I Spent Months Trying to Play ‘Bloodborne’ on PC and It Was 100% Worth It
The article discusses the author's journey of playing 'Bloodborne' on PC after initially struggling with other Souls games. Despite the challenges of emulating a PlayStation environment, the author finds the experience rewarding and worth the effort. The piece highlights the ongoing hope among PC gamers for a native release of 'Bloodborne' and the complexities involved in running it on non-console systems.
- ▪The author initially found it difficult to engage with Souls games but eventually became hooked after logging significant hours in 'Elden Ring'.
- ▪'Bloodborne' remains a PlayStation exclusive, leaving PC players hoping for a port that seems unlikely.
- ▪Emulating 'Bloodborne' on PC requires setting up a virtual PlayStation environment, which has become easier over time.
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| Original publisher | Gizmodo |
| Canonical URL | https://gizmodo.com/i-spent-months-trying-to-play-bloodborne-on-pc-and-it-was-100-worth-it-2000761312 |
| Publication time | Thu, 21 May 2026 13:00:30 +0000 |
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When I first succumbed to the hype and decided to give Elden Ring a try, having never played a Souls game before, I bounced off the game pretty hard. There were just lots of things I didn’t like about the experience: the weird, annoying messages from other players; the general air of inscrutability, including the lack of clarity as to what I was supposed to be doing, let alone why; the sense that it was clearly a console game ported to PC; and the fact that the big dude on the horse kept handing me my arse on a platter polished gold to match his armor.
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