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Play Overview
Bloodborne (2015) is a fighting game where you defeat monsters in demanding combat. As you navigate the labyrinthine levels, you use weapons, which can transform between fast-paced and weak and slower but more powerful forms, to attack, dodge, and parry enemies. It stands out from other Souls-like games for its unique weapon system, Lovecraftian setting, and attack systems that let you slowly regenerate health.
Set in the dark, gothic city of Yharnam, where blood rituals and ceremonies are commonplace, you play a mysterious hunter. You travel the city, searching for a cure for a supernatural plague at the behest of a strange old man. As you explore, you learn of the Healing Church and its dark deeds that threaten to lead to the world's doom.
Play focuses on defeating enemies in fast-paced melee combat. Fights are extremely difficult, sometimes seeming near impossible, requiring you to precisely time attacks, parries, and dodges to ensure survival. You can transform your weapons between a state where they attack quickly but deal less damage and a state that's slower but heavy-hitting. If you get hit by an enemy, if you deal damage right away, you can regain some of the health you lost, encouraging you to take risks and keep fights quick. As you play you unlock new weapons and skills to make your character more powerful.
The result is a game where the fun comes from the challenge of overcoming the immense difficulty that stacks the odds against you; learning to master your abilities and perfect your strategy for each new fight is extremely rewarding.
Our examiner, Ben Kendall, first checked Bloodborne 7 months ago. It was re-examined by Jo Robertson and updated 7 months ago.
Set in the dark, gothic city of Yharnam, where blood rituals and ceremonies are commonplace, you play a mysterious hunter. You travel the city, searching for a cure for a supernatural plague at the behest of a strange old man. As you explore, you learn of the Healing Church and its dark deeds that threaten to lead to the world's doom.
Play focuses on defeating enemies in fast-paced melee combat. Fights are extremely difficult, sometimes seeming near impossible, requiring you to precisely time attacks, parries, and dodges to ensure survival. You can transform your weapons between a state where they attack quickly but deal less damage and a state that's slower but heavy-hitting. If you get hit by an enemy, if you deal damage right away, you can regain some of the health you lost, encouraging you to take risks and keep fights quick. As you play you unlock new weapons and skills to make your character more powerful.
The result is a game where the fun comes from the challenge of overcoming the immense difficulty that stacks the odds against you; learning to master your abilities and perfect your strategy for each new fight is extremely rewarding.
Our examiner, Ben Kendall, first checked Bloodborne 7 months ago. It was re-examined by Jo Robertson and updated 7 months ago.
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Play Style
This is an Adventure and Fighting game with Action, Narrative and Role-Play elements. You can play this by yourself or as a 4-player online game. You can invite up to three other players to fight alongside you against the enemies you face. Other players can also invade your game and try to kill you unless you find the item required to stop them.
You can play this game in the following styles:
Duration
Play Time: This game will take between 23 hours and 55 hours to complete. You can easily spend hours fighting to get past each boss enemy, repeatedly dying and having to try again. Due to it's sheer difficulty, many never even finish the main quest.
Benefits
This game is good if you want to:
Age Ratings
Skill Level
14+ year-olds usually have the required skill to enjoy this game. Still, it's important for parents and guardians to consider the maturity required to process the game content. The game is very hard and requires perfect reactions and reflexes, as well as determination and persistence in the face of overwhelming challenges. The larger enemies do make attacks easier to read than other Souls games.
Account Rating
- You need be 18-years-old to subscribe to PlayStation Plus for online play, but can create sub-accounts for younger players of 7-years or older to play online with PlayStation 4.
Costs
Bloodborne usually costs £15.99.
You can buy a piece of extra content called The Old Hunters, which provides a new area to explore filled with new enemies and encounters to overcome, as well as a continuation of the story. The Game of the Year Edition of the game comes with this extra content.
It's important to set up your accounts and devices appropriately. More information is on our Financial Resources page.
Bloodborne
There are the following additional costs associated with this game:- In-Game Purchases: Additional in-game purchases are offered for items that enhance the experience.
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You need a subscription to play online:
- You need to purchase a PlayStation Plus subscription to play online with PlayStation 4.
You can buy a piece of extra content called The Old Hunters, which provides a new area to explore filled with new enemies and encounters to overcome, as well as a continuation of the story. The Game of the Year Edition of the game comes with this extra content.
It's important to set up your accounts and devices appropriately. More information is on our Financial Resources page.
Game Details
Release Date: 24/03/2015
Out Now: PS4
Skill Rating: 14+ year-olds
Players: 1 (4 online)
Genres: Adventure, Fighting (Action, Narrative and Role-Play)
Accessibility: 16 features
Components: 3D Third-Person
Developer: From Software PR (@FromSoftware_PR)
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