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It's taken just over a year for PlayStation 4 to get its first fully fledged must-have title. Thankfully for us, it's finally arrived. Bloodborne is an undisputed revelation.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.psu.com\u002Freviews\u002Fbloodborne-review-bleeding-brilliance\u002F","2015-03-23","9.5",95,{"id":50,"author":51,"outlet":54,"summary":59,"review_url":60,"review_date":46,"original_score":61,"normalized_score":62},27680,{"id":52,"name":53},2872,"Kevin VanOrd",{"id":55,"logo":56,"name":57,"website_url":58,"score_format":43},28,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FGameSpot-Logo.jpg","GameSpot","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gamespot.com","Opiate of the masses.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gamespot.com\u002Freviews\u002Fbloodborne-review\u002F1900-6416078\u002F","9.0",90,{"id":64,"author":65,"outlet":68,"summary":73,"review_url":74,"review_date":75,"original_score":76,"normalized_score":62},1999,{"id":66,"name":67},131,"Wyatt Hnatiw",{"id":69,"logo":70,"name":71,"website_url":72,"score_format":43},1,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FTechRaptor%20Logo.png","TechRaptor","https:\u002F\u002Ftechraptor.net","Bloodborne is a fantastic game any way you slice it. If you can deal with the odd ragequit, Bloodborne should be on any PS4 owner's must play list.","https:\u002F\u002Ftechraptor.net\u002Fgaming\u002Freview\u002Fbloodborne-review-bloody-classic","2015-04-06","9",{"id":78,"author":79,"outlet":82,"summary":88,"review_url":89,"review_date":13,"original_score":90,"normalized_score":62},38285,{"id":80,"name":81},3757,"AOTF Staff",{"id":83,"logo":84,"name":85,"website_url":86,"score_format":87},50,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FAttack-Of-The-Fanboy-Logo.jpg","Attack of the Fanboy","https:\u002F\u002Fattackofthefanboy.com\u002F","5","Those that are up for the challenge of Bloodborne are going to find a game that plays better, looks better, and has more to keep you occupied than any of the Souls games had.","https:\u002F\u002Fattackofthefanboy.com\u002Freviews\u002Fbloodborne-review\u002F","4.5",{"id":92,"author":93,"outlet":96,"summary":101,"review_url":102,"review_date":13,"original_score":103,"normalized_score":104},73599,{"id":94,"name":95},5598,"Brandin Tyrrel",{"id":97,"logo":98,"name":99,"website_url":100,"score_format":43},69,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FIGN-logo.jpg","IGN","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ign.com\u002F","Bloodborne is an amazing, exacting, and exhausting pilgrimage through a gorgeous land that imposes the feeling of approaching the bottom of a descent into madness. Though extended load times and minor frame-rate hitches have an effect on the pacing, it’s otherwise an intensely challenging and rewarding game. There’s an incredible power to unlocking its mysteries, and in succeeding, despite its demand for a pound of your flesh.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ign.com\u002Farticles\u002F2015\u002F03\u002F24\u002Fbloodborne-review","9.1",91,{"id":106,"author":107,"outlet":110,"summary":115,"review_url":116,"review_date":117,"original_score":118,"normalized_score":119},51920,{"id":108,"name":109},4425,"Bob Mackey",{"id":111,"logo":112,"name":113,"website_url":114,"score_format":87},43,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FVG247%20Logo.jpg","VG247","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vg247.com\u002F","Does FromSoftware's latest measure up to the high standard set by Dark Souls? Bob shares his final thoughts on this vast and challenging adventure.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vg247.com\u002Fbloodborne-review-into-the-nightmare","2015-03-27","4.0\u002F5",80,{"id":121,"author":122,"outlet":125,"summary":130,"review_url":131,"review_date":132,"original_score":133,"normalized_score":134},52644,{"id":123,"name":124},4462,"Brett Phipps",{"id":126,"logo":127,"name":128,"website_url":129,"score_format":43},74,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FVideogamer-logo.jpg","Videogamer","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.videogamer.com\u002F","A superb, intelligent evolution of the series.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.videogamer.com\u002Freviews\u002Fbloodborne-review\u002F","2021-06-05","10.0\u002F10",100,{"id":136,"author":137,"outlet":140,"summary":145,"review_url":146,"review_date":46,"original_score":76,"normalized_score":62},66378,{"id":138,"name":139},5151,"William Murphy",{"id":141,"logo":142,"name":143,"website_url":144,"score_format":43},40,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FMMORPG%20Logo.png","MMORPG","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mmorpg.com\u002F","Bloodborne is the not-quite-sequel to Dark Souls II that PS4 gamers have been dying for since it was first announced. But can From Software and Sony Japan Studio’s hardcore action RPG live up to the hype? From the very start, developers and press alike have been claiming that Bloodborne has the chops to be even widely praised than Dark Souls and Demon Souls.  So, after dozens of deaths… is it any good? Read on for our full review.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mmorpg.com\u002Freviews\u002Fforget-dark-souls-this-is-better-2000109091",{"id":148,"author":149,"outlet":152,"summary":157,"review_url":158,"review_date":159,"original_score":160,"normalized_score":119},69265,{"id":150,"name":151},5338,"Farrel Nobel",{"id":153,"logo":154,"name":155,"website_url":156,"score_format":43},26,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FGameSkinny-logo.png","Game Skinny","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gameskinny.com","The newest title from From Software is one you won't forget in a long time. A bloody good time in awaits you, Hunter.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gameskinny.com\u002Freviews\u002Fbloodborne-review-a-bloody-good-time\u002F","2015-04-15","8\u002F10",{"id":162,"author":163,"outlet":166,"summary":171,"review_url":172,"review_date":13,"original_score":76,"normalized_score":62},61484,{"id":164,"name":165},4978,"Roger Hargreaves",{"id":167,"logo":168,"name":169,"website_url":170,"score_format":43},61,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FGameCentral-Logo.jpg","Metro GameCentral","https:\u002F\u002Fmetro.co.uk\u002Fentertainment\u002Fgaming\u002F","One of the best action games of the generation and a stunning achievement in terms of gameplay, art design, and encouraging players to push themselves beyond their limits.","https:\u002F\u002Fmetro.co.uk\u002F2015\u002F03\u002F24\u002Fbloodborne-review-prepare-to-bleed-5117637\u002F",{"id":174,"author":175,"outlet":178,"summary":183,"review_url":184,"review_date":46,"original_score":61,"normalized_score":62},79774,{"id":176,"name":177},5622,"Jeremy Duff",{"id":179,"logo":180,"name":181,"website_url":182,"score_format":43},59,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FGaming-Nexus-Logo.jpg","Gaming Nexus","https:\u002F\u002Fgamingnexus.com\u002F","Despite the manner in which it will punish and abuse you, Bloodborne will have you crawling back to it and saying, \"Thank you, sir, may I please have another.\" It's a gorgeous and dreadful world that sucks you in, and then kills you. Beautiful in every single aspect of the game and sense of the word, this progression of the Souls franchise is more accessible and addicting than ever.","http:\u002F\u002Fwww.gamingnexus.com\u002FArticle\u002F4754\u002FBloodborne\u002F",{"id":186,"author":187,"outlet":190,"summary":195,"review_url":196,"review_date":46,"original_score":76,"normalized_score":62},81542,{"id":188,"name":189},6557,"Simon Chun",{"id":191,"logo":192,"name":193,"website_url":194,"score_format":43},44,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FRPGSite%20Logo.jpg","RPGSite","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.rpgsite.net\u002F","Made by the Blood. Undone by the Blood","https:\u002F\u002Frpgsite.net\u002Freview\u002F4189-bloodborne-review",{"id":198,"author":199,"outlet":202,"summary":207,"review_url":208,"review_date":13,"original_score":209,"normalized_score":134},86216,{"id":200,"name":201},6871,"Andrew Williams",{"id":203,"logo":204,"name":205,"website_url":206,"score_format":87},78,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FStuff-Logo.jpg","Stuff","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.stuff.tv\u002F","Most games these days are desperate to show you what to do, where to go, how to enjoy what they have to offer. They’re so keen to please it’s almost a turn-off.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.stuff.tv\u002Freview\u002Fbloodborne-review\u002F","5\u002F5",{"id":211,"author":212,"outlet":215,"summary":220,"review_url":221,"review_date":46,"original_score":222,"normalized_score":223},104185,{"id":213,"name":214},9106,"Daniel Tack",{"id":216,"logo":217,"name":218,"website_url":219,"score_format":43},141,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002Fgameinformer.jpg","Game Informer","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gameinformer.com\u002F","Laughter of the mad surrounds you as the blood moon rises over the top of a damned city. You tighten your grip on the controller and your stress level rises as a terrifying visage approaches in the distance, unearthly aberrations sprouting from its squirming limbs. Soon the laughter of the mad is yours; the impossible battle that you have finally managed to obtain a fraction of control over takes an unexpected turn, and you realize how little you know. Welcome to Bloodborne, where death and insanity lurk around every dark corner and nothing is as it seems.","http:\u002F\u002Fwww.gameinformer.com\u002Fgames\u002Fbloodborne\u002Fb\u002Fplaystation4\u002Farchive\u002F2015\u002F03\u002F23\u002Fa-macabre-masterpiece.aspx","9.75\u002F10",97.5,{"id":225,"author":226,"outlet":229,"summary":234,"review_url":235,"review_date":236,"original_score":237,"normalized_score":238},140159,{"id":227,"name":228},11808,"Kieran Stockton",{"id":230,"logo":231,"name":232,"website_url":233,"score_format":43},147,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002Fwellplayed-logo.png","WellPlayed","https:\u002F\u002Fwell-played.com.au\u002F","A deeply atmospheric and brutal hack and slash that straddles the line between pleasure and pain.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.well-played.com.au\u002Fbloodborne-review\u002F","2015-04-04","8.1",81,{"id":240,"author":241,"outlet":244,"summary":249,"review_url":250,"review_date":251,"original_score":90,"normalized_score":62},88997,{"id":242,"name":243},6585,"Alex Fuller",{"id":245,"logo":246,"name":247,"website_url":248,"score_format":87},65,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FRPGamer-Logo.jpg","RPGamer","https:\u002F\u002Frpgamer.com\u002F","From Software arrives on the current gen scene with an action RPG in the vein of the Souls series. Has it retread too much ground or can the game stand on its own merits?","https:\u002F\u002Frpgamer.com\u002Freview\u002Fbloodborne-review\u002F","2015-05-16",{"id":253,"author":254,"outlet":257,"summary":262,"review_url":263,"review_date":264,"original_score":265,"normalized_score":266},77333,{"id":255,"name":256},5862,"Aran Suddi",{"id":258,"logo":259,"name":260,"website_url":261,"score_format":43},56,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FTheSixthAxis-Logo.jpg","TheSixthAxis","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.thesixthaxis.com\u002F","Overall Bloodborne is a fantastic game and could be considered one of the best exclusives available on the PS4 so far. The gameplay will not be for everyone, with the difficulty and repetition a potential turn off, but if you are looking for a new challenge, Bloodborne is a fantastic choice. The twisted atmosphere of Yharnam, the great design of the monsters, and the fear it can instil within you is something that won’t be forgotten in a hurry. There’s a time when you realise a game will be revered and spoken of fondly years from now, and Bloodborne will be one of them.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.thesixthaxis.com\u002F2015\u002F03\u002F30\u002Fbloodborne-review\u002F","2015-03-30","",0,17,[26],[21],[271],{"id":272,"content":273,"rating":274,"summary":17,"pros":17,"cons":17,"created_at":275,"is_published":22,"user":276},"5803fe9c-7db2-4e23-993f-c0aecdd24cab","To my mind, one of a very small handful of successful Lovecraft-inspired horror games, probably because it isn't content just to go \"hey, look, a squid man!\". Equal parts horrifying, thrilling, and compelling.",10,"2025-01-08T10:48:15.409296-05:00",{"username":277,"avatar_url":278},"SentientRoomba","https:\u002F\u002Fui-avatars.com\u002Fapi\u002F?name=Joseph%20Allen&background=random"]