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Your Bloodborne and usual pizza place are what The Division and the cheap ass Chinese-Mexican take-out on 7th Ave in Park Slope are to me. Read more

I just started God of War, but Bloodborne is still my favorite PS4 exclusive. I love the combat, the lore, and the world design. Read more

Was saving a BB replay for ‘ween time but this has me wanting to jump back in. I have to say, for all the gushing about the OG DS I’ve endured, the remastered version has failed to meet my expectations. It’s far slower and far more frustrating than its progeny. Read more

Bloodborne is a masterpiece. The amount of games that have ever been developed that I can definitively say are better are quite small. Read more

I’m STILL stuck in that section where when you’re exposed, that light comes out and starts spiking your frenzy. My own frustration gets the better part of me and I always die of a stupid rushed mistake. Nightmare of Mensis? Read more

I bought it two Christmas’ ago and played through most of it. Now I’m stuck at Living Failures, Lawrence, Logarious and I think Amygdala. I have PS+ for another month so I should go and play it again. Read more

I just did this about two weeks ago! I’ve played all the Souls games, finished all but DS3 and Demon’s Souls, and Bloodborne truly is the best. The combat is miles ahead, the story (if you dig, like in all of these things) is much more engaging, and the weapons have such an incredible amount of personality to them. Read more

I’ve had a similar arc to you, Kirk, but without ever actually really liking the series. Played Demon’s Souls, abandoned after about 5 hours. Skipped DS1 and DS2. Got Bloodborne, and committed to it - went all the way through and beat it, and while it was entertaining, just never found that it really endeared itself… Read more

I do love the souls series, but I have to say, Nioh is the current king. The combat and control just feels so much smoother.
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This might be my first dark souls style game i try. I have never played any of the others. Read more

So you crossed to the DEX side?

Ah well. Could be worse. You could be a caster. ;)

EDIT: Kinja is still being a pile of garbage, and not letting me reply to any replies unless I hit “show pending,” which cuts off any post after the fifth in a thread, so I’m replying to terret101's question here (I’m not ignoring you, I… Read more

I have only played 2 hours of Demon’s Souls, which I liked, but it wasn’t enough to keep me going after the first boss. Read more

What meaningful thing did that scene say about domestic violence? That it’s bad? That living with an alcoholic is shitty and stressful? That watching a man abuse a little girl sucks? Okay. Like everything else in Detroit, the sequence is a one-off, leaving the dark complexities of domestic abuse and its aftermath… Read more

Good god, what planet am I living on that more than 0 people feel the need to go to bat for David Cage?! Dude has had consistent work for decades churning out the same hacky, awkward, mediocre, joyless QTE-a-thons, fosters demonstrably miserable working conditions for his employees, and yet is somehow treated with… Read more

“Not as good as other quantic dream games” Read more

Imma look at it this way. I liked Indigo Prophecy and Heavy Rain. So I’ll probably like this. Interactive movies I like to think of them. It does seem like the critical response of the game is because of the theme rather than the gameplay. It’s going to vary from person to person Read more

I really loved Heavy Rain, but Beyond Two Souls was really disappointing, and I don’t think David Cage really knows how to use this particular format/genre to its greatest potential.

On a side note, please try watching “Time of Eve” if you enjoy sci-fi that explores the mundane aspects of sentient robots. It really was… Read more

Gawd. This sounds awful. Cage’s seemingly bottomless pit of pretension has meant every game he’s made has exceeded his limited grasp, but this really sounds like the most trite yet. At least Omikron had David Bowie.
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Thanks David Cage for using my perpetually fscked hometown as set dressing for your incredibly shitty game.
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“Flawed premise, dopey script, counterintuitive controls, total failure to meaningfully engage with the real-world issues it invokes.” Read more