BloodRayne is a dhampir, born from the unnatural union of vampire and human. Blessed with the powers of a vampire but cursed with the thirst for blood and a weakness to sunlight, Rayne is challenged with her most personal battle yet as she hunts down her siblings.
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Honestly, the first game isn't famous for its mechanics or anything, so I really don't get the decision of adding those godawful parkour stuff that makes your navigation much harder than it needs to be.
I loved this as a kid but when I got to replay it now it feels worse than the first game in terms of aesthetics and gameplay.. idk exactly what but this one feels like a disney game instead of the creepy ambience the first one had.
I will have to revisit this
I will have to revisit this
"I'm guessing that dress will cause a few of them."
Yoooo!
What?!
I can move around and shit!
There are combos and shit!
The combat in general is just so fucking sick now.
The dismemberment is awesome.
The blood is awesome.
The sex appeal is awesome.
The combat, and the way it's so immediately superior to the first game's combat, is awesome.
I love how sometimes you'll slice someone's leg off and they'll hop around on the other for a bit or crawl on the floor.
I love the new traversal system. You swing on poles and slide down railings and shit.
The pre-rendered cutscenes are just as awesome as in the first game.
"Dhampir go down just like anybody else."
"Aw, not just like anybody else."
But it definitely feels more PS2 than PC in that it loses the charm that the first game had. And in that the graphics are kind of...worse? Less detailed. I think it's especially apparent when the characters speak.
The art direction might be better, but the execution isn't. It's solid, but it's not better.
Ironically, despite the new combat, this feels way more repetitive and tedious. At least towards the end when the enemies become more annoying. Maybe it's because of the abundance of bosses.
People say that this one is easier than the first, and they're clearly out of their minds.
It's sort of the opposite of the first. Everything points to this one being the superior game, with less tedious combat, but it's not. Maybe there just was something to the first game's simplicity.
This is still fucking awesome, though. I could probably play the mansion over and over again.
I love Rayne! This is more Rayne.
"The master can blow me."
Yoooo!
What?!
I can move around and shit!
There are combos and shit!
The combat in general is just so fucking sick now.
The dismemberment is awesome.
The blood is awesome.
The sex appeal is awesome.
The combat, and the way it's so immediately superior to the first game's combat, is awesome.
I love how sometimes you'll slice someone's leg off and they'll hop around on the other for a bit or crawl on the floor.
I love the new traversal system. You swing on poles and slide down railings and shit.
The pre-rendered cutscenes are just as awesome as in the first game.
"Dhampir go down just like anybody else."
"Aw, not just like anybody else."
But it definitely feels more PS2 than PC in that it loses the charm that the first game had. And in that the graphics are kind of...worse? Less detailed. I think it's especially apparent when the characters speak.
The art direction might be better, but the execution isn't. It's solid, but it's not better.
Ironically, despite the new combat, this feels way more repetitive and tedious. At least towards the end when the enemies become more annoying. Maybe it's because of the abundance of bosses.
People say that this one is easier than the first, and they're clearly out of their minds.
It's sort of the opposite of the first. Everything points to this one being the superior game, with less tedious combat, but it's not. Maybe there just was something to the first game's simplicity.
This is still fucking awesome, though. I could probably play the mansion over and over again.
I love Rayne! This is more Rayne.
"The master can blow me."
it has some good ideas but the gameplay is not really fun sadly
This review contains spoilers
Rayne is back with cooler combat mechanics and new features. The story also gets spicier the more you advance in it, and you get to fight Rayne's father (as mentioned in the first game's ending, Brimstone Society found her father's location). The game is more graphic and violent than the previous one since the graphics are also better (it was released 2 years after the first one, after all).
As mentioned in my first game's review, if you DO NOT own this game in its original version, I recommend that you purchase the Terminal Cut one, because it is enhanced and optimized.
As mentioned in my first game's review, if you DO NOT own this game in its original version, I recommend that you purchase the Terminal Cut one, because it is enhanced and optimized.
after loving the first game so much and hearing good things about its sequel, i was very very excited to play this game. unfortunately that excitement quickly dimished to disappointment throughout the few hours i beared to play the game. first of all the gameplay is majorly different. rather than being so focused on shooting, it is alot more focused on the hack and slash aspect, giving you a large move list of many button combinations, and allowing you to dodge. the grab and feed mechanics remain, but feel completely different. somehow the gameplay feels even more repetitive and monotonous than the first games, even though there is a bit more depth to the buttons you are pressing. regardless of that, the main reason i hated the time i spent on this game is because it felt completely different to the first much beyond its gameplay. this is not what i fell in love with. i had to stop playing it, and search the internet to see whether there were any games that COULD give me an experience actually similar to the first game, with a character like rayne. i found nothing.