BloodRayne

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BloodRayne
BloodRayne for the PlayStation2
Developer(s)	Terminal Reality
Publisher(s)	Majesco
Engine	Infernal Engine, Open Dynamics Engine physics engine
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PC, Mac
Release date	October 15, 2002
Genre(s)	Hack and slash, Action Adventure
Mode(s)	Single player
Rating(s)	ESRB: Mature (M), BBFC: 15

BloodRayne, is a horror-themed third-person action video game. In addition to a sequel, BloodRayne 2, Bloodrayne inspired two movies and a series of self-contained comic books. It was developed by Terminal Reality.

Contents 1 Gameplay 1.1 Offensive attacks 2 Synopsis 2.1 Plot 2.2 Main characters 2.3 Levels 3 Reception 4 Voice cast 5 Crew [11] 6 References 7 External links

Gameplay

The main objective is to kill the Gegengeist Gruppe (G.G.G., German for "Anti Ghost Group") officers in 40 levels and three worlds.^[1]

Offensive attacks

Rayne primarily attacks with her blades; slashing, stabbing or dismembering her enemies. In addition, throughout the game, she learns combo attacks, the first consists of a left or right slash, followed by a round-house kick. Later on, she gains a five-combo attack, which adds a scissor-like slash, front flip kick, and a jumping slash. Lastly, she has a harpoon (received very early in the game), which she can use to reel in enemies from a distance, allowing her to feed on them.

When feeding, Rayne regains health while draining health from the victim. The player can choose to let go of the enemy at any time, which is useful should the player accidentally starts to feed on an enemy while surrounded, or to avoid being hit by an explosive device, such as a grenade or rocket.

Rayne also uses an assortment of guns, grenades, and rocket launchers. Guns, which can be dual-wielded, are in almost every level, and Rayne will almost always automatically pick them up, but if a better category of gun is available, Rayne will drop her current gun and pick up the superior weapon. For example, if she has four pistols in her light weapons category, but walks over a submachine gun, she will drop the weakest pistol and pick up the submachine gun. The special weapons (machine guns, rocket launchers, etc.) are exceptions to this. The player can choose which special weapon they want. The game's most powerful move is Blood Rage, which slows the action by 1.5X while Rayne goes into a dismembering frenzy.^[1]

Rayne also has different vision modes, such as Aura vision, Dilated Perception, and Extruded view. Aura vision renders the area Rayne sees in a blue hue. Targets and destinations are in bright blue. Living things (including herself) appear in colors from green to red, with green being the most healthy, and red is near death. Dilated perception renders everything in slow motion, as information is entering Rayne's mind so fast everything appears slower.^[2] This ability makes it easier to dodge attacks. Extruded view allows her to zoom in, like a sniper, allowing more precise shots. Extruded view leaves Rayne vulnerable, because she stays in place while using it.

Synopsis

Plot

Note: In Bloodrayne, there is an FMV that tells the story of the game.

The game begins in 1932, in a place where it appears that the people believe in vampires, as all the doors and windows show crosses. It shows two people (male and female), running down a street. The woman trips, and the man pauses long enough to help her up, only to be dragged into a dark alleyway by a chain. His head is thrown from an alley at the women's feet, with Rayne walking calmly up to the woman. The woman seemingly breaks down crying, but in fact only hides her face to reveal she is in fact a vampire. After a brief fight, Rayne decapitates her and then takes off before a small army of vampires tries to catch her off guard. She drops a grenade on their position as she leaves.

On top of the buildings, two mysterious men, who were watching the events unfold the whole time, are discussing their reason for being here. One reveals they are here to recruit Rayne, who is trying to find where her father is. The other member does not want a Dhampir with the Brimstone society, regardless of the fact that she is only half-vampire and has fewer weaknesses, as the Society is trying to rid the world of Vampires (and presumably people with Vampire blood in them). Eventually they agree to recruit Rayne, and leave a necklace with their symbol on it (as seen on the game cover).

Main characters

• Rayne is a Dhampir who is looking for her father, and killing any vampires that cross her path. She is now working for the Brimstone Society. Her friend and mentor, Mynce, also with Brimstone, introduces her to the ways of the Vampire. She helps her with her first mission, but is presumably killed during it.
• Juergen Wulf is a World War I criminal who escaped his punishment by fleeing to South America. He founded the Gegengheist Gruppe (Counter-Ghost Group), abbreviated G.G.G., a group that aimed to bring Hitler into power through use of occult artifacts, including obtaining and reassembling the remains of Beliar.
• Beliar is a demon whose body parts (referred to as relics) are sought after. Beliar was the original devil who was usurped by Mephisto, who tore him apart scattering his body parts around the world.

Levels

The game consists of three levels that are broken into areas:

• Mortton, Louisiana: The game starts in Mortton, Louisiana, as Rayne's first mission with the Brimstone Society, along with Mynce, her mentor. They are sent there to investigate a mysterious breakout of a plague in an area that it is so bad, the whole city has been quarantined. The Society believes it is to be from supernatural causes. They are to find any survivors, and kill the cause of the plague.

• Argentina: Almost all of the level takes place in a sub bay and mining facility built directly into a mountain. Rayne is sent here to investigate the G.G.G., who are devoted to the occult, searching for an artifact. Rayne is to find out about the relic, and kill the G.G.G. officers stationed there.

• Germany: After Rayne sneaked aboard a U-Boat, to pursue Juergen, she finds a letter saying a G.G.G. officer in Germany has the other list of the G.G.G. officers she needs to kill. She first pursues that G.G.G. officer and obtains the list. She is also there to kill Juergen and end the G.G.G. threat once and for all.

Reception

Bloodrayne was generally given average ratings, however the PC version reviews tend to be more negative, as it was plagued with technical problems not seen in other versions.

The game plot is seen as unoriginal, and is usually compared to Blade's, and Castle Wolfenstein story plot.

• Gamespy: gamecube Xbox and PS2: 3/5

• Gamepro: PC:3.2 PS2:3.7 Gamecube:3.7 Xbox:3.7

Voice cast

• Rayne - Laura Bailey
• Mynce - Mary Beth Brooks
• Hedrox - Dameon Clarke

Crew ^[11]

• Producer: Sherry Wallace

• Original Music by: Kyle Richards, and Tommy Tallarico

• Sound director: Kyle Richards
• Sound effects: Kyle Richards

• CG artist: cinematics: Willi Hammes
• lighting technical director: Todd Perry

• Publicist: Laura Heeb

References

External links

• Official BloodRayne website
• Majesco's BloodRayne Website