History YMMV / Bloodborne

* FanPreferredCouple: Despite the game involving absolutely no romance whatsoever, quite a number of fans pair up the Hunter with the Plain Doll, mostly due to the Doll's dialogue and her devotion to the Hunter [[spoiler:as well as how the player can choose to (sort of) reciprocate her feelings by [[VideoGameCaringPotential giving her the Small Hair Ornament.]]]]

** The Cum Dungeon[[labelnote:Explanation]] Recently, an extremely useful Root Chalice has been discovered, allowing you to get 84 thousand Blood Echoes just by walking through a doorway and standing still. Hilariously (and a bit disgustingly too), the glyph code for this dungeon is "[[UnfortunateNames cummmfpk]]", leading to the unfortunate moniker of The Cum Dungeon. [[/labelnote]]

** The Cum Dungeon[[labelnote:Explanation]] Recently, an extremely useful Root Chalice has been discovered, allowing you to get 84 thousand Blood Echoes just by walking through a doorway and standing still. Hilariously (and a bit disgustingly too), the glyph code for this dungeon is "[[UnfortunateNames cummmfpk]]", leading to the unfortunate moniker of The Cum Dungeon.

** Blood hunter Death Dream Blood nightmare hunt dream hunter Blood Nightmare Old Blood Nightmare[[labelnote:Explanation]] a meme started by WebVideo/{{Zerolenny}} which [[AffectionateParody pokes fun]] at Bloodborne's story basically just being a mishmash of the same handful of gothic horror phrases.[[/labelnote]]

** The Defiled Chalice Dungeon. Most of the dungeon wouldn't be bad, but it comes with an extra side effect of cutting your HP in half. The actual dungeon is hell enough, but then you get to the bosses, who can easily one-shot you or catch you in a combo that drains your entire health bar. And the final boss will literally ''rip her arms off and use them as trick weapons''. Did I mention she's fifty feet tall and has six arms?

** The Older Sister. Is she genuinely upset about [[spoiler: her younger sister's death,]] or is she simply faking it? If you walk away from the window after giving her the bloodied ribbon, she starts giggling and gushing about how she can't wait to try it on. Has she simply gone mad from the blood moon, or is she a neighbouring girl who snuck into the house in an attempt to steal the ribbon? Did she [[spoiler: kill herself from grief or did the troll at the bottom of the ladder murder her?]] It doesn't help that the Young Yharnam girl never once mentions having a sister, but she does mention her parents and grandfather.

** For [=PvP=], we present the Rakuyo, weapon of Lady Maria. Without a doubt, the most devastating weapon against other Hunters... once [[DifficultButAwesome properly mastered]], at any rate. The Rakuyo's incredibly complex moveset essentially turns ''Bloodborne'' into a fighting game, as it has far more complex combos than any other weapon. This makes it ''[[ConfusionFu extremely]]'' [[ConfusionFu difficult to predict]]. Combined with its blazing fast attack rate, this allows it to chew through other Hunters, NPC or PC, with frightening ease. Bringing this thing into invasions or duels will generally get you lots of hate mail and/or mockery, as it's universally considered the most overpowered weapon in the game once mastered.

** As difficult as the previous fights are, the DLC's FinalBoss is an absolute killer, quite possibly ''the'' hardest fight From has designed: at the end of the Fishing Hamlet, you fight [[spoiler: [[HumanoidAbomination the Orphan of Kos]] on [[BattleInTheRain a rain-swept beach]], right next to the corpse of [[EldritchAbomination Kos itself]]. It's one of the fastest [[LightningBruiser Lightning Bruisers]] in the game, and easily the most aggressive, constantly slashing its huge weapon around you with few warnings and breaks. That's hard enough, but then it TurnsRed and gains a speed upgrade, a damage boost, and a whole host of new attacks and effects. As the de facto TrueFinalBoss of the ''Bloodborne'' experience, it's the ultimate test of your skills.]]

** The Plain Doll.

** Despite the fact that she's a Great One and has a pretty large health pool, Amygdala ends up being one of the easier bosses. Her long windup animations give you ample time to react, and you can often get at least 2 good hits in on her whenever she lowers her weakspot, her head — and those hits are often treated as visceral attacks! All these factors make the fight more long than it is difficult. If you have the Cannon fully upgraded and you applied the Bone Marrow Ash onto it, a direct hit to the head would immediately knock her to the ground, leaving you to land a visceral attack.
** After the frankly amazing and challenging boss that is [[spoiler:Gehrman]], [[spoiler:The Moon Presence]] is rather easy in comparison. Most of its attacks have blind spots on its sides, and those that don't are very easily dodged. It's also pretty frail and doesn't deal a whole lot of damage for [[spoiler:being the TrueFinalBoss]]. Though this could be intentional, allowing the player to actually defeat it on the first try just after defeating that tough boss that is [[spoiler:Gehrman]], which most likely forced the player to consume his blood vials and put some mental strain.
** The One Reborn is essentially a cakewalk if you simply dodge-roll his projectiles and keep jumping down on him from the second level. With enough luck, it's possible to beat this boss without getting hit once. You can make the fight ''even easier'' by eliminating the six bell-ringing women on the upper level.

** For as impressive as Mergo's Wet Nurse is visually and aurally, her boss fight isn't quite the same: her attacks are slow and telegraphed, easily dodged and capitalized upon, with the only real issue being her [[MarathonBoss colossal health pool]]. Even her DesperationAttack, in which she blankets the area in fog and summons a double, can be dealt with through constant dodging.

** "Bloodborne Kart".[[labelnote:Explanation]]Jokes that the next game in the series will be a cart racing game. Originally conceived as fake joke leaks, the meme grew to become inexplicably popular, complete with faked screenshots and gameplay videos, cumulating to an actual fan game made by the same people behind the VidoeGameDemake, ''[=BloodbornePSX=]''.[[/labelnote]]

** "Bloodborne Kart".[[labelnote:Explanation]]Jokes that the next game in the series will be a cart racing game have become inexplicably popular, complete with faked screenshots and even gameplay videos.[[/labelnote]]

* EvenBetterSequel: While it is, of course, YMMV, quite a few people consider ''Bloodborne'' to be Creator/FromSoftware's finest work and the pinnacle of the "Soulsborne" series, surpassing previous efforts ''VideoGame/DemonsSouls, VideoGame/DarkSoulsI'', and ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsII,'' and even ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII'' that came after it. This is generally due to its more aggressive and dynamic gameplay, its more intense atmosphere, and more focused lore and story that also stands out as truly fresh and unique for the series and the industry as a whole.

* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler:The Orphan of Kos. Being a HalfHumanHybrid of both man and Great One ([[UncannyValley and having no place in either world]]), its mother long dead, and the only way it can even communicate is with incoherent screaming, is it any wonder that the poor thing lashes out at the first thing it sees without hesitation?]]

** Then again, [[FridgeBrilliance the player was given blood ministration at the beginning of the game]], which is implied to cure or at least treat "mundane" diseases; perhaps it provides [[IdealIllnessImmunity an immunity to them]], as well. Then again, it might also mean you've become [[HumanoidAbomination such a violation of nature yourself]] that [[TooSpicyForYogSothoth bacteria and parasites can't feed off of you]].

** Even though he's never seen in-person,[[spoiler:and the fact that he's dying of an incurable illness,]] Gilbert/Hunter has a small following.

** The devs saying that the game [[http://www.technobuffalo.com/2014/10/28/bloodborne-dev-aiming-for-30fps-because-its-the-best-to-play-action-games/ will run at 30 FPS, claiming that's it's the best framerate for action games]] caused no shortage of arguments. Some people were indifferent to it, while others think it was an excuse to prioritize the graphics over making the game run smoothly. Adding fuel to the fire is the fact that the game often drops below 30 fps during combat, which hurts the smoothness and responsiveness of the gameplay.

** Astonishingly, even [[spoiler: [[EldritchAbomination The Great Ones]]]] qualify for this. Most of them can barely understand humanity, and there are strong implications that several of them are actually quite benevolent. But in spite of the vast power they wield, all of their intentions and agendas either fail miserably or [[GonehorriblyRight have disastrous consequences]], and they are slowly being wiped out by humanity regardless of how they try to defend, avoid, or appease us. To top it off, they all want to create and nurture a child of their own, yet every last one of them is irrevocably sterile, and [[TragicDream not even their vaunted powers can change that]]. This setting is so bleak that even the unspeakable terrors from beyond manage to be pitiable. (See the FRIDGE and TEARJERKER pages for more details.)

** Returning to Gilbert's window at Central Yharnam during the Blood Moon. One of the first helpful NPCs that you talk to reveals that he's been afflicted by some incurable disease, but is content with the knowledge that he can die human. [[spoiler:Returning to the window after the fight with Vicar Amelia will reveal that the man is still alive, but is suffering through immense pain, eventually reaching that point where he won't even converse with us anymore. Should you go back to that same window after beating Rom, you'll find a lone beast patient wandering around outside the now-shattered window of the sickly man's house, the iron bars bent outward with the full implication that he succumbed to beasthood... This poor man, who had been nothing but kind to us, who was satisfied with the knowledge of dying with his humanity intact, and he had that dignity taken away from him.]] It's especially hard for players who had grown fond of the character, and found a sense of security outside of his window - one of the first safe havens of the game outside of the Hunter's Dream. Harder yet when you return to that window after [[spoiler:putting the poor beast out of it's misery, when his cough was quite audible before. But now, there's nothing but silence...]]

* FriendlyFandoms: ''Bloodborne'' fans generally see a lot of crossover with [[Creator/HPLovecraft Lovecraft]] fans due to its extremely faithful send-up to his mythos, and being the rare video game and/or visual work that pulls off both the [[CosmicHorrorStory existential dread]] and [[EldritchAbomination unknowable nature]] of those works.

* SpiritualAdaptation: Probably the closest we'll get to a ''Literature/SolomonKane'' video game.

** Snatchers are the first truly difficult enemy you'll encounter after you defeat the Blood-starved Beast; a few will appear in Cathedral Ward and will undoubtedly crush the living shit out of you and ''then'' take you to a high-level area full with ''even'' more Snatchers! These undead mobs with sacks over their shoulders have massive health and deal ''INSANE'' damage, they have many attack moves, and when under 75% health they will turn into [[TurnRed god-damn martial artists]] and become a full on LightningBruiser. Don't let them fool you with their slow-walking act either, they can pounce you at anytime which causes MASSIVE damage and can also be linked into a combo. In a twist as well, they also are virtually immune to Gun Parrying despite having a moveset that looks like they should be able to (with only one move that can be consistently parried), making them something you have to fight head on or get very lucky and sneak up on.