I did read the descriptions. All of them. It helps you to build the background of the world, just like dark souls. But again the problem os the objectibe.

You start and get the objective "seek the pale blood". No idea what it is or where. And the old hunter tells you you need it to escape the huntera dream. Then you go killing monsters and advancing the game. When you get to Rom you get a new objective out of nowhere, just a message on the screen and things just gets crazier, i will stop here dont want to give spoilers. Its just bad executed.

Again comparing to dark souls... wow... you have a clear objective since the begginning and an amazing story behind the curtains.

But I still love bloodborne anyway.

There's a handful of NPCs in the game, but they're easy to miss. Lots of people don't even see Eileen until she's an enemy.

My personal advice for every game, no matter genre or company: if you don't like at the beggining or not enjoying it, just move onto the next game.

There are so many games that not liking one is by no means a problem.

KILL HER AND TAKE HER THINGS.

Shame she is a really interesting npc and her weapon, rune and armor are great. Though you need to defeat a particular anoying enemy in a cathedral to get them. Suddenly proving that bloodtinge isn't really useless. Regarding OP, since you like the cane more than the saw cleaver I would advise you to use skill weapons. They are usually more fun to use and have more interesting transformed modes.

Same happened to me, more or less. I completed it and didn't felt the impact at first as to why people were regarding it as even better game than the Dark Souls franchise. Then I let it gain dust for about 2 years.

The day it came on the Plus I told myself I should at least try and get the platinum now that will be packed with noobs I might get interested again. And so I kept playing with the same character I had created that was packed with goodies and made my life easier in NG+. Just by replaying it I actually did start enjoying all of it, from the lore to the environment. It's a lot grimmer than Soul series, but from a single player experience it is really much more rich and compelling. The difficulty in the dungeons is also a new layer of fun, however it can be grindy sometimes.

Later I purchased the DLC and since then I've been cooping with a NG character because the bosses are actually a lot fun there. I haven't had much fun in DS3 because of how everything feels so PvP related these days and I fell out of love for it since the first Dark Souls (and because it lags a lot too for me). But my advice would be, find your poison. Not everyone will like the mood of the game because it's too bloody, but the lore should be a very good thing to keep you tuned in or the amazing set of weapon (DLC ones are superb).

Here's how I would place it on a list next to the other games

Dark Souls 1

Demon's Souls

Bloodborne

DS2

DS3

My placement seems to be more in line with their MC scores:

92 - Bloodborne

91 - Dark Souls 2

89 - Dark Souls

89 - Demon's Souls

87 - Dark Souls 3

Though I would personally take Dark Souls 2 and place it on the bottom. Not that it's a bad game, just the weakest in an impressively solid lineup.

If you don't like this game don't feel bad. Bloodborne along with Uncharted 4, Nioh and God of war are the reasons why I turn on my ps4.