Bloodborne Previews, Gameplay Footage, Tidbits

We have rounded up a few recent previews of From Software’s upcoming PlayStation 4 exclusive action-RPG, Bloodborne, which is going to be released in Europe and North America on February 6th, 2015.

PlayStation LifeStyle talked with director Hidetaka Miyazaki, who explained why the game is a PlayStation 4 exclusive:

I always wanted to make a game set in the Victorian era, but to make it look good with all the clothing and the architecture and things required a console more powerful than the ones that were around. the arrival of the PS4 finally gave us that. Bloodborne isn’t a game that could have been cross-generation, it was only possible on PS4.

They also have some hands-on impressions:

The action RPG combat was difficult and fun. I could choose form a guy with a hammer the size of a tombstone, a twin-knife-wielding crow-masked dude (who could also switch one of those knives for a small gun), another guy with a big sword and gun, and one with a different kind of.awkward bladed weapon and of course, the gun. I forget their names, sorry; I was just focused on not dying, as futile as that may be in a From Software game. Pointy-hat-and-crow-beak guy was definitely my favorite class, as I loved his two-blade option and slick speed.

My enemies were angry townspeople bearing weapons like axes, knives, and pitchforks. They’d gang up if they could, and if they managed to do it, well, death was certain. I survived several encounters with two enemies, but if the count ever got higher than that, my ass was grass. No problem with that, though. Director Hidetaka Miyazaki (who also directed Demon’s Souls and Dark Souls) told me during the show that repeated death was important to his games, because it gave the player a sense of accomplishment, and to that point I must agree. I died a lot, but enjoyed every minute.

The enemies would say things like, (You’re cursed!) and (You’re not wanted here!) before and during the fights. It makes me curious about the story. I don’t read previews because I like to go in fresh, so if this is known, pfft, sorry. I’m just musing. I will write previews, however, because I realize I’m the weirdo. Maybe I’m cursed. Maybe I’m not wanted here. Wait, crap, the game is getting to me..

IGN has a video preview:

As does GameSpot:

Finally, well-known YouTuber “Hellkite Drake” uploaded a recording of a NicoNico official stream of the game, which shows about 15 minutes of gameplay and concludes as the character reaches a mini-boss in the demo area: