"Are you ready for your From Software tutorial boss lessons?"

Phalanx left.

Asylum Demon nodded.

The Last Giant gulped.

Iudex Gundyr shivered.

Margit, the Fell Omen, blinked nervously.

Gyoubu Masataka Oniwa collapsed.

"Yes, Father Gascoigne."

Seriously though, this replay gave me a much greater appreciation for him. Everything about the buildup to him, his related sidequest with his family, his arena, his design, his music. The pacing, spectacle, difficulty and teaching tools of his fight. It's all so beautiful and tragic but exhilirating and cool at the same time. There isn't quite another first/tutorial boss in video games that captures so many things like Father Gascoigne does to me (who cares about Camera Beast I'm not counting him). He's also got some of the most memorable entrance cutscenes, paired with some of the most memorable quotes, among any boss From Soft has made.

He's also just one of the most interesting stories within Bloodborne before the Lovecraft twist. Like nothing else in the early stages of the game elicits much of a reaction compared to him.

Before this replay I liked him a fair bit but seriously? I think he's one of my favourite bosses in video games now.