Bloodborne is my choice for best FromSoft game.
The world design of Yharnam is absolutely stunning, blending Gothic Victorian horror with Lovecraftian horror elements in an expertly paced and structured game. The music is incredible and lends to the atmosphere of the world, often with grand orchestral choirs and strings for boss fights or chillingly dark and creepy vocals for some of the areas.
Combat is fast and visceral, rewarding counterattacking quickly after taking damage to reclaim some of your lost hp makes Bloodborne a much more exciting game than some of FromSoft's other, slower games.
Bloodborne's story is mysterious and esoteric, in typical FromSoft fashion they very rarely tell you anything outright, requiring you to read item descriptions and completing npc side quests to learn more about the lore of the game for those who are interested.
A potential source of frustration (besides the challenging difficulty) is that your main source of healing, blood vials, are a consumable resource meaning you can run out of them. Running out of blood vials while trying to defeat a boss and then having to go out and grind for more breaks up the pace of the game and can be annoying.
The "Old Hunters" DLC is also a great expansion to the game with some of the most interesting boss fights in the whole game, I highly recommend it if you decide to play Bloodborne.
Overall I think Bloodborne is a masterpiece that any fan of FromSoft should play and I hope that we get a sequel one day so we can see more of what Yharnam has to offer.
The world design of Yharnam is absolutely stunning, blending Gothic Victorian horror with Lovecraftian horror elements in an expertly paced and structured game. The music is incredible and lends to the atmosphere of the world, often with grand orchestral choirs and strings for boss fights or chillingly dark and creepy vocals for some of the areas.
Combat is fast and visceral, rewarding counterattacking quickly after taking damage to reclaim some of your lost hp makes Bloodborne a much more exciting game than some of FromSoft's other, slower games.
Bloodborne's story is mysterious and esoteric, in typical FromSoft fashion they very rarely tell you anything outright, requiring you to read item descriptions and completing npc side quests to learn more about the lore of the game for those who are interested.
A potential source of frustration (besides the challenging difficulty) is that your main source of healing, blood vials, are a consumable resource meaning you can run out of them. Running out of blood vials while trying to defeat a boss and then having to go out and grind for more breaks up the pace of the game and can be annoying.
The "Old Hunters" DLC is also a great expansion to the game with some of the most interesting boss fights in the whole game, I highly recommend it if you decide to play Bloodborne.
Overall I think Bloodborne is a masterpiece that any fan of FromSoft should play and I hope that we get a sequel one day so we can see more of what Yharnam has to offer.