Bloodborne First Run Complete · 1:03pm Mar 30th, 2015
And so I finish my first playthrough.
Character: Noble Scion (High Skill and Bloodtinge/low health and endurance)
Final level: 66
Final weapons: Threaded Cane +9 (Yes, I did use the same weapon from start to finish) Repeater Pistol +9
Thanks to a combination of inept exploring and overenthusiastic progression, I missed a ton of content. It was so bad that I even failed to get my weapons to maximum upgrades. I didn't do the Chalice Dungeons save the first one because I saw that they were optional and I just sort of put them in the back of my mind only to finish the game without going through them. I am all too happy to get in a more completionist playthrough. With some of my hype curbed though, I can at least get some writing done. I'm also now waiting for a "This is how you DON'T play Bloodborne" starring DSP on youtube.
Some lows: I ran into the item storage bug, which served to frustrate me for nearly half my playthrough. Normally, the hunter can carry up to twenty potions and twenty bullets. Any excess found is transferred to the storage. Upon death or returning to the hub, potions and bullets are transferred from the storage to your inventory to keep you topped off with supplies. With the bug, I lost access to my stored potions and bullets which meant that every time I died, I had to stop trying to progress to farm supplies. I should consider myself lucky I didn't run into the Lunarium Key bug which would have prevented any progression. I'm hoping some fixes are made soon.
Favorite bosses (so far): Shadows of Yarnham just for their simple and awesome entrance. Mergo's Wet Nurse for being a fusion of a Cthulhu crow and a ninja.
Hated boss: Micolash, Host of the Nightmare
Favorite Area: Yahar'gul, Hidden Village
Hated Area: Nightmare of Mensis
Personally, I'm waiting on Vaati to start making lore videos for the game. Even if I can't actually play it yet, those are always a joy.
2924227 Yeah me to.
I finished recently as well. While all the weapons were pretty cool, I gotta say my favorite was the Kirkhammer. I'd use the silver blade for when speed was required, and transform it into the hammer when a more direct approach was needed. Now Just make sure you time your attacks right, whiffing a swing will leave you wide open.
I knew from the start that I was probably gonna miss a bunch of stuff in my first play through. Hell in previous games, I didn't even discover the painted world of Ariamis until my third run. But thankfully these games have a lot of replay value, so I don't mind taking the journey all over again.
I was watching some gameplay of Bloodborne the other night, and thought that it would actually make for a great dark crossover with MLP (then again, what wouldn't). If I could think of anyone who could pull something like that off correctly, it would probably be you, Visiden. Who knows though. Maybe I'll take a crack at it myself if I can find a good walkthrough of it--this is one of the rare games that make me wish I'd got a PS4. For those of you who do have the game, happy hunting!