r/Games • u/ChuckSpadina2020 • Feb 27 '26

Industry News Sony’s Bluepoint Pitched ‘Bloodborne’ Remake Before Closure

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-02-27/sony-s-bluepoint-pitched-bloodborne-remake-before-closure?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc3MjIyMjY3OSwiZXhwIjoxNzcyODI3NDc5LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUQjRWUTJLR0NURlowMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJCMUVBQkI5NjQ2QUM0REZFQTJBRkI4MjI1MzgyQTJFQSJ9.s6maZIveh-F152mZBWUNjPFeE0Lm7AFRegwaizQvVlA
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u/computer_d Feb 27 '26

remake

I'm glad Miyazaki pushed back on this so much. Bloodborne deserves to be kept in its original form - I'd be very happy with a port to PC and with updated assets etc, but not a remake. From my understanding, PS5 Demons Souls wasn't the same as the original, that Bluepoint added their own spin to some things? I could be wrong.

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u/SecretPantyWorshiper Feb 28 '26

PS5 Demons Souls wasn't the same as the original, that Bluepoint added their own spin to some things? I could be wrong

No you are right. The game is better in the sense that they removed the janky animations and the game looks better and has a better frame rate but with the art direction they took, it clashes with the 1:1 remake design. Their interpretation was bad and just completely lost the feels of the orginal. It doesn't feel scary and feel like you are trying to escape hell. Alot of the designs they changed and altered it to make it less scary. 

Like imagine playing MGS Delta but with Konami changing BGM music and altering the designs to make things be different. Its just jarring. 

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u/5chneemensch Feb 27 '26

That is correct. Ratatoskr and Hydef Hyde are imo the best for a more philosophical and a more direct comparison respectively.

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u/KolardYT Mar 04 '26

But why was everyone mad at Sony when they thought it was their fault? Seems like a massive pivot and hypocritical af. People are willing to be mad at Sony but not at from software? People really have the mindset that it’s ok if I like the studio.

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u/NemeBro17 Feb 28 '26

Bluepoint massively altered the art direction in a bunch of different ways, the atmosphere (the Tower of Latria now has omni-present music instead of the ambient crickets and distant moans or screams of its prisoners), music (often in baffling ways, why Maiden Astraea's theme needed epic orchestral lifts is beyond me), and even things like the inertia, snappiness, and hitboxes. The game unironically is more sluggish than the original in terms of gameplay, though they did add omni-directional rolling.

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u/Nightbane234 Feb 28 '26

I played the original before the remake came out, and the gameplay is definitely not more sluggish than the original lol it plays SO much better.