THE OPENING
In this game you play as a young woman named Rayne back in the 30�s. Before she was born, her Mother was raped by her vampire father�so when she was born, she had all of the Vampires strengths and some of their weaknesses (hmm, sounds familiar). So in this game Rayne joins a group of underground vampires to help assassinate her biological father whose fault it all happened.
On your main quest your group leader gives you lists of people to murder. You travel between a great amount of places while playing this game.
GAMEPLAY
In Bloodrayne you are able to use numerous vampire skills and moves like the classic, sucking blood. You have many modes of gameplay, for example Aura mode, which is somewhat like heat vision (it also points out where you need to go), a matrix type mode in which everything moves in slow motion so you can see exactly in how many pieces did you chop your enemy into, and a few others.
Regaining health is simple on this game, just simply hit Square and you will hook onto the nearest enemy and start sucking blood and regaining health. After you have killed a certain amount of enemies you are granted a �Blood Rage� mode, which is about 30-60 seconds long and you are able to do tons of unbelievable combos. In blood rage you also cut your enemy into tons and tons of pieces.
This game is a lot like Fighting Force for PSX just a lot more violent and intense. I recommend most people to at least rent it, to try it out. You can get plenty of weapons which are separated into three categories�lightest, medium, and heaviest. Guns are not the basis of the game though, you primarily focus on decapitating people with your wrist blades, but guns can help kill some out of range enemies.
Overtime you learn new attack combos. Which are basically short (long is some cases) groups of slices, kicks, punches, and shots. Some combos can only be pulled off while you are in Blood Rage mode. They range from 2 hit combos, to 20 hit combos which can be used to knock off mutants, nazis and other enemies body parts.
GRAPHICS
The graphics on this game are fairly decent, nothing too special. The character detail isn�t too great but some wall/floor textures are well made. The blood looks like little squares sometimes, and their body parts look like a combination of cubes and cylinders (or is it supposed to be that way). The graphics in this game are not really noticeable when you are busy killing 10 Nazis at the same time.
SOUND
The voiceovers in Blood Rayne are pretty decent, but occasionally you can catch their lips not moving with the words. The sounds are pretty well made, the gunshots sound realistic (especially in the matrix mode), the blade hitting a object sounds pretty good, the screams of your prey sounds good.
But this game uses some vulgar language, and besides that its EXTREMELY violent and I would recommend a 12+ age for this game, if you know you are mature you should try it out. Beside that fact it�s a pretty well made game sound-wise.
CONTROLS
The controls are pretty basic but for newcomers to these 3rd person genres, it may take some getting used to. You move with the left analog stick, look with the right analog, attack with L1 and R1, you change weapons with L2 and R2, you jump with X, you activate different vampire senses with the Control Pad, and last but most defiantly not least�you activate bloodrage with Triangle.
This is a game for a certain group, if you liked Fighting Force (PSX) or Tomb Raider (PSX, PC), I would recommend you try this game out for size. Also if you are a fan of senseless killing and blood and gore�I would recommend you pick this up. This should satisfy most people even if you don�t like 3rd person games. This game is exciting and yet sometimes repetitive. With only 6 chapters this game will still take you a few weeks or months to beat.
- Graphics-8.5
- Sound-8.5
- Play Control-9.0
- Challenge-9.6
- Replay Value-8.9
- Fun Factor-9.0
- Overall-8.6
- 1 Player
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- Action/Adventure
- Developed by Majesco
- Published by