What Makes Bloodborne HORRIFICALLY Amazing? 

I love the resurgence of Bloodborne content on RU-vid! It’s such an amazing game.

To this day one of the greatest games I've ever played. First souls type game i played. Absolutely hated it at first. No map to tell me where I was going, getting absolutely demolished constantly, feeling so vulnerable no matter how basic the enemy seemed. I quit playing the game and then something told me to give it another try. Best decision I ever made. The way different sections of the map came togerher later on was such a cool feeling, finally beating boss after dying 100x gave no better feeling of accomplishment, the dark art style just drew you in. Bloodborne is an absolute masterpiece. Never thought you would make this video, but I'm so excited to watch it right now

I used to wonder why Blood Vials went back to being a consumable healing item when they had already invented the Estus Flask. Recently it finally dawned on me. It's because of Rally, which is unique to BB. Every design choice in BB is meant to encourage aggressive play, including Rally; when you take damage, Rally will encourage you to behave offensively rather than defensively as you would in Dark Souls. And what better way to encourage this even further than to make the healing item consumable? Now, the player will REALLY prefer not to waste a consumable item, so they are even MORE likely to go on the offensive to get that health back for free.

The justification I came to realise for the vial farming was that if vials were replenishable and not finite, like Estus flasks, the game wouldn't incentivize you to be more aggressive and exploit the rally (refill your health from attacking) system. Players would be more inclined to step back and heal cos there is no loss in doing so. Once I realised that, I had no issue with the vials any more

It took me 7 years to give it a chance. But now it’s my favorite game of all time.

With the farming aspect of the bloodvials and quicksilver bullets, there is a way to replenish them without buying or farming. The Blood Rapture and Oedon Writhe runes heal and give you quicksilver bullets for landing a visceral. What you want is already there, you just have to choose to use the proper rune. Level 3 Oedon Writhe gives you 3 quicksilver bullets for each visceral you land up to the max amount you can carry.

You didn't talk about the Blood Starved Beast. On first playthrough and without any guide, Blood Starved Beast is an absolute menace. His attacks and constant aggression is insane for an early boss.

I will always defend them for not automatically refilling your heals because Its almost like you’re a hunter and you are kinda forced to replay that aspect

In my opinion the best mechanic is how every month a new video essay about bloodborne drops for us to consume which also serves as an extra bit of lore on how the hunters must’ve felt being addicted to pale blood lmao. Great video btw granting us real world insight!!

Having to always repair my weapon but never coming close to having the durability be critical, kind of started to feel like I was topping my car off at the gas station every day on my way to work

About Shadows of Yharnam. From Software often uses early/mid game bosses later on to present non verbally player how far they improved. To the point when bosses can be killed just like regular enemies. But Shadows later on lack those big ass snake attacks, which is sad

I was just listening to music and I accidentally clicked on video Now I’m stuck, too good!!

7:30 I know its a bit out of the way to get it, and someone playing the game blind for the first time can easily miss it, but there is a Caryll Rune that restores QS Bullets on parries/backstabs. Its the Oedon Writhe rune.

top 3 game for me

About the QS bullets non replenishing in combat, there is a rune you can equip that does exactly that.

I actually kinda liked Rom's fight. my first few times i got my ass kicked and had to go to school so i was stressed asf. It just gave me such a weird feeling that didnt feel like any other boss, and when i finally beat it i was confused but very happy

Such a good game. The trick weapons, the music, the atmosphere and the brutality of the combat makes it a God tier game.

There is no need for visceral attacks to restore Quicksilver Bullets. The mechanic to replenish 5 Quicksilver Bullets at any time by pressing the "Up" Button on the D-Pad for sacrificing some of the health bar is suffice. And because Viscerals do restore lost health, it comes full circle.

It was really strange for me to hear the author talk about the issue of early-game shortage of blood vials and silver bullets, when during my first playthrough many years ago I never felt that shortage. Maybe the author's approach to situations is somewhat unique which facilitates that kind of rapid expenditure of resources? Also, this video is first time I hear someone mention this at all, throughout many, many videos I watched on Bloodborne during the years, going as far as to say this is a major issue, which further makes me think that something is amiss here.

Love seeing you do this kind of content

I’ve always thought that it was absolutely crazy (or an oversight) that leveling Arcane or bloodtinge didn’t increase your quicksilver bullet capacity.

I also do believe the 30 fps gives the look an authenticy which I appreciate now.

Overall, my favorite Soulsbourne. With Sekiro a close second. The Father Gascoigne fight is my favorite fight of all the boss fights of all the games. Not because it's the hardest (it's not, later bosses are harder). But because of how confidently aggressive the difficulty spike it is the first time you encounter it. It's the "the real Bloodborne starts here" moment. And the incredible visuals and themes of a fight between two hunters (one turning beast) in a dark, cluttered, overgrown graveyard. It is a perfect fight in every way. And of course the theme music is very arguably the best of the game, BB itself having the best boss fight themes of the entire Soulsborne franchise. It's bosses are consistently the best designed of the franchise. The rally system is brilliant and vastly improves the core Souls combat formula. It also perhaps contains BB's greatest flaw in that it is undercut by how many blood vials you can carry. 20 vials makes it so you have to rely far less upon the rally system to survive boss fights. I think the game would be even better with being able to carry only half of the vials. And I actually enjoy the chalice dungeons. Randomized, repeated content just to enjoy the feel of playing the rock solid, fluid game mechanics. I, as so many, dream of the day of a proper remaster and PC port. It is the greatest remaster and PC port that could be done in gaming (except arguably RDR1).

I’d say that the scarcity of blood vials and silver bullets encourages you to be more defensive and try to learn movesets rather than brute force your way through the beginning and as well as actually implement the combat into your brain

I never had a trouble with resources, specially blood vials and bullets, I think only when I was reaching endgame I had to divert to farm or buy them. And I’m sure whenever I killed an enemy with visceral they were more likely to drop bullets. I know not everyone has the same experience thou.

It's great to see my favourite game of all time getting the love it deserves

1:42 60 fps mode has been done already by a creator named Lance McDonald and it works perfectly

The blood vial problem is interesting because the game kind of healed itself. Using the cummmfpk dungeon can lead to unlimited blood vial / QS bullets very early. Only Gascoigne and BSB are required to do. You should do your fair share of farming before abusing things like this, and yes I know it’s a hack.

First Souls game I actually did multiple NG+'s on. It's beautiful and sorrowful. So simple, yet the eldritch backbone carries the narrative for those who seek it. With their eyes

BB was my first souls game and now is in my top 3 games. While I remember that the start was tough being a complete newb on these type of games, I don't really remember me farming vials to the point that would be so noticable and something unforgettable to this day. Same happened with Blood Starved Beast, killed it on first try while I see that it's truly a nightmare specially for many newcomers. I guess I was lucky but I think that the experience, specially playing the game for the first time, varies a lot among all the players.

Love you chop. Can’t watch this until I finish the game

The vial thing is something that should only affect new players just starting out. The game gives them away like candy. Once you know what your doing you should NEVER have to farm or buy vials or bullets

ayee amazing video

Awesome video. I just finished playing through the game, so it was great to hear your thoughts on it while the experience was still fresh in my mind

Such a good game. I’m always within a few months of playing bloodborne again. My only gripes with the game are how rare chunks are and getting 1 shot in depth 5 chalices and (the biggest issue imo) the mechanic that increases damage taken if you slightly mistime a dodge. That means that part of learning combat is just figuring out “this is insta death if I dodge, but I can face tank it and then heal” Wonderful game overall though

havent even watched it yet and i know it'll be a banger thanks ch0pper

I sort of understood the limited resources available, especially at the start, as a thematic element that separates it from the other souls games. In bloodborne, it is much more about survival in an absolutely brutal world, and it is reflected by the limited healing and bullets that continue to deplete the longer you proceed in the hunt. Replenishing blood vials by killing enemies also makes sense as you are harvesting the blood. And gameplay wise you really shouldn't be losing resources too much if you want to play good as well, what with the rally mechanic and the five extra bullets you can get that should be offsetting any losses in vials and bullets. In that, I think the concept I stated at the start is achieved spectacularly, but it sort of falls apart when it comes to other consumables and weapon durability. While bullets, vials and health have many means of recovery through gameplay, FS imo really dropped the ball when it came to replenishing consumables and weapon durability, as you have to sit through a few loading screens, and even remember where the storage chest is before you can replenish them. In this case, it just adds tedium to the game rather than altering your mindset and plan like when it came to health or parrying.

I strongly disagree with what you said on Rom. You talked about how you can just stand there and neither Rom nor the spiders will come for you and you will never die, I dont think thats a bad thing, and its not about some deep lore. The bosses of soulsborne arent only meant to simply be challenges at the end of level, they are also meant to create specific experiences by characterizing the bosses through the fight. Its not about deep lore as an excuse for bad gameplay, its about gameplay that creates a certain vibe, almost story. Rom and her spiders are just defending themsevles, Rom is the reason for the static state of the world, for the nightmare to continue and tranzition Rom needs to die, this is story, not lore. So Rom doesnt need to come kill you, its not really going for anything, it just stays there statically. Its similar to how Phalanx from Demon's souls is completely defenseless without his hoplites because he is meant to be a twisted form of some archer and the hoplites are his arrows, once he runs out of arrows he got nothing. Sometimes the experience they go for is a massive dragon fighting you all majestically and brutally, sometimes its a rampaging beast, or another warrior with a similar moveset corrupted in some way, and other times its something more weird and specific like Maiden Astrea, Phalanx, Rom, Gwyndolin etc. I think its important to consider these kind of stuff as well when talking about these games

I can’t believe he didn’t mention the two sharks in the well from the old hunters.. that fight took me days and broke me

With the visceral animation of you trusting your hand into the enemy, it would actually make a lot of sense to get one bullet back if you used your gun to start a parry

Never would have expected this man to make a bloodborne video lmao greatest game of the old console generation

My favourite soulsborne game, despite it being the 4th one I played and me having played them all thoroughly. Pleasantly surprised to see you cover it! (btw, about the possible 60 fps issues, that one's a no. Lance McDonald, a prominent dataminer in the souls series, made a 60fps Bloodborne mod for PS5 with no drawbacks or issues whatsoever)

I've seen some people use broken weapons on a group of enemies to fill up the beast meter and start a boss battle with great damage or even oneshot the boss. Some BB mechanics have these unexpected effects, love it

This is about to make me do a 5th run lol, good video 👍🏽

I got it for Christmas, and just got the platinum on it. Bloodborne is amazing. The music and setting is probably my favorite part, but the weapons, characters, everything, is absolutely awesome. The worst part is the spider room in the nightmare of mensis, since I hate spiders. Also, there are Oedon writhe caryll runes that make you get back 1, 2, or 3 bullets back on a visceral attack.

I really struggled with Amygdala until I realized that you could consistently hit its head after certain moves. This allowed me to kill it much faster while also being able to see it's entire design as I would have to he at a distance and then run in after it did those attacks. This also allows you to perform several visceral attacks, making the fight go faster.

I was in the stream when u beat ludwig the only one of your streams ive ever watched it was great

there is a rune in the game that allows you to get QS bullets off of viscerals, as well as getting blood vials and even replenishing health outright

Good shit chop

Also you can solve your bullet problem completely. Use blood bullets and use the runes that give you health back on visceral attacks and you have essentially the system you are asking for

Cleric and blood starved often dont have the "optional" part clarified by a lot of people talking about them. In order to progress the game you HAVE to fight at least one of them or you cant finish the game

Bloodborn has fantastic settings and lore and atmosphere, 60 fps will make the games so much more beautiful

btw with micolash you can parry him when he does A Call Beyond (the star attack)

Great vid keep up the good work funny how bb turned up aliens 😄☺️😄☺️

i know there’s a rune where if you do a visceral attack you get some bullets back,very good for a parrying build

Another amazing vid from the ultimate Chad of video game commentary 🙏 Ch0pper my good sir,have you had the honor of playing the game Subnautica?

Usually I don’t just sub when people say “Sub pls” but you did it in the best way I’ve ever seen. Sub!

I agree with you totally. I think a remake would be good, but I don't want one. I want to remember it in its prime. The slightly more forgiving mechanics were a massive welcome making it more enjoyable but less rewarding than dark souls 3 which was my opus magnum. The demon souls remake was fantastic graphically, but it just didn't capture the desperation aspect which all souls bourne had. It almost felt like a chore.

I couldn't get into a single souls game but in Bloodborne I beat the Orphan of Kos. That tells you all you need to know.

Give me a complete remake with 60fps and bosses adjusted to fight well at 60fps, and an adjusted fast travel system and we’re in the money. Change nothing else

Fun fact, there already IS a mechanic that refunds bullets on viscerals, one of the caryll runes. That said, I kinda love the blood vial / bullets system - MUCH prefer it to having a hard cap on how much healing I have per bonfire visit

i love one cycling rom with lightning paper and beast blood pellets :)

It’s about time I return to this game and actually complete it

as a brit, this game is special to me because it’s very reminiscent of my walk to work each day

13:20 wailing woods😂😂

Always love those long review videos Dark souls 3 is my favorite souls game,would love to see you talk about it

living failures isn’t that bad really. they can be parried, and there’s a good balance between finding damage windows and dodging ranged attacks I think. lore wise they’re great also

i liked the limited bullets because it kept me from abusing parties for the big guys at beginning of game, forcing me to learn how to dodge as well and not just focus on one thing

The scariest part about Bloodborne is that the covenant still follow you after you beat the game 👀

they make you farm/buy bullets and vials not only for the rally system, but so that you, as the hunter, are always, *always* craving more blood echoes. :)

I’ll say this on every video but lady Maria’s blood fire phase deserved it’s own health bar

The trick with the amygdala, is you go to its tail, hit it a few times if you want. when it jumps in the air, step forward slightly, turn 180 Degrees, and do a charge attack. when it lands from the jump, it's heads will be right where you're facing, and sometimes you can stagger it for a visceral attack.

Ludwig is the only fictional thing that makes me feel genuine fear.

I certainly don’t agree with all your takes but this was overall a great video. Good job man!

Bought a PS4 five weeks ago and SSD-swapped it JUST for Bloodborne and now there's a resurgence, great timing!

I literally just used that chalice dungeon to get 80k+ blood echoes and bought hundreds of bullets and vials. Never had to farm for that shit ever again

Father Ganster also has an “easy” difficulty if you employ the music box. Miyazaki is so caring for his players.

there's a rune that gives you back bullets for perry + visceral @8:33

I love blood borne so much. I remember ordering the game of the year edition only available in uk. Such a good game. That and sekiro don’t get the credit they deserve

Rom the Vacuous wasn’t tryna fight of course he wouldn’t be aggressive and his spiderlings are probably scared and trying to protect him from what is essentially at this point a blood drunk hunter. Just thought that I should mention the explanation for the weird boss fight. Some ppl loved it and some hated it. The ones that love it are looking at it from a story perspective where as the latter is from a gameplay perspective. Great video loved it!

Hey Chopper, about that point you made about it would be nice for visceral attacks to refund a bullet? That's actually a thing, there's 2 runes in the game that refund bullets upon a riposte, one that refunds 1 bullet, and another that gives you 2 bullets

I played the 60fps mod on a hacked PS4Pro. Completed the game five times that way last year. It plays perfectly on 60fps.

Thanks for this video. I came because I'm writing a new series inspired by Bloodborne and I needed some inspiration for church names. I ended up watching the whole video and loving it. Watching this video is like famring blood vial for my novel

I like how they didn’t give you free refills at the beginning, instead of getting upset that I didn’t get them refilled it forced me to as we all say “get good” , get good at the game and the combat and buy the vials and bullets

Wait till the Amygdala does his arm slam attack. Go for head shots.

elden beast: you hit it, it runs away rom: you hit it, you run away

Remember there is a rune that allows you to get a bullet when you preform a visceral attack

19:37 he ran outta ammo😂😂

I think that the game couldve benefited from more in-depth weapon workshop options. Like, the idea of repairing the weapon is cool, but not fleshed out as a 'caring for your hunters weapon'. I think having ways to customize, tinker with, and reinforce the weapons would be really cool. Kinda like monster hunter but a little more clear cut. The workshop should be a place where you define your relationship to your weapon and outfit after grueling hunts, to make it feel more interactable. I still love the game and the weapons, but i feel like there could be more to it than just blood gems that increase stats, repairing for souls, and the trick function.

You can get back bullets and blood vials by getting your blood echoes back and they will automatically re fill( well in my case lmao)

The one reborn is basically the gaping dragon of Bloodborne; he's intimidating, but he's also a pushover.

Yesss Chop, more souls content!!

Your supossed to hit the amygdalas head deals like 3 times the damage

7:49 Hmm. Interesting idea; though it needs an explanation within the lore, like the continued health regain after enemies die, which is explained by the beasthood taking over the Hunter. It’s my favorite bit of lore in the game. Any ideas how regaining a bullet through a visceral attack could be part of the lore ?

Man I just finished it for the first time and I was waiting to watch this vid

Bloodborne is my favourite game of all time. Allthough I disagree with a few points, I mostly agreed with you for the entire video. great video man

Stuck on PS4, with no graphical updates, and SONY refuses to release this game for PS5 AND for PC. This game is more than 8 years old by now, I see no reason why it should not be ported to PC even with its bugs.

I just recently started playing blood borne for the first time and omg I love it so much!!

Your supposed to hit amygdala’s head it does much more damage and you can see his attacks

When uou said the spiders in the Rom fight don't "press buttons" I instantly knew you play fighting games lmao