Coupled with a comparatively lackluster final boss in Gehrman, who many players find to be too similar to the NPC hunters they’ve faced throughout the game, this causes the Honoring Wishes ending to fall somewhat flat. The latter represents a fairly typical “twist” ending that horror fans will recognize from a variety of other media, in which the protagonist believes they have escaped or defeated their terrorizer, only to become trapped in their nightmare forever.
That leaves two possible options for the coveted title of Bloodborne’s best ending: Yharnam Sunrise, in which the hunter submits to Gehrman and awakens to a new day in the real world, or Honoring Wishes, in which the player fights and defeats Gehrman, only to be forced to take his place as the custodian of the Hunter’s Dream. The hunter’s “ascension” into a creature straight out of Lovecraftian horror does not a represent a victory for the character, but a tragic ending similar to those met by Gilbert and the real Iosefka. While it could be argued that there is an implied Philosopher’s Stone-esque element at play, in which one is only able to become a Great One if they don’t explicitly wish to do so, that is purely conjecture. They simply sought a cure for their affliction and, when forced to join the hunt, an escape from their newfound hellish existence. They slew both of those characters and many other proponents of the Healing Church, never once aligning themselves with the church’s sinister quest. While this may have been the goal of fanatical characters like Micolash and the imposter Iosefka, this was never the player character’s goal. When the hunter resists and ultimately defeats the Moon Presence, a Great One, in the final boss battle, the player unlocks the so-called “true ending” in which they are transformed into an infant Great One, “ lifting humanity into its next childhood.” Translation: they become a baby squid. Related: What King's Field Was (& What It Had In Common With Dark Souls)
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