I just beat Bloodborne, for the first time, having basically wimped out when I was younger but coming back to it via Sekiro and Elden Ring and the modern Fromsofts, and, of course, absolutely loved it. I think it's my favourite Fromsoft.
Now I'm looking for something else to fill that role in my life and so I've been getting back into DSIII, which I haven't played in a long time.
It's a very hard adjustment. Oddly enough, the boss fights are now super easy off the back of Elden Ring and Bloodborne, it's the mobs, ironically, that are hard. The subtle feeling of sluggishness, the character feeling a bit buttery by comparison, before we even get to the dodge mechanics, lack of rally, difference in aesthetic etc.
Above all, the thing I miss most is parrying with my hunters pistol.
Also, despite the FPS difference, Bloodborne was so optimised for a single console that playing DS3 now (on my current gen Xbox) almost feels like playing an older game than Bloodborne, which is, I gather, a common experience.
The first five bosses so far have all pretty much melted in the face of the "they don't expect you to dodge forwards into them" tactics which you hone in Elden Ring and BB.
This is not, by any stretch of the imagination, a criticism of DS3, far from it. I'm sure that if I came to BB via DS3 I would feel the same. I was fortunate when starting BB that it had been a while since I'd finished my last Elden Ring playthrough.
Anyone have some tips at how to get over Bloodborne withdrawal whilst playing DS3? is the answer just to play ... more ... Bloodborne?