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banananor posted...

the subtle lore is a crock of shit. it's not a plot or story. it's kind of an interesting backdrop, but i still think it's messed up to not even understand the basic motivations of the character you're playing as, other than 'i am in a video game and want to progress'. but that's not what the game's about, really

The lore is so good though. it's incredible to see people picking up the pieces left and discovering the backstory. From what I've seen, Bloodborne's is ambiguous but well-devoloped--the devs at least put enough effort in crafting it so that there are complete theories you can create with evidence behind them, enough so that it doesn't necessarily matter if what you've come up with matches the exact intentions.

It's not a traditional story. It's still good. It's like getting super into a series that's only half-finished and using the hints and foreshadows the author scattered to figure out what hasn't been explicitly said and what hasn't happened yet. It's different then reading the complete series, of course, yet has its own unique joy in using your insight and creativity to fill the spaces intentionally left blank.

Who cares if the situation around the main character isn't the focus? That's like people whining that "Link doesn't even have any lines!". A million games, some with good stories, have an excuse protagonist impetus undeveloped beyond "save the world". Like you said. It's not what the game's about.

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