I very much doubt any self respecting journalist that takes their job seriously and has any kind of respect for gaming will smear Bloodborne, more than likely the pure hardcore gameplay will be well valued, along with the wide variety of weapons, monsters to face, solid AI, punishing, but rewarding play will be valued by all but the most casual gamers and hopefully many reviewers that didn't really get The Order will put their objective goggles on for that game.
Reviewing is about objectivity, being opinionated is fine, but there also has to be real understanding of whether or not the developers actually achieved their goals.
One thing that people largely forget about The Order 1886 is that it is Ready At Dawn's first game they've really built from the ground up. Making that game seems to have been largely about focusing on getting the story telling right.
I haven't played it, so I can't say what my opinion is on the game, but as a person that appreciates a decent movie, it seems to me that many of the people piling on the hate were expecting something entirely different than RAD always stated they were making.
It's clear from the description that they laid out from when they first announced the game that it would be exactly what they delivered. They seem to be taking criticisms to heart, with rumors from reliable insider Shinobi602 saying that The Order seems to have been made for RAD to perfect how they tell a story. The game was made to build their engine, so they can set the stage for inevitable sequels, which will gradually improve on the rest of the formula to the point where they have it all.
Ru even said that the reason the game doesn't have co-op or multiplayer is because that would have taken essentially another team working alongside the team that made 1886 to develop that feature into the game and they didn't want to rush those things to make a tacked addition that would be worthless, doing so would have diminished the single player even further.
If RAD had turned out a weaker single player campaign, with a rushed multiplayer that would have probably reduced the number of people that actually liked the game down even further.
Although I will say that most people who have played The Order actually liked it and the general consensus seems to be that the game is OK, as far as a game goes, but it also has it's exceptional elements, like awesome graphics, atmosphere, great characters and it set the foundation for plenty of potential for the series going forward.
Anyway it seems to me, as an outside observer (meaning I haven't played it, but have watched some videos, read articles and reviews) that The Order has been largely, unfairly judged by it's detractors and many giving the game ridiculously low scores just aren't that into the kind of game that this particular title turned out to be, despite being told multiple times prior to release exactly what the game was going to be.
Bloodborne is a very different game, clearly more about gameplay, it's open world, features multiplayer/co-op, very little story (which may get some negative opinions), it's built by a much more seasoned studio, who has many games behind them and they largely gets praised.
The only thing I can see happening is that casual gamers won't like the hardcore, punishing gameplay, which much like The Order will be because it's not the kind of game they'd be interested in, in the first place.
Bloodborne seems to be getting a lot of positive praise from the few that have played it, these also seem to be people that have experience with From's line-up, so I doubt any justified Smearing will happen.
