![]() Enemy placements are intricately designed so that you are constantly guessing as to where enemies will be lurking. You ’ ll recognise areas you ’ ve been to before, but traversing them will be quite different as paths have been changed dramatically, allowing for the whole thing to feel like a new experience. ![]() Any familiarity is false comfort though as entire sections have been changed and you will be punished for being reckless. ![]() Some environments however may seem a little familiar from the base game but they have all been aesthetically changed to fit the Hunter ’ s Nightmare theme. The atmosphere is dreary and foreboding and the environments are diverse yet easy to navigate. The river of blood looks fantastic, matching the thick lashings of it that cover your armour and weapons perfectly. Visually, this game is just as good as ever. The only noticeable difference being that in one of the fights, Valtr, the Leader of the League, will come to aid you if you are aligned with this particular covenant. Like in the base game however, who you choose to ally with has relatively minor impacts on the gameplay or story. There are also two new covenants for you to join as well as The League, which was added into the base game with the major patch that dropped just before this expansion launched. Alongside all of these additions you can finally become a proper beast (like actually transform into one) once you collect a specific Caryll Rune which also adds a new and unique move set for the Beast Claw, nice to finally be able to unleash it here. There are also two new hunter tools and eight new armour sets. ![]() Amongst these is the Church Cannon, which fires a cannonball that deals raw damage instead of light damage and like other firearms gives you the opportunity to mount a devastating counter attack (named a visceral attack) if timed correctly. There is a satisfying amount of these encounters too and all are likely to push your skills and patience to the limit.īloodborne: The Old Hunters also offers fifteen new weapons, five of which are left-handed weapons. Bosses are also incredibly nimble and as always they will refuse to take any sort of mercy on you. These maniacal hunters are unable to discern between you and the horrid beasts which roam the lands and will attack all on sight. AI-controlled, blood-crazed hunters definitely prove to be troublesome as they are immediately in your face the minute you start encountering enemies. The expansion offers a fair amount of challenge, even for seasoned veterans. The fates of characters like Ludwig and Laurence (The First Vicar) are detailed as you encounter them in this eternally shifting nightmare, so listen and watch well as no detail is incidental, it ’ s all part of a greater tapestry. The grotesque bosses you come across also offer some insight into some of the characters which are mentioned in the base game. The story is fairly vague however being observant of environmental clues and item descriptions will inform you as to the complexities of your surroundings and the game continues to draw on the wonderfully detailed lore established in the base game. As you traverse a river of blood and try to reach an astral clock tower, you ’ ll attempt to uncover the mysteries of the nightmare all while trying to survive its hostile inhabitants. Meeting NPCs such as Simon, The Harrowed offers explanations as to what is happening around you and where you should go next, however in typical FromSoftware style you shouldn ’ t expect to have your hand held in this regard. This expansion offers an extremely challenging quest line which has a myriad of secrets hidden throughout its environments. Only specific hunters who have become drunk with blood are admitted to this cruel dystopia. Bloodborne: The Old Hunters is set in the Hunter ’ s Nightmare, a cruel and nightmarish (what are the odds?) world where hunters from the past are trapped.
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