Quote:biggest thing is to proceed carefully where ever you go, don't run into a crowd try and take things out one at a time.  The other thing is to really investigate the different areas.  Oftentimes with these games you miss paths that lead you forward or to areas with quality weapons.  The best thing you can do is kill as many things as possible and backtrack, things don't come back to life unless you reset the lantern so if you kill everything and see a living enemy somewhere you know you haven't gone that way, it is very easy to get lost in the game the maps are also highly connected throughout the game.  


It helps to farm early so you can level up and survive longer but at some point level doesn't really matter as much as skill does.

 

http://bloodborne.wiki.fextralife.com/Bloodborne+Wiki   is the best wiki out there, avoid the walkthrough section but look at the game progress section, item descriptions and all your weapon info is in there.  The weapon scaling takes a while to understand but really teaches you the value of certain weapons, I've played most of the game so far with the threaded cane which seems like the weakest weapon in the game but because of scaling its actually pretty awesome.  A Huge part of this game is making mistakes and learning from them, this isn't your modern game that holds your hand through tutorials and training missions.  These games throw you into the game to sink or swim and once you get a taste for them it becomes hard to play games that baby you throughout.