Bloodborne
Play it on: PS5, PS4
Current goal: Manifest spooks
Buy it from: Amazon | Best Buy | GameStop
I love Bloodborne, if you haven’t heard. FromSoftware’s moth-eaten, blood-speckled role-player from 2015 has been my very favorite game for years, and likely will continue to be (though I recognize you should always keep your heart open to love—maybe Alan Wake 2 could rock my world). I’m returning to it now in my favorite and most, I think, ghostly month, October, in order to harness some of its gentle but insistent gothic power.
I’m going to start yet another new game and attempt a Bloodtinge build, which makes the game’s grubby firearms (and some select blades, like the Chikage katana that sucks your health away when unsheathed) extra powerful by the end of the game. I tried doing this before, but I gave up to play Mario Kart instead or something. I’m hoping to try harder during this spooky month. — Ashley Bardhan
