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[Nibel]

That title edit.

 

[FullMetaltech]

LOL. That title change!

 

[takriel]

GUYS be hyped! This is the real deal! The necessary evolution of the Souls games right there! Yes, I've already played it.

 

[Bunta]

Was Bish always going to make the OT, or is this just the mods way of keeping Gaming side under control from BB threads?

No, the person in charge of the OT didn't deliver on time.

 

[Ferr986]

original trailer is still the most hype to me.

Agreed. I'm gonna rock that equipment (if its still in)

 

[BennyBlanco]

Fuck I need to think of a good character name now so I dont get stuck on that screen for ages

http://www.springhole.net/writing_roleplaying_randomators/victoriannames.htm



1st spin was Godfrey Longfellow. I'll take it.

 

[Jb]

Holy crap, didn't think Bish would be doing the OP.

I'm just angry I have to wait til Wednesday to dive in. I'll have to dodge all the press and users spoilers for 24 hours...

 

[Derpyduck]

The new title is great.

 

[Skab]

Wont be able to pick up my copy until after I'm off work tomorrow morning, so I wont get to play until around 11 am my time.

Stupid job getting in the way of my fun.

 

[Stone Ocean]

Was Bish always going to make the OT, or is this just the mods way of keeping Gaming side under control from BB threads?

Guy that was tasked with OT wasn't going to put it up until tomorrow

Mods don't think that's acceptable so they're doing the OT themselves

 

[Namikaze1]

I feel bad for Robot Pants. Probably spent a long time getting the OT prepped. But if you can't stick to posting it on time then why volunteer.

Anyway, I'll be here, watching a stream or two from those who got it early.

Starting class will be Military Veteran with Saw Cleaver as my starting weapon.

 

[Steel]

Dont worry fellow late joiners, Im sure our fellow friends of the Bloodborne community will leave helpful guides/messages on their travels!

"Jump, Treasure ahead"

Bloodstains of people jumping everywhere.

 

[rogerroger22]

So I caught a bit of a stream of this last night.

It pretty much is a souls game through and through, just under a new IP? And a slightly different setting?

I haven't been following it that much, forgive me.

It's a 'Spiritually Related' game to the souls series. It's not a direct sequel, but shares many of the common elements that you find in Demon's and Dark Souls.

If they were to just call it 'Dark Souls III' - FROM would be limiting themselves to how much they could tweak the formula / lore / setting / etc without getting everyone up in arms over changes from the Souls games.

The setting is new - more of a Victorian/Goth setting than a Dark Fantasy/Medieval setting.

The combat is faster paced and rewards more aggressive play styles. Shields are not really a thing (so far 1 shield has been found, and it's crap). Magic and ranged options also seem to be a thing of the past.

The game has guns - although from what I've seen they are more of a defensive mechanic - time it right to stun an enemy, sort of the equivalent of parry / riposte in the Souls games. The gun itself isn't much of a damage source - but the critical opening that it can allow is.

Has some similar multiplayer mechanics with invasions and co-op. Not exactly like the summoning stones in the Souls games, but something similar where you ring bells to summon / be summoned.

So, sort of how Dark Souls isn't a direct sequel to Demon's Souls - BloodBorne isn't a sequel to any of the souls games, but shares much of the same spirit of them.

 

[Jobbs]

Vitality: big dick health bar
Endurance: you didn't skip leg day
Strength: hit shit better
Skill: get shit done
Bloodtinge: bang bang bitch
Arcane: fairy dust a mother fucker

what does that mean?

from what I understand, bloodtinge affects guns, but from what I also understand, guns are primarily a utility -- for parrying -- and so it seems like tiny increases in damage to that would not really matter.

 

[Yoshichan]

Some stats to work with (for the character creator along with the first 120 levels):

Thanks for the link! I summarized it:

Stat purpose and soft/hardcaps:
Vitality - Softcap: 30, Hardcap: 50 (every build should have at least 30 of this)
Endurance - Hardcap: 40 (only increases stamina since equip burden is no more)

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Softcap for everything below: 25
Hardcap for everything below: 50

Strength -
Skill - Previously known as Dexterity
Bloodtinge - Guns and anything that scales with Bloodtinge
Arcane - Increases the damage done by fire and bolt damaging equipment

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Three builds for Echo Level 125

All builds below uses the class "Military veteran".

Overall Quality Character (can equip and use both STR and SKL-weapons effiecently)
Vit 50
End 40
Str 30
Skl 25
Bld 24
Arc 6

Strength Based Character
Vit 50
End 40
Str 50
Skl 14
Bld 15
Arc 6

Skill Based Character
Vit 50
End 40
Str 16
Skl 50
Bld 13
Arc 6

 

[Alcoholikaust]

Bloodborne |OT| LTTP: Demon's Souls

 

[Pedersen]

Tonight's the Night

GET HYPE!!!

 

[NinjaMuffin]

LOL. That title change!

I love Skylines, and I will love this

 

[Veritigo_X]

All the polls we had deciding the OT title and look what we get!

 

[JohnnySasaki86]

Is day 1 digital available on PS store? And if I preorder digital what do I loose out on vs preordering at GameStop?

 

[Sephiroth_GR_]

Was Bish always going to make the OT, or is this just the mods way of keeping Gaming side under control from BB threads?

Not anymore. This is the OT now.
As I posted in the pre-load thread, an OT is a place for people to discuss the game, first and foremost. Delaying it because you aren't done loading it up with PR material isn't acceptable, so we've taken it into our own hands.

Robo Pants was supposed to make the OT

 

[Orthogonal]

No, the person in charge of the OT didn't deliver on time.

WTF, its not like they didn't have months to prepare. Disappointed.gif

 

[jiiikoo]

I think I'm gonna buy this tomorrow. Can't wait for it to come on sale in Finland.

 

[super-famicom]

Only 15 minutes? What are you, casul?

Seriously we're all gonna make the characters to look exactly as we want and then have them covered from head to toe only seeing their eyes hahaha

I said 15+ minutes (meaning I take probably 25 minutes)! But in later Souls playthroughs I just hit the randomize button a bunch of times. The helmet hides the face anyways.

 

[TomShoe]

I feel bad for Robot Pants. Probably spent a long time getting the OT prepped. But if you can't stick to posting it on time then why volunteer.

Anyway, I'll be here, watching a stream or two from those who got it early.

Starting class will be Military Veteran with Saw Cleaver as my starting weapon.

I feel for him but he bought it on himself. My professors would give no shits if I turned a final paper in late. Instant 0.

 

[TimeEffect]

Lmfao, I love that subtitle so much

Edit: Oh it's still a bish thread, sunavabitch, thought it was official

 

[fedexpeon]

No, the person in charge of the OT didn't deliver on time.

Tsk tsk.
We need to find his in-game name and gank him now in BB.

 

[semiconscious]

That title edit.

this is a wonderful ot . thanks, bish...

 

[Zaventem]

Oh man. I really hope we go through the 25+ OTs in 2 threads.

 

[Fhtagn]

Best to think of it like this: Bloodborne is Shadow Tower to Demon's Souls' King's Field. Similar engine, similar mood, very different systems in place.

 

[vpance]

Rofl nice title. I'll be playing back to back GOTGs all week, dayum.

 

[blainethemono]

Add me on PSN blood bros

PSN: plbelanger

is there going to be a list or spreadsheet for this stuff?

anyway my PSN is blainethemono, same as on gaf and steam, and i could use some more psn friends

 

[Duffman]

dat title change lol

 

[--R]

Awesome subtitle.

 

[Mutombo]

Good job on the updated thread title.

Beats all those thousands post thinking of one. Unless it was already an option.

 

[Hoje0308]

Title change is hilarious.

 

[Jinaar]

lets see how far i can get without a wiki

You're going to make it all the way! Going to try to go blind thru-out as well. We were spoiled when Demon's Souls came out way later then Japan. So much was known and given to us.

 

[TomShoe]

My man.

If that's all it takes, might as well get into OT's myself.

Anyone claim GOW4, GT7, GTAV PC, State of Decay, or Uncharted 5 yet?

 

[RK9039]

Giant Daddy Motherfucker based Character
Vit 60
End 50
Str 30
Skl 14
Bld 15
Arc 6

 

[Mookie1515]

The OT should change every ten minutes the official OT doesn't go up.

 

[Ashodin]

Dat subtitle rofl

 

[Derpyduck]

I always skip the first page of OTs anyway. It's always full of browser killing gifs and people shouting their own version of "FIRST". My only issue with the current title is the game title is spelled wrong. But maybe that's part of the charm.

 

[Ardenyal]

Is anyone else going to spend 15+ minutes in the character creator screens like me?

15+ minutes? I will probably spend close to 2 hours on that thing D: With the ability to save favorite appearances I will probably create a couple different ones and choose which I like better.

 

[Kyoufu]

I love the OT. Well done, bishop.

 

[Ethelwulf]

Actually, now that I think about it, OTs made by all of us is a great idea... Just give a kickstart and the rest depends on the community.

 

[The_Darkest_Red]

So hyped.

 

[deoee]

Any news on when we are able to stream?

 

[Lee Chaolan]

Yes, it's called sitting on my couch waiting for digital release.

Dragon Ball Xenoverse and Resident Evil Revelations midnights had some issues, so hopefully they resolved those for Bloodborne here.

 

[bitsurugi]

Well hello my new home!

 

[KevWriter]

a new Hunter is approaching....

Awww, look at his little saw cleaver. Is that a keychain? I need that.