{"id":4521,"date":"2023-09-17T23:48:22","date_gmt":"2023-09-17T23:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/?p=4521"},"modified":"2023-09-17T23:51:04","modified_gmt":"2023-09-17T23:51:04","slug":"bloodborne-revisited-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/archives\/4521","title":{"rendered":"Bloodborne Revisited 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

While I bailed on Bloodborne<\/b> in 2015, when I revisited in 2018, I became infatuated. Over the course of several months, I dissected the game, devouring the lore, defeating every boss, chalice dungeon and completing the DLC. After platinuming the title, I did a NG+ run before moving on to other games.<\/p>\n

Though I’d revisited several times in the years since, I never completed a run, eventually bailing at the Rom and Forbidden Woods segmets, not altogether surprising. This past week, I dove back in, not having much else to play.<\/p>\n

Now, rewind 18 months or so to another From Software<\/b> game: Elden Ring<\/b>. After that magnificent experience ended, I found myself strugglig to find a follow-up that inspired me as much. Barring God Of War<\/b> and Resident Evil 4<\/b>, few games have really drawn me in as much. In fact, despite decades of gaming, I just haven’t been as drawn to games since Elden Ring<\/b>. <\/p>\n

So, as I returned to Bloodborne<\/b> mid-game, I found myself struggling. I couldn’t dodge as easily. I died repeatedly (quelle surprise!) But then…IT happened<\/b>. Again. I defeated Micolash. My son wanted to see Darkbeast Paarl – and I defeated him on the first try. I started reading about the lore and the items. Do I have three umbilical cords? This music is so haunting and spectacular! With my PS5, I can capture in 4K, can I get a good snap of the Gehrman fight? Should I clean up some of those optional bosses? <\/p>\n

And it hit me. This is still my favorite game of all time. I debated this fact over the past few years. I mean, Super Mario Bros. 3<\/b> was my #1 for decades. But as I explored through this nightmarish world, I paused to absorb the views, I observed the grotesque enemies, I turned up the music. This game is simply fantastic and though it’s far less accessible than SMB3<\/b>, it remains the greatest game ever made. <\/p>\n

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While I bailed on Bloodborne in 2015, when I revisited in 2018, I became infatuated. Over the course of several months, I dissected the game, devouring the lore, defeating every boss, chalice dungeon and completing the DLC. After platinuming the title, I did a NG+ run before moving on to other games. Though I’d revisited […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,15,139,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-best-worst","category-blog","category-bloodborne","category-games"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4521","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=4521"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4523,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4521\/revisions\/4523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}