Playing Bloodborne as Miyazaki Intended 

Oh that is perfect!

We all been there😂😂

Epic way to learn.

Evil Father Gascoigne be like: "Beasts all over the shop, but you won't be one of them so we're cool!"

THERES SUMMONS DID I PLAT THE GAME WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING ABOUT SUMMONS WTF

TIL

I never stop learning about this cryptic game, wow.

Is this real? Can someone confirm? I don't remember Vaati mentioning this which seems like something he would and also nothing about this on the WiKi so is it real? Troll? Mishearing? Or unintentional misinformation? I could check but f digging up my PS4 and beat an entire game just to check. 😭 Not calling lies, I'm genuinely just curious if it's true because that would be AWESOME ngl. 😝 But I'll check if no one knows, just gotta get that Souls games urge we all get at least once a year. 😎

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Didn't know this one. Know that you can make Gascoigne laugh if you play it for him while he is summoned, and that it makes Rom stop dead in its tracks. Never made the connection despite it literally playing a portion of the song that plays during the boss fight

Yep, Numbing mist is a 'secret' of Castle Cainhurst, so finding it there indicates its and displays its origin. This is the same with lead elixir in Nightmare frontier. The Lead Elixir comes from the nightmare, its only found in there or in places linked to it.

And Bone Marrow coming from Hemwick, although I believe you can still find it in other places.

I agree but since it was described as a slaughter I'd go as far as to say the executioners used it on the castle to stop them from fighting back.

I'm glad you found it useful! Going for the platinum and having to cross-reference 3 sites making sure I got everyone sent to Majula isn't a burden I wish on others

Id like to +1 this. Maybe just have a quick explanation like you did here. It makes it more "your own"

Thanks y'all, didn't expect the OCM support. Might have to bring it back like the Undertaker

@@ji_mothy Honestly, don't. There might be a vocal minority of fans that want it to be a thing, but I think you are way better off using salient terms. "Carefully placed item(s)" is already good to convey that it's good video game design. If it was considered good game design only in the Souls series specifically, a Souls-specific term would be okay. Side note on this topic: When you did DS2 you were repeatedly talking about FBOY. I have not played DS2, so I am completely out of the loop. You did explain FBOY means fragrant branches of something, but I wish you would have explained the mechanic. I feel like the format of "playing x as it's designer intended" has a lot more potential than you might think. Try to include an audience that is interested in the stories, worlds and possibilities of the medium as an art form, but does not interact with the software themselves for any reason - mind you, it takes a lot of time to research and play games in the way you are doing, most people never bother even finishing their games.

@@moritzkorsch9029 As a Counter; The Soulsborne series as a whole is obtuse about its design choices as a whole. Considering the series pioneered an entire new genre as well, a lot of the typical Game Design terms can't qualify as being applicable anymore. Especially with the bigger "Universal Healing Item" concept in the Estus Flask removes a large portion of typical "Generosity" design in that where other games would give you the weapons/ammo/healing necessary. The Soulsborne games having Estus as a whole can't really do that as much. As such, a term that fits with the Soulsborne series' design elements helps point out what may have been the Developer's attempts at a small amount of aid to the Players if they simply explore more.

@@ji_mothy Why do you talk funny? Nobody ever talks like this.

Perfectly explained, another thing to note is that "One third of umbilical cord" is a translation exclusive to the US version. In the UK it's more correctly called "Third Umbilical Cord"

You're right about the translation, but fake Iosefka's cord isn't actually from a baby she's had. Fake Iosefka will never give birth like Arianna as she doesn't have the corrupted Vileblood needed to do so. She has simply gone mad. Extra evidence is before the blood moon she drops Oedon Writhe which indicates that Oedon has searched her mind and seen is a woman capable of birth but not the right blood much like Adella. The other Oedon rune indicates (formless) one who is completely incpabable of birth. (Dweller, Old Lady, Young girl) Her cord is Wilhem's cord as its description tells us he looked for it. We know that Wilhem had a cord because of what happened to Rom and as Iosefka had access to The Forbidden Woods she simply stole it from Byrgenwerth, who took it from Kos and her childs corpse. The father of Arianna's child is indeed Oedon. He could also be the father of Mergo as hes the only great one who seems to impregnate but we cant be 100% sure. The final cord in the Old Workshop is the most mysterious. Only Cut content from the Version 1.0 tells us its origin which is that it originates from a child of blood of Cainhurst. This makes sense as it gives a proper reason for the Church attacking Cainhurst as 'corrupted blood' is bullshit given its almost certain that Laurence was the one who gave them said blood in the first place. Not 100% certain as it relies on cut content, but its not contradicted ingame and was probably removed as they wanted to focus on the 'murdered child' sin of the Hunters in dlc which was much stronger overall compared to one item description.

@@JackBzwhile it’s not congruent with lore, i actually prefer one-third of umbilical cord because it’s probably the only way i would have been able to figure out i needed to wait until i had 3 and crush them. it’s a nice hint

I think Iosefka just has the cord and we don't get it from a child like Arianna. Its description talks about Willem seeking the cord, implying that she got it from Byrgenwerth, which they most likely got from Kos' child when they raided the Fishing Hamlet (and probably used on Rom too). As for the Workshop cord, it might have something to do with the Vilebloods and Annalise's child of blood. While this is not strictly canon, a patched-out description of that cord mentions that it originated "in the child of the Vilebloods," so the child of blood was originally born and used by the Healing Chruch to beckon the Moon Presence. Whether that's still true is unknown, but there aren't many clean alternatives, so that's the closest answer to where that cord came from.

So Oedon is basically lovecraftian Zeus?

i believe it was for that specific npc that manages to beat eileen , cuz that fuckface heals nonstop

Nope, it's to show the Church raided Cainhurst and that they were well equipped and prepare to combat the vilebloods The numbing mist is a church tool

I thought it was for the bosses who heal their limbs

Yet he mispronounces "Amygdala" lol

​@@DroppingFBombs What you mean, he pronounces it like Patches does instead of the way most people say it when referring to the gland?

Ludwig's Holy Blade is so damn good, and versatile. Plus the silver sword part has one of the fastest movesets in the game, keeping pace with and staggering Lady Maria.

@@hirsutuscanis So? Voice actors mispronounce things all the time. I've seen mispronunciations in plenty of games, shows, movies etc. That word was chosen very specifically. I doubt Miyazaki intended it to be said wrong. Fairly certain the Amygdala isn't technically a gland either.

@@DroppingFBombs Yeah part of the brain, it produces hormones, i dunno what it's specifically categorised as. I was asking a question though, which pronunciation you regard as correct? Also, how do you pronounce Gough, from Dark Souls?

Tysm! Couldn't believe I MADE a 1 hour video 🤣

Bloodborne's themes about women's bodies, autonomy and social standing are certainly stellar and often ignored by the "video games are made by men for men" crowd. Nothing shows you the gruesome reality better than cosmic rape and post-natal abortion via sawblade.

@@ExceedProduction yeah as a woman who recently finished the game and DLC I found it so scary yet appealing. it is definitely one of my if not favourite game of all time. the concepts of womanhood with relation to blood, consent and pregnancy... so sad people don't like to think about it more deeply because "games shouldn't be political!!!" crowd

​@@blebmp3533People are free to project their biases on video games that don't impose messages on you as you see fit. It's just when you start bashing other people over the head with your personal interpretations of themes on what an opaque game has that riles up even sensible people. 🙃

Yhe "wouldn't wanna drag you down" line clearly in relation to her prefession as a "woman of the night." Thinking any deeper is what we call "reaching." Tryjng too hard to fine validation in a game that has bigger things going on. But maybe I lack a vigina. So, the cosmic horrors, conspiracies of the Church and the sins casted on the Old Hunters interest me more than the fear of childbirth.

​@@ExceedProductionIt's ignored because it's purely projection from the "I graduated with a video essay's degree and crippling college debt so I'm making my feminist professor proud by manifesting her message in a Japanese video game inspired by anime and old literature" crowd.

Because you have to do them to get an optimized build for pvp and since there is no respec, you have to do them all over again for a new build.

they’re very same-y, just not enough variety with the tileset, and there are a few enemy placements that are clearly not as well thought out(spider summoning ladies in a locked room) it is all just, like clearly lackluster compared to main game content. Glad that they ran through the idea of smaller dungeons again with the caves and tombs in elden ring though, they feel like a spiritual successor.

As someone who has gotten the platinum trophy for this game I seriously despise the chalice dungeons, because of how much shit you have to do to fight the yharnam queen. And every dungeon basically looks the exact same, it tends to get super boring and repetitive after a while.

They're boring.

Its where the failed bosses go to die

Yahargul is also where both the tonitrus and bolt paper where invented, so it makes sense to find them there

Also, bolt tends to be good against One Reborn, which you also fight right down the road from the Tonitrus.

No Paarl has very high bolt defence and thats it.

They are there also for lore reasons

This isn't a thing. When Paarl is knocked down, it's because of you doing enough damage to his legs causing his sparks to dispel. Using blot on Paarl will make this much harder to achieve.

I see it more as the great ones attacks needing insight to be effective. The more ignorant you are, the less they have effect if they even have any. An example of this is the insight needed to see the attacks of the church hunters with the eyes on the lantern. Addendum: i also think (not sure) that some damage types also do more damaga if the player has higher insight. Not only talking about the frenzy meter.

Bolt will also ‚short‘ out Paarl and make him weaker to Bolt for a time

You do realize they're not dichotomous, right? It can be there for lore and mechanical reasons. As an opinion, as a developer I would prioritize ensure mechanical reasons are embedded with lore which seems to be similar to how Fromsoft designs their worlds. Further, you're making an assumption with the faith of Alfred. There is nothing explicitly stating that he took his life to emulate his martyr. I want to make it clear that I'm not saying you're wrong, but these things are left for interpretation. He could have been assassinated or he could've killed himself to prevent turning into a beast as his pupils are collapsing and we see him become ravenous.

@@selfawaretrashcan4594 you're right on the first paragraph, but I think alfred's death is pretty cut and dry. He wanted to avenge logarius, he did, then brought the crown of illusions to the statue he was praying and killed himself. His mind was already gone by the time he killed the queen as he's already rambling nonsense, and there are no vilebloods left to kill him for revenge, as indicated by the queen's lines: "Visitor… I claim no subjects, but here lieth Our throne. Kneel afore us… …or get thee gone." and "Visitor… Moon-scented hunter… I am Annalise, Queen of Castle Cainhurst. Ruler of the Vilebloods, and sworn enemy of the church. Yet, our people are murdered, and we are prisoner to this wretched mask. What is it thou’rt in search of?"

lol i ctrl+f and searched panic to see if any one else noticed