Bloodrayne - 21 Year Late Review
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- Опубликовано: 11 июл 2024
- probably one of the best vampire hack and slash games ever made.
if you have FPS issues be sure to set Anti Aliasing to 1. anything above that tanked performance for me and I forgot to mention it!
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Opening Rant
01:49 The Gameplay
18:20 Story and Characters
21:14 End of Spoilers
25:12 Sound and Music
28:47 Visuals and Spectacle
32:21 Summary Time
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Reupload: stock footage replaced with Creative Commons footage, appropriate attribution given in description. Removed image of Bloodrayne toy/figure to avoid legal headache. Improved boob censoring (sorry.)
There is significantly more silent gameplay footage in this video that the norm. I had to edit tracks out of the video in a large quantity, and since I don't have the original footage anymore, a lot of this video is me talking over music. This is the last time this is going to happen.
From now on videos will stick to game-appropriate music.
Thank you for your support and patience with these reuploads. Thank you. Goes without saying if you need Bloodrayne gameplay footage, feel free to take it from my review.
The gameplay is so simple even game reviewers can do it. Bloody hilarious.
Currently playing through og Tomb Raider and completed Bayonetta and Sin Episodes recently. Your vidoes made me realise how much more playful and independently confident these female characters are while still being sexy.
Haha thank you! I think a few journalists made it through this one okay fingers crossed! Oh damn, I hope ya enjoyed them! At the time Tomb Raider was the closest I got to playing an Indiana Jones character, and that was just fantastic.
I think independently confident is the best description I've seen in ages, I wish I'd thought of that. For me Lara was the Indy of the gaming universe and that was what I took away from that, confident and proactive.
Maaaan and thank you for returning, for watching and leaving kind words! Always glad to hear people are checking out these older games!
Let it be known: this video is going to start my week on a good note. I absolutely love the editing, the humour the detailed actually informative review, the memery, it all clicks with me personally. I love it! It’s nice to end a day with a laugh and start a new day with that in mind. Cannot wait to see what comes next from ya.
Maaaaaaan! Thank you so much for your kind words, this is really lovely, and thank you for watching of course!
I'm gonna do my best to keep making videos that make people laugh. Even if I lose my objectivity here and there, I hope it's clear my reviews are always genuine experiences.
Thank you!
I love these really late reviews. Great idea!
Really great idea for a Review Site. Just found you, subscribed, and I think I'll pick up Blood Rayne, I never played it back in the day.
Holy moly thank you! I hope ya enjoy it I really do! I also want to say thank you for not only watching and commenting, but for subscribing as well. I just hope I can make more videos you enjoy and I hope I didn't lead you wrong with Rayne! Thank you!
It’s good that this is back up, can’t wait for the new content ;D
Keep up the outstanding work mate :D
Thanks Looney! One more to go but I'm working on Pathfinder all the time, so hopefully it won't be too long because I feel like I can actually start new projects haha! Thank you for supporting me dude!
Fabulous and hilarious video, as always! 😁
Ayy thanks for coming back to watch Andrew! I'm grateful for your kind words as well, honestly recognising people coming back is the best part of making these, so thank you truly!
Good stuff. I would love to see this game with modern gameplay mechanics.
I really think they could do something spectacular with the formula. Maybe a bit more complex gameplay loop like Bayonetta or something similar. So much potential to expand here on an already solid game.
Thanks as well for watching my video and for commenting of course, thank you!
Thank you for another video!
Thank you CJ for real, for coming to comment on all my videos, and for watching. I really appreciate it, done with these reuploads soon and I've got proper new videos lined up!
I loved 1 and 2.
Rayne reminds me so much of Selene from Underworld.
Oh memories 🩸
This game is as old as me... actually mind boggling to think about. Great video as always!
Holy smokes that is crazy when you stop and think! I feel weird when I find out a movie I watched actually came out when I was born. For some reason I think "Well I should remember that"
And thank you as well! For your kind words and for watching, I really appreciate it!
another cool video, this time on a game ive never even heard of. this is gonna be a fun watch
Ayy thanks Druan, I hope ya like it! I really appreciate you coming back to watch my videos and comment on them all, thank you. I just hope it's entertaining, especially if you've never heard of the game, hopefully I do it justice!
Man how didn't youtube showed it to me, the bell is on 😭
OK, the Bayonetta clip got me, you know which one ;)
Haha ayyy I try to get that in at least once! Thanks as well for watching my dumb video and for commenting! I appreciate it, so thank you!
Love this review. PARKOUR!
Thank you! Holy smokes it's lovely to read kind words so thank you! PARKOUR!
I'm currently re-playing this one myself! A personal favorite time-waster.
a mention of the save-system in games would be appreciated
checkpoints vs. save anytime and how it serves or not, the game
This is a really good idea. I don't think I've once mentioned the save systems in any of my reviews and I'm gonna fix that because it's a big deal. Thank you! And also let me say thank you for watching and commenting on my other videos. It really means a lot to me to see someone go through them and I hope ya enjoy them, I really do. Thank you!
@@reallylatereviews aye aye! Loving your reviews and style, and I'll say again
best I've come across
I've watched a bunch, mandalore, mortismal, grimbeard - can't stand ppl like gman or whatculture guys
It's about your passion and how you drive with that - keep it up, if it suits you!
@@user-ih5jr8rt5qThank you, I really mean it! And I've already penned a description of the savegame system in my next review! Good advice, thank you!
cool, great! and ummm, for the record, what is the save-system like for BloodRayne? @@reallylatereviews
I finished the game for the first time recently. I was surprised at how good it was, clearly a lot of thought and care was put into it. I played ps2 version with emulator despite the 30fps lock because it seemed to me like lighting and textures mixed well together coherently unlike in re-release were I couldn't shake off the feeling of things being out of place.
I've never actually played on a PS2 or an emulator for it but I bet that ran smooth. I've only seen good footage and it looks like PS emulators run like olympians compared to Xbox ones. (No offense to Xbox this is the PC emulators I'm talking about)
But I am sorry to hear about the re-release stuff. It has been a long time since I played the original, so it's hard for me to compare from memory and like I said I did tweak some things with the UI. It's completely possible I just blindsided some graphical mismatches. I think they put more thought into this than most give it credit, it has a simple premise/genre, but it's got a lot going on.
Sorry long reply! Thank you! For watching and commenting, I appreciate it I really do! Thanks!
I've come to your channel from watching Pathfinder WOTR review. Such an underrated gem, hope you'll get more views.
About Bloody Rayne... I've never finished the whole game. Maybe not my type. Always fell off after Argentina act. But I'll always remember Rayne as the ultimate game sex symbol, she'd dine on Lara Croft for sure. Bloodrayne has great combat, that slow motion mode and it's really addictive... Too bad something fells off in prologue and final act.
I can see where you're coming from completely and I've read similar thoughts. I think part of it may stem from Bloodrayne shifting it's gameplay focus every time you enter a new region. The prologue is search and rescue with mutants, then you have assassination, then open plan assault/assassination with extra set pieces. It's a strength if the player enjoys all three segments, but a weakness if they enjoy just one. Argentina is also so coherent and well designed. Despite how much I love Gaustadt and it's best of both worlds level design, objectively it's not as tightly crafted as Argentina. (Also thank you for your kind words holy smokes!)
Wow! Good review of a game. Have considered doing film reviews? I think they would be lots of fun and informative.
Holy smokes first of all, thank you for your kind words, and for stopping to watch my video. I really appreciate it so thank you! Secondly I have a Bloodrayne movie review coming out soon (I'm working on another game review at the same time so it's a bit slow!)
But it isn't the same format, it's half commentary half review as a sort of fun thing on the side. I've thought about doing a more serious review of a better film though haha, so maybe!
Damn man. I came here after listening to your gushing review about Bayonetta and this just hurt to watch. Hahaha
Maaaaaaaaan! Listen tell me what I did haha! Aw but no pressure I just wanted to say thank you! It's wonderful to know someone wants to come back and watch another video. That's just lovely, thank you!
Super entertaining video, had to laugh a few time! I just wish you could record your voice with a bit less echo, otherwise top!
Ayy thank you so much! And yeah I really am kicking myself over the echo. In short: recorded these last year and tested them on my PC and TV, not headphones so I missed the echo. I have one more video with my old voice over, but future videos shouldn't have this problem. I've hung up towels and stuff to muffle the echo haha.
Thank you again for leaving kind words and stopping to watch my video! I appreciate it!
@@reallylatereviews looking forward to more videos from you!
Great video man. Any chance of Bloodrayne2 review?
Ayy first of all thank you! I really appreciate you watching and taking the time to comment!
I have a bit of a log to work through at the moment but Bloodrayne 2 will be coming down the line! I work pretty slowly too haha! I have it installed though so it is coming
I love Blood Rayne and Blood Rayne 2 even more but i hate most sidescrollers (i played enough in the ancient past on my C64 and later on my DOS PC to satiate my hunger for them for two hundred years) and don't even get me started on the movie. Nice video as always. :)
Commodore side scrollers holy moly yeah, you did your time, you're relieved from Bloodrayne Betrayal! Don't worry about it haha! Aw the movie is the worst! It's definitely something that has to be seen at least once.
Thank you! For stopping to leave kind words and for watching, I do really appreciate it (I say that often but I do!)
“Tell me you love me honey!” 💋
Those spider flesh things in the first chapter probably caused a good number of people to get vore fetishes...if sexy leather scare-arousing vampire redheads weren't enough. The outfit is great though! Absolute cosplay goals..in my dreams.
I can safely say this is one game vore fans will gobble up! sorry
Oh but so true, the design is fantastic and instantly recognisable. I believe in your cosplay dreams! I'm gonna try cosplaying this year and that's probably going to be a disaster
Also I really appreciate you coming back to watch my videos, and for stopping to comment, so thank you!
@@reallylatereviews Gotta pay the algorithm tax ;)
How did I miss this, fuckin dumb me not clicking the bell.
All sorted now
Thank you for real, for commenting on all my videos and coming back. I'm really grateful and hopefully I can keep making videos that make the bell worth dinging. Thank you!
And you're not dumb! I've never used the bell at all haha
My pleasure mate, I'm enjoying the effort you're putting into these!
You should set up a patreon so I can give you money, and you should put it towards a slightly better microphone or work or some sound dampening.
It'll help get those videos sounding cleaner and tighter. 👌🙂
I dunno what to say to that holy smokes. What I will say is that I've hung up washing lines with sheets rofl, which hopefully means that audio for Pathfinder onwards should be better, fingers crossed. Right now I can't hang acoustic panels up even if I had them haha! But I am working on sound dampening because it really is bad with headphones.
But thank you genuinely, just amazing to hear someone thinks my videos are worth contributing to, so thank you.
@@reallylatereviews Ah the good old limited space. I know those feels as a music creator!
What kind of Mic are you running at the moment?
@@subwaytovenus3237 I just checked cause it's been a while haha, a Yotto Cardioid Condenser Mic 192KHz/24bit. I'm using the pop filter but not the windshield.
And for sure! Also my walls are just echo chambers, I had to put carpet offcut down just so I didn't give myself a headache haha
This game needs a remaster on ps4 not a remake a remaster Rayne is perfect ❤
This is it honestly. I think remakes have their place but for some games, just make the exact same game and do it all shiny and nice. Keep the same art style, just refresh it for today. This is one of those games.
Thank you! For watching my video and taking the time to comment, I really appreciate it! (also remaster for PC too pls thanks)
I enjoyed the game a lot back when it was released . The soundtrack was a banger and it still is . I liked a lot the cinematic cutscenes and they could have used that for marketing as well. I liked more the first one tbh .The second game was nice but it didn't grab me like the first one .
I feel the same way, the second game just felt like such a shift away from the first and it suffered for it. Those guns in Bloodrayne 2 were awful, I dunno what they were thinking.
The soundtrack is just so good and yeah for the time the cutscenes were just amazing. The chandelier one is what made me get interested in the game years ago.
I want to add thank you as well! For watching my video and stopping by to comment, I really appreciate it! So thank you!
@@reallylatereviews 👍 .Yea loved that cutscene also . I may revisit the game and bring back some memories when i got the time 🙂
Ayyy do it! It holds up I think for sure :D It goes by a bit quicker than I remembered though I will say that!
Never played this one before. Are you open to suggestions? Been playing PC games since 1999.
Ayy well first thanks for watching and taking the time to comment, holy smokes I appreciate it! Short answer as well, yes!
Longer answer: I have to be honest I get suggestions and I always take them all on board and look at each game, but I have a list of games to work through at the moment and a bit of a backlog! Also I've scrapped my own reviews if the game wasn't fun or the video wasn't entertaining haha, so it depends on how well I gel with a game. So I'd rather make no promises but I'm absolutely open to suggestions.
@Really Late Reviews No worries, I won't suggest any if you have a backlog. Maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised with your choices? Thanks for the reply.
@@aj863 My dude hit me with your suggestion! I will tell you I'm careful with saying "sure I'll do it" because I have been working on a Pathfinder review since september and had numerous delays haha. After that I have:
Dragons Dogma Mystic Knight
Psychonauts -requested
Arx Fatalis - requested
and Star Trek Elite Force
So please tell me because if it's something I really like the look of I'll try it out!
I remember playing this game for the first time, i was shocked that i could slice everyone.. it was the first time i saw something like that lol
Ayyy Vulture thanks for coming back to watch, don't worry about the bell I never use it rofl.
I remember having the same experience with this game, I'm not really a big gore fan so I always liked the simpler graphics of this era. Stuff grossed me out far less than modern games not gonna lie! And having enemies actually react to blades rather than just crumpling over was something I was not used to at all
(I also say thanks again for watching and leaving a comment, ya know I appreciate it, thank you!)
@@reallylatereviews i'm not a fan too..
Loved the video
Hope to see more of your content soon 🙏✨💕
@@vul7ure_ Thank you! More coming "soon'" hopefully haha!
I’m currently playing through this game for the first time, and while it’s not terrible, I also feel like it’s extremely average, fun nonetheless. This franchise really needs a reboot though, a revamped bloodrayne game in 2023 would be fantastic!
As much as I love this game, I can easily see this perspective. I really mean it when I said it's a package deal, take away even one piece (the gunplay, the setting or the vampire angle) and it falls flat. For 2002 I think it's great but it's sequel would be outshone by games like God of War and Bayonetta. They just didn't recognise the need to step up the formula. If anything I think Bloodrayne 2 diluted what they already had.
You're absolutely right that if this ever came back, they'd need to revamp it for the modern era, bringing it's complexity up so it has more going for it. I'd love to see a Bloodrayne with Bayonetta's depth.
Sorry for going on! Just wanted to say I see where you're coming from. And thank you of course, for watching and commenting, I appreciate it! Thank you!
So... bloodrayne 2 review?
Haha aw maaaaaaan I have a log to work through already. Maybe, but I remember not enjoying the sequel as much so a little time between bloodraynes will help me stay objective!
Thank you for taking the time to watch my video and for leaving a comment too. Thank you!
@@reallylatereviews welcome 😎
You know that you also need to do the BloodRayne 2 review, right? Except that one might take a lot longer as it is not at all "so easy to play a game reviewer could do it" 🤣🤣
Aw maaaaan haha! I will get to it eventually. I remember not enjoying the sequel as much because they crippled the gunplay. Ooh but I liked the sliding! Some time between playing both games will help me stay objective I hope!
I want to also say thank you! For taking the time to watch my video and comment, I really appreciate it! So thank you!
@@reallylatereviews You're welcome. It's a very good review video. Regarding the second one, yeah, they really messed up the gun play. I guess they had no choice if they introduced the "Carpathian Dragons" and gave them the feature of taking blood from their Dhampir host... However, the second has very difficult controls and the feature of making your enemies stronger than you, even those that are not supernatural in nature. That is what really takes all the fun out of the game.
@@JDA2185 Thank you! And aw I'd forgotten about that, they really did buff up those street punks. Yeah I really felt that, also the pacing of combat was ruined by having to refill those guns. Just went from fire and forget to having to keep an eye on it. I dunno who was behind these decisions but they were terrible rofl
@@reallylatereviews It's obvious that the team who worked on and created the first game was not the same team who made the second one. It's also the movements themselves. If you don't understand how Rayne is intended to move you're gonna find yourself in a whole world of hurt trying to control her which is especially frustrating during combat. I think these details you should include in your review of the game if you'll do a review on it.
@@JDA2185 Thanks! That's prompted me to look into some of the developer changes between the two. Bloodrayne's original game design lead stepped down for BR2, and was instead replaced by a whole 3 people including a producer of the first game. Some of the team did stay but not (from what I can see) at the level that would let them make any huge gameplay choices. I'll definitely bring these up when I get around to it. I think when producers get involved one of two things happens: it's either great from the start, or it's all downhill from here rofl. So yeah shines a light on the game's shortcomings.
Best way to play this gem is on PCSX2 with enhancements. It feels even better played with a controller. Especially if it's a licensed PlayStation pad.
I have to confess my experience with emulators hasn't always been good but I love the concept of them because they help preserve games that otherwise get forgotten. It's always fantastic to see the effort fans go through to replay games!
Thank you as well for watching my video! And for leaving a comment, I appreciate it!
@@reallylatereviews Some of them can indeed be a bit of a headache to deal with but the dev/nightly builds of PCSX2 now have automatic game fixes, updates and a pretty slick looking front-end loader that can be configured to download game covers. It essentially works straight out of the box now. All that's needed is a BIOS and we all know how easy those are to get. I have more than 20 emulators installed atm, if you ever need a hand figuring your way around one, hit me up. Your channel rocks!
@@Sword420 Yep, PCSX2 got a huge quality boost since the lockdown. Vulkan backend, new qt based gui etc.
But the terminal cut is preferable, more than 30fps, and they implemented Xinput, so controller support is of no concern any more.
@@stiefn3825 I'll have to get that version at some point.
@@Sword420 Thank you for your kind words holy shit! And that sounds pretty amazing honestly. It sounds like they've come a long way since I last used one! I've been recommended games before that at present I'd only be able to play on an emulator - but I worry about making a 'review' like that in case someone uses that to make a purchase. But I will definitely come back and ask if I ever change my mind or just need help. Thank you!
Also I saw your comment further down, if you ever look at it go with GoG. It's almost always on sale there. On steam it seems to never be on sale
Good video, just a bit too long.
Thank you! I'm not gonna lie I felt the runtime creep up on this one myself. I've had feedback that cutting parts of previous videos for runtime concerns was a mistake, so right now I'm experimenting with longer videos.
But I do want to keep my videos tight so I'm grateful for the feedback, and for you watching and commenting, I really do take everything on board so thank you!
@@reallylatereviews Thanks for engaging with us commenters, and I think you deserve a lot more subs, even though then you wouldn't be able to engage with us this way :)
Anyway, you can't please everybody... Longform content is fine, it's just hard to be funny/interesting in a steady manner for long, and in a slower moment viewers might lose interest and click away. This is just my opinion but it's better to have a 10% shorter video that's 10% more interesting. It's especially true if a viewer is not really interested in the game itself, and is only here for your commentary.
@@DrKrapulax Maaaaaan thank you for your kind words honestly! To tell you the truth, I'm preferring it this way. I can answer people, recognise people coming back, it's lovely.
I also agree with you 100% but the reality is over half of the 'views' on my videos, click off after the first minute. Even the shortest video I have has lost most of it's views way before the halfway mark.
I want to listen to everybody who takes the time to leave a comment, and focus on their feedback rather than worrying about growing my channel. Because that's why I'm doing this, to entertain people and to have fun. I'm worried about the people still watching at the end and what they want, not the number of views on my video. But still I did feel the length on this one a little and I have a much longer video coming up (Pathfinder), so a shorter video after would be nice.
Thank you for your honest feedback, I mean it!
I love this game so much, nice video ˗ˏˋ ♡ ˎˊ˗ It would be great if you cover Nocturne on some point too as it is connected to BloodRayne.
Ayy thank you! For leaving kind words and for watching my video! I love it too, such a fun game
Ooh I heard about Nocturne while I was looking into the history of this a little. I won't say anything as I have stuff lined up already but I'll look into it further!
Thank you again!