Pure addiction!

1. Small Foreword
Since the announcement of bloodborne I was hyped I must admit, but also the Souls series has me captivated. My first contact with the Souls series I had with Dark Souls 1 and only a long time after the release. I was never a gamer who wanted the challenge, I want to relax more, hence the repeatedly mentioned in test reports difficulty level has greatly deterred me. I found, however, that the game always looked very interesting videos and images and also the other types of online mode has piqued my interest. I have it at some point lent me by a friend and thought to myself ". Well costs nothing So I can give it a try and if it me too much frustet, it's just like that."
But things turned out quite different ......
From Software has been able to so skillfully intertwine the balance between frustration and motivation to each other that an addiction was born with me. After each death, I wanted to make it even more so on! Thus, a game, and at first strongly deterred me to one of my favorite games. A very similar effect was also Dark Souls 2 to me and, indeed, Bloodborne. So there you go!

2. What makes the incentive?
That's not so easy to explain, because basically makes Bloodborne not much different from other games of the genre. However, Bloodborne creates a very dense atmosphere and due to the unusually high level of difficulty a tension at every step which one dares forward. There is no automatic Bloodborne checkpoints, but only lamps which must be activated for such a (similar to the bonfire of Souls series). That's one of the reasons why Bloodborne conveys such a stimulus. One is afraid to enter the next room, because every death has a consequence. In the worst case you have to repeat a longer portion through which one has fought cumbersome.
This may sound for many for: "Whoa ne on something I would have no Bock make all things new Corrosive!" and just as it was with me before I had dared me to Dark Souls.
But it is not always! Although one often (especially at the beginning of the game) the same streets running and repeatedly fought the same opponent, the game manages to convey a great reward feeling. After all, every opponent brings experience points, no matter how often he is bekämft. It is stronger and faster, you learn the opponents and their attacks and know comes from time to time better progress. One gets the urge to master the passage where you would have rather thrown in other games the controller in the corner. Frustration and motivation here shake hands and tie one hour long in front of the screen.

3. Design and atmosphere
The setting of the game is similar to the Victorian era. I know such a setting barely out video games and was done postiv. It's very fresh and detailed. The setting I like this better than the principle of Souls series, because it simply is very refreshing to me. However, I also think that the whole game setting is not quite as varied as that of the Souls series. Straight Dark Souls 2 has commanded many different for location who partly strongly differentiated. Big surprises I had not so often. But this is the level of detail in the world in bloodborne much higher. No road is like the other. There are many striking Kleinigekeiten which make every corner especially.
The atmosphere is great! Everything seemed very dark, threatening and alienating. Some doors of the city Yharnam can knock and gets malignancies and the scorn of local residents thrown at his head without ever seeing them to face. Each enemy can mean death and behind every corner dunkelen this may be lurking. Traut you to the glittering object in the middle of the room or one fears that this might be a trap? Bloodborne plays a little with natural instincts and creates an unusually dense atmosphere, which one can not so easily escape.

Graphics and Technology:
I'm relatively straightforward. Dark Souls 2 also was perfectly ok for me. But of course I can not stand it when presentations or trailer, present a significantly prettier game than it is then in reality. It's here, in my opinion fortunately not the case. Bloodborne may not be the graphically beautiful game generation (especially not next bombs as The Order or Drive Club), but in my opinion one of the finest. It exudes a very unique charm and love of detail that makes it special. Only the edges flicker could be a bit lower. The light mood of the game also like it außerodentlich well. The framerate dips has rare, but have little impact. The match is largely liquid.

Gameplay:
The gameplay is very similar to the Souls series. The difference here is that you have to proceed much more proactive in order to succeed. There are no (or not useful) shields in bloodborne and therefore nothing to protect themselves against attacks. You have to escape the attacks of the enemy and raise the stakes by a clever evasive maneuvers. After each failed evasion step one has to obtain a short window to the life lost energy back by attacking the enemy. So here is noticeably the attack is the best defense. Sometimes the sighting spinning some rum and reacts slightly delayed and also the camera is occasionally not quite optimal, but that's not really struck me personally many times. Basically the gameplay with a Hack & Slay is comparable only with more tactical depth. Much more than battles and explore the world to do that is here not really. Puzzles, talking with response options, minigames or otherwise does not exist here. Should read: Bloodborne is not a classical RPG, but rather an action RPG.

What I did not like:
These are really just little things.
- My biggest negative point is the randomly generated dungeons. I got it after the announcement of this already expected and it has also been confirmed in the opinion: These dungeons are compared to the actual game world very sparse, dull and lacking in detail. Here you get the feeling again and again to run along the same course, because everything is very similar. Personally, I have (even if you can get new items and meets new enemies) hardly been fun this. But fortunately these are optional and the game has so much to offer already.
- You can go to bloodborne, unlike in Dark Souls, do not go from each lantern to another, but must detour through the "dream of the Hunter" go (something like the main headquarters in bloodborne). Only from here you can choose other lanterns. Thus, you have to take quite a lot of load times in purchase and are not exactly short (before the patch).
- Long loading times (before the patch). I have not played the game since patch, so I can not comment on that.
- There is to be found not so many objects here compared to the Souls series. One can find a lot of stuff that has hardly any use or only for a certain specific play style. Even weapons or armor are much rarer. Enemies can, for example, no armor or weapons fall. Basically, however, fits the game as it should be action-oriented and faster. Since it would not be appropriate to every opponent wave compare once statistics. Only I am personally already a Sammelfan and have the missing something in direct comparison.

Final thoughts:
Bloodborne mach addicted. I can not remember when I could not get away from the console last 8-10 hours at a time, but that has still been in my youth be (Luckily I have no children ;-)
I was tied up the game in the first run more than 60 hours. I had the motivation to play through it the same again on NG +.
The unique setting, the beautifully designed characters and the will leave to become stronger and better one not easily let go. I think any skeptics should give the game a chance and least borrow it once. Just as I also I was taught and understand why so many found the game so great.
All who liked the Souls series will also like to see their bloodborne and vice versa. Actually, for me Bloodborne somehow an Souls. 3

To write by the pleasure I got back ......
I go then again a few level up to NG ++
I love it