Why I give props to anyone who finds Bloodborne enjoyable

amyh7292 · 2015-07-26 05:40:42

I'm a rather seasoned gamer, and love a good challenge. I hate when games are hand-holdy and let you somehow get away with challenges after a few tries. I generally play games on whatever the step is above normal (sometimes hard sometimes games have two ranks higher than normal, but I'm better than average in general but not amazing). I bought this today on a whim. Let me disclaim by saying I do not enjoy fantasy RPGs as I've posted earlier today, and Bloodborne seemed to be the most appealing to me in comparison to my other choices of Dragon Age Inquisition and Witcher III. Yes, I've heard it's notoriously hard but this is just simply unenjoyable...Three hours of playing (not including my character design). And I am still stuck at, seemingly, the first area that leads to the first boss. I thoroughly understand the (albeit) clunky controls, healing process, weapons holsters and the basics of combat and feel in any other game I would have what I would consider a pretty solid understanding of how the game works. Hell, I even felt I was getting decent at the game for a bit and then BAM dead for 200th time on 'chapter' one. The checkpoints system is idiotic to me. There is a line between challenging and downright obnoxious and off-putting for anyone that has any sort of real life obligations besides gaming. My title of this thread is not sarcasm. I genuinely condone anyone who succeeds at this game and somehow finds it enjoyable to die 100 times and spend hours on end on a miniscule portion of the map. 'It's so rewarding to pass a hard part/boss' Bullshit. By that time if I hadn't beaten it, my foot would be through the tv. I heard the game was hard (and yes I'm a dark souls noob) but damn I just don't see the fun in making it through 30 mins of gameplay with hard combat and getting zero reward of a checkpoint or anything. And no pause screen? Really? What does that prove or achieve. Wow your'e so skilled at gaming you don't even need to stop the game to pee or run to the store or, idk, have a life. If you like that, you're crazy or have much more free time than I do to dedicate to rekilling the same 50 enemies I've killed to get to the one I'm actually having trouble with that's 20 minutes away from me now. This is going back to game stop tomorrow. I've tapped out. Call me a pussy or a whiner, I don't care. I utterly despise this game. Beautiful, great concept, no one is arguing that... but the learning curve and checkpoint/saving system have destroyed what could have been a truly great game. PS4... give the fantasy/RPGs a rest please

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#101 deactivated-5cd08b1605da1

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lol git gud newb

Kidding. Its a pretty normal experience for anyone trying their first souls game. That, or you pretty much s*ck at this particular type of game

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#102 Warpiggaminguk

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I have raged quit every dark souls but loved bloodborne and finished it.

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#103 robozilina

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@Epak_:

@Epak_ said:

@seanh said:

@Epak_ said:

@oi_oi_spanky said:

I loved it and still do on NG+. I can understand some peoples' frustration but the first boss doesn't take that long to get to and nor is it particually hard to defeat. Once that one is out of the way and the game open up to levelling and upgrading equipment that's when the fun starts. My character is 130+ and can still be nearly one shotted by a werewolf with a rake though.

You can start leveling up even if you don't manage to kill the first boss.

Indeed. What i did though was run all the way to the Cleric Beast pretty much right from the get go, die, then start leveling up. = )

I was stuck with the two werewolves on that bridge, until somebody here told me to just run past em and go into that house. I ran straight to Cleric Beast instead, got killed and there I was.

I have created account here, just to say Thanks. I am stuck in first area for almost two weeks now. And I came here because I was googling "is bloodborne fun?"

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#104 turtlethetaffer

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Yeah if this is your first Souls game, things will change around for you, or you'll realize it's just not for you. The series, despite its popularity, is still relatively niche and won't appeal to everyone.

That being said, BB is my favorite of the Soulsborne games and I loved it.

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