Posted on: June 6, 2023

WeirdChandelier

Games: 154 Reviews: 37

Of Grinding and Storytelling

BloodRayne 2 has a lot going for it, too much even. You get to keep your abilities from the first game and you earn new, stronger ones, as you progress. The base game is hard, but not unbeatable. While you will cut through regular enemies like butter, the stronger ones will often have you running around them with dilated perception on, waiting for an opening to sucker-punch them and jump away (or I’m just bad). You can get your revenge in New Game + mode, where you retain your health, abilities, and gun progress. Maxing out the gun experience is tedious due to certain limitations of gaining it. It’s an unnecessary RPG element that should’ve been removed, or at least made easier and/or quicker to get. To be fair, it’s a completionist nitpick, it barely affects the game. The story is easily the strongest one in the series. While it technically continues the final narration of BloodRayne 1, it has virtually no other connection to it. There’s very little exposition though, and you’ll probably wrap your head around it better on your second playthrough. Still, it redeems the gameplay, which is a little more complex than it needed to be.

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Posted on: July 7, 2024

JMayer70

Verified owner

Games: 504 Reviews: 211

Ugh difficulty

I couldn't get past the first "dhampir boss" right at the very start. So I can't really comment on the whole game as I will never see more than just that few %age worth of it. But what I did see wasn't overly impressive...... and the camera controls, just terribad! So personally, I don't recommend this, far inferior to the first BR

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Posted on: July 23, 2022

FrappeMiku

Verified owner

Games: 103 Reviews: 8

A good sequel.

The are some things of the previous game that I would like to have in this one, for example, I consider the jumping was better in the previous one, more natural, but this game has some aditions that make it different and gives a badass experience. The fluency of the combat is really good, kicking ass is definitely more fun. Also, get creative with environmental kills, since they greatly reward you. Some of our antagonists here have daring desings which I appreciate and add something to the vibe of the game. If you like old games or want to try some, this one and the previous are good options to consider.

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Posted on: December 18, 2022

CarChris

Games: 171 Reviews: 86

Rayne is back.

5-stars again for Rayne, although oddly this time she is not as strong as in the first game! The story is about hunting the other “offspring”, her half-siblings, and bloodline of Rayne’s “father” (the person who had wiped out her mother’s family and turned her into a half-vampire) and about vampires having the technology to go out in public and in broad daylight. Pure action gameplay with some platforming involved. No manual saving, just checkpoints. Also, contrary to the first game, the second one takes place in more varied environments and there are many different types of enemies. I consider the game more difficult than the first, as: 1) unfortunately, contrary to the first game, in the second game Rayne suffers damage more quickly and severely when in water or under the sun, and 2) it is often needed to use the environment for some actions (e.g. throw enemies at a spot to destroy it, rather than using raw force against that spot), which require more precision in movements and overall controlling.

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Posted on: April 22, 2023

Devianza777

Verified owner

Games: 7 Reviews: 4

Bladerayne

Back in the day this game was a fun ride and now that it works properly at 16:9 it still is, could use a brightness option, some of the levels are a bit too dark, and adjusting the monitor for one game, nah. But all in all its still a fun ride, the ragdoll physics are a bit dated but still fun, and Rayne still looks great but the npc's look kind of clunky but they're being cut up so it doesn't really matter. The down side the game, it never got its ending. it ends like the Deathly Hallows part 1, or Empire Strikes Back. The publisher at the time, Majesco, decided to drop console and PC games and focus on handheld games, I think it was during the recession and PC game ales were in the toilet. So we never got a proper Bloodrayne 3. Think there's one or two scrollers but they're just Castlevanie rip off's, Bloodrayne 1 and 2 were creative games at the time, sorta, I guess.

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