Blade Runner (PC)

Blade Runner (PC): Empty Lies! (1901 words)
by andrewl - written on 09.05.04 (Very useful, 111 readings)
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The game of 'Blade Runner' would have achieved a lot of publicity even without the grandiose claims of its publishers. Those first demos, re-creating the dizzying dystopian images of police cars swishing through the sky over an orange-tinted cityscape, showed that the designers were intent on capturing the atmosphere of the classic Ridley Scott film in a way which could not fail to excite its many fans. But the publishers did make certain claims. Apparently the game features dozens of AI characters who wander around the game environment, and whose responses and motives change every time you play. In fact, the story changes and you get a new gaming ...

This is not called execution, it is called embarresment. (384 words)
by C'pn Lechuck - written on 19.12.00 (Very useful, 16 readings)
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Blade Runner like it's own movie, is an aquired taste. Some adored; yet some truly hated it. The original movie, which happens to be my favorite, was based upon the novel "Do Androids Dream Of Electronic Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick. In Ridley Scott's film version of the bleak vision of a violent future, the atmosphere is captured brilliantly brought to life in a living and breathing world without leaving anything from the novel which can be a common mistake. I would like to say 15 years or so on it still lives and breathes in it's games counter part. Although, as you have probaly already guessed, I can't (without lying that is). ...

Blade Runner (PC): A good game, but... (373 words)
by mark_carpenter - written on 08.07.00 (Very useful, 16 readings)
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I really enjoyed playing Blade Runner, the storyline and atmosphere is unrivalled and compelling, the control system is simple, but the puzzles, (or perhaps they should be called "the things you have to do to move on in the story") are often hard to figure out at times due to the large game world which you can freely navigate. The game isn't linear in the sense that after figuring out what you do you move to the next screen;, you have a fairly large universe that you can explore and there are numerous things that you can do. My main problem with this, is that you can often be wandering about looking for the thing which will put you onto the next ...