BloodRayne -

[StoneKnightMan]

BloodRayne. One of the coolest vampire games. It's was by the company, Terminal Reality.

And NO, we are not talking about the crappy movies that uwe boll made. We are talking about the video game that it started from.

The story follows Rayne, a Dhampir (Half Human Half Vampire) that goes and hunts other vampires that prey on human beings, and killing and dismembering vampires violently.

The game had two games that were really good the first one is rayne getting called to fight Nazis that try to summon a powerful Demon.

The 2nd game starts focusing on Rayne's backstory. She hunts down her father and her step siblings that follow him in his path.


The game was beginning to show some lack of support. So Wayforward (The Makers of Shantae) tried to keep the Series going by making a 2d platformer Spin-off called BloodRayne: Betrayal

The game was good. Wayforward made it stay true to its bloody and dark theme like the other two games.

Sadly, on December 2013, terminal reality had been closed down, meaning any possibilities for a sequel are impossible,

But I've noticed that the games have been put on steam recently. So it means that the guy who owns the IP is probably trying to get enough money to continue the series.

 

[Syaoran Li]

I was a huge fan of BloodRayne back in the day. The first game is still a masterpiece in my opinion.

 

[GethN7]

I was a huge fan of BloodRayne back in the day. The first game is still a masterpiece in my opinion.

I preferred the second if only because the original had a hideous control scheme, but I won't deny the first game was pretty good despite the control setup.

 

[The Valeyard]

Remember that time Rayne appeared in Playboy Magazine?

Spoiler: Censored, but probably still NSFW

 

[StoneKnightMan]

Heres a fun fact:

Do you know that Rayne is Voiced by Laura Bailey? In fact, this was her first video game to have her first voice role in in 2002

She has Also voiced:

Lucina from fire emblem awakening
Chun-li from street fighter (2009-Present)
Blaze the cat from sonic the hedgehog
Supergirl from injustice 2
Raspberyl from Disgaea 3
Rise Kujikawa from Persona 4
Serena in The Dawnguard DLC for TES V: Skyrim
Fiona from tales from the borderlands
Catwoman from Batman: The Telltale Series

Btw, she's married to Travis willingham, another popular voice actor, and he voiced Severin from bloodrayne 2

 

[RichardMongler]

Yeah, it was pretty fun. Gaming during the mid 2000s wasn't completely horrible, and that was certainly a highlight.

 

[Johnny Bravo]

They were okay. I remember having a fun time with the first two games but remember very little of them. Actually, the only levels I can remember at all are the ones I found frustrating.

 

[Ginger Piglet]

Ahhh yes. Big Titted Vampires vs. Those Wacky Nazis.

I played the first one and found it all a bit dull, esp. the middle section with the submarine base where everything was fucking grey concrete. Which turned into a womb level and there was a secret alcove with the Ark of the Covenant in it.

The second one was pretty cool I thought despite a nonsensical plot. But you don't play it for the plot do you. You play it because you're a thirsty neckbeard. Thing is, it was quite fun dismembering the bad guys and mooks as walking health packs was quite fun. As was the level with the giant deformed woman who was constantly birthing exploding zombies which you had to chain and throw back at her before they could explode in your face.

I still have it on a disk somewhere.

The one thing that did bother me - Rayne's weaknesses were sunlight (of course, being a vampire) and water. Water. What the fuck. How did she get the viscera out her leathers if water hurt her. Unless it was an attempt at some sort of "vampires can't cross running water" thing. But still... when a fucking fire sprinkler is a worse obstacle than a pack of werewolves, you're doing it wrong.

 

[Johnny Bravo]

The one thing that did bother me - Rayne's weaknesses were sunlight (of course, being a vampire) and water. Water. What the fuck. How did she get the viscera out her leathers if water hurt her. Unless it was an attempt at some sort of "vampires can't cross running water" thing. But still... when a fucking fire sprinkler is a worse obstacle than a pack of werewolves, you're doing it wrong.

It's possible they ripped off that mechanic from Legacy of Kain.

 

[Hui]

Legacy of Kain was actually a good vampire based game.