Here's Six Minutes of Bloodborne Gameplay

I am so psyched for Dark Souls: London. Looks great.

I hope that this time around they do it Dark Souls style, so that you can go anywhere you can see. If all those gorgeous streets and buildings are just scenery, it would be an even bigger disappointment than Dark Souls 2.

05:04 Giant spider! GIANT SPIDER!!

No shields? Health regen? I am disappoint :(

Still don't get the hype here. I'm tired of the Souls games honestly and this is just more of that, with a fresh coat of paint. I'd like to see them try something different.

@eatallgames: totally. and every time dark souls 2 anything comes up (and on bombin in the am, it has come up a lot in 2014), he just has to state that he thought it was a disappointing game.... it's like, brah, it's okay, we get it. just a conversational tick, i suppose.

i know it's hard putting your opinion out there all the time on audio/video. it's just kinda funny

Have they said yet if it's multiplayer? I love Dark and Demons Souls but boy I would really like a focused single player game in this style.

Bloodborne still remains my only reason for wanting a PS4 and it's convincing me more every time they show more of it. I like how they've balanced the idea of large mobs of enemies attacking you with the "get health back by attacking" mechanic. It's a really smart mechanic. The style, the Souls-ness, the everything. It's for sure my most anticipated next gen game besides maybe MGSV and Silent Hills.

This looks a lot faster and more atmospheric than Dark Souls 2, so I'm pretty excited. On its face, fantasy London is a more boring setting than fantasy medieval times for me, but it just makes it more Castlevania than ever, and the Souls games always looked their best when they mixed brick and mortar with some environmental thing like snow or vines. The castlevania likeness makes me question if they'll have some sort of vampires in this game, no one could stop them from making their own Dracula or even Death(Nito, I suppose).

They might have been making too many things that are in their comfort zone, though. The huge elk man has Manus' arm. There are a lot of dudes that look like the pyromancy mummies from the Bastille. The werewolves move like the dogmen from the Tomb of Giants. That fat knight holds his blade horizontally and smashes it to the ground like a butcher would. It's very apparent it's still the same team.

I wonder how the all-in-one weapon works.

Thank you for that summary. I missed most of this. The best thing about the change in setting might be the new lore. It'll be all humans dying and turning bad again, but it's way better than the "cycle" and "the DLC boss split into many small pieces" thing Dark Souls 2 came up with.

So long Dark Souls 2. The real deal is back in town. :D

The enviroment and enemies on this game are much more appealing to me than Dark Souls or Demon's Souls!

I could get PS4 to play this game.

Looks really nice, and that boss at the end looked intense. Also what the christ is happening at 5:04, a giant spider climbing a clocktower?

the end of the gamescom demo said it's coming "early 2015"

Yup, more Dark Souls. Very excited to play this. The game's look reminds me of a game for the PS1 called Nightmare Creatures.

As a lover of Souls both Dark and Demon, I'll be getting this but I don't like the part where there's no character creation. I'm assuming they're forgoing it for a driving character storyline of some sort.

@geirr said:

They said there would be character creation at E3.

As someone who finished a round of Demon Souls and 1 hour of Dark Souls, I'm surprised the period change isn't interesting me and more than playing through DS1 did.

This looks freaking fantastic.. Holy fucking shit...

I'm normally the biggest cynic ever but...... That looks like something i might get the collectors edition for,

OMG!!! This game looks EPIC!

Does anyone know a release date?

Looking forward to this for my PS4 and Lords of the Fallen for my PC :)

Dark Souls 3 would be nice when possible as well FromSoftware

man the screech from that Boss, Game looks great though.

Seriously? All this hype and build up, and THIS is what this game ends up looking/ playing like? Don't really understand how people can crap all over games like Call of Duty and Assassins Creed for dumping the same old shit on gamers year after year, yet somehow this "Dark Souls 2.5" is just a-ok

Bummer, I played Dark Souls as a knight simulator as much as possible (heaviest armor, weapons, etc). This looks like it forces the dumb ninja dodging and ultra aggressive style which just seems lame to me. I get that it's fun for other people but I would play a better action game if I wanted that style.

That's easy, this isn't a yearly franchise like those are. Only two of the games exist in the same universe. The first one was a PS3 exclusive, so less people played it. The Souls games don't even have portable spinoffs. It's not exactly the same situation.

day one buy, and I am glad Miyazaki is heading up this project.

Yeah, I can understand if you're a bit disappointed by that kind of hype, because I agree that they really haven't changed much. I also totally get if you don't think they're fun. I don't believe they are Gears of War kind of slow or anything(unless you go for heavy armor), but they definitely are slowly paced and similar in both systems and set pieces. Was pretty surprised when Dark Souls 2 didn't have a dragon setting fire to a bridge, but then the DLC had one. I love the games I've played and the adjustments they have done for this game seem positive so far, but If Bloodborne is really coming out next year(I wasn't aware and looked it up) then that might be a bit too soon for me as well.

Watching this video left me less excited for the game. I don't know what it is, but I think going shield-less makes the combat look a lot less satisfying. By going more accessible, they seem to be going more action oriented. The trajectory seems to be similar to Resident Evil .

A lot of footsteps ...

This looks amazing! The art direction, atmosphere and everything about this video really feels dignified. In a way, it reminds me more of Dark Souls and Demon's Souls.

Although I did love Dark Souls II, I felt it lost some of that dignified and silent despair the previous titles oozed.

wow ... this i has a serious castlevania vibe to it ... i like it

I'm thrilled that they're making one of these (Demons Souls) so early in the generation. ^_^

So....it's dark souls 3????

Seems more like Demon's Souls 2 to me with that awesomely dark, gothic atmosphere.

@cornfed40: Slow and clunky? Not fun? I just can't agree with that. Dark Souls is some of the most fun I've had in any game ever. The controls are tight, and if you fail, it was your own fault. Don't even compare it to Call of Duty or Assassin's Creed. Just because the control system is similar doesn't mean the game will be. There's a lot they can do with the Souls formula to tweak it.

This looks like a Dark Souls mod.

I've never played a Souls game, but this looks neat.

"kick a body off the ledge" is coming back!

Oh, PlayStation 4, you obviously the console I'm gonna love this generation.

Without context, I would think this is some sort of wonderful Warhammer game starring a Witch Hunter. With context, it looks like more of the same which is kind of lame -- maybe I just need more time away from the DS series. By the time this launches, who knows.

Yeah, it reminded me of RE4 too.

Really like the art style and there's so much ornate details all over the world. Background looks nice too with all the buildings and everything.

Looks like a total conversion for Dark Souls II. Nevertheless, the game seems awesome, although the setting is less interesting to me than the one of the Souls games. The Fromsoft guys know their craft.

You couldn't be more wrong about the shields. Shields in the DS series wasn't a guaranteed "cheese things out" method, as there were tons of things to take into account, like stability, stamina, damage blocked, magic blocked, parrying, kicking, etc. Shields are just as viable a strategy as rolling and dodging.

Upgrading your greatshield pretty much let's you just stand there and casually take any hits that a boss may dish out at you. My +5 Greatshield of Artorias could take even the most intense barrage of attacks that Manus could dish out and I still had enough stamina to dish out a hit or two. Rolling on the other hand requires you to be constantly vigilant and time your dodges correctly. It makes fights much more intense, whereas using a shield is the most monotonous affair ever.

Holy cow he just kicked that dude at 1.50, i must be missing a button on my ds4