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[Mechanized]

Yesssssssssssssssssssss. This game can't go live soon enough!~

 

[HORRORSHØW]

Guys, we should start pulling choice quotes from the reviews for LiK to add to the OP so they don't have to do the work.

i can't copy/paste on gaf for some reason -_-

 

[Card Boy]

No way. It'll be MGSV, Zelda U or Halo 5.

Halo 5 has no chance under 343i. No i dont have to play it to make such a call. They have already fucked up 2 releases, why not a 3rd?

 

[Killer]

Bought!

 

[RealityPales]

I can't wait to read Polygon's review. Oh boy.

 

[Welfare]

No way. It'll be MGSV, Zelda U or Halo 5.

Halo 5 ain't winning jack.

 

[Riposte]

As someone who preferred Demon’s Souls over Dark Souls, I am delighted by the complexity of Bloodborne‘s map design, and how interconnected everything becomes as you unlock shortcuts and explore new regions. There’s something exciting and revelationary about discovering just how much the world’s areas weave together, and in unlocking each alternate route. While it’s true Dark Souls featured some of that, the degree to which it’s done here is sublime, and the use of a hub world (in this case, the “Hunter’s Dream&#8221 to give one a familiar sense of home is most evocative of From’s seminal 2009 classic, as is the distinctly urban atmosphere.

What's he even talking about? Demon's Souls had "some" of it, Dark Souls had way more of it.

 

[JoseTheTaco]

Well unless people start giving it low scores its the highest rated from soft game ever

 

[IAmRandom31]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/video-games/video-game-reviews/11491107/Bloodborne-review.html

100 ( according to metacritic )

 

[chubigans]

I like how the lowest score so far is the first review in the OP, just so people who come to the thread are all OH GAWD NO....oh.

 

[CMojicaAce]

 

[Manmademan]

Sony must be really happy... really great move they have made !

Who would have thought greenlighting Demon's Souls back in the day would have led to all this? Sony thought that game was destined to flop.

 

[EdReedFan20]

edit;beaten

The funny thing is Shuhei Yoshida passed on Sony publishing Demon's Souls worldwide because he didn't think it would do well outside of Japan. It was created by From and SCE in Japan, but when it came time to publish out outside of Japan, Atlus got the rights for NA/EU and Bandai Namco got AU/NZ. If only they knew what they had...

 

[Sir Griffith]

Never had a doubt in my mind

Work tomorrow is going to be brutal

 

[NAPK1NS]

Lol why are we including that stevivor review? So badly written.

 

[LowEndTorque]

So who are the big ones we're still waiting on? I've got:

Edge
Eurogamer
IGN
Gametrailers

 

[devonodev]

Shouldn't be long now until a "Sony must buy From Software" thread pop ups.

Will it be before or after the petition to bring this to PC?

 

[neoism]

http://kotaku.com/20-hours-in-im-fu...m_source=Kotaku_Twitter&utm_medium=Socialflow

Kleppek is loving it and I found this bit interesting about the load times: "How are the load times right now? Too long, but the developers are working on a patch."

Was personally hoping they were working on a patch, but nice to see it confirmed here.

Fuck yeeeeeeesss at bolded pls FROM

 

[Fracas]

This review is a joke. Please tell me it's not going to metacritic

Lol why are we including that stevivor review? So badly written.

LOL

 

[makingmusic476]

I just noticed Dark Souls II has a higher Metacritic on ps3 than either Dark Souls or Demon's Souls.

:lol

 

[SolidSnakex]

So where in the hell is the EDGE review?

It'll be in their next issue. I don't think they post reviews on websites first. Especially one for a game as big as Bloodborne. All Souls games have received a 9/10 from them. They re-scored Dark Souls and awarded it a 10. It was also their Game of the Generation.

 

[Toxi]

New armor discovered for Bloodborne and exclusive to review threads: Tinfoil Helmet

Headgear crafted of a fine metallic material. Though it looks like steel, it is extremely thin and provides no protection whatsoever.

When worn on the head, the words of others will be rendered as incomprehensible gibberish, freeing the bearer from any potential unclean thoughts. Few find such a benefit worth the nuisance of constant crinkling sounds.

 

[Turdburger]

Miyazaki is a legend

 

[BruceLeeRoy]

Told you guys not to worry

 

[ANDS]

You aren't supposed to complain about review scores folks. Everyone wasn't going to like this game. A 7.5 (which isn't a bad score) isn't going to dent the obvious Universal Acclaim title it has on Meta (at least for awhile).

 

[KCroxtonJr]

I can't wait to see Yoshi's reaction

 

[Neoweee]

Lol why are we including that stevivor review? So badly written.

Because it is childish to not include reviews you disagree with?

If it was a 9 or a 10 review, you wouldn't be making this comment.

 

[RE_Player]

I think Shu is just happy there is a first party related exclusive that is doing well. DriveClub and The Order 1886 must have been hard for him.

 

[FTF]

So where in the hell is the EDGE review?

Hmm good point.

Anyway, 93 metacritic/gamerankings after 20ish reviews is damn great. Only expected mid 80s average so hype levels rising!

 

[BabyFaceKillah]

This review is a joke. Please tell me it's not going to metacritic

there is nothing wrong with that review.

 

[NEOPARADIGM]

"From what you can gather?" That line is what my grandpa says when he's trying to figure out them darn vidyagaems.

Do you write for a site who's audience is grandpas lol?

What the fuck are you talking about?

 

[Elfstruck]

Wow 94 MC is huge....Based Miyazaki!

 

[Skatterd]

This year is gonna be amazing for video games.

 

[Fallout-with-swords]

 

[SolidSnakex]

The funny thing is Shuhei Yoshida passed on Sony publishing Demon's Souls worldwide because he didn't think it would do well outside of Japan. It was created by From and SCE in Japan, but when it came time to publish out outside of Japan, Atlus got the rights for NA/EU and Bandai Namco got AU/NZ. If only they knew what they had...

Yoshida had no control over that. He's said that each region of Sony has people that determine which games are localized. All he can do is greenlight games for development.

 

[3rdamention]

So long loading times are what I'm seeing brought up, but apparently there's going to be a patch to reduce load times??

I dont see anything outside of that that reviewers are bringing up as a glaring issue, so good!!

I'm not expecting too much out of the chalice dungeon, especially compared to actually designed levels, but that's fine.

This is finally THE must have exclusive on PS4, hope Sony does it justice with advertising, because it looks like it could be a big seller, no?

Sony better do this game justice with advertising... Just look at these review scores... They will have a commercial by the end of next week with these review scores pasted all over the commercial... They should considering most publishers love to do that and most of their games don't approach this level of acclaim ..

 

[TimeEffect]

Thanks for the info guys. Would be bizarre if it was 20 hours. I intend to take my time, but 40 is what I expect at least. This really sounds flawless, I can get over load times and framerate shouldn't be a big deal if it's no different or better than what we are already used to with the series

 

[Deified Data]

Actual quote about the graphics:

Not sure I understand the distinction between the first two points on either column - does he want to be challenged or not?

 

[ike_]

Been a while since I started a pot of coffee at 11pm on a workday. Welcome back old friend.

 

[Super_Cobra]

there is nothing wrong with that review.

Saying that the graphics are ugly? And complaining about being too hard yet praises the challenging? What's not wrong about it?

 

[LookAtMeGo]

Good bye real world

 

[IAmRandom31]

This review is a joke. Please tell me it's not going to metacritic

doesnt look like it

i do think there is some sort of stipulation of actually being relevant in some way to get added into metacritic

could be wrong, not sure exactly how it works there

 

[guek]

Ok then, I guess I'm buying this one.

 

[Error 404]

So nice to see all those great scores. Let's hope it will do very well in sales! Mine is waiting for me in the mail probably, but I can't really play it until the weekend.

 

[prwxv3]

I want to thank the mods for not having any leniency to bad posts in this review thread.

 

[tesqui]

jesus this is going to be the longest hour and a half.

 

[David___]

Will it be before or after the petition to bring this to PC?

After https://www.change.org/p/from-software-release-bloodborne-for-the-personalized-computing-platform

 

[Ambition]

They cant From has been bought by Kadokawa games, well 80% of its shares.

Wouldn't Sony make an offer to Kadokawa?

 

[Lamneth]

Saying that the graphics are ugly? And complaining about being too hard yet praises the challenging? What's not wrong about it?

Yea I guess that's his opinion..

 

[Bunta]

Told you guys not to worry