Comments on: Bloodborne Hands-on Preview: Dying Is a Sure Thing https://thekoalition.com/2014/bloodborne-hands-preview-game-will-make-masochist Gaming, Entertainment & Tech Sun, 21 Mar 2021 19:47:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 By: Charles E. Singletary https://thekoalition.com/2014/bloodborne-hands-preview-game-will-make-masochist#comment-155266 Tue, 30 Sep 2014 21:19:00 +0000 http://thekoalition.com/?p=106573#comment-155266 “Evidently Dark Souls is all about figuring things out for yourself with no hand holding, and feeling gratification once you’ve overcome an obstacle.”

Nah. Demon’s Souls is though.

]]> By: Jason Robard https://thekoalition.com/2014/bloodborne-hands-preview-game-will-make-masochist#comment-155264 Tue, 30 Sep 2014 20:21:00 +0000 http://thekoalition.com/?p=106573#comment-155264 Thanks for the impressions, although you might get flak if any hardliner Souls fan sees your post. Even though I probably have 1000 hours in the series overall, I don’t begrudge anyone their opinion, and I don’t think the “difficulty” is always something to brag about. Sometimes it’s more of a roadblock, and you almost have to cheat to get over it. But I trust Bloodborne will be an even better mixture of hardcore sensibilities, with a greater awareness of how to make a game appealing to a broader audience, something they’ve inevitably learned from Dark Souls’ success. They have to give you some reason to progress other than satisfying your ego, and Souls games don’t always succeed at that, but Bloodborne’s focus on atmosphere and world-building are very encouraging signs. And it looks like Dark Souls meets Resident Evil 4, which is still my favorite game of all time, so no complaints there!

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