First time in Yharnam. Not a souls newcomer. :D I've cleared DS1, 2(yeah 200hours wasted here), 3, Elden Ring and Sekiro but Bloodborne is giving me feelings I don't have the vocabulary for yet.
I haven't finished the first boss. After his transformation the game just became an attrition test of my willingness to keep going, not a skill check. Which is frustrating because I did figure out the game's language I recognized it punishes passivity, switched from defensive play to something more patient and deliberate, and actually started making progress.
But one question has been eating at me: is this just what Bloodborne is?
I'm 23, I work, study and run personal projects on the side. Everyone around me treats this game like a sacred text. But I genuinely have no interest in hitting my head against a wall just to access the world and lore. The attrition cost feels real and I need to know if there's a point where the game starts trading fairly with me or if this is just the deal the whole way through