{"id":3526,"date":"2020-09-03T19:14:49","date_gmt":"2020-09-03T19:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/?p=3526"},"modified":"2020-09-03T19:14:49","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T19:14:49","slug":"bloodborne-in-2020-the-best-game-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/archives\/3526","title":{"rendered":"Bloodborne In 2020 &#8211; The Best Game Ever?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hpetbom.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hpetbom.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"547\" height=\"150\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hpetbom.png 547w, https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/hpetbom-300x82.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 547px) 100vw, 547px\" \/><\/a>The longer I allow this site to go un-updated, the more weight falls upon each new post.  But whatever, just post whatever, whenever!  I realize, each update is an insight into the point I am in life.  <\/p>\n<p>Right now, I&#8217;m writing my third book (fourth, actually) and <b>Bloodborne<\/b> is contained within those pages.  A few months back I started anew &#8211; overwriting my NG++ run.  I didn&#8217;t get far, hitting a wall against our favorite: Father Gascoigne!  I dispatched him as my kids watched &#8211; something I never did before.  This game is far more violent than I typically let them watch.  However, perhaps b\/c its hordes of undead monstrosities and not humans, I&#8217;ve allowed.  This led to some exploring, recalling those nooks and crannies, once again becoming enamored with the lore, the lush environments, the brutal combat.  My son wanted to see the Blood-Starved Beast and, surprisingly, on my second try, he too was defeated.  <\/p>\n<p>Lower Cathedral Ward, sending NPCs back to Oedon Chapel, hoarding blood echoes &#8211; I&#8217;m drawn right back in.  It&#8217;s just <b>that good<\/b>.  And as I write this book, I&#8217;m thinking of commenting on my favorite games ever.  Thus, I&#8217;m ranking them.  The top 5, top 10 and top 20.  As I look at these names, the greatest titles ever, I start to realize: <b>Bloodborne<\/b> is up there.  Way up there.  Is it good enough to dethrone <b>Super Mario Bros. 3<\/b>?  Today &#8211; I think it is.  <b>Bloodborne<\/b> is the best game ever made.  <\/p>\n<p>As I chronicle these, I&#8217;ll eventually put up my list.  It&#8217;s a good list.  But damn, it&#8217;s tough comparing <b>Street Fighter Zero 2 Alpha<\/b> to <b>Portal 2<\/b> to <b>Symphony Of The Night<\/b> to <b>Bloodborne<\/b> is <b>not<\/b> easy!  But it&#8217;s a necessary evil.  More on that soon.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The longer I allow this site to go un-updated, the more weight falls upon each new post. But whatever, just post whatever, whenever! I realize, each update is an insight into the point I am in life. Right now, I&#8217;m writing my third book (fourth, actually) and Bloodborne is contained within those pages. A few [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,15,139,145,4,48,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-best-worst","category-blog","category-bloodborne","category-castlevania","category-games","category-portal","category-street-fighter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3526"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3527,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3526\/revisions\/3527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}