Bloodrayne is one of those game franchises that could of have become HUGE, but due to multiple factors, it died out and never reached its full potential. And considering how this first game turned out, the potential was HUGE. This game 100% delivers on its premise, an sexy acrobatic vampire killing nazis. The combat is fast and frenetic and the violence is over the top. There's a lot of cool mechanics, like sucking on enemies blood for health and picking up new weapons dropped by dead opponents instead of reloading. That being said, it is from the early 2000s and with that comes a lot of jank. The good jank though. While the combat really should of been similar to devil may cry, its still fun, with lots of crazy moves to pull off. Unfortunately the story isn't very remarkable, with a thin plot and weak side characters. The only notable character is Rayne herself, who is pretty memorable and is voiced by Laura Bailey (who gives a great performance). In the end i'd definitely recommend bloodrayne, it can be janky at first, and the environments can get a bit repetitive, but with its fast pased campaign and frenetic gameplay, most of those criticisms can be gladly ignored. Vampiric nazi killing doesn't get much better than this. Also bonus points for this game literally having a cheat to make Rayne's boobs jigglier, absolutely glorious
When I got this game a year back, I thought I knew what I was in for, I saw all the reviews. I thought it was another one of those games were the lightsaber felt like a glowing stick. Boy was I wrong. After I got past the horrible shooter levels, I discovered a game that EA would be covering up not to be played, why? Its one of IF not the best star wars game ever made (besides KOTOR) the lightsaber combat is quick and fluent, the force powers were satisfying and fun to use, the levels were big and well designed, I for the first time ever, felt like a jedi. Lets talk about the pros: lightsaber combat is incredible of course, the graphics though old, hold up very well and won't make you sick, the story though simple is well told and the characters are fleshed out and of course multiplayer is on par with many modern games. But as good as this game is it has some cons: first, the first five levels are not bad, but no good either, the shooting is spongy and the levels, while well designed; are mazes to the modern gamer, the first 3 levels with the lightsabers are HARD, like SNIPER HARD and the last third of the game is not good, but the last 2 levels make up for it. Then bespin: bespin is the reason you should get this game, the levels are large and expansive but not too confusing and you encounter the first force enemy. But please don't let the cons keep you away form this masterpiece. And once you see the end credits with that triumphant music score, you'll be glad you played this incredible game.
