From Software’s work has often featured strong horror elements, with theDark Soulsserieshaving all kinds of grotesque monsters and disturbing imagery for players to contend with. However, From Software’sBloodbornefully embraces the horror genre, giving fans of the studio’s games a blood-drenched horror action-adventure game to play this Halloween season.
Bloodbornedelivers the trademark From Software-style of gameplay that fans of the company have come to love, with an ultra-tough difficulty, challenging boss battles, and unique level design. WhereBloodbornediffers from other From Software titles is through its focus on aggressive combat. InDark Souls, the best strategy is often to dodge attacks, and inSekiro, parrying enemy strikes is paramount to success. Conversely,Bloodbornerewards players for playing aggressively, and it makes for an even more action-packed adventure than usual.
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Gameplay-wise,Bloodbornedoesn’t seem like it would necessarily fit in the “horror” genre, but horror elements come into play with its story, game world, and characters.Bloodborneis full of horrific creaturesthat players have to fight, all the while exploring a Gothic world that feels like it was ripped straight out of an H.P. Lovecraft novel. The storyline is also quite disturbing, with most of the characters in the game’s world having succumbed to a mysterious blood-borne disease.
Bloodbornemay not necessarily be worried about startling players with jump scares, but it’s aesthetic still makes it a perfect choice to play this Halloween. But beyond that,Bloodbornegives players significant bang for their buck. As manyBloodbornereviews pointed out at the time,Bloodbornehas Chalice Dungeonsthat extend the game’s replay value significantly, and when players have had their fill of those, they can also check outThe Old Huntersexpansion as well.
Thanks to its wealth of content and other achievements,Bloodborneis widely considered to be one of the best eighth generation video games released. Many fans have kept their fingers crossed thatFrom Software will developBloodborne 2, and while nothing has been announced, one has to imagine that the success of the first game means that a sequel is in the cards.
While most of the games listed in Game Rant’s Countdown to Halloween have been multiplatform titles,Bloodborneis a PlayStation 4 exclusive.BloodbornePC and PS5 portsare rumored to be in the works, but nothing has actually been announced so far. In any case, horror fans who want to playBloodbornewill either need to do so on their PS4 or PS5, as the game has been confirmed to be part of the new system’s backward compatibility program.
Bloodborneis out now, exclusively on PS4.
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