Author Topic: Bloodborne PS4 (Read 22414 times)

FiSh77 · « **Reply #40 on:** March 24, 2015, 05:49:46 am »

Been playing since 4 this morning and loving it so far, finding it difficult though

Need to get a few hours sleep now

J-Mc- · « **Reply #41 on:** March 24, 2015, 10:38:31 am »

Been watching streams for it and fuck me does it look boring.

Graphics are gorgeous is somewhat unvaried on the colour pallette, but the actual gameplay looks boring as hell.

wige · « **Reply #42 on:** March 24, 2015, 11:51:16 am »

Sooooo psyched for this... quote from below review.. "yes, they basically put the material system from Final Fantasy 7 in the game"

http://www.rpgfan.com/reviews/Bloodborne/index.html

Living Legends · « **Reply #43 on:** March 24, 2015, 12:13:44 pm »

Quote from: Kashinoda on March 24, 2015, 04:03:25 am

Getting rave reviews

Yah, cant wait till Friday!

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1016296

Kashinoda · « **Reply #44 on:** March 24, 2015, 01:49:33 pm »

Quote from: J-Mc- on March 24, 2015, 10:38:31 am

Been watching streams for it and fuck me does it look boring.

Graphics are gorgeous is somewhat unvaried on the colour pallette, but the actual gameplay looks boring as hell.

Potatoes gonna potate.

Keita Success · « **Reply #45 on:** March 24, 2015, 10:50:23 pm »

Looks creepy as fuck in that trailer. Going to have to have a wank to get my mind off that shit before bed.

Give us an update when people have played it.

FiSh77 · « **Reply #46 on:** March 25, 2015, 01:06:04 am »

hard as fuck, first boss was easy but can i fuck beat the 2nd one, get it's health down to 50% then it transforms and just twats me

might need to do some grinding to level up a bit

Living Legends · « **Reply #47 on:** March 25, 2015, 07:51:43 am »

Quote from: FiSh77 on March 25, 2015, 01:06:04 am

hard as fuck, first boss was easy but can i fuck beat the 2nd one, get it's health down to 50% then it transforms and just twats me

might need to do some grinding to level up a bit

Well I'm glad its challenging!

Although I can imagine some rage inducing moments ahead

Twelfth Man · « **Reply #48 on:** March 25, 2015, 07:53:35 am »

Quote from: Living Legends on March 25, 2015, 07:51:43 am

Well I'm glad its challenging!

Although I can imagine some rage inducing moments ahead

That's the whole point...

Living Legends · « **Reply #49 on:** March 25, 2015, 12:27:42 pm »

Quote from: Twelfth Man on March 25, 2015, 07:53:35 am

That's the whole point...

True!

Chakan · « **Reply #50 on:** March 25, 2015, 12:28:31 pm »

Is it worth getting?!

FiSh77 · « **Reply #51 on:** March 25, 2015, 12:31:11 pm »

Quote from: Living Legends on March 25, 2015, 07:51:43 am

Well I'm glad its challenging!

Although I can imagine some rage inducing moments ahead

i wouldn't say the majority of enemies are challenging, most are easy to kill and only pose a threat when they're in large numbers and you're stupid enough to go wading in instead of picking them off a few at a time

Spoiler

only a few hours in and i've maxed out blood vials (health) and ammo, you can hold 20 of each in your inventory and when it's full the rest automatically go in to your storage chest up to a limit of 99, they're dropped so often it's almost impossible to run out, so there's not really any need to try and manage them carefully unlike ds1 where you started out with only a few uses of estus, also there's a regen system where if an enemy hits you a portion of your health fades but if you manage to kill it before the health disappears then you get it back, hopefully the difficulty of the bog standard enemies will improve but apart from a couple of werewolf things there's nothing that worries me from the start all the way up to the 2nd boss, it's impossible for me to die now unless i do something stupid, apart from that gripe i'm still enjoying it though

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'Mondzz' · « **Reply #52 on:** March 25, 2015, 12:49:26 pm »

Just caved in and ordered this.

FiSh77 · « **Reply #53 on:** March 25, 2015, 01:05:52 pm »

Quote from: Chakan on March 25, 2015, 12:28:31 pm

Is it worth getting?!

if you liked demon's souls & ds1/ds2 then yeah, it's more of the same

if you've not played any of them then watch some streams, it won't be everyone's cup of tea and can be infuriating if you're someone who likes running and gunning, i was watching a fella last night who hadn't played any of the others and must have died 30 or 40 times by stupidly running in to enemies and trying to button mash, at one point he was trying to get back to the area where you level up and got killed, you just heard his pad hit the floor or something and he lashed his headset and fucked off for 5 mins, funny as fuck to see and he was getting a bit of abuse in the comments

Living Legends · « **Reply #54 on:** March 25, 2015, 01:37:00 pm »

Quote from: FiSh77 on March 25, 2015, 12:31:11 pm

i wouldn't say the majority of enemies are challenging, most are easy to kill and only pose a threat when they're in large numbers and you're stupid enough to go wading in instead of picking them off a few at a time

Spoiler

only a few hours in and i've maxed out blood vials (health) and ammo, you can hold 20 of each in your inventory and when it's full the rest automatically go in to your storage chest up to a limit of 99, they're dropped so often it's almost impossible to run out, so there's not really any need to try and manage them carefully unlike ds1 where you started out with only a few uses of estus, also there's a regen system where if an enemy hits you a portion of your health fades but if you manage to kill it before the health disappears then you get it back, hopefully the difficulty of the bog standard enemies will improve but apart from a couple of werewolf things there's nothing that worries me from the start all the way up to the 2nd boss, it's impossible for me to die now unless i do something stupid, apart from that gripe i'm still enjoying it though
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Cheers mate, sounds good. I'm really tempted to watch twitch streams or YouTube vids of it, but I'm gonna leave it till after I'm a few hours into it myself.

Devon Red · « **Reply #55 on:** March 25, 2015, 01:44:36 pm »

Watching the Twitch streams it looks very Dark Souls but all the environments that I've seen so far are monotone and samey. I also don't see much difference in characters or weapons, which seems a strange design choice as that was such a big part of the Souls experience. It's not the 'must buy a PS4' game that I was hoping for.

Chakan · « **Reply #56 on:** March 25, 2015, 01:46:33 pm »

Haven't played Dark Souls or anything like that. Think I might give it a skip.

How is it in comparison to Shadow of Mordor?

Kashinoda · « **Reply #57 on:** March 25, 2015, 01:50:29 pm »

Quote from: Chakan on March 25, 2015, 01:46:33 pm

Haven't played Dark Souls or anything like that. Think I might give it a skip.

How is it in comparison to Shadow of Mordor?

Give this review a watch:
http://www.gametrailers.com/reviews/zeq6tw/bloodborne-review

Chakan · « **Reply #58 on:** March 25, 2015, 01:51:29 pm »

Quote from: Kashinoda on March 25, 2015, 01:50:29 pm

Give this review a watch:
http://www.gametrailers.com/reviews/zeq6tw/bloodborne-review

Ty, will have to go give it a watch when I get home.

FiSh77 · « **Reply #59 on:** March 25, 2015, 02:03:06 pm »

Quote from: Chakan on March 25, 2015, 01:46:33 pm

Haven't played Dark Souls or anything like that. Think I might give it a skip.

How is it in comparison to Shadow of Mordor?

it's nothing like shadow of mordor, no free running or climbing, combat is completely different as you have a stamina bar which goes down if you dodge or attack so can't just do combo after combo, instead you have to know when to back away and recover

Kashinoda · « **Reply #60 on:** March 25, 2015, 02:06:10 pm »

I've never really been into the Souls games but I tried Dark Souls after the internet wanking about it forever, it finally clicked about 5 hours in (The Wire of gaming?). The world is immersive enough to keep you interested and the combat does become extremely addictive due to how rewarding it is when you master certain hurdles. It's one of those rare games that has me checking the wiki/guides often but that didn't ruin it for me.

For parts that are difficult it's worth remembering you can summon people into your world via the online features, I believe a lot of reviews aren't touching on this much as it's the norm in Souls games. The online component on this is fantastic really.

carling · « **Reply #61 on:** March 25, 2015, 03:01:31 pm »

Quote from: Kashinoda on March 25, 2015, 02:06:10 pm

The online component on this is fantastic really.

... until someone invades your world!

Twelfth Man · « **Reply #62 on:** March 25, 2015, 05:08:29 pm »

Quote from: Chakan on March 25, 2015, 12:28:31 pm

Is it worth getting?!

Yes. It will be a work of art. The producer is a genius. The games require effort but the reward is unlike anything you have played before. Just a pity this is PS4 exclusive and won't be coming to the PC.

thekitkatshuffler · « **Reply #63 on:** March 25, 2015, 07:32:17 pm »

ShopTo despatched mine today, so I should have it in hand tomorrow and the first day patch should be downloaded from PSN in time for Friday afternoon.

FiSh77 · « **Reply #64 on:** March 25, 2015, 07:37:10 pm »

finally beat the 2nd boss, father gascoigne

Spoiler

fucking frantic at the end, halfway through he transforms in to a beast thing and goes in to berserk mode, gives you barely a second to heal or use any items on him, i'd been getting battered by him all last night so was bricking it once i'd got within 1 hit of killing him, felt great once i'd nailed him

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Zaffarious · « **Reply #65 on:** March 25, 2015, 10:34:01 pm »

anyone managed to pick this up instore anywhere? my mates all got it today in the post, i ordered it from game as i work close to one but its instore and they wont sell till friday. :/

Twelfth Man · « **Reply #66 on:** March 25, 2015, 11:05:00 pm »

Reddit on Bloodborne.

Living Legends · « **Reply #67 on:** March 26, 2015, 06:45:26 am »

Quote from: Twelfth Man on March 25, 2015, 11:05:00 pm

Reddit on Bloodborne.

Good read that, thanks. Perfectly describes how I feel about the games.

walshys_mullet · « **Reply #68 on:** March 27, 2015, 01:47:29 pm »

Eurogamer just published a review. Genius they said. Essential.

One geezer in the comments section put.."Here...take my child as part exchange for a PS4"

'Mondzz' · « **Reply #69 on:** March 27, 2015, 02:05:09 pm »

After so many deaths and getting pissed offed everytime, finally beat the first boss. Even with how frustrating it can be its a great game.

FiSh77 · « **Reply #70 on:** March 27, 2015, 04:09:27 pm »

ha ha

the first boss was a piece of piss compared to the 2nd and 3rd, managed to beat it first time, currently stuck on the 3rd, keep getting it down to within a couple of hits but can't quite finish it off

Twelfth Man · « **Reply #71 on:** March 27, 2015, 06:29:57 pm »

Got my copy, but going to wait till Monday and week off to have a session.

Also this:

From Software: Release Bloodborne for the Personalized Computing platform. https://www.change.org/p/from-software-release-bloodborne-for-the-personalized-computing-platform?

Upinsmoke · « **Reply #72 on:** March 27, 2015, 06:45:54 pm »

Picked my copy up earlier. Got beers in and gonna play that tonight. Can't wait!

FiSh77 · « **Reply #73 on:** March 27, 2015, 07:47:01 pm »

3rd boss down

Spoiler

there's a npc summon just before you get to it, didn't bother with it on my previous attempts but decided to use it on my last attempt and pissed it, draws a lot of the agro and made it much easier

also you get a chalice for defeating it, not read anything about the game so had no idea what they are but you can use them to make procedurally generated dugeons, if it works then it's probably the best idea ever

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Newman96 · « **Reply #74 on:** March 28, 2015, 02:20:52 am »

Massive fan of the Souls series but just not into this at the moment, don't like that you have to farm vials/bullets and finding the 2nd boss absolutely infuriating. He's way to aggressive in his third phase, to the point that you just have to spam Molotov's at him.

FiSh77 · « **Reply #75 on:** March 28, 2015, 04:14:02 am »

No need to farm vials or bullets they're dropped often enough, 2-3 hours in and I'd maxed them out in storage

Agree with the bosses though, think they need nerfing a bit so they're not quite as aggressive in the 2nd and 3rd phases

Upinsmoke · « **Reply #76 on:** March 28, 2015, 08:52:41 am »

Played this for an hour last night, I'm enjoying it. Like the setting, weapon options, enemies. It's tough alright and the worst thing about dying is the length of time it takes to reload the level.

Haemoglobin · « **Reply #77 on:** March 28, 2015, 10:29:27 am »

Quote from: Upinsmoke on March 28, 2015, 08:52:41 am

It's tough alright and the worst thing about dying is the length of time it takes to reload the level.

That's a clincher for me. I'd happily keep restarting heists on GTA V whenever some tit abruptly leaves, but the reloading and lobby waits add up to a huge waste of precious gametime for me.

I know the reloads on this won't be anything like as bad as that, but if you're dying constantly (which I would be, trust me - I'm a thoughtful stealthy kinda player, not a skilled hack&slasher with finely-honed twitch reflexes), it'd get annoying not to restart pretty much immediately while you're sill "in the zone". I'm not particularly a big fan of boss fights to begin with, let alone immensely difficult ones requiring quick perfectly-executed sequences of moves. With certain types of games, I'll forever be a casual [-ty].

Newman96 · « **Reply #78 on:** March 28, 2015, 02:28:34 pm »

Gascoigne down and the game is opening up a bit now, feeling a bit less grindy and I'm enjoying it more.

Kashinoda · « **Reply #79 on:** March 28, 2015, 05:08:08 pm »

They're working on a patch for the load times, might be worth waiting a bit if that's something (understandably) that will annoy you.