r/bloodborne • u/Crylose • Jan 28 '25

Video Name a more iconic game. I'll wait

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '25

You can legitimately make a case for hundreds of games before getting to bloodborne, and bloodborne is my favorite game ever.

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u/FearTheBurger Jan 28 '25

Exactly. There's a long list of iconic retro and cabinet games before you even get to the dawn of modern gaming. Bloodborne is brilliant, but 2007 alone (best single year for video games imo) produced like 5 games that are more iconic than it.

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u/Scared_Housing2639 Jan 28 '25

What are the 5 games you are thinking of ?I could only think of bioshock, portal and Mass Effect.

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u/FearTheBurger Jan 28 '25

Perfect examples. Also: Assassin's Creed, Witcher, TF2, CoD Modern Warfare, and Rockband. Returning IPs had some bangers too, with Halo 3, God of War 2, and Half Life EP 2.

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u/Scared_Housing2639 Jan 28 '25

Holy hell that's a loaded year, didn't realize they are all 2007 releases, thanks

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u/FearTheBurger Jan 28 '25

Honestly even better than I realized when I double-checked. I genuinely doubt we'll see another year with so many good new releases AND sequels.

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u/JO3M4M Jan 29 '25

There's way too many. Duke Nukem Jack and Daxter Ratchet and Clank Dark Souls 1 to 3 Mass Effect Bioshock Franchise (Disliked it but it's more iconic) Grand Theft Auto Assassin's Creed God of War Halo Most of the Nintendo Franchise (Zelda, Mario, Monster Hunter, Smash Bros, Pokémon, ETC) Left 4 Dead

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '25

Yeah, I absolutely love this game, but it can’t compete with long-running franchises like Mario or Zelda when it comes to icons of gaming.

Changes nothing about where it’s placed in my heart though.

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u/ZuckerbergReptilian Jan 28 '25

I'm not even gonna classify those kiddie shits, that only exist to be streamed by vtubers, as gaming "icons"

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '25

Hahaha, well unfortunately for you we’re not using your classification.

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u/jim212gr Jan 28 '25

You could have just said you dislike people liking other games. You do know the everybody has their preferences right?

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u/jackattack80808 Jan 28 '25

I feel like most people wouldn’t recognize bloodborne from these images unless they played themselves. There are a lot of more widely recognized video game characters tbf.

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u/Chadderbug123 Jan 28 '25

Definitely. Sonic, LoZ, Mario, Metroid, RDR, Uncharted, Doom, Resident Evil, the Metal gear saga, Elden Ring, Minecraft, Halo, COD, Fallout, Bioshock, the list goes on and on. Sadly BB is a cult classic still.

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u/nanlokeus Jan 28 '25

BB isn't even the more iconic soulslike. I mean, when we think of soulslike, we think DS1

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u/narkaputra Jan 28 '25

can you tell me why? looks like a generic slasher with 0 diversity in gameplay. Dodge, roll, slash. I have a choice to either pickup GoW: Ragnarok or Bloodborne.

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '25

Evocative art direction and cool Victorian aesthetic, fantastic OST, stylish gameplay and creative weapons, brilliant enemy design, fast and fluid combat, hard but not frustrating (mostly), fascinating lore. It's got everything you could want with the exception of an easy to follow story with a jillion cutscenes, but you don't go to fromsoft games for that.

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u/narkaputra Jan 28 '25

I have played 260+ odd games but have not been exposed to FromSoft games, for a simple reason: I suck at slashers: dodge, parry, slash. Even though I want to desperately play Bloodborne, every internet video and community has discouraged me to pick it given it may take millions of hours of a mid gamer like me to beat the game and at this point of life, I don't have that luxury. I just wrapped up Skyrim, and now want to pickup the next "must play Playstation game"..

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '25

There's no shame in having preferences. Skyrim is more about just chilling out and exploring. Real challenge is actually rather tough to come by. If that's more your speed, GoW probably would be a more fun time. I haven't played Ragnarok, but I would say that the first one was probably a little harder on normal than Skyrim was. If you're looking for specifically PlayStation games in that vein, the Horizon series might scratch that itch too, though personally I found them to be too Ubisoft-y. There's also always Witcher 3.

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u/OneBakedWalrus88 Jan 29 '25

God of War and Bloodborne are worlds apart. God of War is a very basic action game thats ok but super easy and super linear. thats not the case with BB. Bloodborne is a souls game not an action game and despite it being relatively linear in comparison to its siblings (Dark Souls,DemonSouls,Elden Ring) it still offers the superior gameplay experience in terms of better lore better world building better story( by miles its not even close BB is the clear cut better story). Also builds. There are a multitude of different builds to experience and of course that in itself makes a huge difference from GoW . I guess it's like comparing potatoes to apples in a way. There not even the same thing. Hope that somewhat helps explain, sorry if that is confusing. Cheers :)