Bloodborne: 10 Ways It Succeeds Where Dark Souls 2 Failed

4. An Original Premise

Outside of the hardcore fanbase that got stuck into the Souls games as they were released, the series felt like it really hit its stride at the tail-end of 2013, with many more gamers and Youtubers getting stuck in until the newest generation of consoles had anything worth talking about. However, in playing through the first Dark Souls and heading straight into the sequel, it really made you notice the myriad of things that almost made the entire thing feel a bit like tacked-on DLC. Where the first game had a looming sense of mystery and foreboding when it came to exploration, characters you'd meet and the overall sense of progression, DS2 plonked you in this series of locales that definitely had variety, but outside the occasional visual clout and standard Soulsian thrill of tackling a string of enemies, sadly it felt too much like more of the same in the worst way.