An Over-Analysis of From Software Boss Design: Bloodborne

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  @TastyMeerkat · 2 years ago

  Context with the Moon Presence is definitely the best part. It NEEDS its mind and body controlling powers to truly be a threat. The moment it realises it won&apos;t work on you, it becomes a fight against a creature that isn&apos;t attacking with rage and fury, but instead fear and desperation. <br><br>It knows it&apos;s vulnerable now and since it&apos;s probably never had to fight before, all it can do is frantically jump around and flail at you. Get the feeling that Gherman would have ripped it to shreds if he had the three cords as well.

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• PA

  @pasaniusventris4113 · 2 years ago

  Obviously, the Madman lost his mind and his pants at the same time. It&apos;s a package deal- the mind goes, and so do his pants. They just evaporate along with his sanity.

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• TH

  @thatonedudea · 2 years ago

  Blood starved beast does have a story! Hunter Djura looks after the beasts in Old Yharnam, believing that there is Still a human inside them capable of remembering their past selves. Blood starved beast is one of them, locking itself away in a church far from any humans it is compelled to consume. It&apos;s only the hunters close proximity where its beast nature takes over, and it attempts to devour the player.

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• SH

  @shinyhydreigon7257 · 2 years ago

  Laurence, THE most important figure in the lore being nothing more than a cleric beast is the point. The beautiful phase 2 violin contrasting with whatever is left of him crawling across the floor in his own lava vomit is amazing, you truly see how he has fallen from grace.

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• JO

  @joebykaeby · 2 years ago

  The Blood-Starved Beast does have build-up and environmental storytelling, it&apos;s just easy to miss. In the cathedral earlier in Old Yharnam, where the beast patients are making that droning chant noise before they notice you, there is another BSB strung up almost like a crucifix, and that&apos;s what the beasts are worshiping in that building. Presumably the placement of the one that we fight in a church implies that it is also an object of reverence for the lesser beasts. We also know that the people of Old Yharnam during the beasthood outbreak there were treated with antidote despite the fact that the beasthood is a curse transmitted by blood ministration, so the fact that these &quot;most special&quot; beasts in the area produce poison from their bodies (which the antidotes do treat) invites a ton of interesting questions.

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• MO

  @molamola9723 · 2 years ago

  I kinda liked the detail of Lawrence just being a cleric beast. It shows that no matter how important you are or how much influence you have in the world of bloodborne in the end if you succumb to madness you turn into nothing but a simple beast sometimes indistinguishable from the thousands of other beasts.

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• SO

  @SoralaxPlays · 1 year ago (edited)

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvGl3pv3Tnw&amp;t=4924">1:22:04</a> &quot;... because I was still trying to use the cane for some reason-&quot;<br><br>Look.<br><br>I know that the Threaded Cane is the worst of the three starting weapons. <br><br>I get that most Skill-scaling weapons are just basically playing the game on hard mode. <br><br>I understand that there is no reason to play the game through to the end with the Threaded Cane when objectively better options like the Saw Cleaver and Ludwig&apos;s Holy Blade exist. <br><br>WITH THAT SAID... I would not be a Dex-build player if I stood by for such blatant Cane slander. <br><br>YOU ARE A RUFFIAN, GOOD SIR. AND A BRUTE. <br><br>There. I have valiantly defended my favourite weapon in the series. My honour can rest easy. <br><br>Good day.

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• GN

  @Gnatrogers · 2 years ago

  Im a simple person, I see a bloodborne analysis and i click

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• AL

  @alexsheperd2060 · 2 years ago

  I think another major feather in the insane cap of Gascogne’s design is that he begins to break established rules in phase 2. He starts to slide in blunderbuss shots where there should be gaps and actively switches in an instant between the trick mode of the axe to dodge and fire and shows that he’s something you’re not. You’re bound to the rules of your move set and need to work in and around the gaps your move set leaves while Gascogne rips the gaps apart and starts to just slam against you like a beast which he’ll soon become. He’s an amazingly designed boss and it’s insane he’s essentially the tutorial of bloodborne especially since I’d fully expect him to act as this game’s Solaire with him even being a special summon to fight against the cleric beast

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• CR

  @crocodileman94 · 6 months ago (edited)

  It&apos;s a good thing you didn&apos;t tell us to mention our favourite boss in the comments, because that would require me to reveal it&apos;s Micolash.

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• BA

  @BahmotS · 2 years ago

  I love how the S tier is <b>exclusively</b> hunters. <br>There are beasts. There are abominations. There are gods.<br>But <b>nothing</b> will ever really surpass (and I know this is cheesy) the indomitable human spirit !

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• JA

  @Jam-og1km · 9 months ago

  What makes the DLC bosses so amazing in my opinion is how they perfectly mirror the themes of the game.<br><br>Ludwig is the beasts. Transformed into a monster by forces beyond his control or understanding, yet still being human deep down through it all. Ludwig in particular shows someone who once hunted beasts with pride and skill becoming the worst of them all.<br><br>Living falures are the experements of the healing church, the deliberate and monsterous experements by an insane and power hungry force that shows the worst of humanity&apos;s lust for power and knowledge.<br><br>Lady Maria is the hunters. The most dangerous and terrifying non-divine entity in the world, while remaining fully human. She in particular expertly shows the darkest side of the hunters as she never lost herself to the bloodlust like the others, yet still commited unspeakable acts that torment her and the world.<br><br>The Orphan of Kos is the great ones. Beings beyond that of humanity, unable to even be witnessed by regular people. Yet despite their very existance being a terrifying cosmic hororr, what is worse is how human they are themselves. With the Orphan appearing to be human, yet clearly not being one, and rapidly mutating though the fight during it&apos;s first few minutes of life, becoming more monsterous in the process.

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