The Souls Retrospective - Part IV – The Old Blood (Patreon)

This was more of a personal episode for me because I have spent a lot of time with Bloodborne, and through it I’ve developed my admiration for the rest of this series. Despite having finished the game three times, I still gasped when I saw Brad take turns I didn’t know were possible, discovering secrets I completely missed. These games are supposed to elicit dread and hopelessness, but watching Brad play them feels like eavesdropping on two friends reminiscing about old times.

Bloodborne is a heck of a game. Its visual aesthetic is so powerful, it forced me to play a franchise I had previously tried and written off. I thought, “Even if I can’t defeat a single boss in that game, I still have to play it.” By the time I faced off against the Blood-starved Beast a second time on my new-game+ playthrough, my fears had been stripped away and I didn’t want the carnage to end.

Thank you for your patience, and for joining us again as we wrap up our Souls Retrospective, a year after it was first announced. I look forward to working with different allies to bring you even more of these projects in 2018.

Part IV will go live to the public tomorrow at 11:00 AM. Look forward to the final episode here on Patreon next Sunday, March 18th, followed by a public release the next day.

- Brandon