Bloodborne

[MizzouBravesFan]

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As I've been saying from the onset of the PS4 and as I'll continue to say as these awesome games hit the PS4...

[Flawless]

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IGN: Breaking Down Bloodborne's Combat System

The idea of "truly perilous combat" was reiterate again and again during the presentation. Whereas the Souls series is known for its measured combat system – many players, myself included, spent a great deal of time behind a shield, sussing out the weaknesses of new opponents. Bloodborne definitely still has that aspect to its combat – more on that below – but there's a different flavour to the overall style. Miyazaki and his team want to draw players into something they're terming "mortal combat" and a "rally of deadly blows". Shields encourage tentative combat in some, and that safety has been removed.

Another way in which the player is being encouraged to be more daring is the ‘Regain System’. When you receive damage from your opponents, you have a limited period of time in which to get some of that health back by landing your own attacks. The window is brief and rewards the brave. When you’re low on health, you can choose to attack, and hope to win back some health in the process, or in a more traditional fashion, choose to retreat and use a health item.

It’s an interesting system, and one of the intentions is to make the game feel less punishing, even though the producers reiterated that the overall challenge of the Souls games will remain firmly in places.

There’s a red gauge denoting health in the top left-hand corner of the screen, with a green bar directly below measuring your stamina. Business as usual. Both are joined on the left hand side by a blood stain containing a number (if you’ve played Dark Souls, it looks roughly equivalent the number of hard humanity). This is now your number of health items, which is permanently equipped and separated from other consumables. The assumption is that you’re always going to be in dire need of health so it’s always mapped to the triangle button.

But there’s a secondary motivation behind this change and it’s to encourage players to explore and experiment with other items, which are now displayed directly below the stamina bar. One example shown was throwing oil onto enemies followed by a flaming torch – the oil increases the enemies flammability and the overall damage inflicted.

Transformable weapons potentially support up to three move sets, adding even greater depth and sophistication. They can also be used in different ways, such as transforming one mid-combo can how an interesting side-effect – it might stagger an enemy or knock an important item out of their hand. There’s also the ability to charge up certain weapons for more powerful attacks. The amount of ‘regain’ will also vary between weapons. So there's lot of need concepts and combinations to consider and experiment with.

And while attacking options might be expanding, Yamagiwa reiterated that Bloodborne won't be an “exaggerated hack and slash game". Practice and experience are indispensable. As always, you need to learn situation and master your weapons.

[Flawless]

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[TexasFan2005]

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I only saw about 30 seconds worth of the gameplay video, and it was all I needed to see. In my opinion, the game looks spectacular, and I will be exploring every single part of it just like I've been doing with the Souls series.

Now I cannot wait to get any info on a future Souls game, because we all know that once they announce anything about a Demons Souls 2/Dark Souls 3, it'll be at least a year until they release the actual game.

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If they'd release Demons Souls, Dark Souls, & Dark Souls 2 remastered in the meantime, I'd appreciate it very much though

[LambertandHam]

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Watched the Gamespot vid they had up, the game looks good. I'm really into the atmosphere, especially when he is climbing the clock tower, only to hear the scream of god knows what in the distance. I wasn't sure of it at first, but I'm a fan of the "hit within a certain time frame to recover health" mechanic. In the demo, it gave the combat flow and encourages you to keep attacking.

[Flawless]

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Bloodborne Coming 2/6/2015 to PS4, Collector’s Edition Detailed

Today, we’re happy to announce that fans will be able to experience Bloodborne’s unique blend of gothic horror, terrifying enemy designs, fast-paced offensive combat (complete with brutal transforming weapons), RPG character customization and progression, and unique online features on Friday, February 6th, 2015, exclusively on PS4.

We’re also happy to reveal the Collector’s Edition for Bloodborne, also available on February 6th, 2015, which will include a special Steelbook collector’s case, an exclusive premium art book featuring stunning concept art from the game, as well as the complete soundtrack featuring all of the haunting music from the game’s score. The Collector’s Edition will be available for $79.99 at participating retailers, and will only be available in limited quantities, so pre-order before it’s too late.

To help celebrate this announcement, watch the brand new trailer for the game above that showcases all new content, including chilling environments, gruesome enemies, devastating transforming weapons, and even a sneak peek at some of Bloodborne’s online functionality including cooperative and asynchronous play.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5o8jwqKsDE#t=30

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[fishepa]

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Is there any way to customize your character? That was one of the great things about the Souls games was making your character different with armor.

[daniel77733]

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It's funny, for months, everyone is complaining about "there's no games, there's no games" and now starting with the last three months of 2014, it seems like there's too many games being released at or around the same time.

With Bloodborne being released in February, that brings my game total to three for the month with The Witcher 3 and The Order as the other two games.

Was hoping and expecting Bloodborne in March or April. Definitely surprised that Sony is releasing two exclusives in the same month for PS4.

[LambertandHam]

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Man, the TGS trailer has me hyped. I'm really impressed with the monster design, even the co op portion looks fun as hell.

[BenGerman]

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Is there any way to customize your character? That was one of the great things about the Souls games was making your character different with armor.

Yeah, they've mentioned character customization a few times.

[MizzouBravesFan]

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Been trying to not watch that many videos as I want to come into it fresh but damn if it isn't hard lol....

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[LambertandHam]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyvTo0QgkMw

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Burn everything!

[LionsFanNJ]

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That vid cemented my preorder payoff

[Quint75]

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I don't know. Something about the game doesn't seem quite right. The fighting just seems like dodging and striking. I prefer Demon's Souls/Dark Souls where armor and shields come into play. I really wish they would remaster those 3 games for PS4/X1.