Blood 2: The Blood Group

Blood II is the perfect example of what happens when a publisher decides they want a full game on half a game's time and budget. The level design is a mess, the characters are ugly (even for the era), the music doesn't hit home like the first game... nothing sticks its landing. Nothing feels as good as the first game and barely holds a candle to many of the much better 3D shooters cropping up at the time. Doesn't help that this is made on Monolith's horrifically inconsistent Lithtech engine. It's a miracle F.E.A.R. turned out as good as it did. Tell you what. You want a true and worthy Blood sequel? Get the original game here on GOG, grab a sourceport that supports mods like BuildGDX or NBlood, then go to ModDB and snag the Death Wish mod. It's a fan made, three episode long, full game length sequel, picking up after the events of the first game that goes above and beyond anything this dog-water official seuqel could ever hope to accomplish. Heck, I'd say it's even better than the first game. Has a whole frickin' Silent Hill inspired level. You want Blood II? Play Death Wish.

There is gore. You get health from the hearts of the dead. There are guns. There are dual-wielded saw-off shotguns, a minigun, a napalm cannon (not flamethrower, think splash damage) and a hand held howitzer artillery piece. Plus other odd bits of hardware. It has addictive multi-player and even a decent story for the single player. These same guys eventually made F.E.A.R. This one is before they figured out decent A.I. The only downfall is the single-player is target practice on a pop-up range.

This is a great game and has alot of different weapons and sometimes some funny things :)

We all know the game is hal-finished product but I like to play it from time to time. Nostalgia hits hard!

As with so many of the old GOG games, we got working menus and a complete freezing when trying to actually start the game. More often than not (and in this case) when the game freezes, it will stay on top of everything else, and not respond to any attempts at force closing. Money well spent as always.