History Trivia / Bloodborne

* TrollingCreator: It's a Creator/FromSoftware game, so this almost goes without saying. A standout example, however, is the Nightmare Frontier. A difficult, invasion-prone, late-game area, it's also home to more Scurrying Beasts (disappearing enemies that drop upgrade materials) than any other… nearly all of which drop the lowest tier materials that players by this point likely don't even need.

* KillerApp: ''Bloodborne'' in particular is generally considered to be the {{UsefulNotes/PlayStation 4}}'s first must-have title and was the game that helped boost sales of the console owning to it being a very beloved successor to the ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' franchise.

* ScheduleSlip: The game was originally set to be released in early February 2015, but it was delayed to the last week of March 2015 so that they could better optimize the game with feedback from the Alpha Test.

* TheWikiRule: The [[https://www.bloodborne-wiki.com Bloodborne Wiki]], Wikia [[http://bloodborne.wikia.com/wiki/Bloodborne_Wiki Bloodborne Wiki]], Fextralife [[https://bloodborne.wiki.fextralife.com/Bloodborne+Wiki Bloodborne Wiki]], Gamepedia [[https://bloodborne.gamepedia.com/Bloodborne_Wiki Bloodborne Wiki]], and Wikidot [[http://bloodborne.wikidot.com Bloodborne Wiki]].

* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: Hidetaka Miyazaki confessed in a 2019 interview that he enjoyed working on ''Bloodborne'' the most out of any Creator/FromSoftware game.

* KillerApp: ''Bloodborne'' in particular is generally considered to be the {{UsefulNotes/PlayStation 4}}'s first must-have title and was the game that helped boost sales of the console owning to it being a very beloved sucessor to the ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' franchise.

* InspirationForTheWork: Hidetaka Miyazaki states thoughts of creating ''Bloodborne'' first entered his mind after he learned of a certain pseudoscientific idea (that the more "evolved" a species is, the less they reproduce) [[spoiler: and pondered what a ''fully'' evolved species would do if they still desired progeny. Laying the groundwork for the [[SufficientlyAdvancedAliens Great]] [[EldritchAbomination Ones]] and their disastrous attempt to "adopt" humanity]].
* KillerApp: ''Bloodborne'' in particular is generally considered to be the {{UsefulNotes/PlayStation 4}}'s first must-have title and was the game that helped boost sales of the console owning to it being a very beloved sucessor to the ''Videogame/DarkSouls'' franchise.

* TrollingCreator: It's a Creator/FromSoftware game, so this almost goes without saying. A standout example, however, is the Nightmare Frontier. A difficult, invasion-prone, late-game area, it's also home to more Scurrying Beasts (disappearing enemies that drop upgrade materials) than any other...nearly all of which drop the lowest tier materials that players by this point likely don't even need.

** At launch, there were people who would swear up, down and sideways that Viola's Daughter could actually make it to Oedon Chapel and be saved. Nope - there's no way to save either girl. Although this particular instance actually has an grain of truth to it (see [[{{WhatCouldHaveBeen/Bloodborne}} BB's What Could Have Been page]] for details).

* InspirationForTheWork: Hidetaka Miyazaki states thoughts of creating ''Bloodborne'' first entered his mind after he learned of a certain pseudoscientific idea (that the more "evolved" a species is, the less they reproduce) [[spoiler: and pondered wonder what a ''fully'' evolved species would do if they still desired progeny. Laying the groundwork for the [[SufficientlyAdvancedAliens Great]] [[EldritchAbomination Ones]] and their disastrous attempt to "adopt" humanity]].

* InspirationForTheWork: Hidetaka Miyazaki states thoughts of creating ''Bloodborne'' first entered his mind after he learned of a certain pseudoscientific idea (that the more "evolved" a species is, the less they reproduce) [[spoiler: and pondered wonder what a ''fully'' evolved species would do if they still desired progeny. Laying the groundwork for the [[SufficientlyAdvancedAliens Great]] [[EldritchAbominations Ones]] and their disastrous attempt to "adopt" humanity]].

* QuoteSource:
** PlayTheGameSkipTheStory
** TheDollEpisode
** TwistedEucharist

* WorkingTitle: The internal name for the game before it became "Bloodborne" was "Project Beast".

* FanNickname:
** Blood Souls, after the naming conventions of the previous games Miyazaki directed
** "The Bloody Crow of Painhurst" for the Bloody Crow of Cainhurst, an infamously powerful mini-boss. Some also call him "Crowsteel", in reference to the parodical memetic fan character Coldsteel, because his gear is [[MinMaxing mismatched]] and his stats are [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard insanely high]], making him resemble a fanfiction OC who somehow wandered into the game.
*** Which extends into "Castle Painhurts" for Cainhurst Castle, for being a gigantic difficulty spike if you sequence-break the game.
** Beast Souls, similarly a mix of "Demon's Souls / Dark Souls" and the game's WorkingTitle, ''Project Beast''.
** Bloodporn, because of how Shuhei Yoshida was misheard at the E3 press conference. [[BloodierAndGorier That's ironically a pretty good way to describe the game, though.]]
** [[VideoGame/DarkSouls Manus]], for the Cleric Beast due to the similarities between the two.
** One peek at the Cleric Beast's boss theme [[note]]composed by Michael Wandmacher[[/note]] is all it took for fans of the ''Souls'' series to declare the soundtrack as "Prepare to Loud Edition".
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOHuRA-8i5E Buttborne]], after Youtuber [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfiIhdy7hncZvdBDbZqSIZg DaveControlLive]] noticed how using the Visceral Attack backstab on certain enemies makes it look like the player hunter is forcefully [[AssShove shoving his/her hand up their ass]] and then wrenching it out. Which, if done to the Maneating Hogs, yeah, you are.
** The gigantic pig found in the Central Yharnam aqueducts was quickly nicknamed "Epic Name Bro" after the Youtuber of the same screen name, due to Shampoo, the plush pig he uses as his icon.
** The Shadows of Yharnam are sometimes known as [[Characters/DarkSoulsIITheLostCrownsTrilogy Gank Squad 2.0]]. Some also refer to the trio of hunters in the unseen village as such.
** Papa Guacamole has been gaining some traction as a nickname for Father Gascoigne. "Gascan" or "Gascoin" also crop up fairly often.
** ''Dark Souls'' in [[VideoGame/{{Dishonored}} Dunwall]].
** Micolash, Host of the Nightmare, is otherwise known as [[Creator/NicolasCage Micolash Cage]], with added VisualPun to his caged headpiece.
** The Plain Doll is often referred to by players as either "My Waifu", or "Doll Waifu".
** The Whirligig Saw is nicknamed "the pizza cutter".
** Bone Marrow Ash is often just called " Bone Ash" or, more rarely, "Bone Arrow Mash"
** Some fans like to refer to the game's VERY liberal uses of [[DoorToBefore shortcuts]] in areas as Shortcut Porn.
** [[spoiler: Yharnam, Pthumerian Queen is occasionally referred as "Yharnam, Period Queen" because of where her sheer amount of blood is spewed from.]]
** Thanks to the [[WebVideo/TwoBestFriendsPlay Super Best Friends Zaibatsu]], the fanbase as taken to call the infamous challenge area in the Old Hunters DLC the "Party Cave".
** ''Fashionborne'' will appear in pretty much every discussion of armor sets in the game, mostly because they are largely cosmetic and the added bonuses are almost useless on higher levels.
** The Kidnapper enemies are often referred to as "Sackbros".
** The [[spoiler: Brain of Mensis]] is often called "Mother Brain".
** The glitched Chalice Dungeon “ cummmfpk”, used for XP farming, is lovingly called “The Cum Chalice” or “The Cum Dungeon”.

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-->''Of the(sic) all the strange lifeforms that reside in the nooks and crannies...''