That big Bloodborne logo that used to appear during the PlayStation 4 exclusive's loading screens may be burned into your retinas by now, but it's finally gone. Sony has released a brand new patch for its critically acclaimed outing, which not only cuts down loading times by around 30 per cent, but also replaces them with little bits of intel on each of the game's items.
We've just taken the update for a run, and while the loading screens are still quite long when you're warping into areas such as Central Yharnam, you can get back to the Hunter's Dream in around five seconds or less now, which is nice. We much prefer reading the release's ridiculous lore while we're waiting, too.
Other improvements include a fix to the elevator leading to optional boss Ebrietas, as well as a solution to the error that caused the game to get easier if you left it turned on for many hours at a time. There are also some minor balance changes that we spotted: the cannon, for example, now eats up 12 quicksilver to fire. We're not sure how we feel about that.
All in all, though, this is a welcome patch – even though we suspect that many of you will be on your third or fourth run by now. Will this convince you to go through the game again? Drop all of your Blood Echoes in the comments section below.
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Good to know when I do get around to buying this, the little bugs will have been ironed out. Aside from that unfortunate game-breaking bug that was fixed fairly quickly, this release went a lot smoother than other recent big releases.
Lucky for me I am only on the third boss =) woot wooot
@Gamer83 Yeah, it's refreshing. Definitely give it a go; I know you were a bit concerned about the difficulty, but so was I, and I ended up loving it.
@marston1983 So many epic battles to come...
Yeeey, time to die more often :] Amazing game.
@get2sammyb The Blood Starved Beast ate my face =( got him to about 10% on the first attempt though, talk about annoying =D
I've been taking my time with it - playing it a little bit at a time while I work on other games. I've only just beaten the third boss.
@marston1983 Keep going! Remember to bring plenty of antidote and blood vials with you. You'll prevail in the end!
I buy a game few weeks ago, but didn't played much, because of this patch... I tried it today and OMG loading time is cut down big time! Time to play guys!!!
love the game so much I don't care about the loading times.
Not happy about the cannon using up 12 bullets as that means I can only get one shot instead of two. I am happy they've fixed the loading times though.
@get2sammyb Did you get your platinum on this in the end Sammy? I am currently on a Bloodborne break after going through it 3 times. Hopefully there will be some nice DLC for this title.
@get2sammyb
The feature you wrote not too long ago helped convince me to give the game a shot. I have some others on my list first but Bloodborne is going to be the game I pick for the slow month of July.
Pleased they have addressed the issues, although in a game with very limited options on weapons they have essentially ruined the hand cannon. Having 2 shots before requiring more bullets was already fairly harsh and this move s not a good one in my opinion
Sweet, I could start playing it again then. The loading times just killed the flow of the game for me so I took a break from it until this patch. Time to get back on track and beat the second boss.
@marston1983 There are some great boss battles to come!
And I highly recommend beating some optionals, as they give you some of the most useful rewards.
Typical, just completed last night (even used to trick to get all 3 endings without new game plus) then the patch comes out
@Mrskinner I took a break for Mortal Kombat X, but I'm definitely going to go back and bang my head against the Defiled Chalice Dungeons at some point. To be honest, this rarely happens to me, but I'm itching to play through the game again.
Unfortunately I have gotten the platinum already and have moved on to other games. Great game though and it seems to be selling very well and I'm glad others will get to see the improvement's. I'll definitely come back for DLC. There will be DLC right? The Souls games had some.
DLC seems like it would be easy to implement. Just add more tombstones in the Hunter's Dream
@bloodhound89 I really really want DLC for this game. One game I am gladly willing to buy extra content for.
@Mrskinner Can't agree more. Absolutely love the world and I'm dying to go back. "Dying" to go back
@get2sammyb yeah do it, I have had no greater feeling of satisfaction than completing the defiled chalice during gaming. It really felt like I had accomplished something beating that one.
Pity they never fixed the fluctuating frame rate too,. You telling me the ps4 cant even lock a game at 30fps? Ffs!! This game does not look as good in motion as it should.
The fps bounces between 20-30 frequently . Not good enough.
Great game, piss poor frame rate though. Even offline it has a slight laggy feel to it!!
@Davros79
That's because the game is streaming. You've not noticed there are no loading times going from one area to another?
I agree with Davros79 they should have fixed the frame-rate drops before fixing the loading times which they are more then likely doing now, Just like the loading times its not that bad but can be a pain.
@banacheck yes i have noticed it has "no loading screens from one area to another" . I've also noticed alot of other games do the same thing seamlessly without Bloodbornes visually apparent "streaming" look to them. =)
@Mrskinner @bloodhound89 Secretly hoping DLC will be announced at E3. It seems possible.
@Davros79 I'm not sure whether it actually drops frames actually. I think the problem is that the framerate goes over 30fps sometimes, and because it's not locked, it judders. I'm no Digital Foundry, however.
@get2sammyb yes sammy You're quite right. Just checked euro gamers test on it, and it is indeed technically locked at 30fps, it does however have something that makes look abit jittery. I think we'd all agree on that!
According to eurogamer bloodborne has frame - pacing issues . Which is Just the same as FPS i you ask me!!
Geez, who's had the time to play through this multiple times already? I'm still on my first playthrough. Happy to see the load times are not only lessened, but that the loading screens are not so bland. It was weird to me to see a loading screen with no other tidbits or information on it. I was sure most developers were implementing this as a standard. Hell, it is a standard for Microsoft, at least it was on the X360.
@Quorthon Me, played through it 3 times lol. Couldn't put it down until i got the platinum. My OCD kicked in haha
Cool. As for the canon that's fine, I was never going to use it anyways.
@marston1983 That's exactly how it happened with me, too. In the end, I decided to try out the beckoning bell because the poison was really starting to irritate me.
@WARDIE there is a rune which ups the amount of qs bullets you can hold. Should get two out of it then.
@Mrskinner
Where do you find the time? I have work, game development on the side, my kid, and general life. I get maybe one night a week to play Bloodborne right now. Last night, I accidentally ended up in a new area and have to figure out how to get out--moments before I was going to shut it off to go to bed.
At the moment only game I play when I have time. Great update and hope for dlc down the line. Maybe they're working on number two already since the great sells.
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