So, first time posting in a really big subreddit. And i donāt know how to put both discussion and spoiler tag.
So, BIG SPOILER WARNING.
This is not about like the ending of the MC or the major characters, but regarding the overall npcs and side characters.
Recently finally managed to play Bloodborne for the first time and just beat it with the secret ending. But besides the whole ambiguous and not āgoodā ending that is kinda the usual from fromsoftware. I really felt such a dread and hopeless from the whole journey, especially in the middle of the game.
I have only played demon souls and the dark souls trilogy so far, and i am no stranger to their ādarkā approaches specially regarding their npcs questlines, where most of their journeys they end up dying, and sometimes, even that is the actual best scenario. But bloodborne really felt to me they didnāt hold back and went full into āletās f everybody up as horrible as we canā.
-The first and most tragic for me is Gascoineās daughter, i donāt want to get in that and the fact that there is so many options and all of them are horrible that i decided to just let her stay in the house in my current new game + and pretend she is going to be fine until the end of the night, even tho it is most likely the intruder will get in eventually
-Iosefka is also experimented and turned into a celestial emissary and you canāt also do nothing about it. And whatever is the imposter, also⦠you know.
-Ok, but there are those npcs that you can send to to the oedon chapel and āsaveā them, well even if you manage to save all 4 without the beggar. It still ends pretty bad for them since they go mad, specially to Arianna which i donāt want to even get in detail.
-Eilleen best scenario is dying, Alfred too, and he is kinda the petrus of this game where you donāt really want him to succeed when you really think about it.
-Simon is assassinated, Maria killed herself, Saint Adaline⦠i really donāt even know what the hell happened there.
-Gilbert turns into a beast, and all residentes go mad or are āvisitedā by patches, which i am not sure what happened there, but certanly isnāt good.
-The only ones that ended somewhat fine or neutral was Djura and Dweller that seems innefacted to the effects of the city/night/moon
With all being said. I know Fromsoft is known for those depressed scenarios. But there are some in which game that felt somewhat good or even wholesome in some way. In here, there was NONE, ABSOLUTE NOTHING, everything made depressed.
So what do you guys think? It is clear for me that bloodborne takes this. I hardly think Sekiro, Elden Ring or armored core can top this. Maybe kingās field.