Bloodborne: The Greatest Soulsborne Ever Made ( Critique 2022 )
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ส.ค. 2022
- From it's lore to it's gameplay design & world, Bloodborne is From Software firing on all cylinders.
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On your analysis of Ludwig, Laurence founded the church, whilst Ludwig led the first hunters. Just pointing it out, because some stickler are going to make a big deal out of it. Other than that, excellent analysis. And the parallel of the moon presence and nyarlathotep was a welcomed surprise. 10/10 agree with the idea of a sequel.
Ya I think u mixed up Lawrence and Ludwig. like what he said.
You also forgot to fight Lawrence in the dlc. He's an optional boss.
@@Z-Mikes00 To be fair, he is somewhat easy to miss.
@@therealglocksaintisshin doesn't really matter tbh
No matter how hard this game seems to you, push through it. Even after playing through Elden Ring and receiving more serotonin in two weeks than most people do in a year, I still prefer Bloodborne due to its Lovecraftian nature.
It is not like Elden Ring doesn't have Lovecraftian elements. The Sealed God of Scarlet Rot, the Formless Mother, the Frenzied Flame... Heck! Even the Grace provided by the Greater Will is terrifying, if you think about it (or if you see the Two Fingers, really).
Yet... It is true that the way how Bloodborne slowly reveals it's Eldritch horrors is way more interesting. The subtle revelation about the Amigdalas always being there, on the side of the buildings... And it was you who was not mad enough to see them, is (Chef kiss).
@@SystemBD You are right in a way lol, they definitly inspired from bloodborne in that regard, however because of Marika we loose alot of the Eldrich elements and fears, as a humanoid vassal doesnt really bring you fear and insignifiance like the Great Ones. Also, the greater will does seem to have an agenda, and the greater ones seem to work in more mysterious ways, its just a setting buiid for Eldrich horror, and Elden Ring wasnt built for that, more a classic medieval rpg with elements from Lovecraft, Berserk and Game of thrones (grrm)
Keep an eye out for Lies Of P
@@artisticvisionary00 Yeah it looks real damn interesting
@Jesus Isn'tReal I would put Bloodborne, Sekiro and DS3 above Elden Ring with Bloodborne on first spot.Elden Ring was really good but not as good as those games imo.
The biggest insult is that this games OST didn't win any awards. This soundtrack is legit perfect.
The First Hunter OST is 😩🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@@EndymionTv First Hunter OST when ur in the schmood and wanna chill , Ludwig Holy Blade OST when you wanna get hyped up and need something epic
Agreed
What was the competition that year for the best soundtrack?
The biggest insult is that this game didn’t win goty
I was a child to the soulsverse. Elden Ring was my gateway. But alas, I have lost myself completely in Bloodborne. A bottomless sea, accepting of all that there is, and all that can be. Arguably my favorite game of all time now. Thank you From Software. ❤️
Enjoy the depths and swim along with the thoughts of dreamless gods, my fellow hunter.
Ah sweet child of kos, returned to the ocean. A bottomless curse, a bottomless sea, accepting of all that there is, and can be
don't get too close to the truth unless you enjoy madness
Elden Ring is easily better lol. Blood vial system for healing and the endless grind for them blows chunks.
@@Squiddyize nah, you’re wrong
What makes Bloodborne stand above FromSoft's other games is how deeply personal it all feels. In making a game about eldritch nightmares, Miyazaki made a story about our own individual fears and how to face them.
''What makes Bloodborne stand above FromSoft's other games'' It doesn't. DS3, Sekiro, and Elden Ring all kicked this game to the curb in user score, awards, sales, and critic score. DS2 sold more too, albeit with a lower user score. This sickening pretentiousness from you idiot fanboys needs to stop. Your opinion aren't facts.
For me, it was just disgusting. Although I have to admit, those brains that sang were pretty creepy.
Miyazaki stole lovecraft ideas about elders/nightmares/cosmic horror/dreaming world
Bloodborne had an effect on me like no other game. Took me years to beat it. Incredible soundtrack, atmosphere, everything.
Why did it take years,
@@EndymionTv multiple things. Bloodstarved beast was a huge brick wall for me. I must of died to him over a hundred times. On top of that I was a drug addict and I would routinely pawn my PlayStation for money. Ended up leaving the town I lived in to try and get clean. After that I even got my PlayStation back from the pawn. I beat sekiro and the fact that the game forces you parry really improved my skill. I came back to Bloodborne after that and the feeling of finally beating bloodstarved beast and then the game was indescribable. Especially considering all the other things I overcame really felt like the closing of a hard chapter in my life.
@@jordanduran1726 Yo great job dude. Honestly to me that feeling of overcoming in this game and how it can correspond with personal success is one of the things I love most about this series. Stay strong bro.
@@jordanduran1726 W comment, good luck to you man!
@@jordanduran1726 The Bloodstraved Beast is an optional boss and you can use blood cocktails to trivialise the fight as well. Did you know this😩💀
from a story telling and lore perspective this games is the magnum opus of fromsoftware
and yharnam is probably the best starting area in any game
I agree yes. It has yet to be topped
Lovecraftian horror is perfect for fromsoft's method of storytelling cause in those stories the reader is never given all the information and more often things are left open to interpretation.
@@KratosisGod I agree
Yup. Dark Souls 2 may be my favourite lore- and story game in the Souls series, but Bloodborne can take that honour x3!
The presentation is amazing, the setting, NPS and level design makes it so immersive, and I love how you slowly uncover more as you reach the healing church, uncover their secret (Forbidden Woods) find Byrgenwyrth, then BAM turn your entire view on the world upside down, as you realize there are much bigger forces at play, and that the world is truly doomed beyond a "small plague".
Then there's the Great Ones and the Nightmares and how these take form etc... so damn good - could easily warrant a sequel with all the content it allows for, just as much as it shouldn't cuz the lore is perfect as it is.
Just to make a small correction, you put your hand on Laurence’s skull (not Ludwig’s) and it’s Laurence speaking with master willem! Love your videos!
The ol' switcharoo
Yes and I believe Laurence is the founder of the healing church, Ludwig is a hunter of the healing church.
@@_Axe1_ yes, Ludwig founded the church hunters you are correct
*um, actually
Same thing I was thinking
Playing Bloodborne for the first time (first FromSoft game too) I couldn’t believe how good it was. I just kept saying to myself “this fucking game!” at everything. It was unlike anything I’d ever played at that point and it was an incredible experience.
Have you played sekiro?
@@abyss9316 Yes! I’m playing Sekiro at the moment and I’m getting the same sort of feeling off it. I love how everything in Sekiro is tuned to perfection, movement is smooth, the combat flows, it’s cinematic and when you get it right, it’s arguably the most satisfying FromSoft game to play. These two games, whilst difficult, are also fair so when I lose I end up laughing rather than hurling the controller through the tv.
@@alanthe2 sir I cannot express the admiration I have for that quote that you just said that exactly the same reaction I have when I lose in these games is I laugh throwing the controller will get you nowhere..... I can't remember the last time I threw my controller probably been about 10 years
ITS ALL YOUR FAULT
I don’t care if we get a new bloodborne or a remaster. Even though I have played bloodborne countless times, I still go back to it every year. For me, it is the best gaming experience of my life.
Bloodborne reignited my love for gaming after having lost interest in it for about 3 or 4 years. Every game I played I felt like my hand was being held. Red Dead 2 was the first game I'd played since 2015, and I was so baffled by the universal acclaim and the enormous fan base it got. Yes it's got amazing visuals and a fantastic storyline but there is no difficulty setting. Shooting even using free aim doesn't feel satisfying. Arthur can literally stand there and take 100 bullets to the face and he won't die. It's a fuckin bore fest of a game. Companies are making games incredibly easy so they can be played by a greater number of people and it literally kills the challenge for people that aren't casuals and want to be challenged and that feeling of being good at something. Was recommended Bloodborne and the other From Software games by a friend, and to play a game that had a combat system that actually required you to have some skill was what got me back into something I no longer gave a shit about. I am eternally grateful to From Software for that. It was a pleasure getting my ass kicked by every boss in this game over and over again.
I think you confused Ludwig with Laurance, i remember Laurance being the apprentice behind everything, Ludwig was just a high-ranking hunter
Correct he did and so are u. Happens lmfao
It's amazing that even 7 years after the release of this game, it keeps being called the best soulsborne game
Even after Sekiro, the Demon Souls remake, and Elden Ring, Bloodborne is still a viable contender for best FromSoft game
Because it is.
I’d disagree. I think it’s possibly the worst game in the series. I did not enjoy it at all in my most recent playthrough. It’s still decent but I think I might enjoy DS2 or Demon Souls more.
@lankeysob Really? To each his own, I guess. Personally Demon's Souls and DS2 are my least favorites in the series. Our tastes are completely flip flopped lol
@@Pantheistdood I think to me Bloodborne felt very samey in a lot of its areas, the bosses felt too easy except the dlc, the beginning area felt way harder than the rest of the game and then the DLC is even harder so felt like the difficulty curve was all over the place. The game does have interesting lore and a fantastic soundtrack so ill give it that.
Having recently played bloodborne for the first time I can definitely attest to it having played the soul series Almost in starting with Dark Souls 1 2 3 sekiro Elden ring and now bloodborne.. bloodborne definitely has a theme unto itself the grimy Victorian era Gothic setting spattered in Blood and lovecraftian tone bloodborne is easily the game of the century so far not many things come close to the greatness that is waking up in that awful dream of blood and Beast bloodborne will forever stand as a pillar of what gaming should be and what all game designers should aspire to create an original world..... PS ....
the orphan of Kos intro is one of the most captivating cutscenes I've ever seen
The concept of the Chalice Dungeons is one of the best parts of the game for me. Not only was it a brilliant move to extend the games life, but it also adds a lot of depth to the lore and world building that extends to the player themselves.
How badass is it to think that we the players, as hunters, explored these dungeons and shared information online about them and documented our findings, to help future hunters (future players) that navigate the dungeons. I like to think the Hunters faction inside the world of Bloodborne would do the same. This kind of meta worldbuilding brings Bloodborne up to masterpiece level for me.
They were definitely some of the hardest parts of the game. I remember having to no hit amygdala to get the gem I wanted and same with the bloodletting beast. And to think it's all optional content. But has some of the harder bosses talking to you Watchdog
4000 runs later at 1 min per run and I can now do 5% more damage with guns. Thank you Bloodborne.
A lot of people hate on the Chalice Dungeons but I agree that they were a great addition, Spelunking with people is fun as hell, and the random dungeon generator can actually create some crazy dungeons at times, with rare enemies and amazing collectables. I remember the first time I found the Ring of Betrothal, that was awesome.
The rally mechanic (coupled with the trick weapons and fast-paced combat) made every PVP encounter in Bloodborne literally feel like watching 2 or more wild beasts rip each other apart for each others' blood, with absolutely no regard for safety.
It is WILDLY vicious,
I think what elevates Bloodborne above its brethren is how personal the story is. It feels less like a history book and more like a gothic romance novel co- written by Poe and Lovecraft
This and how much focus is given to the hunters. Out of any other FromSoftware game, I think bloodborne makes the best use of it's main group/faction? Idk what to call it but you get what i mean. There's a more intimate and concrete relationship with the other hunters that you don't really get in the other soulsborne games.
some scholars summoned some cosmic demons. there's literally no story in there.
@@king_alonne3707 Tell me you haven't played Bloodborne without telling me you haven't played Bloodborne
@@orlando5789
I haven't played a masterpiece(as you think), I played Bloodborne.
@@king_alonne3707 I don't think you even understood what my reply meant.
Ah, Bloodborne, not only my most favorite FS game, but also a permanent member in my personal top 10 best games of all times.
The steady (and subtle) transition from basic werewolf gore to straight up cosmic horror is immaculate. Best combat, setting, design and lore.
I truly hope that this game will get the remaster it deserves! 4K/60FPS+Raytracing (As you've said in the video). And maybe some QoL changes like letting us teleport directly to other places, instead of having us go to the hunter's dream each and every time.
Truly, a masterpiece among masterpieces.
Bloodborne has a special place on my heart since it was my first souls game. I remember the first time I played, there were a lot of moments in the early maps that I almost gave up, a lot of bosses that I died at least 20 times, It was my entrance to a new world of games.
At what age did you play it?
@@smoker5989 16, I wasn't into soulslike before
If you go back to Queen Yharnam after killing Wet Nurse, she will bow to you before disappearing. Mergo only exists as a consciousness.
Everything in BB was once human, or at least native to the world. You can see humanoid parts to them all, save perhaps Rom.
An unpopular opinion but what I believe is true, is that the doll is manipulating everything. Not the doll specifically, but whatever is inhabiting it. In the final ending after killing the moon presence, you become an infant moon presence yourself. Who else was in the hunters dream to do that? It’s only you and the doll left. Also a interesting detail about the doll is that the winter lanterns are all versions of the doll with a ball of dead messengers around their heads. Also if you stand near the doll and clip the camera through her head, you’ll find that it is the only NPC in the game with eyes on the inside…
I suggest looking into the Pale Blood Hunt by Redgrave if you want to dive into BB lore.
Lastly, you don’t have to return to the hunters dream to reset an area. Use a bold hunters mark to return to the last lamp and the area will be reset.
Personally, I don't think the doll was manipulating everything. It's an out-there theory, but I think the doll is what remains of Oedon. When Mergo was stillborn, reality stuttered and ripped, and I believe that Flora somehow captured Oedon. Later, to form a staging ground from which to by-proxy attack the other Great Ones, Flora used Oedon to give life to the doll. At the end, it's just you and the doll, and Oedon finally has a surrogate child.
Best game ever made
I'd say one of the best. It's definitely up there with FF7, FF10, ocarina of time, majoras mask, metroid, and others
Almost, for me, my favourite is hollow Knight
If you click read more, spoilers for hollow Knight
,maybe kind of a Hot take, but is refined to the peefection, the only part that i did not like that much was the stuff to colect esence, 5 out of 7 souls bossfights are either boring or heavy rng depending, the other two are fine, and the esence trees sucks, but still fine and i can overlock that for everything else
Damn right it is!!
Yes it is one of the best
@@whatwhat98 bro finally my two favourite games of all time are ff7 and bloodborne not enough ff7 lovd
Love this. There is a new video discussing the greatness of Bloodborne popping out on a weekly basis :) I find it absolutely fascinating that the game still commands such dedication from veterans and new players alike. One thing that I lament though is that you can't experience Bloodborne twice :/ There aren't many things (in any medium quite frankly) that can match the stunning, awe-inspiring, terrifying and utterly unforgettable first playthrough.
My life changed when i explored Yarnham the first time. The graphics so beautiful. I said "really, this exists? Something so beautiful is real?". Capital city in Elden Ring was a similar feeling but, golden..just wish fromsoft would focus on delivering insane level design in every single area, as Bloodborne does. On your toes at every step. The open world is great, but we need more focus on the single areas. Everything should be at the level of Leyndell. Just put the team of level.designers hard at work for a few years. Each dungeon should be iconic and unique. Don't call them legacy...they are THE game, the experience. Not a component. They're the soul. The fucking level design. Everything must be in service of it
Sony elitists you mean. Everyone knows DS1, DS3, Sekiro and Elden Ring are all better.
@@TheStraightestWhitest ladies and gentlemen, we have a hot take.
not really, u can thank elden ring for bloodborne getting exposure.
I just finished replaying this again, last time I played it was its year of release, and after experiencing Elden Ring. I definitely agree with you, this game is still a master piece and, despite Elden Ring’s greatness, I like Bloodborne more. 7 years later, it holds up. Really unlike any other. The quick combat, the atmosphere and aesthetic, the level design, enemy design, trick weapons, lore, etc. It is objectively a masterpiece of game design and 100% deserves some sort of sequel or at least a remaster.
I really hope this game makes it to pc as well.
A lot of my friends never got a ps4, so they missed out on this masterpiece
It needs a remaster for sure
bloodborne should stay on the ps4
@@_CrimsonBlade why?
@@EndymionTv i would be fine with a Remake by bluepoint 😅
It won't thanks to its fanboys. They praised this 24fps anti-player design, blood gem farming double loading screen simulator as perfect, leading From/Sony to never patch it and leave it in its beyond broken state. Sony only ports games that represent them well. Ultra smooth, good looking games with solid storytelling and gameplay such as God of War, Days Gone, Horizon Zero Dawn, soon The Last Of Us, etc. They do not want this trash to represent them. If it had been fixed, maybe. But Bloodborne cultists effectively killed their own Messiah with their incessant praising of a broken product.
Awesome recap! Love how you mentioned all the small details again. This is definitely one of the best games of all time.
Great job. The script of the story summarization part is badass. 10/10. 🤘💯
Thank you!! This video was hard to make so I’m happy it’s so well received 🤘🏻🔥
Bloodborne was my first fromsoft game and to this day is still my number #1
I agree it’s still the best
As my first souls game as someone who has played every soul's game afterbloodborne. It has to be one of the finest works of art produced by a videogame. It was a life-changing experience for me. It brought me up when I was in a dark time and made me think better of myself.
hey man, you've been a roll with the videos recently.
amazing job dude.
Good video.
I have to point out that is Laurence who was an apprentice of Master Willem, it was his skull in the Grand Cathedral and it was him who we see in the flashback talking with Willem.
I too was kinda confused at first between Laurence and Ludwig so I totally understand you.
Ludwig was the founder of the Healing Church Workshop that succeeded Gehrman's Hunter Workshop. He was the former captain of the hunters when they became a direct branch of the Healing Church.
Laurence was the first Vicar, founder and defacto leader of the Healing Church itself after parting ways with Willem deciding to bring the healing blood to the world despite his Master's warning.
I started playing this game for a month now, and I lost interest in other games.. i died a hundred times and still want more.. #MASTERPIECE
No matter how many times I see a video critiquing bloodborne throughout the years I'm always happy to watch all of them
YESS another almost hour long Bloodborne video! Always love to see different peoples takes on this masterpiece!
I’m glad you enjoy it 🤘🏻🔥
This is probably my favorite game of all time, it's satisfying to see others appreciate it!!
It got me back into gaming after not being interested in it for years. Every game these days is boasting a huge storyline and beautiful graphics but the combat is so easy a 4 year old can breeze through. Bloodborne is a game of skill and getting my ass handed to me over and over again by the bosses was a treat.
After playing Elden Ring I came back to Bloodborne and realized that it was the best game ever made.
Me too lol
@@EndymionTv me three lol
@@EndymionTv after playing elden ring and basically playing the games backwards i realized the borderline madness of bloodborne fanboys , you are riddled with nostalgia bias. Its really nowhere near as good as the later games, especially elden ring. Really should've played bb first i guess considering it left me the most disappointed between them all.
Honestly elden ring just doesn’t feel that good compared to bloodborne
@@flamingmanure I definitely understand where you’re coming from. But for me, Bloodborne was the first fromsoft game I played and completed. And I don’t like it solely for the nostalgia factor, I love the fact that you have a gun for parrying instead of a shield. I love the enemy types. I love the rally system. I love the over all gothic/lovecraft aesthetic, and most of all the trick weapons. I actually really like elden ring and dark souls 3 a lot too, just not as much as bloodborne. I think the main reason I like bloodborne more than elden ring, is that elden ring takes a ton of play time to complete in comparison, making a second or third playthrough more daunting.
I have binged 7 of your videos in a row now, while playing Just Cause 3. Good shit, good sir. Subscribed.
Bloodborne was and still is the best souls game. The only souls game that I always come back.
agree
Literally haven’t been able to playthrough DS1 and Demons’ Souls again since playing Bloodborne. They’re just so dated by comparison even when they have great boss fights like O&S, Old King Allant, etc. Hell, I even had trouble going back to DS2 and that game has phenomenal dlc. Bloodborne’s pacing in combat and it’s world design, lore, etc just surpass everything before it.
Currently going through Bloodborne and I'm loving it. It's tied with Elden Ring and Sekiro as my favorite Souls games. Great video!
Thank you for watching 🤘🏻🔥
Have you found any pvp action? I’m thinking of replaying it and stopping around lvl 60
I used the Bold Hunter's Mark to refresh the area without going back to the Hunter's dream. In the beginning it costs too many blood echoes but later it's inconsequential. It's the fix to this mechanic. A lot happens in the Hunter's dream, I guess that's why FromSoft wanted you back there.
I may have to do another bloodborne run. I've already gotten my platinum, but there's something about bloodborne that's just so satisfying
Excelent retrospective! Really loved your take on the actual story, you said alot of stuff that i never saw people talk about (despite my knowledge about From's lore)
Sekiro and Dark Souls 3 are always gonna have a special place in my heart, not only because of how phenomenal they are but also because they were my first ones..However i trully believe that Bloodborne is not only yet to be topped by other games, but also FromSoftware themselfs - when it comes to atmosphere and world building...
A timeless masterpiece 🖤
Thanks for watching and I’m glad you enjoyed it! This was fun but also hell to make so I’m glad people are enjoying it 🤘🏻🔥🥳
Exquisite job blending well-researched story analysis along with theory and personal experience. I have Bloodborne 3rd on my greatest video game of all time list right behind Portal 2 and Breath of the Wild.
Bloodborne is one of those games that will be talked about forever. I don't think Fromsoftware will ever be able to top this but they keep making banger after banger so who knows
They need to make a sequel yesterday already. It’s been 7 years it’s ridiculous
My Bloodborne experience.
I had mostly lost interest in gaming.
I had a PS4 that I wasn’t doing much with.
Bloodborne was around 2 yrs old and the complete edition was on sale for less than $10 so I grabbed it.
Pappa Gas beat my ass and I rage quit for about 2 months.
When I can back to the game, I didn’t put it down till I had my first ever Platinum trophy.
This game gave me back my love of games. Bloodborne has my undying love and appreciation.
15:35 You can see the Nightmare of Mensis from the frontier as well, implying that all the nightmares are connected. Perhaps they represent different planes of existance bleeding into eachother.
My all time GOAT. I wish it was on PC not just for myself but for friends who play exclusively on PC who I’d literally buy it for just to know they got to experience this game
Buy me the game on pc
What happened in Old Yahrnam was not the Scourge but Ashen Blood, I think those two afflictions are not one and the same but perhaps my memory’s failing… I could definitely use more eyes.
Well, there's the theory that the church was slipping the Old Yharnam populace: beast blood pellets
@@insertedgynamehere___969 I think it could just be from the church dumping chemicals from the Research Hall into the water around Old Yharna. The poison you get in the Research Hall is the same kind of poison the beast patients in Old Yharnam inflict.
@@insertedgynamehere___969 yes, but it is unclear if I recall correctly. I think the Ashen Blood may be the same ailment that struck the Ailing Loran back in the day though.
Ashen Blood is cured with antidotes, which cure poisons. Ashen blood wasn't a disease: the Healing Church was poisoning the community to promote widespread use of their holy blood, in order to make themselves necessary. This, of course, caused the beastly scourge due to the blood bringing our animal sides to the forefront.
Vow mad respect for mentoning Czech Republic.Not many people actually know that Yahrnam is mix between London and Prague.
I just replayed Bloodborne after a couple years without touching it and after my playthorugh and rediscovery of the game I once again reafirmed my thoughts and what yourself said. Its unbelievable this game even exists in the first place, its one of those very few cases in media that something just hits all the right spots so flawlessly like nothing else ever did before or after it
I'm playing Bloodborne in ps4 pro now, idk if it is in low fps, but it feels really smooth to me. Also, there was something that amazed me in it, but I couldn't exactly explain what, until you said it, everything is so detailed, and the graphics are so good, it doesn't feel like a 2015 game at all
Yup they really did put their all into the world and made the detail insane, it’s great
Perfect timing! I can’t wait for this game to get remastered one day. It’s by far my favorite game of of time. So many memories with my buddy Billy.
Thanks for watching I’m glad you enjoyed it 🤘🏻🔥
@@EndymionTv left you a like. Thanks for the video. Just finished it. So nostalgic!
@@bb7366 thank you for watching.
Everyone talking about the loading screens being 30-40 seconds. Skyrim on the 360 has entered the chat
This game is an experience. One of those rare things in life that elevates your appreciation of the amazing things humans can create. I just wish I could play it for the first time again
I love cosmic horror and gothic type settings. The environment and enemies were some of the coolest designs. The concepts were so intriguing. Then gaining insight and the things that happen w that.. Good and Bad. I need to get back. Didnt go nearly as far as i can. Though i did do some secrets. Like "making contact" 😉 really a fun experience and melancholy too. Someone gets turned into a blue blobby thing. Umbilical cords? So much. Still need to kill the moon
If there will a be a bloodborne remake or a even a second part I’m never gonna leave my room again
Too soon for a cash grab remake or remaster(Like Naughty Dog or Bethesda). A sequel, after From is half finishing the new mecha game they said they're working on.
What a fantastic, one in a million game.
Great review! Keep up the good work
Love the vid !
I like that you used Sister Friede’s first phase ost as a background music, as it fits perfectly in bloodborne world
Finally, someone else who made the Moon Presence and Nyarlahothep. It was the first thing that came to mind when I first saw the MP.
As for your theory about the old man being The Moon Presence, I don't think that's the case. In the Lovecraft Mythos Nyarlahothep was a cunning and highly intelligent being closer to being a type of satanic archetype at a cosmic level. The Moon Presence in the other hand while having a level of intelligence is clearly more bestial in nature. My take is that It is the embodiment of predation, like the cosmic embodiment of killers and predators wich would make sense since it is the Old One that gives it's powers to the Hunter's Dream and thus makes it possible for the Hunters to kill inhuman beast and other Old ones. And let us remember the the majority of predators in the animal kingdom hunt during the night, wich is ruled by the moon.
That’s fair. It’s just that the blood minister has a distinct look that is ONLY used in that opening cutscene and he shows up in the CGI opening too, so he’s prominent but never actually named.
So if Moon P is like Nyra, I like to think that that the old man is also Moon P
I beat bloodborne two years ago, and hearing your lore makes me want to replay it. Great work probably getting the old hunters as well. Love how twisted and dark the lore is and now I get maybe why a boss is trying to kill you by using its own placenta as a weapon.
I never really thought about it but I suspect that the spiders in the Nightmare of Mensis might be a distorted reference to Rom in the mind of the school, they know of the Vacuous spider and even if they seek to make their own great one, just having that knowledge might echo in some form in their personal nightmare they created.
Personally, I think the clothing being fashion made for a nice change from the stat-weighted gear of many of the other titles. I'm a sucker for 'the best stats available', so tend to end up wearing weird mashed up sets in most Souls games in order to squeeze maximum defence into a workable equip load, whereas Bloodborne allowed me to fully just enjoy the variety of options available purely from an aesthetic point of view.
There are some beautiful armours in Elden Ring that I've barely worn beyond just checking them out, because they just don't feel like a 'smart choice' due to stats and such, for example.
Bloodborne has balanced thematic presentation and gameplay mechanics
Also when i first played it every major scene made me go "wtf?"
Some say Kos, others say Kosm
I’m like what
Then the dlc happens
Ohhhhhhhhh
@@EndymionTv
I have never wanted to throw rocks at an orphan so badly before that point in my life!
I wish it was the first time again , I've played it so many times, I just wish we had more.
This was very well made, fellow Hunter
FromSoft games already have a cult following, but Bloodborne has a cult following within that cult following. I love how you either don't care for the game, or you're a die hard fan that believes it's the greatest of all time, no in betweens.
Damn right.
I'm the latter
Yes ... I will do anything in the name of the eldritch truth ... 😳👹
I've been saying since my first day of play the BB is an almost perfect Castlevania. Would love for BB2 to make more Vampire like areas and enemies, like Cainhurst
I agree and honestly I wouldn’t mind a Castlevania made by FS either
The sad thing is that if we ever get a pc port, all the cool gliches w/the chalice dungeons will probably be patched.
Tremendous review lad!
Bloodborne it's so beautiful ❤
Mandatory reading is The Pale Blood Hunt by dmc Redgrave. He is the lore master of bloodborne and his book is amazing and free. And yes bloodborne is the best though sekiro isn't far behind.
I rewatch his "Little Things" series at least once a year and the "Bells" episode is mandatory every holiday season. 😆
13:40 Yeah, the only time I ever swap my armor except for fashion reasons is using Henryk's set for bolt resist in the Darkbeast fight and the Ash Bone set for fire resist in Laurence and the Watchdog fights. I am happy that I don't have to worry about poise or equip load in Bloodborne.
Hey man, I usually dont watch 45 min videos like this on youtube but this was great. Only thing I want to add, is you said once you touch the Skull of Laurence you see him talking to Ludwig, but he is infact talking to Willem, the one you see before you fight Rom on the wheelchair.
I'm gonna have to make a few corrections here:
His name is Willem, not Wilhelm.
And in his cutscene he is saying the name "Laurence", not "Ludwig", as Laurence is the founder of the Healing Church, but Ludwig was the first Healing Church Hunter and thus the head (and perhaps founder?) of the Healing Church HUNTERS.
Also Laurence and Ludwig both exist within the Hunter's Nightmare as two separate bosses...
Just wanted to throw that out there.
Great video, keep going!
I have a question though:
Where exactly do you take the information that Oedon is the leader of the Great Ones and the father of the Moon Presence from? Not trying to tear apart your theory here, I am just curious as to what drove you to this conclusion.
yeah I wish I knew too mate... lot of confusion!
Agreed! Now we just need it on PS5 at 60 FPS!
PC. Not on Ps5. On PC. For Oedon's sake.
@@Gerreth_F_Riedrich lol that too! 🤣
I agree
@@Gerreth_F_Riedrich it won't come on pc before it comes on ps5 though.
27:38 One thing to note about the Witch of Hemwick: those additional enemies that constantly spawn throughout the fight will ONLY spawn if you have >0 Insight. Yes, when you enter the fight for the first time, you get 1 insight, but if you die, return to the dream and spend it on something (thus returning yourself to 0 insight), then the fight is 100% trivial after that as you only have the witches to deal with and nothing else. And that plays into the lore of the game, where the more insight you have into otherwordly things, the more you see and the harder things get (e.g. the lower your resistance to frenzy). Basically, if you line your brain with eyes (insight), the more horrors you realize are around you, and those horrors can affect you more easily.
This game is a true masterpiece
Just got platinum on it and loved every second
Please give us a remaster
Spiders are symbols of wisdom. They symbolice patience and understanding of the unknown. They also tend to be keeper of knowledge, I think that amygdala fits this theme kinda good.
The amygdalas do the same;
They sit right above yharnam and just watch (beside the one u fight or the one, which brings you to the dlc/another realm).
Interesting. Still weird they only exist in the one realm of communion in the game. And they do look like Amygdala’s!
Game is 10/10 absolutely love it and of course I got the platinum.
The nightmare areas are stacked. The hunters nightmare being the lowest point. You can see it through the water when entering the fishing hamlet. Above the hamlet is the frontier, the masts are protruding through the fog. Above that is the nightmare of mensis. You can literally see it from the frontier.
Really good video, you really explained how fantastic this game is! But just one thing and that is that Ludwig wasn't the founder of the healing church, that was Laurence the First Vicar (That I'm guessing you missed as a boss) plus that's Laurences skull in the church
I don't think I'll ever get tired of hearing about other people's experience with bloodborne. The game is such a uniquely personal experience, from lore interpretation, which weapons spoke to you(whirligig gang!), to which bosses were challenging. I'm the opposite of you, and found Lugarious to be rather easy while for Ebrietas I just can seem to figure out how to avoid certain attacks like her lunge. Lore-wise, I feel like the whole game is based off of humans trying to ascend to higher beings. Some try it through blood, others through insight, but you are the only one to succeed by using both. And finally, I always thought that the orphan we fight isn't really the orphan, the shadow is the real orphan. What we fight is a manifestation of all the pain, sorrow, and anger that the fishing hamlet feels towards hunters. That's how I see it anyway.
I still think the great ones are either aliens OR humans originally. Hmmm maybe I’ll do a vid about it
@@EndymionTv I'd watch that! It seems more or less confirmed by the "true" ending and Rom's lore that humans can ascend to be great ones. But then Ariana and Yharnam give birth to great ones, so ascension isn't necessary. Next to nothing is known about the history of great ones, that's one of the cool things about the game.
Dark souls does that better than bb by a long mile.
The moon presence is (in my headcanon) so easy because at this point, the hunter is ready to ascend and has become incredibly powerful because of the umbilical cords and all that of the bosses killed so far
And the moon presence was probably like, “oh shit I have to actually fight this time? Wtf”
@@EndymionTv yeah, definitely looks like it's having an: "Oh, shit" moment
You are very, very wrong lol. It is always weak because it uses you as a puppet to save its child from Mensis doing all the dirty work (that's why the hunter's contract ends up when freeing Mergo), while also sucking all of the blood echoes you channel trhough the doll when levelling up. Its like a giant leach wich feeds on blood and the enemy with the highest blood echoes drop by FAR. As it is highly hinted by:
1- the blood dregs item image showing little moon presenece "babies" on blood of those infected added to the fact that Oedon's medium is Blood and that its worshippers are "inadvertent" (they don't know they carry those little beeings inside their veins wich eventually turns them into blood drunken beasts as a Oedon folmower would all according to item descriptions.).
2- The fact that the official artbook uses Odeon's descrpition on the Moon Presence's image.
3- both "Nameless" Moon Presence and "Formless" Oedon beeing obvious parallels of the same beeing.
4- There are two runes depicting Odeon, Formless Oedon and Oedon Writhe, the second of wich resembles a LOT the Moon Presence in shape.
4- Your contract ends when freeing Mergo/ the MP/Oedon's children, wich appears to be completely formless and exists only in voice, sounds familiar?
All in all i think MP is basically Oedon gaining a physical form through blood sucking everything that is alive to be a complete beeing. That's why it's so weak, its real power is the influence over the blood. Two sides of the same coin, Formless but with name in the waking world and Nameles but with a body on the dreaming world.
@@XxT0kY0DrfTstYlExX I disagree with the notion of the moon presence and Oedon being the same thing.
1) Nameless and formless are very different things. So I don't really see a parallel.
2) Oedon has a name and the moon presence has a form.
3) blood dregs isnt necessarily the moon presence's seed. We don't know which great one those belong to.
One might argue that being a hunter connects us to the moon presence via the dream, but there are only 3 hunters we can connect to the dream:
Eileen the crow, because she explicitly brings up the doll if she kills us (except at the bad ending of her quest line) .
Possibly Djura, he seems to understand that where connected to the dream and the nature of that connection. He possibly went through a red moon as well (source: There's a note in old Yharnam near the dead hunter wearing the charred hunter set that says there was there was a red moon over old Yharnam before and the writer having no other choice but to burn old Yharnam due to the beasts.) This note doesn't mention who hunted the beasts but the charred hunter set being found on that dead hunter I mentioned earlier and the note being within a few metres of him implies he was there and hunted beasts. This along side the hunter, the hunter being guarded by Djura, and also wears the charred hunter set and the gattling gun hunter in the nightmare explicitly connecting them to Djura, calling them Djura's companion in gattling gun item description: you can make an argument that he was there and possibly a "paleblood" Hunter, as Redgrave labels hunters connected to the dream, for that night.
The 3rd hunter is us.
The rest of the hunters is up in the air.
Yes I know the doll says there were others before us. But that's the just the thing *_before_* us, not currently
*_with_* us.
On your point about oedon/mp trying to gain form through and being two sides of the same coin:
I agree with them being two sides of the same coin but I have different take on how.
Oedon is heavily associated with quicksilver (aka mercury). His runes only affect quick silver bullets. Along with mercury being technically "formless" in a sense
The Moon presence is heavily associated with the blood.
It's design is very reminiscent of the circulatory system (aka you veins, arteries etc.), and possibly being a leech like you said.
There's an interview with Miyazaki where he was asked about the "behold a paleblood sky" note.
To paraphrase him: he describes the sky (during the Red Moon) as having the same colouration as a body drained of blood.
(It was the design works interview if your curious)
Blood and Quicksilver are the 2 main resources in the game:
Blood for healing and leveling up
Quicksilver for your guns and arcane stuff.
They are combined to make quicksilver bullets (source: quicksilver bullet item description)
So blood is more heavily used as a resource than mercury but mercury is still used.
So the two sides of the coin being blood and mercury.
Bloodborne was my first soulsborne game I've ever played. This game will teaches you to get out from your comfort zone and push forward.
On top of than, even this game is hard and scary it is still enjoyable to play it.
I see what you did with the 3rd chapter name “With Strange Aeons” very nice hp lovecraft quote one of my favorite “That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons even death may die” beautiful one of my favorite quotes ever
I've never seen anyone mention that Mergo may be so powerful that its birth allured all the horrors to Yharnam and that it could potentially still be alive, it's amazing how fresh perspectives can be created for the game almost a decade later
Man, I really do feel sorry for gamers who can't get into, or refuse to play challenging games like this. Bloodborne is a masterpiece and a true work of art that I think everyone should experience, without question. It's so imaginative, grotesque, unique and fascinating. FROM's magnum opus without question!
Doing my 5th playthrough in October of 2022! My first and probably my favorite From Software game due to the setting and the creepiness😊
Yet another fantastic video dude, glad to see more ppl getting into blood. Still From’s best game (imo), also use bold hunter marks to reset the area, they’re pretty cheap too by the time you hit endgame/ng+
Thank you! I’m trying to diversify what I make to keep it interesting for viewers and me
@@EndymionTv and thanks to fellas like yourself, the game ain’t dead yet lol
I don't think FromSoft is ever going to top this one. Elden Ring was really good, and I had a great time with it, but... man, it's no Bloodborne. Bloodborne just hits in a way that their other games don't.
I hope it's just a remaster and not a remake if they do it, Demon's souls was ruined imo because they destroyed the art direction and made alot of bosses generic looking redesigns and mess up on the lighting and general atmosphere of some of the areas in the DS remake.
I loved the demon’s remake but that’s me 🤷🏻♂️ I hope blue point does dark souls next
@@EndymionTv I'm not a fan of destroying a vision for the sake of selling the ip again, the pvp was fun for the little time it was back but it's just wasn't the same to me.
If i want Demon's souls I'll just play on my ps3 or emulate.
The remake was great though. A big reason why og demon's souls looked the way that it looked was due to hardware limitations and not for artistic reasons. It's ok to romanticize things sometimes but let's be honest many things were ugly at the og game even for its time, it's the nostalgia that is talking at this point. You don't like some of the changes in the remake? Cool. But it is nowhere near ruined in the remake....
@@Kostanovi it's subjective I'm not saying it ruined it for everyone, the designs carried over from the art pretty damn well and i dont think them redesigning flame lurker for example to be a generic fire demon was nessecary, i would welcome higher res graphics and all that but its not like the ai was tuned to be smarter, it was purely cosmetic and didn't add much else of consequence.
@@TK_TK811 fair enough. Not everyone will like the changes of course but I think bluepoint is doing pretty well with all their remakes-remasters. Shadow of the Colossus remake was also very good.
I just got Blood borne and Elden Ring for my b day. Which should I play first? Or does it make a difference?
You can choose
Really loved the video! Although, I am amazed you consider Ebrietas to be easy! I think I took more attempts to beat her on my first play than Ludwig the first time I fought him. Always funny how different each person's experience with these games can be.
This was my first ever platinumed FromSoft game because it is THAT good. Everything is near perfect for me and it may be my number one game video of all time and I've played a lot.
I love you, Bloodborne.
It was my first FROMSOFTWARE platinum as well, I’m glad you love it and thanks for watching
i want more good cosmic horror games
Me too there’s a lot of bad ones unfortunately
Watching this made me pause the video and play NG+ for the first time. Great job 🫡💯
The wet nurses attack when it makes copies of itself you can avoid damage completely by running your in a circle around the circumstance of the arena until it ends
From Software doesn't miss, but none of their games have surpassed this masterpiece.
Sekiro came close gameplay/boss wise but besides that yeah Bloodborne is king
@@EndymionTv I couldn't agree more!
@@flamingmanure Yeah, no. DS1 is a classic, but it is beyond outdated in the gameplay department, and it's unfinished second half isn't doing it any favors. DS3 is just Bloodborne lite with downgraded gameplay, atmosphere and level design. Sekiro has the better combat, but that's it. And Elden Ring has to be the most overrated From game ever. Just another Dark Souls game (a downgrade imho) but bigger and with little to no redeeming qualities to help it stand out as its own thing. The weaker quality bosses and music isn't helping its cause either.
Wrong
To me it's ds3 > bloodborne but i respect your opinion
Yeah that’s fine Ds3 is heavily influenced by Bloodborne so that makes sense
Endymion here is dropping insight VaatiVidya could not even begin to broach. 🔥🔥🔥
Great work! Love this game