The Blade Runner Game is a Masterpiece
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 ก.ค. 2024
- When I learned of an official Blade Runner point-and-click game, I had to give it a shot.
Blade Runner was developed by Westwood Studios and published by Virgin Interactive, released in 1997. The game is not a direct adaptation of the 1982 Ridley Scott film Blade Runner but is instead a "sidequel", telling an original story, which runs parallel to the film's plot, occasionally intersecting with it.
If you all enjoy this video, I may make more things like it in the future. The TV shots were inspired by @GxAce and MrJackio (on TikTok and Instagram).
I'll leave some links to the game below! I highly recommend the Classic Edition (which is only available on PC), but if you do not have a laptop or computer, you can experience it on other digital platforms.
Get the Classic Edition on GOG: www.gog.com/en/game/blade_runner
Get the Enhanced/Classic Edition on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/16...
Get the Enhanced Edition on Playstation: store.playstation.com/en-us/p...
Get the Enhanced Edition on Xbox: www.xbox.com/en-US/games/stor...
Get the Enhanced Edition on Switch: www.nintendo.com/store/produc...
0:00 Intro
0:32 Development
1:41 Gameplay
3:20 Visuals / Graphics
4:29 Soundtrack / Sound Effects
5:10 Reception / Legacy
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I played this way back in '97 and raved about it to my friends and family. I'd played many point and clicks of that time but none of them hit me in quite the same way as this did. "one, but one good one" is something I still say 'til this day. A truly unique videogame.
I don't know how but this one completely made it by me. but it looks amazing and I wish I had played it in its time.
YEah it had quite a lot of replay value, as there were about 5 endings
Yeah, I learned not to put info i gathered into the database a few playthroughs through.
Brilliant game.
@@thruddedify 13 endings.... now you need to go back and find the one you missed hahahha
i still play it from time to time, instantly takes me into another world ♡
Westwood was such a great studio. Real shame what EA did to them.
Imagine how many more great gaming experiences we would have if EA didn't kill them all.
@@comediangj4955 Bioware, Westwood, DICE, their fuckery doesn't just end with Westwood.
@@krashd
BioWare and DICE killed themselves…
Why did they let themselves sold? I'm assuming EA bought them but I don't really know the full story 🤔
@@MarJoPB
They technically didn’t.
They were a propriety of Virgin interactive, a deal that allowed Westwood a much bigger reach for their games.
Virgin interactive was a somewhat big publisher at the time, famous for platformers, graphic adventures and , thanks to Westwood, strategy games.
Some of the Games published by them were: beneath a steel sky, 7th guest, early broken sword games, early shiny games, and of course Westwood’s graphic adventures (lands of lore series, kyrandia series and blade runner) and RTS(do I need to say the titles?)
Unfortunately, due economic failings, Virgin interactive was bought by various other companies: the American side by EA, the European side by Titus and Interplay.
So Westwood didn’t had much a day in the matter. Many of the developers under Virgin didn’t had much better future either; just think at Shiny.
I loved this game when it originally came out. It was so different in the fact it felt truly immersive. Alongside all the different endings and storyline arcs, it was revolutionary and ahead of it's time. Having recently played it on Switch, I'm glad to say 25 years later, it still stands up.
They did a fantastic job capturing the mood and sensibility with the technology of the day.
If you sent today's programmers back in time and gave them the same project to make this title, the game would be 47GB and require 1997's current supercomputer to run due to the shitty, lazy coding you get from today's programmers/game devs. There are now FAR less complex and replayable mobile games that use up 50x more HDD space than this game did...
@@Funkteon ... and it wouldn't be complete when released, chock full of micro-transaction BS nobody wants, and a bolted on MP.
I recall launching Blade Runner for the first time and being absolutely floored by its presentation. The smooth transitions from FMV sequences right into gameplay were downright seamless, and when you combine the game's superb atmosphere with a solid plot, great detective-oriented mechanics/puzzles and multiple endings being a result of both your choices made along the way and certain segments of the game being randomized under the hood every time you launch it, you get something more than a fantastic point-and-click adventure - you get an experience that immerses you totally. Which is something I can say about very, very few games only.
Even in 2023, its immersion is second-to-none. That's incredibly rare!
Gaming has exploded and the majority of people have no idea this game exists. It's still largely unmatched in it's excellence. The fall of Westwood was a real blow to art. I know Annapurna is working on a NEW game and the teaser looks enticing. I just hope they can live up to Westwood's classic and not be overshadowed by it. Cause it could help bring some light back onto this classic. Great video.
The technology wasn't really voxels. It was something in between. You had fix vertical slices, where you had "polygonal rings" that you could rotate for the horizontal view (so you could turn the characters around). The coordinates of those rings in a vertical slices were projected and rasterized with "nearest neighbour" fill from left to right, scanline by scanline just like polygons back then. If you want a look of it just google "blade runner model ycombinator" there is a comment showing a JavaScript-rendering . It's just a LOT of polygons for the horizontal view. The idea is that you could turn the models and show them from every horizontal angle without having to calculate full 3D rotation. Which would speed up things for pasts 90mhz calculator software rendering which were called "personal computers" back then. Which only makes the more impressive.
Oh wow - thank you for the clarification! The link you're talking about is a great visualization of the tech and makes the game all the more impressive. Again - thanks.
From game director Louis Castle:
"Yeah, we stored our data as slices for space and restricted rotation to the Y axis. Both were optimization since each frame of an animation was a full model there was no need to rotate them. The renderer could render them from any angle though so I still consider them voxels. More like voxels lite then voxel plus. We also used a lot of sprite cards with zdepth and a quick normal hack for lighting. You had to cut corners where you could back then!!"
I guess I should've done a bit more research LOL
@@masonstrother "I guess I should've done a bit more research LOL", you are doing a great job, don't worry. You are a reporter not a graphics specialist. They DID advertise the engine as "voxel" where it was neither true polygon nor true voxel, but what they did was impressive, it took the best of both worlds to work on low spec hardware of the time. His comment you picked out was AFTER people came back at him and asked questions about the "voxel engine" :D So yeah. However everything they did WAS super impressive. The deferred renderer as well. That was in a time where this was not the standard pipeline AT ALL. They came up with it by themselves. You can see the shading really well in the bradbury building. When McCoy walks through the lights and I think a spinning fan drops shadows on his model.
Good video! Keep going.
I'm thinking Sega Saturn.
Everyone - thank you so much for the response to this video! It means a lot to me. I’m planning to create more videos in this vein about all sorts of games, shows, and movies. What would you like to see me talk about?
You're doing Mercer's work.
Any media that you think is cool. Your style is what makes your videos interesting. Your unique take on the media. So, I say, just do what you find fascinating, or cool, or remarkable, or whatever, and I think people, myself included, will dig it because you're presenting it well and making it interesting. If you're on the fence, maybe do a little community poll and list your top four ideas right now and see what gets the most votes. Ultimately though, I think you'll do well no matter what.
@@Smooth_Shading Great suggestion - I really appreciate it! I’ll definitely do a community poll.
I’m thinking of 2001: A Space Odyssey next. I just bought the book and am already scripting it!
do classic porn review.. 👍
youtube is okay, just don't show the nude parts
@@masonstrother Nice! I look forward to it.
Nice production value on this video, man! Great writing, narration, and editing! Very impressive. Keep up the great work!
Hey thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it. It was a blast to play, shoot, and edit this all.
hopefully the new blade runner game will be great. the teaser for it looks promising. it's about time we get a new game
Yes!! I’m tempering my expectations, but am very excited.
Wait! A new blade runner game!?
@@micaelal Yes! Check it out: th-cam.com/video/l_tfihRqBnI/w-d-xo.html
I'm just as worried as I am excited for the new game. Worried, because there's a trend to make walking simulators, hardly expecting the player to figure things out on his own these days - as opposed to proper adventure games with emphasis on puzzles, actual problem solving.. Hopefully, this won't be the case here!
@@F10F11hm Very fair. The developer/publisher has a great catalogue of well-received titles so that gives me hope! They’ve also had their share of puzzle, adventure, and story-rich games. Fingers crossed.
One of the last game from the company that created the Command and Conquer series, this game has so much art they rendered for the game, Westwood admitted that they had close to PETABYTES of data almost 15 years ago! The interview was done in the old PC Gamer magazine... If you have that old magazine discussing Blade Runner, give it a whirl and understand that you are holding pc gaming history in your hands.
Westwood was an absolute gem, right alongside the likes of Looking Glass studios! As for the art and aesthetic, you can thank Westwood's Rick Parks for helping to bring it to life! Apparently he did the original pitch trailer for the game which got the project the greenlight.
As a fan you may already know, but Rick Parks is also the artist behind the Lands of Lore series. Which, if you've ever played or seen any of it, has a most realistic yet ethereal quality to it. I specifically remember the Lands of Lore intro absolutely stunning my PC gamer friends when it came out in 1993. It went beyond to this beautiful dreamlike quality, while obviously being painted by a man who could translate the physical world into the pixelated. All without the help of 3d tools.
The man literally saw light (prior profession was that of a painter). There are artists today who STILL try to recreate his aesthetic on things even as small as iconography for inventory items (i.e. the potions and such from Eye of the Beholder 2 and everything for Lands of Lore). As an avid fan, I will always bear a deep gratitude to Westwood for stirring my imagination and wonder in ways that no other developer or medium ever could. Also in no small part thanks to Frank Klepacki who started out with his Dune 2 soundtrack for Westwood.
Unfortunately, we lost Rick Parks in 1997 and of course Westwood 6 years later in 2003. These original pioneers of the industry paved the way for everyone else to fall in. But as usual for pioneers, without much of the fanfare and recognition given to other developers who capitalized on their creation of the original path into this art space.
Petabytes? There is a major issue with that claim. A single gigabyte of connected hard drive storage still cost $20 or more in 1997 when this game was released, vs. mere cents today. A petabyte = 1000 terabytes, or a million gb, so the only way Westwood could have possibly had a petabyte of data easily accessible to the original production, was to spend about $25 million on project data storage alone. Maybe possible if they stored a lot of it on CDs/DVDs, though, as that was a bit cheaper per gb at the time... you could archive 650mb onto a CD for around $5 or so per disc, so in theory that might have brought the cost per gigabyte down a bit under $8, which *might* have made a petabyte of data feasible to store then for just under $10 million. But I doubt they mostly did that - would not have been convenient. And even then, though the game is gorgeous, it's unlikely this gamedev project spent as much on storage media alone as its major adventure gaming contemporaries like 'Riven' spent on every aspect of the entire production. (Riven was completed for $10 million in all, including salaries for all staff involved, and that was considered a very big, cutting edge 3d art project in the game industry at the time) There's simply no reason why a single petabyte, of project data, much less several, would have made any sense for any game production at that point in the '90s.
My guess? The actual word they meant to use in the publication was 'terabytes' - the project involved a bunch of terabytes of graphics work - and they just screwed up the term in the interview because even the idea of a terabyte was still unfamiliar jargon to most people in tech and gaming at that point in time. The bottom line though, was that it was a lot of graphics files.
One other thing that gets overlooked: The soundscape (sounds) for the game are all from the ORIGINAL Blade Runner master effects reels. So for the effects, you're not hearing recreations of those sounds, you're hearing THE sound. These can be unpacked and converted to (.wav? IIRC) with tools online. I actually still own the game and its CDs after buying in shortly after release.
If you sent today's programmers back in time and gave them the same project to make this title, the game would be 47GB and require 1997's current supercomputer to run due to the shitty, lazy coding you get from today's programmers/game devs. There are now FAR less complex and replayable mobile games that use up 50x more HDD space than this game did...
@@matthewhornbostel9889 I’m paraphrasing the article from PC Gamer that talks about the near petabyte that was used to develop the game.
One of the most immersive adaptations ever. Can't believe how many obstacles they overcame.
I played this one via GoG last year and it just blew me away. Their unique approach doesn't just make the game look beautiful; it really immerses you in the world. You feel tension when the character would feel tension, as you're getting closer to solving the mystery. Your character can die at many points, and I had a great time replaying or reloading to find out how different situations could have turned out.
What's interesting about the VK test is it can be wrong, either intentionally or unintentionally.
i played the 4 cd version when i was kid. till today its one of the best gaming memories i had. this game is freakin magical
Same here! I still remember the first time I found it in my local Hastings and being captivated just looking at the box. Was already a huge fan of Blade Runner despite being way too young to understand most of it's themes. Saved my allowance for months and was one of those rare occasions where expectations were not only met but exceeded.
Same, man. I used to sit behind my older brother and watch him play this all night. When he went to college and work I would play it myself. It has never left my memory and me n him often talk about this game being one of the best we've ever played. I miss those days.
This is the golden standard for how any video essay should be done. You've earned yourself a sub. I only wish it was longer but you conveyed your information in an excellent fashion regardless.
Thank you so much!! Note taken. I had envisioned the video would be 8-10 minutes with the script I wrote but it ended up being a tad bit shorter than I expected. Thank you again!
@@masonstrother 10 min videos are ideal for the algorithm i imagine and they also aren't too short nor too long. It also will help you get some ad revenue but that's not the reason i'm saying this.
Your video was excellent. I only wish it lasted longer. That's a GOOD problem to have.
@@LightTrack- Again - I really appreciate it!! I think 8 minutes is the threshold for midroll ads (down from 10 minutes in the past). Nevertheless, I’m really glad you enjoyed the video. Thank you.
@@masonstrother You're very welcome. I'm looking forward to more content!
As for the ads, i'm no content creator so i wouldn't know. I just think you deserve to be rewarded for putting so much effort into the video.
Ads aside, ~10 min is in my opinion the sweet spot for retaining most people's attention and making a fulfilling and simple beginning, middle and end to the video so the ending nor the beginning are neither rushed or drawn out too long.
@@LightTrack- Very fair! Look forward to some 10 minute+ projects in the future ;)
One of the best games I ever played in my teens. I’ve been waiting for a remake since.
I'm crossing my fingers that 'Blade Runner 2033: Labyrinth' is good!
I never even heard about it, what console was it for?
@@dcarson89PC
The fact that you matched the style of your video to that of the game you are promoting is brilliant and entertaining. Nobody does this, and it's awesome. 🎉
Thank you! I really appreciate it.
If you sent today's programmers back in time and gave them the same project to make this title, the game would be 47GB and require 1997's current supercomputer to run due to the shitty, lazy coding you get from today's programmers/game devs. There are now FAR less complex and replayable mobile games that use up 50x more HDD space than this game did...
www.youtube.com/@GxAce its not a new idea
Found your video randomly and its really awesome. Great work! I was engaged the whole time and now I'm looking up where to play this. TY
I watched this video and was so excited the watch everything youve made. Excited this is early days for you, I look forward to whatever else you decide to make in the future
Absolutely the most immersive game I played as a teen. I still have my original disc copy. It completely blew me away and is one of the few games I reminisce about.
I remember playing this when I was 12 and it really stuck with me since, so atmospheric considering the graphics and tech available at the time
Great vid!! It really was a fantastic and unique game at the time. Not a lot of people played it either I remember, so it's great to see all the love for it here and in new gens
I remember buying this game and feeling it was actually underpriced. It was amazing.
Did you f**k.
One of the best games I’ve ever played! Great tribute!
I love coming across new youtube channels like yours. I thoroughly enjoyed this, subscribed hoping you have more planned.
Thank you for your support!! I really appreciate it. I definitely have more on the pipeline - am scripting a 2001: A Space Odyssey video currently!!
I remember playing this game when it came out. I had a lot of fun with it. Great video.
One of my favorite parts of the game for me was Voight Kampff-ing suspects and scanning the photos for clues, it really felt like I was playing in the movie. I hope they bring those elements back in the new game they're making (even though in 2049 the Voight Kampff is just an automatic eye scan).
What! 🤗 Who is making a new game?! Any info about it?
Wonderful review, my man. Cool cuts. Dig the vibe.
Short, succinct and well produced video. Well done. I really hope your channel grows. ✌️
This took me back to one of my all time favorite gaming experiences, thank you!
One of my favorite games growing up. I still have the box and all of the CDs that came with it. I actually played the game before watching the movie, I remember how awestruck I was when I saw the scenes in the movie which were directly out of my game. Unbelievable feeling.
Great video - really insightful and excellent production. Subscribed!
I loved this game! My dad and I played through it together the first time, and I played it myself a few times after that. I also returned to it a few years ago and played all the way through. My father recently passed, now when I see any footage of it, it makes me think about playing with him back in the day.
Great video, fellow Mason!
Maannn - that’s so special. Thank you for sharing. And welcome to the channel fellow Mason!
Shocked that you're under 200 subscribers, and that this seems to be your first ever video essay. Very well done! Subscribed. Can't wait to see what you do next!
Thank you so much! I've got much more planned - these projects just take a while to produce.
Agreed, really great production values, loved the retro monitor effect.
@@masonstrother Take all the time you need! The other channels that delve into some of this PC gaming realm are more successful when they are both patient and selective on what/when they release their content. Best you only release a well thought out and polished video every 3-4 months, vs. mediocre content every month.
With your initial success there is no serious rush to start pumping content out. Although you'll want to follow up with your next release probably within that 3-4 month window, that will hopefully be enough time within your own life's schedule to create something you're proud of as well as content that is both pertinent and satisfying to your current and future audience.
We are voting here for your continued success and also hoping it will be ultimately satisfying for you!
Great video, Homeboy! GX ACE vibes! (this is a good thing!) 👌👌👌❤️❤️❤️ x
Great video man, never knew of this game or this channel, glad i found both. Looking forward to seeing more from you!
I really appreciate it!
This game stood out and will always be something special for me. Westwood was one of the most innovative companies back then. I played that game as a kid BEFORE I knew there was a movie. The game came with an original story that felt like straight out of the movie. I didn’t know that Frank Klepacki made that score. I really thought it was vangelis. Also in my language they dubbed it real good. I love that game and I even have the original game discs and case here. I really hope petroglyph could get their hands on it and give us another masterpiece like this.
I also watched the movie after playing the game, i got the VHS free with the game, finally watching it was just an incredible experience getting to see all the same locations in a lot more detail and it's been my favourite movie ever since. Westwood were an amazing company, EA closing them was unforgiveable.
Great video. Just subbed. Cant wait to see what else you make.
I was a fan of Westwood's RTS games since their first ever Dune 2, but I played Blade Runner for the first time only in 2007... because my videocard died and I had to play software-rendered games for a while. Blade Runner was one of these and I was blown away by it. I'd say it's the best adventure game to this day and did with choices and consequences what Telltale only pretended to do since.
What a fantastic review, great job on creative visuals and looking forward to more reviews like this - love the developer bio bits too. Westwood were absolute pioneers in the industry and rightly go down in gaming history because of this.
I remember when this came out, I absolutely loved it. What a nice hit of nostalgia, thank you.
Anybody who talks about Blade Runner the way you do, earns my sub for sure! Great video about a great universe.
Welcome to the channel! I appreciate you.
the gxace is strong in this one! Great work
I like the GxAce inspiration. Great work and congrats on the views!
Thank you so much!! GxAce is my favorite TH-camr so I had to find a way to pay him homage.
Awesome. I might check this out now. Thanks for the review and info.
Great summary by you of this classic game, thanks.
I beat this game so many times and I just know that I am missing alternate endings and a ton of clues still.
Thanks for the nostalgia trip
wow, what a throwback...I remember enjoying this game very much. Thank you for the trip down memory lane! :)
I remember buying and playing this game... It was absolutely fantastic... I'm watching these video brown back so much memories... I love the game as much as I love the movie....
Thank you for this video. Great work!
What a great video, thank you for showing me this game. I'm going to download it now. Subscribed!
Thank you so much! Let me know what you think. I hope you enjoy it!
When i heard the way you distort your voice in the video i was convinced that you where in part inspired by GxAce.. After opening the description it was so nice to see that you actually gave credit. Thats how art is supposed to be.. Inspiring each other to make awesome stuff! Much love.
Good ear! GxAce is a huge inspiration of mine. And I completely agree… all art is inspired by something or someone! More crediting and transparency only builds a better creative community IMO
I've been debating on buying this but after watching this I'm going to. Great video man
Remarkable.
I’m floored. It looks stunning even now.
This type of effort was probably the last time it was ever attempted if you look at the way modern games are constructed.
This game was and still is a masterpiece. It was one of the first games to really surprise me with a big twist near the end.
Depends which ending you got. If I remember correctly there was 7 different endings.
Yes, there were different end twists depending on which characters were human or replicant and what you did whilst playing. It's the first game I can remember doing this and it was incredibly impressive back then.
A friend of mine was always raving about this game back in the day, but I never got around to playing it. Maybe I`ll find it on steam since I loved the movie and steampunk has always been dear to my heart :) Nice vid, mate :)
This game was my elementary school childhood. Until KotOR 1, probably my favourite game to play. I wasn't old enough to really understand the themes. I didn't yet speak English well enough to really understand the dialogue and the dialogue choices. But this game, as well as Full Throttle, were what taught me the language and what made me develop an appreciation for narrative-driven campaigns. It was the first, and to day probably the only movie-based game that really made me feel like I existed alongside the events of the movie. It was insanely good.
Loved loved loved this game back in the day. Have not played it in a lot of years now but still remember it fondly.
Cool that people still enjoy this. I too enjoyed it quite a bit back in the day. If youre in to those point and click type kind of adventure games and like Blade Runner it's a no brainer. If youre into voxel graphics and adventure games maybe youd like another old game called Outcast, very special and really unique worlds environments.
Superb review, i love this game, I remember playing it as a boy and I was completely captivated by it, I had multiple play throughs. I have to wonder why you haven’t done more in depth reviews you’re clearly talented. Anyway I’ve subbed.
Thank you so much!
This video was more of a passion project that I've been in-and-out of working on throughout the year. I'd love to do some more videos in this vein and am thinking of what I'd like to talk about for future projects! I'd love to stick with the sci-fi theme and discuss more games, movies, and shows. Any suggestions?
Thank you so much for this review. I wasn't aware of the release in '97 but am and was a big Blade Runner fan.
I looooooooved this game back in the days. I often think about it! I am defo going to look for it to play again.
I remember playing this game a lot back in the day. Repeated playthroughs of the story kept looping me back to the same 2-3 endings, so I stopped playing after a while. I had no idea there were 13. The game brought me to the original movie, though, and for that I'm forever grateful.
been playing gam,es for 35 years this is on my top 10 ever. what an amazing fkn game. it has the same vibe and nostalgia the earlier movie had
I played it at the time and loved it, replaying it multiple times. The graphics in period were totally stunning. It was one of the first games to have a story which actually made me feel some emotion toward some of the characters. It's sad it's been slightly forgotten as I'd rate it in amongst the best games of all time.
This was one of the Games i played back in the days and never forgot
Played this when it came out still have the 5 cds it came on.
Currently playing through the remaster on nintendo switch. Never thought that would happen. Having this handheld is like a dream come true
I brought this game back in the late 90's and I never actually played it. I still have it to this day in the original package.
Mason, you did one hell of a job with this review! This is the type of stuff I'd expect from G4, IGN, or Gamespot. Fantastic work! Can't wait to see more of these from you.
I really appreciate that - it means a lot!! Thank you for the support.
Can’t wait to play this and thank you for this upload. This game’s art and tone reminds me of Fear Effect from PlayStation 1 days which I thoroughly enjoyed.
Great and detailed insight thank you!!
I had this way back in the day! Way ahead of its time.
played this back in the 90s. One of the best games i have ever played and usually i look up guides for games like this but I completed it without as its mechanics are perfect imo
Didn't realise your channel was small, this was good :)
Need to try this game. Thanks for the discovery.
Thanks for bringing this to my attention. Looks like a great game id play even today. Reminded me of playing "The Dig" on pc.
I never knew about this game. Good review and good editing on the video.
I appreciate it!!
How have i never heard of this game! I just watched the OG bladerunner and i was blown away by it! I love the vibe, aesthetic, filming style and left saying "How is there not a videogame based off of this! Cyberpunk is nothing like the approach that this OG sci-fi Noire dystopian film took"
If you guys didn’t know there is a BR VR game that is short but awesome… the opening sequence riding in a hover car above the city is simply stunning.
I just found my copy and can't wait to play it again asap!
Love the video - more please!
Loved this game and great ending too. Didn’t realize how many endings.
Awesome video, super excited about Annapurtha’s game.
Thank you very much. I am too!! The premise of the new game is really interesting… “what does a Blade Runner do when there are no Replicants left to hunt?”
Man, I really did enjoy this game back on the PC. Somewhere around 2001 if I remember correctly. It's one of those games that I never forgot about and circulates through my mind when I discuss classics.
I never knew this game existed, it looks really good. How could I miss this? Thanks for the video!
Wow, first time I’ve seen gameplay from this in probably almost 25 years. I played this as a kid in the late nineties in my older sister’s room on her eMachines tower per her recommendation. It was one of the first real computer games I ever played at home. I hadn’t even seen the movie yet but I knew its caché, and the slow pace and dryly stylish gameplay made it seem so cool and adult. I’ve never really heard anyone talk about this game so I assumed it was a flop. I had never seen anything like it and now I see that wasn’t just because of my inexperience. The thing I remember most about it was the sound design-those footsteps and hums live deep in my mind now. I’m surprised seeing it all these years later how nicely designed the scenes are and how smooth some of the animations are, too.
I’m glad this game is available now so others can try what I thought was a hidden gem. I might have to play it again. (And shoutout to my sister for recommending it, and Deus Ex, too, which I loved even more. These were the only games I ever remember her playing or recommending. Such taste!)
This guy's going places. Good video!
Thank you so much! I really appreciate it
This is one of the first games that had me playing all through the night and into the next day. Pretty sure I bought my copy off the shelf at Babbages.
There was so much imagination in this game, with confidence to do new mechanics and execute them tightly & with such ambition, it’s really phenomenal. Worth noting it’s on PS4/5 these days as well, often for around ~£7.
I, too, enjoyed this game back in the day. The puzzles could be frustrating at times. So was frequently having to swap out CDs. But the story and atmosphere made it all worthwhile. Unfortunate an update/remake hasn't been developed.
Westwood cranked out some real bangers during the 90s. Thanks for revisiting this one.
I played this game as a kid when it came out and it blew my mind! Years ahead of its time.
These old detective style games are so amazing. The music and...lack of choices really helps build a vibe that you just can't recreate these days.
If you liked this, I highly suggest looking into the "Alone in the Dark" series (the early ones), The 7th Guest, The 11th Hour, and Phantasmagoria.
You'd probably like the game Disco Elysium (2019) - a modern point & click game. You play as an alcoholic cop solving a murder case set in a fictional world resembling Europe in the 50s. I got it recently and have fallen in love with the art style and writing - it's rare for me to get into a game these days!
Still have, still haven’t finished it 😂. I especially liked the way sometimes the camera would swoop round a corner to find the character. Such a beautiful game!
This game is revolutionary! I cant tell how many nights i've spend playing it and it was always something new. for those times the grafics were awe inspiring, it gave me a glimpse of what games could become in the future and it took a while for the game industry to achieve the same standard . I got 7 diferent endings and believe there are more to be discovered. I loved the pace and the storyline and to be a detective instead of just shooting everybody was and still is a unique and visionary take on a game till this very day. The enigmas were hard to crack but not to the point you're frustrated and thinking of giving up. The studio who created this game should be very proud of itself because that right there was the definition of greatness.
Totally forgot about this game, I was blown away by how it looked
I have and it is amazing. Finished it a couple of times and it was never the same
This was indeed an awesome immersive experience of the Blade Runner universe. Nice video!
I’m kinda disappointed you didn’t use the “like tears in rain” reference when saying the original game was gone for good tho 😂
I originally was going to! 🤣 I just didn’t want to be too cliché.
Absolutely loved that game its was my favorite game back in the day
I'm surprised I never came across this. Westwood and Virgin put out some great titles. Thanks for this review
The Blade Runner PC Game just captured the spirit and feel of the original movie so well. First played it back in the late 90's and again recently on PS4... still holds up very well IMO.