Customer Reviews

Blade Runner

5 star:		(22)
4 star:		(8)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

I borrowed this game from a friend, and was quickly impressed. At first I was expecting much, from what he told me, it was only a few minutes distraction, but after fifteen minutes of playing, I became immersed in the world of Roy McCoy, Blade Runner.

The thing I love most about this game is that it's practically never teh same game twice. I got captured by some baddies, but my friend said that never happened to him. Actions you take determine the future of the game. In reality, it's like those books where you pick what decision you take and turn to a page.

The sound and music is awesome! You become caught up in Los Angeles, 2019. The characters are pretty cool, not perfect, but cool. I played the game twice, and each play is so different, that not even they stay the same.

If you love Blade Runner, get this game. You WILL NOT, repeat WILL NOT be disappointed.

I picked this game up about a year ago, having never seen the movie. I did not know what to expect. What I got though, was a completely thought provoking, psychologicially challenging, intuitive, breathtaking and mezmorizing game that left me clutched to my computer for days.

The story is unlike any other. It follows the locations of the movie, and if you have seen it, you'll recognize many of the scenes. Cut scenes in games usually are a let down; here, they excell. The gameplay never dips, unless you get stuck and are pulling your hair out trying to figure out what to do next. But that is how murder mysteries are supposed to be. This isn't a game that you will finish in 3 hours. Heck, when I play it over, it still takes me awhile.

The main drawing point to this game is the numerous paths that you can take. It is an adventure game in REAL time. So if you are lolly-gagging around in one area for a long time just doing nothing, you'll miss something later and the game will change. You can ALWAYS beat the game, but the path you take is what makes the game so outstanding. Are you a good guy? A Bad guy? Who are you? It all depends on the decisions that you make and the people/replicants that you enteract with.

If you are a hardcore adventure gamer and don't have this one, you should be ashamed. As for everyone else, you are without excuse as well. Buy it now.

Blade Runner is an awesome adventure game which tests your reflexes but mostly your brain. I can tell you now from experience though if you never watched the movie you will be a little lost. The rendered cinemas are the best I've seen. There is a shooting range in the police station that tests your reflexes. These targets are replecants as well as humans which you have to learn not to shoot. There are sleezy night clubs. There is alot of swear words in the dialogue for this game being rated teen. The bottom line is if you liked the movie you will like the game, the visuals are outstanding.

Alright everyone, you can stop bothering Harrison Ford and Ridley Scott about a Blade Runner sequel. Look no further than your local software store. BR: The Game effectively recreates the world of L.A.- 2019, and, though you don't play as Rick Deckard, does include many of the movie's characters. The environment in which a player is immeresed is designed beautifully, and gives the same forlorn-city feel as the film. It's great that the humans/replicants aren't constant from game to game, providing multiple outcomes and new surprises. However, there are only four stars up there, not five. My reason is that this game is less of a detective adventure as walking around, talking, and picking things up. It doesn't require much deduction on the player's part. Despite that, Blade Runner is certainly worth it's price, and has great scenery, without needing graphics acceleration. Replicants are walking the streets... find them!

This game is really great, despite one or two "little" problems. The plot, the characters, the vision of the future... One of the few movie sequel-type games that uses its name to the fullest. Even if you haven't seen the movie, this game's well worth the $$ for anyone who likes a well-formed adventure story. This game claims to be real time, but it's not really (at least in the sense of The Last Express and other well-formed real time adventure games). Still, it's really fun, and you usually do things at your own pace. This makes this particular game more fun and enjoyable than its real time counterpart could ever be. I think the only major mistake this game has is that it's too darn hard to get any of the endings you haven't already seen. After you've seen one, you've probably seen all of the ones you can reasonably access without changing your playing habits way too much. And, some of the prerolled aspects of the game (i.e., who's a Replicant and who's not) are completely random (obviously, they're **prerolled**), and therefore you could get the same ending over and over and **over** again without knowing why. And, no, this is not an exaggeration. I've probably played the game five times, and I've only seen three of (supposedly) seven endings. One of these endings was so revolting I couldn't bear to watch it (not violence wise, more... plain old disgusting wise; you'll know it when you see it). All three of these endings were available through different paths the first time I played, so I just saved and saw them all the **first** stinking time. Anyway, I keep playing it again and again to see the other endings, and, frankly, it gets old.

To conclude, it's a good game, and, if you can bear playing it about a billion times, you can take advantage of all the annoyingly hard to get endings.

There are two things to think about when talking about this game. One is the game mechanics themselves and one is the execution of the look and feel of the game. On the former the game lacks, but as far as the way the game looks and sounds you will be hard pressed to find a computer game that puts you this deeply into a franchise. Blade Runner is this kind of game.

Westwood Studios decided to take a stab at the Blade Runner franchise and make a game so true to the movie that you would be hard pressed to tell the difference. I think they succeeded in this. They do it in three ways: Plot or story structure, visuals and sound. All of which holds onto an important credo: be true to the source material.

The plot itself puts you in the Blade Runner world as a Rep Detec (a Blade Runner) on the hunt for a group fugitive replicants. Apparently this is all happening at the exact same time as the movie events as well (kinda like two different cases going on in the department). The mood and manner of the story is well done and they brought in a wealth of talent to do with voice acting, including a few from the original movie (Sean Young, Brion James, William Sanderson and more). Add some really nice cut scenes and you get a pretty theatrical experience. One "scene" where you walk out of your apartment balcony so see the city streets and skyline is almost worth playing the game alone.

The visuals are stunning for when the game was made. Actually they still are. The backgrounds are pre-rendered with some interaction here and there. While that sounds like it makes a rather static game it does mean when you walk into a familar Blade Runner movie location you REALLY feel it. Down to the little details the background visuals really inspire.

While the visuals are great I think what really makes the difference in this game is the sound. I think this game takes full advantage of having 32 channels of audio, and if it doesn't it sure does sound like it. Every location you go to is filled with environmental sounds. This more than anything else sucks you into the setting. Add to that the occasional cues from the Vangelis soundtrack (which mixes in perfectly by the way), PLUS the incredible voice acting, and the audio experience in breathtaking. Even with two speakers it's incredible. Add some surround sound and you will get lost in the game.

Okay that's all the good stuff about the game, but I did say the actual game play was merely average. I meant that. The game is incredibly static. While you can travel all over the place and see the beautiful sites and sounds (which is a good thing if you think about it) the game will not progress until you take a specific action or interview a specific person. You play a detective in the game, but since the game is so linear you really don't get a chance to stretch your detecting skills much.

Also while the backgrounds and static images or animations are incredible Westwood made a compromise and decided to reduce the resolution of the items that are more dynamic so more people with "average" systems at the time could enjoy the game. The end result is you are a very pixelated character and the characters you interact with are just as pixellated. While shading is not too bad on your pixelled self any time you compare with the backgrounds the difference is painfully obvious.

So the game had pixelled characters and VERY linear gameplay. That's not the reason to get it. The reason to buy Blade Runner is to get yourself immersed in the Blade Runner universe. This, more than anything else, is what the accomplishes in spades.

If you enjoy the movie and are a die-hard Blade Runner fan then you should absolutely get this game. The story lines (note the plural) are really astounding and you can almost bump into Deckard since his investigation is going on at the same time as yours. You have to play the game at least 5 times from start to finish in order to partially exhaust the possibilities. It isn't first-person but if you like the futuristic Blade Runner genre then you definitely should not miss out on this one. Westwood should think of a sequel. Great game.

Blade Runner is a game by Westwood Studio's, the great people who brought you Command & Conquer and a studio always breaking new grounds in technology. This game was great, becasue a number of reasons. One, because you don't even have to like the movie to play this game, nor do you have to see it to play the game. Second, it really has many effects that really put you in the world of this cop/detective. Third, the cinema scenes are awesome and run smoothly even on older systems and really add quite a movie-esque feel to this. But that's not all, it has 6 different endings, depending on who you talk to or what you do during the game. It's really ashame to see such a great game with cutting edge technology on it's background and nobody really knew of this game. It's like a Zelda game comming out, but not noticed. Even if you didn't know about this epic game, you shouldn't doubt it's style, because it has everything you could want in a game. The soundtrack is awesome, the graphics (even though the characters are a bit pixilized)are awesome, and the replay value is over the hill. I've played this game over 8 times and still havn't seen all the endings. With the cheap price they're asking, why not give it a try, you won't be sorry.

Looking at the cover of this game I would have assumed it to be more bang-bang and low on plot. I was pleasently surprised. You take on the role of the main character, flying, running and interacting with the environment at a speed that you desire. It doesn't have the graphic beauty of say Myst, but it is dark, futuristic and sexy non the less (some scenes are a little adult). It's easy to get addicted to this game, and look forward to whats around the corner. Solving this game is not super difficult I would rate it's difficulty as low to medium. It does the movie justice and is alot of fun.

I have to admit that I'm not much of a gamer, but I LOVE Blade Runner (the film). I bought this game 10 years after it was released (I just got it a couple of months ago). Man, was I surprised! Being an "old" game, I thought it might be cheesy and outdated, but was I ever wrong!

This game captures the very ESSENCE of Blade Runner. The scenery is stupendous, the story is incredible (much closer and faithful to the book "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" than the movie itself was!)and the music was (almost) a direct copy of the original soundtrack (which, IMHO, was at least 50% resposnsible for giving the film & the game its glorious, dark, moody, and evocative atmosphere).

The ONLY critique I have is that the characters themselves appeared blurry and sluggish (except for the cut-scenes). Oh, well. What can you expect from a video game that is 10 years old?

Despite that, Blade Runner is an excellent mystery/adventure game. The wonderful thing about it is that you can play it 10 times in a row and you'll never play the same game twice (there are multiple endings that depend on what your character does throughout the game)!

Fans of Blade Runner should have this game. Fans of mystery or adventure games should have this game. One word of caution, though. Once you get started, you may not be able to stop. It's addictive!