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Bloodborne was my first (I've since played Demon's Souls, Dark Souls trilogy, Sekiro and now Elden Ring too) and the atmosphere is what drew me in. Sure, the ga

Bloodborne was my first (I've since played Demon's Souls, Dark Souls trilogy, Sekiro and now Elden Ring too) and the atmosphere is what drew me in. Sure, the gameplay and the challenge kept me playing, but the atmosphere is what made it special. Over time, as I started to unravel more and more of the lore and storylines, that's what really got me addicted, but that took time. The gameplay alone wasn't enough, I almost gave up on the game initially, but the atmosphere and visual aesthetic really stuck with me. I've since bought a bunch of the art books on ebay too since I just love the Souls and Bloodborne visual design so much. Now that I'm heavily mentally invested in their games, I am enthralled by their deep yet vague stories, but I'm constantly impressed by the visual creativity and aesthetic sensibilities. That screenshot in the article is incidentally an area I screenshotted myself just yesterday, although mine was more about the shadowy silhouettes of the statues in the foreground (not really shown in the image in the article).

skatanski 5y ago
I can one up this. The obscured story told through items descriptions and vague dialogue feels like a meta game on its own for those who really want to venture in. To me it felt like I was rediscovering games again, reminded me of playing old games like Lands of Lore, Black Crypt or Ultima for the first time, strange sense of wonder. Never thought I’ll get this feeling again after so many years.
- LosWochosWeek 5y ago
  I'll one up you on that one: I kinda enjoy the Souls gameplay (in the most generic "I like winning" way) but it's everything around the gameplay what makes me want to play the games. Then again, I do that for many things. Video games, tabletop games and even non-interactive media like comics, books, mangas. It's probably a faulty switch in my brain, but somehow I enjoy reading about and looking at the art of X (currently and fittingly to this thread, Berserk) more than consuming X.

skatanski 5y ago

I can one up this. The obscured story told through items descriptions and vague dialogue feels like a meta game on its own for those who really want to venture in. To me it felt like I was rediscovering games again, reminded me of playing old games like Lands of Lore, Black Crypt or Ultima for the first time, strange sense of wonder. Never thought I’ll get this feeling again after so many years.

LosWochosWeek 5y ago
I'll one up you on that one: I kinda enjoy the Souls gameplay (in the most generic "I like winning" way) but it's everything around the gameplay what makes me want to play the games. Then again, I do that for many things. Video games, tabletop games and even non-interactive media like comics, books, mangas. It's probably a faulty switch in my brain, but somehow I enjoy reading about and looking at the art of X (currently and fittingly to this thread, Berserk) more than consuming X.