It's been busy this week, with leaks and annoucements applenty. With any luck, this is foreshadowing quite the busy E3. If you missed some annoucements, analysis, or just cool things this week, here's a summary of some the nifty things I managed to dredge up.
It's been uncharacteristically busy in the gaming world for a summer Friday. Decided I'd take this opportunity, as well as some inspiration from Patrick K. over at Kotaku, to round up some of my favorite stories and videos from the past week that managed to catch my eye. Granted, a lot of these are playing towards my own personal interests and fandoms, but you might find a thing or two in here that catches your eye or sends you down a rabbit hole for the day, so have a look.
Bloodborne's story explained
For me, there are two names when it comes to taking a magnifying glass to the Souls series. Marcus, a.k.a. Epic Name Bro, managed to garner quite an audience with the U.S. release of Dark Souls, and has managed to turn his youtube career into helping contribute to the official guides for the series. His Let's Play series has just recently wrapped up, so he's now doing some challenge runs that are worth a look.
Vaatividya is a bit of a newcomer to the scene by comparison, but he's manage to put out some phenomenal series looking at individual characters and overall plot analysis. His most recent video is one of the best culminations of conjecture and fact-finding I've seen when it comes to Bloodborne's twisted tale. If you ever wanted some light shed on the dark activities of Yharnam, or just want to see how crazy a typical FROM SOFTWARE story can get, this is the video to start with.
While lacking the typical "Souls" moniker found in its predecessors, make no mistake: Bloodborne still retains the particular oppressive atmosphere and difficulty found in previous titles. Seemingly small system changes and a particular Gothic-Victorian styling do much to make this outing stand apart from its brethren while still retaining the particulars, such as gripping combat and a mysterious story. Fans of the series should be very pleased with what they find here, proving to be a successful shake-up of previous swords and sorcery styled entries. Once again however, this is a tough sell to those who aren't already well acquainted with the series.
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