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Edge #269 bloodborne

Driveclub/Forza weather system atmospherics detailed. Also, it looks like it was made from a single thread so uhm...

Also, also: I thought it was decided last month's was MGSV? I don't think the end shots are related to 'next month' anymore.
The teaser is a teaser. There have been times where plans fell through. I think the problem is people assuming it will be a game, when it could just be an article about chaotic design in a variety of games.
 
It was just a small dig regarding the questionable exclusivity of the game.

There's nothing questionable about it, Sony are paying for the game to be made and are collaboratively working on the game with FROM. It's the same thing they did with Demon's Souls.
 
That's pretty kick-ass.

There's nothing artsy or impressionistic about that cover art.
It's just pure 'here be dark adventure'.
 
That's pretty kick-ass.

There's nothing artsy or impressionistic about that cover art.
It's just pure 'here be dark adventure'.

Since its an E3 edition I am wondering if there will be any new details discussed or just rehashing what we already know...
 
Since its an E3 edition I am wondering if there will be any new details discussed or just rehashing what we already know...
There's heaps of details about Bloodborne on the webs but it mainly comes from japanese magazines. I except this Edge article to contain that same info for the west.
 
Skippy on GRcade was kind enough to supply the next month's preview image, and I have no idea.
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And, hopefully, other players you see online. From what they said about the NPCs, that you'd see some of them just fighting, and it's up to you to kill/save/ignore them, they might do something similar for online.
Imagine if your world is joined with someone else's, and both of you can either work together or fight against each other.
Would be awesome if you appear in other peoples worlds as a warewolf thing and kill them to regain human form.

To be clear my question about exclusivity was supposed to be a joke since every thread about beast souls had this question followed by why do we want this as well as souls blah blah blah.
 
It is unbelievable there are still questions about the exclusivity of this title.

This game's exclusivity has made a lot of people salty, causing an obscene amount of rants across the Internet. Those rants have likely lead to a lot of misinformation being spread. I watched a dark souls 2 stream the day after bloodborne was announced and people in the comment section were assuring others that it wasn't exclusive.
 
This game's exclusivity has made a lot of people salty, causing an obscene amount of rants across the Internet. Those rants have likely lead to a lot of misinformation being spread. I watched a dark souls 2 stream the day after bloodborne was announced and people in the comment section were assuring others that it wasn't exclusive.

My guess is thats why "souls" was removed from the title.

They don't want people to think "souls" is now exclusive to playstation. Although Bloodborne is totally a souls style game, its not called souls for that reason.
 
This game would have not happened with out sony & it is exclusive to the Playstation 4 home computer entertainment system. Deal with it.
 
Blade Symphony got an 8? I've played the game (bought it after being attacked by Bushido Blade nostalgia) and didn't feel it was worth booting up even a second time.

I need to see this review. Especially if a game like Murdered got smacked with a 4.
 
how the heck are we supposed to get through this then? especially with the game demanding you to play aggressively...

I was thinking the same thing.

I mean, clearly we're lacking the whole picture, or they really want to push you to kill other humans often.
I don't know, i'll give the benefit of the doubt though.
 
borne (bɔːn/)
suffix: -borne; adjective: borne

carried or transported by the thing specified.
"waterborne bacteria"

Nothing to do with "born" actually, it comes from "bear".

Oh! I actually had the same question myself but never bothered to ask, native Spanish speaker here but yeah "borne" as in "airborne" totally slipped my mind. The title makes much more sense now.
 
the most interesting thing so-far is the wandering enemies. that has the potential to really change the flow/tone of the game. nevermind the combat-system itself encouraging aggressiveness: if you've got enemies that are always on-the-move, you're going to have to be constantly moving yourself and won't be able to take your time in any one engagement for fear it will become a much larger engagement (particularly if fights create noise that attracts nearby enemies).

(because souls games were too relaxing before, probably)
 
Wait, is this game part of the Souls series or is it it's own thing ?

Because if it was then calling the series "Souls" won't make sense since there is no "Souls" in the title.
 
Wait, is this game part of the Souls series or is it it's own thing ?

Because if it was then calling the series "Souls" won't make sense since there is no "Souls" in the title.

It would probably fall into the 'spiritual successor' category. Clearly taking the gameplay and ideas laid out by its predecessors, but evolving them to create something new and distinct.
 
Wait, is this game part of the Souls series or is it it's own thing ?

Because if it was then calling the series "Souls" won't make sense since there is no "Souls" in the title.

It's a souls game with a different name/theme. Don't know what else you'd call it after seeing the full leaked gameplay trailer, even the souls get absorbed and the sounds are similar.
 
The image is a visualisation of the Lorenz system. Stumbled across it searching for chaos theory.


Quantum Break is my answer as the game is supposed to deal with this sort of thing.
The image of buttefly is present in the game and in its trailers, which references chaos theory.
 
I seem to understand that this game has two directors.

I just want to know who the second director is.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=840059&highlight=bloodborne

4Gamer:
So I think there’s a bit of concern, or should I say "worry," among fans about just how much you can be involved in the day-to-day development while also serving as the president of the company. You are definitely the director on Bloodborne, right? Not a producer or anything?

Miyazaki:
Yes. On Bloodborne, I am 100% the director.



There is 0 mention of another director.

edit: nm he says he has someone, interesting no names.
 
Hmm, I'll most likely buy Autosport soon.
Is there any DLC announced? If so I'll just wait for the GOTY edition.... Codemasters seems to repeat that for every racing game.
 
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