Completing Bloodborne! | Gehrman The First Hunter & Moon Presence | Part 20 (Final Episode)
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- I finally reach the end of Bloodborne. BIG SAD! We take out the hunter of all hunters, Gehrman - find out what ending I get in my first ever Bloodborne playthrough. It feels bittersweet to complete the game but I know there are plenty more amazing FromSoftware games for me to play. Let me know in the comments what you thought of this episode and what I should play next. Thank you for joining me on this incredible journey! I hope you stick around for more adventures.
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Bloodborne is a 2015 Action RPG from renowned Japanese developer FromSoftware exclusively for the PlayStation 4 system. Face your fears as you search for answers in the ancient city of Yharnam, now cursed with a strange endemic illness spreading through the streets like wildfire. Danger, death and madness lurk around every corner of this dark and horrific world, and you must discover its darkest secrets in order to survive.
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HERE IT IS, The end of Bloodborne. WOW… I am sad. I kept in as much as possible of my final thoughts in the end credits!! but I can’t wait to chat to you all about this. It’s been an amazing ride and I can’t thank each and every one of you enough for joining me for it. I hope you’re all proud of the Toad Hunter journey, I think we went out with quite the bang. Let’s chat in the comments, and a special lil thank you to those that have been here since the beginning - 💜! Let me know what you’d like to see from me next, as mentioned I’d love to make more BB / Fromsoftware content! It feels like something is missing from my life!
In terms of content ideas while I think about it. I'd love a top 10 tips for Bloodborne/SoulsBourne game newcomers 👍
Firstly, great Playthrough! Secondly, I suggest you play Steelrising, I’m pretty sure you’d love it. I’ve started it myself recently and it’s been awesome, I’ve already recorded 8 episodes but haven’t published any yet (not that anyone would watch 😅), just kept going one after another.
Many parts reminded me of Bloodborne (which made me very nostalgic), although it’s very different with its atmosphere and other aspects, also improved on some small frustrating things that are often in such games.
Gehrman's story is actually sad and pityfull...in the end he wants you to submit your life so he can save you from that hunter's dream (nightmare). Check out the lore videos you'll love them, and congratz on finishing this masterpiece.
What a confusing old man haha... I can't figure him out! Thanks so much, appreciate you watching!
Arguably Gehrman is the saddest tale in Bloodborne
Can’t wait to look into him!
In my opinion the ending makes much more sense when you think about it this way: plot of Bloodborne is mostly about people trying to ascend to godhood and having it backfire horribly. Provost Willem wanted to elevate his thoughts to the heighs of Old Ones and instead became braindead, going mad from revelation. Micolash used his umbilical cord to create Nightmare of Mensis, killing all the other scholars and bringing apocalypse to the world - ultimately achieving nothing. Gerhman used his cord to wish for a purpose, and became a prisoner in the Hunter's Dream, doomed to send countless hunters to the slaughter and being unable to ever die. If you DON'T consume the cords and fight Gerhman, you take his place as the Dream's host - he's only fighting you because he wants to spare you this fate.
In the end the only person who managed to achieve godhood is the hunter, and (according to the description of ending achievement) you're now ready to lift humanity "into its next childhood". It's left vague on purpose - is it good or a bad thing?
Woah, when you put it like that it does make sense! Thank you for sharing this with me I love reading different takes on the ending. Gehrman is such a complex character and I can't wait to learn more about him! Going to check out some videos on the other endings at some point and lore vids too. This game really is vague as always and one of the things I love about it, we can all take away something from it. Thanks for joining me on this adventure, really appreciate it! hope to see you around 😁
It's fun that you said that Gehrman's weapon is like a Grim Reaper's weapon because, hahah, that is _exactly_ who he is: Your final dialogue with him, when Gehrman offers you mercy, is a symbolic representation of the Death card in the Major Arcana Tarot: Death is the card directly after The Hanged Man, the card that the Hunter symbol is based upon, and it represents endings (as in, multiple endings; the exchange with Gehrman determining if you'll get the Sunrise ending or one of the other two), beginnings (New Game+), change (you taking Gehrman's place as the Host of the Dream in the Honouring Wishes ending), transformation (you turning into a Great One in the Childhood's Beginning ending), transition (from one New Game to a New Game+, from being a Hunter to being the Host of The Dream, from being a human to being a Great One, etc), and when reversed the Death card represents Resistance to Change (Gehrman refusing to risk you being subjected to his torment), personal transformation (Gehrman going from a wheelchair-confined old coot to The First Hunter) and inner purging (Gehrman's atonement).
Furthermore, you know those Lamps you use to get to The Hunter's Dream? You know what Lamps like those represent in Japan? Ever seen an Obon festival? You know, the ones where they send little paper lanterns out over a body of water? Those lanterns are meant to represent the souls of the dead passing on into Tokoyo no Kuni, the Land of Eternity/Land of the Eternal Night, the realm of death located across the ocean... And you have spent the entire game killing beings, from Yharnamites to Beasts to simple animals to monsters to Gods, reaping their Blood Echoes and using those Lamps to ferry those Echoes to The Hunter's Dream. So what does that make The Hunter's Dream? Because it sure sounds to me like you've been reaping the souls of the living and ferrying them to the realm of death... Suddenly the use of gravestones to travel away from The Hunter's Dream make a whole lot more sense, don't they?
And the Moon Presence? Well, if you perform the Make Contact gesture in front of the Brain of Mensis, she gives you a Moon Rune, which increases the amount of Blood Echoes you get from killing enemies. But why would she give you a Rune that incentivises killing? The pale Moon is, in Buddhist iconography, used to represent The Pure Land, Paradise, the realm of those who've broken free of the Samsaric cycle of reincarnating into existences of suffering.... the Brain of Mensis gives you a Rune that incentivises killing because she is begging you to kill her and free her from her suffering. She doesn't even try to fight back if you start attacking her... "Moon" means "Death" in the language of the Great Ones. And a "Blood Moon" is otherwise known as a "Hunter's Moon"...
The Moon Presence is the one that sent our Hunter out on the Hunt to halt the source of the spreading scourge of beasts by slaying Mergo. On our journey to Mergo, we slaughter our way through whatever else we encounter, including Rom and likely a few others of the Moon Presence's alien brethren. However, though they may be buried in their tombs, the Great Ones are not dead; the early Pthumerians are said to have been but humble guardians of "the slumbering Great Ones," for that is not dead which can eternal lie...
The Moon Presence's appearance also differs a from all other Great Ones in her design: She looks nigh-on undead, with her spine and ribs grotesquely exposed. This thematic connection with death is also represented in the Moon Presence's signature abilities: One which brings our Hunter to the brink of death, with but a single HP remaining, and another, a shower of blood which prevents us from healing ourselves, denying us the ability to restore our life... In the end, though, we kill even the Moon Presence. And with strange eons even death may die.
The old G was a prisoner in the hunters dream by the moon presence (a great one), in the lil garden on the back of the building in the hunters dream, sometimes u can find Gherman crying and asking for help, calling his old companions, is a really sad thing to watch, you have actually freed him in the end, really cool playtrough GG.
I’ve had a look at some of the lore since finishing this and it’s incredible. So much to it! Thanks for watching the playthrough glad you enjoyed it. This was a quick episode! Elden ring series next? 😎
@@Toadmiilk sure, just starting, also I do love to see you trying the OG dark souls remastered, even being more close to ER still very much different and one of my fav games of all times, really slow and chunck game, but amazing as always and very fun
I’ve got the ps5 demon souls but would love to try some of the earlier ones out. So you never know. Probably makes sense to go back to the old ones than start with the newer ones!
@@Toadmiilk demon souls was the first even before dark souls trilogy, I think is much different from the original demon souls, but I heard that most ppl enjoy it, is gonna be fun see you experiencing Miyazaki's creation's.
And btw when you decide to start dark souls trilogy, go in order like 1,2 and 3 the only reason I say this is coz of the references you are going to see from one to another and many ppl like myself have started with DS3 coz was the first one that got more "mainstream" status
YEEEESSSSSSS… but also… NOOOOOOOOO!! I’m as excited as I am sad. Watching now. Even shorter and sweeter than the last one 😭
:((((((((((( SAD
I’ve been playing bloodborne for the longest and I have never noticed that!! Yes it does say nothing matters.
So strange!! Always something new to find with this game 😂
Hey Toad, many UA-camrs do a lore video after finish Bloodborne. They usually watch some videos from the channel Vaatvidia and do a react. Maybe you could do this just to understand more about the lore of this world since it's very hard to get everything even from multiple playthroughs
I've been thinking about this and would love to do this, I have a few videos saved up in my watch later playlist so if enough people want to see it, I'll definitely do it! I love watching reaction vids myself!
I second this!
I didn't think a playthrough ending could make me so emotional. I need more TOADBORNE. I would love to see you take on a dungeon (even though they're supposed to be way harder). I watched and enjoyed every second! Loved hearing your thoughts over the credits. Wonderful playthrough. Thank you for all of it and I have my eyes sincerely peeled for whatever comes next 😁💜
The dungeons are incredibly easy at first, scaled to the start of the game. As you get deeper though, it’ll escalate untill the point where even in non-cursed dungeons, my level 280 character still gets nearly oneshot. This isn’t true for all of them and certainly not all enemies therein of course
Thank you for sharing your journey!!! As a huge fan of gaming (I’ve literally been gaming probably longer than you’ve been alive), I love seeing others enjoy gaming too!! Can’t wait to see what’s next!
Thanks so much! Glad to have you along for the journey. I love that gaming brings us all together regardless of age!! 😁
@@Toadmiilk Agreed!!!! Age, gender or any other possible bias goes out the window if we just focus on having a good time!
I feel like a lot of people misunderstand the “submit your life” thing. I hear most people immediately say something prideful or confrontational. When it’s not like that at all. He’s trying to save you from his own fate. He’s not trying to kill you out of hatred. He’s trying to set you free so you can awake from the nightmare. You should be thanking him. He’s watched 100s of hunters just like you come through and die or go mad. He’s old and tired. That’s why I choose to fight. Not to save my own life. But to save him from his suffering.
You didn't just become a slug, you became a GOD
SLUG GOD!!
Yaaaay! Toady! You did it!
Feels good, doesn't it? Do ya get it now?? Why so much of us are so goddamn hyped for people to play this?
This game as a whole package is just absolutely phenomenal. It's got some minor technical jank (Remaster when?), but the way its strengths just build on each other to make a singular experience, it's unlike anything I've ever played.
Even here, when you have a big laugh about turning into a squiddy boi, seconds later you're already back in this state of awe at the sheer magnitude and audacity of this game. I can think of no other game where the feeling of the gameplay loops, the presentation of the world, and the themes of the narrative are in SUCH perfect lockstep with each other.
It's about the struggle between man's loftiest ambitions of ascension and evolution, and its basest instincts of procreation & bloodlust (Insight and Blood, Kin and Beasts, Byrgenwerth and Healing Church); about perseverance and courage and how you need to find it within yourself to face your fears head-on, again and again - but that it IS possible to triumph, eventually; and about how there is so much we'll never know (or even will be able to comprehend) that the only way to live a truly contented life is in placid ignorance (oh hello HP Lovecraft).
That feeling that the story is happening juuuust out of reach, that you're always just ONE piece of info short to piece it all together, that the real truth is just beneath the surface, only for the bottom to drop out completely time and again, and the mystery deepening ever further, is the most absolutely perfect gameplay implementation of the themes of Cosmic Horror. The way the Nightmare areas mess with your sense of direction and environmental cohesion, the way every horrifying new creature is presented, you get into this altered mindset of just accepting everything you come across, the feeling of not being in charge here, for all your superhuman might. Ya know, like one of them Cosmic Horrors. Ugh, it's so goooooooooood.
-Does it make a bit more sense now why shit goes tits-up whenever the Moon hangs low? "When the Great Ones descend...", after all.
-"The nameless moon presence beckoned by Laurence and his associates. Paleblood." "Seek Paleblood to transcend the hunt." "Behold, a Paleblood sky!" "This umbilical cord precipitated the encounter with the pale moon, which beckoned the Hunters and conceived the Hunters' Dream."Just putting some dots together, that's all ;)
-So, it's a bit late now but there's technically a way to get all 3 ending trophies on one savefile (using either Cloud saves or a thumb drive). I assume you've watched the other 2 endings by now? If not, you should :)
In terms of what you could still do with it:
-Doing a Boss Rush video (or several) of getting through the Chalices? The in-between parts aren't that interesting, but the bosses are mostly pretty fun :) I also believe Chalices don't scale with NG+, which would make them pretty doable (the first ones at least).
-A reaction to lore videos and stuff? Seeing how much you'd figured out?
-Doesn't have to be on camera, but I can recommend doing an Arcane playthrough! You become an exterminator for the first part of the game and then turn into a magic god. It's fun :)
OK so for reals there's some shit you're gonna wanna watch:
-VaatiVidya's lore videos. his half-hour long 'story explained' is a good one to put shit together, even if the literal meaning of the text is not the be all end all of a work of art. For a deeper view on the thematic meaning:
-Folding Ideas' "Minisode: the Endings Of Bloodborne" is so great, it's my favourite analysis of the game. All Dan's work is top-notch.
-Garden Of Eyes' data-mining for a closer look at the enemy designs, world designs etc.
-Speedrunners/streamers like Distortion2, HeyZeusHeresToast just to be in awe of the level of mastery we've yet to achieve in this game, and also some really cool mods (Play as X character, First-person, etc.)
-And if you're well and truly obsessed, Redgrave's The Paleblood Hunt is a really comprehensive summary/interpretation of ALL the lore in PDF/audiobook form.
Seriously, you'd love these. Congrats on beating it, biggest of hugs and see you in Elden Ring! (I've started playing it myself by now, it's really fun and by god am I still terrible at it, haha.) xx
STIJN! I replied to your comment really late at night and as I was about to hit the reply button my laptop died. :((( I was so annoyed haha! I'm going to try and remember everything I said from memory but it was a long one so bear with me. SORRY!! (It was painful honestly and I really appreciate your comments too)
So I can really see why this game is so loved, I really get it. As I thought I was finished with Gehrman I thought that was it. Game done. Then it hit me with another boss out of nowhere. And then I got turned into a baby god. What the heck! It's incredible. Then getting thrown straight into a NG+ without a chance to take it all in. I don't think I've ever played anything like it. I didn't do a cloud save unfortunately as I wasn't aware, but glad I didn't in a way as I think it would have ruined the ending for me and I'd have seen a spoiler somewhere googling how to do it! But I'm definitely going to look into the other endings. I heard this one is the 'true' one so I'm happy about that at least, as true as being turned into a baby slug can be haha.
I loved reading your description of it, definitely going to look into more of H.P Lovecraft's work, any you'd recommend directly? As I know he has quite a lot out there.
Thanks for the suggestions on further content, this is really helpful! I'm still deciding as I know I want to take on the dungeons (so glad they don't scale because for the 20 mins I was in there taking on the first boss, I think I'd lose my shit if that was any harder haha, but I was a low level at the time) I also have quite a few lore videos in my watch later playlist that I've been saving so this is good to know! As for the arcane build being a magic god sounds pretty cool!
THANK YOU for these amazing recommendations I'm going to add them in, I have a few of Vaati's 'try not to cry' videos saved so maybe I'll start there. These are great! I'd say I'm pretty obsessed at this point so that audiobook/pdf sounds right up my street.
Thanks again for all the amazing comments and for sticking around with me on this journey. I still remember your first comment and being so grateful for how helpful it was, not an ounce of back seating either. You've given me little prompts and tips here and there and just shared your love of this game with me which has been so enjoyable to read. I think you're responsible for my attachment to the monocular tbh. So I just wanted to share that with you as it's really been nice to experience, especially with how daunting it felt playing a game that has such a loyal community and the whole 'git gud' mentality. But I think we can safely say I've got gud at this point haha.
Catch you in Elden Ring! So glad you've picked it up, hopefully, you're a bit ahead of me at this point! 💜💜
There's nothing more fun than fighting bosses in Bloodborne, I'm currently playing elden ring but bloodborne stays in the heart and is the best
There is just something about it right? I feel the same, I'm still so early into Elden Ring but still thinking about Bloodborne. I'm already excited to play it again!
Congrats on beating the game Toad! i hope you had a lot of fun in this journey, and it was a lot of fun to join you for this adventure. can't wait to see which playthroughs you have planned next.
Thanks so much! I've had so much fun, thanks for sticking around and joining me on this adventure! Can't wait to see what happens next, hope to see you there! 💜
A thing that touched me the most is how much sacrifice everyone did in its history to achieve some high purposed goal, despite the methods and consequences. Willem and Byrgenwerth caused the massacre of the Fishing Hamlet, tried to use eyes and insights despite they slowly transformed into insects. Healing Church tried to use blood and in the end caused turning clerics and common people into beasts. And Mensis scholars used ritual to direct contact a Great One but in the end killed everybody....Each character had their own effort and sin, no one turns out clean in their hands. Even you, as the Paleblood Hunter, killed so many enemies who were once human before, and sacrificed your own life for so many times, only by the blessing of the Hunter's Dream to turn back to life and kept on going...
But even in such a desperate situation that every attempt fucked up, still many people tried to carry on. In the end, player finally reached the goal, stepping on so many corpse of the past human, beast, and Great Ones. Bloodborne and Darksouls represented some deep philosophy of Miazaki Hidetaka combined with his own past and the path Fromsoft walked along, it is truly something special. And that's why even after 6 years people are still talking about Bloodborne lore and praying for a PC port. It is nearly the perfect game in many aspects and it will forever be a inspiring piece of art for people to experience again and again.
This is such a wonderfully written description on this game. Thank you for sharing and for watching too! I can absolutely see why this has become a favourite for so many people, honestly can’t wait to play it again. It’s up there for me as one of my favourite games now. I’m so glad this was my first ever fromsoftware experience. Next for me is NG+! 😄
That was an amazing playthrough. Stomping big nasties like Ludwig and Logarius without much of a sweat. Your cautious aggression carried you through this game like it was made for you.
Thank you! I remember one of your very first comments on my channel! 😁 Thank you so much for sticking around and watching the playthrough. What a journey it's been, so glad I got to experience this game with you all! Hope to see you around!
The reason you turn into a "worm" is because you became a great one yourself. You turn into a baby great one!
Haha I’m not sure if this is the best / good ending? I do want to replay it on ng+ differently and see what else I get 😂
Holy crap. She slaughtered those two bosses.
Sad to see this come to an end 😭 Enjoyed the whole journey with you Toad and well done on completing your first From Software game. Look forward to the other From Software games or even if you play this again as apparently there are multiple endings. Something was definitely whispered after the third cord. That battle at the end reminded me of the Boss fight in MGS3 but great work on both those bosses
On a side note you now need to grow yourself a moustache and get a monocle 🤣
Thanks so much Trevor! It's been so nice to have you stick around for this journey and experience it with me. Plenty more fromsoftware games to experience! Haha and I'm very tempted, just call me detective toad 😎 sad to be ending this but excited for whats to come!
U definitely will have the feelings of success n a huge sense of accomplishment when u finish a game. This sounds really weird, to be with u frm the start of ur BB journey til the end, i somehow have those feelings too. Ur BB playthrough WILL forever holds a special place in my heart!🥲 N someone decided to cut onions as im writing this!😭 "Farewell Toad Hunter, May u find ur human body in the waking world n embark on a new FromSoftware journey!" 🙇♂️ Once again, THNK U sooo much for bringing ALL of us to this weird but AMAZING journey togeth with u!🤗❤
Azrul! Thank you SO much, you've been here from the start and it means a lot. Those damn onions hey! haha. I hope you stick around for more adventures and thank you again for every really nice comment, so glad I got to experience this with so many amazing people!! Catch you real soon 💜
I didn't understand this ending either when I played it,😂 only later I found out that German got stuck in the hunter's dream because he didn't have all his umbilical cords, that is, either you become a new German, or the presence of the moon, a baby slug 😂 congratulations for finishing the game!!😁👏
It really left me confused. After everything, we become a damn baby slug? haha! Thanks so much, this is such an incredible game and I'm so happy I got to experience it with you all. Can't wait to learn more about the lore!
No you're not crazy I heard it too you could do chalice dungeons looking forward to seeing Elden Ring
I'm so glad you heard it too! That sounds like a great idea, catch you in Elden Ring in the meantime!
What a great final episode for bloodborne!! Such an amazing time fighting and to defeat both first try is awesome especially with how aggressive gehrman can be!
With Gehrman right at the end where you killed him, you missed a really cool transformation cause your just to good at the game lol if you would have waited you would have noticed he is absorbing the moonlight to enhance his abilities and powers which is super unique and makes you notice how he is connected to the moon and moon presence as well, but you will learn more of that when you discover with the rest of the endings as well
As for the chalice dungeons and new game plus, even though the game scales and everything is harder, which I’ll post the scaling table in discord for that if I can find it, the chalice dungeons don’t scale, so you can go in them in which ever play through you would like and it won’t scale with you, so if you do decide to do that, I would suggest earlier on in the new game plus rather than later.
As for video ideas I would love you to try out some of the dungeons especially as you go deeper into the dungeon layers, the first chalice you ever got lol the one starting with P, lol not gunna try and spell it, that is super deep and most connected to bloodborne lore, so I would suggest at least that one, I would also love to see you react to the other two endings as well, and if you want some lore reactions would be cool too. To see your gears turn. Also watching you react to speed run would be cool too!!
As for new game plus, now it’s time to try out different weapons and try different styles on completely new characters and such to try maybe an arcane build or bloodtinge build, there are a lot of videos on UA-cam about bloodborne builds so get to experimenting and trying things out as well, endless possibilities
But awesome video as always and keep up the journey I’ll gladly be alongside you on the journeys now and yet to come!!
What an amazing Journey! Enjoyed the Series, glad you did as well. Excited to see what new adventures await us! Hope you’re having a great day 🤗
Thanks so much! Appreciate you watching my series. Hope you have a great weekend and thanks again 😃
Your welcome! Hope you have a great weekend too! 🤗
After 20 amazing parts, this amazing playthrough is over. Thank you Toady for bringing us on your journey and this beautiful game. Hearing you say it's now one of your favourite games of all time, means the world. It is one of mine as well! Whatever you do next, we will all be here to support you. I definitely recommend Dark Souls series. Especially 3 as it plays on the BB engine! Onward and upwards, Toady! The dungeons on NG+ don't scale haha. They stay the same difficulty from your first run! I would love to see a video where you talk about your experience with this game! I could listen to you talk about it for hours! Looking forward to the amazing future you will have!😊💜
Thank you SO much! I'm so glad you enjoyed this and it means a lot that you took the time to comment such kind words! Glad to have you here for this journey. It really has become one of my fave games and I understand the love so many people have for it. Good to know on the dungeons, can't wait to dive into those, was slightly worried they'd be annoying! And thanks for the suggestion too, nice to know you'd listen to that I'm going to have a think about content as I'm not ready to let it go 🥰 thank you so so much again!!
Yes, Bloodborne changed everything for my too. Congratulations. If you ever finish Elden Ring, go and play Dark Souls 3
Thanks so much! Should I start with the first dark souls??
Hey wish to see more of Elden Ring from you..where are you??? I hope you're doing fine...catch ya soon... 🤘🏻
Hey! There's a new vid coming out very soon. Hopefully, today if it finishes processing! 😁
@@Toadmiilk awesome..keep rocking 👊🏻
And you! See you there 😄
@@Toadmiilk followed you on all platforms..
Hi Toad! Subscribed to your channel because of this series as I love Bloodborne. I enjoyed watching you experience the game with a fresh perspective & you're a great gamer as well!
I'll be looking forward to seeing more gaming content from you 🙂
Hey Brian! Thanks so much this is so nice to read! So glad you’ve enjoyed watching the playthrough and excited to know you’ll stick around for what’s next. Hope you’re having a great week and thanks again! 😁
After all this time… now you’re an infant Great One :) glad you enjoyed the game! Happy to be playing Elden Ring with you as we discover everything at the same time
Haha after everything, a tiny baby great one, wow!! and I had such a great time with this game, thanks so much for watching this series. Also glad we'll be playing elden ring around the same time! Hope you're having fun with that too :)
It's pretty typical toad that the hardest part of the boss fight was finding it. The old guy and moon boy didn't stand a chance. You know that that old codger got the doll to push his lazy ass up that hill too, so he deserved everything he got. This was a fantastic playthrough and I'm looking forward to seeing many more. Oh, and yes I heard the same thing too.
Haha!! Of course it would be! Thanks Lee, and also thank you for all your helpful comments along the way. You've given such good hints that haven't ruined the experience for me and I've appreciated every comment. Glad to have had you along for the journey! Also when you put it like that... he is a lazy sod isn't he?! Hopefully catch you in more vids! :D
I started playing "Bloodborne", because I am waiting for "Elden Ring" DLC. I am completely baffled, since I just killed Gehrman. At least I am not alone. Should I start NG+1, or start "Hogwart's Legacy"? Hmmm. Thanks for your honesty! Gave you a "like", and a sub!
Hey! Thanks for watching 😀 haha so many choices! I’m yet to finish Elden ring so maybe you could try a different build there while you wait 🤔
Congratulations you just did the 3rd ending I don’t want to spoiling you maybe you will do it by yourself if you planing for platinum the game but if no you can check there’s people post all three endings with one episode
Thank you! I'm definitely going to look into the other endings when I can, interested to know what else could have happened!
Fantastic, yet slightly sad that I won't have this to look forward to each week. Still hoping for a Vaatividya lore reaction, and a Chalice Dungeon run would probably give you plenty to do, with a number of new bosses, but also plenty that you've seen before. They can feel a little samey if that's all you're doing, but if you're sprinkling them in while you play other games, I'm sure it wouldn't be _too_ tedious. It's necessary for the Platinum trophy, and I believe this is one of the easier Plats of the FromSoft games, as the others usually require a whole lot of collecting items and some can be a pain to know where to look.
As far as the other Souls games, you can play through Dark Souls 1-3. DS1 was remastered not super long ago, and the world design in that game is absolutely bonkers. If you like shortcuts, hold on to your butt.
DS2 wasn't received as well as the first, it wasn't made by From's A-Team, as they were creating Bloodborne at the time, but they were back to build all 3 DLC areas, plus the Scholar of the First Sin DLC, which did a *lot* to improve the base game. I feel like many people who may still dump on it today are probably people who haven't played it since the revamp. Not to say that there aren't people who still may not like it, it was still a decent shift from the original, but I do think most people may have felt burned at the start and never went back. It's an enjoyable game.
Dark Souls 3 is wonderful, and it's full of fan service that you may only appreciate if you've played DS1, especially, but there are also references to DS2. I've replayed DS3 more than Bloodborne, and I love Bloodborne. The NPC questlines are great and you can actually feel connected to the characters, the landscapes are insane, and the quality of life improvements are at their peak.
Demon's Souls is also available for PS5, but I believe it's fully separate from the Souls series, so it can be fit in anywhere. Similar to Sekiro, this is also completely separate from any Souls game, but the story and combat style is also completely detached, so that may have a steep learning curve, but once you get it to click, most people love it.
You're also playing Elden Ring, along with everyone else, but those views may go up in the future. Since many people want a blind experience, I, as an example, won't be able to watch your gameplay until I know that I'm comfortably further along than the footage you're showing. I like to fully explore areas myself before seeing anything about it online, so I might watch episode 1 in a few weeks. The other FromSoft games, I've beaten them multiple times and I'll be all over them.
As far as options go, right now it seems like the world is your oyster. 😁 Thanks so much for sharing!
ahhh and now the hunt has ended, such a bittersweet moment right here, this series was so much fun, enjoyed every second!!! Nicely done 1st tries on both Gerhman and Moon!!! Definitely wouldnt mind watchin some more BB New Game+ over on twitch🙌, also very much lookin forward to ur Elden journey as well now that youve conqured BB time to travel to the lands between!!, Congrats Toad!!! cant wait to see ur next series n to see ur channel grow!!!👍😄
It really is bittersweet! :( Thank you so much it's really nice to hear you enjoyed it, I've had the best time with this playthrough and really appreciate you watching! I was really happy to get them both first time, what a way to end the game right? I'm excited for what's next and glad you'll stick around for many more adventures. Thanks again and hope you have a great week, see you soon!!
"You flying wizard fuck! You stinky man"
Wow, I mean I don't think I can put it any better than that 😂
Great final fight. Crazy how it all comes down to one battle, well two I guess. Depends on the ending I think? Or something? I dunno.
It's been great to follow your journey with this one, great job 🤘 Looking forward to more adventures. Keep up the good work.
Haha you know me, ending the series as I started with my top tier descriptions! Thank you so much for watching James I really appreciate it, and for taking the time to comment. I can't wait to share more adventures with you all! Hope you have a great weekend and hopefully catch you soon 😁
We wouldn't have it any other way 😂
No trouble at all! My pleasure to watch. Will definitely keep up with your Elden Ring and other adventures so I'll see you around no doubt. Always happy to support.
How else would I keep up with the hip, cool and trendy language/expletives? 😂
Also I can tell you so genuinely appreciate us watching and that's so lovely to see. Really makes the difference 🙂 You are awesome.
You made Moon Presence look E Z 👊
You completely crushed Gerhman and the Moon Presence! Very nice catch with the “nothing matters.” I never noticed that before. Spooky 😮
I loved the series and think it would be amazing if you did some of the chalices. There’s definitely some bosses in them I think you should face. Looking forward to Elden Ring and whatever you do in the future. Maybe Dark Souls? 🤔
And congratulations on becoming a great one and turning into a slug baby!
Thank you! It's so cool that other people may not have noticed it before and have from my playthrough, it really is spooky! I had to listen back a few times to make sure I wasn't losing it haha. So nice to hear you loved the series - means a lot. I'm going to be thinking on what content I make next so thanks for the suggestions!!
Thank you again for watching, hope to catch you for many more adventures. Have a great weekend!!
After all of hard battle of the enemy the ending you going to be a snail 😂😂😂
I know right, apparently I'm a 'god' though so can't complain too much 😂
Finally found the time to watch! I'm so sad it's over now, but I'm so glad this series led me to your channel! Now toad can live out the rest of her days an infant great one LOL
I look forward to seeing your channel grow and all the new things that you'll upload! Congrats on beating Bloodborne!
P.S. I would LOVE to see you do some of the chalice dungeons! They're a good time solo or co-op, and you can get some cool weapons and items and a ton of blood echoes. There's also a couple trophies tied to the chalice dungeons for the platinum if that interested you!
Congrats again and I hope you have a good weekend!
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HEY! haha yes, that's all I could ever ask for after going through many battles, just to be turned into a baby slug god! Thank you so much, it's been such a fun journey and I'm really glad you experienced it with me 🥰 I'd love to go for the platinum at some point so will definitely try it out, good to know you'd enjoy seeing that if I do make some content around it, as I think I've been in the dungeons for about 20 mins at most and got one boss there 😂 thank you so much again, really appreciate you watching and taking the time to comment. Hope you have the best start to the week and catch you soon! 💜
Are you going to play the other endings?
Maybe at some point! Depends if I have the time but going to look into them either way. Apparently I got the ‘true ending’ so I’m happy with that!
Gehrman is my favourite character in any game because in truth he offers you the truest mercy. He has been trapped in that dream for multiple lifetimes and if you had killed him without the umbillical cords, you’d have to take his place. He doesn’t want anyone else to suffer as he did even if it would be his ticket out. But as you do fight him, while he is still trying to save you, he also lets himself remember the thrill of the hunt
Also by the way you became a god.
If you want something more closely resembling bloodborne in gameplay, go for Dark Souls 3. The other two and Demon’s Souls are a lot slower paced and a bit more convoluted. If you want something similar but refreshibgly different, go for Sekiro. If you want to dedicate your channel to one game for the next few months, go for Elden Ring.
Well damn, when you put it like that I'm so conflicted. This game never fails to amaze me! I can't wait to watch some lore videos and read up on all the characters, I know people have different interpretations too so I'm excited for that. Gehrman is an interesting character for sure.
Thanks for the suggestions! I'm currently doing a playthrough of Elden Ring on my channel but it's huge so it will take me a while, I do want to enjoy it as I've seen how quickly some people have managed to complete it already. I've heard it's difficult to go from ds3 to the first ones? Sekiro is also on my list as I do like the idea of something refreshingly different. Thanks again and hope to see you around!
@@Toadmiilk yeah DS3 took a lot of lessons from Bloodborne in that it plays much faster and aggression is often rewarded. DS1, 2 and Demon’s plays a lot slower and a defensive playstyle works a lot better in terms of staying back and only going in for one hit when you know for a fact the enemies are in recovery. Still worth your while though, they’re still up to par. Sekiro on the other hand take the speed from Bloodborne and boosts it further with more refined and to the point combat
Nice way to end, with the secret boss ending and the transformation into a squid 😃
The series has been a blast from the start with the absolute annihilation of Cleric Beast And Gascoigne.
It will be sad to say goodbye to Bloodborne. There are two other endings plus the chalice dungeons to get to a super secret boss. NG+ will make those dungeons even more fun!
As for more FromSoftware titles Dark Souls Remastered would be my pick for the next one. Or Demons Souls, and going back to the beginnings of the Souls series.
Thank you so much Simon, it is sad but exciting at the same time. I think I got the good ending? Who knows with Bloodborne haha. I really appreciate you watching my series and all the great comments you've left along the way. Means a lot! I'm curious what the super-secret dungeon boss is so you've got me there, can't wait to experience more fromsoftware games so watch this space!
Thanks again, hope to see you around!
That was a great playthrough, sad that it's over. I always enjoy watching the game although have never played since it's a console game. If you search "Bloodborne endings" you'll find info on the 3 possible endings which I'm sure you'll enjoy reading about. Everything is Elden Ring right now which is completely understandable. I also have enjoyed watching Dark Souls III and Sekiro playthroughs, both of those are really good.
Hey Ed! Thanks so much, I feel the same. It's sad that it's over but at the same time I'm so happy that this was my first fromsoftware game and I was able to share it with you all. I'm having a think of what I'll play next (elden ring is huuuuge haha) so you never know! I hope you get to experience this amazing game for yourself one day. Catch you soon and thanks again for sticking around!
Excellent job! Sad to see that its over but certainly happy that it happened! You should definitely check out some of the lore videos out there now as well as the other 2 possible endings (unless you plan on doing replays!). While parts of the story are left intentionally vague some of the videos can help fill in the holes or at least help form a theory yourself. Looking forward to Elden Ring!
Thanks so much! I'm definitely going to look into all the lore and other endings, I have a huge playlist ready to watch haha. It really is the most vague game I've ever played being honest, lots to try and figure out yourself so I'm excited to piece it all together and make sense of it. Thanks again for joining me on this adventure!!
Took you one attempt to defeat him!, it took me like five attempts 😂
Congrats, Toad! Great playthrough. I figured you'd bulldoze those last two bosses. I highly recommend a reaction to VaatiVidya's lore. Then it will all make sense and blow your mind!
You should do the chalice dungeons in co-op with someone, that would be fun.
I'm 75 hours into Elden Ring and it's awesome!
Thank you Zane! Really appreciate it. I'd love to do that, honestly my watch later playlist is waiting haha. Thanks for the suggestion, I don't think I'm quite ready to let go of this game yet (if I wasn't playing Elden Ring I'd be straight into a NG+) so I'd love to take on some dungeons.
Thank you again for watching and joining me on my first bb journey! Glad to hear you're enjoying Elden Ring too!
Congrats on becoming a little squid! :D Great job with the bosses as always, I died to them a fair few times so this is inspiring, haha! Would be cool to see some chalice dungeon content from you for sure!
haha why thank you, it's all I could ever dream of - just becoming a lil baby squid! I'd love to do some chalices, thanks for the suggestion! Hope to catch you in future vids and thanks so much for watching my playthrough! 💜
I'd watch more BB content. Chalice dungeons are quite something. Plus, you still have two other endings you could get to see.
Thanks for letting me know James, can't wait to dive into the dungeons!
Are You kidding me? What are You? You sure, You have not been some kind of a Hunter in one of Your past lives Yourself? Do You realise what You did there?
In the beginning I thought that would be 17 minutes of You trying to beat that thing over and over again. You should have seen a look on my face in the moment that thing gone down like a noob...
No seriously, I had to take a pause there, I sure did not expect the end to be THAT short.
"Mind-Wizard-F*ck"... I really am tempted to create some kind of dictionary and call it something like "The Toad Bible"....
Now, with that being said, one more thing: a huge "Thank You" for that amazing journey through this disturbing and dire world and for allowing us, to go the way with You. This was definitely the best walkthrough (yes, it really did seem to me like it has been a "Walk in a park" for You) I have ever seen. I am so pumped for what is coming next, I am very determined to walk the next path (Elden Ring) with You exclusively. Not gonna watch it elsewhere, thats for sure. I really am happy, that I somehow found Your channel in this jungle, what is UA-cam, the staying was worth a while in anyway. Hope to see You soon in some new adventures and more asskicking action.
Haha! I love reading your comments. You never know, hunter toad in a past life would be fun! Thank you so much, I was really happy with how this episode went and feel like it was such a good way to end it. It feels sad to finish this amazing game but I can't wait to dive into more fromsoftware games. I'd love to see a toad bible too 😂
THANK YOU! 🥰 So nice to hear you're going to join me for Elden Ring, I've filmed a few episodes so can't wait to share them. I'm so glad you've enjoyed this journey / walk in the park as you called it and it means a lot. Thank you for finding my channel and sticking around too. Hope you have a great week and thank you again, catch you soon!
Hi toad! Great video as always, you are an amazing player and love your reaction to the ending, I have the same reaction too !! On the side note, feel free to check the other 2 endings to this game as well as lore too!
Hey!! Thanks so much, I was so excited to share this with you all and can't believe it's over! I'm glad you shared a similar reaction haha, mostly 'wtf'! I'll definitely be looking into the lore and learning more about this amazing game. Hope to see you around for future playthroughs!
EZ win
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Congratulations on beating the game and defeating the final bosses on the first try!
The Bloodborne lore and story is a good one, a bit wierd and vague. Fromsoft games leave a lot of the story for you to interpret and imagine, its a great way of storytelling.
If you want to make more bloodborne content maybe you could make a video of you talking about what you understood of the story and lore. If you want of course and if you are interested in it.
There is also this channel that is dedicated to Fromsoft games, he made videos talking about bloodborne's lore and the characters, i highly recommend it. Its VaatiVidya.
A reaction to his videos could also be potential content, if you want.
Thank you Adriel! I'm glad we ended the game that way. I've had a few people mention this and I'd love to do that, I'm so fascinated by the lore and backstory of all the characters and bosses in this game. I could probably talk for hours about it haha. Thanks so much for watching and hope to see you around! :)
Aw... you look so sad in the thumbnail Toady. Anyway this was a very entertaining playthrough that I happened to stumble upon on my PS4 youtube app all drunk one night and then much to my own surprise kept watching. This is highly unusual behavior for me because I never watch entire playthroughs & NEVER ever comment on them *_especially_* From Software games.
The reason for this is because... well... I'm kinda a hater. For real tho. I LOVE to watch ppl fail at From Software games like how I fail when I struggle through these games. I LOVE to see them fall for traps or get rekt over & over by the same boss while I laugh maniacally at them and yell "git gud" or some other obnoxious insult. However... I'm at least reserved enough to not be that level of an outright asshole on the internet so I just don't comment.
Lastly to answer your question you posed at the end of this video which was "What was your favorite part of this playthrough?" My answer (and what kept me watching) was YOU! You are like a puzzle that I can't solve. This playthrough has been a mystery to me of HOW can someone who has never played through any From Software games be this good at her first attempt? The amount of bosses and/or difficult areas you beat on your first try is simply staggering AND includes the final boss & secret final boss! When I watch you play sometimes it just doesn't seem like this could be gameplay from a new player BUT THEN you'd do things that are very noob-like (such as spamming R1 outta range). In the end I'm certainly not accusing you of anything but I'm still undecided on what I believe. You're just as much of a mystery to me as when I first watched you kill the blood starved beast. Please take all of this as a high compliment (even if you are secretly a Bloodborne pro as your acting skills are superlative if that's true) as either way I was very, very impressed with this playthrough.
P.S. What other games have you played? While this was your first From Software game surely *something* must account for your overall video game skills & fast reflexes yes? I'm very curious about what other games or types of games you've played before deciding to play From Software games?
First of all, thank you for this comment. I really enjoyed reading it.
I was sad! Feels like the end of an era and an amazing adventure :( I remember your comment a while back, it made me laugh! It means a lot that you stuck around despite finding my channel after a few drinks, haha. So thanks for that! I'm really glad you found me 😁
As for your response to my question, what an answer, and a compliment! I can tell you now I am a terrible actor and can't even tell a white lie to save my ass, haha. So all the things you've seen are me progressing, learning from my environment and just having a great time with the game (and as you mentioned doing some absolute noob stuff along the way, lol).
So, I play a lot of fps games, that might account for the quick reflexes. COD, etc, although I've stopped playing that as much because it's gone downhill at the moment and stopped being fun. One of my favourite games of all time has to be The Witcher 3, but I've played so many different games since a very young age so maybe that has something to do with it. But I also LOVE strategy / turned based games too and I'm quite an analytical person... Hopefully that helps answer your question in some way. I don't have a straight forward answer haha. I've always wanted to play a fromsoftware game but was told they'd be 'too hard' or 'I wouldn't like them' and it put me off.
I'm very impatient too, so as you can imagine being told that I'd die again, and again didn't sound fun. Now, I can see why they have such a loyal fanbase and I can't wait to play more games! Thanks again for this comment and for watching, hope you'll continue to experience many more adventures with me. I'd be interested to know what you'd like to see me play next!
@@Toadmiilk Well thanks for the reply. For what it's worth I'm now convinced that this was indeed a first playthrough. Part of this is because upon self-reflection I realize now a lot of my disbelief stemmed from your appearance. Had you been just some dude playing through this my doubts probably wouldn't have surfaced... at least not to the same degree anyway. I'm pretty old and I've been playing video games all of my life. For decades upon decades gamer girls were far more myth than reality.
This has obviously changed now as the entire Twitch website can stand as factual evidence of BUT I don't frequent Twitch streams ever so it's still very... disorienting... to me to stumble across a very attractive young woman who is not just playing a very hard game but is _better than me_ at it on her first playthrough than I am on my current 3rd playthrough!
Lastly since you asked I, personally, would LOVE to see you take on Sekiro next. But I gotta admit a part of that is the little evil hater troll deep inside of my heart wants to see you get your comeuppance! Bloodborne is one thing. Even I've beaten Bloodborne more than once. Sekiro is something else. Easily IMO the hardest From Software game is Sekiro. I've had the game for about a year now and I've not beaten it yet. Granted I don't play it everyday and it's a game that is not dissimilar from learning a martial art. Meaning if you stop playing for an extended period of time your skills in it will noticeably degrade and have to be resharpened. So the only way to beat Sekiro is to become utterly obsessed with it, playing it everyday until you push through the skill level barrier and beat it. OR you're just some kinda video game savant. I'd like to see which one is true in your case. SO THE GAUNTLET HAS NOW BEEN THROWN TOAD! What ya gonna do now, huh?! What ya gonna do when the Guardian Ape is bombing on you, huh?
lol, don't mind me I'm an idiot.
However if you just want to grow your channel then the obvious choice is to make an Elden Ring playthrough.
playing. you're the best (♡-_-♡)
Thankyou! 🥰