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bombshell · Apr 23, 2015

Link to full article: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2015-bloodborne-loading-times-improved

Slaythe · Apr 23, 2015

The respawn time in Yamahan is now god like.

amar212 · Apr 23, 2015

I didn't play Bloodborne, but let me get this straight...

...issues were occasional +40 seconds loadings?

Less than one minute?

ONE MINUTE?

And that was the problem?

OK

Shift Breaker · Apr 23, 2015

40+ seconds to respawn every time you die in a game where you die a lot.

It adds up.

HueyFreeman · Apr 23, 2015

Oh man, that respawn load times news is so awesome. Definitely going to pick the game back up again.

Fallout-NL · Apr 23, 2015

Yeah, tbh, I never really had a problem with it either.

Hero Prinny · Apr 23, 2015

Remember, you die a lot in bloodborne. Like, a lot.

SEGAvangelist · Apr 23, 2015

Those load times are pretty good now!

CapitalismSucks DonkeyBalls · Apr 23, 2015

Considering it's a game where you die a lot, one minute load times 20x a session isn't fun.

StrongBlackVine · Apr 23, 2015

It wasn't a problem for me, but I welcome the fix.

Stevey · Apr 23, 2015

Every time you died you had to wait 30 second plus?

Sounds like a massive problem to me.

Does this patch fix the frame pacing issues?

NIN90 · Apr 23, 2015

Holy shit respawn times basically getting slashed by half.

Yeah, maybe you should play Bloodborne first before posting something in a condescending tone.

BibiMaghoo · Apr 23, 2015

Surely that was a lesser issue than frame pacing, although it's good they improved the load times.

hesido · Apr 23, 2015

Still enough to allow for a mini game during that. Let your deceased soul fight something in them textureless clouds or something..

Jwebster24 · Apr 23, 2015

Can't wait to play this tonight on my SSHD, respawn times look to be much faster now.

InsaneTiger · Apr 23, 2015

I was fine with it, it gave me a chance to breath and recoup after dying.

Geedorah · Apr 23, 2015

You clearly didn't - the load times where quite prohibitive. And you see them a lot.

At least I did!

Kill3r7 · Apr 23, 2015

Given how often the avg player faces the loading screen in BB it is not surprising. I don't even want to think about how much time I've wasted staring at the loading screen.

Swass · Apr 23, 2015

Looks like some nice improvements especially on SSHD drives which I have in mine. I'm still waiting for a deal on the game, so keep the patches coming.

ironcreed · Apr 23, 2015

It will be nice once I get around to returning to the game. Glad they fixed it.

ioriyagami · Apr 23, 2015

+40 seconds is a LONG, frustrating time for a respawn on a game where dying is a common occurrence. Try to find any other game in your library that takes so long to give you control back after you die. It really was a problem.

bombshell · Apr 23, 2015

Read the OP

HORRORSHØW · Apr 23, 2015

there goes my sandwich-making time

Yurikerr · Apr 23, 2015

Common man, it's the last line of the OP. it's in this same page....

I'm happy that they patched the loading times. I died my fair share to

Martyn Logarius

and got tired of wasting 15 minutes of playtime just staring at loading screen in the hardest areas. (counting death and area warping loadings).

Noobcraft · Apr 23, 2015

Awesome. Framepacing next please. Also an option to toggle CA would be great.

Junior Mint · Apr 23, 2015

How about try playing the game first?

It's even more annoying when you're trying to explore or you don't know where you're supposed to go and you have to go through a bunch of the lamps to find your way. You have to load into an area, realize you went to the wrong place, load back into the hunter's dream, then load into a new area again.

DarkLegion · Apr 23, 2015

Respawn at old Yharnam is a tremendous improvement!

NoblesseOblige · Apr 23, 2015

I actually kept track of how long I stared at loading screens when I first started playing the game and it was between 25-33%. That wasn't very acceptable. Luckily as you get better you see less of them but it's still a legit complaint. The fact you had to stare at two loading screen for 30-40 seconds each just to go level up made it worse.

I've had no issues with the frame rate.

Kal_El · Apr 23, 2015

Although i've never had a problem with the load times the addition of item descriptions are what i'm most excited about. So great patch.

djplaeskool · Apr 23, 2015

Everyone complained about load times.
Not nearly as many spoke of frame pacing, or the unevenness of the rate was a far more passing issue.
I imagine they'll degrease those gears next

satori · Apr 23, 2015

Well shit what this tells me is I need to get a SSD for my ps4 lol

Barry Burton · Apr 23, 2015

The loading times never really bothered me that much, gave me some time to think about what happened and what I'm going to do next. That said, this is still a nice improvement to have.

Htown · Apr 23, 2015

dude that's a long-ass loading time

are you serious?

la_briola · Apr 23, 2015

It all depends on what you are accustomed to.
Dark Souls 2 on PC has like 2~5s load times.

I can't stand long load times.

jmaine_ph · Apr 23, 2015

I did play it and it wasn't that big of a deal to me. That load screen gave me time to plot my next move

RoboPlato · Apr 23, 2015

Much bigger improvement to the load times than I expected, which is awesome. I expected the frame pacing to be fixed as well in this patch so that's a bummer. It was a bigger issue for me than load times.

InsaneTiger · Apr 23, 2015

Sami+ · Apr 23, 2015

Disappointed the frame pacing issue is still there.

Freedom = $1.05 · Apr 23, 2015

played DS1 on an SSD on the PC. I couldn't even read the item descriptions, it went by so fast. I actually felt like i was missing something, hah

InsaneTiger · Apr 23, 2015

Agreed.

Krakn3Dfx · Apr 23, 2015

I haven't once in 40+ hours had an issue with the frame pacing personally, but the load times were pretty annoying, especially after 20+ times trying to beat

the hunter in the Grand Cathedral

without resorting to cheesing him.

Load times were clearly a more pressing issue for most people.

Fisty · Apr 23, 2015

Didnt notice a difference between stated load times for stock HDD and my SSD, but hopefully i will see a dramtic improvement after this patch. Looking forward to starting a new char now

Percy · Apr 23, 2015

Had to laugh at them using the word 'overdelivered' in the write up after a poster in the Gaf thread about the patch copped a lot of shit for using the exact same phrasing when talking about the new loading times ^_^'

pizzacat · Apr 23, 2015

It's predecessors slogan was prepare to die. We weren't prepared with the loading times.

Frames need to be fixed to like a solid state

Mechanized · Apr 23, 2015

Not occasional. If you get stuck on a boss you could be dying 20-30 times, every time resulting in almost a minute of loading. You run up to the boss, get insta-killed from some attack, die, load, at the respawn point you have to decide if you're going to fight the boss, farm healing items/regroup, so you either run to the boss, possibly die again immediately, load again, maybe this time decided to regroup so you have to go to the hub, 15 sec load, from the hub you either buy some stuff or pick a new area, either way, another almost 1 min load. Etc...

These games are about dying trying to figure out strategy, they reward patience, and you need to have lots of it. But the loadings end up making things even more frustrating because you have to wait to try something again. So yes, it was a huge issue.

This is really good news, but I hope they announce DLC soon(unlikely, I know). I'm a few chalice dungeons away from a platinum trophy and the game is sorely lacking on content for experienced players.

Steroyd · Apr 23, 2015

Doesn't sound long on the surface but if you die at a boss and just want to get back into it straight away the load times are about 10-20 seconds too long it makes you feel like you have ADHD or something.

BuffetChamp · Apr 23, 2015

This is totally good news. I know my friend was bitching constantly about the load times. LOL. Was wanting to try this game out but decided to wait until they ironed out the game abit more. Think it may be time to jump in then.

jett · Apr 23, 2015

Holy shit I can't believe some people defended the original load times. 45 seconds? 48? 53? Even with the patch it seems pretty awful.

ShogunX · Apr 23, 2015

It's good that From are optimising BloodBorne and I hope they continue to do so and fix the other issues people have with the game. On the long loading screens I normally took the time to think about how I was going to approach a situation differently instead of rage spawning and getting myself killed quickly (I do this in DS2 a fair bit lol). Not that it excuses the long loading of course, I always thought as we develop technology further and further that loading times would be pretty much zero.

Tyrant Rave · Apr 23, 2015

Wow major difference on Central and Old Yharnam. Will be awesome when I return to the game again.

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