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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fresh blood, June 29, 2006
Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars
Though it has aged, it hasnt coagulated yet. Despite the decay of the genre around it, this Blood remains fresh.
Blood is an intense first person shooter by Monolith in a horror/dark humor atmosphere. It is equally renowned for it's creativity and sadistic nature, as it is for difficulty. Blood is a game for those who love first person shooters, and thus are at least moderately skilled at them.
Boasting a morbid cast of monstrosities, Monolith's hemoglobin opus pits you against a dark cult, from which you play a cast down and sacrificed leader seeking your revenge. Swift axe wielding zombies, shotgun and tommygun wielding cultists, severed choking hands, transdimensional reapers, hell hounds, and all other manners of beast await you amidst the ravaged and bizarre landscapes you traverse as Caleb, seeking to strike down the dark god Tchernobog, your former master.
Blood innovates to a greater level in how you can kill such abominations, from the typical shotgun and machinegun (tommygun specifically) to the more creative in application, flaregun, dynamite with remote or proximity detonation, and aerosol can with lighter for a flamethrower or quick firebomb. However it takes death a step further with the technological tesla cannon, the incinerating life leech, and the sadistic assassin's favorite tool, the voodoo doll. More weapons await you in the game, but even more, Blood offered a unique dimension for the times of alternate firing modes, significantly expanding the tactical range of each device, and some could even have three functions if combined cleverly.
In Blood, you, and your opponents in singleplayer or multiplayer can be stabbed, jabbed, shot, riddled, maimed, crushed, roasted, exploded, scattered, and castrated, and it has the lush sprite artwork to indicate the misery all enjoy for the sake of others.
But where can such carnage take place? How about a funeral home, train station, an actual moving train, carnival, a variety of temples, a city undergoing a bombing campaign, hospitals, stores, deep within the woods, upon mountain peaks and moving sheets of ice, or even within the entrails of a giant creature? Blood certainly offers variety for those who seek to beget the title name.
Blood is outstanding in two aspects that have been long forgotten in some aspects by modern games. Art design and sound. Blood is an old game, on an old engine. But despite the pixellation and low resolution, it still looks good. The artwork is consistent thematically and in terms of the palette and every place works together quite well. Quite the contrast in the current trend of normal mapping uninspired photos of brick and concrete and then sampling at a high resolution.
The sound is unique for its music, effects, and detail. Blood sounds wonderful when it comes to all the attention paid to it... the smack of a zombies head when you kick it, the dripping of blood onto the ground from a freshly slain cultist, his foot still twitching. Break a window on a train and the locomotive becomes more audible when youre near the shattered glass. Combine that with deep weapon effects, howls of the damned, and play it amidst vibrato string sections and chilled pipe organs and it is a feast for the ears.
Blood is most of all, a horror tribute. It pays homage to great and obscure horror films alike through a host of references and inspired settings. It is however, as I warned, difficult for most, but it is definitely worth the romp. Blood, spill some.
A final note, this game does not function properly on Windows XP, Windows 98 is preferred, however some have had success, such as myself, emulating the game through either DOSbox or a series of patches as guided by Willis of the website deathmask. Dont let operating system differences get between you and one of the best first person shooters to hit the PC.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
this is the reason I hesitated to upgrade from 98 to XP, May 31, 2006
and I've always regretted it...until now...there's now a nifty piece of software called " dosbox ". just google it and it will be located within seconds. It creates a pseudo-dos environment that actually works in XP! I even have XP Pro and it still works !But on to the game...Blood is simply THE best and most challenging first person shooter ever made...probably ever will be made...it's unique and appeals to the gothic and horror fans...and the humor is unmatched...I mean what other game to you knock a enemie's head off with a pitchfork and then kick it around like a soccer ball?...yes, the graphics are dated but the fun factor is what we are measuring here folks...don't believe me? then tell me why more people bought Unreal Tournament over Quake 3 ? Q3 obviously had the better graphics...but UT was more fun...seeing a connection yet? You start off as a former minion to the underworld that was betrayed and left for dead...or so they thought...hehehe. The sound effects are so cool and the game itself will scare the hell out of you the first few times you play it...especially in the dark! Do yourself a favor and pick up this treat...either download dosbox if you are running XP , or if you saved a partition and installed both xp and 98 then you shouldn't even be reading this far down...order now! but don't pay that much from these a**pirates trying to get $25 bucks from you!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
You are an IDIOT if you Pay for this...... , April 12, 2006
Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars
Why? Not because of the game. The game rocks. Cryptic beyond that of Quake one! The game is what a "gothic" (loose word in use) FPS game should be like. There should be more of a demand on this game in the markets.
So why are you an idiot for buying it for the price here? It's FREE. You can download the full game on many abandonware sites across the net. This game is no longer under licence and has been abandoned. So go download it and enjoy. It won't work in most XP systems to begin with anyway.
Cheers.
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