'Bloodborne' Out Starting March 24
Sony Computer Entertainment and From Software is getting ready to release "Bloodborne," an action role-playing video game exclusively developed for Sony's PlayStation 4 console, starting March 24. Game development was declared to have been finished by March 13 and it is now at a stage where the game is being written onto physical discs.
The game will be released in the US on March 24. Gamers in Europe will get it one day after on March 25. Japanese gamers have to wait until March 26, and UK players will get it on March 27, according to a report in International Business Times.
One of the features that the game's developers are working hard to prepare for is its online play component. Much like its predecessors "Demon's Souls" and "Dark Souls," "Bloodborne" will have a persistent online component inextricably intertwined with the single player component. Gamers will be able to use in-game items to engage in "jolly co-operation" or to invade others' worlds. This interaction between "Bloodborne" players forms the backbone of the gameplay experience."
The game emphasizes offensive gameplay. Players need to plan offenses in order to battle "dense hordes of enemies." The game also makes use of old-school weapons such a cleaver coupled with a shotgun. Weapons can be used in "alternate states" depending on what kind of attack is needed.
The game is set in a fictional city of Yharnam which is left in ruins and said to "house a potent medical remedy" to different types of ills. The city and its inhabitants however were affected by some form of plague which is said to have transformed its citizens into beasts. Players must survive by battling monsters and beasts as they go through the city.
Hidetaka Miyazaki directed the game. He is also known for leading the development of the "Souls" games. Sony announced the game's development during the Electronic Entertainment Expo in 2014. The game's trailer was also shown during the announcement.
