Blake Stone: Planet Strike

Awesome!!!!

The improvements made on the Wolf3d engine really shine here when it comes to looks. Everything looks improved on from Aliens of Gold. The new weapon sprites are bigger and look so much more detailed. The lighting is much better and a little darker instead of everything being vibrant and bright giving it a better feel (at least to me). The new enemy sprites look way better than AoG (even though most of the enemies are the same ones from the first game). Maps have better detail to them and ending each level by needing to find a detonator to blow up that floors security system helps change things up a bit. But not everything is better in Planet Strike. - Since most of the weapons and enemies are recycled from the first game with a fresh coat of paint on them, it makes Planet Strike feel like just some DLC for AoG and not really a standalone adventure. The guns make the same sounds as they did in AoG. The enemies make the same sounds as they did in AoG. It feels familiar and lazy at the same time. - The changes made to your map are fine but it's just not as good as in AoG. Sure, you can zoom in and have it reveal secrets to you (and there is a charge needed to keep it going) and that is fine but doesn't come close to how good the map in the first game was. There will be times where you will get lost and won't be able to open your map because it is always on the bottom of your screen now (unless I am just dumb and didn't know how to open it). - Planet Strike is shorter than Aliens of Gold. For some, that might be a bad thing, but I think it helps PS from overstaying its welcome. Later levels do feel a little bit rushed like they did in AoG. If you enjoyed AoG, I think you will find some enjoyment with Blake Stone on his second adventure. More of the same can be good sometimes and I think the little bit of changes made do help keep things feeling fresh till the end

Ignore the negative remarks about how they've editted the faces of the enemies and the sounds they make. There are new foes, old foes new challenges. Its a new story with new things and its better than the old one.

This is blake stone's version of sod. You finally get the chance to finish what you started in AOG while this is not an major leap from the last game it has some changes to game play. to exit levels you must fine a bomb to remove a security cube to pass to the next level instead of the last game where you needed a red key card. you also can detonate ammo pickups with certain weapons. while this was JAM's last title and could not compete with the release of doom 2 it still is worth a play for any fps fan.

Is this Blake Stone supposed to be Dolph Lundgren's brother? ;)