Of course, you'll first have to make your way through fortresses, castles, mines, mansions, and estates guarded and kept by Tchernobog's malevolent servants. Fortunately, it is wits that make the hero, and although you're in serious danger of losing yours, you've got enough left to improvise some pretty effective tools of destruction.
Aerosol hairspray can be frightening enough on its own, but apply it to a lighter flame and you've got an instant flamethrower kids, don't try this at home! Likewise, a flare gun can brighten your prospects considerably against even the grimmest odds, which is to say nothing for shotguns, Tommy guns, and dynamite. Who knows, you may even find that there are some spirits on your side when you find yourself clutching a voodoo doll.
What do you think of this game? By far the most extraordinary feature of Blood has to be its sound effects. They are nothing short of incredible. The zombies endlessly crow about "Brainssssss". Set a fanatic on fire and he screams like a girl: "It burns! Oh god it burns," before melting into a heap of steaming entrails accompanied by the appropriate popping and sizzling effects.
The soundtrack too, is a constant wash of Gregorian chanting and Gothic chamber music al! Unfortunately, after playing the full version you get the impression that the designers crammed a lot of their best ideas into the shareware demo.
The later levels all get a bit samey and lack some of the sparkle and nice touches of the first episode. You also get the impression that Monolith were trying too hard to create 'another Duke Nukem'. The Caleb character mumbles to himself in the same cod gravelly voice as Duke, laughs when gibs go flying, and lets forth the occasional one-liner. Also, deathmatch - or rather BloodBath as it is here - is frankly disappointing.
Too many stupidly huge weapons are on offer. Too many power-ups and add-ons dotted around the place. The players also run far too quickly, and the custom network levels are average. Most unimpressive to say the least. Having said all that, Blood is damn enjoyable to play. Its engine and technology may smack you as being somewhat cheap and nasty in this post-Quake reality, but it does possess a certain charm and X a certain smoothness which makes mouse and keyboard manoeuvres both effortless and enjoyable It's very difficult too - the monsters are relentless, the monks have cat-like reflexes, and some of the gargoyles are stupidly tough But it contains enough well-designed architecture, enough nice touches, enough secrets, and enough hardware to supply any Fragmeister with at least 20 hours of solid gameplay.
From the creators of Duke Nukem 3D comes their latest corridor shooter, Blood. A forgotten god is trying to wipe out the human race, and guess what? You're the only person who can stop it.
Armed with weapons like a pitchfork, a voodoo doll, flare guns, and an aerosol can with a lighter, you battle hell hounds, zombies, and gargoyles--just to name some of the evil you'll face. Blood looks full of gore--you can even play soccer with decapitated heads. Get ready for Blood, the latest corridor shooter from the creators of Duke Nukem. This game more than lives up to its title with gore galore and intense run-n-gun mayhem. In the shareware version that we played, you battle zombies, gun-toting monks, winged demons, and other monsters.
To even the odds, you're armed with some nasty weapons, including pitch-forks, shotguns, machine guns, voodoo dolls, and dynamite. Employing these weapons results in gruesome, over-the-top deaths, like monsters running around and screaming after you set them ablaze with your flare gun.
And although the emphasis in Blood is on blasting bad guys, the game contains puzzles and various mission objectives that test your thinking skills.
Colorful visuals and atmospheric audio bring the carnage to life. Graphically, Blood's loaded with lots of gory red sprites and big explosions.
Soundwise, the creepy, subtle music works well for the different stages,-and the audio effects really shine with loud explosions and humorous gibberish uttered by the game's various demented monk monsters. The controls on the shareware version perform beautifully. The only hitch is imprecise aiming when you fire at a target above or below you, but we hope 3D Realms will fix that on later revs. For corridor-shooter mayhem, Blood looks like the game to get.
We'll have a review of the full version of Blood in an upcoming issue. Blood's the latest in the line of corridor shooters to pop-up in the wake of Duke Nukem and Quake--but it's more than a mere clone. It's got personality, gore galore, and challenging levels that'll keep you playing for hours. Blood's premise is simple: You're seeking revenge on an evil master who sent you to your grave. And while your character doesn't have Duke's gaudy personality and attitude, he does have some clever one-liners of his own--all spoken with staccato, Clint Eastwood inflections.
He also has a demented, maniacal laugh that usually punctuates large explosions. Blood pits you against zombies, fire-breathing hell hounds, gun-toting monks, flying gargoyles, and other monsters eager to send you back to the grave. Helping you send them there first are several weapons, but they're hardly the usual selection of heavy military firepower you'll find in other corridor shooters.
You use a pitchfork, flare gun, dynamite, and even a voodoo doll. Most of these weapons have double functions: You can fire one or both barrels of the shotgun; and you can use the aerosol can as a flamethrower or throw it as a napalm bomb. Blood's grisly, violent, and goes over the top--it makes Duke and Doom look like a Disney cartoon. Enemies are crushed, dismembered, burned alive, and blown to pieces--and that's just for starters. At times the carnage's so out of hand, all you can do is laugh at it.
Yet the game does have a sense of humor, especially with levels and dialogue that pay clever homage to contemporary cinema. One level is Camp Crystal Lake from Friday the 13th. The game's levels will task even the most seasoned corridor-shooter veteran: They're huge and filled with traps and secrets in a variety of settings. Some of these include a moving train, a city during an air raid, and within the pulsating, bleeding walls of God-knows-what.
Blood also features an impressive A. Some enemies actually crouch and use walls for cover rather than blindly attack you head-on. The visuals and audio do a decent job, but are far from perfect, while the graphics are effective and gruesome. Battle an army of sycophantic cultists, zombies, gargoyles, hellhounds, and an insatiable host of horrors in your quest to defeat the evil Tchernobog. Squirm through 42 loathesome levels filled with more atmosphere than a Lovecraftian mausoleum. Recent Reviews:.
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Begin your journey armed with a simple pitchfork and earn more effective implements of destruction like aerosol cans, flare guns, voodoo dolls and more! Mature Content Description The developers describe the content like this: Contains intense violence, blood, and gore.
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