Bloodborne's two planned DLC packs have been combined in the epic The Old Hunters



The Old Hunters will be accessible at some point in the first half of the game after a number of unnamed conditions have been met, and it's said to offer a sizeable challenge. The demo on the show floor at Tokyo Game Show was de-fanged somewhat in order to be more approachable, with some of boss Ludwig's moves being removed. The final expansion, however, is said to be around the same difficulty as the latter half of Bloodborne's campaign - so it could present a nasty surprise to players who stumble upon it early on in the game.
There will be three new areas within The Old Hunters, with some familiar locations folded in with the all-new ones. When you consider that Bloodborne's approximately 13 areas took players some 30-40 hours to complete, The Old Hunters should present around 8 hours of content in its entirety - depending on your own pace, of course.
The Old Hunters also features around 10 new weapons, although only a handful were available in the demo build. There's a whip that converts into a katana sword, which in the build provided was combined with a stun-bomb that players could use before diving in for a succession of high damage attacks, as well as what appeared to be a more brutal take on the saw cleaver, and a dagger that doubles up as a bow and arrow. "Its background is that it's the hunter Simon's, who didn't like guns," Yamagiwa said of the latter weapon. "It's a little on the extreme side. We wanted to give the players more options, so in this case it's a ranged weapon."