Is Atari still sitting on the Blood rights like a Dragon on his treasure? I seem to remember that Jace Hall once wanted to reboot the series but that went nowhere...
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Blood - From the workshop of Kevin Kilstrom, Plus mods/maps/launchers thread
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Of course they are. After all, what's left of the company anyway ?
Like Jason wrote in his message about that situation : “The only thing that can be done at this point is to wait and see what happens with Atari, and hope that they find themselves in a position and mindset to allow my efforts to continue on this matter at a future date.”
Atari are idiots sitting and doing nothing.
Like Jason wrote in his message about that situation : “The only thing that can be done at this point is to wait and see what happens with Atari, and hope that they find themselves in a position and mindset to allow my efforts to continue on this matter at a future date.”
Atari are idiots sitting and doing nothing.
I've replayed Rage Against The Machine
It has got a long intro (and shorter outro), even for something like a custom campaign it's really impressive work. We start at the entrance of the Tschernobog temple with some more information about the whole plot. It's exact same thing with Ophelia being abducted and Caleb whooping his employers ass. It starts in the abandoned mine, and it feels more like one of the expansions than the base game campaign. But later on the maps resemble some of it. So it's a "reverse progression" map pack. The levels are very solid, and have a some secrets scattered. Nothing very obscure, but a nice touch nevertheless. The only problem I have is the map number 6 - the sewers. Sometimes I wonder, if the creators of many games think hard, and realize that all that their game needs is one of those. Blood graphics assets don't make it easier on us and it can be really frustrating moving through the almost pitch black sections, and some bonus underwater ones too. Other than that it's a solid Blood experience, no bugs or glitches were spotted.
It has got a long intro (and shorter outro), even for something like a custom campaign it's really impressive work. We start at the entrance of the Tschernobog temple with some more information about the whole plot. It's exact same thing with Ophelia being abducted and Caleb whooping his employers ass. It starts in the abandoned mine, and it feels more like one of the expansions than the base game campaign. But later on the maps resemble some of it. So it's a "reverse progression" map pack. The levels are very solid, and have a some secrets scattered. Nothing very obscure, but a nice touch nevertheless. The only problem I have is the map number 6 - the sewers. Sometimes I wonder, if the creators of many games think hard, and realize that all that their game needs is one of those. Blood graphics assets don't make it easier on us and it can be really frustrating moving through the almost pitch black sections, and some bonus underwater ones too. Other than that it's a solid Blood experience, no bugs or glitches were spotted.
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Finally finishing it on Extra Crispy, this will be glorious
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New Alone in the Dark
Eearlier this year new AitD version with fixed scripting and some additional stuff was released. So of course I had to check it out. The mod starts like a good gothic horror novel. The shooting parts are mixed with the odd puzzles, where you need to seek carefuly for the clues and hidden buttons or ways to go. I'm talking about the first map, a big mansion where we are in the attic and make our way down. Sometimes I've been scratching my head what to do next, since it's not a simple key hunting. But it seems that there are some still some bugs which can break the whole game. It can be really frustrating. What I really loved is that eerie Shining-like feeling, when you just feels that something is creeping near you but can't see it. For a first time it's a very interesting beginning.
I won't dissect all of the levels, suffice to say there are many custom graphics and sounds, plus weapons models that can be easily swapped thanks to user friendly menu. What I really hate about it is the boss fight, a tree like thing straight from some Evil Dead nightmare. It's tough as a Tiger tank and you need to constanly watch out for it's napalm attacks. When you damage it enough you must swim under inside of it and shoot the heart. It's easier said than done, considering there are spawning monsters through the whole time. If you kill him with no god mod enables, than congratulations, you just wasted much time of your day.
Next thing will be fresh version of Bloody Pulp Fiction.
Some screens.
Eearlier this year new AitD version with fixed scripting and some additional stuff was released. So of course I had to check it out. The mod starts like a good gothic horror novel. The shooting parts are mixed with the odd puzzles, where you need to seek carefuly for the clues and hidden buttons or ways to go. I'm talking about the first map, a big mansion where we are in the attic and make our way down. Sometimes I've been scratching my head what to do next, since it's not a simple key hunting. But it seems that there are some still some bugs which can break the whole game. It can be really frustrating. What I really loved is that eerie Shining-like feeling, when you just feels that something is creeping near you but can't see it. For a first time it's a very interesting beginning.
I won't dissect all of the levels, suffice to say there are many custom graphics and sounds, plus weapons models that can be easily swapped thanks to user friendly menu. What I really hate about it is the boss fight, a tree like thing straight from some Evil Dead nightmare. It's tough as a Tiger tank and you need to constanly watch out for it's napalm attacks. When you damage it enough you must swim under inside of it and shoot the heart. It's easier said than done, considering there are spawning monsters through the whole time. If you kill him with no god mod enables, than congratulations, you just wasted much time of your day.
Next thing will be fresh version of Bloody Pulp Fiction.
Some screens.
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Hey guys! I'm from Germany. We have a rich history of killing jews and censoring videogames. Apparently Blood was such an evil game that its publishing was already verboten before it was actually released - that was very unusual even by german standards.
That's presumably the reason that this thread is the very first time Blood comes to my attention (I knew about the successor - didn't care much about).
But this one really looks intriguing. The enemy design looks gorgeous! Although I don't know which of the screenshots are from the vanilla game and what is modded content.
However, now I'd really like to pop my Blood cherry. Can you recommend any mods that improve the gameplay without deviating too much from the original (i.e. free mouselook mods, bugfixes)?
Thanksalotguys!
That's presumably the reason that this thread is the very first time Blood comes to my attention (I knew about the successor - didn't care much about).
But this one really looks intriguing. The enemy design looks gorgeous! Although I don't know which of the screenshots are from the vanilla game and what is modded content.
However, now I'd really like to pop my Blood cherry. Can you recommend any mods that improve the gameplay without deviating too much from the original (i.e. free mouselook mods, bugfixes)?
Thanksalotguys!
The GoG version of One Unit Whole Blood offers free mouselook, and the official expansion packs are included.
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Snorkack, you're in for a treat.
IMO Blood + the Blood Launcher mentioned on the previous page are still the way to go. The launcher has a user-friendly frontend and comes with a ton of extra content, WASD and mouselook (bmouse) should be enabled by default.
Protip: don't be tempted to use the higher resolutions, Blood may be an old game but it will murder your machine if you attempt to use any resolution above 1024x768, I tend to stick with 800x600.
IMO Blood + the Blood Launcher mentioned on the previous page are still the way to go. The launcher has a user-friendly frontend and comes with a ton of extra content, WASD and mouselook (bmouse) should be enabled by default.
Protip: don't be tempted to use the higher resolutions, Blood may be an old game but it will murder your machine if you attempt to use any resolution above 1024x768, I tend to stick with 800x600.
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Ok, just dl'd the gog version. Let's see what's in there 
I assume the launcher is the one unit whole blood thing?
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That's right but you don't really need to bother with the launcher if you just want to play through the original episodes. Gog version should be fine.
In case you have problems with mouselook: http://swisscm.duke4.net/ (Gotta love that 90s web design
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In case you have problems with mouselook: http://swisscm.duke4.net/ (Gotta love that 90s web design
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Doesn't Blood have a key bind for toggling the mlook by default?
Mouselook is a bit "chunky" in build engine games but it's perfectly possible to set them up with modern style FPS controls.
Last thing - don't play Blood on max difficulty. Just don't.
Mouselook is a bit "chunky" in build engine games but it's perfectly possible to set them up with modern style FPS controls.
Last thing - don't play Blood on max difficulty. Just don't.
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Heed these words of wisdom young padawans.
And you're right, you can enable mouselook by pressing the U key. Sadly the default mouselook is pretty terrible.
From the bmouse readme:
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Is that the Shadow Warrior riotgun I see there?
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Casuals! Build games don't need any mouselook controls.
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Wasn't extra Crispy designed for co-op? But yeah, not advisable unless you know all the secrets.
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It was but since friendly fire can't be disabled in Blood (AFAIK) it's still no walk in the park 
It is.
It is.
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Then why do they support them?
I don't know. It plays just fine with a keyboard.
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Then why do they support them?
I don't know. It plays just fine with a keyboard.
What's your major malfunction son.
I would pay
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Some say FPS games play well using pad too.
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