Please keep plot/lore discussion of the other games (Demon's Souls through Elden Ring) to a minimum, and use spoiler tags if you must discuss their story content (OTOH, mechanical/system/difficulty etc comparisons with those games are A-OK and encouraged).
Spoiler tagging for Bloodborne storyline content is appreciated, for the sake of curious onlookers, but not required - this thread is an all-purpose gameplay and lore discussion intended for those who've cleared at least one loop. In other words, window-shoppers beware! And grab a copy of BB - it's a killer game.
If you like backslashing quickstep action ala Shinobi and ZOE2, do give it a go! If you dig pitch-black horror fantasy with a heavy cosmic bent, and expertly open-ended narrative, likewise. Lovely game on both counts - get BOTH for MAX MULTIPLIER 
A nightmarish discovery: max loop uber-levelled BB is mahfuckin addictive
Enemies technically stop scaling past Loop 8, but with them hitting hard enough to kill in two or three good blows, and LVLUPs costing a cool 1.5mil+ eggos a pop, it's surprisingly competitive-feeling. I fired up me ol' Dr. Biruford save from last summer, expecting to goof around a little before getting bored, but soon I was back to the hell! You hit really goddamn hard too, of course (assuming you've Chaliced up some nice gems).Where do you think you're goin?!
A killer glass cannon toybox - like a 3D SOTN with the vital addition of deadly risk, for those who seek it. It really hit me this time around, this is pretty much my GTA. Used to spend hours chilling out watching friends play San Andreas, but try as I might, I could never get anything out of it myself. This is roughly the same concept - a world of comically violent possibilities! - tied to meat n' potatoes HARDCORE KILLING ala Shinobi.
Been using tools more this time around, first out of curiosity, gradually more out of genuine purpose. I'd pretty much ignored Blue Elixir previously, assuming it was more of a pacifistic stealth item. BB is not a game I play to stand still! Turns out, it's actually really handy for aggressive, even borderline-suicidal rucks. While enemies can technically "see" a moving player, you'll still benefit from a much smaller radar profile, freeing up vital split-seconds to keep your back un-stabbed.
Been fooling about with the Shaman Bone Blade, too. Quite a pain in the ass that you can only carry three >_< but it can create some amusing, albeit short-lived infights. Besides the effect itself lasting about ~15secs, enemies will actively target their afflicted comrade, so it takes some creativity to really cause carnage.
Still, good fun forcing the Failures to crack down on Failed Failures!
Moral of the story: MARVIN MUST DIE
(if you go straight into Nightmare on a new file, you'll likely face Euroshmuppy enemy HP; not impossible, but not fun). This thread's subtitle was made advisedly; between the tight stage design, addictively intense action, and enormous arsenal and range of playstyles, it really is a splendidly replayable affair.
) the release, instead of Big Value Software Co, that is cool too. 
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. Really missing the dedicated jump, and the possibility of making a babe in character creation! Ah, the little things.
After some 1000hrs in Dark Souls, and ~150 in Dark Souls II, it really hit me how tricky it is to discuss these games in isolation, as a latecomer. Looked up element data for a DS1 sword, was treated to a slate of unsolicited Bloodborne DLC spoilers. 
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), you'll find yourself Euroshumped, with enemies eating five+ V-ATKs. I dig low-HP glass cannon runs, but I can't stand that nerfy shit. I clap 'em square on the button I wanna see 'em eat floor, naw mean 
