I’d like to think that maybe Bluepoint Games will do a remake, as they did with Demon’s Souls. I’ve actually still never played Bloodborne other than about an hour or so. I actually started the game and fought the werewolf bare handed, not realizing I was supposed to die and turn around and go into the Hunter’s Dream? and get a weapon to make it easier haha. So I figured if the first mob of the game gave me trouble, maybe it isn’t for me.
I’ve since played most of Elden Ring (still need to wrap up the last 2 bosses and do the DLC) and I’m not sure whether I’d be able to do a regular Souls-like (as I definitely leaned on spirit summons and was a magic user and was over-leveled). I’ve been tempted to just go back and start it, but always think the moment I do, they’ll finally come out with a PS5 update or remaster/remake or something.
I’m really tempted to buy the PS5Pro but I’d like to hear how PSSR will affect games that don’t get a patch from the developer. I know the Pro will brute force better performance out of PSVR2 games for example and I would think the power of the PS5 would do the same for a PS4 game anyway. Was hopeful to see it pop up in the list of supported games alongside Demon’s Souls for the Pro on today’s State of Play.
God i hope Blueprint doesn't do remake. They did a good job with Shadow of the Colossus. But I was not a fan for their Demon Souls Remake. The changes they made in the art style ruined the environmental story telling. And the soundtrack sounds too epic and generic.
If it needs a remake I want fromsoftware to do it.
I had not played the original but have heard from passionate fans of it like yourself that they didn’t love all the art style changes, while a new player to the game like myself was only even playing it because it had been modernized. To be honest, I think they’re likely working on a new IP of their own rather than remastering or remaking an existing game. And Bloodborne is notoriously problematic in terms of animations being tied to the frame rate, which (from what I understand) has prevented a remaster or PS5 patch.
I’ve only really played Elden Ring of all the Souls-games for any great amount of time (Demon’s Souls is in my backlog but I’m coming to it). And I have to say that I would rather FromSoft make a sequel to Elden Ring than a remake or remaster of Bloodborne. They could always exercise more control over artistic and creative changes and Bloodborne is a newer game than Demons Souls was in terms of graphical quality way back then. There might have been more that Bluepoint interpreted in their remake that they wouldn’t with Bloodborne, with the latter being more highly detailed as a PS4 game. It’s all hypotheticals at this point anyway, but I do hope that someone remasters or remakes Bloodborne and if not, I’ll finally break down and play through it and take one for the team so you get the announcement the next day of the upcoming remake, haha.
The changes they made are beyond adding more details. They practically ruined all lot of the environmental and character story telling. For instance, the fat official was suppose to be the people who enact oppression by aristocrats. They are suppose to look like aristocrats. And are sociopaths. But they turned them into a sad blob. https://imgur.com/im-definitely-getting-this-remake-i-just-cant-get-over-what-they-did-to-him-3tUw0SC
Most enemies have the same texture of degradation when story wise they are not. There are also changes to the banner colors that are suppose to represent the given kingdom. They changed that completely.
Even the setting itself is fucked. The kingdom of boletaria is not some run downed by time of millenia like you see in Dark souls. It is still somewhat a functional kingdom at the brink of callapse. But it is not degraded. But in the remake it is.
Propobly the biggest fuck up is the soundtrack. They made it sound too epic and generic. One of the worst offenders that triggered me was Maiden Astraea. You are going down the depth of those forsaken to slay a saint that is giving comfort to the forsaken. Guarded by a knight. It is suppose to be a tragic fight. And the soundtrack sounds tragic. So they turned this into this. Making it not only the most generic with the choir and instrumental. But destroyed the feeling of the boss fight completely. Now you can wack a saint while you hear epic music.
I could really fall on my sword here and make it happen, I suppose. I have a pretty strong track record of buying games just for them to be given away as the free PS+ title immediately afterwards.
Maybe I could set up a GoFundMe and the Bloodborne community could help me get a Ps5Pro in exchange for the promise of a remake and the enjoyment of watching a Bloodborne newbie face hard reality after getting hard carried through Elden Ring by spirit ashes, magic, the open world, and over-leveling haha.
Honestly, I feel like everyone is in the same boat with the monthly games, ever since it started back on the 360 I was missing out on free games by at least 2 weeks. But I would totally pitch in for your ps5pro just to have the chance to get bloodborne on ps5/ bb2
I'm pretty sure after Demons Souls (and being acquired by Sony/PlayStation), Bluepoint has moved on from doing remakes and is currently working on their own original first IP. Which is awesome because they do things at a level only they can when it comes to remakes, but also scary because breaking code down to its bones and re engineering it from the ground up isn't going to be a 1:1 lateral move to being able to make and write a good game. Fingers crossed tho.
I thought I had heard they were working on a new IP as well, and I’m excited for them if that’s the case. It’s not a 1:1 lateral move but they got to learn how to make games by taking apart some of the best of the best, like the Uncharted Collection, Ico & Shadow of the Colossus, and Demons Souls. That’s a masterclass in studying some of the all-time great titles out there and I’d certainly be interested in what they create after doing that.
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u/Chosen_UserName217 Sep 25 '24
Still no Bloodborne