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Elden Ring or Bloodborne?

Elden Ring or Bloodborne?

  • Elden Ring

    Votes: 236 48.2%

  • Bloodborne

    Votes: 254 51.8%
  • Total voters
    490
  • Poll closed .
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Beardsalt said:
I love both games but Bloodborne has 2 particular bosses that are better than any in Elden Ring.
Ludwig The Holy Blade and Lady Maria are FromSoft at their best. The music for Ludwig's fight was sooo good, I would die on purpose just to keep hearing it and the 2nd phase transition is "MY" most memorable moment in any FromSoft games dating back to Kings Field!
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Ofcourse its all opinions, but...

Really? Lady Maria? I understand Ludwig since he was one of the first bosses with good transition to phase 2 with memorable cutscene. But Lady Maria is Fromsoft at their best? i have to disagree. Why do you think she is among the best?

While Lady Maria has those flashy cool anime moves i think as a boss she was rather underwhelming, for example her transition to phase 2 and 3 in the fight wasn't as good as others, and the way she can be easily staggered (you can spam regular attacks on Lady Maria and stagger her until your stamina is depleted) or parried takes away from the challenge. In addition to that she behaves like an upgrade hunter fight but without the cool transformation and dialogue of Father Gascoigne or the cooler aesthetics and dance-like fight of Gerhman. I think Orphan of Kos and Ludwig were both more unique, more challenging and better executed as bosses for important characters/beings. On the other hand Laurence and Lady Maria under-delivered imo. Maria was decent but too easy and Laurence was extremely underwhelming due to being like a reskinned cleric beast but with fire and a 2nd phase where he is on the ground, it does not do it justice for one of the major characters of the story.

I have to admit her design is elegant and she looks cool, but that alone does not put her at the top of Fromsoft boss roaster imo. We are talking about bosses like:
Isshin the Sword Saint, Demon Prince, Owl, Genichiro, Rykard, Gael, Sir Alonne, Radhan and many others.
And to throw oil to the fire i would personally claim both Sister Friede and Malenia both as better and more memorable fights too.

I think Rykard is the best spectacle boss in the games (2nd would be Divine Dragon from Sekiro) its a masterpiece of a boss fight, the voice acting, the cinematic, the lines, the build up to reach him via the quest, his backstory and the gimmick itself is a spectacle to be held, he is my personal No.1 Favorite boss fight in Elden Ring and top 10 of all time.
 
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Though I have had great fun riding around on Torrent and swinging my big ass weapons around (when the game lets me :messenger_angry:), I can honestly say that I have grown bored of running around aimlessly in Elden Ring. In gameplay it does not hold a candle to even modded Dark Souls 1 and nonmodded Scholar of the First Sin as I find the jumping attacks to be half assed and guard counters to be pointless and the rest lacking in preciseness. The Ashes of War are hit and miss. The magic feels slow. Most of the loot unrewarding. The further I progress into the game the less I get out of it.

In contrast, Bloodborne just feels fast and rewarding whether in gameplay or in exploration. Progress feels genuine as I replay it. It is just endlessly entertaining.

P.S. The baddest boss I faced was the black phantom of Scirvir the Wanderer in Demon Souls on Black World Tendency in Stonefang Tunnels. I got rekked so many times, I had to ring him out with Stormruler to get his Talisman of Beasts. I could never win on my terms, the man had too much swagger...
 
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Touch fuzZy. get BizZay said:
Repeating awesome bosses and giving them new moves and powers isn't a problem when you already have many more different kinds of bosses than games that don't repeat bosses.

When you're fighting a giant snake demon in a fiery hellscape and he pauses the battle and turns around to reveal a creepy humanoid face on the back of his serpent hide that awakens and says "very well" do you think to yourself "oh, how generic?"

It's like a hipster backlash to the game of games
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Yup. The amount of whining about Elden Ring's supposed difficulty from the never level vigor crowd is getting ridiculous. And Bloodborne's chalice dungeons are full of reused bosses, yet these clowns somehow think that this is some sort of critical flaw with Elden Ring.
 
NeverYouMind said:
Though I have had great fun riding around on Torrent and swinging my big ass weapons around (when the game lets me :messenger_angry:), I can honestly say that I have grown bored of running around aimlessly in Elden Ring. In gameplay it does not hold a candle to even modded Dark Souls 1 and nonmodded Scholar of the First Sin as I find the jumping attacks to be half assed and guard counters to be pointless and the rest lacking in preciseness. The Ashes of War are hit and miss. The magic feels slow. Most of the loot unrewarding. The further I progress into the game the less I get out of it.

In contrast, Bloodborne just feels fast and rewarding whether in gameplay or in exploration. Progress feels genuine as I replay it. It is just endlessly entertaining.

P.S. The baddest boss I faced was the black phantom of Scirvir the Wanderer in Demon Souls on Black World Tendency in Stonefang Tunnels. I got rekked so many times, I had to ring him out with Stormruler to get his Talisman of Beasts. I could never win on my terms, the man had too much swagger...
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Disagree. Jump attack and guard counter are very useful and add a lot to combat. Ashes of War has a lot of things that are extremely useful but also many quite useless. Magic is better than ever. Only Spirit ashes need to be rebalanced, low tier spirits are too weak compared to high tier.
 
Mozzarella said:
Ofcourse its all opinions, but...

Really? Lady Maria? I understand Ludwig since he was one of the first bosses with good transition to phase 2 with memorable cutscene. But Lady Maria is Fromsoft at their best? i have to disagree. Why do you think she is among the best?

While Lady Maria has those flashy cool anime moves i think as a boss she was rather underwhelming, for example her transition to phase 2 and 3 in the fight wasn't as good as others, and the way she can be easily staggered (you can spam regular attacks on Lady Maria and stagger her until your stamina is depleted) or parried takes away from the challenge. In addition to that she behaves like an upgrade hunter fight but without the cool transformation and dialogue of Father Gascoigne or the cooler aesthetics and dance-like fight of Gerhman. I think Orphan of Kos and Ludwig were both more unique, more challenging and better executed as bosses for important characters/beings. On the other hand Laurence and Lady Maria under-delivered imo. Maria was decent but too easy and Laurence was extremely underwhelming due to being like a reskinned cleric beast but with fire and a 2nd phase where he is on the ground, it does not do it justice for one of the major characters of the story.

I have to admit her design is elegant and she looks cool, but that alone does not put her at the top of Fromsoft boss roaster imo. We are talking about bosses like:
Isshin the Sword Saint, Demon Prince, Owl, Genichiro, Rykard, Gael, Sir Alonne, Radhan and many others.
And to throw oil to the fire i would personally claim both Sister Friede and Malenia both as better and more memorable fights too.

I think Rykard is the best spectacle boss in the games (2nd would be Divine Dragon from Sekiro) its a masterpiece of a boss fight, the voice acting, the cinematic, the lines, the build up to reach him via the quest, his backstory and the gimmick itself is a spectacle to be held, he is my personal No.1 Favorite boss fight in Elden Ring and top 10 of all time.
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What's arguably the strongest build in Elden Ring?
Answer: Broken-ass blood build

Who was the first boss to use the blood build?
Lady Maria when she goes ape shit on your ass!

Malenia is like the reincarnation of Lady Maria!
Anyways it's my opinion, what I think is the best and what you think is best is only our opinion, agree?
 
I enjoyed Bloodborne a lot but I think I have to go with Elden Ring, because overall it has better combat and exploration.

But Sekiro is still my favourite From game.
 
Ogbert said:
Hand on heart, I am amazed at the way everyone just completely glosses over BB's frame rate and frame pacing issues.

I get it at the time, but years later, with the DS remake and games running at a steady 60fps, I'm thinking it might be time to start calling bullshit.
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Main reason why I couldn't get into BB. I would still jump in if Bluepoint did a remake but the release version just don't hold up for me today. I have no idea if it's better than Elden Ring if I would do a deep analysis because I had already dropped it after a few hours of frame stutter annoyance.
Initial gameplay impression, I didn't like the focus on dodge over block, and shooting was boring. All in all it just wasn't fun. Maybe it becomes more fun later but if it can't keep me interested for that to happen then make the start better.

Initially I thought Elden Ring looked kinda bad too compared to DeS remake, still do to some degree, pre-release I was harsh when talking about it. But it delivers in spades when it comes to exploration, content and open world freedom like few other games. And the gameplay for me is close to perfection. For me who're not a git gud gamer I don't feel like I get stuck the same way as in other FROM games, that's the biggest plus for me. There is always something else to do and somewhere else to go when a difficulty spike appears. And the horse summon is one of the most genious gameplay inventions ever. It's just brilliant, makes the game feel faster and opens up both the action and exploration.
 
To br fair ER is a massive and a beautiful world with many locations to discover but with all of that I still prefere BB over everything I saw in ER
Bloodborne is really getting it right if you know what I mean, its not about how easy comparing it to others but its about the world that evolves around it including characters, story-telling and of course gameplay.

both great games but the one that pull me in the most was BB
 
Bloodborne.

I'm not a huge fan of Elden Ring on reflection, despite being utterly enamoured at first. It's too big and too difficult for it's own good.
SantaC said:
And bloodborne isnt? Most overrated game ever. Lack of weapons and lack of builds.
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Bloodborne's world is generic now? WTF…
tommib said:
Bloodborne generic?

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Exactly.
Missingnomer said:
Elden Ring actually pushes the gaming medium forward, though.
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Elden Ring really is the new hyperbole hot shit, people just love to pile on the blind adulation.
 
NinjaBoiX said:
Elden Ring really is the new hyperbole hot shit, people just love to pile on the blind adulation.
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I think it suits Bloodborne better. It's one of my favorite game but I find it always overlooked flaws. Boss base game mostly meh, repetitive environment, shitty camera and perfomance, level design drop quality after Central Yharnam, Chalice Dungeon bad and boring,.... I also agree that the theme, aesthetic and atmosphere are the best in the series but overall there are many elements that I find other games to do much better.
 
Imagine the poll results if Bloodborne were an Xbox Exclusive. The fact that ER is keeping pace with a PS exclusive on this forum tells you all you need to know. ER is the GOAT.
 
rofif said:
Dark souls 2. Ok and bb. Curated carefully prepared and balanced content wins.
I don't believe er honey moon is not over.
Bosses suck ass, magic galore, repeated bosses and enemies many times. 13 erdtree avatars which is ds1 boss for example.

The balance is out the window. The level design is out the windows. I have a lot of gripes with the game despite being my goty. I just think it's a step in the wrong direction. And the story could be so interesting…

Watch these. Good summary of why open world is not the best thing here.


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Anyone championing DSII couldn't get anymore irrelevant. Game is so bad, time to stop.
 
for gameplay . ER since its newer.
for unqiueness, bloodborne.

I think if there is a bloodborne 2, it could blow ER out of the water.

But then, the voting is a bit unfair for bloodborne as bloodborne is only available on playstation (if you exclude emulation), so majority of the people would vote for ER
 
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DavidGzz said:
Imagine the poll results if Bloodborne were an Xbox Exclusive. The fact that ER is keeping pace with a PS exclusive on this forum tells you all you need to know. ER is the GOAT.
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Give it a rest, no one want to see a drive by posting moaning about how "the other side" has an unfair advantage. This whole thread is full of discussion about why one is better than the other including reasons why people prefer BB over ER as a complete experience, and you just swing by to claim invisible bias.

ER has plenty of flaws, it's not a perfect game by any means. People are allowed to think it's not the GOAT for reasons other than boring console warring.
 
TheGodfather07 said:
Bloodborne because I'm starting to hate the open world trend.
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I started hating open world around 2017, and I've never really been able to finish an open world game since then. Bloodborne is an absolutely perfect game, to me. The level design and art is just unreal, terrifying, and beautiful, not to mention haunting. Developers who attempt to pull off what Bloodborne did usually just create a cringe fest, yet somehow From Software created a game that seems to swim through the mind long after its launch. I truly believe I'll be thinking about this game occasionally in twenty years, not many games I can say that about.
 
Bloodborne for me. Its a tighter game with less dead weight and stronger aesthetics. Plus i'm a sucker for Lovecraftian stuff and BB goes much harder with it than any of the other From games.
 
Bloodborne has consistent (excellent) art style and is way more focused. It also requires certain playstyle from the player (no block, aggression) to beat the game.

For me BB is the best FS game but Elden Ring is close second, so... :messenger_smiling:
 
The first 25-35 hours for me I was thinking Elden Ring is gonna be one my favorites ever but the second half dragged on and 60+ hours on I am not sure I want to ever go back it felt like work or a chore to play at times. Bloodbourne start to finish is just a much better game.
 
lh032 said:
for gameplay . ER since its newer.
for unqiueness, bloodborne.

I think if there is a bloodborne 2, it could blow ER out of the water.

But then, the voting is a bit unfair for bloodborne as bloodborne is only available on playstation (if you exclude emulation), so majority of the people would vote for ER
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If Bloodborne was multiplat it wouldn't receive the same acclaim.

A lot of the love for the game is down to the fact it's an exclusive.
 
Ogbert said:
If Bloodborne was multiplat it wouldn't receive the same acclaim.

A lot of the love for the game is down to the fact it's an exclusive.
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Don't agree with this console warriors cancel each other out can argue exclusive hurt it more actually.
 
ssringo said:
Because those of us who spend thousands on a PC can't afford a console?
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Finances are not the only reason why PC only gamers don't (want to) play on consoles. But nevertheless, the port begging clearly shows that people outside of the PlayStation ecosystem want to experience the best From Software game.
 
Ogbert said:
If Bloodborne was multiplat it wouldn't receive the same acclaim.

A lot of the love for the game is down to the fact it's an exclusive.
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It's a mixed bag. Of course you got those "Me see exclusive, me vote" guys (no matter if they played it), but on the other hand you have Pc and Xbox guys that vote for ER, because they couldn't play BB or don't like Sony. I wouldn't expect ER to win a landslide victory.
 
lucius said:
The first 25-35 hours for me I was thinking Elden Ring is gonna be one my favorites ever but the second half dragged on and 60+ hours on I am not sure I want to ever go back it felt like work or a chore to play at times. Bloodbourne start to finish is just a much better game.
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I'm with you. I thought ER was going to be GOAT tier, but that wears off in due course. I spent 200 hours on my first character, but I have much less incentive to stick with it than even DS1, where I've played 1000+ hours and done play throughs with every weapon in the game.
arvfab said:
Finances are not the only reason why PC only gamers don't (want to) play on consoles. But nevertheless, the port begging clearly shows that people outside of the PlayStation ecosystem want to experience the best From Software game.
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You're right. I'm PC only and I want a PC port so I can play this game that looks great and gets so much love. A game that clearly influenced DS3 and ER's faster paced combat, and has a unique world. I could go out and buy a PS4 and BB right now, but I'm not going to do that.
 
arvfab said:
Finances are not the only reason why PC only gamers don't (want to) play on consoles. But nevertheless, the port begging clearly shows that people outside of the PlayStation ecosystem want to experience the best From Software game.
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Pretty sure PC "port begging" has less to do with the quality of the game and more to do with where we play the game. I mean, we "port beg" everything and have been doing so for many years.
 
ssringo said:
Pretty sure PC "port begging" has less to do with the quality of the game and more to do with where we play the game. I mean, we "port beg" everything and have been doing so for many years.
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I must have missed the port begging threads and posts for Destruction All-Stars...
 
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