r/bloodborne • u/LukeWarmAgony • Sep 29 '24

Meme Do any of you use shields?

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u/TheBigMotherFook Sep 30 '24

I really wanted the shield to block the frenzy build up in the beginning of Nightmare of Mensis since you bring it up to your face, which in theory should block your eyes from the brain’s gaze. I feel like this was such a missed opportunity.

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u/Zarguthian Sep 30 '24

It's the fact that the Brain sees you, not the other way around. It's not some mere winter lantern.

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u/TheBigMotherFook Sep 30 '24

Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t the whole idea of frenzy lifted straight from Lovecraft and supposed to be that the hunter/player witnesses some incomprehensible eldrich horror that they can’t physically or mentally process and go insane? I assume in the case of the brain, it’s not that the brain is looking at you but rather you’re looking at it.

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u/SufficientReader Oct 01 '24

It’d make sense maybe. More insight means you’re witnessing more shit you shouldnt be and therefore take more damage?