"Well I am feeling stronger and the tentacles are neat, but the cancer-" "Here bro quick, take this, turn into a broccoli shoot lasers!" "but the canc-" "PEW PEW PEW"
@@Kazuhira2249 Yeah, Elden Ring has outer gods, but the game doesn't embrace the eldritch horrors like how Bloodborne does. It does the eldritch themes better than the the games, like Call of Cthulhu and the Sunken City, does. And that's saying something too.
The man sounds like a bloodborne character himself, the clever editing in that he uses the actual voice lines instead of just quoting them with his voice, showing the item descriptions as he mentions them, and the occasional music that makes important moments exciting. This is absolutely perfect. I've been wanting to read the Paleblood hunt for a while but I was never a fan of reading so I only read a page and then stopped. But then somehow the algorithm grants me the greatest gift of all time, this video
I actually read a random comment on Reddit saying “listen to” instead of “read” the book and it immediately piqued my interest. I cannot describe how happy I am to have found this video.
A very crucial detail worth pointing out. Iosefka only gives the Hunter Blue Elixirs after you've entered the clinic through the back at least one. Before that, she gives you Numbing Mists(an item from Cainhurst?) for every person you deliver to her. I assume this is because if you enter the clinic, see her work, and still send her "patients" then you are knowingly supporting her work. She rewards the Hunter more generously as they also recieve more Insight for sending people after this visit as opposed to before. This also directly changes all future dialogue with her. Before, you were her unwitting pawn. Now, you're her partner in crime.
@@JayBritton I didn't even realize the difference in rewards myself until you meantioned the elixirs and though to myself "Wrong!!" I recently started a new playthrough and havent left Yharnam yet, so Numbing Mist being the reward was still fresh in my mind. Went to look it up to make sure... Turns out, we were both right XD
@@JayBritton Yes you're totally right props for Redgrave for such incredible work :D I've spent so much time pondering the lore and reading item descriptions, but there's so many things that didn't sink in until watching this. I especially loved the chapter about Vermin and the League. Almost no one talks about those aspects of the story, yet the implications of this analysis are so much larger than one initially considers.
I think that the reason Amygdala doesnt "die" when you slay it is because all of the Amygdalae are just parts of the whole, poking through into our reality. As though we were fish in a pond, and a human dipped their fingers into the water. To us they look separate and independent, albeit identical when they are in fact just the only parts of a whole that are visible to us
I love this, but there's nothing in the lore that incidcates this as such. Yes, great ones exist with physical avatars that can be killed, but still exist spiritually - Mergo, Orphan, Moon Presence, but there's nothing that indicates Lesser Amygdala is the same as the Amygdala god. I think what really is happening here is that Amygdala is sort of like the queen and, and all the lesser Amygdalas are like worker ants. I suppose we could say that the lesser Amygdalas respond to/are extensions of the will of the Great One Amygdala who exists in a separate plane than our physical world, but they are not the same.
I did some thinking with the Doll. She loves us as a human loves Gods. What if the way we see the doll, always there for us, even if we kill her, even if we abuse her, always her pretty self, is how WE look to the Great Ones. And vice versa, a doll cannot tell the difference between hunters. Every single one of us is given the same respect no matter our treatment of her. All Amygdala look the same even though by lore accounts, all great ones are so different they can't breed together. What if that's because even with our insight, we still can't see the difference between them, save for only truly exceptional ones like Kos or Flora, similar to how the doll only knows us and Gherman? And this last part about us being a doll, what if to the Moon Presence, we are nothing but a doll. The way it holds the player reminds me of how a kid holds a Barbie. It only tries to break its new "toy" when it realize we aren't a doll like Gherman, but a being of personhood like itself? Wouldn't it be so thematic if the Hunters Dream was actually a Doll House? Complete with a Barbie, and if you're a male character, or even Gherman himself, a Ken Doll.
@@alastor8091 Bro..Gherman may be useless from the waist down but you didn't have to call him a Ken Doll. )-: Seriously tho I'm not sure I ultimately agree with your take but i like what you're cookin!
I owe you both my ability to sleep and my ability to understand bloodborne. This sounds like an official supplementary audio included in a special edition. The voice fits the universe of bloodborne so well.
Shout out to Redgrave for putting out this masterpiece of lore in readable format. And Jay Britton with the amazing master class narration. This could be sold and it would do amazing numbers with New York Times bestsellers, but its free and for the community with passion bleeding straight through.
Absolutely. I always come back to it. I know Dark Souls isn’t his favorite, and it grip him like Bloodborne did, but I would love to read his take on it.
I remembered reading it and getting towards the end describing how the titular paleblood is literally white blood cells for the Bloodborne disease in the story fits so well it gave me goosebumps upon completion. It's well written.
If youve ever seen danganronpa despair arc the very beginning of it is one of the characters saying "guess im dead well i will tell you what happened before my death" i could see this story in a simillar fashion he is sitting by a fire just thinking back to how it all began and kind of just speaking out loud to whoever or whatever may be listening
@@vidmaster6451 I like danganronpa, but the community is actually so trash. Shipping, sexual fanart, "hahaha killing game fun, bickering over best characters, the list goes on. You could say all games have this type of community, but danganronpa community takes it to x10. I'm starting to not like the games just because of the community. Very well then, nice to see another dr fan nonetheless.
I'm like halfway through the video at this point, but just when I thought Gascoigne's family's story couldn't get any more depressing, the whole thing about the blood not curing mental illness really hits. I always thought the girl saying "when daddy forgets us" was referring to the beasthood slowly taking over him, but nope it's dementia or something of the like. Also had no idea about Henryk and Viola. Amazing video dude, your narration is spectacular!
I miss Redgrave's work in the Soulsborne lore community, especially Bloodborne. Double crossed fingers that Elden Ring is deep enough to bring him back in.
@@Lyu-Phy after playing the game it definitely does have cosmic horror but I feel as though the DLCs will delve much further into that side of things than the main story did
I come back to Bloodborne every year or two to obsessively play every day. In the depths of my madness, i reach for this, my guiding moonlight, to explain to me why the hell I'm stabbing so many scary things. Thank you .
The thoroughness here is commendable! I've been around for a while, had 4 pregnancies, 3 children, and though I knew about ectopic pregnancies, I didn't know about the calcification and all that. I can see why it's not widely talked about, that seems very traumatic. Imagine finding out you lost a chance at a baby decades ago, and your body entombed it in itself :/
I read the Google doc of this a few years back and still have it on my old phone. The pure insight (pun intended) and piecing together of the lore is just fantastic. Logically, even if it isn't confirmed to be, this is the most canonical sense of Bloodborne imo. If Bloodborne 2 is real, I hope it has this level of thought put into it.
@@montyheat4829 Should be able to just search it. Although I think only the most recent version is up. I got a version that RedGrave was still speculating on a lot of things it seems. Guess I got a rare early draft :^)
people say all the time that a game had a massive impact on them.. and i'll say this here.. this game saved me in my darkest hour.. only three games hold such a lofty title in my heart, but bloodborne will always have that title as the first of the three to be my saviour, it taught me so much, and i could wax on poetically about it for years but i believe this audio, was the one the made me fall in love with it's lore properly, made me see it as an artistic masterpiece of storytelling rather then a simple slashing simulator to take out my rage on if you ever see this, thank you Redgrave for honouring Byrgenwerth, and Master Willem's teachings. and thank you Jay, for your cosmic level narration that truly made me appreciate this magnificent world, i'll drink a blood vial to you! may the good blood guide your way
This is the single best lore analysis of a video game I've ever heard. It's written incredibly well, and the performance couldn't have been any more perfect.
Probably listened to this at least 4x this week in it's entirety. I'm replaying the gane until I get my hands on Elden Ring. And let me just say, I've always appreciated reading the Paleblood hunt. But having it in such an easily digestible format, with an amazing narration choice is sublime. And as i put this on to sleep i can only think of one thing. "A hunter is a hunter, even in a dream." Happy hunting, and keep those wits about you.
I simply cannot fathom how I've only just discovered this in 2024 with Bloodborne being one of my favorite games of all time. This writing and narration are simply brilliant and have made me fall in love with Bloodborne all over again. Thank you for making this!
Dear Jay, congratulations on this masterpiece. I am certain that down in the oldest and most incomprehensible parts of the tomb, or where ever he might continue his studies, old Master Redgrave will look with appreciation upon this work.
This has really helped me get relaxed and comfy while resting I've a sleeping disorder so this has been a god send, thank you Bloodborne lore is nothing but spectacular and I wish we had more projects like this from yourself of other FS games
I'm listening through this for my second time and, even now I can't get over the every great one loses their child line repeats and how the last line of the whole five and a half hour essay video twists both the line and the whole tone of the essay. What masterful work from both the writer and the narrator. Congratulations to everyone involved, I'll be rewatching this video for the rest of my life.
I've been listening to this all morning at work, this is absolutely amazing. Things that were unclear to me have really pushed my thinking of bloodborne ever farther.
I know I am late to the party here, but as bloodborne fan, this book (this audiobook specifically) kept being recommend to me; by the Gods, I only regret not obeying the algorithm earlier what an amazing ride! All my respect to both the author and the narrator. Much like the game, listening to this was quite the chilling experience.
I've been meaning to read this for *years* and I never thought a narrated version existed! Just got this in my recommendations after scrolling for a solid 2 minutes... Clicked expeditiously. Wish it showed up sooner. Props to the writer and narrator :)
I bust it out at work on Spotify when I want to get lost while I'm working. I was confused by it at first, thinking it was going to be a fanfic narrative instead of an analysis. But it won me over once the theory crafting started coming up. It's a really good analysis. And I really dig the narration. This is a really good listen.
This has been getting me through hours of drawing & your voice also makes for really good bedtime story fuel as well. Every sentence has this enthralling punctuation to it. We hunters are in debt to your service, fear the old blood friend.
It's like sitting on a bench in a safe spot in Yharnam and listening to a local share news about the city. I keep listening to this as I go to sleep. Wonderful reading of Hunt, its one of my favourite VG essays.
Watching this for the first time this month was a phenomenal experience-there weren't many areas in which I learned something or saw something in a different perspective, but there was at least one such moment in every chapter, and I very much appreciated the "oh shit" moments they all provided! Specifically the end of Chapter 5.
Holy cow this was amazing! I’ve been listening to it in tiny segments for like two weeks and now I’m sad it’s over! Bloodborne is in my top five favorite games and this is such a good reading of an amazing analysis. Thank you for keeping me entertained for all this time.
I had actually been planning to do this myself as a long term dream VA project. Now, you've perfected it so there's no need to! You've ticked it off my bucket list for me, and far better than I ever could! This is truly amazing work, Jay. From voice acting to editing and production, you've completely nailed it.
Honestly, this is the best audio reading I've ever seen on UA-cam. Your accent and the tone of your voice fit bloodborne so well and that really helps feel more emersed in the reading. Also, I can now finally understand the lore in this masterpiece of a game.
This reading was incredible, I thought I knew everything about this story but this opened my eyes a bit more 👁👁 the part about Djura and the powder kegs got me fighting back a tear lol
This has so much higher production quality than I was expecting. I've already read through the Paleblood Hunt, but will listen to this again because it feels like a new experience. Excellent work.
I legit would buy this on audible or something. This is excellently produced from content to performance to editing. And it’s free for us scrubs on UA-cam.
This is a masterpiece. Everything from the voice, to the ambiance, the narration... I found the transition to Chapter 6 to be particuarly brilliant. I'd love to hear more of this style!
I’m currently doing a BL4 run of the game and am noticing more things than previously (being this low level forces you to pay closer attention) and the lore just feels so much larger and in depth than previous playthroughs. I’m so glad I found this video. I listen to this while drive home from work every day.
I can likely never thank you enough for this beautiful reading of an absolute masterpiece I was unaware of. It has deepened my understanding of my favourite game to a level I couldn’t imagine with my beastly idiocy. You and Redgrave are heroes of our community.
Whaaat dude an audiobook that is the story of Bloodborne? This will be what I fall asleep at night listening to for the next week thank you. I can’t fall asleep without some sort of audio book or lore video lol
As someone who has never played bloodborne, and has no idea how this ended up in my recommendations, I was enraptured by the voice, the story and the presentation of this all. To the uninitiated this is a work of art that seems like a well one can dove down and find a hundred wonderful things. Incredible work
I enjoyed the book by Redgrave and can’t believe I’m just finding out about this audiobook! You did an outstanding job on this, I am heavily impressed. Your voice is perfect for stories of similar themes such as works by HP Lovecraft’s or Edgar Allen Poe.
"We are born of the blood, made men by the blood, undone by the blood. Our eyes are yet to open..." Thank you for this narration. Always wanted to read this but you did way more justice to it than my inner voice would lmao
This was utterly captivating. From beginning to end, I sat here simply listening in one sitting. I had never heard much about the story of Bloodborne before this, and had never played the game myself. But I had always been reminded of how much I liked the aesthetic of the game from what I had seen and heard talked about. Great work, to you and the writer, and the community behind even that. Maybe one day I'll actually get around to play the game for myself, now so that I can experience it all with this knowledge and appreciate it all the more for it.
I remember going to Yahar'gul for the first time after being kidnapped by the snatcher just outside of the chapel. Incredible moment. The Hypogeon Gaol is my favorite level in the game for the atmosphere alone. It was awesome to go back there after killing Rom and exposing the Blood Moon. Seeing the aftermath of the Ritual of Mensis was what made me realize I was not playing a game about werewolves and beast hunters. Thank you for doing this. I've been dying for more lore on the Ritual of Mensis and this delivered in spades.
I honestly just play this on a loop in my house, it adds the perfect atmosphere. Thank you so much for such a lovely narration of a cornerstone of Bloodborne lore.
Really lovely presentation and voice work, hope Redgrave appreciates this. It's so interesting how his work has breathed such renewed life into Bloodborne and elevated its importance.
Man I wish Redgrave got the attention he deserves. After he put in so much work for the love of the lore and than got to watch others get all the credit and financial benefits crushed his spirit. Hope he found something else in life that makes him happy.
Was sat about before wondering how I'd ever have time to read paleblood Hunt. Instead out my headphones in n let you narrate me through my Nightshift...great job
The connection between the vermin and Cainhurst just hitted me like a train. Like many others here I have studied the lore of Bloodborne a very long time now and I would have never, ever thought that I would see such a majore lore-breakthrough again, that it would make me stare into nothingnes, trying to make sense of what I just heard just to realize that it all makes sense! Cainhurst is my favorite piece of lore and I always wondered where they would fit between kin/beasts. They way you/the document teased at what this way of thinking about the vermin could imply made it that much more delightful for me, thanks ♥️ Fear the old blood.
I cant count how many times i've fell asleap listening to this (i've insomnia). Your voice is so soothing. I feel like a child listening to his dads bedtime stories. Please consider doing more of this.
It took me a week, but all 5 hours and 27 minutes of it was worth it. Incredibly detailed, wonderfully narrated and a pure love letter to a modern classic. Easily for me the best Bloodborne lore video on UA-cam. Thanks for the effort!
I listen to this video every night. Don’t ask me why my brain has latched on to this but the sound and voice are so comforting, and the topic is a videogame i love. Besides, Fromsoft could never write something as weird as my actual dreams anyway. Once again, thank you for producing my favorite, most played youtube video. I owe you, seriously.
I went from hearing you as a histrionic and rather tasteless "prince" to this much more refined and eloquent rendition of your work, quite the whiplash! Absolutely adore this narration, especially while I'm in the middle of another playthrough.
@@JayBritton yeah I think they were named Storage? Actually nevermind pretty sure the character was played by a lady named Bri, my bad I think my brain's still hemorrhaging from that last episode, makes the details a bit fuzzy 😆 On the core topic, you should pressure someone at Tablestory to run a game heavily inspired by BB or perhaps do so yourself!
I have played this game multiple times and still do this day since its release and I am absolutely amazed of how throughly you pieced this together I need more content like this! 😊
What a great bit of information you've compiled here. I don't necessarily agree with all your points but I'm very happy that you provide sufficient evidence for every single one of them. You have done a lot of research and it shows. This was very intellectually stimulating, and I give the read through a 10 out of 10. My only real critique is you jump around a bit but considering the source material that's understandable. Once again fantastic work.
I didn't write this but I appreciate the comments! As per the title screen it's written by DMC Redgrave, I just created this audiobook version of the book he wrote.
THIS IS AWESOME. I've read several of the Bloodborne comics and this is EXACTLY how i imagined it. thank you so much for all the effort and hard work you put in to this.
Came to Yharnam to cure my stage 4 cancer, all I got was this +25% Phys ATK up, ATK vs. Kin down cursed radial blood gem.
Amazing comment, you are a gentleman and a hunter
this is why comment sections exist
"Boom, no more cancer!"
"Well I am feeling stronger and the tentacles are neat, but the cancer-"
"Here bro quick, take this, turn into a broccoli shoot lasers!"
"but the canc-"
"PEW PEW PEW"
From Softwares' foray into Lovecraftian cosmic horror was a stroke of genius. Bloodborne executes this vision perfectly. Brilliant presentation!
Just like Demon's Souls or Dark Souls 1, in the very least
@@AydarBMSTU c’mon. You know they meant as a main part of the game. Demon souls and Dark Souls had elements, but blood borne makes it a central theme.
well elden ring also has lots of lovecraftian themes, outer gods, and especially the frenzied flame, literally being madness itself
@@Kazuhira2249 It's not Lovecraftian, it's much more sane and not creepy. Elden ring's themes are regal, and so are most of the key characters
@@Kazuhira2249 Yeah, Elden Ring has outer gods, but the game doesn't embrace the eldritch horrors like how Bloodborne does. It does the eldritch themes better than the the games, like Call of Cthulhu and the Sunken City, does. And that's saying something too.
I’ve been falling asleep to this almost every night for a year I swear I’ll never be able to sleep again if it ever gets deleted.
Well I have no plans to ever delete it, it's also on Spotify as well :)
I'm so glad I'm not the only one who's been using this as white noise for sleep
It's gonna be my new sleep companion
It’s my Halloween season listening companion, often time for sleep too
Why don't you download it???
The man sounds like a bloodborne character himself, the clever editing in that he uses the actual voice lines instead of just quoting them with his voice, showing the item descriptions as he mentions them, and the occasional music that makes important moments exciting. This is absolutely perfect.
I've been wanting to read the Paleblood hunt for a while but I was never a fan of reading so I only read a page and then stopped. But then somehow the algorithm grants me the greatest gift of all time, this video
@@JayBritton I really hope to recognize your voice in their new games 💙
At times I couldn't tell if he was playing a voice clip or perfectly imitating.
Took the words right out of my mouth. Really the best gift ever :D
I actually read a random comment on Reddit saying “listen to” instead of “read” the book and it immediately piqued my interest.
I cannot describe how happy I am to have found this video.
Praise the algorithm~!!
A very crucial detail worth pointing out. Iosefka only gives the Hunter Blue Elixirs after you've entered the clinic through the back at least one. Before that, she gives you Numbing Mists(an item from Cainhurst?) for every person you deliver to her. I assume this is because if you enter the clinic, see her work, and still send her "patients" then you are knowingly supporting her work. She rewards the Hunter more generously as they also recieve more Insight for sending people after this visit as opposed to before. This also directly changes all future dialogue with her. Before, you were her unwitting pawn. Now, you're her partner in crime.
@@JayBritton I didn't even realize the difference in rewards myself until you meantioned the elixirs and though to myself "Wrong!!" I recently started a new playthrough and havent left Yharnam yet, so Numbing Mist being the reward was still fresh in my mind. Went to look it up to make sure... Turns out, we were both right XD
@@JayBritton Yes you're totally right props for Redgrave for such incredible work :D I've spent so much time pondering the lore and reading item descriptions, but there's so many things that didn't sink in until watching this. I especially loved the chapter about Vermin and the League. Almost no one talks about those aspects of the story, yet the implications of this analysis are so much larger than one initially considers.
I think that the reason Amygdala doesnt "die" when you slay it is because all of the Amygdalae are just parts of the whole, poking through into our reality. As though we were fish in a pond, and a human dipped their fingers into the water. To us they look separate and independent, albeit identical when they are in fact just the only parts of a whole that are visible to us
Great analogy!
There is no reason for undeath that does not go without.
I love this, but there's nothing in the lore that incidcates this as such. Yes, great ones exist with physical avatars that can be killed, but still exist spiritually - Mergo, Orphan, Moon Presence, but there's nothing that indicates Lesser Amygdala is the same as the Amygdala god. I think what really is happening here is that Amygdala is sort of like the queen and, and all the lesser Amygdalas are like worker ants. I suppose we could say that the lesser Amygdalas respond to/are extensions of the will of the Great One Amygdala who exists in a separate plane than our physical world, but they are not the same.
I did some thinking with the Doll. She loves us as a human loves Gods. What if the way we see the doll, always there for us, even if we kill her, even if we abuse her, always her pretty self, is how WE look to the Great Ones. And vice versa, a doll cannot tell the difference between hunters. Every single one of us is given the same respect no matter our treatment of her. All Amygdala look the same even though by lore accounts, all great ones are so different they can't breed together. What if that's because even with our insight, we still can't see the difference between them, save for only truly exceptional ones like Kos or Flora, similar to how the doll only knows us and Gherman?
And this last part about us being a doll, what if to the Moon Presence, we are nothing but a doll. The way it holds the player reminds me of how a kid holds a Barbie. It only tries to break its new "toy" when it realize we aren't a doll like Gherman, but a being of personhood like itself? Wouldn't it be so thematic if the Hunters Dream was actually a Doll House? Complete with a Barbie, and if you're a male character, or even Gherman himself, a Ken Doll.
@@alastor8091 Bro..Gherman may be useless from the waist down but you didn't have to call him a Ken Doll. )-: Seriously tho I'm not sure I ultimately agree with your take but i like what you're cookin!
“Micolash, on the other hand, is bat. Shit. Crazy.”
The way you deliver that line was honestly the highlight to the reading for me.
Nah. He’s just ahead of the curve. 😏🐙
I was repeating that line in my head for the rest of the day after I heard it XD
I giggled so loud when I heard this 😄
Eloquently put. 😂
I have a hunter's dream every night of that bitch spamming me over and over and over with the augur.
I found that bit gimmicky. Like a cheap gag in an otherwise outstanding text / reading.
"The implications are.......unpleasant" is probably the best one line summary I've ever heard for Bloodborne 🤣. Great work here
@@ollietaplin9510 too real
I owe you both my ability to sleep and my ability to understand bloodborne.
This sounds like an official supplementary audio included in a special edition. The voice fits the universe of bloodborne so well.
This is my heavy weaponry when I start having trouble sleeping. Sometimes I have Lovecraftian lucid dreams from it, but that's just bonus content 🙏🏻
After watching this and several other lore explanation videos I can finally say I understand 70% of bloodbornes lore
Shout out to Redgrave for putting out this masterpiece of lore in readable format. And Jay Britton with the amazing master class narration. This could be sold and it would do amazing numbers with New York Times bestsellers, but its free and for the community with passion bleeding straight through.
this !
Redgrave is the real deal when it comes to bloodborne…so under appreciated.
Absolutely. I always come back to it. I know Dark Souls isn’t his favorite, and it grip him like Bloodborne did, but I would love to read his take on it.
For good reason. Lots of wrong info
@@N3UROTOXIN2505 haha obvious troll, 0/10
@@danielelliott95 such as...?
@@connorp8408 such as a deep dive into the lore like he did with TPBH? Maybe, idk. I figured it would be obvious what I meant.
I remembered reading it and getting towards the end describing how the titular paleblood is literally white blood cells for the Bloodborne disease in the story fits so well it gave me goosebumps upon completion. It's well written.
Your voice sort of sounds like Alfred's so I imagined him retelling the story of Bloodborne to new hunters. You did a great job!
If youve ever seen danganronpa despair arc the very beginning of it is one of the characters saying "guess im dead well i will tell you what happened before my death" i could see this story in a simillar fashion he is sitting by a fire just thinking back to how it all began and kind of just speaking out loud to whoever or whatever may be listening
@@vidmaster6451 I like danganronpa, but the community is actually so trash. Shipping, sexual fanart, "hahaha killing game fun, bickering over best characters, the list goes on. You could say all games have this type of community, but danganronpa community takes it to x10. I'm starting to not like the games just because of the community. Very well then, nice to see another dr fan nonetheless.
@@theultimatetactician1712 i donr pay much attention to the community if i am being honest i just enjoy the anime and games myself
@@vidmaster6451 that is great to hear, the community is tainted by scum and filth it's quite squalid.
@@theultimatetactician1712 i wouldnt of known on all honesty so thanks for shedding some light on that
I'm like halfway through the video at this point, but just when I thought Gascoigne's family's story couldn't get any more depressing, the whole thing about the blood not curing mental illness really hits. I always thought the girl saying "when daddy forgets us" was referring to the beasthood slowly taking over him, but nope it's dementia or something of the like. Also had no idea about Henryk and Viola. Amazing video dude, your narration is spectacular!
I miss Redgrave's work in the Soulsborne lore community, especially Bloodborne. Double crossed fingers that Elden Ring is deep enough to bring him back in.
If it is Lovecraftian enough, perhaps.
@@Lyu-Phy after playing the game it definitely does have cosmic horror but I feel as though the DLCs will delve much further into that side of things than the main story did
He does talk a lot about it when he streams it. Fingers indeed crossed
It does have more answers in itself than BB
I come back to Bloodborne every year or two to obsessively play every day. In the depths of my madness, i reach for this, my guiding moonlight, to explain to me why the hell I'm stabbing so many scary things. Thank you .
The thoroughness here is commendable! I've been around for a while, had 4 pregnancies, 3 children, and though I knew about ectopic pregnancies, I didn't know about the calcification and all that. I can see why it's not widely talked about, that seems very traumatic. Imagine finding out you lost a chance at a baby decades ago, and your body entombed it in itself :/
LOVE the line;
"Another bullshit miyazaki death trap"
outstanding work
I read the Google doc of this a few years back and still have it on my old phone. The pure insight (pun intended) and piecing together of the lore is just fantastic. Logically, even if it isn't confirmed to be, this is the most canonical sense of Bloodborne imo. If Bloodborne 2 is real, I hope it has this level of thought put into it.
where did you find the google doc? i need it lol
@@montyheat4829 Should be able to just search it. Although I think only the most recent version is up. I got a version that RedGrave was still speculating on a lot of things it seems. Guess I got a rare early draft :^)
people say all the time that a game had a massive impact on them.. and i'll say this here..
this game saved me in my darkest hour..
only three games hold such a lofty title in my heart, but bloodborne will always have that title as the first of the three to be my saviour, it taught me so much, and i could wax on poetically about it for years
but i believe this audio, was the one the made me fall in love with it's lore properly, made me see it as an artistic masterpiece of storytelling rather then a simple slashing simulator to take out my rage on
if you ever see this, thank you Redgrave for honouring Byrgenwerth, and Master Willem's teachings. and thank you Jay, for your cosmic level narration that truly made me appreciate this magnificent world, i'll drink a blood vial to you!
may the good blood guide your way
"Micolash, on the other hand, is bat. Shit. Crazy."
Perfect delivery. Lol.
Just listened to all 10 episodes on Spotify, and I'm so sad that it's over. Beautifully narrated and the atmosphere was amazing.
Wish Redgrave has seen this. Hopefully he has, bet he'd appreciate it as much as the lot of us are. Well done good sir 👏
This is the single best lore analysis of a video game I've ever heard. It's written incredibly well, and the performance couldn't have been any more perfect.
This is the greatest piece of media since Bloodborne itself. A thousand likes from me good sir.
Redgrave is a legend and you do his love letter to the game justice. Great job!
Probably listened to this at least 4x this week in it's entirety. I'm replaying the gane until I get my hands on Elden Ring. And let me just say, I've always appreciated reading the Paleblood hunt. But having it in such an easily digestible format, with an amazing narration choice is sublime. And as i put this on to sleep i can only think of one thing. "A hunter is a hunter, even in a dream." Happy hunting, and keep those wits about you.
I simply cannot fathom how I've only just discovered this in 2024 with Bloodborne being one of my favorite games of all time. This writing and narration are simply brilliant and have made me fall in love with Bloodborne all over again. Thank you for making this!
Dear Jay, congratulations on this masterpiece.
I am certain that down in the oldest and most incomprehensible parts of the tomb, or where ever he might continue his studies, old Master Redgrave will look with appreciation upon this work.
What a coincidence that this got uploaded recently . Just thought ablout getting into bloodborne lore again after a long time.Great work!
This has really helped me get relaxed and comfy while resting
I've a sleeping disorder so this has been a god send, thank you
Bloodborne lore is nothing but spectacular and I wish we had more projects like this from yourself of other FS games
I'm listening through this for my second time and, even now I can't get over the every great one loses their child line repeats and how the last line of the whole five and a half hour essay video twists both the line and the whole tone of the essay. What masterful work from both the writer and the narrator. Congratulations to everyone involved, I'll be rewatching this video for the rest of my life.
"Perhaps not every Great One... loses its child... after all."
Okay... that's going to keep me up at night...
Redgrave is an absolute legend for compiling and writing this
I've been listening to this all morning at work, this is absolutely amazing. Things that were unclear to me have really pushed my thinking of bloodborne ever farther.
I've been listening to this on repeat for almost a year. When I get to the end, it's time to start again.
I have never read a book neither listened to an audio book but I’m definitely willing to listen to this from time to time till the very last minute
I know I am late to the party here, but as bloodborne fan, this book (this audiobook specifically) kept being recommend to me; by the Gods, I only regret not obeying the algorithm earlier what an amazing ride! All my respect to both the author and the narrator. Much like the game, listening to this was quite the chilling experience.
I've been meaning to read this for *years* and I never thought a narrated version existed!
Just got this in my recommendations after scrolling for a solid 2 minutes... Clicked expeditiously. Wish it showed up sooner. Props to the writer and narrator :)
The ending with the implication that the Doll is a Great One had my jaw dropped.
How the heck did a lore analysis take me on an emotional roller-coaster? I love this
I’m so happy to see someone is narrating this, and I hope Redgrave is doing good, he did so much for the Bloodborne community.
I bust it out at work on Spotify when I want to get lost while I'm working. I was confused by it at first, thinking it was going to be a fanfic narrative instead of an analysis. But it won me over once the theory crafting started coming up. It's a really good analysis. And I really dig the narration. This is a really good listen.
This has been getting me through hours of drawing & your voice also makes for really good bedtime story fuel as well. Every sentence has this enthralling punctuation to it. We hunters are in debt to your service, fear the old blood friend.
I fell asleep listening and woke up in the hunter's nightmare
Git gud
Man! after 8 years of playing bloodborne, I will still take a day off and go to a distant quiet place to listen to this in one sitting!
Just wanted to say thank you for this recording, as it's not only a great Audio book, but one of my go-to videos when I can't sleep.
It's like sitting on a bench in a safe spot in Yharnam and listening to a local share news about the city. I keep listening to this as I go to sleep. Wonderful reading of Hunt, its one of my favourite VG essays.
Thank you, that's exactly the kind of feeling I wanted. Like listening to an old Brygenwerth scholar tell an old tale
Watching this for the first time this month was a phenomenal experience-there weren't many areas in which I learned something or saw something in a different perspective, but there was at least one such moment in every chapter, and I very much appreciated the "oh shit" moments they all provided!
Specifically the end of Chapter 5.
Holy cow this was amazing! I’ve been listening to it in tiny segments for like two weeks and now I’m sad it’s over! Bloodborne is in my top five favorite games and this is such a good reading of an amazing analysis. Thank you for keeping me entertained for all this time.
I honestly listen to this every night whilst I sleep, I almost know it off by heart now.
This is an amazing reading! Thank you.
Omg what is this marvelous dream and why havent i got it recommended until now?
Thank you for this amazing video!!
Glad you liked it!
I had actually been planning to do this myself as a long term dream VA project.
Now, you've perfected it so there's no need to! You've ticked it off my bucket list for me, and far better than I ever could!
This is truly amazing work, Jay. From voice acting to editing and production, you've completely nailed it.
Honestly, this is the best audio reading I've ever seen on UA-cam. Your accent and the tone of your voice fit bloodborne so well and that really helps feel more emersed in the reading. Also, I can now finally understand the lore in this masterpiece of a game.
This reading was incredible, I thought I knew everything about this story but this opened my eyes a bit more 👁👁 the part about Djura and the powder kegs got me fighting back a tear lol
U gained insight
This has so much higher production quality than I was expecting. I've already read through the Paleblood Hunt, but will listen to this again because it feels like a new experience.
Excellent work.
You did an amazing job on this narration. Once I started listening I wasn’t able to stop! It got me through work today lol
I legit would buy this on audible or something. This is excellently produced from content to performance to editing. And it’s free for us scrubs on UA-cam.
Absolutely fantastic. This is hands-down the best take of the story of Bloodborne in my opinion, and your narration is just top notch.
I circle back to this video every few months, it keeps getting better.
This is a masterpiece. Everything from the voice, to the ambiance, the narration... I found the transition to Chapter 6 to be particuarly brilliant.
I'd love to hear more of this style!
I’m currently doing a BL4 run of the game and am noticing more things than previously (being this low level forces you to pay closer attention) and the lore just feels so much larger and in depth than previous playthroughs. I’m so glad I found this video. I listen to this while drive home from work every day.
I can likely never thank you enough for this beautiful reading of an absolute masterpiece I was unaware of. It has deepened my understanding of my favourite game to a level I couldn’t imagine with my beastly idiocy.
You and Redgrave are heroes of our community.
So Glad this is getting more views. Amazing audiobook
If this hits the big 1M views, I'll be a happy man 😃
This should be a must listen for all fans of bloodborne I've probably listened 3 times through sometimes while playing the game!
Whaaat dude an audiobook that is the story of Bloodborne? This will be what I fall asleep at night listening to for the next week thank you. I can’t fall asleep without some sort of audio book or lore video lol
It was written by a fan of the game, but manly believe it to be an official audio & telling of the lore!! Glad u enjoy I love this so much haha
Just finished this on spotify. Man. To say i loved it would be an understatement. I'd pay for this, easily.
As someone who has never played bloodborne, and has no idea how this ended up in my recommendations, I was enraptured by the voice, the story and the presentation of this all. To the uninitiated this is a work of art that seems like a well one can dove down and find a hundred wonderful things. Incredible work
I enjoyed the book by Redgrave and can’t believe I’m just finding out about this audiobook! You did an outstanding job on this, I am heavily impressed. Your voice is perfect for stories of similar themes such as works by HP Lovecraft’s or Edgar Allen Poe.
"We are born of the blood, made men by the blood, undone by the blood. Our eyes are yet to open..."
Thank you for this narration. Always wanted to read this but you did way more justice to it than my inner voice would lmao
Fear the old blood 🩸
This was utterly captivating. From beginning to end, I sat here simply listening in one sitting. I had never heard much about the story of Bloodborne before this, and had never played the game myself. But I had always been reminded of how much I liked the aesthetic of the game from what I had seen and heard talked about. Great work, to you and the writer, and the community behind even that. Maybe one day I'll actually get around to play the game for myself, now so that I can experience it all with this knowledge and appreciate it all the more for it.
Dude, you're missing out big time.
By the gods, play it Jeremia.
I remember going to Yahar'gul for the first time after being kidnapped by the snatcher just outside of the chapel. Incredible moment. The Hypogeon Gaol is my favorite level in the game for the atmosphere alone. It was awesome to go back there after killing Rom and exposing the Blood Moon. Seeing the aftermath of the Ritual of Mensis was what made me realize I was not playing a game about werewolves and beast hunters.
Thank you for doing this. I've been dying for more lore on the Ritual of Mensis and this delivered in spades.
I honestly just play this on a loop in my house, it adds the perfect atmosphere. Thank you so much for such a lovely narration of a cornerstone of Bloodborne lore.
Thanks
Really lovely presentation and voice work, hope Redgrave appreciates this. It's so interesting how his work has breathed such renewed life into Bloodborne and elevated its importance.
Man I wish Redgrave got the attention he deserves. After he put in so much work for the love of the lore and than got to watch others get all the credit and financial benefits crushed his spirit. Hope he found something else in life that makes him happy.
Was sat about before wondering how I'd ever have time to read paleblood Hunt.
Instead out my headphones in n let you narrate me through my Nightshift...great job
OMGGGG I NEVER MADE THE CONNECTION TO MARIA AND KOS!! YOU'RE AMAZING
The connection between the vermin and Cainhurst just hitted me like a train. Like many others here I have studied the lore of Bloodborne a very long time now and I would have never, ever thought that I would see such a majore lore-breakthrough again, that it would make me stare into nothingnes, trying to make sense of what I just heard just to realize that it all makes sense!
Cainhurst is my favorite piece of lore and I always wondered where they would fit between kin/beasts.
They way you/the document teased at what this way of thinking about the vermin could imply made it that much more delightful for me, thanks ♥️
Fear the old blood.
I can't believe I found new bloodborne video that I will be listening for another 3 years
Beautifully done, would love to hear some audiobooks like this. It's almost like a hunters journal XD
By the wrath of Mother Kos... The delivery on some of the lines is just... Ooooh! Majestic!
Wow, chapter 3 really got me. I now have an appreciation for Djura. Damn these allergies :'(
Without exaggeration this might be my favorite piece of media I've ever found on UA-cam.
I'm not fan of listening to audiobooks or podcasts but THIS, THIS IS INCREDIBLE
It has made my commute to work way more enjoyable
I cant count how many times i've fell asleap listening to this (i've insomnia). Your voice is so soothing. I feel like a child listening to his dads bedtime stories. Please consider doing more of this.
Been absolutely dreaming of something like this man, God bless you!
It took me a week, but all 5 hours and 27 minutes of it was worth it. Incredibly detailed, wonderfully narrated and a pure love letter to a modern classic. Easily for me the best Bloodborne lore video on UA-cam. Thanks for the effort!
You've got a great voice for this kind of narration. I love the gravelly, almost drone underpinning the way you read. Keep it up my dude.
I listen to this video every night. Don’t ask me why my brain has latched on to this but the sound and voice are so comforting, and the topic is a videogame i love. Besides, Fromsoft could never write something as weird as my actual dreams anyway.
Once again, thank you for producing my favorite, most played youtube video. I owe you, seriously.
Imagine you start hearing a baby crying in the background more and more throughout the video bc you have more insight into the story. 😶😶😶
I went from hearing you as a histrionic and rather tasteless "prince" to this much more refined and eloquent rendition of your work, quite the whiplash! Absolutely adore this narration, especially while I'm in the middle of another playthrough.
@@JayBritton yeah I think they were named Storage? Actually nevermind pretty sure the character was played by a lady named Bri, my bad I think my brain's still hemorrhaging from that last episode, makes the details a bit fuzzy 😆 On the core topic, you should pressure someone at Tablestory to run a game heavily inspired by BB or perhaps do so yourself!
This is magnificent. Your pitching and tone are perfectly matched to the quality of the in-game audio and dialogue. Loved it 🥰
My bedtime ritual. I’ve fallen asleep to this so many times. Btw, thank u for not having mid roll ads 🙏
Magnificent work. The writing, the narration, the editing. Simply magnificent.
I have played this game multiple times and still do this day since its release and I am absolutely amazed of how throughly you pieced this together I need more content like this! 😊
This deserves so much more views! shared it with everyone in my inner circle
What a great bit of information you've compiled here. I don't necessarily agree with all your points but I'm very happy that you provide sufficient evidence for every single one of them. You have done a lot of research and it shows. This was very intellectually stimulating, and I give the read through a 10 out of 10. My only real critique is you jump around a bit but considering the source material that's understandable. Once again fantastic work.
I didn't write this but I appreciate the comments! As per the title screen it's written by DMC Redgrave, I just created this audiobook version of the book he wrote.
Man this is more than an audiobook, it's an experience
THIS IS AWESOME. I've read several of the Bloodborne comics and this is EXACTLY how i imagined it. thank you so much for all the effort and hard work you put in to this.