The plot and history of Bloodborne is a huge universe filled with incredible adventures in a cruel and depressive world created by ingenious developers. The game was released on March 24, 2015, which caused a huge sensation in the ranks of the existing fan base of the famous studio. Bloodborne is a classic RPG slasher made in the best traditions of the Japanese gaming industry. The game has a lot of features similar to the previously released Dark Souls series, which to a large extent allowed it to gain cult status.
"Dive" in the game Bloodborne
The plot of the game has a lot of similar moments with the previously mentioned Dark Souls series. According to most critics, this is the same series, however, it is already executed in the Victorian style, that is, in the future. There are a lot of ambiguous allusions to the connection of two universes.
The background and plot of Bloodborne tells of a fictional universe struck by a hitherto unknown disease, which everyone calls simply the plague. Most affected by the adversity is a city called Jarnam. The appearance of the place resembles old London Victorian era, which gives a special charm to the whole environment.
One of those who was struck by the disease was an unnamed pilgrim seeking to recover from a terrible disease that perverts soul and body. To do this, he needed to regularly perform rituals, as well as relentlessly hunt until he turned into a vicious and forgotten monster. The plot of Bloodborne does not directly explain how the game universe is organized, how the plague affects people and animals, and therefore one of the main tasks of the player is to study history.
What is interesting about the game?
Bloodborne is an unusual third-person action RPG. In addition to a well-developed story and atmosphere created with special love by Hidetaki Miyazaki, the game has a lot of differences from the classical representatives of the genre. First of all, you can highlight the incredible complexity of the gameplay, the classic chip of all the games of this developer. But the benefits of Bloodborne do not end there. The unique interface, combat system and pumping competently intertwine with the very plot of the game Bloodborne.
A player could tell the story that the developer wanted to tell only if he explored every aspect of the game. Level design, small metaphorical dialogs, environment design - from all this, the player collects the game’s story bit by bit. Bloodborne provides an opportunity to draw your own conclusions and form a personal look at the story.
Gameplay Bloodborne
At first glance, the whole essence of the game is impossibly simple. The gamer controls a monster hunter who gains more and more power with each killed enemy. All this can be observed in the previous series of Dark Souls and Demons souls. The system of combat battles is practically no different: the player must learn every movement and ability of all enemies. The high level of difficulty makes the gamer sweat noisily in new attempts to defeat the unfortunate enemy. Each defeat deprives the player of the ability to upgrade. The accumulated echoes of blood, used both as money and experience, are lost in the event of death.
The first innovation in the gaming universe is the replacement of classic bows with firearms, which participates as support in conjunction with cold weapons. Another interesting innovation is connected with the latter. According to the plot of Bloodborne, all weapons created by local blacksmiths are alive and have several forms of release.
Neutral Territories
As in many large and elaborate gaming universes, the plot of Bloodborne has classic locations. Two can be distinguished: the city itself, in which the character appears from the beginning of the game, and "The Hunter's Dream". These two places help in many ways to facilitate the already complex gameplay. Through the location of the main city, the player has the ability to quickly move between stages. In "Hunter's Dream" you can relax, improve your weapons and armor, as well as increase the level of pumping with the help of collected blood bubbles. In this quiet corner, the player can move into a randomly generated dungeon. Completing the full story of Bloodborne is extremely difficult without visiting the dungeons, since it is there that you can get the best and most unique outfit.
First steps in Yarnama
So, having familiarized with the main points, and possibly having passed the previous versions of the developer, the player finds himself in a completely new, hostile and unknown world. Fate brought the nameless wanderer to one of the most advanced cities in the fictional world. As the story goes, Yarnam is the capital of state medicine, and local doctors have perfectly learned the art of blood transfusion. This attracted a huge number of citizens to move to once calm grotesque and gloomy structures. The main character was also among those who were looking for salvation from an unknown plague. But failure haunted the traveler and all the places where his foot stepped. Shortly before the arrival of the wanderer, the city was also plagued by an epidemic of "pale blood." This corruption threatened everyone whom she touched, turning into a terrible creature.
Salvation from the plague is the "signing of the contract." This is a medical ritual with elements of mysticism, the essence of which is the transfusion of special blood. It is after this moment that the player receives the title of "hunter". His whole life should be filled with the murder of creepy "pale-bloody" critters. The explanation for the plot of Bloodborne says that the appearance of animals is directly related to the "Hunt", a certain attempt by higher-order creatures to cleanse the world from filth.
"The hunter's dream"
The signing of the contract gives the protagonist the opportunity to move to territory outside of space and time, that is, in the "Dream of the Hunter". Once in this haven, the player encounters a long-forgotten old man who has done great things in the distant past. He is a kind of elder of the Hunters and in every way guides each of them. At this point in the game, there is only one explanation for the Bloodborne plot, located at the blood transfusion station. She settled in the location "Josefki Hospital". There you can find a note with the words: "To overcome the hunt, you need to look for pale blood."
After the first operation to obtain fresh blood, the hero falls into a certain dream. It is located on an island floating in the sky. The hero finds himself in "The Hunter's Dream," that same haven in which the wanderer will return more than once throughout his adventures.
First hunt
Having received parting words from an ancient mentor, the protagonist goes to a harsh and cruel world, starting his journey from the main city. From this moment, the hazy story and plot of Bloodborne becomes relevant. According to the instructions of the main hunter, the hero begins his hunt for pale blood. After the first victories over the young defiled undead, the wanderer will find out the cause of the terrible epidemic. The unknown doctor turns out to be to blame, and concurrently, the main antagonist of the plot story of Bloodborne. This plague doctor defiled an ancient blood transfusion ritual, which is why the outbreak in Yarnama began.
When collecting notes and communicating with ordinary residents, information is revealed that they worship certain deities called the Great. To get access to this information, you need to complete several quests, as people who are locked in their homes are in no hurry to share their secrets. Most of the NPCs are simply not shown to the main character due to fear of the plague.
Blood transfusion history
After completing several side quests, ordinary people still decide to leave their homes. From them you can find out where the blood transfusion ritual came from. The very ancient gods that were mentioned earlier gave mortals this ability, which allowed them to heal any disease. The medicine donated by the Greats caused the destruction of the place. The ritual, designed to help people, also destroyed them. The Dark Healer used dark transfusion in order to accelerate the growth of the Great Infant, a mysterious entity whose origin can only be guessed at.
The second phase of the hunt
Throughout the passage of the game and the killing of countless hordes of monsters, you can find some changes in the environment. So, because of boss killings, the moon in the sky is constantly changing its position. The player is given an explanation of this phenomenon in the location of the rest "Hunter's Dream". Upon discovering that the moon takes on a red tint, moving to the hunter's shelter, the player notices that the floating island is gradually being destroyed.
After asking a few questions to the leader of the hunters, the player receives the answer that the Great Hunt is coming to an end, and after it comes the long-awaited dawn and the birth of the Great Baby.
The last phase of the hunt
After killing a certain number of bosses and passing all the quests from the inhabitants of Yarnam, the player discovers that the moon in the sky has acquired a completely red hue. To see a local miracle, it is necessary to defeat all the main bosses of the main locations and collect their special blood clots. It is also recommended to take all three parts of the umbilical cord, which in the future will allow you to choose any of the possible endings. Having fulfilled the necessary conditions, you need to return to the “Hunter's Dream” and talk with the great mentor, after which it will be possible to see the ending of the story of Bloodborne. In total, the game has two main endings:
- The player decides to leave Hunter's Dream and return to the real world. In this case, the mentor cuts off the player’s head, after which he wakes up in Yarnama and watches a beautiful sunrise.
- The player refuses to leave the Hunter’s Dream location, which provokes a battle between him and the main hunter. After defeating the latter, the Great Presence of the Moon appears, devouring the protagonist. After some time, he wakes up in a wheelchair, which suggests that he will now become the main mentor of the Hunters.
Secret ending
During the passage of the plot story of Bloodborne, the protagonist has the opportunity to find an item called the umbilical cord. There are 4 of them scattered throughout Yarnama, but three will be enough to gain access to the secret ending. You can find these artifacts in the following places:
- Save a woman named Ariana by sending her to the Cathedral. After defeating the boss, Nursing Mergo must return to a safe place and ask the girl to kill the child, which will give the player an umbilical cord.
- Go to the location "Clinic Josefki" and visit the secret room. Kill the Idle Spider and the woman there. After looking at her inventory, you can find the umbilical cord. If you do not kill the spider, then instead of the umbilical cord, the main character will find a rune.
- Get what you need when killing boss Nursing Mergo.
- The last umbilical cord is in the Abandoned workshop, which can be reached through the "Cathedral District".
When collecting all artifacts, as in previous cases, you should go to the "Hunter's Dream". Next, the main character must refuse the offer of a mentor and fight him. If there are umbilical cords, the Presence of the Moon will not be able to absorb the character, because of which he will become the baby of the Great. This means that now the main character will take on the role of not the guardian of the "Hunter’s Dream", but the Presence of the Moon itself.
The plot of Bloodborne: The old hunters
To activate the quest of the only expansion, you need to go to the corpse near the Cathedral District. Trying to explore it, the hero finds himself in an alternative reality in which he will find bloody rivers, monsters and a bloody moon. Almost immediately, you can come across a single NPC. He says that those hunters who are swallowed by madness get here. Walking along the bloody river, the player encounters a monster, who was once a great hunter, and defeats him.
As it later turns out, this whole place is ruled by Mary, one of the first hunters, whose goal is to give birth to a dark baby (Orphan Kos). Defeating her, the hero receives a key leading to the "Secret Village of Fishermen". Having made his way through the hordes of monsters, the wanderer kills the baby, which becomes the end of the story and plot of the Bloodborne game.