You're still early to upgrade you're weapon past +1. Kill the first boss if you haven't and head into the sewers until you find the elevator by the bridge. that leads right to the 2nd boss and the shortcut is the elevator by the 2 brick trolls where the 2nd lamp checkpoint is.

I still don't, not after the reviews for Infamous: Second Son, Driveclub and The Order: 1886.

I'm liking this game, but its not as good as Infamous: Second Son or Driveclub, both of which got lower metacritic scores.

I disagree, while I can't comment on The Order as I didn't play it, Infamous was a good game but nothing worthy of a 90+ and Driveclub definitly deserve its score. When it got out the game was plague with problems and was lacking in content, the graphics were amazing and now with all the updates I would say it probably deserve around 80.

I can tell that bloodborne is deserving of its high praise, once you get the hang of it, there is something special about playing this game.

9.5/10

http://gamingbolt.com/bloodborne-review-face-your-fears

Another Perfect Score, 100/100.

''There is a story to Bloodborne, but it is one that you discover. Something has happened to this world, turned it all into this religious caricature, turned pastor to evil boss, wolf to werewolf and done so many other things. But the narrative doesn’t overpower; it’s told in a great many easy ways — a super-short cutscene here, a tight conversation there — that it never interrupts gameplay. Instead, it lurks, there for you to discover it if you so choose and if it so happens.

The tale is deep yet unintrusive, like so much of Bloodborne, and the online components follow suit. There’s a deep and rich online tapestry here, beginning with the notes that fellow gamers leave you to help you along your way, super-short notes that can assist (or, alternately, hurt) your adventuring, and culminating in cooperative play, which can help both gamers gain Insight, a key characteristic to level up.

But you can easily play through this game without touching that online component; this is, at its heart, a single-player-driven RPG.

And at its heart, it remains bitterly difficult yet tremendously satisfying, moreso than any game you can remember. Years ago, Demon Souls and Dark Souls ushered in what seemed like such a niche genre, this hyper-challenging game with no handholding, but Bloodborne simultaneously elevates that genre to art form and transports it into the mainstream.

It’s the perfect marriage, blending mechanics that seem easy to learn with gameplay and challenge that demands mastery and ingenuity. It’s a creative and technical masterpiece, rife with ability and potency.

And it’s a game that demands to be played.''

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/video-game-review-bloodborne-article-1.2163017

GOTY Contender

I got to play the game last night (finally) and I managed to clear the first area with one death (not counting the obligatory death).  Bloodborne might be faster paced but patience is still key to survival

I get this game tomorrow (Fingers crossed. Got to check my bank card first) and I've watched dozens of youtube videos of that first area. I wish I had a £1 for every time the commentator mentioned how much easier it felt than Dark Souls and then promptly died several times (in an easy beginners area LOL).

I honestly believe that FROM have done that on purpous to attract people who might otherwise consider it too hard.

Oh, and:

5/5

http://www.digitallydownloaded.net/2015/03/review-bloodborne-sony-playstation-4.html

It wasn't an obligatory death. You could have went to the dream world through the lamp.

ahh... the more you know™