0.5/5 ★ – SilverScroll's review of Bloodborne: The Old Hunters.

Never before has a dlc from a game killed all enthusiasm and enjoyment I got from said game, such is the fate of the old hunters for me. I wanted to love this dlc SO fucking badly but from the moment I booted it up, it was (ironically) a nightmare. The new areas in this dlc suck, they are worse than the worst areas of the base game and aren't memorable at all,and feel like a slog to get through. Enemies are literally everywhere, which would be fine if they weren't fucking brick shithouses, bbs combat wasnt built for multiple enemies so when I get hit for half my health from off screen it really pisses me off. The worst offender for this is the fishing hamlet, which is fucking awful and by far the worst area in the game due to the metric shit ton of enemies in it, with ranged enemies and melee being in perfect balance to always fuck you over. The main problem with this dlc is that it is too difficult, and not in a fair way like the base game or any other soulsbourne game. Sekiro is a perfect example of perfect difficulty, with its bosses being hard, but fair and pushing the player to be the best they can be, and its level design being fair and fun to explore. The ONLY good this about this dumpster fire is Ludwig, who's boss fight is so good that it can hardly be put into words. It is one of the only points in the dlc that feels fair and creates that feeling I described earlier and the music is excellent and greatly adds to the fight. It is a shame that he is buried within so much manure as he is probably the best boss in the game.The other bosses are nothing special, with the other big one everyone knows being the orphan of kos, which is the boss I quit on. The first phase is fine, if a bit boring but the second phase is so bats batshit insane that their is never a good window to attack, because if you do you will lose half your health and die. It is everything wrong with this dlc in a boss fight and what caused me to put this entire game down. As I mentioned at the start, I squeezed so little enjoyment out of this dlc that it has negatively impacted my view of the entire game, I fear permanently. I will look back on this game and not have memories of me killing gascoigne or the blood starved beast, but instead toiling through this indescribable horror of a dlc.I no longer have the desire to play this game any further due to this abysmal dlc and it breaks my heart to say because I was looking forward to this dlc so much but all it has achieved is making me dislike a game I once enjoyed, and their is no worse a crime for a dlc to make. I think this is the end for my second bloodborne playthrough as I really dont have the desire to continue, please dont play this, it is the worst expansion I have ever experienced. Fuck this dlc and everything to do with it.