You'll be glad to hear, then, that Bloodborne deviates quite a bit from its predecessors in terms of gameplay. You will die a lot in the beginning, because you'll need to get accustomed to its new gameplay style.
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Bloodborne: PVP Details, New Screenshots, HDD Size
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You'll be glad to hear, then, that Bloodborne deviates quite a bit from its predecessors in terms of gameplay. You will die a lot in the beginning, because you'll need to get accustomed to its new gameplay style.
DealWithIt
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As far as I understand it, the messages will be available to everyone, ps+ or not, but I don't know that for sure.
RE: phantom colors
In the Alpha, I did co-op and my co-op partner just looked like another normal human he/she was not white/blue/red. Don't know if it will be that way final game.
I hear some rumblings that in the co-op demo they dressed up once of the players in white for ease of vision.
Psycho_Mantis
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Have you played it? The battle system is very different. Charged attacks, change weapon sets mid combo and mid roll allowing for diverse combos, overall faster pace to attacks and dodges, use of guns, backstabs are no longer easy to pull off.....I mean its still the Souls battle system we all love but there's enough notable changes to make it feel new.
PvP scene will be very different.
Retrozocker
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PoweredByHentai
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From various GAF:
1) The Japanese Bloodborne site was updated today with a lot of new online play details.
Translated details per a banned site:
2) According to a redditor's photo of the Bloodborne display case, the minimum HDD size is 41GB.
- Co-op is still the same as in the network alpha, hosts use a Lulling Bell to request help and the game automatically matches them to a helper who has used the Small Resonant Bell (there are no summon signs in Bloodborne)
- Co-op ends when a boss is defeated or the host or guests die, or the host uses Parting Shot on a guest
- Players can create a "Watchword" of 8 characters that will allow them to co-op with only people who have the same Watchword. This does not work for PVP.
- You can invade other people by using an Ominous Ringing Bell, the goal of invasion is to defeat the host.
- [Note: mistranslation here - invaders can use Parting Shot to end an invasion, host cannot use Parting Shot on them], and invasions will also end if the invader dies or the host enters a boss area.
- Some areas will have a Bell Maiden already present, and she lures invaders to your world.
- The Bell Maiden may also appear when you request/begin co-op.
- In the Chalice Dungeon you may see "illusions" of other players in the same part of the dungeon (this is different from the network test alpha where you could see illusions anywhere, this point implies they will only exist in CD- then again, a screenshot below shows an illusion in Central Yharnam, so the language might be unnecessarily restrictive).
- You can click someone's Messenger tombstone to see how they died anywhere in the game.
[*]You can click someone's Messenger notes to tongue but hole
- There are 2 types of Chalice Dungeon: normal and generated.
- You can only generate a dungeon online, but you can play either type online or offline.
- You can share generated dungeons online.
- PS+ is required for pvp/co-op, asynchronous features (notes/tombstones/illusions), and sharing your Chalice Dungeon configuration. You can download patches and other people's Chalice Dungeon configurations without PS+.
- There will be a Day One patch (improve performance/online gameplay usability).
3) A so far untranslated JP PSN blog post about some of Bloodborne's areas, may not have anything new vs. the blurbs on the JP Bloodborne site but there is some Q&A.
4) Screenshots
I went to the site and read the explanation. Basically, the "Leave vague messages behind for other people to see" system is back. In fact, you can leave hints and gestures in these notes for other people to see.
Wut.
New member title right there
Ghost Slayer
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Smooth Operator
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YEAH
The Xtortionist
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17 days FUCK
Touch fuzZy. get BizZay
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It's getting so close now. But it seems like each day takes longer and longer...
Wait, so these Bell Maidens lure invaders to your world? Will you be able to kill these Maidens to prevent this?
So excited for this game. Everything I hear about this game sounds so awesome, but I don't want to overhype it so I suspect it won't be as great as Dark Souls but better than than Demon's Souls and Dark Souls II.
So excited for this game. Everything I hear about this game sounds so awesome, but I don't want to overhype it so I suspect it won't be as great as Dark Souls but better than than Demon's Souls and Dark Souls II.
Seriously. I got PS+ when I got my PS4 and i've been building up such a glorious list of amazing games it feels like i'm gaming the system or something. My PS3 gets games, my PS4 gets games, there's always something fresh to play. If this service stays like it is right now, i'm a subscriber for life.
Played the first case of Sherlock Holmes last night. It was awesome. Wouldn't have even touched the box were it in the store.
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
i will drink my own piss and make sure to post pics as proof through pm to whomever wants to see that, yesYou still keep your promise, right?
Remember to read Review thread
bloodborne won't disappoint though
fluffydelusions
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define disappoint
Psycho_Mantis
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It will be like playing DeS and Dark Souls fresh.....that feeling....17 days.
Pound_lb003
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But we need some sort of metric, with which to define a disppointment by.
Purely so this promise does not go unfulfilled.
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
Dark Souls 1 was GotF-material but ended up sucking ass 50>%. That's a disappointment.
Dark Souls 2 was solid throughout the entire game. That's not a disappointment.
Trust me, the word will spread what I truly think of this game once it's been released. I won't be able to contain myself, just like the previous three Souls-launches. If Bloodborne is anything other than "Holy fucking shit this is on par with (or just slightly worse than) Demon's Souls", than I will drink.
Your hype for this game is just increasing my excitement!
HappehLemons
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Pound_lb003
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Yeah, that's solid enough for me.
17 days FUCK
This looks atmospheric as fuck thanks to the heavy grain and fuzzyness of the gif. I would play a game that was made to look like that.
Karsticles
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Is it too late to preorder? :/
njean777
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Bro I am excited, but don't drink your own piss please for an online message board bet.
loaf of bread
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Well technically its not a souls game, but technically it is. So yes!
Kenzodielocke
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So, I heard there will be an Event for Bloodborne in 5 days in japan. I guess they'll announce that Bloodborne has gone gold.
I like the "..has gone gold..."-threads, it's like a Pre-OT.
I like the "..has gone gold..."-threads, it's like a Pre-OT.
The thing people could get disappointed by is the lower number of weapons over all, but they should understand that the transforming weapons open up to new combo potential and weapons you'd use through out the whole game. Instead of a lot of useless weapons it is condensed to fewer more unique weapons. It really looks to me that they got the monster hunter style transforming weapons into a much faster game play environment.
That is from the same thread I linked, it's a picture someone made of the rumors. Nothing in it has been hinted at in the promotional material so far except that there is a snake, and several of its points (no consumable health items, summon via friendslist, alpha will have pvp) are completely wrong. I don't mean to shoot down hopes and dreams, I'm just saying it is a completely unsourced set of rumors.
I preordered the last pokemon game the night before it came out.
As someone who wasn't in to Dark Souls when I first played it but am now once I gave it a second chance, I think the faster pace of Bloodborne will be the crucial factor in differentiating itself from the Souls games.
41 gigs is rather large. Has there been any word on when preload begins?
Darryl M R
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K Gaf I think I'm going to take the plunge on this game because my fiancee wants to get me something for my birthday on the 16th. I did not decide to get The Order 1886 despite the game drought and that was a good decision but I also did not get Dragon Ball Xenoverse and I kind of want to play it to create my own black saiyan (though 60 dollars seems too high for these types of games to be honest).
Is there any special pre-order bonuses I should be aware about that are distributor specific?
Hoping for a great game and a good community, does anyone know if souls games are very popular on GAF or will the community die out fast if there are not constant posts?
Is there any special pre-order bonuses I should be aware about that are distributor specific?
Hoping for a great game and a good community, does anyone know if souls games are very popular on GAF or will the community die out fast if there are not constant posts?
Jimmyfenix
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Bloodborne got a TV commercial so i guess it went gold in secret.
Ghost Slayer
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I think not many Japanese devs announce thier game goes gold
The only important one is that if you preorder from Gamestop (US) you get two dumb Messenger skins instead of one. All US preorders seem to get Top Hat, Gamestop also has an exclusive (Bandages).
Fedora is only available through amazon.de or Electronics Boutique outside US. On the other hand, you need to get Nightmare edition outside the US to get Top Hat.
I swear these companies pretend we don't have access to the internet and can't see what other countries are getting.
Jimmyfenix
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Souls games are petty popular on Gaf. The only Pre order bonuses are Messenger skins. No in game content.
Jimmyfenix
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No pausing and You will be able to set the game to offline since that was a feature in Dark Souls 2
There is no pause in Bloodborne either. You can go offline to avoid invasion, or possibly (estimating from this new info we got) kill the Bell Maiden to either lessen or eliminate the chance of invasion if you are online, at least until you try to co-op again.
e: beaten
Ghost Slayer
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Man, just watch some IGN videos again, i hope they fix camera when you fight boss otherwise i will die A LOT >.<