Bloodborne's Different Slice of Souls-Like Design -- Dissecting Design

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Bloodborne
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Bloodborne (2015)
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This week's Dissecting Design looks back at Bloodborne, the spiritual sequel to the spiritual sequel of Demon's Souls, and how From Software managed to once again tweak things just so to create a different kind of design.

0:00: Intro

1:16 -- Souls-Like Basic Design

24:15 -- Differences in Weapon Design and Progression

35:08 -- Boss Fight Design Against Father Gascoigne

43:51 -- Final Thoughts and Issue With the Game
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