I played for a few hours last night, much to my detriment (I went to sleep way later than I usually do on a work night!).
I had a blast, and adjusting to the Bloodborne way of combat wasn't as hard as I thought it would be.
The first area was challenging, and I died quite a few times, but I was able to fortify my weapon twice before facing the Cleric Beast. I was expecting an insane fight being as how I couldn't level, but I defeated him first try, with over 13,000 Blood Echoes on the line. The combination of Oil Urn and Molotovs worked very well, although I only had two Oil Urns, which I used to bookend the battle, throwing all but 2 Molotovs in between evading attacks, and melee striking him when the opportunity presented itself.
I was able to level up about 10 times after that. I went from level 10-20. Lol.
Now I'm on my way to work (late), and all I can think about is getting home and planning my next foray into Yarnham.