodborne*
good thing you corrected "dark souls"
Took me a minute to get that because I thought you were saying he spelled dark souls wrong, too, and forgot to fix it....
I Are Soda the only difference between Dark Souls and blood-borne is that blood-borne has a faster pace no Shields cool weapons that transform into a different one and also a cool handgun you can put in your left hand so you can actually stun enemies before they attack so you can kill a enemy in an epic visceral attack. while Dark Souls is Shields and a slower pace still awesome boss fights in both games blood-borne and Dark Souls
demon souls
One thing I loved about Bloodborne, was that I rage at games all the time. Mostly for crappy controls. Like I broke my xbox controller during Conkers Bad Fur Day. But with Bloodborne, the controls worked, and everything that went wrong was MY fault. I couldn't fault the game for me dying. Just had to stay calm, and kill everything. :D
yup this game has strong controls for an open vast game and yes i died alot when frist buying it on ps store but when you finish this game it feels so good
Other than bad camera angles at bigger bosses, I agree. When fighting bigger bosses you can't even lock on to them, because the camera films to the SKIES! It's pretty bad and I wish they would have made the camera pan out a bit. I think Ludwig fight did the camera right, but man there are just some bosses where it goes HAYWIRE. And I was using the Blade of Mercy too, so I HAD to lock on, because they got zero range.
Other than that? Yeah, great controls.
What makes me rage:
Ludwig(which I died to 25 times first try)
@@SuperArppis the camera is my biggest complaint about this game. you pretty much have to be in the DIRECT line of sight of an enemy to lock on so if there's even a millimeter of wall in the way, have fun getting clawed in the back because the camera flipped 180 degrees instead of locking on. it's also horrific for larger bosses like you said. it's not unplayable obviously but it sticks out enough that i feel the need to complain on a 4 year old video lol
Poe? Stoker? Jirard, Bloodborne is H.P. Lovecraft in game form. There are straight up three beasts from the books in the game: Shoggoth, Mi-go and Nyarlathothep.
C'mon, the dlc is almost a carbon copy of a shadow over insmouth.
I hate the bloody crow of cainhurst, it took me hours.
I had to cheese him with the Boom Hammer from the Old Hunters DLC lol. All of his stats are maxed out and is really cheap.
CodedVortex ay man fuck that one enemy micloash cage
CodedVortex it took me 10 attempts to beat beat him that Bloody Crow of cainhurst I will beat him again
Paul N. I beat him straight after rom I really wanted the crow set
I threw poison daggers
Hey, Jirard, did you know Bloodborne was just like Dark Souls? :P
Avalon304 Nonsense!
BEARS! 2.0
its like demon's souls
I can't handle how amazing the music is in this game. I got goosebumps even when it's played in the background of this video.
Besides Bloodborne, I'll say my favorite horror/scary game is Parasite Eve for the PS1.
Parasite Eve is a great one. Good choice! ;)
RPG Tour Guide It's one of my favorite PS1 games, and one of my favorite RPG's.
***** I found Parasite Eve 2 to be disappointing. Not bad, far from it. I just thought that the first one was more interesting, had a better story, better characters, a far better villain, infinitely better music, and better gameplay.
I still like 2, a lot. Just no where near as much as the first.
Parasite Eve 2 threw out everything that made the first game appealing to me. I found the first game very unique. It's a SquareSoft horror game with an experimental battle system set in New York. Parasite Eve 2 is a Resident Evil ripoff. Both are available on PSN if you want to try them out.
Right, Parasite Eve 2 was pretty much taking a sharp turn down the survival horror path, essentially Resident Evil with a Parasite Eve skin. I do like the game, but I feel like the first is the better of the two. Might be the RPG lover in me biasing that opinion, but oh well. :P
I recently ran through the entire Souls series with my roommate, as much coop as we could possibly get, and we got plat trophies for DS 3 and Bloodborne. I couldn't get the plat in BB without him because of the DAMNED ORPHAN! I needed to help him with the Chalice Amygdala, but the Orphan was/is my kryptonite
This was my first platinum😂wasn't too hard and I loved the game so you can bet your ass I didn't leave my chair
Nodding my head the whole time great review jirard your experience with bloodborne mirrored my own what a masterpiece!
22:38 is the best reaction to a Bloodborne/Souls death i have ever seen!
"$60 stress inducer", that's why Bloodborne is only $20 ($40 including DLC)
The game was a bargain at $60, too.
One of the few games that absolutely deserves to be sold at 60$ price tag. Worth every dollar.
Mike Even though it's my favorite game, it is a little short to be sold by itself dor $60.
I found it brand new for $17, and I would say $37 for the base game +DLC is a great deal
+Doo_liss Depends on how you play it. If you platinum it it's worth more than $60.
I think crash bandicoot is a lot more like dark souls in my opinion
Aidan Schroeder crash bandicoot is the dark souls of childhood platformers
Crash Bandicoot is more like Dark Souls than Dark Souls 2
Change my mind
Aidan Schroeder *Rages every level*
JOJO fan depends on your dumb taste plus jojos is trash
Arthur Morgan you listen to juice wrld Arthur
this games like an old timey version of the surge
The Surge is a futuristic take on Souls so yeah technically you're right.
We can all agree both are better than lords of the fallen.
my favourite game of all time i wish they release on pc i want to play it on 4k
They can't make a port for it, Sony owns it, and just like Demons Souls it'll never be released on PC. Fromsoft still have three games to make on contract for Sony.
If you get really good at parrying, you can actually trigger a visceral attack on a winter lantern from their grab attack. This usually lets you i-frame through the frenzy damage with the visceral attack animation, plus they're "kin" type enemies, weak to pierce damage like visceral attacks.
orphan of kos one of the best bosses of all time
its close, both bosses are brilliant
ALJustice0 Maria is easily my favorite fight in Bloodborne. Orphan of Kos is damn close to that spot too.
dat shrimp man is awesome
Interesting... I never noticed the Bram Stoker influence. I guess I couldn't see past the omnipresent Lovecraftian themes!
Good avatar
How does he not bring up Lovecraft?