Bloodborne (PS4)

**Yoshi** · 10 Jun 2014, 03:37 PM

All of those changes from the Souls games align with my interests, except the lack of a PC version.

**alan_fatima** · 10 Jun 2014, 03:42 PM

So..if tools/guns = magic
then maybe it's less a spec option and more a reward for being human/a penalty for being a beast. That'd be neat.

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/...ils/#sf3256110

In Bloodborne, the combat is based on intense life-threatening battles. One of the ways we are bringing that sense of danger to life is by keeping the deep strategic elements from Demon’s Souls, while also transitioning from the passive and block-and-attack style of Demon’s Souls to a quicker, more offensive and active combat style with close-range weapons and guns.

Yup, they're going the increased offense route.

...if there's no magic, there need not be a caster spec. I suppose offense/defense/mobility playstyle could be more easily handled with gear alone with no need for stats.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJtzLXg9AB0

Demo is 30 mins long
Bloodborne is more aggressive than Demon's Souls
The city is called 'Biarnhem' ?
City is very densely layered. 'More complex than Thief'
Combat is much more aggressive
They dual wielded in the demo: Firearm and what they call a 'Sawcleaver' one in each hand.
Firearms are a close-range weapon, to stun enemies, create counter-attack opportunities.
Sawcleaver was transformable, and many weapons will be.
'You cannot play this the same way as Demon's Souls' - Have to be more aggressive
Targetting the same level of difficulty as Demon's Souls.

From neogaf.

So guns create opportunities and many weapons are transformable. Imagine beasts might not be able to transform weapons?

http://www.videogamer.com/ps4/bloodb...view-3665.html

Players may have a gun to use, a blunderbuss of sorts, but ammo is scarce and it's not as effective as it first appears.

It's a point that was hammered home in a boss battle against a large, bipedal demon which favoured leaping attacks and looked like a werewolf having a bad hair day. The gun did nothing, and it fell to the Soul Cleaver to take on the grunt work. A weapon that can transform from its original form into a longer, more sword-like instrument, it enables the player to make a choice between fast and weak strikes and slow and powerful ones.

**alan_fatima** · 11 Jun 2014, 06:32 PM

Sony did a thing where they showed like five seconds of gameplay. Here it is courtesy of a gaffer.

**Tain** · 11 Jun 2014, 06:35 PM

A game that's kinda like Demon's Souls but where you can't block sounds pretty great to me.

**AstroBlue** · 11 Jun 2014, 07:17 PM

Originally Posted by alan_fatima

Sony did a thing where they showed like five seconds of gameplay. Here it is courtesy of a gaffer.

So Kain from FF4 bought a trenchcoat, decided to kill a zombie and then take his frustrations on a fence pole?

**icarusfall** · 11 Jun 2014, 07:55 PM

This sounds like everything I'd want from a DS game. As much as I wanted to I just couldn't get into them. Love the lore and idea, but just wish it was a tad easier on you. I don't have that kind of time anymore.