Justin Celani writes: Bloodborne was an obsession of mine for a week or two. I literally lost hours upon hours of sleep as I got obsessed. More so then Dark Souls or Demon Souls, Bloodborne had me by its dreaded, nasty, morbid grips. If players haven’t experience what the main core game of Bloodborne offers, there is little reason to even dive into this review, as there is so much to cover on that alone. While Bloodborne is a favorite of mine, I’m indifferent to the DLC, and I’ll explain why.
NoobFeed Editor Joshua Burt writes - It is now a mainstay of gaming that post a title's release, and DLC will accompany the game. Some of the most popular games of the last fifteen years have followed this practice. But there are some DLCs that are better than others. That stands on the shoulders of their base game, and in some cases… Surpass it. These are the 10 expansions that were better than the main game.
Damn, I feel stupid when years ago I played all the dlc for fallout 3 except the pitt. My younger ass looked at it and thought it was boring without trying I believe... Well good reason to fire up the old dusty ps3!
Solid list, I'd add inFamous: Festival of Blood, although it was a standalone download, it still felt like an inFamous 2 expansion.
Blood and Wine might be the best ever though.
I'd also add in Horizon The Frozen Wilds. As I started it, I wasn't sure I had the energy, but my God that was awesome. Some of the best weapons, enemies and missions in Horizon for sure.
Blood and Wine is always the reason these "best DLC of all time" list gets made in the first place nowadays.
Don't think CDPR can come any where near with any upcoming CP2077 DLC.
I have beaten Bloodborne but though i have the DLC I never played through it. For now I want to wait and see if it gets a Bluepoint remake.
DBC: “As soon as I had tasted FromSoftware’s new risk-and-reward formula, there was no going back. Its bleak beauty, its goading challenge, and its eerie otherworldliness coursed through my veins like a brand-new, intoxicating Estus-like tincture. From that point on, I was hooked on its electrifyingly addictive gameplay loop and back-to-basics game design. For me, and for many other folks out there, the Souls franchise was nothing short of a revolution.”
Really great write up! Dark Souls is absolutely one of the most influential games ever made.
"FromSoftware started the Souls-like genre over a decade ago so let's revisit a couple of their masterpieces and see which one wins." - A.J. Maciejewski from Video Chums
I enjoyed DS3 more than Bloodborne. Overall the quality of their gameplay and aesthetic is on par, but I hated Bloodborne's framepacing issues and jagginess due to poor anti-aliasing and fairly low resolution which did lower the quality of the experience for me.
Sekiro, though, is likely going to be my favorite From Software game by far. I love the new combat, the stealth aspect, the feudal Japanese setting, the story, and how good it looks and runs.
I think all the Souls games and Bloodborne are excellent with Dark Souls 3 being the best of the Souls games. IMHO Bloodborne is Different in that it is Gothic Horror.
For new players, I would recommend Dark Souls 2 first since IMHO it has a very good introduction and depending on your choice of the two initial paths when you reach Majula you can have an easier (Forest of Fallen Giants) or more difficult (Heide's Tower of Flame) challenge when you are are at a fairly low level.
Playing DS2 first basically forces you to learn to fight without lock-on in certain places and this skill can be very useful in DS3 especially against mob enemies.
BTW. You will first meet the Pursuer when you do the Forest of Fallen Giants and this being is much more difficult than anything you meet in Heide's Tower of Flame. Fortunately, you can avoid fighting it and you can get help to fight it later on, although there is a reason why they call this creature the Pursuer.
Hint: Beware of crossing water when playing DS2 since you can drown. You won't have this problem with DS3.
Note: In DS3 you can find a spell and ring that can be used for stealth and these are very useful in certain areas.
Lmao Bandai Namco made FromSoft rush DS3 hence all the cut content such as day and night cycle. But now FromSoftware are calling the shots, and with Miyazaki being fully in charge now, they are never going to release garbage like DS2/3 ever again.
DS3 isn't garbage but they are undeniably at their best when they start fresh. Demons Souls, Dark Souls 1, Bloodborne, and now Sekiro.
day and night cycle would have been LIT! I hope they bring that back with bloodborne 2, at night enemies could morph into werewolveses ect making it harder but more exp.
Like most Bloodborne over DS 1, "2", and 3. Great games over all. Perhaps one of the best group of games all time.
How can you take this review seriously if one of the negatives is the difficulty of the DLC?
This shit is hard. Hahaha I love it!