Bloodborne | iLLgaming Review

More than 70 hours into Bloodborne, seeing the credits flow is in itself a beautiful as well as a heart wrenching feeling

[llxKonanxll]

I'd give the game a 9.5/10. Really the only gripes I have are the load times, seldom frame-rate drops(their kinda bad), and the ability for a monster and yourself to attack through solid walls. I've gotten the platinum for the game and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

[goathouse774]

I haven't read this review but I have to agree with this comment. If they could patch in some slightly more refined AI to smooth out the whole "fighting through walls" thing (which really doesn't happen that often) and the performance issues, I'd be really impressed and the game would hold up better over time. Personally, I'd also like to see some of the easier bosses given an extra move or two to bring their difficulty in line with the overall progression.

Wonderful, wonderful game though, that I didn't realize how desperately I needed to restore my spark for gaming.

[Sketchy_Galore]

Hey, leave that fighting through walls thing alone. If it wasn't for that I'd be working my way through a giant pig's small intestine right about now.

[Pintheshadows]

I find the AI to be quite hilarious.

Attacks beast. Beast turns and walks away. 'Hey, I am trying to fight you'. Beast continues to walk away. I am not worth his time. He tricked me, I turned away and he sprinted at me.

I also had a Lycan fall on top me after running away from it and rolling off a ledge. I thought I was safe. I was wrong. I was dead wrong.

[HammadTheBeast]

I don't really feel the load times anymore, but the frame-rates, especially in Old Yharnam and a couple other areas are pretty bad with the drops. Overall though, it runs well enough and is beautiful to look at.

[joab777]

I'm am a huge From fan and I wouldn't give it a 10. Not b/c of load times either. They were frustrating at first. Now, I don't even notice them. Though, just an item to warp straight to Hunters dream would have been nice. Make it a chalice reward.

It reminds me of Destiny lol!

But, my issue, as an rpg fan is its streamlining. It doesn't take away from the game at all, but doesn't add that extra layer of depth. Really, I just wish that there were 2x as many outfits, species for different classes. Or various ones for different builds.

I'm gonna do strenthining next, but with all the same gear. I know why they did it. It's a huge exclusive and deep Souls rpg elements would have turned ppl off from what is otherwise a masterpiece in combat.

So, if a Lil streamlining garners more fans to experience a From game, I am fine. But I'm the guy who will always love the original ME best.

[SpinalRemains138]

The way they did it was smart though.

Instead of having 50 armors, of which you wear only 1 for most of the game, or the best one at the moment, they gave us around a dozen sets which have roughly the same overall rating but with much diff specialties.

So in effect we are always mixing and matching the four pieces together to maximize a certain defensive effect which is predicated upon our current defensive need.

This way we keep wearing different things rather than just 'The Powerful Armor'

[miyamoto]

GOTY 2015

[Perjoss]

A pro tip for reducing the time spent on the loading screen:

be better, die less :P

[UKmilitia]

Yeah the framerate is bad in places(too many places)and seems to be related to fog scenes.
the fact u can hit through a wall is silly,but through a gate is fine imo.
the load times while long ddnt really annoy me as much as i expected them too.

in full the game was epic and was my first in series.

i love the whole shortcuts,lamp system how it all flows .
on other hand the first hour i wanted to smash my console up until the game clicked andi found out about shortcuts lol.

[OhMyGandhi]

One of the most enjoyable games I've ever played. For me, the only gripe would also be load times.
Fix that, and we have a game damn near close to perfection.

[ContinuePlay]

Load times and issues with framerate are supposedly being improved in a performance patch they're working on.

[S2Killinit]

The game is just done right. I'm thoroughly enjoying it.

[Hanso]

Chalice Dungeons are so awesome
I cant believe how many new enemies and bosses From Software put in there 0____O
And the best loot in there!
Got some atk gems 21%+

[Pintheshadows]

The only niggles I have are something that has been mentioned above, the frame hiccups, and the camera occasionally being quite insane, especially whilst locked on to a fast enemy.

[Kingscorpion1981]

GOTY contender for sure

[WizzroSupreme]

Bloodborne's the bomb of the JRPG scene this year and holy cow, if we do get Xenoblade Chronicles X and Persona 5 this year in the states, I really won't have a life anymore.