Bloodborne is a smash hit, securing some seriously stellar review scores. However, as we reported last week, it does have some loading issues – and these have been mentioned in the reviews. In fact, according to Digital Foundry, it can take up to 45 seconds to respawn in Central Yharnam, which is not exactly ideal for a game that expects you to die over and over again. Fortunately, developer From Software's already on the case.
"The development team is currently exploring another patch for Bloodborne, seeking ways to improve load time duration, in addition to other performance optimisations and miscellaneous bug fixes," a statement from the Japanese studio said, as published by Just Push Start. If you don't want to wait for this update, our friends at Eurogamer.net note that switching out your bog-standard PlayStation 4 hard drive for an SSD can cut times down by some 25 per cent.
Seeing as you're going to be staring at the release's game over screen a lot, that may yet prove a worthwhile upgrade.
[source justpushstart.com, via eurogamer.net]
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@get2sammyb Replacing the standard 5400rpm driver with a 7200rpm HDD with a decent size cache would give a nice boost too, for a fraction of the price an SSD of the same size would cost
time to replace my 500gb HDD. I just ordered the Bloodborne collectors edition and it honestly cant be tomorrow soon enough. I just hope I'm still eligible to get those pre-order bonuses I want my messengers to have hats. HATS4PRESIDENT
Don't see why it can't be faster because 'DriveClub' & 'The Order: 1886' Load times are fast
See? They're addressing it, no reason to complain now. I'm beyond excited to go get my copy after class later and play!
I installed a 1TB hybrid drive more for the benefit of faster loading times than the extra space. Well worth the investment if you play lots of games!
@Dodoo what type of HHD is it mate?
@JesWood13
My biggest problem with the "patch culture" we're seeing nowadays is that in 5 to 10 years times, all of these games are unplayable, unless we keep em on our harddrives for ever. I'm big on retro gaming and I play SNES and GC games almost on a daily basis and when games like Kingdom Hearts or FFX get remastered I just play them on my PS2. 10 years from now it will be almost impossible to play a game like Bloodborne, cause just the disc alone makes you miss out on all the good stuff.
I would like modern games to be more plug and play, and just get a patch when it's absolutely necessary. And for me it's just a 1st world problem where I can only play Wii U games in the future, but there are still millions of people whose Internet isn't great. As a South African living in Europe for 6- 8 months of the year I actually experience the problems people are having with these patches first hand; not only does it take awfully long, downloading a patch could end up being more expensive than the game itself.
@adf86 This one:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00BHRWHNI?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00
Think I sold the one the PS4 came with for £35 on ebay so it was quite a cheap upgrade...
At least it's being patched no biggy
@Boerewors I get your point about retro games mate, but you're considering the future being the same as the past, when in fact the future is just that. U will generally only be able to get ANY media, albeit film, music or games from some distant faceless storage soon. If u want to watch an old old film u still can. By Netflix or other services. I'm a retro gamer too, but I embrace technology today that enables me to retro game, listen or watch. I miss the old arcades.. Green beret, Kung fu master etc. Just cos the arcades are gone doesn't mean my cabinet with mame built in won't let me play them!
You'll be able to play a fully patched game of the year edition of bloodborne in twenty years mate - somehow.. I promise.
@rykkchii
I certainly do hope you're right. The first games (mostly Marvel) on my PS3 I can't fully enjoy because of the lack of support are already there, so I'm not as optimistic as you are. But I do hope you're right; games are such a big part of our lives, but little is actively done to preserve them I feel.
@Boerewors until our media is taken more seriously in main stream, it's up to u and I and other true gamers to keep them alive mate.
@rykkchii
Guess so, that's why I raise my kids on a healthy diet of NES and SNES games. They really enjoy the older stuff already and kick ass compared to the kids their age. Especially my 5 year old is a true retro gaming wizard and it's funny to see him play on the Wii U: he can almost play games like SM3D world with his eyes closed because of his "retro training". And besides being really good gamers, you see my sons being really inventive, finding solutions for problems where their peers would never think of. Gaming has quite the positive effect on them.
A lil while back my 5y.o. was playing at a friends house and when I came to pick him up, the entire family was gathered around him while he was playing the Wii U. First he schooled the older brothers and the dad of his friend in Mario Kart and after that he tackled some levels in SM3Dworld they got stuck on... Those people were flabbergasted! It's just the older games learning them not to get angry or quit when they die, but find another way to tackle the level.
So I'm actively keeping the games and their spirit alive and I feel more people should. You watch old movies with your kids which you liked when you were younger and you make em listen to the music you liked...so why not introduce them to the games we played while growing up?
Why not indeed. It's great to hear your kids stories. Great games are like great music.. Timeless. And you're bringing them up to respect that. Kudos mate
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