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BLOOD remaster announced by NIGHT DIVE! FINALLY!
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It is the best Build engine game. I used to think it was Duke3D until I finally played Blood like 3 years ago.
If playing Blood 2 is like getting served a platter of shit, playing Blood 1 is like getting served a platter of the most delicious meal you could imagine.
Blood 1 is one of the best FPS games ever, while the sequel is straight up awful. Anyhow, I'd buy this if they ported it to consoles.
Rotting in Hell with Chernabog.
I was happy to see the news. I opened and I saw that they are remaking the same game while keeping everything the same...
I expected something like the System Shock remake..
I had the game on Steam and it is still unplayable. I hope they will offer this for free for those who have it.
I expected something like the System Shock remake..
I had the game on Steam and it is still unplayable. I hope they will offer this for free for those who have it.
Graphically it was fairly impressive back in the day, and it still holds up decently. But the story, humor and setting is just awful. The gameplay is kinda eh too.
OG Blood was a gothic horror revenge story with demons set in the early 20th century. Blood 2 is some weird futuristic sorta scifi story about portals and interdimensional monsters and the Cabal trying to summon portalz and monsterz for some reason. But by the time you get that far you've already stopped caring because everything is just so goddamn bad and stupid and all the awesome horror references from the first game are gone.
I frankly consider it one of the worst sequels ever made, and I will never forgive Monolith for killing the franchise with that steaming turd of a game.
Same. Really excited about this remaster. Redneck Rampage next!?
Powerslave is supposedly up at some point. I'm not sure on Redneck Rampage as that wasn't nearly as good a game as Blood, so it might not be as commercially viable.
Makes sense. I genuinely like RR but very happy to see Blood get the remaster.
Works well except horrible nauseating screen tearing on Steam version + Blood gdx. You have to spend some time preparing the controls for a modern setup but I would have finished the game if it weren't for becoming nauseous over screen tearing. I used 120fps settings. 60fps felt horrible
Agreed, love Build games. I have only played Duke, Blood, SW and RR. I have never played Powerslave. Is it good?
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The PC version is a Build game and was enjoyable at the time as a standard FPS. However PowerslaveEX (which was previously released by the developer of the recent Night Dive remasters) was based on the Playstation version which was a pretty different game, much more of a metroidvania really, and has a good reputation. The EX version was originally released under the presumption that the original rights holders were defunct, however I think that swiftly turned out not to be the case; the upcoming rerelease is likely a more polished version.
The same happens to me with eDuke and Shadow Warrior remaster. It's either stutter or tearing.
I haven't had any problems with games from the Kex Engine though.
I remember picking up a two-pack with SHOGO and Septerra Core in it. I wish they'd re-release both, especially to address Septerra Core's reliance on a really old version of QuickTime being installed on your system to run properly.
I didn't play Blood until it was released on gog.com some 15 or so years after its original release, and it still turned out to be one of my favorite FPS games ever.
I love the look and feel of Build games, but getting them working 100% perfect has been really difficult on modern PCs.
If Nightdive gets this game running perfect, I will love them forever and give them my money on day one. Just let us have those crunchy unfiltered pixels please. :)
I was able to get Powerslave EX before it disappeared, and it plays like a dream so I trust them.
I love the look and feel of Build games, but getting them working 100% perfect has been really difficult on modern PCs.
If Nightdive gets this game running perfect, I will love them forever and give them my money on day one. Just let us have those crunchy unfiltered pixels please. :)
I was able to get Powerslave EX before it disappeared, and it plays like a dream so I trust them.
Let's not forget Samuel "Kaiser" Villareal for making so much headway with ports of classic FPSes like this, Doom 64, Powerslave, and Turok (II).
Interesting. I'll definitely check out the Powerslave remaster.
I remember that 2-pack. I loved Shogo. I believe that was built with same engine (lith 2.0?) and released at around the same time as Blood 2. Those games had such weird explosions (as did Quake 2), everything mushroom clouding haha. Blood 2 was okay but I tend to agree with popular opinion that 1 was just much more polished and inspired. Duke remains the King of Build for me, though.
Can't wait to suffer for two maps before getting the stun-happy Tommy gun to hold Cultists in place. That's maybe the only big flaw in BLOOD since they'll fuck your shit up and force more cover shooting that necessary. Lack of cover early on will kill you too easily..
Otherwise, it's an amazing FPS with tons of great ideas, challenges, and replayability.
Otherwise, it's an amazing FPS with tons of great ideas, challenges, and replayability.
I think that was pulled. Also, it's based on the PlayStation version, which isn't bad, but it's unfortunate that we couldn't have all of the stuff from the Saturn version in a re-release. FYI, I seem to recall it having a preference for running on AMD hardware, but I may be remembering incorrectly.
Oh, yeah, I was thinking about that while watching Game Informer's Super Replay of Dynamite Cop a while back. I think it's funny how explosion rendering has changed.
I can still hear the sound of the gargoyles dying and the weird Italian sounding threats the cultists were making. Also the ridiculously OTT announcer voice in multiplayer
give me a full remake pls
easily the best Build engine game
this guy knows what's up
easily the best Build engine game
this guy knows what's up