Games

Bloodborne

FromSoftware, Japan Studio

2015•RPG•PEGI 16•About 37 hours

Taste attributes: actionadventurefantasyhorrorteenfastunsavouryimaginaryglossybig & variedemotionally undemandingall consuming questcoming of agefighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardyunderdog triumphs

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Boxlist takeExpect an otherworldly, expansive RPG, dark rather than wholesome. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.

Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

IGDB rating

91 / 100

1,909 ratings

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About This Game

An action RPG in which the player embodies a Hunter who, after being transfused with the mysterious blood local to the city of Yharnam, sets off into a "night of the Hunt", an extended night in which Hunters may phase in and out of dream and reality in order to thin the outbreak of abominable beasts that plague the land and, for the more resilient and insightful Hunters, uncover the answers to the Hunt's many mysteries.

Summary: IGDB

Story

A Hunter arrives in the decaying Gothic city of Yharnam seeking a mysterious cure known as Paleblood. After receiving a blood transfusion, they awaken in a spectral realm called the Hunter's Dream, bound in service to forces they do not yet understand. Yharnam's inhabitants have been afflicted by a blood-borne plague that transforms them into beasts, and the Healing Church, once the city's salvation, guards secrets tied to ancient eldritch beings called the Great Ones. To find Paleblood and escape the Dream, the Hunter must slay the beasts plaguing Yharnam and trace the plague to its source,...

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionAdventureFantasyHorrorTeenAll consuming questComing of ageFighting evilHuman spirit/resilience/survivalRescue/escape/jeopardyUnderdog triumphs

Keywords

BloodyDiseaseGothicDifficultAction-adventureLovecraftianSword & sorceryLeveling up

Where to play

PlayStation Store

Details

Developers: FromSoftware, Japan Studio
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Released: 24 March 2015
Platforms: PlayStation 4
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Perspective: Third person
Time to beat: 24h rushed, 37h normally, 55h complete
Age rating: PEGI 16
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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