Here’s a shocking and entirely original revelation: Bloodborne is quite the dark adventure. Shocking huh? We’ve already quizzed game director Hidetaki Miyazaki on the challenge of creating conventional stories and the importance of having to work for Yharnam’s tastiest victories, but now it’s time to grill him on overdrive. In …
Read More »How do niche games like Monster Hunter and Bloodborne go mainstream?
Demanding controls. Obtuse and unexplained mechanics. Soul-crushing difficulty. Million seller. One of these things seems like it doesn’t belong with the others, but both Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate and Bloodborne have sold over a million copies since their respective launches. And both games are notorious for being as difficult and …
Read More »When talking about a game is more fun than the game itself
“Ugh, this Blood-Starved Beast can go right to hell.” That was the entire body of an email I sent to a group of friends. We’re all tackling Bloodborne at various speeds, and discussing our thoughts, our successes, and our failures with each other as we play. In response to my …
Read More »Bloodborne progress-halting bug strikes Forbidden Woods multiplayer
Bloodborne (opens in new tab) players take heed – a recently identified bug could bar you from a significant portion of the game. Thankfully, the issue only seems to occur under specific play circumstances, so as long as you take care to avoid them you should be fine. Minor spoilers …
Read More »The perils of innovation, and why Bloodborne is more like CoD than you think
“Bah!”, we moan every November, with blindly religious fervour. “Call of Duty! Again! It’s the same again, because Call of Duty is always the same, and that’s just lazy and stupid. Let’s complain smugly until the collective power of our complaints makes it go away”. And you know what? We’re …
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