I started playing Bloodborne again after a very long hiatus, and the game got it's hooks into me again like the first time. I actually forgot how to access certain areas and sequences of events. I've been playing well over a week and I still have a lot of game left to finish, and then the DLC. This game is very long. It honestly feels like I never played this game before. It's so weird.
I usually marathon horror games in october for halloween, but this game is taking up a lot of that time, but it's so damned good! I can't think of anything else like it, the atmosphere I mean, so maybe thats why I'm still enjoying it. Hopefully I'll get on with Resident Evil Remake and Silent Hill 2 before october ends.
I haven't seen people really mention Souls games anymore, at least in the gaming communities, podcasts I frequent, so is it all nostalgia now? I remember that word was used to describe good or challenging games. It meant the game should definitely be purchased, like a gold star or something.
I'm taking on Cainhurst castle next. Very Castlevania like area!
I still see a lot of mentions on forums and by game journos. Seems every other new game still gets labeled "it's like Souls" by these people. Fucking audiences take a good thing and then beat it into the ground.
I saw someone compare Jak and Daxter to Souls games recently and thought, "so is the only requirement now that it's at least decent and exists within a relatively large 3D world?"
I've never personally played a Souls game and can't get into Bloodborne, but I'm sure the games are fine for those interested. I just get tired of certain Dark Souls fans saying ANYTHING good is "like Dark Souls." Which is weird, cause you'd think fans would celebrate the things that make the series distinct.
And it has shortcuts! Those thinks are like, so distinct. It's not like Ultima Underworld had all that in 1992 and influenced King's Field which influenced Dark Souls.
Short attention span. Souls is like a thing of the past. But like Macho says, people still say "Souls-like".
I have Bloodborne but haven't played it yet. No time. But I heard it's great.
I haven't heard a Souls reference in a little while now. I guess a Bloodborne 2 is possible sometime next year though? I've got to play some more Souls stuff. I think I've grown a little more patience now to handle them.
Fuck those other games. Get the evil within 2.
Glad you're enjoying my second fav game of all time again though.
Hopefully it comes to pc - not gonna happen :'( - so we can see some mods like the ones I've got on DS3:
