Icyflamez96
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Pretty sure that's the main factor at work there tbh
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Pretty sure that's the main factor at work there tbh
Universal acclaim!!
Still waiting on my Polygon review.
Non English review (French)
18/20
http://www.jeuxvideo.com/test/420648/bloodborne-ne-dans-le-sang-mort-dans-le-sang.htm
18/20
http://www.jeuxvideo.com/test/420648/bloodborne-ne-dans-le-sang-mort-dans-le-sang.htm
that was amazing. Subscribed
With blood borne and a World Cup victory it could be the best month of the year mate
.Yeah, you automatically get vials and quicksilver bullets from storage upon dying without having to manually retrieve them. I guess the reviewer just missed that.
Even if it was almost literally a reskin of Dark Souls, it would be the first on the current gen consoles and the first for 3.5 years. I think that would almost deserve high review scores - it isn't a yearly release milking a franchise.
Dreams-Visions
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So the sum total here is the the game delivered in every meaningful metric except framerate? Sounds like a reasonable sacrifice to make to experience the glory.
Grats on one of the first big winners of the generation.
Grats on one of the first big winners of the generation.
Inkvoterad
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Is that the guy who screams alot and always has a leather jacket? Saw a video of him with playing the tutorial of Dark Souls and 80 percent of the video was him running around the tutorial boss pretending (or just being really fucking blind) to not see the door he focused his camera on and ran past tons of times. All while going "OIAAHAUAAMAAAN WHAT AA HAARD GAMEE WOHAAAA".
Not trusting that guy with my life.
I doubt that will be less than 7.5. And even 7.5 score will be enough for "Universal acclaim" label.
Chaos2Frozen
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Angry Joe can do shooters, he can do strategy games, he can even do western RPG, but this is definitely not his forte.
But isn't McWhertor reviewing? He's a big Souls fan so I think it's going to be above 8.5 for sure.
Yes. I'm also expecting a very positive review from Polygon this time.
Cyborg
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Klart
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No way? It's still at 93...
The game doesn't have to have all "positive" reviews to get the universal acclaim label.
Before it was known, I assumed it would be Phil Kollar of Polygon reviewing the game, he's a huge Souls fan. I asked him on Twitter a few weeks ago and he said it would be Michael McWhertor who is an even BIGGER Souls fan than he is.
I'd expect a very positive score.
ninjablade
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stop playing and wait for the patch
StoppedInTracks
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Fantastic reviews for a fantastic game. I wish Sony spend all the The Order marketing dollars on this title instead. The Order deserves 0 sales, Bloodborne deserves 10M copies sold.
I never doubted From Software.
I never doubted From Software.
I think they each deserve 5 million! Okay, maybe 3 to 7, Bloodborne.
No way it will go under the 90, if they're lucky the game will stay at 93 but there are lots of 90s dumbing it down bit by bit.
Coulomb_Barrier
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No Edge or Polygon reviews?
The nu.nl review is credited to gamer.nl.
Psycho_Mantis
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Acquiescence
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For a game sitting pretty at 93, it sure doesn't have a whole lot of perfect scores.
Why does it need to have a lot of perfect scores?
Acquiescence
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It doesn't, it was just a completely irrelevant, trivial observation on my part. Usually when a game is rated that highly, there are a surplus of 100s contributing to the overall score, but Bloodborne only has six of those.
Edge is going to give 10/10, that was obvious from their 40 hours preview.
Somnium986
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Sry lol it's late.
Wrong thread man. Please get any spoilers out of here.
I'm a European peasant and will get the game today.
tattooed_dwarf
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Thirst for Polygon review is real.
How's the story so far for people who have already played it?
How's the story so far for people who have already played it?
autoduelist
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Eh, if you don't know you're supposed to escape that fight, it can be alarming. I didn't see that door at first either, because I was focused on the boss. I'm sure I ran by it several times before noticing it.
Then again, I'd already plat'd Demon's so I wasn't exactly freaking out, and I went on to plat Dark. But the point is, if someone thinks they need to kill that boss, their mind might gloss over stuff like escapes, since that's an atypical solution in modern gaming.
Not defending the specific guy in question, I have no idea who is is. Just pointing out it's easy to miss stuff like that.
Fox_Mulder
Rockefellers. Skull and Bones. Microsoft. Al Qaeda. A Cabal of Bankers. The melting point of steel. What do these things have in common? Wake up sheeple, the landfill wasn't even REAL!
My prediction: polygon is waiting that all the other reviews are out in order to calculate a score that would less the metacritic score 
Review in progress at polygon was of very high praise. I predict 9/10.
HairyMonster
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Game deserves the scores, Last night I got upto and a little further than beating gascoigne before I called it a night. One of the very few games I've played recently that's got me itching to play some more.
I was only supposed to play about an hour yesterday lol but ended up doing 5, which tells the story itself.
It might not be for everyone but I'm convinced with souls games you need to give them a chance and grind through the first 5-6 hours (for new comers) until it clicks with you.
I remember buying DS1 on PS3, played half an hour attacked a NPC who then kept killing me. Thought fuck this and gave up a didn't play it again for about 3 years lol. By then DS2 came out which was a bit more user friendly and I put the effort in to grind through the first few hours and it justs clicked with me after taking down the 2/3rd boss. After that I went back to DS and absolutely loved it.
I was only supposed to play about an hour yesterday lol but ended up doing 5, which tells the story itself.
It might not be for everyone but I'm convinced with souls games you need to give them a chance and grind through the first 5-6 hours (for new comers) until it clicks with you.
I remember buying DS1 on PS3, played half an hour attacked a NPC who then kept killing me. Thought fuck this and gave up a didn't play it again for about 3 years lol. By then DS2 came out which was a bit more user friendly and I put the effort in to grind through the first few hours and it justs clicked with me after taking down the 2/3rd boss. After that I went back to DS and absolutely loved it.
MajinSweet4
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Eh, I'll be the first to say that Souls isn't for everyone, but I think as far as the tutorials go, they make it fairly obvious what you're supposed to do. In DkS1s case, the fact that all you have is a broken sword that does pitiful damage should be enough of a clue that you need to do something other than fighting. On top of that their is message on the ground that flat out tells you to run away.
I feel you. I learned the hard way to roll into barrels instead of attacking them. Funny enough, in bloodborne I rolled through a ton of barrels and ended up falling in a hole in the roof
Oh yeah, didn't think of checking eb. Hmm really, really tempting.
Cave Johnson
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I'm surprised it got the scores it got considering the frame pacing and loading issues. A great game it may be but these are some of my pet peeves when it comes to console gaming. I hate it when my enjoyment is hampered by technical issues. I wish more reviews are more punishing when it comes to this particular standard.
I think I prefer Sony to keep it modest and realistic with the marketing and overall budget. As long as the Souls keep making a healthy and profitable 1-3 million sales, we soulsheads should be pretty safe. Dip below 1m and the series could disappear, make completely ridiculous numbers and the temptation to dumb it down to Oblivion will be a thing. Which would also kill the series, in a different way.
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