Bloodborne impressions after 40hrs! SPOILERS (EDGE)

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Barkley said:

reggin_bolas said:
As others have sarcastically surmised, this game will NOT sell well regardless of its meta-critic and cult following.
I can't fathom for the life of me why a publisher would allow the game designers to intentionally alienate a larger consumer base in favor of some twisted artistic vision that makes no sense.

Ok so all games now need to cater towards the mainstream? What garbage.

It'll sell 1.5m+ that's well enough.

Everyone that's a fan of any niche title is glad you don't decide these things. If everygame was made to be "mainstream" they wouldn't sell any better due to oversaturation. Finding a niche, doing it well and getting a smaller yet dedicated fanbase is a good way to go.

There are plenty of niche titles that aren't punishingly brutal. Choice isn't mainstream. It's the creative content of the game that determines whether a game is mainstream. That and other factors like contrived multiplayer and microtransactions.  Bloodborne is rife with self-conceit and elitism.