A long awaited victory

[andrewducker]

9 years ago I bought Bloodborne as one of my first Playstation games.
I was rubbish at it.
I'd play for a bit, get stuck on Father Gascoigne, go play something else, come back two years later, repeat.

Today, having not played Bloodborne for months, I thought I'd give the fight a few goes through, to warm up on the game again. It took me at least ten minutes of wandering about to remember what the buttons did.

And then I beat him first time, without it even feeling that hard.

I made mistakes, I nearly died twice, and I'm not sure I *deserved* the win, but for the first time he felt clumsy, and like he was giving me space to breathe, and I wasn't panicking all the way through the fight.

And now I get to play the other 90% of Bloodborne.

(I'm now trembling quite a lot, as my adrenaline levels drop back to a reasonable level. If you'd like to see what the fight looks like, for someone rather better than me, here's an example).

Comments

[angelofthenorth]

Well done!

[andrewducker]

Thank you!

[fub]

Congrats! The only possible conclusion is that you got better at games in the meantime. And "better" might also mean "calmer".
I recognize the adrenaline rush from boss fights, it's quite addictive if you can keep it going.

[melchar]

Congrats on the win! Sometimes it's a general skill increase - or luck [much of the time, that's me] - or you just got the timing right. Here's hoping you go on to beat the game!

[andrewducker]

I hope so! If I can distract the children for a few minutes.