While my Moonlight sword feels like a third arm at this point, will be making a run at the shark giant then for his drop; the two of them and also those frenzying jelly-heads (beak mask + ashen kit all day) do make for a headache. I’d rather fight Kos again, haha...well, almost.
What was your go-to armour setup throughout? I liked the Harrowed gear and also Choir a lot.
I have my heart set on DS3 as a follow-up and would love to bounce thoughts off you throughout the journey but I know I need take down DS1 at some point - to earn my stripes if nothing else. I saw a few trailers and snippets of DS3 last year and it took my breath away, so that’s why I’m partial to it. I’m hoping I can translate some of my more honed Hunter mechanics into a warrior worthy of that world.
I have AC Origins on my desk right now but I’m tempted to take recommendations for other journeys complementary to Bb and DS3. Feel you 100 on Bloodborne’s world. Lovecraft is a perfect reference point but I also get an HR Giger feel at times; the layered silence around every corner was intoxicating and my 4K TV made sure it was as real and uncomfortable as possible, lol.
I felt the DLC helped flesh out the base-game story for me à la the Church’s experiments and cover-ups. My takeaway from all of it is that the real beast is humanity itself.
Honestly its been a while since Ive actually played it but there's a reason its called souls fashion, it really doesnt mater what you wear, as the effects are mostly minimal. I tried to look as cool as possible, I remember wearing the choir cape, Micolash's cage hat thing, etc.
One thing I love about BB is the soundtrack and just the epic boss battle music. The swelling in the orchestral soundtrack after Ludwig says "You were there all along, my guiding moonlight" and the boss battle resume's is still a highlight for me. Its so hard to appreciate whilst youre in the midst of battle, sweating and focused, but the soundtrack is amazing.
DS3 is a logical next step, it doesnt have the speed of BB but its the fastest souls game and the bosses usually have 2-3 stages. Youre gonna be using more shields/rolling than the quick steps of BB, but DS1 is my 1b to Bloodborne's 1a, its so good, so definitely play that sometime, theyve even got a remaster out for it on the current gen consoles. There are gonna be some returns to familiar areas from DS1 in DS3, so you wouldnt have that "Aha!, I know this area" and the nostalgia wouldnt hit but Im guessing you'd still have those playing DS1 after DS3.
Its easier getting into a rhythm when the gameplay if finely tuned for the obstacles youre gonna face, and thats mostly true for DS1 and BB, and not so much DS3. Some bosses just feel designed for BB and others designed for DS1 but I digress, youre gonna like DS3 too.
Honestly, its hard to recommend games after playing the souls games but you got 3 instalments left to play, so take your time etc. Play other games in-between to cleanse your palette, etc. If you really liked the survival horror aspect, I recommend RE7, its first person, but the feeling of dread and hopelessness occurs throughout the game instead of short bursts in BB and it acts as a palette cleanser for the next DS games as its different. RE7 is a great game to boot aswell.
Check out Sekiro, its gonna come out next year and its a slightly different formula to the souls experience but its fromsoftware, they wont disappoint. Look forward to that. There will be more verticality, an open world, and no rpg(levelling up elements), in a samurai setting. I for one am excited aswell just for the setting.
Check out Ghosts, its gorgeous, seems to have great combat and SP releases great games, again its coming out later so you could still get through your backlog of games. Graphically looks better than Sekiro and looks like an Kurasawa movie in parts.