What's the point of this character?

To show you that Mergo died before the events of the game.

Bludd

DUDE
BLOOD
LMAO

DUDE EDGY WE ARE TOTALLY GORE HAHA LMAO

to be a secret boss

>>381333681
I read this and said "Ohhhh!" aloud to myself

>>381333139
Toughest boss in the game, and birthed an old one, didn't she?

To give backstory on Mergo, the Pthumerians and their relationship with the Great Ones, and to reinforce the Arianna-Cainhurst-Pthumeru connection. Lovecraft was obsessed with genealogy and the perceived purity/impurity of bloodlines, it's a recurring theme all over the game.

DUDE
KINO
LMAO

>>381333958
>toughest boss in the game

That's not Loran Darkbeast. Pthumerian Queen is Cleric Beast tier easy.

>>381333958
>Toughest boss in the game, and birthed an old one, didn't she?
>Toughest boss
Nigga what? She was easy as fuck.

>>381333139
Is this Loss

>>381334334
That's disappointing, because Loran Darkbeast isn't hard.

>>381334518

hehe

PC when

Man like how the fuck do people know the details, lore and filler from Bloodborne? The game is vague as fuck at the very least

>>381333139
It's to pander to lorefags. 90% of the playerbase doesn't know or care about the fucking bloody ghost person because the story is virtually nonexistent and what little there is is incohesive and nonsensical.

>>381334787
They read all the item descriptions, visit wikis, and join lore discussions.

Which is really way too much work when they could've just spelled it all out for you by having an actual story.

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to add depth and show you that there's more to the world of the game than just what you had direct contact with

>>381333139
Still mad that the Yharnam stone is useless tho.

>>381334787
t. the oblivious blob

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>>381333958
No but an old one took her baby and artificially extended its life so in turn another old one caught wind of this and by its near presence caused the night of the hunt while it was searching for it

>>381335004
>having the plot and story explained through item descriptions
Literally why

>>381333467
>>381333538
>>381334124
>>381334771
>>381334909
NEVER EVER

>>381333139
what's the point in anything

>>381335004
But the lore is fun because of that, specially with the lovecraftian theme.
If it has an actual story it would have been a snoozefest like every other lovecraftian game ever.

>>381335148
Eldritch autism

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>beat BB three times for all of the endings
>never bothered playing past the third chalice dungeon
Is it worth going back?

>>381335476
No, they're shit.

>>381335148
To create a unique storytelling experience for anyone who cares to pay attention. Dumdums can just play the game and not have to care about the story at all. They get to hit things with sticks and laugh like donkeys.

Other players though get a completely different experience where they can act like sleuths and pay attention to little details to piece together the story and solve the mystery on their own. It's an excellent and really creative storytelling technique, especially when that story is as good as BB's was.

>>381335476
It's a pretty tedious grind if you're obsessed about exploring everything like me.

>>381333139
What's the point in life?

>>381335476
Depends. Root Chalice spelunking is pretty fun since you actually get alot of varied layouts as well as new enemies.

>did a Root Chalice spelunk yesterday cooping
>one room had three Witches of Hemwick spawning Mad Ones, on the other side of the same room was two red spider maidens.

>>381333139
The point is who fucking cares? The lore is fucking retarded.

>>381335476

Good bosses, bad levels.

>>381335861
no, you

>>381335927
Who?

>>381333139
Foreshadowing. To let you know that you are both in the right spot and that the next room is probably where her baby is.

>>381335476
Did you play the DLC? that is certainly worth it

>>381335476

You missed around 1/3 or maybe even a half of the game's content.

>>381335148
I actually like pulling up new items that I've unlocked or found and seeing what they add to the lore. While I would like a more coherent story from the games as well, I do like the way you can "discover" the story.

>>381335148
The story comes through a lot of stuff. As long as a thing is really suggestive and interesting at a level of feeling, through immediate audio/visual appearances or more articulated writing/speech, that's good storytelling you can smear your imagination all over.
You can simply convey a bigger "constellation" of story through words, spoken or written, and BB is 90% written and 10% spoken. Tying them into items is a nice way of adding to the fun of the treasure-hunt. I won't say there's no better way, but it's one of the more enjoyable parts of the games for me.

>>381335476
No. Going through the areas is very tedious and very few of the exclusive bosses are actually good

>>381333139
To try to lure you into wasting a bunch of time grinding through the chalice dungeons. Not fucking worth.

I wish the Chalice Dungeons had more lore significance. I mean does anyone else find the disconnect awkward? Just underneath Yharnam, is an endless labyrinth of weird shit.

>>381335926
>a fucking pig

>>381338161
Chalice have enough lore mate look at the enemies and you understand.
Not every Chalice takes place underneath Yharnam mate.

>>381338161
You should pay attention better, where do you think the loran chalices are happening?

>>381338707
spoonfeed me plz, I never made it to Loran and I don't plan to

>>381333958
The only hard part is enduring the mind-devouring boredom of going through all the chalice dungeon to meet her.

I had the most trouble with bloodletting beast in the game. I haven't played the dlc so I can't judge those bosses

>>381338337
>a octopus man

>>381335476
You could just rush through the trash mobs and to the bosses. In my opinion, I love the chalice dungeons. It gives me unlimited chances to fight bosses.

>>381341016
Tried this on my most recent run and didn't get any of the stupid fucking chalice dungeon materials so I couldn't even create the second dungeon.

>>381334334
>Loran Darkbeast

Had a rough start, but I beat him first try. Cursed Amygdala... Now that's hard.

>>381334334
Defiled doggo is the hardest Tbh

>>381335476
Only if you feel like fighting all of From's failed boss designs that were too shit to put into the base game, so they just offloaded them into the Diablo dungeons for filler content.

>>381333139
To let you know that there's a babby close.

>>381334124
What the fuck does Kino mean?!

>>381333139
I've completed the game multiple times but gasgoines beast stage never fails to get my heart racing. He's fucking relentless.

>>381334124
Are you implying that BB isn't kino?
https://youtube.com/watch?v=8b7Imyr4GC0

>>381333139

Literally no point. Souls games are inconsistent. It's just supposed to make you feel a certain way.

>>381341172
>stand a meter away
>bait his bite attack
>smack him in the face
>repeat
Only way to die to Defiled Dog is to either be retarded or to fail to recognise the little shimmy he does before the 1HK charge, but even then he's still leagues easier than C. Amy and Loran Fuckboy

>>381341145
>Cursed Amygdala... Now that's hard.

repeating pattern: the boss.

Stop being bad at the game?

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>you will never experience Bloodborne for the first time ever again

>>381342237
All of his attacks are one hit kills except his arm sweeps and the acid unless you've been pumping vit like mad, and he has a shitton of healt so it's a war of attrition. You basically can't get hit for 10 minutes or you lose. It's a hard fight.

>>381343234
>you will never experience Ludwig for the first time ever again

>>381343302

Maybe you should try dodging his attacks?

The game has a dedicated iframe button.

>>381340389
Oy vey, this.

Weak bait to justify the inclusion of the lazy rehash dungeons.

Her bossfight is kino

>first time playing Bloodborne
>get to amygdala
>kills me like 15 times
>second playthrough
>amygdala still kills me a couple of times while I beat all other bosses like 2 or 3 tries
>Fight cursed Amy and beat him first try
>Third playthrough beat Amy in my second try
>Fourthl playthrough starts killing me again

I dunno. Third phase always gets me. But on the attempt I actually beat him I do it without much effort

>>381338161
They're literally where it all started. They're where Byrgenwerth discovered the eldritch truth.

I don't know how chalices work. I put one in every tomb (but the first one, which is online only) and got to the end of all of them, the best reward i got was one rare gem (and the trophie for it). What else there is?

>>381346743
That's it really. I only played the dungeons for the trophy

>>381333139
How many people have actually fought her? I never see people talk about her at all.

>>381345494
Phase 3 is the easiest part. Just stand by the tip of his tail and he'll do the jump attack turning 180 degrees. Start a charged R2 when he jumps, whack him in the head and then run under his legs and back to the tail.

>>381346743
The tombstones in the Hunter's Dream are misleading. There are 10 fixed dungeons and infinite root dungeons, so you have to re-use the tombstones eventually.
If you have the Yharnam Stone then you've done all the mandatory dungeons.
Then if you want endless dungeons with ridiculous challenge and super autism gems, make Root Ihyll/Root Lower Loran/Root Isz dungeons with all 3 difficulty mods (Foetid, Rotting, Cursed) enabled.

>>381346743
It's actually pretty simple, the chalice speedrun is:

>Pthumerian Labyrinth
>Central Pthumeru
>Lower Pthumeru
>Ailing Loran
>Cursed Pthumerian Defilement
>Pthumeru Ihyll

You need materials to make chalices, and the materials to make Cursed are in Loran, you can remake chalices for free by searching for their glyphs, re-run them and gather necessary materials each time if needs be. You will also need to have collected materials in the story from chests and boss drops. You should be picking up everything normally, the game gives you enough. After completing certain chalices, you can also buy some materials, going into NG+ makes every single material available for purchase, I believe.

Depth 5 dungeons (depth is difficulty, 5 is hardest) give better gems but cursed dungeons give the best, at the price of a random curse. The goal of the chalices is to get all the root chalices to be able to explore the truly randomized dungeons to get top tier gems, variations of weapons and runes.

Pthumeru Ihyll is the end of the 'story chalices', Hintertombs (which you find in Central I think), Lower Loran and Great Isz are all entirely optional.

>>381333848
holy fuck summer fag please leave

>>381347718
>at the price of a random curse
Wait what. I thought it only destroyed your vit

>>381348080
they're talking about the gems.

>>381347421
I beat her and helped my friend kick her ass. Very good fight.

>>381341145
>>381343302
>Cursed Amygdala
Is unironically the easiest boss in the game. If you stand under it, it can never hit you. Even the jumping attack can't hit you for some reason.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV8TWOzphJM

>>381333958
You mean easiest, right? No idea why she was at the end of the chalice dungeons

>>381348234
No fucking way. I refuse to believe that I fought the same boss. I remember his jumping attack tracking better and having a way bigger hit zone.

>>381348080
Did you make it to Pthumeru Ihyll?

Cursed gems come from Cursed Pthumeru and random FRC dungeons, they offer the best numbers, but come with a curse, the worst is ATKdown, the best ATK down vs beast/kin, there's also HP drain (second worst), stamina usage up and durability down.

And yeah, while you're in cursed dungeons, your HP gets cut in half.

>>381348234
Without abusing some cheap ass strategy he was the hardest boss in the game to me

>>381348954

You're just bad at souls.

I'm not...most people aren't, but this game was marketed to casual gamers. I understand why you're bad at it and you shouldn't try to think everyone is as bad as you are.

>>381348954
The jumping attack can never hit you if you stand under the tip of his lobster tail, he just puts his head straight in your weapon's path.
Pretty hard legit fight though.

>>381348954
It's intentionally designed to try and catch people when they roll from it. If you're right between his legs and stand still you're fine, but if you move after or at too far back and closer to his head gg no re

>>381348954
>>381349079
It got patched to be easier, specifically the jump attack was nerfed

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>>381335150

>>381346743
There's a weapon that can only be found in chalice dungeons, and IIRC some armor as well (I might be wrong on that one).

>>381348954
dude how are you losing to the amygdala

>>381335150
Beat the game and sold it. Pretty overrated

>tfw never fought Queen Yharnam because chalice dungeons are boring as all fuck and not worth the effort

am I missing anything important?

>>381333139
Bloodborne is for cucks. Do you really want to be a cuck, OP? Play a good game.

>>381335476

Literally me. I tried doing them each time too, but they are fucking atrocious.

>tfw will never get to fight yahrnam

>>381349706

He's just some guy that saw a cool advertisement on TV and bought the game. It's the same people that complain about there not being healing items and try to farm for vials.

>>381343328
I wasn't even mad that he killed me 12 times it was such a fun fight

>>381349673
>(I might be wrong on that one).
Haven't seen the bone ash armor set anywhere else at least

>>381345494

>first time fighting a boss
>beat it on first try
>fight boss on second playthrough
>die 15 times

Alternatively:
>fight boss for the first time
>get him to a sliver of health left
>die
>get brutalized on the first phase on the next 10 attempts

>>381333139
Whats the point in this post?

>>381341298
Cinema/movie theatre in german. Just stupid meme-speak. Ignore such posts

>>381338808
they're in the ailing land of Loran, which is an older civilization that discovered the blood of the great ones and used it. lower loran chalice says that 'there are remains of medical equipment found in there, but whether these are attempts to control the outbreak, or the source of it, are unknown'

basically loran discovered the old blood and its healing properties and developed blood ministration long before byrgenwerth and the healing church did, and now everyone in loran is a beast and their entire civilization has collapsed
"some have made the dreaded postulation that yharnam might be next"

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>>381334334
that's a funny way to spell pthumerian descendant

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>>381343328
>"Ahh, you were at my side, all along..."
>Music building up in the background
>"My true mentor, my guiding moonlight"
>Cutscene ends
>Phase 2 begins and the orchestra starts

I just found my max leve character, I thought I had lost that USB. Good shit.

>>381333467
SMOKE THE BLOOD DUDE

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>>381350731

Why do people get so excited over this?

It's like you people get some weird nostalgic satisfaction over something you don't even understand.

"moonlight GS reference" OMG MUH NOSTALGIA!

>>381335025
Activates your trophy and my almonds

>>381350381
Thank you.

>>381350993
Being a fan of all the KF and Souls games since KF1(US) I definitely had a nostalgia erection, and I actually feel kinda bad for people like you who don't get it

>>381350731
do any of you people even play king's field or have played king's field.
I fucking hate DS fans and From now, I used to love playing A.C.E., AC, and King's field but now it's all Soulslike garbage

>>381350993
It's not even nostalgia, it's just a good scene - you're still excited from the phase 1 fight and it's the swelling of music and the completely out of nowhere normal human dialogue from him that makes the scene what it is. Moonlight GS sure, it's always fun to find where it is in the game, and it's also a really cool introduction of it.

>>381350993
>Why do people get so excited over this?
Because the boss with one of the best designs in the franchise who is extremely important to the story wakes up halfway through the fight because his sword communes with him, and the scene itself is very dramatic and well done.

>>381350993
Really well-made cutscene. The dialogue did nothing for me either, but the last still in the scene, where he holds up hid blade to cover up the deformed beast-half of his face to seem a little human one last time was fantastic.

>>381351379
ok grandpa, its great that you like old thing, but why are you posting in a thread for new thing if you don't like old thing?

>>381351359
>>381351404
>>381351421

So you guys got excited for yet another boss that kills you in one hit and is incredibly easy once you learn his pattern?

This game is too predictable. And there is absolutely nothing to be nostalgic over. Literally family guy tier referencing.

I am still blown away how a game advertised as hardcore attracted the most dudebro casuals in existence.

>>381350387
So the never ever sequal should take place in Loran then right?

>>381351584
don't like new thing*

>>381350545
>Pthumerian Descendant

That's a funny way to spell H M P H

>>381351658
i never considered this before, but that'd be pretty rad

>>381351639
>kills you in one hit
ludwig cant even one shot you at base vit unless you start as noble scion, and even then i don't even know if it can

>>381351639
So the game's not for you. There's nothing to be blown away by. It happens. Many of us liked it.

>>381351639
Most pretentious post I've read today

>>381351639
Well you're a pissy little bitch, huh. Some people like a series and enjoy references, get over it

>go on my ps4
>check bloodborne trophies
>look at how many people completed the game
>27% or so
>look up how many people own the game
>2.5million
>that means that there's only around 600,000 actual fans of bloodborne
>there are people who think that bloodborne is the greatest game of all time
>but only 600,000 people have played the greatest game of all time to completion(only the base game and not dlc)

>>381351878

Well most people can beat the game more than once and by the time the DLC came out they were well beyond struggling with cleric beast.

>>381351889

I didn't dislike the game. I dislike how 70 IQ seems to be the running standard.

>>381351639
>And there is absolutely nothing to be nostalgic over. Literally family guy tier referencing
King's Field was one of the first games I got on PS1 back when I was 7 or 8, I'll take any references I can get man

>>381352091
Holy shit he keeps going, is your fedora on too tight?

>>381333467

S I C K D A R K
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>>381351927
>>381351943

Oh shut the fuck up you whining bitches.

Read a book, maybe the lore wont make you feel intelligent anymore.

>>381352091
Oh, in that case, take your holier-than-thou attitude and piss off.

>>381351639
>kills you in one hit
I've never been one-shotted by any boss in the series.

>>381352225
You must be a hit at parties

>>381352091
and?
keep in mind that bloodborne was never advertised as le hardcore difficult true gamers game
that started with dark souls' dlc and ended with dark souls 3, because bamco are a bunch of faggot hacks

>>381352250

Try beating the game once. Something happens.

>>381352242

My attitude is literally that of someone who is average. You guys are just cockroaches and as such will not go away. Most people aren't bad at games.

"Hey dude wanna help me farm vials?"


"Gasciogne gives me goosebumps brah hes so intense"

>>381352519
>Try beating the game once
I've got the platinum trophy.

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>>381352585

>Platinum trophy means skill

>>381352010
Seems like decent number

Dark Souls 1 on pc one of the ending cheevos is 11.8%.

>>381352519
>My attitude is literally that of someone who is average. You guys are just cockroaches
Christ you're an insufferable cunt.

>>381352519
Your mindset might be that of an average person, your attitude is that of a grade A asshole.
Tastes vary, some people play games especially for the cheese. Get over yourself.
>>381352585
In 10 days?

>>381352721
Nobody said that. In fact, your post implying I suck at the game hinders your point. If I'm bad at the game and have never been one-shotted by a boss, your argument shits the bed.

>>381352337
>be bloodborne fan
>see people playing video games at a party
>"hey uh guys I see that game you're playing there, has some pretty interesting lore behind it but uhh nothing compared to bloodborne might be fun but I think bloodborne's superior lore makes it more enjoyable"
>they give me a stare and I walk away tipping my fedora
>read out of the Call of Cthulhu's player handbook only in the monster section though because I didn't want to bring my monster manual or else it might drive people insane to my mind of fortitude
>girl comes up to me and asks if I've ever played it myself
>"Only online with my bloodborne centered campaigns"
>She asks me if I even read lovecraft
>"Yeah I've read bloodborne lore"
>She walks away
>Proceed home because my intelligence is too great for the others.

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>>381352837

Well. Good Job?

You're not bad at the game. Congratz on getting your platinum trophy.

Try not to trip over your ego. I am however still 99.67% positive you are bad at the game despite being contrary.

>>381353206
>I am however still 99.67% positive you are bad at the game despite being contrary.
The argument was never about me being good or bad at the game.

>>381335148
>>381335004

It helps bui&d the lore fan community through discussion

>>381353275

It is now. You felt the need to defend it with your trophy. You have nobody to blame but yourself for this conversation.

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>>381352916
>be you
>see people enjoying something
>"that won't do"
>do my best to suck the fun out of it
>end up looking like an asshole
>"why won't they listen"

>>381335004
>>381335148
the "storytelling" is perfect for these games, it contributes a lot to the atmosphere

>>381353419
>You felt the need to defend it with your trophy
I was told to beat the game once, the platinum trophy requires you to beat it three times.

>>381353467

Or just save state before you eat the cords and get all three trophies on normal game. Getting platinum is pretty unspectacular my dude.

>>381353765
Even if you did that, it requires you to beat the game once, which was what I was told to do.

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>>381351404
>no human Ludwig holding his sword doing that half-face pose on the artbook

MIYAZAAAAAKIII

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>>381353858

You beat the game once? Awesome my dude.


pic related.

>>381354089
>You beat the game once?
Three times, actually.

>>381351639
wew lad

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I love Bloodborne, but I really think they dropped the ball on the Yharnam boss fight. Not that it wasn't a great fight (because it definitely was, easy or not it was very cool), but you get nothing for winning. Would have been nice to get access to some blood magic or something.

>>381354128

I believe you my dude.

>>381354128
Try 11 my nigga

>>381354420
Why?

>>381335132
I'm confused. Who took it and caused noght of the hunt?

>>381354420

There's no trophies for that tho brah. I had to play inquisition.

I've been playing vidya for 25 years, my first game was Zelda 2. In all honesty I think Bloodborne may be my actual favorite game of all time, and I unironically think it's as close to a flawless game as vidya can get. I really can't think of any negative the game has, and even my other favorites have a litany of problems.

The one and only issue I have with Bloodborne is it's not on PC because I'd love to play it at 4k/144 fps. Other than that, the game itself is just fucking brilliant in every way and I feel sorry for everyone who can't play it or can't enjoy it.

>>381350993
I got chills when I first played it simply because of the amazing music.

>>381352010
There are actually people on /v/ who haven't platinumed it, if you can believe it.

>>381355135
Honesetly having played DaS1 and 2 on PC, I'm glad its not. The community is full of cheaters and I don't want to see that happen to BB.

>>381354494
>>381354661
Different builds and level caps

>>381355413
Well I've never personally cared much about the PvP elements on Soulsborne, though BB is the only one I've enjoyed invasions or fight clubs. Cauliflower-mode with the parasite and HMGS is so much fucking fun.

>>381355542
I'm already at the level cap.

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>>381343328
>mfw I never played the DLC so I could

LOL :P

>>381334334
Orphan of Kos (or some say Kosm) is the only difficult boss in the entire game.

>>381355604
For PVP metas too

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>>381335132
>another old one caught wind of this and by its near presence caused the night of the hunt while it was searching for it

God damn. Do you ever see the second old one in pursuit?

>>381352727
Steam achievements were added like a few years after DaS was released on steam. I've beaten the game multiple times and probably don't have that achievement.

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somebody posted this a while back but can anybody tell which chalice dungeon this is?

>>381356118
I think this is the swamp part in Ailing Loran.

>>381356219
correct me if I'm wrong but isn't there more than one ailing loran dungeon?

>>381356118
The swamp actually makes me think FRC Hintertomb.

Its either FRC Loran or FRC Hintertomb.

>>381356834
Everything's yellow and gold, it's FRC Loran.

>>381333139
the cursed mother of god
like in RG veda, or insidious
the spirit of the old roman mother queens manipulating their kids to have power

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>>381351492
>>381350731
>Entire cutscene focuses on the human side of his face
>Name changes from Accursed to Holy Blade
>Orchestra and choir intensifies so much it's almost too loud

>Scripted stagger and visceral attack at the end

He's so handsome. Even if you skip the cutscene, I like to believe Ludwig is scripted to time his explosion aoe when the music kicks in. He's done this a good number of times for me

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What's the online only tomb for? I don't have PS+, so i can't try it.