Those were the old days, those were the glory days. 1997. It was a long time ago (by the standards of the gaming industry, this is as long ago as Napoleon’s invasion of Russia), Sony Playstation, still the first, tore apart all its competitors, in Russia they still played dandy and sega, there was a year left before the release of half-life, Duke Nukem was completed many times, quake 2 was released only at the end of 1997 and during the pause, in May of this year the game was released, the debut project of the Monolith studio Productions. The game, if it were released now, would be branded with shame, accused, called one of the reasons for all crimes in the United States, and angry public organizations would hang the developers from the nearest lampposts. It was even banned (1997!) in some countries, despite the conventionality of the graphics. The game has become a cult favorite and is considered by some to be the best meat shooter ever. This is a Blood game.
RETURN OF AN OLD FRIEND
Our "hero" is Caleb. He is a gunslinger from the Wild West, a member of the Chernobog sect. This is a bloody God who wants to come into our world, clearly not in order to sow the eternal, good, reasonable. So Caleb serves him, kills on his orders and diligently plays the role of a faithful servant. He rises to the rank of head of the Cabal sect, he has a beloved girl, Ophelia. Life is good. But, there is always this but, Chernobog accuses them of treason and orders them to sacrifice. Cultists happily do. This is the prehistory, and the fairy tale is just beginning to tell. Twenty years later he comes to life, crawls out of the crypt shouting “I… LIVE… AGAIN!» from Evil Dead. This game has a lot of references to different films and books (the hand from The Evil Dead, to reset it you have to press the action button many times, Freddy’s glove, the hotel from The Shining, but fans of Loughcraft should especially play. Many references to his work: Miskatonic, Innsmouth, etc.d.).There are rusty villas in your hands, and the 20-30s of the 20th century are in the yard. During our absence Chernobog came into the world and life became very bad for everyone. Very. There is blood and Death everywhere, and corpses have become the latest fashion for decorating facades and interiors. And do you think you returned to this world in order to save it, bring it to peace and light?? No! we are even worse Evil, compared to us, zombies and cultists who kill people as needed are adequate guys. If there was anything human left in Caleb, it was burned and destroyed by the Beast. Years of serving Him, Chernobog, were not in vain, he is not interested in this miserable world, he is driven by revenge against Chernobog and he goes on a crusade across the cursed lands to destroy him. And nothing will stop him.
References to the film "Evil Dead 3"
I live again.
Out, out damn spot.
Good, bad… I’m a guy with a gun!
That’s what I call a boomstick!
This is my boomstick!
Hmmm. Fresh victims for the ever growing army of the undead.
Famous lines from Monty Python:
Help, help! I’m being repressed!
What do you gonna do? Bleed on me?
Nevermore. — at the grave of the protagonist of the film “The Raven”
You’re going to need a bigger boat. — "Jaws" by Spielberg
I like my hands bloody. – when trying to get Caleb to wash his hands in one of the sinks.
Get off my train. — from "Air Force One"
Wow! This promises to be fun!
I hate mimes.
Ratburgers.
When you get to hell, tell them I sent you. You will get a group discount.
Point away from face and fire, sounds easy enough. — Spies like us!
Ughh, and I thought I was ugly.
Time for barbeque.
Ahhhh, I feel like a piece of meat.
Wait, I am evil — I can kill ever I want. Hehehehe!
Ohhhh, you gonna hurt my feelings!
I’m not dead…yet..
Let’s boogey, boogeyman, eh!
You going to bark all day little doggy? Or are you going to bite.
Rest in pieces!
I am denial, I will face nothing!
Another day – another corpse.
I’ll have a BLT, that’s a lettuce, tomato, and blood sandwich. Hold the mayo. HA HA HA!
I am death, want some?
Lucky you, killed by the best!
Now now, no need to get worked up!
Yeah…Single white female..
Well that’s ONE way to open somebody up, but not nearly as quick or fun as my method!
How do you like your flesh cooked?
They’re gonna need a bucket and a mop when I’m done with you!
You’ll wont look so good with your face ripped off!
Time to start peeling up the bodies!
I’m here to donate some blood. Someone else’s…
Lambs to the slaughter…
I’d say I’m sorry, but you know it wouldn’t be sincere.
I’m your best reason to be afraid.
This looks… extraordinarily bad.
Are you gonna just stand there and bleed?
Fool! You were already dead!
I love the smell of napalm in the morning – from a racially correct hood. film F.F.Coppola’s Apocalypse Now, helicopter scene
I’m gonna paint the town reeeed.
No-one wants to play with me…
Son of a bitch must pay!
They’re all dead, they just don’t know it yet! – "Crow"
Ahh, leftovers..
Good doggy, play dead.
You must have blinked.
Graveyard…So many memories!
You kids shouldn’t play so rough… somebody’s gonna start crying
Red is definitely your color…
You look better… but not by much!
Looks like there’s some killing to do.
Good morning. And in case I don’t see you, good afternoon, good evening, and good night! — The phrase was heard in the film “The Truman Show”
(seeing the scraps) What we’ve got here is a failure to coagulate.
And along came a spider and sat down beside her and said, “What’s in the bowl, bitch!”
You’re pissing me off, you ugly son of a bitch!
A church. this really is a nightmare.
Its howdy doody time kiddies, the baad man is here!
(seeing a creepy face with glowing red eyes in the mirror) Whoa. Oh… Just me.
Songs:
Strangers in the night, exchanging glances..
Blood drops keep falling on my head, but that don’t mean na na na na na. hee hee hee.
My mama said there would be days like this, aw, I never liked her.
If you think I’m sexy and if you want my body… hehehe…
What good is sitting alone in your room? Life is a cabaret.
I’ve got you under my skin… yeah..
Everybody loves somebody sometimes… not me baby…
When I have a brand new hair-do, with my eyelashes all in curl. Da da da da da, I enjoy being a girl!
Sailing, sailing, over the bounding main…
Rain drops on roses and whiskeys on kittens. Bright coppered kettles and warm woolen mittens. Brown paper packages tied up with string. These are a few of my favorite things!…God, what a crappy song…
If you’re blue and you don’t know where to (mumbles)… puttin’ on the ritz.
Here he comes. Here comes speed racer. He’s a devil on wheels…
I did it MY way!
On the good ship Lollypop, da, da, da… Damn, forgot the words…
Somewhere… Over the rainbow..
LET THE ENEMY FEAR, LET HIM CHOGLE IN HIS OWN BLOOD
Blood is the first game where the main thing is not to destroy the enemy, but to kill him in the most brutal way possible. And the entire diverse arsenal is built on this principle. Even with villas you can rip off your opponent’s head and then play it in football. A flare causes them to flare up like torches and run around screaming in pain until they’re fried to a crisp. A special bonus is scattered throughout the levels, allowing you to pick up two Thompsons or shotguns and crush your opponents with double strength. Dynamite simply tears people to pieces, turning opponents into a bloody mess.
They try not to touch civilians, cultists and evil spirits, but not us. When you come across a crowd of people, you try to ensure that as many of them as possible survive by the end of the firefight, in order to then enjoy the carnage. They try to run away, screaming in terror, but they’re not going anywhere. If you want to finish them off quickly, throw dynamite into the crowd and watch their bodies get torn to pieces. If you want a painful death, take a flare gun or a can of spray with a lighter and set them on fire. For gourmets of the sadistic workshop, you can take villas and pierce their throats one by one, watching how they try to close the mortal wound with their hands, but nothing can save them, life leaves along with the blood, and they fall like rags to the ground.
Do you know what Blood smells like?? Blood, burnt flesh and death. She just stinks. You know what Blood says? Screams of pain, horror and death agony, screams of cultists (Cultists even have their own language, which even has an official and colloquial form!) and Caleb’s inimitable phrases full of black humor. Be careful of zombies. Just because they fell to the ground screaming doesn’t mean they died. Dying after a wild death cry.
Acerbus-shatruex (official.) – light
Caecux (official.) – unbeliever/humanity
Crudux (colloquial).) – fresh
Cruensseasrjit (colloquial).) – bloodshed
Cruento paashaeximus(official.) – ecstasy/enlightenment
Cruento pestis(official.) – curse
Cruentu (official.) – thirsty for blood
Crunatus (official.) – brother by blood
Cruo (official.) – blood
Cruonit (colloquial).) – thirsty for blood
Cruo-stragaraNa (colloquial).) – massacre, slaughter
Exim’ha(colloquial.) – an expletive, similar in English to the word shit
Infirmux (official.) – stranger https://goldenreelscasino.co.uk/login/
Invisuu (official.) – hatred
Invisux (colloquial).) – hatred
Lokemundux (official.) – world
Malax (colloquial).) – unbeliever/humanity
Marana (colloquial).) – death
Maravita (official.) – heaven
Odiosuu (official.) – Love
Pallex (colloquial).) – weak
Pestis cruento (official.) – blessed
PraaNsilenux (official.) – soul
PrayaNavita (official.) – massacre, slaughter
Pretaanluxis (official.) – undead
Pretiacruento (official.) – bloody skies
Rud’minuox (colloquial).) – believer
Rudsceleratus (official.) – believer
Shaantitus (official.) – chaos
Shatruex (official.) – enemies
Tuulenux (colloquial).) – soul
Vigra (colloquial).) – weapon
Vilomaxus (official.) – order
Cruonita (colloquial).) – to shed blood
Gero(colloquial).) – to possess, to have
Geropayati(official.) – to possess, to have
Hatanoceo(official.) – to do, cause something
Infuscomus(official.) – darken
Vorox(colloquial).) – There is
Website www.bloodgame.ru/ Created by Hellen. Added by Slava.
CURSED LANDS
It allows you to plunge even more into the world of violence, pain and suffering of the location. The whole game is Caleb’s travels around the world, which is thought out thoroughly. Although the developers said that it was the 20-30s of the twentieth century, this world is abstract, entirely the imagination of the developers. A besieged city, bombers and a sailing ship, a medieval church and shopping centers with excavators coexist here.The thoughtfulness of the world is amazing, every building, every interior is painted with love, and despite the fairly outdated graphics, the maps are memorable. A carnival where demons are used instead of horses on a carousel, a hotel from The Shining, where in the kitchen a zombie chef prepares dinner from a human head and leg, the Phantom 666 train, crushing people who, for some unknown reason, are standing on the rails. Each card has something that will be remembered, etched in memory. Some feature, at least small, will be there. Plus, all killed enemies, all bullet holes, spent cartridges and fire from explosions do not disappear until you complete the level. But there was a fly in the ointment. Navigation is inconvenient, sometimes you just don’t know where to go. I wandered around one level for half an hour until I figured out where to go. There is a map, but it’s of no use.
CONCLUSION
This game has one more disadvantage, the name of which is Dos. You can consider me a crooked monkey, but it wasn’t on the first try that I figured out how to set up controls and sound in the game, and I still have problems with the mouse.And the button that kills me, when pressed, turns off the mouse. 97, I understand, tractor drivers, but in 2010 this is surprising.
The review is still incomplete, I did not consider multiplayer for obvious reasons. I don’t know if the servers exist, if people still play it or not. But I’m ready to find out.
Pros: Lots of: voice acting, map design, variety of weapons, meat and violence.
Cons: inconvenient navigation, Dos
9.5/10
Best comments
This is where I would start. Your opinion is subjective. Objectively, this is one of the best spin shooters, after it the “beginning of the end” of classic shooters. Quake 2 also played on this field, and then Half-Life came out, ushering in a whole new era of shooters. Turgor is a different genre and is evaluated according to different criteria.
What rating do you propose to give then?? After all, this game is no lower than 9 on a scale of ten. Well, it doesn’t qualify for a different assessment. Or should it be assessed on a special trash scale?? And what is a powerful game, can you tell the definition?
That’s it, finally finished the review. Found Caleb’s phrases, plus edited some minor details.
LINK TO GAME www.old-games.ru/game/11.html
Screenshot not included in the text because it would have been too fragmented.
These are little Calebs jumping out of the mirror in the restroom a couple of meters from the entrance where I took down the Inssmouth Corporate Plaza sign.
I feel like a lazy bastard. Everything had to be done at once.
Okay, okay.
In fact, I was taken to the wrong place.
The toy is great, and the review, although a little big, is quite good.
A powerful game is, for example, Turgor.
Personally, my rating for Blood is 7.
Because trash and waste are cool, but they don’t bring that much pleasure.
E? I always thought that trash and frenzy bring pleasure.
The same Turgor and Pestilence. Utopia, while not bringing pleasure as such, because there is no trash or intoxication there, manages to leave sensations much more than Blood.
Actually, if anyone doesn’t know, I’m not a big fan of spinal games at all.