Why PlayStation is Failing Bloodborne Fans 

If you think loading times are bad now, there are probably launch era plasma TV's with BLOODBORNE burned into the screen.

It's a disgrace to gaming that Sony has held this game hostage for near a decade.

I don’t expect a corporation like Sony to care about the fans of their games, but I at least expect them to care about the stupid amount of money a remaster of this game would make.

The worst part about the 30 fps lock is that Lance McDonald has conclusively demonstrated that unlocking the game to 60 fps absolutely does not break the game (and why should it; it's the same engine as DS3, Sekiro, AC6 and Elden Ring)

I'll forever love Bloodborne, but goddamn, that hike back to Logarius is downright egregious.

Purely from a business standpoint, just sitting on this IP and doing nothing is asinine; majority of people who’ve played Bloodborne not only love it, but it’s probably one of their favourite games ever. 100% of those people would happily pay $60 (or more) for a remastered (maybe even an updated) edition. Plus, an entirely new generation of gamers would be introduced to this masterpiece. Even just opening up the game to other platforms; everyone who loves Bloodborne has salivated at the thought of the potential for PC mods, etc. If they don’t do anything for the tenth anniversary next year, I fear the worst.

So it’s a fast paced game locked to 30 FPS

A remake with a more convenient fast travel system and more quality of life improvements is such a profitable decision. Its insane Sony is gatekeeping this game

Micolash fight is not random😔 to put it simply just think of it as a box pushing puzzle 99% of the time he will just run to the opposite direction from where you are chasing him so you need to stop chasing him blindly from behind when he stops in front of the door don't approach him from above or below approach him from the left to PUSH him into the room.

This game will forever be a masterpiece no matter the fps and to experienced souls players

I wouldn't say it's showing its age. It's not even 10 years yet. If we got 60fps and 1080p HD, it would actually look a lot better.

Even just a pc port It would be the fastest purchase ever

If Bloodborne had Demon’s Souls Remake loading times it wouldnt matter if you had to go back to the hunter’s dream for fast travel, the hub is basically a playable fast travel menu at that point and i think that was the original vision in the first place

CANT confirm this. I played Bloodborne in 2023 right after Elden Ring and had an absolute blast

The dream is fading, oh Lawrence what’s taking you so long?

Lance MacDonald already proved that Bloodborne can run at 60 fps on both ps4 and ps5

I really want this on PC. And no I don't want a remake like with Demon's Souls. While it looks cool, they've changed soo much and the original art design was lost. I'd hate to see it happen with Bloodborne, all it needs is 60 FPS and it's perfect as it is. Edit: 1. When it comes to FPS a modder already unlocked it and the game's logic runs perfectly fine on 60 FPS. 2. Bloodvials absolutely need no change. Once you can buy them they're very easy to get. Like mentioned people just didn't know and cried about it.

I got a buddy into Elden Ring and he's obsessed with it, then I tried to get him into Bloodborne which is by far my favorite soulsbourne game. He could not get through it when it came to loading, the vial farming, and the 30fps. Makes me sad, because people won't understand how incredible the game was at launch.

No DO NOT mention blueponint. They will ruin the atmosphere and art direction like they did Demon's Souls

People need to chill tf out about boss runs. They can be tedious but they can also be an important part of level design. A lot of the fantastic short cuts in these games were designed with the boss run in mind. In many cases it adds to the idea of learning how to fight the level as well as the boss. Stakes of marika work in Elden ring because many of the bosses exist in a sprawling open world. They’re largely absent from most of the dungeon sections. I agree that sometimes they can be unnecessarily hard, but I don’t think they should be removed altogether. I think asking Sony/from to remove boss runs is a few steps away from asking for easy mode.

I played bloodborne as my first soulslike a few months ago and i absolutely loved it. it's my favorite game of all time and i dont see any other game that would change my mind. the 30fps, long loading time and all the other bs people talk about is pure nonsense. bloodborne definetly still holds up to this day and doesn't need any remake or remaster. the only actual good thing that could happen to this game would be a sequel.

Still has the best soundtrack!

Hot take: I like constantly having to return to the Hunter’s Dream because of the music and I like seeing the Plain Doll.

Nioh franchise does that healing item system. You get 3 guaranteed when you respawn but can collect more up to 8 in total. By exploring the maps and collecting the special collectible (Kodama), it increases the amount you can have when you respawn per region of the game, 3 to 5

I was literally talking about how I want to play Bloodborne so badly with a friend today. It saddens me to know that Sony owns the IP... Not Fromsoft because Sony seemingly does not care about this game. I would have taken Bloodborne over the two Horizon games they decided to release on PC. Either they ARE doing something with the game to release on PC and probably PS5 at some point or.... they just don't care about giving the game to more people who would absolutely jump all over it. Hell release it on Xbox I don't care I just want to play the game and I'd much rather just buy it on Steam than have to buy a console or stream the game through PSPlus. I have only been on PC for most of my life (minus when I was younger and we had consoles in the house) but I never bought an Xbox One or PS4... So it sucks not being able to play one of FromSofts most praised games. The only thing I can continue to hold out hope for is an announcement comes later this year with plans for a remaster or remake coming in 2025 on the 10 year anniversary. But... Everyday that goes by without an announcement my faith dwindles ever so slightly. A man can hope I guess.

Demons Souls remake is not good in the eyes of original players. The voice work was redone horribly, the soundtrack was removed and replaced. The art design was changed with little understanding of the lore. I cringe at the idea of a Bloodborne Remake by Bluepoint. Sony should do a simple remaster for both Demons Souls and Bloodborne on PS5 and PC. If bluepoint remakes Bloodborne I think a large majority of fans will finally understand how much of a mistake it is to allow a non From Software Studio make creative decisions for a From Software game. A lot more Bloodborne fans then Demons Souls fans. The community will finally understand how bad of an idea it is to remake a From Software game without From Software.

I would wholeheartedly purchase a 60fps, at 1080p at least (native res of game), update. I'd prefer a remake à la Demon's Souls... As long as the original spirit, lore, and atmosphere are in tact.

Elden Ring was my first souls game and it has gotten me into the series! I am planning to play all the games in the order they came out so I'm really hoping bloodborne is on pc (or that there is a remaster) by the time I get to it lol. On another note, just wanted to say that the load times being improved on ps5 was due to it having SSD for storage vs traditional hard drives in the ps4, whereas if you wanted to change the framerate the devs would have to release a patch to support that feature. I'm a pc player rn but I grew up with consoles so I'm not bothered by low framerate as long as it is consistent.

Bloodborne being locked to 30fps is a downright crime. It would feel absolutely superb if they just gave it 60fps. Every year I lose hope for a remaster or at least a 60fps update.

Am i the only one who doesnt give a @#$% that this game is locked at 30fps? The game is a masterpiece. I mean really... what difference does it make :p

I agree with most points, except changing the bosses. The ones you claimed were just "bad", are not in fact bad, just difficult for you depending on your build and personal skill at the time. I personally dont like dealing with Orphan of Kos (brutal) but i wouldnt change anything about that fight. You just gotta keep doing it till you learn the moveset or change the way you approach it. Or even a non boss example, the madness build up in the nightmare realm can be hell to deal with if not properly prepared. If you weaken the amount or rate that it builds up so that you never have to worry about damage, theres not really a point to having it there. like taking the poison out of Blighttown and adding an escalator

I've only played eldin ring and bloodborne. just wrapped up my bloodborne playthrough. Immediately started a NG+. I cannot stop playing it as a new player to from Soft games I can't wait to start sekiro, but bloodborne has me hooked right now. I was warned about a lot of the points you covered by my veteran from soft friends and grinded echos for viles at the start of the game and it was the best decision I ever made. After that, the learning curve and getting fluent in parry's came pretty quick, and at times playing this game I feel unstoppable. Never got that out of eldin ring but I was a rookie rookie. Chain parrying the orphan 4-5 times in a row makes you feel like a god!

Bloodborne fans are fine with Bloodborne as it is. It's those who want to get in into Bloodborne that want a remaster or a remake, but they are not Bloodborne fans.

I don't want a remake. Just a remaster is enough for me

they are holding this amazing piece of art hostage.

We get Bloodborne on emulator, before Sony releases a port.

Bloodborne's biggest flaws. 1. FInite vials and bullets. They should just go back to 20 every time you warp or die. 2. You should be able to rest and warp from lamps. 3. Immediately getting sent to NG+ after seeing the credits. 4. Micolash needed twice the amount of HP.

Micolash is peak

This was my second souls game. Played it in 2023 on a PS4, no complaints.

I still think we need a Bloodborne 2 but not a sequel, a prequel instead. I would love to see young Gherman, imagine how much of a beast he might've been in his youth, I would love to see young Lady Maria before her and Gherman were trapped in the Hunter's Dream / Nightmare, the legendary Healing Church hunter Ludwig. There's so much lore I would love to see in a prequel like the first days of the old workshop, the Powder Kegs, the Healing Church branching off and creating their own faction of Hunters with Ludwig. Please FromSoftware, make it happen.

To *entirely* play devil's advocate, getting increased framerates in this game isn't as simple as just uncapping the frame limit. Lance McDonald explains in his original showcase of the patch that framerate is also tied to game speed, so if you increase the cap to 60fps, it doubles the game speed. He had to manually look at the changes made regarding framerate unlocking on DS3 PS4 and had to back port those changes. This ended up messing some things up like cloth physics, so he had to manually make changes to those as well. Now, should Sony have done that to Bloodborne? Oh my god yes, absolutely, there's no excuse for it. But I think this just answers the question of why they didn't, as they likely didn't want to pull attention away from Dark Souls 3. Which is dumb.

Everybody complain about finite number of blood vials, but: you can carry up to 28 of them, making you nearly immortal. You can buy them. And the finite resources create the stress while exploring new areas and using them, elevaring the horror atmosphere of the game. So no. Please, keep the blood vials finite.

"why couldn't they just do 60 fps if the loading is better on ps5" The loading improvements are not a patch, it's just a coincidental benefit because the hardware (PCI SSD) is that much better you see improvements even though they didn't actually do anything to the game. It has also improved the frame drops under 30 pretty significantly, but the pacing is still bad sometimes and that all has to do with the actual game which again, hasn't been touched in years. I doubt we'll ever get a reason for why they haven't touched it, but I don't ever see people mention that this was co-developed by fromsoft with Japan Studio which Sony has axed so it's not unlikely that has something to do with it. That's a shame because they also made/had a hand in many other super underrated projects like puppeteer, gravity rush, etc.

I feel like the blood vial system is an integral part of the game. To me it's very immersive, having to manage ur resources and deciding if it's time to level or buy some items. Just like preparation in monster hunter, there's a management aspect to the gameplay loop that I find very enjoyable. Also, comparing Bloodborne to the souls trilogy is kinda unfair. They're all different games with unique themes and mechanics, yes they're made by the same developer, but each one is unique with its own identity.

Finished main game, The Old Hunters DLC, all Chalice Dungeons and got first and the only one Platinum. PvP was so good and memorable. Loved it.

A counter argument against adding stakes of marika is that they would make shortcuts redundant. Although I admit some of the runbacks in this game are terrible

As a relatively new player, the 30 fps isn't that big of a deal. I don't see someone closing the game just cause it's running like that but that's just me I guess after reading some of the comments. I wouldn't mind a remaster or something like that but not a remake. People should stop looking at a 10 year old game and immediately think remake, seriously it's getting tiresome to hear that.

Bloodborne is my favourite game of all time, but every time I go in with the intention of a new play through these days I end up stopping after an hour or so because the fact that it’s as dated as it is now makes me sad. The fact that it’s the one from soft game that hasn’t received any kind of remaster/updated treatment is deplorable.

I gave Bloodborne a shot the year it came out after being told to play it over and over again by a friend of mine. At that point I was aware of fromsoft games and their “heinous difficulty and rage inducing gameplay”. Reluctantly i picked it up because the aesthetic DID peek my interest. I got to father gascoine and rage quit. The unfairness (as I saw it then) was not worth it. Time passed and I got into George RR Martin’s works. Learned that he would be involved with Elden Ring. Learned more about the concept of the game and saw trailers of the game. Thought to myself that at the very least the story would probably be incredible. Purchased Elden Ring maybe 2-3 months after its release and 180+ hours later finally saw the end credits. I finished the game having loved it immensely. It taught me how to absorb and extrapolate the story from a Souls game. Made the “i get it” combat click. I was hooked and wanted more. Only made sense to go back from the beginning. Dark Souls 1, then 2, then 3. Had wonderful experiences. I knew Sekiro was part of the conversation but I also knew that it was different. I wanted that very specific souls experience and I knew Sekiro wouldnt give me that. Im sure its great but I wanted something very specific. I knew i had to revisit bloodborne. My experience of Bloodborne was a complete 180. Its perfect. Being not versed in the Souls style of gameplay It didnt take long to adapt to the new style. Rolling and blocking GONE. Now it was just side stepping and it was addictively fun and cool to perform. For some reason it was also way too intuitive for some reason. When it felt like the right time to dodge, it was. Elden Ring was just AOE attacks and Delayed Attacks that just frustrated me. But Bloodborne was more blunt! If they raised a weapon or limb at you it was immediately coming for my face! My timing was very good from the get go. I chalk it up to “well yeah i played 4 other souls games, i must have gotten gud” or whatever. Im no longer intimidated. The 30fps didnt bother me in the slightest. Ive been playing games for a long time, things weren’t always 60fps. If anything if the game was 60fps i dont think the side step would be as satisfying or cool looking cause that blur effects really sells that the character is moving too fast to see and really immerses the player in the action. If it were in 60fps it would loose that gritty roughness that is so visceral about bloodborne. Much how Demon Souls remake decided to keep the core mechanics in place as to not lose the feel, i would like that if a BB remake was done via Blue Point that they keep the 30fps. Just up the graphics and fidelity of everything else!

all your changes would for the most part ruin the game and its lore

Hi. I am the new player you were talking about. Despite the 30fps lock, call me crazy, but it doesn’t feel like 30fps on PS5. Micolash and can be cheesed, by shooting him from the platform. Laurence can be cheesed by attacking twice and run to the corner, repeat till 2nd Phase. Overall, your critiques seem minor, so Bloodborne 2 would be a better choice than a remaster. Playing the same game gets boring, despite being 20/10 IGN

Bluepoint's remake of Demon's souls is not good at all. I hope they never get their hands near a Bloodborne remake.

I don’t think they would do a remaster of Bloodborne, it’s more possible for them to do a Bloodborne continuation. I just imagine Bloodborne 2 with new features, 120fps+ and crazy graphics.

I really truly dont think the blood vial thing is a issue for anyone than new players who haven't learned the mechanics yet. The game gives them out like candy. If your spending hours farming then you are fundamentally doing something wrong. Thats not the intended way to do things thats a safety cushion they put in as backup for certain players.

Bloodborne is exactly how I got started in the dark souls souls like gaming genre. It was the first game I played and I fell in love with it just the same.

yea the 30 fps thing sucks, so does having to go back and forth to the hunters dream all the time to level up or reset an area. Also occasionally you can run yourself into a wall and HAVE to farm for vials or bullets......other than that its still awesome. Yeeaaa I mean you shouldnt NEEED a cummmm dungeon to eliminite the farming😂

I genuinelly hate that Sony holds this game hostage. I just don't understand why. Are they using the bloodborne exclusive as a way to sell more PS5's?? Like what is keeping them from just releasing Bloodborne for PC and possibly Xbox considering we're in the era of "console collabs" and all that. Get a contract where you get a % of every Bloodborne bought on steam or some shit. I don't know. Just genuinelly flabbergasted. Imagine a Bloodborne 60 FPS, higher resolution Remake with some fixes on PC Steam or some shit.

Bloodborne is a masterpiece, massively tied down by the platform it's on. When I played it when it first came out, I couldn't finish it. 30FPS is already hard to stomach, but the regular drops into 10-15 FPS were unacceptable. And the 1minute load screens whenever you teleport around were so annoying. Until this comes to PC with 60+ FPS, I'd rather replay any other fromsoft game.

I personally love the fact that you can't teleport directly between lamps. It keeps immersion in spite of fast travel. It's genius.

100% agree. I don't want any difference in the difficulty but FPS, BV farming, and runbacks make me not care to finish this game. I have a job and anything that feels like tedious busy work is anti-fun for me. I love banging my head against a wall but when there's a 2 minute run back and then every 2-3 attempts i need to farm for heals, it feels like the game doesn't value my time

Played and beat BB for the first time this year. It was my entry into the souls/FROM universe and love it. Ngl, having to use the internet to understand the lore rather than being taught within the game was my biggest hurdle. Example: I personally have 0 issues with Laurence fight. His ost honestly makes his fight my fav next to Ludwig & Gehrman, however I still have 0 understanding why he is the way he is

Starting to? It has been for years now. Sony's ignorance of this masterpiece is a travesty. Especially when they choose to remake mid games like Last of us over, and over, and over...

We always hear that anything above 30fps could potentially break Bloodborne, but we have been playing broken games for years and got used to it, unfortunately. Exactly how "broken" would Bloodborne become? Because I'm willing to rough it out at this point to be honest

While I still place Bloodborne as my 2nd best From Software game right after Elden Ring, however, looking back at BB since 2022, some aspects of the game have aged badly I'd say, its Chalice Dungeons system is so bad IDEK how that made it into the final game, lots of jankiness comapred to Sekiro & Elden RIng, Blood vial farming which really hampers the game's pacing, a lot & I mean A LOT of enemy reuses & repetitions especially for such a short game compared to DS3 & ER, Mediocre boss roster in the base game that is only saved by the DLC, even the DLC uses a lot of the base game enemies, the combat itself is still awesome but I would also say it has some annoyances, while locking-on, you can't run in any direction unless it's forward, this has been fixed since DS3, also no jumping mechanic which added a lot to ER's & Sekiro's combat systems, its RPG mechanics like stats & leveling is overly simplified, the Blood Gems system is overly cumbersome & frustrating at times, bosses in the base game are very simplistic mechanically compared to Sekiro & Elden Ring. Still, Bloodborne is one of my favorite games of all time & I still replay it over & over from time to time, we need a remaster Sony!!!

I get that Souls games are suppose to be extremely challenging, but the ability to gain health back on attacks was such a good mechanic. Wish they would've implemented it in DS3 and Elden Rings.

crying over 30 fps,ridiculous.

One of my best friends is finally playing Bloodborne and I'm guiding him through on co-op so he'll not miss out on anything, it's been a lot of fun that I was never able to experience in the seven years of playing this game but the frame rate drops hard as fvvvh in some situations and online latency could be improved!

60 FPS. Rest at lamps for fast travels. No circle jumping. Always start with 5 cursed bloodvials on respawn: - (they givd you some small debuff for lore reasons. Blood too thin or some shit).

My prediction is a Bluepoint Bloodborne remake will be a PS6 launch title.

Theyll remake the game... Wokeborne will happen.

There was a custom Bloodborne hack this guy, Lance Macdonald did awhile back on a development PS5 console where he got the game to run at 60fps so it's definitely possible. Digital Foundry showcased it.

Do people genuinely get bothered by the frame rate in this game?

The load times for me have never been noticeable since i got a ps5. This video made me think about it just now. Its pretty quick.

I introduced a friend of mine to Bloodborne before any other souls game and he got hooked. He then started down the path with Dark Souls 3 and so on. There's no correct way for introduction. Just let them play a masterpiece

Sony can’t hear you because they’re to busy working on another The Last Of Us remaster. 👀👀

I dont even need a bluepoint-style remake, game's still looks good enough today, thanks to the art directions. Just a remaster with unlocked framerate, updated textures & higher resolution on PC and ill buy it in a heartbeat.

Meanwhile here I am, Bloodborne having been my first Souls game and having been unable to finish DS3 because it bored me. The medieval sword fantasy and slow combat didn't grab me at all, meanwhile Bloodborne's aesthetics and aggressive combat were exactly what I expected and wanted it to be. Different blokes, different strokes, I suppose.

My first entry into Souls games was Elden Ring. I would have never touched a Souls game ever... since I'm a Nintendo fanboy. So after TOTK, I was finally convinced to try ER. It's now in my top 10 fav. games of all time. I just can't put it down. After beating it, I'm playing Bloodbourne. Getting my ass kicked; but improving. You touched on these things that I completely agree with: -no 'stake of marika' type thing -Hunter's Deam being the default go to. -30fps, a non issue for me. Also, it took me about 4 days to figure out that the gun is for parrying. No one told me that; the game certainly didn't.

I play this game in 1080p 60fps (even 120fps these days) all the time on my jailbroken PS5. It is an amazing experience

Ive always thought that refilling your blood vials off of your dead enemies' bodies would be a good system to implement. Like, have an item, (like an empty syringe or something) that sucks the blood out of a dead enemy. And have it fill up a different amount based on the enemy. And maybe have different enemy types give the player different effects. Some positive and some negative. That might be an idea for an entirely new game but i thought that it would be cool for a game like Bloodborne

i like to think that the decision that healing is limited in bloodborne is most likely so the gameplay gets more aggressive so when ur in a fight u have it in mind that u shouldnt burn through ur vials and actually depend on the rally mechanic to heal, its still really annoying tho

As a huge Bloodborne fan (it's my favourite game ever) I agree with mostly everything you said. Praying Sony stops gatekeeping this masterpiece. Great video!

With the current state of remakes being pumped with DEI, I'm actually glad this hasn't been remade yet

it is what it is, we arent entitled to get this game on other platforms or a better version, i dont think theres more to it than that, loved the game on ps4 and even if performance wasnt the best it was perfectly playable on ps4 if people put up with the state cp 2077 released on consoles, and im being generous by calling that a release (a lot of people completed it on ps4) they can, msot definitely, play this game.

Can't remember where I heard it, but apparently the contract between Sony and Fromsoft for Bloodborne is worded in a very constrictive way, so much so that even a 60fps upgrade is 'impossible'. Tldr: they wrote themselves into a corner with the contract. Edit: Also, thinking Sony or From are not aware they're leaving money on the table with BB, is naive.

Afaik, the loading times is just down to the storage drive. People were upgrading ps4 pros with ssd to get faster loading times, and the ps5 has an ssd by default which helps load mich faster

The only fundamental change to the game I would approve of is the ability to rest at lanterns

It's still a timeless game, and i played it yesterday and enjoyed every minute

I played bloodborne for the first time in 2024 and i thought it was really fun this is my first ever fromsoft game and i look forward too playing more i got bloodborne platinum without 60 hours

Tbh I wish Sony would just sell or give the rights to Fromsoft, similar to how Fromsoft acquired the rights to Elden Ring.

Elden ring was my first souls game. I played Bloodborne on PS5 this year and it easily became my fav game.

To be honest with PS4 emulators in full development now we'll probably be playing Bloodborne on PC pretty soon, and a 60 fps version of the game would probably be modders first order of business.

Honestly the only reason I could think that Sony is gatekeeping bloodborne from being a bigger game is maybe because they just see better potential in any game that is very similar to dark souls and don't want something like bloodborne that was on the PlayStation 3 to be a part of something as a successful franchise due to the fact that they may know that bloodborne is that better game that can take away from the other souls like franchise I don't know but that's the only thing I can really think of that they just don't want to see a game that's so old be a bigger success

The loading times are only improved on the PS5 because the default drive is an SSD instead of an HDD which just loads all games faster

I like BB, think it’s kinda overrated but there is absolutely no reason it hasn’t gotten a remaster with quality of life improvements and a PC port especially when it’s the biggest PS game that hasn’t yet and most wanted

I’ve seen the modded bloodborne with 60fps and man does it look like a whole new game

I started playing bloodborne back in 2019 and it's the first soulsborne game i've ever touched, then i tried ds3, and what i will say is that i prefer the aggressive fast pace style of combat rather than ds' slower pace, because it fits the way i generally play rpgs better

My experience with blood borne was so good but unfortunately it was cut short. I didn’t realize that beating German instantly triggered NG+ so I didn’t get to fight a lot of bosses that I heard about (Lady Maria, the weird alien looking guy, etc.) Still a brilliant game.

This is my first time watching a video on your channel, I think it was great & I agree with everything you said here. I love this game so much and it's unfortunate that the community agrees that the issues with Bloodborne could easily be fixed with a remaster and it sucks we probably will never get it. Dark Souls 3 got an update on Xbox from 30 to 60fps a few years after & while I think it was a Microsoft thing and not a Fromsoftware thing, I really wish Sony do the same.

Sony showed they are not only dumb and controlling but also pathetic with the recent Helldivers 2 controversy. There aren't enough Bloodborne fans to force their hand on this though. Just to be clear, I played 8 hours of Bloodborne and didn't like the more frantic arcade-like gameplay, however I respect that fans would appreciate a PC port so they can mod it at least. A remake to the extent that this guy wants would be absolutely awful and be considered "kid mode" by Bloodborne fans, however. He's asking for the kind of sketchy gamebreaking micro-transactions that EA and Square Enix love shoving into already finished games.