2. Bloodborne
As amazing as the world building and the lore of the Dark Souls series is, Bloodborne offers the gaming community something truly fresh and rare. Heavily inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s works, Bloodborne sends players to the terrifying Victorian city of Yharnam, where the player must look for a cure to their terminal illness.
Bloodborne offers up a new brand of horror, and pits players against all sorts of eldritch abominations and night terrors. The game was cleverly marketed as a gothic Victorian horror title with werewolves, but From Software pulls the rug from underneath your feet halfway through the game, revealing all sorts of horrors you never thought you’d see in a game like this.
Not only that, the combat here is faster and smoother than in any Souls game you’ve played, and the encouraged aggressive play style took Souls fans completely out of their comfort zone. That’s not a bad thing, though; the trick weapons introduced in Bloodborne allowed players to experiment with different combo strings, and test their mettle against unique bosses with unpredictable phases.
A nod must also be given to Bloodborne’s environmental design and just the sheer oppressiveness of the atmosphere.
