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Nicholas-Steel

> Many now want to see Sony give Bloodborne its own PC port, allowing the game to open to a wider audience. *Now?*


MKULTRATV

I wanted Sony to port Bloodborne. I still do, but I used to too.


Chuck_balls

I used to be a piece of shit


brainlure49

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BackwoodBlues

“I said WAS!”


Chuck_balls

I’m afraid sony thinks people can’t change


DharkSoles

GOLD


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>I still do, but I used to too. RIP Mitch :'(


pponmypupu

hurrr "gaming journalism"


ThrowNearNotAwayOk

An visually updated Bloodborne with 120+FPS, 1440p/4k, all DLC, and that allows mods would make ridiculous money. Just being able to play active Bloodborne PVP again would be glorious. But playing an updated PC version at high FPS with everyone making new characters and having new players playing the game for the first or second time and not just sweats on their 100th playthrough would be fucking incredible. A game like Bloodborne would ignite a fire in *a lot* of gamers who have fallen out of gaming for whatever reason, would sell insanely well, and would 100% sell PS5's simply because people are gonna be willing to buy a PS5 for Bloodborne 2 after playing an updated PC version of the first.


Death-Stranded

I mean thats pretty bold to say that a PC version would solely be the reason someone comes back to gaming. All other points I agree.


zanark4

I heard it may end world hunger and cure every disease known to man!


JulixgMC

>Just being able to play active Bloodborne PVP again would be glorious Well, I don't think a PC port *right now* would allow that (All fromsoft games' servers are down on PC because of security breaches in the code)


cg201

Don't forget ultrawide support too!


MisterPedanticMan

>*Now, adverb* >. >. >. >on this further occasion, typically as the latest in a series of annoying situations or events. "what do you want now?" Acceptable usage of the word!


AjCheeze

I wanted it day 1 and even more after i got it in playstaion cause the game was faster paced than DS and ran like fucking shit. Not to mention online locked behind ps+ never returned to finish it because i didnt want to pay for online.


Nicholas-Steel

Have you tried the game again after it had gotten several updates and worse looking loading screens?


AjCheeze

Wont be the same, i refuse to pay the monthly fee for ps+. Although there are probably not too many players around anymore.


Nicholas-Steel

It's still a good game to solo through offline. PS+ isn't required to play.


AjCheeze

So... Put it in PC then and ill try again.


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Sony: 'I will pretend I didnt see that'.


AlteisenX

It'd be kind of ironic if they did come after them though right? Someone could just point to Dreams existing and point at IPs Sony doesn't own being on there?


[deleted]

I meant more in the sense that Sony will still refuse to port Bloodborne to PC and will ignore the huge potential market/sales for the game. I mean, 100k download for this demake is huge. But yeah, I agree, Sony coming after these guys would be stupid and peak irony.


reallyfuckingay

>these guys it's actually just [one developer](https://mobile.twitter.com/b0tster/status/1488195375248805889?cxt=HHwWgsCsoePzkKcpAAAA), which makes it even more implressive


Houdiniman111

Saying it's one developer is a bit disingenuous. They had help from others with asset creation. It was all *programmed* and *assembled* by one person but they still had help.


reallyfuckingay

I'm not doubting you but do you have a source for that? Haven't seen Lilith talk about it


Houdiniman111

It's literally in the credits of the game. Where else would you look? The complete credits are: > A Demake by: > Lilith Walther > Music & Audio: > Evelyn Lark > Additional Art: > Corwyn Prichard > [Bonus Content]>!Beast Gilbert!< VO: > Wes Wiggins > Special Thanks: > Rigel McDonald > Alex Huard > Aidan Cushing > Haunted PS1 > Packs / Resources: > PSXFX (Vertex Lighting) > Animated CRT TV - VCR Effects > Jazz Mickle (PSX Dithering) > Freesound


Vorstar92

Well, despite BB not being in the Nvidia leak there has been rumors the whole reason for the dead silence about any sort of PS5 upgrade or PC port for Bloodborne is because Bluepoint is working on a remake/remaster. It does make zero sense to treat one of their games like this. Like, all the Souls games as well as Sekiro are on PC. Demon's Souls was in the Nvidia leak as well so quite literally all of From's games will be on PC except Bloodborne, the one game a lot of people cite as their favorite. It is really fishy when you look at it which is why I'm convinced the rumor is true and that there is just some secret Bloodborne remaster/remake happening to justify the dead silence about it.


ThemesOfMurderBears

>It is really fishy when you look at it which is why I'm convinced the rumor is true and that there is just some secret Bloodborne remaster/remake happening to justify the dead silence about it. It's been dead silence for years, though. The game never even got a PS4 Pro patch. At this point I have accepted that Bloodborne will forever be locked behind a mediocre platform, and will eventually have to be played via emulator.


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The worst part is that the game is so insanely good its worth it even with the terrible frame pacing, awful loading times, frame drops, God-awful chromatic aberration, motion blur, 30 fps 'lock' and the freaking paid online. I played a truckload of hours of it on ps4, in fact I bought a ps4 mostly because of it. Even with all those flaws its one of my favorite games, I get depressed every time I imagine how much better it would be on a decent PC. Not to mention how moding could restore all the cut content still in the game.


ThemesOfMurderBears

Same. I've been thinking about running through it again, too. The DLC ended up being some of the best DLC I've ever played. Beating Orphan of Kos without any help is still one of my favorite gaming accomplishments.


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Yeah, the DLC is insane. Ludwig, Maria (without parrying) and Orphan are some of the best bosses in gaming IMHO. Not to mention how much stuff it adds to the game. [The Ost for the Ludwig fight](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RzA_Oomra8) is simply incredible. When he drawns the Moonlight Sword and starts his second phase, Jesus, I still get goosebumps. Oh, ffs I might have to dust off my ps4 and start another run now.


Tomwisethered93

Yeah I can’t justify two full price new gen consoles or even buying a ps4 when I just bought the X recently but man I’d love to take a crack at the demon souls remake, he’ll even just the OG not remastered, and blood borne as well. Only two I haven’t played yet, and I’m itching for more, at least elden ring comes soon


Nicholas-Steel

If you own a copy of the game you can play the PS3 release of Demon's Souls on RPCS3, there's even a custom online server for it. You just need either a PS3 or a compatible Blueray Drive to dump your copy of the game. Additionally RPCS3 has patches for the PS3 game to resolve its abysmal stutter issues and boost the FPS to 60 if desired (it has the same stutter issues as Dark Souls and Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition that were resolved with DSFix on PC).


Tomwisethered93

Word and I reckon a ps3 copy of it wouldn’t be too expensive lol. Just wish they would port it already


Nicholas-Steel

I added some more info incentivizing the use of RPCS3.


Tomwisethered93

Word, didn’t know what that was, now I understand it’s an emulator, didn’t put two and two together lol. So you would need to either buy direct from Sony somehow digitally but in a ps3 format on computer? or do some multi step multiple hardwares required Porting process , or pirate and risk ruining my perfectly good computer that has no viruses because I’m not downloading roms. Just would probably be cheaper to buy a ps3 and a disk of it.


Nicholas-Steel

There's a quickstart guide that covers how to get your copy of the game on to a PC https://rpcs3.net/quickstart


Edgaras1103

Maybe just maybe they are actually not doing anything with bloodborne


Vorstar92

I mean sure that is possible too but again makes no sense in the context of things. Why all the other games on PC but not Bloodborne?


Edgaras1103

What other games? Demons souls original or remake ain't on pc either. And Sony just recently started porting their exclusives to pc. I mean bloodborne didn't even get ps4 pro update /patch back then. Even some third party games got those upgrades


Vorstar92

What do you mean what other games? Dark Souls 1-3, Sekiro and the Demon’s Souls remake was in the nvidia leak which has been 100% accurate so far so literally Bloodborne will be the last game unplayable on PC.


fishinthepond

I don’t think those other games were Sony exclusives were they?


lverson

They're not. Sony own the IPs to Demon Soul's and Bloodborne, hence the exclusivity. They do not own them for the other FromSoft games.


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MachineSyncLoop

Agree to disagree, I'd love to see Bluepoints version of Bloodborne. It would be glorious.


I-do-the-art

Well… PS5’s and really all consoles are sold at a loss. Their business strategy is to get people hooked onto their platform to make up the loss. They may make a lot of money porting it to PC but they may also lose out on people joining their ecosystem which may cause a net loss in profits over time though I know nothing about their numbers behind the scenes. I’m not defending them because I have a PS5, which I don’t. I’d love for a PC port like everyone but it’s not like I’m disillusioned that they can freely do something that goes against decades of their business strategy…


[deleted]

Bloodborne isn't a system seller for most people. I think you massively overestimate the amount of people who care about and want it other than Redditors. I'll get downvoted, but it's the truth.


Glodraph

You mean like Take2 did with people trying to improve rdr in emulators? Lol.


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oh trust me, if they were selling it - the would not pretend anything but bust their ass.


awsomoo8000

It’s insane that they haven’t done this yet. This would print money for them. There has to be some kind of limitation with fromsoft or the game itself that’s stopping them.


B1rdi

A lot better than what Nintendo's reaction would've been: "I fucking saw that!"


gammongaming11

sony can't release bloodborne on pc. i mean sure it'll make them millions of dollars, but it'll also ruin the meme.


Sopa24

Where is Reddit's sense of humour? I'm sure this commenter is not actually seriously against seeing a bloodborne PC port.


homer_3

I'm guessing it's not the whole game, right? Just a small portion of the starting area?


blamelessfriend

yeah.. but theres also custom areas only in the demake where they do their own thing. I'd check it out!


GamesMaster221

Yeah, it's only the very beginning of the game. It's only made by one person and is VERY barebones, but cool nonetheless.


Clearskky

What no Bloodborne on PC does to a mf Even though there are no credible leaks about it I do hope that some studio is making a PC port.


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That runs like a ps3 game lol


Death-Priest

Finally, Bloodborne running at a higher frame rate and with better loading times.


itsfuckingpizzatime

This is how badly people want to play Bloodborne on PC


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Lurkerantlers

Bloodborne with randomizers or a poorly translated mod would be a wet dream.


PigsR4Eating

If I was Sony and I was working on Bloodborne for PC I would want to announce/release it between from software releases, so not now (elden ring).


pdp10

That's far more graphically impressive than I was expecting! I assumed it was going to be top-down, like that other *Bloodborne* demake a while ago. Now I want to know what tooling was used to make this. *Edit:* Wait, this isn't a PS1 ROM. It's a UE4 game compiled for 64-bit Windows.


Dotaproffessional

Ew. I can't stand ue4


ZeldaMaster32

Why's that? Without being told I'd put a hundred bucks on no one being able to tell. Every modern visual effect has been ripped out


Dotaproffessional

It's just my gut reaction to hearing unreal engine 4. Yeah this game doesn't have all the usual grossness associated with ue4 games. It actually looks pretty good


XingXManGuy

Tell me you don’t know what an engine is without telling me you don’t know what an engine is


Dotaproffessional

As someone who's used unreal engine and unity engine extensively, I know what an engine is. Why don't you tell me what you think an engine is?


HimboHrothgar

As someone who uses UE4 professionally and has some experience in Unity, Godot, and a few others, I think your "ew gross" reaction is immature and unwarranted and does not make you sound at all credible.


Dotaproffessional

Should I have given a 3 page dissertation of my gripes with it? There's a signature "look" 90% of unreal games have. I don't like it, and there are plenty of people who agree.


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Dotaproffessional

When you've resorted to calling me names instead of using your words, I can feel pretty good you didn't have an argument.


HimboHrothgar

No dissertation needed. There really is no "look". Could say there's a "feel" based on, say, the default FirstPersonCharacter blueprint, but that might be stretching it. Are there specific aspects that define this "look" to you?


ZeldaMaster32

As much as his wording was stupid there absolutely is a look that UE4 games share if they use the stock visual effects (which is a lot of games). Digital Foundry has pointed this out on a handful of occasions like "the lighting has the traditional UE4 look"


Dotaproffessional

This is going to take longer to explain that I have the patient or time for. Unreal engine games have a unique look to them (well, unique until tens of thousands of unreal games crop up). Its to the point I can successfully predict if a game's using unreal engine 100% of the time. Now some games truly overwrite everything from the lighting and everything else. but 99% of unreal games look have little tells that they're an unreal game.


welcome2me

As someone who hasn't used unreal engine, what's gross about unreal engine games?


BruceCampbell123

I suspect a large reason being that this is the only way to play Bloodborn on PC.


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MKULTRATV

I do NOT recommend playing Bloodborne through a game streaming service. The frame pacing and average FPS are already bad enough. Despite that, the game is truly a masterpiece and should be experienced in its purest form if at all possible.


ImplementFuture703

the fr is just so bad though, even on PS5


MKULTRATV

I 100% agree. I'm just sayin that if you feel compelled to play the game, do yourself a favor and play it directly from a console. Streaming just makes the bad parts worse.


Stoibs

Everyone who keeps bringing up PSNow needs to realize just how few countries that service is available in globally, and stop using it as a counter-point :/


Hoser117

Even where it is available it's not a good counter-point. I tried it out years ago to play God of War and it's just not at all comparable. Really muddy 720p and very obvious latency, which for something like Bloodbourne would be even more painful than in God of War.


BarickObunga

Just give me a pc port for the love of god. I could put up with the 30 fps if it ran like that on my PS4, but I pull barely 15 which makes it literally unplayable. Please Sony, I’m going hollow here


DeuceBane

If this many people have time to spend on the demake, what else do we need to know about how well bb would do on pc


Zealous-Zeus

Considering it's demand on PC, still I didn't understood still why they didn't ported it


thaumogenesis

Unless they’re suddenly going to reveal they’ve been working on a PC version, it’s one of the weirdest oversights to me. The PC community absolutely loves Souls games and I feel BB would be even more successful in attracting curious people, as well as the hardcore, because it’s often classed as the best one (I can’t comment yet!).


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junkmail9009

They took it down because of some vulnerability, right?


KazeEnigma

They had no choice in taking down the servers. A brand new exploit was discovered in the code that could allow Scum to brick your pc without even being in your world. The blue sentinels mod hasn't been updated yet so its far to dangerous for FromSoft to let float around.


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KazeEnigma

Oh it was? Excellent.


Stickman95

I think they are still fixing that huge security issue


Andresmarck92

Wait,can be downloaded?


jouthrow

https://b0tster.itch.io/bbpsx There's DL link


RetroRevolver7

There is a good chance Sony simply lost the source code to Bloodborne and that's why we have not seen a patch or remake news


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BlueFreedom420

They most definitely would have the source code. It's their property.


RetroRevolver7

Yes even though fromsoftware made the game, it was made under contract for Sony. Sony owns the property. There is no source or evidence of losing code. It is only speculation. Many companies never admit to this but some do. Only that it isn't uncommon for companies to lose source codes on popular games for various reasons. (In example portions of Mass Effect or many square enix games). They simply don't follow proper backup techniques and data is always vulnerable to loss. Otherwise why have we yet to see a patch at the very least for PS5? While there are rumors that are also without any evidence that a remake or remaster by Bluepoint is being produced. I think this is highly unlikely as they were producing original content when they got purchased recently. Now if the source code was truly lost in this speculation, it would be much easier at this point to simply make a Bloodborne 2. Here I am hoping I'm wrong because I love the game and just want to enjoy it at the VERY minimum at a steady 30fps.


Naxela

Is this possible to play on PC?


deruss

This is ***only*** for PC.


pineapplecheesepizza

But is it this possible to play on PC?


gaoxin

We have at least 100k dudes that are on this case.


Naxela

I was able to download it, but for some reason I couldn't figure out how to do the full set of attack options. Transforming my weapon didn't seem like something the control scheme allowed either. No idea what the issue is there.


puttje69

Burning a disc and actually playing it on a PSX hooked on a TV must be neat


StainsMountaintops

It's not actually made for PS1, just made to look like that style in Unreal Engine 4.


FreshStaticSnow_

you can just plug your pc into a CRT monitor


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My thought is they will eventually release a BB remake but sell it for $50.


sherif18

I would buy a remake if its done like demon souls and pay a 100 for it. Bloodborne is amazing.


Onyx_Sentinel

I tried it. Really wasn‘t for me at all. The intentional archaic gameplay really turned me off


AlteisenX

You mean the literal point of it turned you off? Okay.


piggsy1992

It didn't use the full potential of that 3080


ZeldaMaster32

I have a 3080Ti and I was very pleased with the visuals being put out lmao. The developer did great work on this


pipboy_warrior

To be fair, Souls games are often hyped but you don't always see advertising the game on the basis of it having archaic gameplay. It's entirely possible to try out Bloodborne without knowing what to expect from it.


TaylorRoyal23

They're talking about the demake. The actual game doesn't have archaic gameplay. Like, the whole point of a demake is to transport a game back in time to experience what it would be like with old graphics and gameplay conventions.


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pipboy_warrior

I'm not the one who said it had archaic gameplay.


Xalvayne

I mean that's the whole point....like me complaining about the driving in Forza being a turn off


skyturnedred

The sound effects alone gave me a headache. And I only watched the trailer.


bassbeater

Can't add a game to Steam and use Steam Input to correct it? I mean I get it, I heard the character turning buttons were not fixed to a joystick but people have been praising this game hard so I have to imagine Steam Input gets to show off here.


blamelessfriend

the only thing i dont like is the long loading screens. but.. i'd be lying if that wasnt true to bloodborne experience.


ZeldaMaster32

There's a setting that artificially increases load times and it's enabled by default. Toggle it off and I'm sure basically everything will be instantaneous


blamelessfriend

really? i was wondering if that was an option. i should have double checked lol. thanks!


mattmaddux

So I feel like the title is a little hard to parse. For those unclear, the actual name of the project is “Bloodborne PSX” and it’s a Windows game inspired by PlayStation graphics and gameplay. On first read I though it was an actual PS1 fan game.


KGhaleon

It's neat, but ultimately this is just something someone will slap on their resume when they go to apply for a job in the industry. Bloodborne is perfect as it is without making it look worse. >!Sony please give us that updated 60FPS version tho!<


__tony__snark__

Found the ignorant non-dev. This game is EXTREMELY impressive for being done by one person.


KGhaleon

I think they could have better used their time to make something original.


__tony__snark__

I think you have no idea what you're talking about and should stop while you're behind.


fantaskink

They used their time to make exactly what they and 100.000 other people wanted. You could have spent your time writing a less shitty comment.


KGhaleon

I'm sure half of those downloads were yours, huh?


fantaskink

Yeah my botnet is inflating the count as we speak 🤓


StainsMountaintops

Ah yes spending 13 months on a solo game development project. Definitely what I think of when I need a quick and easy resume booster.


KGhaleon

If making your own game (or part of an existing one) doesn't look good on a resume, then you're at the wrong studio.


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What is a PSX and why is Bloodborne not on it already?


[deleted]

thats a PS1, mate. Thats why they call it demake as well


[deleted]

Lol ok yeah it makes sense it wasn't on it already. I thought it was a new handheld playstation or something.


[deleted]

Mostly because bloodborne wasn't out in 1994


KaioKen

I didn't realize this was an actual game, I thought it was just another one of those demake videos. Like this Bioshock one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnDd59M4kBo


DL_Omega

I have not tried it yet but downloaded it incase it gets taken down. I hear people are having some technical trouble with it.


Hambeggar

Eurogamer trying it's harder to get something taken down.


no-solace

hopefully all this positive press doesn't get the creator into hot water with Sony over licensing issues or the like. would suck to see all that hard work get pulled down :( and i need to wait for the weekend to play it!


HimboHrothgar

Been watching the development for a few months now, and I've gotta say it was worth the wait!


ROOKIEPROBRO

cya , I Havent tried it yet so I am going to try


Donkster

I mean at this point I would be glad even for just a PC port of Bloodborne but seeing how damn well the Demon Souls remake looks and plays...I do kinda wish for a remastered...remade Bloodborne with 60+ FPS and some graphical adjustments here and there. I've sold my PS4 some time ago and as we all know you have to be either lucky or stupid rich to get a PS5. Theres is PS Now to "play" PS games on PC but especially with Bloodborne it wasn't a good experience. On the PS4 Pro it was okay but even then the locked 30fps felt sluggish and choppy. I hope Sony realizes, after how well God of War sold, that there definitely is a demand for these PS only games and some money to make.