Blade Runner

First, a warning. This game is awfuly short, for today's standards. But, it's a great BR side story. HOWERVER, A NEW REMASTER HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED. SO I SUGGEST YOU WAIT.

Even if i did not complete it yet, this is an experience ! Of course this game is showing its age. However, did it age like fine wine ? Absolutely As far as i went through the game, it is filled with plenty of good ideas, the scenario and game universe is brilliant. Speaking about game universe ... yeah you know it's blade runner ... Masterpiece of a universe indeed ^^ (see ya on the balcony gents, those who played it knows exactly which part of the game i'm talking about) On gameplay side, it's a story telling game but this one kind of lets you choose how you're going through it, even npcs are randomly assigned as replicants or humans (replayability : check). At the end of the day, awesome -immersive- game in a somwhat 'familiar' universe ... Would give it a loving it out of nothing, we're not giving games any mark here :D

Blade Runner was the first “adult” game I ever played. It was in early 1997 on an older friend’s PC - and I was instantly hooked! As an 11 years-old who came from SNES and Star Wars this was a revelation: realistic graphics, a dark sci-fi story, complex choices. I knew this was my kind of games from now on. Fast forward a few years to ca 2000: in a bookshop I stumbled upon a vanilla copy of the game. I got it for exactly 10 DM, rushed home, marveled at the 4(?) CDs it took to get it installed, and ran my first “full” playthrough. A couple more followed over the years. Although I haven’t touched the game in quite some time, it’s still on my bookshelf (one of the few games that survived my move to digital). A few years ago I read that Blade Runner might never get published in digital form, since the master CDs are supposedly gone, and IP rights very muddy. Imagine my surprise today when GOG notified me of this release. It was an instant buy of course! Now to the game: There are better reviews in this board, but let me just say that I consider this a masterpiece. One of the “games to play before you die”. It’s dense, atmospheric, chaotic, technologically innovative for its time — and a labor of love. You can feel how much passion the devs had when they worked on this game. Go buy this game, even if you start it up just once. It needs to be experienced, this is PC games canon!

Great story, great mechanics, great theme! You won't be disappointed. This is one of the few games that I played through multiple times it was so well done for its time. Now that it is on GOG, I am sure I will be playing it through again!!! Best news of the day when this became available again!!! Don't wait, purchase it now, and relive the Blade Runner universe again!!!

This game sat in my library for a long time waiting to be played. I am a huge fan of the 1982 cult-classic movie, and also a fan of LucasArts point-and-click adventure games. 1) Gameplay: the gameplay is very simple and straight-foward. You only click on objects and people on the screen, and, if you choose to, select some subjects when talking to people. You can also draw your weapon clicking with the right mouse button and shoot stuff - although targets are VERY sparse and pratically only appear 4/5 into the game lenght. There are no "object interaction puzzles" in the likes of classic LucasArts adventure games. You hear dialogues, collect stuff and use the "Esper" machine to magically enhance still photos into 3D images (the lowest point of the game, in my opinion). When you must use objects or information you collected you are automically prompted to do as a dialogue option. In this aspect, I find the game to be very shallow, and it detracts from the experience. Also, there are moments you find an enemy and it may kill you in two seconds if you don't kill him first. And if you didn't save the game in the last hour? Though luck... 2) Story: the story is parallel to Deckards from the 1982 movie. You are also a Blade Runner from 2019 dystopic Los Angeles hunting for Replicants to retire, and you will meet some old faces. As you progress, you are confronted with moral decisions - should you kill the replicants, help them or let them be? Each time you play, some key characters can randomly be human or replicants, adding some surprise element and replay value. Also, there are some random events that somewhat can change the story, resulting in multiple endings. 3) Visuals and audio: this is where the game truly shines. It is a very beautiful game, and it accomplishes in expanding the same visuals and universe from the classic movie. The soundtrack and audio FX are also a masterpiece. If you like the art direction from the movie, you will also love this game's.