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PC
Adventure
| Also for: | PS2, Power Mac, Xbox, GameCube | ||
| Viewed: | 3D Third-person, floating camera | Genre: | Adventure |
| Media: | CD | Arcade origin: | No |
| Developer: | Terminal Reality | Soft. Co.: | Majesco |
| Publishers: | Vivendi
(GB) |
Released: | 2 May 2003
(GB) |
| Ratings: | BBFC 15 | ||
| Accessories: | Mouse, Keyboard | ||
Video
Summary
Goths! Your game is here! Never mind the bobbins that was Buffy or Blade, BloodRayne is something like the interactive equivalent of ultra-violent French film Dobermann; a shockingly vivid slaughter-fest, both Dobermann and BloodRayne are more than a little over the top. The main difference is that Agent BloodRayne, the super-sexy, supernatural central character, is the hunter, not the hunted. It seems strange to say this, but she (it?) is on the side of the good guys. When you consider that the bad guys are a bunch of devilish nazi types, possibly on leave from Castle Wolfenstein until the next instalment in that series, it's not too much of a stretch to assume the role of a good guy. Even if you dress like someone emerging from the Torture Garden!
That's not to say that BloodRayne can only be enjoyed by black-clad misfits, Matrix dwellers and ageing Sisters of Mercy fans. Anyone with a penchant for sensual half-human, half vampire creatures, complete with an arsenal of deadly whips, blades and chains will feel a sense of kinship with our lovely Agent. If your PC's up to it, BloodRayne - despite its doomy atmosphere - looks and moves superbly well. Control, as always, is a matter of getting used to the keyboard/mouse combo, but is no more complicated than yer average PC hack 'n' slash. The third-person perspective adopted by the developers helps to keep tabs on our heroine, and gives you the chance to watch those wonderful moments of body-carving when BloodRayne's bloodlust really kicks in. Special mention goes to the visual effects when there's a whole lot of slicing going on. In a similar vein to Max Payne's 'bullet time' feature, BloodRayne's cumulative bloodlust can be saved for that special moment when things get too hairy for even a supernatural being. Let go of the reins and glory in the bloodbath that follows, when all that pent-up bloodlust hits home. In slow motion, it's something to behold, and maybe not for the faint-hearted.
BloodRayne has enough going for it to kick the bottom of any of its contemporaries. The Agent her/itself is destined to become something of an icon for the eyeliner and pierced head generation, the gory content, like flour at a Nephilim gig, is almost everywhere, and well, we just find the whole package so sexy.
To paraphrase Lisa Stansfield, Agent BloodRayne may not be a lady, but she's all woman!
That's not to say that BloodRayne can only be enjoyed by black-clad misfits, Matrix dwellers and ageing Sisters of Mercy fans. Anyone with a penchant for sensual half-human, half vampire creatures, complete with an arsenal of deadly whips, blades and chains will feel a sense of kinship with our lovely Agent. If your PC's up to it, BloodRayne - despite its doomy atmosphere - looks and moves superbly well. Control, as always, is a matter of getting used to the keyboard/mouse combo, but is no more complicated than yer average PC hack 'n' slash. The third-person perspective adopted by the developers helps to keep tabs on our heroine, and gives you the chance to watch those wonderful moments of body-carving when BloodRayne's bloodlust really kicks in. Special mention goes to the visual effects when there's a whole lot of slicing going on. In a similar vein to Max Payne's 'bullet time' feature, BloodRayne's cumulative bloodlust can be saved for that special moment when things get too hairy for even a supernatural being. Let go of the reins and glory in the bloodbath that follows, when all that pent-up bloodlust hits home. In slow motion, it's something to behold, and maybe not for the faint-hearted.
BloodRayne has enough going for it to kick the bottom of any of its contemporaries. The Agent her/itself is destined to become something of an icon for the eyeliner and pierced head generation, the gory content, like flour at a Nephilim gig, is almost everywhere, and well, we just find the whole package so sexy.
To paraphrase Lisa Stansfield, Agent BloodRayne may not be a lady, but she's all woman!
