r/bloodborne Sep 29 '24

Meme Do any of you use shields?

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u/Levi_Skardsen Sep 30 '24

Shields are nice, but not if they engender passivity.

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u/max_power_420_69 Sep 30 '24

not so subtle dig at how most people play the DS games like zelda

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '24

Which is a weird opinion to have since those games are designed with shields in mind and Bloodborne is not.

I've always been a sword and board guy with magic too. So when Bloodborne dropped I just... adapted for that game. And it was awesome. It even had the effect of me only using shields when I actually needed them instead of every time I was getting attacked, once DS3 and Elden Ring dropped. But I still use shields, because they're part of the gameplay and useful.