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[Gbraga]

I think I don't wanna know who that is, but good news! Will try later.

Why is that? Her streams are fun.

 

[OneUh8]

Hell yeah. NG+ here we go!

 

[Zaventem]

Do they no longer take insight for failed invasions/ help? tthe patched a fix for that in Dark Souls 1 with orbs being used on failed game states i was sad to see a similar mechanic return here.

 

[Oppo]

we need a word or term for "the overpowering urge to boot up a newly patched game to see even minor improvements".

Patch Itch, or something. Update Fever. Version Compulsive Disorder.

 

[takriel]

we need a word or term for "the overpowering urge to boot up a newly patched game to see even minor improvements".

Patch Itch, or something. Update Fever. Version Compulsive Disorder.

You might be onto something here.

 

[dmr87]

we need a word or term for "the overpowering urge to boot up a newly patched game to see even minor improvements".

Patch Itch, or something. Update Fever. Version Compulsive Disorder.

I just did that, off to work in 15 minutes.

 

[Windom Earle]

Do they no longer take insight for failed invasions/ help? tthe patched a fix for that in Dark Souls 1 with orbs being used on failed game states i was sad to see a similar mechanic return here.

Invasions are free already.

 

[0.1.1.2.3.5.8.13.21.34.55]

new loading screen is a godsend. the stark black and white bloodborne logo murdered my plasma.

 

[LiK]

new loading screen is a godsend. the stark black and white bloodborne logo murdered my plasma.

amazing username

 

[eliochip]

I'll miss the logo loading screen. Every time I died it felt like an awesome late title card.

 

[CoG]

new loading screen is a godsend. the stark black and white bloodborne logo murdered my plasma.

The loading screen? I would think the HUD would be far worse. The loading screen washes out as you play. Speaking of whidh, as a plasma owner I was hoping for a dynamic HUD. Made it though the game with the HUD disabled which did make it harder than it should have been

 

[Oppo]

new loading screen is a godsend. the stark black and white bloodborne logo murdered my plasma.

ugh, I know, right? I could hear it cooking.

The loading screen? I would think the HUD would be far worse. The loading screen washes out as you play.

The HUG isn't particularly contrasty though, somehow it doesn't seem to stick too much for me. (Panny plasma)

The load screen on the other hand was a big fat 255,255,255 white logo on a pure black screen.

 

[Xpliskin]

you patched

 

[Kudo]

Time to play again just for PVP now.

 

[Windom Earle]

I'll miss the logo loading screen. Every time I died it felt like an awesome late title card.

Call me crazy but I agree.

 

[NoWayOut]

My plasma TV is thankful! Now I won't have to run the anti image retention tool at the end of every BB game session.

 

[E92 M3]

Any other nerfs besides cannon?

 

[BRocknRolla]

Haha, I just beat the game last night!

Oh well, I know I'll be playing through again with a different build.

 

[VanillaCakeIsBurning]

First Xenoblade X English Direct news and now this?

It's turning out to be a good day.

 

[0.1.1.2.3.5.8.13.21.34.55]

amazing username

thanks, just noticed i'm no longer a junior.

The loading screen? I would think the HUD would be far worse. The loading screen washes out as you play. Speaking of whidh, as a plasma owner I was hoping for a dynamic HUD. Made it though the game with the HUD disabled which did make it harder than it should have been

Yeah the loading screen was far worse for me than the HUD. Bright white text on an absolute black background burned in the logo pretty substantially especially considering the 30-45 second load times. After each death I'd see "Bloodborne" ghosted on the screen for the next 5 minutes. At least with the HUD its static and remains in place throughout play. I've not really noticed any residual burn in from it when switching out of the game to something else like Netflix.

I love the inky blacks and dark moody atmosphere in the game, but the "Bloodborne" ghosting was painful for me. I'm really glad they've addressed it, as well as shortened the loading times.

The best game this gen just got better.

 

[Windom Earle]

Why is that? Her streams are fun.

Is it hardmodegirl? I can't stand her nonstop coughing.

 

[Crimsonclaw111]

Ah good, looks like I'll be returning to the game now.

 

[0.1.1.2.3.5.8.13.21.34.55]

Beast Claws now transform you into a werewolf if you max the gauge.

Spoiler

I wish. :-(

I really hope beast transformation is part of any DLC expansion.

 

[Kusagari]

Did they fix the blood echoes glitch?

 

[Laurentius]

by3qp

 

[Kazuhira]

Fuck yeah! i´m glad they added item descriptions to the loading screen.

 

[Peterthumpa]

I swear to God that the internet didn't even know what CA was until like two months ago, and now suddenly its the devil.

The game is perfectly playable and in-motion it's almost impossible to notice this effect, and it's not present everywhere anyway.

Exactly. CA has gained some demon-from-the-Bible status, specially here. Thing is so ridiculous now that everytime I see someone complaining like this, it makes me chuckle a little.

 

[CHC]

Ohhhhh yes! I expected they would reduce the times but I never expected item descriptions. This is great

And yeah, also love the first response. Some people will just never be fucking happy....

 

[Revolutionary]

I'll miss the logo loading screen. Every time I died it felt like an awesome late title card.

My plasma screen says good riddance! It was so bright and static that it was faintly visible on the screen for up to an hour after playing.

 

[Zombie James]

Sounds like load times got a significant improvement, especially when respawning. Good job! Now just fix the frame pacing.

 

[CHC]

I'll miss the logo loading screen. Every time I died it felt like an awesome late title card.

It was kind of awesomely insulting. I always imagine the game is shrugging at me after each death like "welp... Bloodborne." ¯\_(&#12484_/¯

 

[Jinfash]

Reduced by.

Oh, well, damn. I guess I'll put off my BB and PS4 purchase for another two months in hopes for better fixea, including frame paxing. I'm not in a hurry.

 

[mattp]

fromsoft still ignoring the obviously superior demon's souls style loading screens, i see
item descriptions are alright i guess

 

[Tobinishi]

Awesome stuff. Looking forward to get back into it today

 

[N° 2048]

Back to Bloodborne I go. I quit playing a couple weeks ago only 4 bosses in.

Same but I was waiting for this patch! Time to finish the game.

 

[Toxi]

Some really awesome fixes, but I'm gonna try and get at least a couple coffin skip characters in before uploading the patch.

 

[Alo0oy]

Tried using the small resonant bell 4 times now after installing the patch.

Got disconnected every single time.

The upside is I get disconnected within less than a minute, which means that the game finds players very very fast now, it just fails to connect to them. Yay?

After repeated failure, I've been matched with people 3 times in a row now, maybe it's fixed now? Or was I just lucky?

 

[RMI]

great news, I haven't bought the game yet but have been playing Dark Souls II lately and really like the item descriptions in the loading screens. was sad to see that the bloodborne loading screen was just a logo, and a very long one at that. Looking forward to playing this game eventually.

 

[Error]

oh fuck yes, FROM :bow

 

[Fancy Clown]

Awesome! Now I'll get the best Bloodborne experience possible when I pick it up in June!

 

[Jarsonot]

Stupid as it is, I'm most excited for loading screen text. Seems like a good patch!

 

[kewlbot]

any video comparisons out yet?
can't really get on bloodborne right now so i'd be great to see a detailed video showing the difference

 

[StrongBlackVine]

Too little, too late but good for people about to buy this.

Not really. I will be replaying this numerous times.

 

[harrisk954]

Not really. You have to load the game up again. It's the same as just quitting a game and closing the application in terms of time.

Yeah... I don't think I like this... if I suspend the game after dying and it goes back to the title screen, don't I lose the ability to go and recover my lost blood echoes? Plus, we have to now reload the game, which defeats the purpose of suspend/resume (other than a few seconds that it takes to boot up the game).

 

[zma1013]

Hmm, so i had a glitch where i tried to return to Hunters Dream from cathedral ward and nothing happened, so i go to exit the game then it sends me to hunters dream.

Also bummed about no warping from lanterns; maybe next time eh

 

[Netherscourge]

5 to 15 seconds reduction is good stuff.

Different load screens is good stuff too.

Now I have to pull myself away from GTA5 to get back into BB.

#firstworldproblems

 

[StrongBlackVine]

Time to work on the framerate now From. Bloodborne should be running at 60fps.

You can't be serious.

 

[Kai Dracon]

Just tested loading from the Central Yharnam lamp. Spawned and ran into Central Yharnam in various directions and suicided. Reload to lamp was between 10 and 20 seconds for me, down from a minimum of 35 seconds before.

Loading Central Yharnam from the Hunter's Dream was less than 10 seconds.

Frame pacing seems better, but unsure if it is a placebo effect. There is still some stutter when turning corners and revealing huge sections of geometry in the scenery that was hidden by culling.

 

[Jarsonot]

Yeah... I don't think I like this... if I suspend the game after dying and it goes back to the title screen, don't I lose the ability to go and recover my lost blood echoes? Plus, we have to now reload the game, which defeats the purpose of suspend/resume (other than a few seconds that it takes to boot up the game).

You'll still be able to get you blood echoes, but yeah it does take a little away from suspend/resume.

 

[Amused]

Great update!

Even removed the "floor" from the elevator shaft in the cathedral