The atmosphere that Kot creates feels distinctly Yharnam, and weaves in and out of the Bloodborne narrative while giving us a new protagonist with their own mission to complete. To say I enjoyed this would be an understatement. But what if they have another cause to fight for? What if there's something else that the Hunter can do to escape the nightmare? The answers lie far beyond Yharnam's walls, away from the Hunter's Dream, in an old fishing village. My Patrons: Alfred, Andrew, Andrew W, Amanda, Annabeth, Diana, Dylan, Edward, Elias, Ellen, Ellis, Gary, Hamad, Helen, Jesse, Jimmy Nutts, Joie, Luis, Lufi, Melinda, Meryl, Michael, Mike, Miracle, Nanette, Neeraja, Nicholas, Reno, Samuel, Sarah, Sarah, Scott, Shawn, Shawna, Xero, Wendy, Wick, Zoe.Ī Hunter wanders the city of Yharnam, told repeatedly that Hunters must hunts. Special thanks to my Patrons on Patreon for giving me extra support towards my passion for reading and reviewing! You can find the rest of my reviews at Novel Notions | I also have a Booktube channel

However, do not expect something mind-blowing from the story. It was intriguing to experience Bloodborne in a graphic novel format. I still recommend this to the fan of the video game. And at the end of the day, the artworks in Bloodborne: The Death of Sleep were the biggest highlight of my reading experience. I never once felt like any panel in the comic didn't do justice to Bloodborne. Kowalski's illustration on this volume looks spectacular. Moments of 'ah-ha!' and 'wow' that I constantly had during my playthroughs were completely missing.

Second, to be fair, the details and revelations that we attained from brief NPC dialogues and item descriptions in the game can't be replicated. A graphic novel has many challenges to overcome to get what made the story and world-building in Bloodborne so damn good. The cryptic messages and stories did not seem to work nicely in graphic novel format. But I will also admit that the graphic novel fell short of my expectation. I think the texts and the artworks successfully nailed the atmosphere of Bloodborne well. The first volume out of four in Bloodborne graphic novel adaptation by Aleš Kot and Piotr Kowalski (illustrator) was mostly good. And being given the opportunity to read a graphic novel adaptation of Bloodborne means a great deal to me. I loved EVERY game in Soulsborne, I loved Sekiro and Elden Ring. I've been a huge fan of FromSoftware since the Demon's Souls was first released, and Bloodborne was one of the main reasons why I ended up buying a PlayStation 4.

I've said it across my social media several times now, I am a huge fan of FromSoftware games. ARC provided by the publisher-Titan Comics-in exchange for an honest review.

Bloodborne, Vol. 1 by Aleš Kot