5/5 ★ – valhallaVANDAL's review of Bloodborne.

The game is an astonishing achievement in entertainment by nearly any metric. The atmosphere of its world goes beyond the banal comparisons to Lovecraft, because of the moral question at its heart. The action is designed to an impeccable degree, evidenced by the fact that by the end of my playthroughs, I knew every pixel of my weapon of choice (first Ludwig's Holy Blade, second the good old Saw Cleaver) and knew the effect of each of my strikes regardless of enemy. And beyond all of that: the discovery of the nightmare through unflinching, uncompromising storytelling, combat, and exploration is to a level that other games dream of. It's the best PS4 exclusive by a wide margin.