I loved it. I've since also played 100+ hours of Elden Ring and some other challenge-heavy games like Hollow Knight - I've thought about going back to Bloodborne with some experience under my belt because it really is a great game. But for me it feels like a lot to start over (and as much as I hate to be an fps snob, they never released a next-gen update and playing a game like this in 30 fps is a turn-off).
If I may, I'd recommend starting with the Demon's Souls remake if you're interested. Bloodborne was the first Souls game I ever played, and it was quite punishing. I got quite far and greatly enjoyed parts of it, but it was my experience that it was extraordinarily challenging for a newcomer. Among all the Souls and Soulslike games, BloodBorne is intended to be played aggressively, which is not a good starting point in my opinion.
It was actually Returnal that taught me how to approach challenging games, i.e., almost like a puzzle game in how you try new things to break through impasses. That being said, I also found the Demon's Souls remake to be a much more forgiving entry point, especially if you play as a magic caster. MP is limited so you still need to engage in melee, but magic is a powerful tool to play things safe if you play smartly.
It's also just a fantastic game with great level design. I actually kind of like the segmented levels with a central hub.
It's been a few years since I watched it and none of this made sense to me. Just read the Wikipedia summary for a refresher and it's one of the most incomprehensible summaries I've ever read. All I can say is that I remember taking the movie at its word more or less. Interesting idea though.
The Nightmare Typhon that has a timer? That sucks. I don't remember having too much trouble in my first playthrough - I have memories of just hiding in a bathroom that it was too big to enter until the timer ran out for one of the encounters. But I can imagine that if you're in a particularly bad area when it comes for you it could cause problems.
I don't know if Prey is my favorite game of all time, but it's on the short list. I can, however, say that it is the game that most fills me with awe. Talos 1 is an extraordinary playspace filled with incredible detail, choice, style, and diversity. The narrative, possibly the weakest element of the game, still packs in a lot of cool ideas and genuine surprises.
Prey also contains by far my favorite opening "level" of all time. Without spoiling, the immediate tonal shift, the creepy mystery, the complete recontextualization of your first 10 or 15 minutes, it's an absolute spectacle.
In a perfect world, all these devs get absorbed by WolfEye Studios or something and they get a bunch of funding to make another massive masterpiece.
I'm not convinced that cameras and Nextdoor are having a material impact on the vague idea of "trust between neighbors," but I admit it's hard to gauge because I only have my own experience, which exists on a potentially wide spectrum.
I'm barely on Nextdoor and was surprised to hear there's apparently a pretty common use of it for public shaming. The potential for petty community conflict does seem heightened by some of these technologies.
The childishness on display is surreal. This is a whole-ass nation acting like an unimaginatively smug 10 year old.
Some of us buy printers because we have abuse and humiliation fetishes. My OfficeJet is the kinkiest product I own.
I read today on wikipedia that the co-creators of the comics have both praised the film, with Kevin Eastman saying it will always be the best Turtles film adaptation. I don't know anything about it's development, but it strikes me that the production team must have been making a deliberate effort to incorporate some of the source comic's DNA beneath the more family-friendly, commercial surface.
I sobbed at 6 years old to the scene where Splinter is talking to the turtles through the fire. To the point my parents had to stop the movie and frantically explain that it's not real, it's just a story, the story will get happier, etc.