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Bloodborne

Bloodborne is an action role-playing game developed by FromSoftware and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 4, released worldwide in March 2015 and directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki. Set in the gothic city of Yharnam, where a blood-based healing ministry has drawn pilgrims from across the world, the player arrives as a Hunter on the night of the Hunt and uncovers the city's descent into beasthood and the cosmic truths behind the Healing Church. Combat drops the shield of the Souls series in favour of aggression: a Rally system that rewards hitting back after taking damage, trick weapons that transform mid-combo, and firearms used to stagger enemies for Visceral Attacks. Progression runs on Blood Echoes, Insight and the Hunter's Dream hub, with optional Chalice Dungeons, oath rune covenants, online co-operation and invasion, and the paid expansion The Old Hunters. It is widely regarded as one of the defining games of the PlayStation 4 generation and a landmark of the Soulslike genre.

• Rally and Regain: damage taken can be won back by attacking immediately after a hit, so the combat loop rewards aggression over turtling behind a shield.
• Trick Weapons: every right-hand weapon transforms between two modes mid-combo (Saw Cleaver folded and extended, Threaded Cane cane and whip), and the L1 transform attack is a core damage tool rather than a menu action.
• Gun Parry and Visceral Attacks: firearms in the left hand stagger an enemy mid-swing, opening a window for a high-damage Visceral Attack, which is the main answer to human-sized and boss enemies alike.
• Blood Vials and Quicksilver Bullets: healing and ammunition are consumables rather than refillable flasks, so the player farms, buys or loots them and the resource loop shapes exploration.
• Insight: a second currency earned from bosses, Madman's Knowledge and Great One encounters that raises the Insight stat, unlocks the Insight shop and changes what the player can see and fight.
• The Hunter's Dream and Lanterns: a single hub with the Workshop, storage and the Doll for levelling, reached from lanterns scattered through Yharnam, with enemies respawning on travel rather than at a rest point.
• Blood Echoes and Bloodstains: the currency for levelling and shopping is dropped on death and recovered from a bloodstain, the series' risk-and-reward loop.
• Chalice Dungeons: procedurally assembled optional dungeons built from ritual materials at the Hunter's Dream, with fixed story chalices, root chalices, deeper layers and their own bosses and gems.
• Oath Runes and Covenants: equipping Corruption, Radiance, Impurity or Hunter changes online allegiance and co-op and invasion behaviour, with rewards paid in Blood Dregs and Vermin.
• Beasthood and Kin: the Beasthood stat rises with certain weapons and pellets and boosts physical damage while lowering resistance, while Insight and Kin weapons push builds in the opposite, cosmic direction.
• Blood Gems and Weapon Fortification: gems dropped by enemies and Chalice bosses socket into weapon slots to add percentage damage, elemental conversion and utility effects, alongside Blood Stone Shard fortification.
• Online Play: bell-based co-operation and invasion through the Beckoning Bell, Small Resonant Bell and Sinister Bell, plus asynchronous notes, ghosts and the Choir Bell.
• New Game Plus: completing the Hunt restarts the campaign with retained gear and levels, stronger enemies and additional Blood Rocks and upgrade materials.