| Ruler said: |
You basically admit the game having game-breaking bugs but then proclaiming it to be the most polished game this gen so far? And you basically choose to ignore the blatant problem of optimization it had in the vanilla version, with those atrocious loading times and the technical flaws?
I don't mind you loving Bloodborne like you do. But you're blind to its flaws, unfortunately. There's no point in discussing the problematic of your OP if you're going with that defensive mentality.
Also, Bloodborne is the shortest game in the franchise, here, I'll explain it to you why I think so:
(Massive spoilers for all Souls incoming guys)
· BEATING DEMON'S SOULS:
Fight Phalanx -> Fight Tower Knight -> Visit World 2 -> Defeat Armored Spider -> Defeat Firelurker -> Defeat Dragon Dog -> Visit World 3 -> Defeat Fool's Idol -> Defeat Maneaters -> Defeat Old Monk -> Visit World 4 -> Defeat Adjudicator -> Defeat Old Hero -> Defeat Storm King -> Visit World 5 -> Defeat grotesque boss no1 -> Defeat grotesque monster no2 -> Defeat Maiden Astraea -> Go back to world 1 -> Defeat Penetrator -> Defeat False King Allant -> Go back to Nexus and the Old One -> Defeat King Allant.
That's 17 bosses in total you have to defeat to complete the game, plus five different worlds structured in three different places in total.
· BEATING DARK SOULS:
Fight Asylum Demon -> Fight Gargoyles -> Go to Blighttown -> Defeat Queelag -> Go to Sen's Fortress -> Defeat Iron Golem -> Go to Anor Londo -> Defeat Orstein & Smough -> Travel back to Firelink and put the vasin where it belongs -> Go to the catacombs -> Defeat Pinwheel -> Defeat Nito -> Go to Anor Londo again -> Die to Seath -> Escape from prison and defeat Seath -> Go to sunked Londo -> Defeat the Four Kings -> Go to where Queelag was -> Defeat Seaseless Discharge -> Defeat the fire asylum Demon -> Defeat the Fire lizard -> Travel through fire to meet Bed of Chaos -> Defeat bed of Chaos -> Travel to Kiln of the first fire -> Defeat Gwyn.
That's 14 bosses in total you have to defeat to complete the game, plus being forced to visit Blighttown, Anor Londo and Sen's Fortress before being actually able to go face the final bosses.
· BEATING DARK SOULS 2:
Defeat Last Giant -> Defeat the Pursuer -> Travel to Lost Bastille -> Defeat Flexile Sentry -> Defeat Lost Sinner -> Link the primordial fire -> Travel to Heide -> Defeat Dragonrider's -> Travel to Huntsman Corpse -> Defeat Skeleton Lord -> Travel to Earthen Peak -> Defeat Mythra -> Travel to Iron Keep -> Defeat Old Iron King -> Link the primordial fire -> travel to Shaded Woods -> Defeat Scorpionless Kharja -> Travel to Brighstone -> Defeat the giant Spider -> Link the primordial fire -> Travel to Black Gulch -> Defeat The Rotten -> Link the fourth primordial fire -> Go to drangleic Castle -> Defeat Mirror Knight -> Grab the King's Ring -> Travel afar, to where the Old Dragon lives -> Defeat another dragon while you're at it -> Get the Ancient Myst or whatever it's called -> Go to the Giant's memory -> Defeat the Giant King -> Go to drangleic castle -> Defeat The watchers, then defeat Nasshandra.
That's 16 bosses in total you have to defeat to complete the game, plus having to link all the four primordial bonfires (or farm one million souls), and having to travel to where the Old Dragon lives to receive the ability to get into Giant's memories.
· BEATING BLOODBORNE:
Defeat Cleric Beast -> Defeat Gascoine -> Purchase the Hunter Handkerchief -> Defeat Vicar Amelia -> Travel to Forbidden Woods -> Defeat Shadow of Yarham -> Defeat Rom, the Vacuous -> Defeat The One Reborn -> Travel to Nightmare of Mensis -> Defeat Micolash -> Defeat Mergo -> Talk to Gerhman.
That's EIGHT bosses in total you have to defeat to complete the game. And the only complication is traveling to Byrgenwerth and Nightmare of Mensis, because Gascoine, Cleric Beast and Vicar come almost on the same place while you play.
So, in Bloodborne you not only have to explore less, you also have to defeat way less bosses than in the other games in order to beat the game. Sure, there's a lot of side-content in Bloodborne, like Cainhurst Castle and such, but the main path is just short. So, yeah, Bloodborne is the shortest Souls game there is.
