Having recently replayed it with an arcane build, I think I would knock off at least one point for the poor design if you aren’t running a physical character. The campaign isn’t so bad about giving you a steady drip feet of powerful physical gyms, but if you’re going full arcane it’s actually pretty miserable grinding in the chalice dungeons for them.
Well OK, maybe half a point for that and half a point for not having a respec feature. Especially since, while I don’t like most of Dark Souls II’s bad ideas, they actually did give you one of those pretty early. And because there’s no real way to opt out of PVP.
I think I agree overall that it is the best one, even if I personally prefer Dark Souls III.
Stupid auto correct. Stupid site never letting me edit comments.
Oh, and I would recommend breaking your review up into paragraphs in the future. At least two spaces rather than one between them, or as you can see it all gets clumped together sometimes.
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Possibly From Software’s Greatest Game
I only got into the Soulsborne series in mid-2019 but the series quickly became a personal favorite due to it’s amazing combat and world design. Bloodborne was the first game I got with my PS4 on Christmas of 2019. It took time to grow on me due to it’s insane difficulty (I get frustrated easily) but it became my favorite of From Soft’s catalog. The combat takes a more aggressive approach to Dark Souls’ more cautious. You cannot hide behind a shield and in its place you have a firearm that can stun enemies and leave them open to a riposte with proper timing. I find this approach to make the gameplay even more fun while also being a very balanced game difficulty wise that avoids frustration (though some enemies and bosses can be quite cheap). The weapons were a lot of fun to play around with and, unlike the dozens of disposable weapons in previous games, each feels unique and valuable in its own way, making repeat playthroughs to experiment with builds more fun. The world building and artstyle are extremely interesting and compelling (though there are occasional hiccups such as floating assets and seeing out of bound), though being on the PS4 does result in a rather choppy 30 FPS. The bosses, aside from a few exceptions, are really fun to fight and well balanced in terms of difficulty, with the DLC bosses in particular being some of the greatest in From Soft’s catalog. This game also kept being hard, unlike other From Soft games which dropped in difficulty the more I played, which keeps the game fresh on repeat playthroughs. The game also has a decent amount of content with a beefy campaign and fun, if repetitive, chalice dungeons so you’ll definitely get your money’s worth. I don’t know if Elden Ring will dethrone Bloodborne as my favorite From Soft game (that will take another playthrough or two of Elden Ring) but it’s definitely a masterpiece that is well worth a play and is my second favorite game of all time, beaten only by Persona 5 Royal. 10/10