Should I play Bloodborne before Darl Souls 3?

[judgefidler]

I have never in my life touched a Dark Souls game. But lately, I feel I might be willing to try once I get my hands on a computer strong enough to play DS3. However, after watching the Game Grumps and doing a little research on the side, I see that Bloodborne and DS3 actually share the same engine!

Since I plan on getting a PS4 in the future, would it be worth my time to wait until I play Bloodborne? Or do I just hop into DS3 and see how it goes?

[taxicabmessiah]

If there's anything you should play before DS3, it's DS1.

But if you can play Bloodborne, go for it. It's an excellent game.

[Krono]

Bloodborne is great and I highly recommend it, but it's far from mandatory to play before ds3

[The Playa]

Bloodborne is not a souls game but it does have similar battle mechanics to ds3

[Hunubul]

DS1 is the only thing you should play before DS3, because story and lore is impossible to understand in DS3 without first playing and understanding the story of DS1.

EDIT: Or don't play DS1, but then don't be surprised you understand NOTHING. Like seeing Lord of the Rings 3 without seeing 1 first.. You won't understand a damn thing.

[Cooman]

Origineel geplaatst door Ponion:

DS1 is the only thing you should play before DS3, because story and lore is impossible to understand in DS3 without first playing and understanding the story of DS1.

EDIT: Or don't play DS1, but then don't be surprised you understand NOTHING. Like seeing Lord of the Rings 3 without seeing 1 first.. You won't understand a damn thing.

not really imo, there's barely any story or lore, it's just text written in item descriptions.

their still in completely different timelines, so it's kinds like saying you have to play elder scrolls morrowind before oblivion.

[dirthurts]

Play Bloodborne for sure, and Play Dark Souls 3.
In which order doesn't matter, but I do feel like Bloodborne is a bit easier to hop into, and it teaches you how to evade attacks, which is a huge part of DS3.

Whichever way you go though, you'll certainly have a great time.

[Corinne]

play 1,2,3 then get bloodborne. People say that DS3 and Bloodborne are pretty much the same, but I beat DS3 and used my dodging knowledge when I played bloodborne, it made the game quite simple for me.

[Tycross]

I haven't played bloodborne, but I heard you have to play more aggressively. So I would suggest playing Dark Souls 3. I have played Demon Soul, Dark Souls 2 and 3. I would probably even suggest playing Dark Souls 1 first if you are into finding out the lore of the game. Im going to pick it up because its actually really well done. Especially what I found out about Aldrich in DS3.

[jay jay the dank planezinho]

Origineel geplaatst door odinigh:

Origineel geplaatst door tomas wut:

Bloodborne has nothing to do with the soul series. That's a silly question. Whatever game you play first, won't change anything.

Except it's the same series and takes place in the same world.
Story-wise, you won't lose much of anything, but there will b many references you won't get, which may just defeat the purpose of playing this fanservice title.

are you one of these crazy people that try to link two games that have nothing to do with it? games have nothing to do with each other. don't be stupid.

[Cooman]

Origineel geplaatst door tomas wut:

Origineel geplaatst door odinigh:

Except it's the same series and takes place in the same world.
Story-wise, you won't lose much of anything, but there will b many references you won't get, which may just defeat the purpose of playing this fanservice title.

are you one of these crazy people that try to link two games that have nothing to do with it? games have nothing to do with each other. don't be stupid.

you mean how donkey Kong and crash bandicoot were the same game right?

[judgefidler]

Origineel geplaatst door I'm Helping!:

Play bloodborne for it's own sake. But keep in mind it's quite different from the Darksouls Games mechanically, as well as thematically. (Well, sudden lack of poise aside).

There's enough simmilarity for skillset carry over. But you generally need to be way more agressive in bloodborne for starters.

That was the response I was looking for, thank you. In all honesty, I wasn't thinking about the lore when I talked about the games. I was speaking from a combat and technical standpoint.

I have a history of playing hack'n'slash games that rely on stylish combos over precision, so I thought Bloodborne would be better. Then I saw the Ancient Dragon Greatshield and Sun Princess Ring.

Soooo.....yeah, didn't even have a train of thought there. But I can safely say I was not thinking about the lore at all.